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Signed Everton shirt auction for Local Liverpool charity
Mar 26th
On Friday morning a very good friend of mine from High School and College tragically passed away at the age of 18 due to illness
We have set up a fundraising account where people from a college in Merseyside are doing different things and all the money raised will go to Zoe’s Baby Hospice in Liverpool. Including a bike ride from London to Paris over three days.
You can see more about it here
We are regulars down at Everton’s training ground Finch Farm and are hoping to raise a good amount for a charity close to our hearts.
Here is a link to the shirt which includes all the details about the shirt, the charity and images of the players.
EVERTON SIGNED SHIRT – CAHILL, ARTETA, JAGIELKA, YOBO, BAINES AND MORE
Please visit Zoe’s baby place hospice’s website and check out the cause you will be help.
http://www.zoesplaceliverpool.org/
Thank You.
Save Our Club
Feb 22nd
Weymouth fans have started up a website in a last ditch attempt to save what they live for, their football club.
All football fans can help another football club and fellow football fans keep on doing what they do.
You can donate by visiting this website http://www.saveourclub.co.uk/index.htm
The Five Best Players of 2008
Jan 24th
European football has produced some legendary players over the years. The great Sir Stanley Matthews, Alfredo di Stefano, Lev Yashin, the great Russian goalkeeper are all players who lit up the European stage. In the 1960s we had the great Manchester United trio of Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best. The 1970s gave us Gerd Muller Johan Cruyff and Franz Beckenbauer. In the modern era, there are names such as Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaka, all players at the top of their game.
The latest addition to the list is Christiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal. Ronaldo scored a total of forty two goals in a season as Manchester United claimed the Champions League and the Premier League. Since joining Manchester United in 2003, Ronaldo has developed into a world class player. He added to the European Footballer if the Year award in December 2008 with thw FIFA World Footballer of the Year award.
Beaten into second place in the European award was Lionel Messi of Barcelona. Messi, an Argentinian has often been described as the successor to Maradonna. After making his debut in the Barcelona first team at the age of seventeen, Messi was at that time the youngest player ever to play in La Liga, and at the age of seventeen years, ten months and seven days, the youngest player ever to score in La Liga. He inherited the number ten jersey from Ronaldinho when he left Barcelona, and with some superb performances earned second place in the European Footballer of the Year awards. Messi has also represented his country Argentina at both the World Cup and the Olympics.
Fernando Torres of Liverpool and Spain came third in the European awards. He made his debut for Liverpool in August 2007 and became the first Liverpool player for fifty two years to score hat tricks in two successive matches. In the final game of the 2007-2008 season he scored his twenty fourth goal of the season to become the highest scoring foreign player in a season in the Premiership. Torres was part of the Spanish team which won the Euro 2008 competition and was also short listed for the World Player of the Year award.
Kaka was the 2007 European and World Footballer of the Year and has been the subject of a proposed one hundred million pounds plus bid from Manchester City. Kaka joined AC Milan from Sao Paolo in 2003. The Brazilian international plays in midfield or attack, and Sir Alex Ferguson has named him, along with Christiano Ronaldo as one of the two best players in the world.
Xavi Hernandez was named Best Player by UEFA at the Euro 2008 competition. Capped more than sixty times for Spain he has taken part in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup, Euro 2004 and Euro 2008 and the 2000 Olympics. A central or defensive midfielder, Hernandez is vice captain of Barcelona. You can find more football news at football blog
Jose Boswinga – Best RB in the Prem, Glen Johnson Second and Phil Neville third
Jan 16th
Recently in our forums we have been running polls in order to put together our very own team of the year.
We will do one on each position and started off with who we thought deserved our Right Back slot and the final outcome was close between two players Chelsea’s Jose Boswinga and Portsmouth’s Glen Johnson, however Boswinga came out top with 37.50% of the votes whilst Johnson claimed a close 31.25%. Everton’s Phil Neville was a shock in third place with 12.50% of the votes.
You can check out the Best Centre Back poll in our forums now by clicking the image below, Dont forget to VOTE!
Shay Given – Best Premier League Goalkeeper, Howard Second, Friedel Third
Jan 16th
Recently in our forums we have been running polls in order to put together our very own team of the year.
We will do one on each position and started off with who we thought deserved our Number 1 jersey and Newcastle’s Shay Given gained 36.84% of the votes with Everton and USA keeper Tim Howard in second place with 15.79% and fellow countryman Brad Friedel close in third with 13.16%.
You can see this poll in our forums by clicking here.
Its Hard To Relate To MY Manchester City Anymore
Jan 16th
Of course every football fan wants what is best for their club and every City fan including myself was made up about the take over and seeing on Sky Sports News that deadline day that we signed Robinho was a remarkable feeling, never did I think my club would get a player like him, but the past 6 months I am getting a bit jaded of the attitude of City, Our fans and Our Board.
I see us making bids of £120m for Kaka, £100m for Buffon and talk from our fans about wanting and signing the best players in the world and even demanding such players, we have no right to sign those players and it’s a bit embarrassing to see we are throwing these bids in just because we can rather then our manager wanting those players.
I would rather we looked at a club like Aston Villa who with investment have appointed a manager and given him the backing to buy the players of his own choice who has formed a team rather then something you would dream up on fantasy football. I would somewhat rather see us buying English talent, young talent and players who will play for the club rather then evaporate when the tough gets going and before we throw in bids left, right and center for such superstars we get our act together and get in a league position where our ambition rather then money can attract such players.
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Jamie Cockburn – Your Columnist
Jan 14th
If you’re sitting there reading this wondering when the hell this started and you are raging that you have not read any previous columns I have written for Football Forever then don’t worry, this is my first. I could sit here and tell you what I will be writing about but what would be the point, I’ll let you read on and you will find out. I think a good point to start on is some news that emerged today. Yes what else could it be. Its the Manchester City-Kaka fiasco. Reports of a £100million deal is phenomenal and it shows you how serious the Manchester club are to becoming one of the worlds biggest clubs. Also £500,000 a week wages would get any player jumping through hoops for you but thats where Kaka differs from any player. The young Brazilian stood firmly and said no. He showed how much of a Legend and a role model to any budding professional out there. Kaka has stated that he wants to stay in Milan and try to become captain. Why should he move to Manchester, he lives and plays in one of the worlds most lucritive cities and move to Manchester, famous for err, well lets not get into that. He is at club where its history alone would get anyone to do with football’s heart beating! 
Anyway to something a little closer to me. St. Mirren. If you don’t know we have played our last at our beloved home, Love Street, which was confirmed last night when St. Mirren sailed through to the 5th round of the Scottish Cup ruling out any chance of a reply at the hallowed ground. It will be hard to get use to the new stadium for me and Saints fans alike, Love Street will always remain in our hearts and I’m also thinking of adding a Love Street memorial to the tattoo I’m getting on the 4th of Februaryof the St. Mirren badge. Maybe get Love Street at the top of it and 1894-2009 at the bottom, I don’t know, I’m open to suggestions.
Anyway I’ll be back next Wednesday and if you want to get your opinon across on the points I have made or any other points on the football world, join the forum!