EVERTON GAMES 1999/2000 - MATCH REPORTS |
I hold out very little hope for this season; I fear relegation is very much on the cards. |
Sunday 8th August
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If we can keep that sort of commitment up throughout the season, not just against MU, but against all teams, then I really think we should survive. Collins had a very good game, but Campbell was dreadful. He didn't put himself out at all; the only Everton player who didn't. We need improvement from you, Kevin.
GREAT start!
Teams
Everton Gerrard, Weir, Gough (booked), Watson (booked), Unsworth, Collins (booked), Barmby, Ward, Gemmill, Hutchison, Campbell
Man Utd Bosnich, P Neville, Berg, Stam, Irwin, Beckham, Keane (booked), Scholes, Solskjaer, Cole, Yorks.
Teams
ASTON VILLA (3-5-2): D James - U Ehiogu, G Southgate, C Calderwood - M Delaney, I Taylor, G Boateng (sub: L Hendrie, 57min), A Thompson (sub: S Stone, 68), A Wright - J Joachim, D Dublin (sub: P Merson, 62). Substitutes not used: M Oakes, N Ghrayib. Booked: Wright, Ehiogu.
EVERTON (4-5-1): P Gerrard - D Weir, R Gough, D Unsworth, M Ball - M Ward (sub: F Jeffers, 73), S Gemmill (M Pembridge, 73), D Hutchison, J Collins, N Barmby - K Campbell. Substitutes not used: R Dunne, D Cardamarteri, S Simonsen. Sent off: Collins. Booked: Collins, Hutchison.
Saturday 15th August
 David Unsworth celebrates | The highlights made this game look exciting - but our goals were both penalties (dubious ones!), both for Ian Walker fouls on Jeffers, who's been allowed back into the flock, although I don't agree with it! We are 18th. This is another disastrous start!Tottenham: Walker, Carr, Perry, Scales, Taricco, Anderton (Freund 85min), Sherwood, Leonhardsen, Ginola, Iversen, Ferdinand.
Everton: Gerrard, Weir, Gough, Unsworth, Dunne, Ward (Cleland 72min), Gemmill (Hutchison 72), Collins, Barmby, Campbell, Jeffers (Cadamarteri 80). |
 Ginola and Collins battle it out. |
Saturday 21st August
EVERTON 4 SOUTHAMPTON 1
Goals:Gough 36, Lundekvam 47 (og), Jeffers 48, Campbell 54. Pahars 70.
Everton: Gerrard, Weir, Gough, Dunne, Unsworth, Barmby, Collins, Pembridge (Ward 77), Hutchison (Gemmill 65), Jeffers (Cadamarteri 77), Campbell.
Subs not used:Phelan, Simonsen.
Booked:Hutchison.
Southampton: Jones, Hiley, Richards, Lundekvam, Benali, Ripley, Hughes, Soltvedt, Kachloul (Bridge 57), Davies, Pahars (Bradley 76).
Subs not used: Oakley, Moss, Almeida.
Booked: Hughes, Davies, Bradley.
Att: 31755
Ref: B Knight (Orpington)
Wednesday 25th August
EVERTON 4 WIMBLEDON 0
Everton (1) 4 Wimbledon (0) 0
Unsworth 16, Barmby 46, Jeffers 50, Campbell 68.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Gough, Weir, Unsworth, Barmby (Ball 80), Hutchison, Pembridge (Gemmill 86), Ward, Jeffers (Cadamarteri 82), Campbell.
Subs not used:Simonsen, Watson.
Booked:Campbell.
Wimbledon: Sullivan, Thatcher, Blackwell, Roberts (Andersen 45), Cunningham, Kimble, Earle (Ainsworth 58), Euell, Hughes (Leaburn 80), Cort, Gayle.
Subs not used: Davis, Badir.
Booked: Thatcher.
Att: 32818
Ref: J Winter (Stockton-on-Tees)
Saturday 28th August
DERBY 1 EVERTON 0
Teams
Derby County (0) 1 Everton (0) 0
Fuertes 47.
Derby County: Hoult, Prior, Carbonari, Laursen, Borbokis, Johnson (Eranio 46), Bohinen (Baiano 46), Powell, Schnoor, Delap, Fuertes (Sturridge 71).
Subs not used:Poom, Beck.
Booked:Johnson, Fuertes, Carbonari, Eranio.
Everton: Gerrard, Weir, Gough, Dunne, Unsworth, Hutchison, Collins, Barmby (Gemmill 80), Pembridge (Ball 66), Campbell, Jeffers (Cadamarteri 66).
Subs not used: Ward, Simonsen.
Booked: Barmby, Dunne, Gerrard, Hutchison.
Sent off: Dunne (25, Second Bookable Offence).
Att: 26550
Ref: A D'urso (Essex)
Saturday 11th September
Sheff Weds (0) 0 Everton (2) 2 (Barmby 14, Gemmill 18)
Sheff Weds: Pressman, Nolan, Thome, Walker, Briscoe, Sonner, Atherton, Rudi (O'Donnell, 46), Alexandersson (Donnelly, 64), De Bilde (Carbone, 64), Booth.
Subs not used: Srnicek, Newsome.
Booked: Donnelly, O'Donnell, Briscoe.
Everton: Gerrard, Weir, Gough, Watson, Unsworth, Barmby, Ward (Hutchison, 67), Gemmill, Pembridge (Xavier, 47), Jeffers (Collins, 79), Campbell.
Subs not used: Simonsen, Cadamarteri.
Sunday 19th September
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth (Gemmill 41), Weir, Gough, Dunne, Xavier, Hutchison (Ball 38), Collins, Barmby, Jeffers (Cleland 90), Campbell.
Subs not used:Cadamarteri, Simonsen.
Booked:Dunne, Barmby.
West Ham United: Hislop, Keller, Stimac, Potts, Margas, Moncur, Lomas, Lampard, Sinclair, Di Canio, Wanchope.
Subs not used: Kitson, Foe, Carrick, Forrest, Newton.
Booked: Stimac, Di Canio, Lampard.
Att: 35154
Ref: S Bennett (Orpington)
Wednesday 22nd September
This was FABULOUS! Live on the TV! Four Daffodils playing! (Gough, Collins, Patrik, Smicer). Campbell scored the only goal, after only 4 minutes after some great work by Jeffers. |  | Nice one, Kevin - but how come you disappeared for the rest of the game?? And how come you're so SLOW??? I don't understand why Walter Smith didn't recognise this and put on Cadamarteri - but I suppose he's the manager. |
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Everton had by far the best of the first half; pity we couldn't find another goal from somewhere. The Everton defence was playing its heart out - especially the ancient Gough. (The "Dealer" was playing dirty!). The second half continued much as the first - and then, farce erupted (?) when Jeffers and Westerweld had a little handbags fight. Both were subsequently sent off. |
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This wasn't so bad for Everton, but Liverpool had used all their subs and had to put Steve Staunton in goal! He had little to do though, unfortunately. A bloke called Gerrard (?) got sent off for Liverpool in injury time (of which there were 6 minutes plus!) and my heart was going into spasms as I pleaded for the final whistle, as Liverpool looked like equalising at any second. |
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Eventuallement it arrived and Everton had done "just enough" to win the match! No, I lied there - they had done MORE THAN enough to win the game - it would've been a tragedy if we'd only got a point out of that game - Everton worked SO hard. It was GREAT! |
Liverpool (0) 0 Everton (1) 1
Campbell 4.
Liverpool: Westerveld, Staunton, Hyypia, Carragher, Heggem, Berger, Hamann (Meijer 66), Redknapp, Smicer (Camara 70), Owen, Fowler (Gerrard 66).
Subs not used:Henchoz, Nielsen.
Booked:Staunton, Redknapp, Owen.
Sent off:Westerveld (74, Foul & Abusive Language), Gerrard (91, Foul & Abusive Language).
Everton: Gerrard, Ball, Gough, Dunne, Weir, Barmby, Collins, Hutchison, Xavier, Campbell, Jeffers.
Subs not used: Cleland, Gemmill, Ward, Johnson, Simonsen.
Booked: Ball, Gough.
Sent off: Jeffers (74, Foul & Abusive Language).
Att: 44802
Ref: M Riley (Leeds)
Disappointing after what we did to Liverpool, but a point's a point and we never seem to do much good against Coventry.
Everton (1) 1 Coventry City (1) 1
Jeffers 2.
McAllister 11.
Everton: Gerrard, Gough, Weir, Dunne (Gemmill 84), Ball, Barmby (Cadamarteri 45), Collins, Hutchison, Xavier, Campbell, Jeffers.
Subs not used:Ward, Johnson, Simonsen.
Booked:Dunne.
Coventry City: Hedman, Edworthy, Shaw, Konjic (Williams 57), Keane, Palmer, Chippo, McAllister, Telfer, Hall, Hadji.
Subs not used: Strachan, Quinn, Nuzzo, Eustace.
Booked: Edworthy, Hall.
Att: 34839
Ref: N Barry (Scunthorpe)
Saturday 16th October
And we were doing so well! I blame the break for the internationals!! We scored first though, with a great free-kick from John Collins. (So points for the Daffs!) It all went downhill from there though! And LEE DIXON! His first goal for three years!! More points for the Daffs!
Saturday 24th October
Well, although we didn't win this game, I feel proud of this performance (which didn't see!). So much so that, instead of putting the newspaper report on the "papers" page, I'm going to put it here for once!
Report from the Telegraph
Bridges tops bill in a thriller
Everton (3) 4 Leeds United (2) 4
IF Bill Kenwright, the impresario, succeeds in taking over his beloved Everton then he could transfer magnificent matinee productions like this to the West End and be guaranteed a box-office smash. If only every game shimmered with as much drama. Compelling, end-to-end, edge-of-the-seats' entertainment, the scoring started after four minutes, ebbed and flowed through 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 before becoming 4-4 when David Weir deservedly equalised in stoppage time. A Goodison crowd of 37,555 roared in delight and disbelief. Too late: Leeds' goalkeeper, Nigel Martyn, can only watch as Kevin Campbell scores Everton's second goal The only sour note was Dermot Gallagher's failure to dismiss Leeds United's Lucas Radebe for bringing down Don Hutchison, who was through on goal with Everton leading 3-2. Yet the mistake by Gallagher, otherwise a sympathetic steward of a rain-soaked game's rhythm and rigours, simply reflected the errors stymying both defences, particularly Leeds'. But what character the Premiership pacesetters showed, coming back to equalise three times. Michael Bridges was outstanding, looking every inch a future England international with his clever movement, vision and precise finishing - his two goals making it nine for the season. Bridges's performance was even more exceptional because of the excellence of Everton, who refused to be over-awed by these ambitious visitors with their 10 wins on the spin. John Collins was industrious and inventive in central midfield while Hutchison and Kevin Campbell combined effectively in attack. It took only four minutes and 19 seconds for the rollercoaster ride to start. Collins accelerated the move, slipping the ball through to Campbell, whose body language exuded confidence as he advanced confidently before beating Nigel Martyn easily. Everton's edge lasted nine minutes. Lee Bowyer swept the ball from right to left towards Harry Kewell, whose cross was turned in from close range by Bridges. Yet Everton, direct and determined, so quick to deliver the ball to the head or feet of their busy strikers, regained the lead just before the half-hour: the ball raced between Mark Pembridge and Hutchison, who ushered Campbell through the middle for another assured finish. It was breathless stuff, the radio commentators almost turning hoarse as attack followed counter-attack. Leeds were soon level with a goal straight from the theatre of the absurd, Kewell's 45-yard left-wing cross drifting over the static Paul Gerrard. No matter. Everton re-claimed the lead with a scrappy strike 10 minutes before half-time, the ball bouncing via Campbell, Hutchison, Nicky Barmby and Jonathon Woodgate before Hutchison's low shot did enough to beat Martyn: 3-2. Half-time brought a welcome chance to catch breath. Just before the hour-mark, controversy reigned with Radebe's sliding challenge on Hutchison bringing no censure from Gallagher but plenty from Walter Smith. "I don't like to see a player sent off but the rule is there," Everton's manager said. "Hutchison had a clear run on goal. The referee has got one major decision to make in the game and he opted out of his responsibility." Leeds, with David Batty and Stephen McPhail quietly keeping the momentum going, exploited the reprieve to the full. Moments after sprinting into the fray in the 67th minute, Darren Huckerby took Bridges's lay-off and returned the ball into the area. Bridges flicked the ball up and lifted it sweetly over Gerrard; sensational stuff, Leeds at their audacious best. Six minutes later Leeds grasped the lead for the first time, Woodgate powerfully heading in Ian Harte's corner. That seemed it. But Smith's Everton are nothing if not dogged competitors. Richard Gough ventured down the left to win a foul, David Unsworth's free-kick sailed to the far post and there was Weir, leaping like one of his homeland's finest, to head a richly-merited equaliser. "It was a terrific match," Smith said. No one would argue.
Teams and things
Everton: Gerrard; Watson, Gough, Ball (Johnson, 78); Weir, Barmby, Gemmill (Pembridge, 27), Collins, Unsworth; Hutchison, Campbell. Subs: Cadamarteri, Ward, Simonsen (g). Goals: Campbell (4, 28), Hutchison (37), Weir (90).
Leeds Utd: Martyn; Kelly, Woodgate, Radebe, Harte; Bowyer, Batty, McPhail, Kewell; Smith (Huckerby, 67), Bridges. Subs: Hopkin, Haaland, Robinson (g), Mills. Goals: Bridges (15, 67), Kewell (35), Woodgate (72).
Referee: D Gallagher (Banbury).
Crowd: 37,555
NO BOOKINGS!
Saturday 30th October
The euphoria dipped a bit today!! We were the first to score (Campbell again), but obviously had a bad day!
Teams and things
Middlesbrough (1) 2 Everton (1) 1
Ziege 15, Deane 61.
Campbell 3.
Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Stamp, Fleming, Vickers, Pallister, O'Neill, Juninho, Ince, Ziege, Ricard, Deane.
Subs not used:Beresford, Maddison, Armstrong, Summerbell, Gavin.
Booked:Pallister.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Weir, Gough, Ball, Barmby (Johnson 80), Pembridge, Collins, Unsworth, Hutchison, Campbell.
Subs not used: Cleland, Cadamarteri, Ward, Simonsen.
Booked: Pembridge, Collins, Unsworth.
Sent off: Weir (76, Professional Foul).
Att: 33916
Ref: A D'urso (Billericay)
Sunday 7th November
There's no shame in drawing away - and to a Shearer penalty at that!! We're still doing far better than I thought we would - in 10th spot now - so still top half of the table. Amazing! Thanks again Kevin!!
Teams and things
Newcastle United (0) 1 Everton (0) 1
Shearer 46 (pen).
Campbell 62.
Newcastle United: Harper, Pistone, Dumas, Dabizas, Domi, Solano, Lee, Speed, Gallacher, Ferguson (Maric 84), Shearer.
Subs not used:Karelse, Marcelino, Hughes, Glass.
Booked:Speed, Dumas.
Everton: Gerrard, Weir, Cleland, Unsworth, Ball (Johnson 46), Dunne, Collins, Barmby, Pembridge, Campbell, Hutchison.
Subs not used: Simonsen, Clarke, Ward, Jevons.
Booked: Cleland, Barmby, Dunne, Gerrard, Johnson, Unsworth.
Att: 36164
Ref: M Reed (Birmingham)
Saturday 20th November
At last back to proper football after the very silly Euro qualifiers! Oh, this was a sickener! Flo scored in the 2nd minute of injury-time to equalise. Campbell's goal was no stunner that's for sure - but it was so sad for those 3 points to disappear right at the death.
Teams and things
Everton (1) 1 Chelsea (0) 1
Campbell 15.
Flo 90.
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Gough, Dunne, Cleland, Barmby, Hutchison, Pembridge, Xavier, Jeffers, Campbell.
Subs not used:Ball, Collins, Gemmill, Grant, Simonsen.
Booked:Hutchison, Pembridge.
Chelsea: De Goey, Babayaro, Desailly, Leboeuf, Ferrer (Hogh 81), Ambrosetti (Di Matteo 2), Deschamps, Morris, Petrescu (Zola 51), Flo, Sutton.
Subs not used: Cudicini, Harley.
Booked: Sutton, Leboeuf, Ferrer.
Sent off:
Leboeuf (56, Second Bookable Offence).
Ref: M Halsey (Welwyn Garden City)
Well, hop-dickety, or whatever it is they say!
Ben goes close (sorry Telegraph - I would normally take the "reuters" bit off, but the software's broken!)
Teams and Things
Everton (0) 0 Aston Villa (0) 0
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Gough, Weir, Unsworth, Barmby (Grant 77), Hutchison, Collins, Pembridge, Campbell, Jeffers.
Subs not used:Cleland, Ball, Xavier, Simonsen.
Booked:Hutchison.
Aston Villa: James, Calderwood, Southgate, Barry, Wright, Watson, Boateng, Taylor, Hendrie, Dublin, Joachim.
Subs not used: Merson, Carbone, Ghrayib, Stone, Enckelman.
Booked: Taylor, Watson, Calderwood, Wright, Hendrie.
Att: 34750
Saturday 4th December
Well, we lost - what else can I say! They were lucky? Spose so. We were poor. Too right. And it started off so well with the Jeffers goal too. Oh, well - Real Madrid lost 5-1 too - and they were at home! You can't win em all! (But it had to be that little squealer, Solksjaer!)
Teams and Things
Manchester United (3) 5 Everton (1) 1
Irwin 26 (pen), Solskjaer 29, 43, 52, 58.
Jeffers 7.
Manchester United: Bosnich (Van Der Gouw 8), G. Neville, Stam, Silvestre (P. Neville 64), Irwin, Scholes, Butt, Keane, Giggs (Cole 64), Sheringham, Solskjaer.
Subs not used:Beckham, Yorke.
Booked:Butt.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne (Ball 63), Weir, Gough, Unsworth, Barmby (Cleland 63), Xavier, Collins, Pembridge (Grant 80), Jeffers, Campbell.
Subs not used: Jevons, Simonsen.
Booked: Weir.
Att: 55193
Ref: G Poll (Tring)
Saturday 18th December
An easy-peasy task to beat these really! Good job we did though, or else we would've been heading back down to that relegation zone that we know so well!
Teams and Things
Watford (0) 1 Everton (2) 3
Ngonge 60.
Barmby 4, Hutchison 37, Unsworth 86 (pen).
Watford: Chamberlain, Cox, Palmer, Page, Robinson, Hyde (Foley 88), Williams, Johnson, Miller, Ngonge, Smith.
Subs not used:Day, Gibbs, Bakalli, Perpetuini.
Booked:Johnson, Miller, Robinson.
Sent off:Cox (89, Foul & Abusive Language).
Everton: Gerrard, Cleland (Watson 68), Weir, Dunne, Unsworth, Barmby, Xavier, Collins, Pembridge, Campbell, Hutchison.
Subs not used: Ball, Moore, Grant, Simonsen.
Booked: Gerrard.
Att: 17346
Ref: A Wilkie (Chester Le Street)
Sunday 26th December
WOW!!! Thanks to Sky for the following appraisal of this game! Just don't have time right now to do my own report - but we were GREAT!
Sunday 26th December 1999
Updated 6:11pm
GOODISON WONDERLAND FOR KENWRIGHT
Everton 5-0 Sunderland
Everton fans received their Christmas present on Friday night when news of Bill Kenwright's accepted takeover bid was announced. So what they made of this Boxing Day massacre - well, the talk in the 'Blue' pubs on Merseyside tonight will be of high hopes on and off the pitch after a favourite old boy, Peter Reid, saw his team humiliated at an excited Goodison.
But when a team wins by five goals, the talk will perhaps revolves around a player that was not playing. Kevin Phillips is the top scorer in this cosmopolitan Premiership, having already outscored the top scorers of the last two seasons' worth of goals and indeed Cole's goals.
For Sunderland haven't taken a beating like this since the opening day hammering at Chelsea, from which Peter Reid decided not to be so attack-minded away from home. So when Phillips failed a fitness test he was replaced by full debutant Kevin Kilbane as the former Goodison midfield hero decided to reinforce his own midfield in a bid to grab a point for his high-flying side.
Christmas is invariably the time that people all talk of teams coming down with decorations and real challengers emerging etc etc. So all eyes were on a Kevin Phillips-less Sunderland - but they should have been on the blue team. Everton were electrifying.
The question will be - can they perform like this more regularly?
Don Hutchison gave Everton a 15th minute lead and soon doubled it, as the Geordie took great delight in torturing Sunderland.
His first was after Francis Jeffers had found Mark Pembridge - who was to have his best game in a blue shirt. The Welshman's mishit shot across the eighteen yard box was the bit of luck that Everton needed to be on their way, as Hutchison finished.
His second was a thumping low drive after a David Unsworth free-kick was nodded out by Steve Bould to the lurking midfielder.
Everton had their tails up, playing for the audience at long last. Their passing was classy, and a third was inevitable before the break. Jeffers was set through by the immaculate Richard Gough and his pace did the first bit, his composure to finish the rest.
Pembridge made it four in the second half. Unmarked at the beginning, middle and end of the move that saw Kevin Campbell miss, then Jeffers find the former Derby star to score with the Wearsiders in disarray. Jeffers was adjudged fractionally offside when netting soon after, and Nick Barmby found Paul Butler on the line to deny him a goal.
But a fifth duly arrived, and it was Campbell who scored it, spinning on a Hutchison pass to fire a great low shot in past a shell-shocked Thomas Sorensen.
Sunderland's only effort of note was a lonely Niall Quinn header from Michael Gray's long ball easily held by an under-employed Paul Gerrard.
It was raining on Merseyside today, and in Peter Reid's heart. But one person - a forward at that - does not make a team, and there is little time for a hangover with Manchester United due in town on Tuesday night. Now will it be the new Everton at Bradford that same day?
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Weir, Gough, Dunne, Barmby (Moore 74), Hutchison, Collins, Pembridge, Campbell, Jeffers (Cleland 74).
Subs Not Used: Watson, Cadamarteri, Simonsen.
Booked: Weir.
Goals: Hutchison 16, 26, Jeffers 41, Pembridge 61, Campbell 72.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Gray (Reddy 45), Bould, Butler, Makin, Schwarz, Roy (Williams 32), McCann, Summerbee, Kilbane, Quinn.
Subs Not Used: Marriott, Rae, Oster.
Booked: Kilbane, McCann.
Att: 40,017
Ref: S Lodge (Barnsley).
Tuesday 28th December
Another game (I am getting very muddled)!! Would've been too much to expect the boys to repeat Sunday's performance, I suppose. The only comment I can make on this game is that Joe-Max Moore made his full debut for us (in the absence of Campbell; waiting for birth of baby). He is no great shakes, that's for sure!! Perhaps he'll come good - who knows! Anyway, Everton are still 8th - which is remarkable!
Teams and Things
Bradford City (0) 0 Everton (0) 0
Bradford City: Clarke, Halle, Wetherall, O'Brien, Myers (Beagrie 63), Windass (Blake 74), McCall, Redfearn, Sharpe, Mills, Saunders.
Subs not used:Davison, Westwood, Lawrence.
Booked:Wetherall, Redfearn, McCall.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Weir, Gough, Unsworth, Barmby, Hutchison, Collins (Cleland 52 (Gemmill 74)), Pembridge, Jeffers, Maxmoore (Cadamarteri 76).
Subs not used: Simonsen, Watson.
Booked: Hutchison, Cadamarteri.
Att: 18276
Ref: U Rennie (Sheffield)
Monday 3rd January
I watched this game live on Sky - but I am not feeling very well today (ah!) - so I am going to take advantage of Sky's own report of this game. In a nutshell though, I thought that Everton were very POOR! They could barely string two passes together and Campbell is still very SLOW! Flowers got what he deserved and should've been sent off and we should've had a penalty - NO DOUBTS about that! Joe-Max came on for 20 minutes, but was ineffectual - but better than Jeffers had been! :) Nice to see Tony Cottee get such a warm welcome back at Goodison!
HONOURS EVEN IN GOODISON SCRAP
Everton 2-2 Leicester
Bill Kenwright may have assumed control at Goodison Park, and brought some much-needed stability to the Gwladys Street boardroom, but the theatre impressario has yet to find a way to influence the script on the pitch.
The home side took an early lead, but had David Unsworth to thank for a point after they had gifted Leicester the advantage before half-time. In truth, a point apiece was a fair reflection on an evening when industry and sweat triumphed over skill and grace.
Everton have taken the lead in six of their last eleven league games but have failed to collect maximum points on each occasion, so there can have been few inside Goodison who were expecting a soothing New Year balm.
There was certainly little change of fortune for Tim Flowers after he was helped from the field for the third time this season, after clashing with Nick Barmby on the edge of the area. Pegguy Arphexad came on in his stead, and Scot Gemmill came on for the discomforted Everton midfielder.
The French 'keeper's first task was to retrieve the ball from the back of his net after David Weir had made space on the edge of the area, and fired in a shot which took a wicked deflection off Don Hutchison before flying in.
However, Uncle Defensive Fraility is a regular visitor on Merseyside and the Blues duly gifted the visitors the lead in the space of six catastrophic minutes.
Matt Elliott has missed just 4 league games since his arrival at Filbert Street in January 1997 - and the Foxes have lost two of those - and the shaven-headed Scot was pressed into forward service in the absence of the suspeneded Emile Heskey. He pounced twice as the Everton back three dozed.
First Theo Zagorakis went on a determined run through midfield, and when the ball broke free on the edge of the box, it was Elliott who drilled it home, with Tony Cottee deemed to have not been interfering with play although he was in an offside position.
With the home fans still muttering into their bovril, Richard Gough's poor back-pass led to a calamitous mix up between Dave Watson and Paul Gerrard, and the ball broke to Elliott who gleefully fired the Foxes in front.
The fact that the pantomime stand-in managed to score as many goals in six minutes as 'Dame Heskey' had managed in twenty games will have given Martin O'Neill food for thought.
In first half injury-time, Dave Unsworth broke down the left to cross on the run but the ball brushed Francis Jeffers forehead, and the chance was gone.
After Robbie Savage had gone close at one end, Everton drew level after 56 minutes when Kevin Campbell flicked the ball into the box and Sinclair clearly handled. Unsworth stepped up to calmly push home the spot-kick.
Back came Leicester again, seeking their first league win in four attempts, and Gerry Taggart forced Gerrard into another full-length save, before Savage surged into the box to test the Everton keeper again at his near post.
So the game drew to a close with defences on top and neither side able to find the telling pass that would produce the winner.
SKY MAN OF THE MATCH: MATT ELLIOTT
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Gough, Watson, Weir, Pembridge, Hutchison, Collins, Barmby (Gemmill 9), Jeffers (Moore 70), Campbell.
Subs Not Used: Ward, Clarke, Simonsen.
Booked: Watson, Pembridge.
Goals: Weir 15, Unsworth 56 pen.
Leicester: Flowers (Arphexad 8), Taggart, Walsh, Sinclair, Savage, Lennon (Thomas 90), Zagorakis (Campbell 79), Oakes, Eadie, Elliott, Cottee.
Subs Not Used: Gunnlaugsson, Gilchrist.
Booked: Sinclair.
Goals: Elliott 26, 31.
Att: 30,490
Ref: J Winter (Stockton-on-Tees). He was DIABOLICAL! (note: this is my comment, not Sky's!!)
Saturday 15th January
So another draw! But am not too disheartened about this - as it looked like we were going to lose! But thanks to an injury-time goal from our new American laddy, Joe-Max, we remain unbeaten at Goodison and still in the top half of the table - a bit of a miracle that (and novelty over the last few years!). Am content.
Teams and Things
Everton (1) 2 Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2
Campbell 22, Moore 90.
Armstrong 24, Ginola 28.
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth (Ball 81), Watson, Dunne, Weir, Pembridge, Hutchison, Collins, Barmby, Jeffers (Moore 82), Campbell.
Subs not used:Ward, Gemmill, Simonsen.
Booked:Barmby, Hutchison, Watson.
Tottenham Hotspur: Walker, Edinburgh (Young 81), Perry, Campbell, Carr, Ginola (Nielsen 68), Clemence, Sherwood, Anderton, Armstrong, Iversen.
Subs not used: Baardsen, Korsten, Fox.
Booked: Edinburgh, Sherwood, Clemence, Nielsen.
Att: 36144
Ref: A Wiley (Walsall
Saturday 22nd January
I would rather not write about this at all! A really disgusting result! I mean, SOUTHAMPTON (who I rather hope will go down at the end of the season - because I'm fed up with them!). And to make matters even worse, their first goalscorer was an ex NORWEGIAN POLICEMAN!!! Boys, boys, boys - you must do better than this!
Teams and Things
Southampton (0) 2 Everton (0) 0
Tessem 47, Oakley 56.
Southampton: Jones, Monk, Richards, Lundekvam, Benali, Tessem, Oakley (Soltvedt 72), Marsden, Boa Morte (Beresford 81), Pahars, Davies (Beattie 88).
Subs not used:Hughes, Moss.
Booked:Lundekvam, Marsden, Boa Morte, Pahars.
Everton: Gerrard (Simonsen 6), Dunne (Moore 78), Gough, Weir, Unsworth (Ball 63), Collins, Hutchison, Pembridge, Barmby, Jeffers, Campbell.
Subs not used: Watson, Cadamarteri.
Booked: Unsworth, Weir, Barmby.
Att: 15232
Ref: A D'Urso (Billericay)
Sunday 6th February
There you go, Walter, what did I say??? Drop Jeffers and play the American laddie!! Came up trumps, didn't they?? Cadamarteri played excellently too! Consider playing him again, even when Barmby's back from suspension! Perhaps! Anyway, saw this game live on TV and it was a real drag! Wimbledon were totally useless - but let's not take anything away from Everton's performance! Pretty good!! Europe here we come!
Teams and Things
Wimbledon (0) 0 Everton (0) 3
Campbell 53, 61, Moore 63.
Wimbledon: Sullivan, Cunningham, Andersen, Hreidarsson, Kimble, Badir (Francis 76), Earle (Ardley 66), Euell, Leaburn (Andresen 66), Gayle, Cort.
Subs not used:Willmott, Davis.
Everton: Myher, Dunne, Gough, Weir, Unsworth, Moore, Hutchison (Xavier 84), Pembridge, Ball, Cadamarteri, Campbell.
Subs not used: Collins, Gemmill, Jeffers, Simonsen.
Booked: Moore.
Att: 13172
Saturday 12th February
Yikes! Still have our unbeaten home record! We are 7th and pushing for EUROPE!!!! I may well marry Joe-Max Moore when I grow up!! :) What a saviour he's been! American he might be - but eat your heart out Francis Jeffers - this man can finish!! His goal was a real beaut! OK, maybe I will never grow up enough to marry the man - but I may very well write him a letter! Soon!
Teams and Things
Everton (2) 2 Derby County (0) 1
Moore 24, Ball 45 (pen).
Nimni 59.
Everton: Myhre, Ball, Gough, Weir, Dunne, Barmby, Pembridge, Hutchison, Cadamarteri (Collins 62), Campbell, Moore.
Subs not used:Watson, Jeffers, Xavier, Simonsen.
Booked:Cadamarteri, Collins, Ball.
Derby County: Poom, Dorigo (Nimni 58), Laursen, Elliott, Eranio, Prior, Johnson, Burley, Kinkladze, Strupar (Robinson 46), Sturridge (Christie 46).
Subs not used: Oakes, Riggott.
Booked: Dorigo, Burley, Johnson.
Att: 33268
Ref: U Rennie (Sheffield)
Saturday 26th February
COOL!!! Barmby got a hattrick and Joe-Max scored his 6th goal in 7 games. Can't be bad!! We are back to 7th and really, really, really in with a shout of a European spot!!
Teams and Things
West Ham United 0 - 4 Everton
Barmby (8)
Barmby (64)
Barmby (67)
Moore (71)
West Ham: Ilic
Stimac
Ferdinand
Pearce
Sinclair
Lomas
Moncur
Cole
Keller
Wanchope
Kitson
Everton: Myhre
Xavier
Weir
Gough
Unsworth
Barmby
Pembridge
Collins
Ball
Campbell
Moore
Substitutions
Ward for Barmby (84)
Bookings
None None
Referee
P Alcock (Halstead)
Attendance
26025
Saturday 4th March
What's this?? Can't beat the miserable (Beni-less) Wednesday?? Shocking! By all accounts, this was a lacklustre performance by Everton, who could barely shift out of first gear. I knew it couldn't last! What we need is to do a deal with the other side of the park. Swap Pembridge with Berger is what I say!! Such a sweet left foot amongst other attributes!! (Well, come to think of it, I'd swap Pembridge for a beefburger even! :)) Still we are riding high in the charts though!
Oh, how did that get there?!?! :)
Teams and things
Everton (1) 1 Sheffield Wednesday (0) 1
Weir 33.
Quinn 49.
Everton: Myhre, Ball, Unsworth, Weir, Xavier, Ward (Dunne 76), Pembridge, Barmby, Collins, Moore, Campbell.
Subs not used:Watson, Gemmill, Cadamarteri, Simonsen.
Sheffield Wednesday: Srnicek, Hinchcliffe, Walker, Atherton, Nolan (Briscoe 46), Quinn, Haslam, Sonner, Alexandersson, Sibon, De Bilde.
Subs not used: Pressman, Cresswell, Rudi, Staniforth.
Booked: Sibon.
Att: 32020
Ref: G Barber (Tring, Herts)
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Saturday 11th March
I can't really comment on this result, because I saw nothing whatsoever of the game! I read though that Everton worked hard to propel the Chelsea invasion - especially Gough - so that's nice to report! Everton always seem to draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge it seems. Good work though boys!
Teams and things
Chelsea (1) 1 Everton (0) 1
Wise 29.
Cadamarteri 69.
Chelsea: De Goey, Ferrer, Thome, Leboeuf, Harley (Poyet 72), Di Matteo, Wise, Morris, Babayaro, Sutton, Zola (Flo 46).
Subs not used:Ambrosetti, Cudicini, Terry.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Gough, Weir, Collins, Barmby, Xavier, Hughes, Pembridge, Cadamarteri, Moore.
Subs not used: Myhre, Watson, Gemmill, Jevons, Ward.
Booked: Gough, Barmby.
Att: 35113
Ref: D Elleray (Harrow-on-the-Hill)
Just a quick piece of news (14 March). Today, years after I wanted them to - Everton signed Sparky!!! Well, welcome at last Mark!!
Wednesday 15th March
We never beat Coventry, it seems. Hughes made his Everton debut tonight - but failed to impress up front alongside Moore.
Coventry City (0) 1 Everton (0) 0
McAllister 86.
Coventry City: Hedman, Gustafsson, Burrows, Shaw, Hendry, Hadji, Eustace (Zuniga 81), McAllister, Chippo, Whelan, Roussel.
Subs not used:Hyldgaard, Breen, Normann, Quinn.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Weir, Gough, Collins, Barmby (Gemmill 81), Pembridge, S Hughes (Unsworth 70), Xavier, Moore (Cadamarteri 66), M Hughes.
Subs not used: Myhre, Ward.
Att: 18518
Ref: M Halsey (Welwyn Garden City)
Sunday 19th March
Not only did we lose our unbeaten home run - but I had to darned well WATCH it! And, not only did we lose - but it was a dire game. Europe looks further away now. Both our new Hughes's played today - and neither impressed. *The* Hughsie was his usual tough tackling self and Stephen Hughes (Arsenal reject - what did you get him in for, Walter??) was worse than useless. *Big sigh*.
Everton (0) 0 Newcastle United (0) 2
A Hughes 79, Dyer 87.
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Weir, Gough, Xavier, S Hughes (Ball 77), Pembridge, Collins, Barmby (Dunne 85), M Hughes, Moore (Cadamarteri 66).
Subs not used:Myhre, Gemmill.
Booked:Xavier, M Hughes.
Newcastle United: Given, A Hughes, Dabizas, Howey, Barton, Gallacher (Domi 68), Speed, Lee, Solano (Dyer 77), Ferguson, Shearer.
Subs not used: Goma, Harper, Ketsbaia.
Booked: Speed, Ferguson, Howey.
Att: 32512
Ref: G Barber (Tring, Herts)
Saturday 25th March
This is more like the Everton I know - on a losing streak!!! :) Yeesh, what happened? We're now down to 10th! And to think that we thrashed Sunderland 5-0 at Goodison. I don't have anything really to say about this game - because I haven't even seen highlights.
Sunderland (1) 2 Everton (1) 1
Summerbee 7, Phillips 77.
Barmby 38.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Holloway, Craddock, Williams, Makin, Summerbee, Rae, Schwarz (Bould 74), Kilbane, Quinn, Phillips.
Subs not used:Marriott, Roy, Thirlwell, Dichio.
Booked:Schwarz.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Gough, Unsworth, Xavier, Collins, Barmby, S Hughes, Pembridge, Moore (Hutchison 82), M Hughes (Cadamarteri 82).
Subs not used: Ball, Gemmill, Simonsen.
Att: 41934
Ref: S Bennett (Orpington)
Saturday 1st April
Phew, a win at last!! We stagger up to 9th place! It was worrying though when Watford came back to 3-2 - I could almost smell defeat!! No mean feat though to get 4 past the mighty Watford!!! :)))) Hughsie scores his first goal for the Toffees! Both Hughsies!! Although we know that there really is only one "Hughsee"!! And the angelic Joe-Max continues to stick 'em in for a pastime! Time to take a second look at our defence though, I think, Walter! And, bye-bye Watford and your nicely coloured kit - back to the first division for you next season! Next week I'm going to listen to our match commentary live from Filbert Street on Real Player! Should be fun! I've come down to this because the BBC still insist on leaving Everton's game "highlights" until the end of MotD (approx midnight!) and only showing the goals - how am I meant to report properly!!! As usual, for excellent reports, please visit ToffeeWeb or the official Everton site.
Anybody notice what's wrong with these pics of Mark and Joe-Max, used by the official site to illustrate this game?!?!
Teams and stuff
Everton (3) 4 Watford (1) 2
M. Hughes 18, Moore 30, Smart 35, Moore 36, Hyde 80,
S. Hughes 86.
Everton: Gerrard, Ball, Gough, Dunne, Xavier, Pembridge,
S. Hughes, Collins, Barmby, Moore, M. Hughes.
Subs Not Used: Unsworth, Hutchison, Jevons, Simonsen,
Milligan.
Watford: Chamberlain, Robinson, Williams (Ward 46),
Palmer, Cox, Easton, R. Johnson, Hyde, Smith,
Wooter (Miller 46), Smart.
Subs Not Used: Day, Bonnot, Perpetuini.
Booked: Hyde.
Att: 31,960
Ref: S Dunn (Bristol)
4th April 2000Look what I got today!! A reply from our Joe-Max! (It's better than it looks here half-size - the colour fades on the rubbishy scanner I use) |
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Saturday 8th April
They brought back Donny - and Donny scored! It was a well-earned draw at Filbert Street, by all accounts. I can't help but to feel slightly disappointed that we didn't win though - that European spot is slipping away - almost out of sight now. I don't know what happened to my new friend, Joe-Max either. Looks like he must've picked up an injury just before half time (or he must've been almightily poor!). I can't believe that there are only 5 games left to the season! How the time flies!
Teams and Things
Leicester (1) 1 Everton (1) 1
Taggart 8.
Hutchison 27.
Leicester: Flowers, Taggart, Guppy, Savage, Gilchrist,
Impey, Izzet (Zagorakis 80), Lennon, Oakes (Marshall 46),
Elliott, Cottee (Dudfield 65).
Subs not used: Walsh, Arphexad.
Booked: Taggart, Guppy.
Everton: Gerrard, Gough (Dunne 62), Unsworth, Weir,
Xavier, Pembridge, Collins, Barmby, S. Hughes (Ball 84),
Hutchison, Moore (Cadamarteri 43).
Subs not used: Simonsen, Milligan.
Att: 18,705
Ref: A Wiley (Burntwood).
Saturday 15th April
 | Today all games in England kicked off at 15:06 after a minute's silence to remember the 11th anniversary of Hillsborough. The silences were scrupulously observed.So, the BBC at last gave our boys a good highlight spot - the first one! Perhaps this was because they were more interested in Bradford's predicament than our "middle-of-the-table-not-of-any-special-interest" position. However, I was grateful for it - particularly as we played so brilliantly! No exaggeration! Nice to watch - good passing - great movement off the ball. My mate Joe-Max didn't play, through injury, but Jevons came in and did a pretty darned good job alongside Hughsie, before he was replaced by Jeffers in the 2nd half (who was hardly noticed, but then I don't like the lad much, so perhaps am being slightly biased here!). Barmby's goal, in particular, was a goodie! Smashing finish! Looks like we are going to finish way outside of a Euro spot though, because, despite all our efforts, we are in 9th position in the table. Xavier is strange!!! |  |
Teams
Everton (2) 4 Bradford (0) 0
Pembridge 2, Unsworth 15 pen, Barmby 54, Collins 82.
Everton: Gerrard, Xavier (Ball 73), Weir,
Unsworth (Dunne 45), Collins, Barmby, Hutchison, Pembridge,
S. Hughes, Jevons, M. Hughes (Jeffers 78).
Subs not used: Cadamarteri, Simonsen.
Bradford: Clarke, Halle, Wetherall, O'Brien,
Jacobs (Dreyer 64), Blake, Beagrie, McCall, Sharpe, Windass,
Saunders (Rankin 58).
Subs not used: Westwood, Whalley, Davison.
Booked: O'Brien, Blake.
Att: 30,646
Ref: P Alcock (Halstead).
Friday 21st April
We wuz robbed! This game was live on Sky, but it was a rough and tumble affair - nothing to get excited about - a typical derby match. However, the fun occurred right at the end of the match. Liverpool had a free-kick for an offside or something - it was a minute into injury time (of which there were 2.) Westerveld was in a hurry to take the kick, so when he did - Hutchison was not the required 10 yards away, but that wasn't his fault and he had his back to the goal - walking away. Westerveld kicked and the ball hit Donny on the back and rebounded back into the net! Just *as* the ball was about to cross the line, the referee blew his whistle for full time!! What a thing! When interviewed after the match, the ref declared that time was up when Westerveld was about to take his free-kick and he stated that he had blown the whistle then! No way! He didn't blow the whistle then - only when he realised that a flukey goal was about to be scored. As Unsie said "he bottled it". Disgraaaaaceful.
Because Liverpool failed to win this game, MU took the Championship the next day. I don't need to add anything to that!
Teams
Everton (0) 0 Liverpool (0) 0
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Xavier, Weir, Unsworth,
Pembridge (Ball 85), Collins, S. Hughes, Barmby (Ward 89),
M. Hughes (Jeffers 81), Hutchison.
Subs not used: Jevons, Simonsen.
Liverpool: Westerveld, Carragher, Henchoz, Hyypia,
Matteo, Thompson (Heggem 56), Hamann, Gerrard, Berger, Owen,
Heskey (Fowler 46).
Subs not used: Smicer, Murphy, Nielsen.
Booked: Thompson, Hamann, Henchoz.
Att: 40,052
Ref: G Poll (Tring).
Saturday 29th April
I listened to some of this on the Everton broadcast! That commentator doesn't mince his words! However, a deadly dull game. Arsenal can think, if they like, that we didn't play well and they were deserved winners. Truth is though that Everton's season finished when we could no longer grab a Euro spot - so lethargy has set in. It's set in here too - thus nothing much in the way of comments. It's a relief to note though, that it is impossible for us to finish in our usual 14th spot - 13th is the lowest poss!
Teams
Everton (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 1
Overmars 34.
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Weir, Xavier,
Dunne (Jeffers 46), Pembridge (Jevons 76), S. Hughes (Ball 46),
Collins, Barmby, M. Hughes, Hutchison.
Subs not used: Ward, Simonsen.
Booked: M. Hughes.
Arsenal: Seaman, Silvinho, Adams, Keown, Dixon,
Overmars (Black 86), Petit (Winterburn 80), Grimandi, Parlour,
Bergkamp (Vieira 69), Kanu.
Subs not used: Manninger, Luzhny.
Booked: Silvinho.
Att: 35,919
Ref: D Gallagher (Banbury).
Monday 8th May
Hey! Who saw this game on Sky? Good, weren't we?? I thought we played terrific - was very proud. Pity the officials weren't as good. Consider that we have not won at Elland Road for 45 years! Consider that Leeds were going for a CL place. Consider that we weren't going for anything. Who played with the most spirit? Consider then that we were down to 9 men - and also consider the really friendly chants from those lovely Leeds fans towards the Everton visiting fans. Why were we down to 9 men. Because of a ninety minutes of the most abyssmal refereeing imaginable. Whee, the ref at the Stadio Del Alpi was BAD - but this fellow was even worse. And he didn't even look like a referee! Ok, so Richard Dunne had to go - bad tackle - no complaints. And Leeds were 1-0 up (against, totally, the run of play) and we were down to 10 men. Did anybody notice?? How on earth Duberry stayed on the pitch for as long as he did was a mystery. The man is just hopeless and can't play without fouling. The match up between him and Sparkey was a good one! :) Just have to be grateful that Hughesie wasn't the one to walk. Wouldn't have been surprised, the way the ref was playing to that crowd. He was appalling - I repeat - appalling! Barmby! What a sweet goal! Fabulous finish. So, all square, and we were magnificent! What happened 3 minutes from time was something which should be punishable by death - or at least a stripping of the whistle and back pocket! :) Inept refereeing that was beyond belief! Michael Hughes cleanly (I mean VERY cleanly) tackled Bowyer. It was a great, neat tackle (and I'm not a Michael Hughes fan). The played CONTINUED until Everton had the ball back. THEN the referee blew up and gave a free kick to Leeds - AND to add insult - he booked Hughes! Pardon?!?!?!? Don Hutchison kicked the ball away in disgust - any player would've. Bakke (sp?) made a wonderfully sporting job of bringing the referee's attention to it and off went Donny with his 2nd yellow card. Can only be relieved that this unforgiveable piece of officialdom did not have worse consequences - ie. that we didn't lose the match. We played SO well! C'mon Liverpool! Even if it means knocking dear Bradford (sorry Pete!) out of the league, then DO IT for goodness sake! And West Ham - you must beat Leeds! They can't be allowed to play in the CL - they are hideous and spoilt and just plain AWFUL! As for the referee, well . . . . And what do I do with all these pages come next Sunday??????
(Teams and things tomorrow). Never actually got around to it, did I!?!?!
OK, so I was way out on my beginning of season prediction, thank goodness! However, what a dismal end to the season! We were top half material for most of it - and then this! Not 14th, but 13th! And to lose at home to Boro is insulting! And to finish the season conceding a goal from Juninho is nightmarish! Am speechless! The Goodison faithfull were in good voice and cheery mood though it appear! Guess they would be as there's not much point in being miserable - but, heck, we have to do better than this next season! Walter - we need LOTS of new players! Foreigners wouldn't go amiss! Where's Joe-Max?? It's true what they said about him being "injury-prone" then! That's a pity. Anyway, with nothing else to say about a mediocre season - will bid adieu and leave you with the final league table - athough it brings tears to the eyes!!
Teams
Everton (0) 0 Middlesbrough (1) 2
Deane 8, Juninho 86.
Everton: Gerrard, Dunne, Weir (Milligan 46), Unsworth,
Ball, Barmby, Hutchison, Collins, S. Hughes,
Jevons (Jeffers 46), M. Hughes.
Subs not used: Cadamarteri, Clarke, Simonsen.
Booked: Dunne.
Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Cooper, Festa, Vickers,
Fleming, Stamp (Stockdale 68), Ince, Mustoe, Juninho,
Campbell (Maddison 81), Deane.
Subs not used: Beresford, Gavin, Marinelli.
Booked: Fleming, Festa, Stamp, Mustoe, Ince.
Att: 34,663
Ref: R Harris (Oxford).
FA Carling Premiership
P W D L F A PTS
1 Man Utd 38 28 7 3 97 45 91
2 Arsenal 38 22 7 9 73 43 73
3 Leeds 38 21 6 11 58 43 69
4 Liverpool 38 19 10 9 51 30 67
5 Chelsea 38 18 11 9 53 34 65
6 Aston Villa 38 15 13 10 46 35 58
7 Sunderland 38 16 10 12 57 56 58
8 Leicester 38 16 7 15 55 55 55
9 West Ham 38 15 10 13 52 53 55
10 Tottenham 38 15 8 15 57 49 53
11 Newcastle 38 14 10 14 63 54 52
12 Middlesbrough 38 14 10 14 46 52 52
13 Everton 38 12 14 12 59 49 50
14 Coventry 38 12 8 18 47 54 44
15 Southampton 38 12 8 18 45 62 44
16 Derby 38 9 11 18 44 57 38
17 Bradford 38 9 9 20 38 68 36
18 Wimbledon 38 7 12 19 46 74 33
19 Sheff Wed 38 8 7 23 38 70 31
20 Watford 38 6 6 26 35 77 24
