November 2007 Archives

SOME of our current crop are bring the show-offy speciality Celebrations back big time.
I'm not moaning. It’s all good - from Yakubu's Super Eagle hands (is that it?) to Pienaar’s camp little wheel away, to Timmy Cahill’s corner-flag jab,cross, jab, hook.

But one in particular did leave me more puzzled than ever.

I CAN’T believe I’m writing about the untimely death of yet another bluenose in the paper today.

DAVE Hickson is as much a part of the fabric of Everton Football Club as it’s possible to be.
To recent younger generations of fans he is the genial gent with the quick-wit who conducts the Goodison tours and commands a hushed reverence from their dads.

PRESTON have finally got us back for pinching their up-and-coming boss back in 2002.
The Deepdale outfit look set to appoint our assistant manager Alan Irvine as their new Number One, thus splitting up a duo which has served us quite nicely thanks for the last five years.

LOTS of blues are sick of the Kirkby debate and probably wish it would go away.
It evokes such deep-seated emotions and memories, suspicions and fears that getting involved should carry a health warning.
The debate isn’t going anywhere though.

A CERTAIN Scotty Road AJ look-a-like has just texted me a couple of times from Nuremberg.

Text 1) This is amazing mate. Never experienced anything like this in my life. We're everywhere.

Text 2) No trouble at all, a credit to the city. Mixing boss with the Germans and their police are spot on. Just seen a 16 foot Rhy Jones flag go past.

Turns out the Nuremberg box office have been flogging more tickets to our fans today anyway!!?? Bizarre.

It seems like Uefa has waded in unnecessarily and made a problem where there wasn't one.

Meanwhile I'm in work, watching it solo....a low moment and no mistake.

Come on you blues and bring on Alkmaar.

SO THE rumours were true.
Three days before the Nuremberg game the German club have done a U-turn and withdrawn all tickets sold to blues in home sections of their Frankenstadion.

AS IF the article below wasn't bad enough there are now some very worrying rumours rattling around the internet forums that Nuremberg are going to cancel all tickets for their home end bought from UK addresses and credit cards.
That could mean up to 8,000 blues being left in the lurch after paying for flights and hotels.
Coupled with the fiasco detailed in the Echo on Friday, this could turn into another Everton Euro ticket nightmare.
Why can't it ever be simple?
It happened with Villareal, Bucharest and both legs against Metalist were hit with ticket problems.
It's unacceptable really.
While it's still early days (apparently Nuremberg are going to make a final decision on Monday about whether to cancel the tickets) questions have got to be asked.
Who is to blame? Fans who didn't anticipate problems buying tickets en masse for the home end?
Nuremberg for taking thousands of UK bookings?
I hope this smoothes itself out and no inquest is necessary. Everyone is excited about the game and looking forward to a cracking tie in a great city.
Fingers crossed. I don't want negative publicity to detract from our Uefa campaign.