Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas boosted by Mikel John Obi return
• Midfielder Mikel missed seven weeks with a calf injury• Villas-Boas targets Champions League and FA Cup successChelsea received a boost on Tuesday ahead of their Premier League game at Everton when Mikel John Obi returned to full training after s...
Wigan need to play with a smile on their faces, says Roberto Martínez
• Martínez after draw: 'Performances like that will keep us up'• Everton may need to adapt to survive, says Leighton BainesThe last time Wigan Athletic won in front of their home fans four days of the summer transfer window remained and Neil Warno...
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton | Premier League match report
For weeks now Roberto Martínez has been preaching the need for positivity and for players and fans to "remain focused" as results on the pitch go south. And the Wigan manager was at it again in his programme notes saying: "We mustn't allow the negativ...
Squad sheets: Wigan Athletic v Everton
Wigan are bottom of the Premier League and their last six league results read: L, L, L, L, D, L, with 18 goals conceded and five scored. The gap to the next side is three points and to safety it is five, so the time has almost certainly come for Robert...
Steven Pienaar eager to show Everton fans he deserves to be forgiven
• 'It's like coming home,' says midfielder after Tottenham switch• Nikica Jelavic denies he demanded transfer from RangersSteven Pienaar has said he does not regret leaving the title challenge at Tottenham Hotspur for a return "home" to Everton, bu...
Nikica Jelavic promises Everton ‘goals, goals and more goals’
• Croatia international says he can adapt to Premier League• 'I don't feel the pressure, I like a challenge'Everton's new striker Nikica Jelavic is confident he can make the step up from Scottish football to England's top flight.The Croatia interna...
Premier League football at 20: 1992, the start of a whole new ball game
Twenty years ago, the Premier League was approved, an event described as football's 'big bang' moment In 1992, the English Football Association met the power brokers of the domestic game at their headquaters in Lancaster Gate, London. The meeting ended...
Is the handcuff protest the new streaking?
Can we expect to see more people following the lead of the man who handcuffed himself to the goalposts at the Everton-Manchester City match?The disruption of a sporting event by an errant spectator is not an unfamiliar occurrence: streakers have been b...
From Bobby Zamora to Ravel Morrison: the six best January buys | Kevin McCarra
It was a quiet transfer window but some astute signings could prove the difference between staying up or going downSébastien BassongTottenham to Wolves, loan The Tottenham Hotspur centre-half has gone on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Mick McCart...
Darron Gibson admits relief after dramatic first goal for Everton
• Goal against Manchester City 'relieved a lot of stress'• Gibson joined from Manchester United in JanuaryDarron Gibson has admitted his dramatic first goal for Everton relieved "a lot of stress" following his move from Manchester United.The Republ...
Celebrating David Moyes’ 150th Premier League Win
Deserved congratulations to Everton manager David Moyes on his 150th league victory Wednesday, earned in emphatic fashion as brilliantly summarized here at EPLTalk. Moyes, 48, is the third-longest tenured head honcho in the prem, behind only Arsene...
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Fergie: Gibson strike was our plan
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was delighted as his side’s 2-0 win at home to Stoke was complimented by former United midfielder Darren Gibson’s maiden goal in Everton’s 1-0 win over league leaders Manchester City. The result brings United level on top with the Citizens, leaving Fergie with no option but to praise the...
