Bluekipper FC 442 Team Of The Week

Thanks to all who voted. Bluekipper FC are now 442's team of the week.

http://weekendwonders.co.uk/news/story.aspx?id=135

Bluekipper FC, who represent Everton and are currently top of the Northern Football Supporters League have been entered into a new competition in 442 magazine. To win and be featured in the magazine we need everyone to register and type Bluekipper F.C. as your team between 02.03.09 – 09.03.09.

To show your support for Bluekipper F.C. click on the link below and register.

http://weekendwonders.co.uk/clubs/

Red Nose Blue

My name is Lucas Everton Sherratt and I am 6 years old.

All the children in my school are wearing red for Comic Releif, but I don't like red! I am asking any kind hearted Everton fans to please sponsor me to dress as Fellaini for the day to raise money.

I live in Stoke-on-Trent and I am the only Everton supporter in my school. I will also be the only one not wearing red, all of my friends will be wearing red football shirts.........but I don't care!

I have attached a before and after photograph of myself so you can see what I will look like. I have a goal of £30 to raise, and would be very pleased if you could help me. Please use the link provide to access my sponsor page. Click Here To Sponsor Lucas

Thank you in advance Lucas Everton Sherratt (05/03/09)

Hundreds Of Shirts Donated For Africa Trip

Keith Collects The Shirts From The Blue Kipper Lounge

Paul Wharton With 60 Shirts Donated By The Ruleteros & Everton Former Players Foundation A great effort by Evertonians who donated loads of different shirts from different seasons to the cause. Keith who picked up the shirts on Saturday from the Blue Kipper Lounge after the West Brom game says: "It's unbelievable the number of shirts we have been given. We'll take them over to Zanzibar later in the year. Thanks to all the Evertonians who passed them in." (02/03/09)

Donate An Everton Shirt To Zanzibar

Myself and my family regularly visit Zanzibar, an island off the East coast of Tanzania. On our last visit, my son decided to collect footy shirts from his old gear and off his mates and bought some footballs for some of the local kids and football teams. We gave a more or less a full strip to a local boys team as you can see in the photos (the odd random shirts managed to make their way into the collection) but we also had the idea to donate some to the local school as a reward for kids who attend well and do their homework, as their education is severely important in such a poor area.

My son is returning this Summer and would like to do another collection but on a larger scale and would like to ask for help from fellow blues who visit this site. Loads of kids keep their old Everton shirts or don't wear them so it would be good to see them go to better use in the creation of a mini Goodison in Africa. We've already managed to create a lot of stir among some of the kids, at one point some kids with red shite shirts on we're taking them off to replace them with a decent blue one!

So we'd like to call for anyone with spare Everton kits, new or old, if they include the shorts etc. that's a bonus. Also we don't want to favour the boys as well so anything girls can wear would be very useful (It's a muslim area so long sleeves are preferable).

Anyone with an Everton shirt they would like to donate, can bring them to the Blue Kipper Lounge before and after the West Brom game this Saturday or contact me by this email and we will arrange picking up your donations: keithhoran53@aol.com Many thanks, Keith, Lee, Nathan. (23/02/09)

Mikel Arteta Wins By Landslide

Our tater has won the E.ON sponsored FA Cup's player of the 5th round. Mickky had 68.84% of the vote and Nicolas Anelka went down the pan to 18.98%. A great achievement for the best little Spaniard we know, but a better one for all the Evertonians who voted for him. Considering Anelka was romping away with it 5 days ago when we put it on the site. Well played boys and girls. (20/02/09) Full details here

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2009/02/EONPOTR_5P_MikelArteta.htm

Evertonians you are needed to vote for Mikel Arteta as the player of the 5th round of FA cup. Some French journeyman playing in west London is winning at the moment. (20/02/09)

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/EONPOTR_5P_09.htm

Win A Copy Of Football Manager Live

Winner Paul Hughes From Bootle With His Prize & Cousin Nathan

Football Manager Live is a brand new game from Sports Interactive, the creators of the hugely popular Football Manager series. It is a combination of Fantasy Football, Auction sites, Social Networking and the Football Manager concept all rolled into one.

Create your team, give it a name and pick players from the world renowned Sports Interactive database. Then pit your skills against players from around the globe and whether they are your mates or some bloke you’ve never met, you can make fools of them all.

Play, Win and Rub it in!

For more, check out http://www.footballmanagerlive.com

To be in with a chance to win a copy answer correctly the following question.

Q. Who Scored Everton's Winning Goal In The Recent FA Cup 4th Round Replay?

Ans: Dan Gosling

We had 691 winning entries.

The winners are: Paul Hughes from Bootle and Tony Lennon from London.

Send your answer by e-mail to info@bluekipper.com together with your name and address by 13.00 19th February 2009. The winners will be notified by e-mail. (12/02/09)

Classic Blues Action

ITV 4 have been running The Big Match Revisited of late, and this week its the Blues turn to be the headline acts. Lets roll the clock back to 1979, Brian Moore in the studio and the Blues were season in season out in the Top Four. Bristol City came to Goodison and Andy King banged a hat trick into the visitors net, and the Blues ran out 4-1 winners.

You can catch the action on Thursday and Friday morning at 11:30am. If you can't watch it as works calls, record it, as the game was superb. ITV have promised us no adverts when the action is on, boom, boom.

On that issue, an unnamed e mail landed in my inbox from ITV, to say the level of complaints from the Blues v shite FA Cup match were all from Norway, and the Home Counties over the missed action. No complaints from the Merseyside area were the action was not affected. Think about it, just think about it. (11/02/09)

Everton Players Are Not Tired

One of Everton's 'Dogs Of War', Barry Horne has congratulated Moyesy and his nucleus of players with old fashioned toughness. When managers not far from Goodison Park bleat on about tiredness, Moyesy has talked about dignity and style.

Barry Hooorrne says: "The manager and his threadbare squad have carried themselves impeccably during a five-match sequence of incredibly tough tests. After the FA Cup tie 10 days ago David Moyes talked about the dignity of Everton FC, and that statement has rarely rung truer than in the last few weeks. In an era when managers constantly bleat about players being tired, Moyes has used the same nine players in five incredibly tough fixtures. He has kept going back to the well, and those players have responded magnificently." (09/02/09)

Full article in Liverpool Echo

And If Yer Know Yer History

Will C Cuff the Great Everton FC Servant was the last link between St. Domingo and Everton FC. On 6th Feb 2009 at Goodison Park, 7pm for 7.30pm, In the People's Lounge, The Everton FC Shareholders Association will hold a forum to honour the Great Man's life.

From kicking a ball on Stanley Park with St. Domingo to being the Chairman of the Football League. This is the 2nd part of our trilogy series, if you missed the George Mahon night then you really did miss a night.

Speakers Will be:
* Peter Lupson (Author of Thank God for Football)
* Paul Wharton (Everton Shareholders Association, Everton Heritage Society)
* Max Dunbar (The Everton Collection Trust)

Please reply to have your name on the guest list to paulwhartonefc@btinternet.com
Everyone welcome free of charge its an education for fellow Blues. (31/01/09)
Click here Everton History Menu

The Everton Supporters Club Australia is building all the time. We have a meet up for The ESCA Family Day, at Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Saturday 7th February 2009. We in Sydney are flying up to Brisbane, then to Surfers. We’ve also got blues flying up there from Melbourne. It’s the equivalent of flying all the way across Europe, just to get together with other ExPat Evertonians!! All our welcome. Full details on evertonfc.com.au Good luck to the boys against manure and then dessert v the shite! COYB’s. John Kelly. (29/01/09)

Tommy Gravesen Retires

Thomas Gravesen, at the age of 32 and after 6 months without a club has decided to pack in his professional career. Tommy brought his international career with Denmark to an end in 2006 and was released by Celtic in the Summer of last year.

He played for Hamburg, before Walter Smith signed him in 2000 for £2.5m. Tommy played 142 times scoring 12 times for Everton and was a key figure during the 2004/05 season in which Everton secured a Champions League spot. He had skill in abundance and on his day could be a world beater. He also had the unfortunate knack to run round like a headless chicken at times. He was a character on and off the field and became a crowd favourite. He would always throw his fist in the air, as he was running over to take a corner. The fans loved it.

He signed for Real Madrid in January 2005 for the same fee Everton had signed him for 5 years ago. £2.5m. He had a rocky time at the Bernabeu and ended up at Celtic in August 2006. He returned to Everton on loan in Summer 2007. He played just 8 times in his second spell, coming on as a late sub against Newcastle in the last game of the 2007/08 season, which was to be his last professional appearance.

Thanks for the memories Tommy.

Tommy says: “I have had 12 fantastic years abroad and played in four great countries. It has given me incredible experiences that I am grateful for. There are many people I would like to thank. If I could, I would do it all over again. But I am turning 33 in March, and and that’s why it’s right for me to stop now, before I’m forced to retire for age and health reasons.” (27/01/09)

Blue Kipper Shortlisted For Best Football Fanzine

Once again bluekipper.com has been nominated for 3 catogories in the New Football Pools Football Fanzine Awards 2009. We have been nominated in: 1. Best Premier League Online Fanzine, 2. Best Editor and 3. Mickey Blue Eyes as Best Writer. The voting finishes on Friday 27th Feb 2009.

To Vote Click Here: http://www.footballfanzineawards.com/the-nominees.php

Last season www.bluekipper.com did well in the New Football Pools Football Fanzine Awards 2008. We were shortlisted in 3 catogories: 1. Best Premier League Fanzine, 2. Best Editor and 3. Best Writer. With Mickey Blue Eyes eventually winning the "Best Fanzine Writer for 2008." See below.

The search is on to find this season’s best Football Fanzines... Have your say and take part in this year’s search for the best of the best Fanzines in the UK. These unique Awards are all about celebrating the passion, creativity and dedication of the wordsmiths who tell the unofficial story of the beautiful game, both online and in print.

You have up until Friday 27th February to vote in for your favourite fanzine, blog, editor or writer. There are a lot of great publications out there, so please get involved and show your appreciation!

Click here to vote for www.bluekipper.com - The New Football Pools Football Fanzine Awards 2009

MBE Receives The Best Fanzine Writer Of 2008 From Everton C.E.O. Robert Elstone

Meet Fellaini

Courtesy of Everton’s latest partner, The Resort Group plc, you have the chance to meet Marouane Fellaini this Thursday, 15th January 2009.

Fellaini

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2 Tickets For Everton v Hull

The winner of the 2 tickets up for grabs for Saturday's home game against Hull kick off: 3.00pm is Adam Parry from Bebington, Wirral.

Q. Name the 2 players who scored Everton's goals at Hull this season?

Ans: Leon Osman & Tim Cahill

There were 1107 entries.

E-mail your answers to info@bluekipper.com together with your name and address before 12.00 noon Thursday 8th January 2009. The winner will be notified by e-mail.

Tickets for the game are still available. Log onto http://www.evertonfc.com/eticketing or telephone 0871 663 1878 or simply visit the Goodison Park Box Office. (05/01/09)

Arsenal Fans Banned For Spitting

Arsenal have issued lifelong bans on several of their own fans who abused and spat at Everton supporters at the Emirates on 18th October 2008.

Blue Kipper has 3 copies of the new DVD to give away. All you have to do to have a chance to win is answer the following question correctly.

1. Against which club did Big Dunc score his last goal for Everton?

ANS. West Brom

We had 937 entries. The 3 winners are:

1. Andrew Foulder, Garston, Liverpool.

2. Joe Shirley, Fazakerley, Liverpool.

3. Kerrie Toole, Waterloo, Liverpool.

Initially arriving on loan from Glasgow Rangers in 1994 Duncan Ferguson very quickly became an Everton idol. His robust, brave, yet undoubtedly skilful style endeared him to the supporters and a towering header, which found the net against Liverpool just after his arrival, rubber-stamped his reputation as a fan favourite. Now, by way of a tribute to the man known affectionately as ‘Big Dunc’, the story of his footballing career is set for release on DVD.

Telling the whole story of how a gangly youth from the Scottish town of Stirling became one of the most feared and iconic centre-forwards in the Premier League, ‘Big Dunc: The Story of a Goodison Hero’ pays homage to an Everton legend.

Released ahead of the club’s fixture at home to Manchester United on 25th October, this Official Everton DVD covers Ferguson’s career from schoolboy football, through Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers, his two spells at Goodison, as well as a stay at Newcastle United and an all-too brief international career with Scotland.

Described as a comic-book hero, there were ups and downs in equal measure throughout Ferguson’s career. The goals and the glory, the injuries and the red cards, the brushes with the law, the burglaries and the pigeons are all covered in the story!

Packed with fantastic Duncan Ferguson action and including interviews with Joe Royle, Howard Kendall, Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, Craig Brown and many, many more, the DVD is an important piece of memorabilia cataloguing an important era in Everton’s rich history.

‘Big Dunc: The Story of a Goodison Hero’ also features extended highlights of Everton’s memorable 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Goodison in 2005 in which Duncan spurred the team to victory, along with a special feature chronicling every goal that he scored in his Everton career.

10% Discount On All Everton DVD's

Blue Kipper can now pass on a special discount code to enable Evertonians to get 10% discount when buying Everton DVD's from the official Everton site. The Coupon Code for the Everton FC DVDs website is EFC10DEC and gives 10% discount on all Everton DVDs bought from www.evertonfcdvds.com until 31st December 2008. (15/11/08)

Winner of 2 Everton v Aston Villa Tickets

From 1813 correct answers.
The winner is Rob Gilchrist of Fazarkerly, Liverpool.

Q. Name 3 players who have played for both Aston Villa and Everton?

ANS: Pick any 3 from Ginola, Watson, McCann, Tiler, Farrelly, Tommy Johnson, Barrett, Keown, Aspinall, Rideout, Mountfield, Heath, Richardson, McMahon, Heard, Pejic, Gray, McNaught, Gidman, Rioch, Godfrey, Hickson, Morton, Griffiths, Roose, Whitley, Jack Sharp, Bert Sharp, Bert Banks.

E-mail your answers to info@bluekipper.com together with your name and address before 12.00 noon Thursday 4th December 2008. The winner will be notified by e-mail. (01/12/08)

To buy tickets for this game click here: http://www.evertonfc.com/eticketing

Moyesy Fined Five Grand

Moyesy was fined five grand after the FA found him guilty after his sending off against Stoke back in September. Moyesy contested a nailed on penalty for the Blues missed by match official Alan Wiley, who then spat his dummy out and sent Moyesy off. The fine comes on the day that Sundays match official Howard Webb praised the Blues and Boro for the respect shown to him and his officials in the drawn live spectacular. Sounded good anyway.

Howard Webb says: "I did the Everton-Middlesbrough game on Sunday and myself and my assistants came off talking about how respectful the players had been in accepting decisions.