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Everton F.C. season 2008–09

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Everton

Season 2008–09
Manager	David Moyes
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Third Round
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (4) All: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (5)
Highest home attendance	39,574 Vs. Liverpool
Lowest home attendance	31,278 Vs. Fulham
← Previous season 2007-08

The 2008-2009 season is Everton's 16th season in the Premier League, and their 55th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

[edit] Review and events

[edit] Monthly events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2008-09 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section. However it does summarise the transfers made by Everton in the summer. It also includes Cup Draws.

July:

• 4 - Steve Round is announced as Everton's new assistant manager. ^[1]
• 10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue.^[2]
• 18 - Everton shareholders deliver a petition to the club demanding an Extraordinary General Meeting having achieved over 20% of the support necessary to call such a meeting.^[3]
• 25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four year contract to keep him at the club until 2012.^[4]
• 27 - Sporting Lisbon reject Everton's £11.8m bid for midfielder João Moutinho.^[5]
• 29 - Everton CEO Keith Wyness resigns. No official reason is stated at the time, except that it is not in connection with Everton's planned new stadium in Kirkby.^[6][7]

August:

• 16 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to make a competitive appearance, when he comes on against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 191 days.
• 23 - Jose Baxter becomes Everton's youngest player to be selected for a competitive match, when he starts against West Brom in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 198 days.
• 28 - Everton are paired with Standard Liége in the first round of Uefa Cup, with 1st game being at Goodison.
• 29 - Everton are drawn away to Blackburn in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup
• 31 - Everton Smash Transfer record set by Yakubu in 2007, by making the acquisition of Marouane Fellaini for £15,000,000, £3.75m higher than Yakubu, from Standard Liége, coincidentally who Everton Drew in the UEFA Cup. This was the 5th signing of August following, Lars Jacobsen, Louis Saha, Segundo Castillo and Carlo Nash.

[edit] Squad Details

[edit] Players info

No.	Name	Nat.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Club Apps.	Club Goals	Int. Caps	Int. Goals	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Carlo Nash		Bolton	13 September 1973	-	-	-	-	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2008	Undisclosed
2	Tony Hibbert		Huyton	20 February 1981	164	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2000	Trainee
3	Leighton Baines		Kirkby	11 December 1984	24	-	-	-	Wigan Athletic	7 August 2007	£6,000,000
4	Joseph Yobo		Port Harcourt	6 September 1980	178	6	59	4	Marseille	22 May 2003	£3,500,000
5	Joleon Lescott		Birmingham	16 August 1982	78	12	5	-	Wolves	14 June 2006	£5,000,000
6	Phil Jagielka		Manchester	7 August 1982	36	1	1	-	Sheffield United	4 July 2007	£4,000,000
7	Andy van der Meyde		Arnhem	30 September 1979	18	-	18	1	Inter Milan	31 August 2005	£2,000,000
8	Segundo Castillo		San Lorenzo	15 May 1982	-	-	33	2	Red Star Belgrade	28 August 2008	Loan
9	Louis Saha		Paris	8 August 1978	-	-	18	4	Man United	1 September 2008	Undisclosed
10	Mikel Arteta		San Sebastián	26 March 1982	106	13	7	1	Real Sociedad	1 July 2005	£2,500,000
12	Iain Turner		Stirling	26 January 1984	4	-	-	-	Stirling Albion	1 July 2003	£50,000
14	James Vaughan		Birmingham	14 July 1988	26	6	-	-	N/A	1 July 2004	Trainee
15	Lars Jacobsen		Odense	20 September 1979	-	-	16	-	FC Nuremberg	26 August 2008	Free
17	Tim Cahill		Sydney	6 December 1979	101	29	28	13	Millwall	23 July 2004	£1,500,000
18	Phil Neville		Bury	21 January 1977	108	3	59	-	Man United	4 August 2005	£3,500,000
19	Nuno Valente		Lisbon	12 September 1974	45	-	33	1	FC Porto	30 August 2005	£1,500,000
20	Steven Pienaar		Johannesburg	17 March 1982	35	2	34	2	Borussia Dortmund	24 April 2007	£2,000,000
21	Leon Osman		Wigan	17 May 1981	134	18	-	-	N/A	1 August 2000	Trainee
22	Yakubu Aiyegbeni		Benin City	22 November 1982	39	22	41	17	Middlesbrough	29 August 2007	£11,250,000
24	Tim Howard		North Brunswick	6 March 1979	74	-	30	-	Man United	14 February 2007	£3,000,000
25	Marouane Fellaini		Etterbeek	22 November 1987	-	-	10	1	Standard Liège	1 September 2008	£15,000,000
26	Jack Rodwell		Southport	11 March 1991	5	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
27	Lukas Jutkiewicz		Southampton	28 March 1989	-	-	-	-	Swindon Town	1 July 2007	£400,000
28	Victor Anichebe		Lagos	23 April 1988	44	11	4	1	N/A	1 July 2005	Trainee
30	John Ruddy		St. Ives	24 October 1986	1	-	-	-	Cambridge United	20 May 2005	£250,000
32	Dan Gosling		Plymouth	2 February 1990	-	-	-	-	Plymouth Argyle	15 January 2008	£2,000,000
34	John Irving		Liverpool	17 September 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
35	Kieren Agard		London	10 October 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee
36	John Paul Kissock		Liverpool	2 December 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
37	Jose Baxter		Bootle	7 February 1992	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee
38	James Wallace		Liverpool	19 December 1991	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee

[edit] Matches

[edit] Pre-season friendlies

2008-07-12 15:00	FC Sion	1 – 0	Everton	Stade Tourbillon, Sion Attendance: 2,500
	Crettenand  58'	Report

2008-07-19 15:00	Cambridge United	4 – 2	Everton	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge Attendance: 4,295
	Parkinson  58' Parkinson  65' Willmott  76' Beesley  83'	Report	Jutkiewicz  20' Jutkiewicz  30'

2008-07-22 19:45	Preston North End	0 – 1	Everton	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 10,322
		Report	Jagielka  6'

2008-07-25 19:45	Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Everton	City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 15,488
	Valente  58' (o.g.)	Report	Baxter  65'

2008-07-30 19:30 CDT	Chicago Fire	2 – 0	Everton	Toyota Park, Bridgeview Attendance: 9,125
	Rolfe  41' Frankowski  70'	Report

2008-08-03 18:00 MDT	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	Everton	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City Attendance: 10,278
	Casey  48'	Report	Arteta  6' Osman  87'

2008-08-09 17:15	Everton	1 – 1	PSV Eindhoven	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 10,816
	Arteta  85' (pen.)	Report	Amrabat  6'

[edit] Premier League

2008-08-16 15:00	Everton	2 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,675 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Arteta  45' Yakubu  64'	(report)	Dunn  22' Santa Cruz  66' Ooijer  90'

2008-08-23 15:00	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 2	Everton	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Attendance: 26,190 Referee: Rob Styles
	Bednář  89' (pen.)	(report)	Osman  65' Yakubu  76'

2008-08-30 15:00	Everton	0 – 3	Portsmouth	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 34,418 Referee: Mark Halsey
		(report)	Defoe  11' Johnson  40' Defoe  68'

2008-09-14 13:30	Stoke City	2 - 3	Everton	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent Attendance: 27,415 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Olofinjana  55' Jagielka  63' (o.g.)	(report)	Yakubu  41' Anichebe  51' Cahill  77'

2008-09-27 12:45	Everton	0 - 2	Liverpool	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 39,574 Referee: Mike Riley
		(report)	Torres  59',  62'

2008-10-05 16:00	Everton	2 - 2	Newcastle United	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Howard Webb
	Arteta  17' (pen.) Fellaini  35'	(report)	Taylor  45' Duff  47'

2008-10-18 15:00	Arsenal	3 - 1	Everton	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 60,064 Referee: Peter Walton
	Nasri  48' van Persie  70' Walcott  90'	(report)	Osman  9'

2008-10-25 12:00	Everton	1 - 1	Manchester United	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 36,609 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Fellaini  63'	(report)	Fletcher  22'

2008-10-29 20:00	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 1	Everton	Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 21,692 Referee: Phil Dowd
		(report)	Fellaini  90'

2008-11-01 12:45	Everton	1 - 0	Fulham	Goodison Park, Merseyside Attendance: 31,278 Referee: Lee Mason
	Saha  87'	(report)

2008-11-08 15:00	West Ham	1 - 3	Everton	Upton Park, Essex Attendance: 33,961 Referee: Mark Halsey, Lancashire
	Collison  63'	(report)	Lescott  82' Saha  85'  87'

2008-11-16 13:30	Everton	1 - 1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 31,063 Referee: Howard Webb
	Yakubu  65'	(report)	O'Neil  8'

2008-11-24 20:00	Wigan Athletic	1 - 0	Everton	JJB Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 18,344 Referee: Rob Styles
	Camara  51'	(report)

2008-11-30 15:00	Tottenham Hotspur	0 - 1	Everton	White Hart Lane, North London
		(report)	Pienaar  51'

2008-12-07 16:00	Everton	2 - 3	Aston Villa	Goodison Park, Merseyside Attendance: 31,922 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Lescott  29'  90'	(report)	Sidwell  20' Young  54'  90'

2008-12-13 15:00	Man. City	0 - 1	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 45,693 Referee: Mike Dean
		(report)	Cahill  90'

2008-11-26 15:00	Middlesbrough	0 - 1	Everton	Riverside Stadium, Teeside Attendance: 30,253 Referee: Mike Riley
		(report)	Cahill  50'

2008-12-28 14:00	Everton	3 - 0	Sunderland	Goodison Park, Merseyside Attendance: 39,146 Referee: Rob Styles
	Arteta  9',  26' Gosling  82'	(report)

[edit] Carling Cup

3rd Round

2008-09-24 19:45	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Everton	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Olsson  10'	(report)

[edit] FA Cup

3rd Round

2009-01-03 15:00	Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Everton	Moss Rose, Macclesfield Attendance: 6,008 Referee: Peter Walton
		(report)	Osman  43'

4th Round

[edit] UEFA Cup

1st Round, 1st Leg

2008-09-17 19:45	Everton	2 – 2	Standard Liége	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 28,312 Referee: Gregorz Gilewski
	Yakubu  23' Castillo  38'	(report)	Mbokani  8' Yobo  35' (o.g.)

1st Round, 2nd Leg

2008-10-02 20:00	Standard Liége	2 – 1	Everton	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liége Attendance: 27,406 Referee: Peter Sippel
	Witsel  22' Jovanović  79' (pen.)	(report)	Jagielka  67'

[edit] Season statistics

[edit] Starts and goals

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Premier League		Carling Cup		FA Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Carlo Nash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Tony Hibbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		DF	Leighton Baines	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		DF	Joseph Yobo	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		DF	Joleon Lescott	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		DF	Phil Jagielka	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7		MF	Andy van der Meyde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Segundo Castillo (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Louis Saha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		MF	Mikel Arteta	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		GK	Iain Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		FW	James Vaughan