Only one more step to safety

Everton go into this weekend's match with Blackburn, who themselves are still not out of the relegation dogfight, on the back of a three match unbeaten run with two draws and a win under their belt. After the match v Spurs the Blues have earned two very hard away draws at Leeds and Chelsea, 1-1 at Leeds with Wayne Rooney getting the goal and then a great 0-0 “backs to the wall” against high flying (apart from the Monaco match) Chelsea.

The club must now build on these results and get themselves out of the relegation fight once and for all.

The Manager is looking to next season already and has offered both Tom's Gravesen and Radzinski new contracts so we know that the manager has these guys in his plans, good stuff.

When I was away I missed both the Jeffers carry on and the JJB deal which should be good for the club. David Moyes for one will welcome any cash that is made available for new [layers that need to be brought into the club. Indeed not only will players be coming to Goodison one or two will be shown the door, if rumours are to be believed.

A rumour doing the rounds in Glasgow is that both the Old Firm are interested in Franny Jeffers and Rangers are interested in David Unsworth but we shall wait and see what happens.

Speaking of David Moyes' old club Celtic they have had mixed news this week. The team were finally crowned Champions of Scotland this week after a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock a goal by Stan Petrov and are also looking forward to a Scottish Cup Final v Dunfermline but they were dealt a real blow with the news that former goalkeeper and another one of the world famous Lisbon Lions has died of a heart attack. Ronnie Simpson played for Celtic in the European Cup Final in 1967 against Inter Milan when Celtic defeated the Italians 2-1 and became the first British side to win this great trophy. Ronnie or "faither" as he was known to all at Celtic Park will never be forgotten God Bless You Ronnie you are in safe hands now!

Speaking of passing away I have been asked to thank fans and players from Boro, Leicester, Liverpool and many others who have paid respect to Bernard Murphy, thanks for all your respect.

Thoughts also go the best player of my time, Maradona, lets hope that he makes a full recovery.

Other Everton News

* Congrats to the Under 17's now in the semi final of the National Academy play off's and now play Spurs.

* Congrats to Ian Turner who has helped Chester secure promotion to the Football League after a four year absence, well done and enjoy

* Everton have confirmed that they will play Sheffield Wednesday as part of their pre-season build up on Tuesday Aug 3,prices £10 for adults £5 concessions


* Leon Osman will not be leaving to go to Derby on a permanent deal, so says David Moyes

Now looking back to my trip to Goodison and the match v Spurs.

First of all I would like to say thanks to the following people for looking after me and making sure that I had a great time and a good chat about all things Blue and some Green also!

Tommy and Anna for giving me a bed and food and a ticket for the match and also the quick stop tour of Liverpool although I did think that my train driver did take a turn to Scandinavia but then I realised that it was just the Liverpool fans coming out of their club shop in the city centre! Andrew and Tommy for looking after me on the way home and making sure that I got what I wanted from the club shop! Profits up now then!
                                                              

Tony, Gavin, Meiron, Big John, James, Michael £1000 pounds richer after scoring with the half time penalty! Duncan and Kim from Boro, Ollie from Australia, Stevie, Peter and last but by no means least Harry-one fantastic Evertonian and human being-thanks to you all for being so nice and genuine, when David Moyes said this was the People's Club I now know what he means, you lot are second to none!

I would also like to thank David Unsworth,Gary Naysmith,Joseph Yobo for making it a very happy birthday for me and the rest of the lads also!

Thanks too to my family for all their help arranging this trip, when can I go again ???

Come On you Blues !!!!