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- Zenit St. Petersburg-Real Madrid, 12:25 p.m., ESPN Deportes
- Aalborg-Manchester United, 2:30 p.

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Both Merseyside clubs enter this early season derby looking for redemption after dropping points against newly-promoted opposition last week. Not that extra motivation would ever be needed in what is traditionally one of the most hotly contested matches in the Premier League season. Everton are yet to score points at home and would love nothing more than chalking up their first of the season against their old enemy. Click to continue reading...

• It's clear that England is really lacking in two positions – left wing and center forward. Steven Gerrard is a very good player and performed well on the left today, but that's not his natural position and he doesn't give England much width. He needs to play in the position Frank Lampard occupied today. Click to continue reading...

"My brother always celebrates like that when we beat Liverpool," said Phil Neville in January 2006. "It means a lot to him and I think people should just let it go." Rio Ferdinand had just scored an injury time winner against Liverpool and Gary Neville had gone mental. Phil, who'd left United for Everton 5 months [. Click to continue reading...

The media loves talking about how the big four clubs in England are the destroyers of English football. The doom and gloom mongers love to portray Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool as four clubs who have abandoned the notion of having English players in their sides, instead opting to buy fancy, expensive foreigners. Click to continue reading...

Once again, the Colorado Rapids outshot their opposition but there is only one statistic that matters in soccer and that is how many goals you score and how many goals you let in, well two statistics then. Everton scored twice, once at the beginning of the game and once right at the end. Click to continue reading...

David Moyes's Everton side has consistently been the best team outside of the top four. As recently as 2005, Everton has even gone as far as replacing cross-town rivals Liverpool in the fourth spot. A few injuries and bad luck spoil their season each year, but why exactly are Everton even so good?

First off, having a great manager always helps. Click to continue reading...

David Moyes's Everton side has consistently been the best team outside of the top four. As recently as 2005, Everton has even gone as far as replacing cross-town rivals Liverpool in the fourth spot. A few injuries and bad luck spoil their season each year, but why exactly are Everton even so good?

First off, having a great manager always helps. Click to continue reading...

Kick off is at 6 PM and the tailgate is going to start at 3 PM as the Rapids are set to take on EPL's Everton featuring Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill, Phil Neville, Yakubu, Andy Johnson, and American Tim Howard.... Click to continue reading...

Yes, it seems like a good fit but how do you get there? Colorado Rapids' skipper, Pablo Mastroeni, smiled at my idea of him playing for Everton next season. They have no players, they need to sign up to six new faces, he is looking to move to Europe and play and he wouldn't cost them as much as European players when there is controversy within Goodison Park about the transfer budget. Click to continue reading...

CLEFT-FOOTED Everton midfielder Phil Neville has mysteriously been offered a new four-year contract at the club. Neville claimed to reporters that it was ‘easy' to get his new contract, boasting about the fact it took just one phone call and one meeting rather than six-months of pointless haggling. Click to continue reading...

Former Manchester United and current Newcastle United midfielder Nicky Butt was in the Algarve this week where he had his wedding to Shelley Barlow blessed in a low-key ceremony.

Conducted at the gorgeous botanical gardens of the Monte do Casal hotel, it was a small, elegant gathering, with only around 30 hand-picked guests, including Roy Keane, Andy Cole and Phil Neville. Click to continue reading...

Footballer Phil Neville has applied for planning permission to build a multi-million pound mansion in the Bolton area. The design, complete with a Southern Gothic pillared facade, will include a swimming pool, cinema, games room and gym.

The house, which is to be built in High Bank Lane, Lostock, is just 10 minutes away from his brother Gary Neville's home.

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Everton have hit back at Rafa's claims that Stevie G did well to rise above the torrent of rancid abuse directed at him from the Toffees fans on Sunday by issuing their own allegations, claiming that both Phil Neville and Joleon Lescott were abused. An Everton statement read: "It is a shame that [. Click to continue reading...