Everton F.C. season 2008–09

Infobox Football club season
club = Everton

season = 2008–09
manager = flagicon|Scotland David Moyes
chairman = flagicon|ENG Bill Kenwright
league = Premier League
league result = Ongoing
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = TBC
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = Third Round
cup3 = UEFA Cup
cup3 result = First Round
league topscorer =
flagicon|Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni (03)
season topscorer =
flagicon|Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni (04)
highest attendance =
lowest attendance =

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.

Review and events

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. [http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/round-signs.html]
* 10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jul/10/everton.premierleague?gusrc=rss&feed=football]
* 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. [http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/egm-petition-received.html]
* 25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four year contract to keep him at the club until 2012. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7524964.stm]
* 27 - Sporting Lisbon reject Everton's £11.8m bid for midfielder João Moutinho. [http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/07/27/Premier-League-Sporting-statement-on-Moutinho/]
* 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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/7532345.stm] [http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/29701/club-statement.html]

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 th aquisition of Marouane Fellaini for £15,000,000, £3.75 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.

quad Details

Players Info

Red Cards

Transfers

Transfers In

Loans Out

Kit Profile

References

External links

* [http://www.evertonfc.com/match/premiership-football-fixtures-results.html Official Site: 2007/2008 Fixtures & Results]
* BBC Sport - [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/club_stats/default.stm Club Stats]
* Soccerbase - [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=942 Results] | [http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=942 Squad Stats] | [http://www.soccerbase.com/transfers_by_team.sd?teamid=942 Transfers]