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Leighton Baines this week insisted he didn’t deserve to be in the PFA’s team of the season.

Typical Bainesy, most said.

But while you will struggle to find a more humble, grounded footballer, this wasn’t self-deprication – he sincererly meant it.

The Everton and England defender is all of the above, but he is also brutally honest.

Honest about the team, honest about...

The Premier League this week launched their ‘20-Year Awards’ series, so I thought it would be a good idea to Evertonise the categories.

Tweet me @efc_andylewis with your suggestions.

Below are my choices…

BEST GOAL

The problem with selecting best goals is do you pick simply the purest strike – the best goal from an aesthetic point of view – or goals which...

The stark contrast between the jubilation of reaching Wembley and the heartache of returning home after defeat is difficult to stomach. When Wembley calls, departing with the bitter stench of a loss is the worst of its kind.

I am writing this as I head back home on what is mostly an Evertonian-filled train.  A lot of what I can see...

As soon as David Vaughan bundled Nikica Jelavic’s shot into his own goal at Sunderland, Wembley has been the only thing on Evertonians’ minds.

And as soon as we’d put the finishing touches to the match report on evertonfc.com, the same has been true for the website team.

We’ve put together a tonne of pre-match content for you to enjoy.

There’s interviews with...

Whatever the outcome at Wembley this Saturday, you’d hope that this biggest of Merseyside derbies will be played with dignity, courage and class.

Should that be the case then the game will have been a fitting tribute to a man who personified all of those qualities, the late Gary Ablett.

The former defender, who tragically passed away on January 2 after a...

The next two days will be incredibly busy for our Box Office team. Some 17,000 Season Ticket holders have been invited to apply for their semi-final tickets. If you’re one of them please visit this website (evertonfc.com), from tomorrow morning and pick your seat with the minimum of fuss and with the assurance you can get what you want if...

He rarely grabs the headlines and nor does he seek to, but there is no doubt that Tony Hibbert has again been one of Everton’s unsung heroes this season.

The unflustered defender is enjoying some of the best form of his career and it has come during the course of a campaign where competition at right back has been fierce.

Hibbert...

Ever since Ken Bates launched a typically outspoken criticism of Everton’s capture of Luke Garbutt, the aspiring full-back has been burdened with greater expectation than most Academy scholars should face.

The Blues paid a substantial fee – determined by a tribunal – but Bates’ media diatribe threw a spotlight on a kid.

Football’s fascination with potential stars of the future can...