Amazingly both sides still have something to play for on the final day of the season, although Everton’s reason is more about pride than anything else.
The Toffees know that a win today will ensure they finish above Liverpool for only the second time since the Premier League began whilst Newcastle know that they have to win to be in with a shout of qualifying for the lucrative Champions League whilst hoping that either Tottenham or Arsenal (or both) will slip up in their games this afternoon.
It’s all shaping up to be a fascinating final day of the season. The destination of the Premier League title is still yet to be officially decided, there is still one relegation spot to be filled, and obviously we have a three-way battle for third place which is the one we’re involved. It’s all jolly good!
I don’t need to go into much more detail as myself and Statto have already done so. Once again Statto has provided us with one of his excellent “Stat-Attack” articles, plus you have my very own match preview to view should you decide to take a look at any injury news, team news or history of the fixture.
Unfortunately the TV powers that be have decide to screen the title showdown between the two Manchester clubs. A shame but you can kind of understand it. That means that we are relying on streams to see what goes on at Goodison so naturally if you happen to find a good one then by all means share it.
However, regular commenter Jill has been in touch and has an alternative if anyone fancies trying it. The game is being shown on Fox Soccer 2 Go which is a subscription service that usually costs $19.99 a month. However Jill has a code which allows a one month free trial, which you can then cancel right after the game. The code you need is XOOMFOX.
That neatly wraps things up and now it’s up to the lads to do their bit and try and claim a Champions League placing. Will they be successful? We’ll find out in a few hours!
Everton: Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, John Heitinga, Phila Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Darron Gibson, Phil Neville, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Maraouane Fellaini, Nikica Jelavic
Subs: Jan Mucha, Denis Stracqualursi, Tim Cahill, Magaye Gueye, Seamus Coleman, Ross Barkley, Sylvain Distin
Newcastle: Tim Krul; James Perch, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse
Subs: Rob Elliot, Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Shola Ameobi
Spuds probably deserve it to be honest as for most of the season they played some good football ,just dipped off when the Arry for England **** was going on. Dont want Arsenal in it though cause Ihate RVP.
qpr 2.1 up 😯 Oh dear Citeh
kimtoon(Quote)
ffs…me and me big gob
richietoon(Quote)
kiss of death 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
FFS game over 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
Deary me…
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
Where da fuk is the defenders
Big Dave(Quote)
Absolute joke. Another terrible performance from us on the last day 😕
Newkie(Quote)
game over now
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Colo and Willo went AWOL there like
toonsy(Quote)
5th place lads – what a season!!!!!!!
Still want to see some goals though. Come on!!
lacedaemonian(Quote)
4 quick goals and we are back in this..
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
Shame, just as we looked to be coming back into it. Ah well, Europa it is
toonsy(Quote)
the only positive of today is That Marveaux has a done a good job for the moment. But Cisse Ba and Tiote are nowhere today. I persist that I don’t understand why we have switch to 4-4-2 since 4 games now
HBA39(Quote)
The Toon as usual bottle it when it matters can we not lose 1-0 do we always have to fall apart
Big Dave(Quote)
Isn’t football a great game!
Stuart79(Quote)
Something not right with us,
Like we got lead in wor boots again.
very poor performance again.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Already on their holidays
geordie deb(Quote)
Not able to see any pictures. How good is big Mike today. Twitter giving him some grief
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
I hope we aint like this all next season ,we ain’t getting a sniff here.
kimtoon(Quote)
Reminds me of Senegals performances in ACoN.
Just a thought
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
hate to be negative after sucha good season…but williamson is so far away from being good enough for a top half prem team! no consistency….a liability!! our defence needs serious improvements!! we have not let in 51 goals this season….and that is with FIFTEEN clean sheets…effectively let in 51 between 23 games which is shocking!! anyway always room to improve thank god
buddy(Quote)
As for our game – pretty much shows why we need defensive reinforcments.
Stuart79(Quote)
never turned up today.
but hey ho its off to europe we go
hitman(Quote)
Get Ba off and Shola on ffs
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Dave yeah – he’ll be right at home sat on the couch slagging everybody off whilst dropping the occasional famous quote he just plucked up from wikipedia in some vain attempt to make himself look like an intellectual when all he actually equates to is a knuckle dragging moron who has found a new way of bullying via twatter etc. Really, really can’t stand the bloke! 😆
Shamrock(Quote)
Just know we are gonna conceed more too 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
lol OG 😛
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
So wanted us to go out on a high ,just wanted a win nevermind CL . 🙄
kimtoon(Quote)
Only 3 more boys 🙂
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
gooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal
richietoon(Quote)
The come back!!!!
lacedaemonian(Quote)
Thank fuk the’re helping us out 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
1 down 3 to go 😉
King Arfa(Quote)
well thats nee motd again then for me 👿
icedog(Quote)
WHAT A GOAAAAAAL
Newkie(Quote)
ditto Kimtoon
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
We either win or lose by a ridiculous amount. 🙁 Yay we scored kind of 😕
Andymag(Quote)
LOL only way we’re going to score today
geordie deb(Quote)
1 back then albeit own goal 🙄
kimtoon(Quote)
Yes Ba off he was really too selfish today .
HBA39(Quote)
marveaux looks a cracking little player
buddy(Quote)
Theres only 1 joey barton 😆 😆 😆 😆
batty(Quote)
Bartons tweets about Ashley and Co were warmly embraced by a lot of folk on this here blog… now he is just attention seeking and posturing for a media job.. never liked the bloke and always said as much..
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
theres no better chance to comeback than now
Big Dave(Quote)
Buddy ,Agree the one positive out of the game is seeing a promising player .
kimtoon(Quote)
Goal NOT 😯
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
thought that was in
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Bad luck there Cisse
kimtoon(Quote)
Goodbye Bolton 🙁
Andymag(Quote)
If Bolton can get a quick 16 goals Villa will go down 😀
toonsy(Quote)
lacadasical
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
qpr game is a cracker. 10 men relegation fodder QPR sitting on the goal line defending everything without cockend Barton. lol major embarrassment for City if qpr win..
mark(Quote)
**** 1st half, better second half, fecking brilliant season overall
richietoon(Quote)
Cisse and Ba today no able to keep one ball and make a good pass, how you can play…
HBA39(Quote)
shyte
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Heres hoping Toonsy 😆
Andymag(Quote)
Shola hattrick? 😯 😆
richietoon(Quote)
yes Marveaux very good
HBA39(Quote)
good riddence Bolton 🙂
mark(Quote)
flat, got no fire in our bellies.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Jelavic – asks for players to be booked a lot and handled the ball on three occasions.
lacedaemonian(Quote)
what a great end to the season
hitman(Quote)
another utter **** free kick 👿 👿 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
How funny are man city 🙂 🙂
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
🙄 🙄 🙄
toonsy(Quote)
Realy Rtaylor believes he is Beckam or what..? he let completely Heitinga alone in the third goal and just balls in the box
HBA39(Quote)
Cannot believe QPR beating Citeh with 10 men yet we couldn’t even score against them. 😯
kimtoon(Quote)
I have been impressed with Everton though.
lacedaemonian(Quote)
Stream just died 🙄
toonsy(Quote)
As it happens it wouldn’t have made any difference even if we had won.
Just wanted to see some pride from the Lads.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
lol manchini is having kittens on the touch line..
one hand on the cup eh? lol.. talk is cheap 😀
lets all laugh at city.. lets all laugh at city.. tra la la la..
mark(Quote)
not missing much Toonsy. 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
**** me, these commentators have half our team sold already, reckon they must be posters on this blog 🙄 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Can’t believe City have fell at the final hurdle when it looked like it was in the bag.
Big Dave(Quote)
Tim Krul still with the hoof ball garbage wtf ❓ ❓
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)