2008–09 Everton F.C. season

Everton
2008–09 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	David Moyes
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Marouane Fellaini; Tim Cahill (8); All: Marouane Fellaini; Tim Cahill (9)
Highest home attendance	39,574 v (27 Sept vs Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	28,312 v (17 Sept vs Standard Liège)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Everton F.C. season was Everton's 17th season in the Premier League, and their 55th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The club's kit was provided by Umbro, and the sponsor was Chang beer.

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.^[1]
10 - The Guardian report on two further mortgages taken out by Everton against future bSkyb television revenue.^[2]
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.^[3]
25 - Club captain Phil Neville signs a new four-year contract to keep him at the club until 2012.^[4]
27 - Sporting CP reject Everton's £11.8 million bid for midfielder João Moutinho.^[5]
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.^[6]^[7]

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 Bromwich Albion in the Premier League. Baxter was aged 16 years and 198 days.
28 - Everton are drawn with Standard Liège in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with the first game being at Goodison Park.
29 - Everton are drawn away to Blackburn in the third round of the League Cup
31 - Everton break its transfer record after acquiring Marouane Fellaini for £15 million, £3.75 million more than Yakubu was purchased for from Middlesbrough FC in 2007.^[8] This was the club's fifth signing of August, following Lars Jacobsen, Louis Saha, Segundo Castillo and Carlo Nash.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Chelsea	38	25	8	5	68	24	+44	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
4	Arsenal	38	20	12	6	68	37	+31	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Everton	38	17	12	9	55	37	+18	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Aston Villa	38	17	11	10	54	48	+6	62	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
7	Fulham	38	14	11	13	39	34	+5	53	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Squad details

Players information

No.	Name	Place of birth	Date of birth	Club apps.	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Previous club	Date joined	Fee
1	Carlo Nash	Bolton	13 September 1973	-	-	-	-	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2008	Undisclosed
2	Tony Hibbert	Huyton	20 February 1981	164	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2000	Trainee
3	Leighton Baines	Kirkby	11 December 1984	24	-	-	-	Wigan Athletic	7 August 2007	£6,000,000
4	Joseph Yobo	Port Harcourt	6 September 1980	178	6	59	4	Marseille	22 May 2003	£3,500,000
5	Joleon Lescott	Birmingham	16 August 1982	78	12	5	-	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14 June 2006	£5,000,000
6	Phil Jagielka	Manchester	7 August 1982	36	1	1	-	Sheffield United	4 July 2007	£4,000,000
7	Andy van der Meyde	Arnhem	30 September 1979	18	-	18	1	Inter Milan	31 August 2005	£2,000,000
8	Segundo Castillo	San Lorenzo	15 May 1982	-	-	33	2	Red Star Belgrade	28 August 2008	Loan
9	Louis Saha	Paris	8 August 1978	-	-	18	4	Manchester United	1 September 2008	Undisclosed
10	Mikel Arteta	San Sebastián	26 March 1982	106	13	7	1	Real Sociedad	1 July 2005	£2,500,000
12	Iain Turner	Stirling	26 January 1984	4	-	-	-	Stirling Albion	1 July 2003	£50,000
14	James Vaughan	Birmingham	14 July 1988	26	6	-	-	N/A	1 July 2004	Trainee
15	Lars Jacobsen	Odense	20 September 1979	-	-	16	-	1. FC Nürnberg	26 August 2008	Free
17	Tim Cahill	Sydney	6 December 1979	101	29	28	13	Millwall	23 July 2004	£1,500,000
18	Phil Neville	Bury	21 January 1977	108	3	59	-	Manchester United	4 August 2005	£3,500,000
19	Nuno Valente	Lisbon	12 September 1974	45	-	33	1	Porto	30 August 2005	£1,500,000
20	Steven Pienaar	Johannesburg	17 March 1982	35	2	34	2	Borussia Dortmund	24 April 2007	£2,000,000
21	Leon Osman	Wigan	17 May 1981	134	18	-	-	N/A	1 August 2000	Trainee
22	Yakubu	Benin City	22 November 1982	39	22	41	17	Middlesbrough	29 August 2007	£11,250,000
24	Tim Howard	North Brunswick	6 March 1979	74	-	30	-	Manchester United	14 February 2007	£3,000,000
25	Marouane Fellaini	Etterbeek	22 November 1987	-	-	10	1	Standard Liège	1 September 2008	£15,000,000
26	Jack Rodwell	Southport	11 March 1991	5	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
27	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Southampton	28 March 1989	-	-	-	-	Swindon Town	1 July 2007	£400,000
28	Victor Anichebe	Lagos	23 April 1988	44	11	4	1	N/A	1 July 2005	Trainee
30	John Ruddy	St. Ives	24 October 1986	1	-	-	-	Cambridge United	20 May 2005	£250,000
32	Dan Gosling	Brixham	2 February 1990	-	-	-	-	Plymouth Argyle	15 January 2008	£2,000,000
34	John Irving	Liverpool	17 September 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
35	Kieran Agard	London	10 October 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee
36	John Paul Kissock	Liverpool	2 December 1989	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 July 2007	Trainee
37	Jose Baxter	Bootle	7 February 1992	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee
38	James Wallace	Liverpool	19 December 1991	-	-	-	-	N/A	1 August 2008	Trainee

Player awards

Player of the Season - Phil Jagielka
Players' Player of the Season - Phil Jagielka
Young Player of the Season - Marouane Fellaini
Reserve / U21 Player of the Season - Kieran Agard
Academy Player of the Season - James McCarten
Goal of the Season - Dan Gosling vs. Liverpool

^[9]

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

12 July	Sion	1 – 0	Everton	Stade d'Octodure, Martigny
15:00	Crettenand 58'	Report		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: M. Stuber

19 July	Cambridge United	4 – 2	Everton	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
15:00	Parkinson 1', 65' Willmott 76' Beesley 83'	Report	Jutkiewicz 20', 30'	Attendance: 4,295 Referee: Mike Thorpe

22 July	Preston North End	0 – 1	Everton	Deepdale, Preston
19:45		Report	Jagielka 6'	Attendance: 10,322 Referee: Graham Salisbury

25 July	Nottingham Forest	1 – 1	Everton	City Ground, Nottingham
19:45	Valente 58' (o.g.)	Report	Baxter 65'	Attendance: 15,488 Referee: Graham Salisbury

30 July	Chicago Fire	2 – 0	Everton	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
19:30 CDT	Rolfe 41' Frankowski 70'	Report		Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Landis Wiley

3 August	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	Everton	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
18:00 MDT	Casey 48'	Report	Arteta 6' Osman 87'	Attendance: 10,278 Referee: Jeremy Vehar

9 August	Everton	1 – 1	PSV	Goodison Park, Liverpool
17:15	Arteta 85' (pen.)	Report	Amrabat 6'	Attendance: 10,816 Referee: Chris Foy

Premier League

16 August	Everton	2 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00	Arteta 45+2' Yakubu 64'	Report	Dunn 22' Santa Cruz 66' Ooijer 90+4'	Attendance: 38,675 Referee: Andre Marriner

23 August	West Bromwich Albion	1 – 2	Everton	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
15:00	Bednář 89' (pen.)	Report	Osman 65' Yakubu 76'	Attendance: 26,190 Referee: Rob Styles

30 August	Everton	0 – 3	Portsmouth	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00		Report	Defoe 12', 69' Johnson 40'	Attendance: 34,418 Referee: Mark Halsey

14 September	Stoke City	2 – 3	Everton	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
13:30	Olofinjana 55' Jagielka 63' (o.g.)	Report	Yakubu 41' Anichebe 51' Cahill 77'	Attendance: 27,415 Referee: Alan Wiley

21 September	Hull City	2 – 2	Everton	KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
14:00	Turner 18' Neville 50' (o.g.)	Report	Cahill 73' Osman 78'	Attendance: 24,845 Referee: Lee Mason

27 September	Everton	0 – 2	Liverpool	Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:45		Report	Torres 59', 62'	Attendance: 39,574 Referee: Mike Riley

5 October	Everton	2 – 2	Newcastle United	Goodison Park, Liverpool
16:00	Arteta 17' (pen.) Fellaini 35'	Report	S. Taylor 45+2' Duff 47'	Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Howard Webb

18 October	Arsenal	3 – 1	Everton	Emirates Stadium, London
15:00	Nasri 48' Van Persie 70' Walcott 90'	Report	Osman 9'	Attendance: 60,064 Referee: Peter Walton

25 October	Everton	1 – 1	Manchester United	Goodison Park, Liverpool
12:00	Fellaini 63'	Report	Fletcher 22'	Attendance: 36,609 Referee: Alan Wiley

29 October	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Everton	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
20:00		Report	Fellaini 90'	Attendance: 21,692 Referee: Phil Dowd

1 November	Everton	1 – 0	Fulham	Goodison Park, Merseyside
12:45	Saha 87'	Report		Attendance: 31,278 Referee: Lee Mason

8 November	West Ham United	1 – 3	Everton	Upton Park, Essex
15:00	Collison 63'	Report	Lescott 83' Saha 85', 87'	Attendance: 33,961 Referee: Mark Halsey

16 November	Everton	1 – 1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park, Liverpool
13:30	Yakubu 65'	Report	O'Neil 8'	Attendance: 31,063 Referee: Howard Webb

24 November	Wigan Athletic	1 – 0	Everton	JJB Stadium, Wigan
20:00	Camara 51'	Report		Attendance: 18,344 Referee: Rob Styles

30 November	Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 1	Everton	White Hart Lane, North London
15:00		Report	Pienaar 51'	Attendance: 35,742 Referee: Steve Bennett

7 December	Everton	2 – 3	Aston Villa	Goodison Park, Merseyside
16:00	Lescott 29', 90+3'	Report	Sidwell 1' Young 54', 90+5'	Attendance: 31,922 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 December	Manchester City	0 – 1	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
15:00		Report	Cahill 90+2'	Attendance: 45,693 Referee: Mike Dean

20 December	Everton	0 – 0	Chelsea	Goodison Park, Merseyside
20:00		Report	Terry 35'	Attendance: 35,655 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 December	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Everton	Riverside Stadium, Teesside
15:00		Report	Cahill 51'	Attendance: 30,253 Referee: Mike Riley

28 December	Everton	3 – 0	Sunderland	Goodison Park, Merseyside
14:00	Arteta 10', 27' Gosling 83'	Report		Attendance: 39,146 Referee: Rob Styles

10 January	Everton	2 – 0	Hull City	Goodison Park, Merseyside
15:00	Fellaini 18' Arteta 45+1'	Report		Attendance: 37,527 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 January	Liverpool	1 – 1	Everton	Anfield, Merseyside
20:00	Gerrard 68'	Report	Cahill 87'	Attendance: 44,382 Referee: Howard Webb

28 January	Everton	1 – 1	Arsenal	Goodison Park, Merseyside
20:00	Cahill 61'	Report	Van Persie 90+3'	Attendance: 37,097 Referee: Andre Marriner

31 January	Manchester United	1 – 0	Everton	Old Trafford, Manchester
20:00	Ronaldo 44' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 75,399 Referee: Mark Halsey

7 February	Everton	3 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park, Merseyside
15:00	Arteta 40' (pen.) Jô 49', 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 33,791 Referee: Peter Walton

22 February	Newcastle United	0 – 0	Everton	St James' Park, Tyneside
16:00	Nolan 44'	Report		Attendance: 47,683 Referee: Lee Mason

28 February	Everton	2 – 0	West Bromwich Albion	Goodison Park, Merseyside
12:45	Cahill 36' Saha 70'	Report		Attendance: 33,898 Referee: Steve Bennett

4 March	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 0	Everton	Ewood Park, Lancashire
20:00		Report		Attendance: 21,445 Referee: Alan Wiley

14 March	Everton	3 – 1	Stoke City	Goodison Park, Merseyside
15:00	Jô 18' Lescott 24' Fellaini 90+1'	Report	Shawcross 52'	Attendance: 36,396 Referee: Andre Marriner

21 March	Portsmouth	2 – 1	Everton	Fratton Park, Hampshire
12:45	Crouch 22', 75'	Report	Baines 4'	Attendance: 20,388 Referee: Peter Walton

5 April	Everton	4 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Goodison Park, Merseyside
15:00	Jô 27', 51' Fellaini 47' Osman 61'	Report		Attendance: 34,427 Referee: Phil Dowd

12 April	Aston Villa	3 – 3	Everton	Villa Park, Birmingham
13:30	Carew 33' Milner 55' Barry 66' (pen.)	Report	Fellaini 19' Cahill 23' Pienaar 53'	Attendance: 40,188 Referee: Howard Webb

22 April	Chelsea	0 – 0	Everton	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00		Report		Attendance: 41,556 Referee: Mark Halsey

25 April	Everton	1 – 2	Manchester City	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00	Gosling 90+4'	Report	Robinho 35' Ireland 54'	Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Alan Wiley

3 May	Sunderland	0 – 2	Everton	Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00		Report	Pienaar 48' Fellaini 71'	Attendance: 41,313 Referee: Martin Atkinson

9 May	Everton	0 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00		Report		Attendance: 36,646 Referee: Lee Mason

16 May	Everton	3 – 1	West Ham United	Goodison Park, Liverpool
15:00	Saha 38', 76' (pen.) Yobo 48'	Report	Kováč 24'	Attendance: 38,501 Referee: Phil Dowd

24 May	Fulham	0 – 2	Everton	Craven Cottage, Fulham
16:00		Report	Osman 45', 88'	Attendance: 25,497 Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup

17 September First round, first leg	Everton	2 – 2	Standard Liège	Goodison Park, Liverpool
19:45	Yakubu 23' Castillo 38'	Report	Mbokani 8' Yobo 35' (o.g.)	Attendance: 28,312 Referee: Gregorz Gilewski

2 October First round, second leg	Standard Liège	2 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Everton	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
20:00	Witsel 22' Jovanović 79' (pen.)	Report	Jagielka 67'	Attendance: 27,406 Referee: Peter Sippel

League Cup

24 September Third round	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Everton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45	Olsson 10'	Report		Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup

3 January Third round	Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Everton	Moss Rose, Macclesfield
15:00		Report	Osman 43'	Attendance: 6,008 Referee: Peter Walton

25 January Fourth round	Liverpool	1 – 1	Everton	Anfield, Merseyside
16:00	Gerrard 54'	Report	Lescott 27'	Attendance: 43,524 Referee: Steve Bennett

4 February Fourth round replay	Everton	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool	Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00	Gosling 118'	Report	Lucas 76'	Attendance: 37,918 Referee: Alan Wiley

15 February Fifth round	Everton	3 – 1	Aston Villa	Goodison Park, Liverpool
14:30	Rodwell 4' Arteta 24' (pen.) Cahill 76'	Report	Milner 8' (pen.)	Attendance: 35,439 Referee: Martin Atkinson

8 March Quarter-final	Everton	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park, Liverpool
16:00	Fellaini 50' Saha 56'	Report	Wheater 44'	Attendance: 37,856 Referee: Mark Halsey

19 April Semi-final	Manchester United	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 4 p)	Everton	Wembley Stadium, London
16:00 BST		Report		Attendance: 88,141 Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)
	Penalties
	Berbatov Ferdinand Vidić Anderson		Cahill Baines Neville Vaughan Jagielka

30 May Final	Chelsea	2 – 1	Everton	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00	Drogba 21' Lampard 72'	Report	Saha 1'	Attendance: 89,391 Referee: Howard Webb

Season statistics

Starts and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Carlo Nash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Tony Hibbert	24	0	16+1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Leighton Baines	39	1	26+5	1	7	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	NGA	Joseph Yobo	33	1	26+1	1	2+1	0	1	0	1+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Joleon Lescott	46	5	35+1	4	7	1	1	0	2	0
6	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka	43	1	33+1	0	6	0	1	0	2	1
7	MF	NED	Andy van der Meyde	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ECU	Segundo Castillo (on loan from Red Star Belgrade)	13	1	5+4	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	1
9	FW	FRA	Louis Saha	29	8	10+14	6	2+1	2	1	0	1	0
10	MF	ESP	Mikel Arteta	31	7	26	6	3	1	0	0	2	0
11	FW	BRA	Jô	12	5	11+1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	SCO	Iain Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	James Vaughan	17	0	1+12	0	0+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
15	DF	DEN	Lars Jacobsen	6	0	4+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	AUS	Tim Cahill	40	9	28+2	8	7	1	0+1	0	2	0
18	DF	ENG	Phil Neville	47	0	36+1	0	7	0	1	0	2	0
19	DF	POR	Nuno Valente	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	RSA	Steven Pienaar	35	3	27+1	3	6	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Leon Osman	43	7	32+2	6	6	1	1	0	2	0
22	FW	NGA	Yakubu	17	5	14	4	0	0	0+1	0	2	1
24	GK	USA	Tim Howard	48	0	38	0	7	0	1	0	2	0
25	MF	BEL	Marouane Fellaini	35	9	28+2	8	4	1	1	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Jack Rodwell	25	1	9+10	0	2+3	1	1	0	0	0
27	FW	POL	Lukas Jutkiewicz	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	NGA	Victor Anichebe	22	1	5+12	1	3	0	0	0	1+1	0
30	GK	ENG	John Ruddy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ENG	Dan Gosling	17	3	6+5	2	1+5	1	0	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	John Irving	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Kieran Agard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	John Paul Kissock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Jose Baxter	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	MF	ENG	James Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

Appearances as subs are included.

Goalscorers

Name	Premier League	FA Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
Tim Cahill	8	1	0	9
Marouane Fellaini	8	1	0	9
Louis Saha	6	2	0	8
Mikel Arteta	6	1	0	7
Leon Osman	6	1	0	7
Jô	5	0	0	5
Yakubu	4	0	1	5
Joleon Lescott	4	1	0	5
Steven Pienaar	3	0	0	3
Dan Gosling	2	1	0	3
Victor Anichebe	1	0	0	1
Leighton Baines	1	0	0	1
Segundo Castillo	0	0	1	1
Phil Jagielka	0	0	1	1
Joseph Yobo	1	0	0	1
Own Goal	1	0	0	1

Yellow cards

Name	Premier League	Total
Marouane Fellaini	10	10
Joseph Yobo	1	1
Yakubu	1	1
Leon Osman	1	1
Leighton Baines	1	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Player	From	Date	Fee
Lars Jacobsen	1. FC Nürnberg	26 August 2008	Free^[10]
Louis Saha	Manchester United	1 September 2008	Undisclosed^[11]
Carlo Nash	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2008	Undisclosed^[12]
Marouane Fellaini	Standard Liège	1 September 2008	£15,000,000^[13]

Transfers out

Player	To	Date	Fee
Patrick Boyle	Released	1 May 2008	Free
Bjarni Viðarsson	Twente	14 May 2008	Free^[14]
Lee Carsley	Birmingham City	3 June 2008	Free^[15]
Stefan Wessels	VfL Osnabrück	25 June 2008	Free^[16]
Darren Dennehy	Cardiff City	28 June 2008	Free^[17]
Jamie Jones	Leyton Orient	2 July 2008	Free^[18]
Aidan Downes	Yeovil Town	1 August 2008	Free^[19]
Andrew Johnson	Fulham	7 August 2008	£10,500,000^[20]

Loans in

Player	From	Date From	Date Till
Segundo Castillo	Red Star Belgrade	28 August 2008	30 May 2009^[21]
Jô	Manchester City	31 January 2009	1 June 2009

Loans out

Player	To	Date From	Date Till

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External links

Official Site: 2007/2008 Fixtures & Results
BBC Sport - Club Stats
Soccerbase - Results | Squad Stats | Transfers

[table_note_res_ELPR0.9592723808993-9] Since both finalists of the FA Cup (Chelsea and Everton) and the League Cup winners (Manchester United) qualified for the European competitions based on their league position, the sixth-placed team (Aston Villa) received a berth in the Europa League play-off round and the seventh-placed team (Fulham) received a berth in the Europa League third qualifying round.

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[3] ttp://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/egm-petition-received.html ^{[dead link‍]}

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[7] ttp://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/29701/club-statement.html ^{[dead link‍]}

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[14] "Fellaini ends Moyes' frustration". SkySports. 1 September 2008.

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[20] "Downes deal for Yeovil". SkySports. 1 August 2008.

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