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LEON OSMAN and Ayegbeni Yakubu lifted the gloom hanging over Goodison Park as their goals secured Everton's first win of the new Premier League campaign today.

ACCORDING to boffins with too much time on their hands, the saddest day of this year was officially calculated as January 22.

Something to do with dark mornings, Christmas debts and distant holidays.

Evertonians, however, beg to differ.

For a start, January 22 happens to be the birthday of their club's greatest ever player, which is surely a reason to celebrate.

TOMORROW night sees Everton's annual end of season awards take place but we are still no nearer to knowing who will be named star man.

In the last couple of years, Mikel Arteta has been out on his own but, this time around, things are completely different and, with the greatest respect to the little Spaniard, it would be a surprise if he completed the hat-trick.

The reason that would be the case is down to there being numerous contenders from front to back. Tim Howard, for one, has been in outstanding form all year and built on the promise of his debut campaign at Goodison

THE bookies, as always, may have had it right all along.

When Everton let Aston Villa back in at the death a week ago, the men from the betting shops were the only ones on Merseyside seemingly unconcerned.

While Evertonians fretted, they made their team heavily odds-on to still qualify for Europe, listing Martin O'Neill's men at a seemingly generous 7/4.

Didn't they know Villa only had to beat Wigan and West Ham?

WITH the FA finally making their position clear on who will get their nomination for next season's UEFA Cup, the significance of tomorrow's match at Goodison Park is magnified.

To qualify for Europe next season Everton must finish above Aston Villa

YESTERDAY marked the first anniversary of Alan Ball's untimely passing but his memory continues to burn brightly in the mind of Evertonians.

INTERNATIONAL football is unlikely to commandeer too much attention this summer but a couple of fixtures may be of huge importance to a couple of Everton players.

Each week, the Liverpool Echo asks a group of fans a question relating to one of the big issues at their club. We've republished their answers here so you can get involved too.

THERE will not be any silverware on offer but there is no other way to say it - Goodison Park will stage a cup final this Sunday.

AVRAM GRANT delivered a very quirky post-match press conference at Goodison on Thursday night, when he seemed to be intent on answering every question in the fewest syllables possible.

It was a pre-meditated performance because half an hour later I heard him talking effusively about the match, his tactics and his team's performance to a small group of hand picked journalists