Team of the Millennium

SickBoy

Got this from the Everton mailing list, who would have thought it!?

Dunno if anyone was listening to 606 on BBC Radio 5Live last night. With so much hype surrounding this time of the year the much vaunted title of Team of the Millennium has been touted about, with either shade of neighbouring red capturing most plaudits.

Of course we all know better, and where that accolade should remain. Not that it wins any trophies or anything. Team of the Millennium? How old are Notts County? Sheffield United? Ourselves? Accrington Stanley? Team of the Centruy would be more apt, perhaps.

Anyway, one Evertonian managed to get onto the show and put it to Danny Kelly (host) that Everton deserved the honour of being called top team. Kelly couldn't contain himself, and after much merriment at the thought of Everton being the top team of the past whatever the Evertonian put it to him that we had scored more goals, won more games, earned more points than anyone else. Which is FACT. For the record, we have also conceded more goals than anyone else. Kelly still refused to believe that Everton deserved such accolades.

Therefore, with a great sense of satisfaction, I read that the match report below from The Mail acknowledged our claim..........

<<<<<<< They may not have looked the part yesterday but Everton are officially the Team of the Millennium. They have held off a challenge from neighbours Liverpool and finished the 20th Century as the team with the most top-flight points. Gerard Houllier's side managed to narrow the gap yesterday but still fell three points short of Everton's aggregate of 4,327. As titles go, it could be viewed as more of a millstone than a milestone, a weighty reminder of past glories that a tormented Everton support are longing to see again. They may well have to wait a little longer but there are at least signs that, after years of change and upheaval in the boardroom and manager's office, stability may soon bring its rewards. Manager Walter Smith has pledged his future to Goodison by accepting a two-year extension to his contract while Bill Kenwright, as much a fan as any Gladwys Street regular, has finally won a protracted power struggle for Peter Johnson's majority shareholding. If theatre impresario Kenwright could only capture the pantomime spirit and conjure up an Aladdin's cave of transfer funds to supplement Smith's tactical acumen, the good times would surely start rolling again. Their illustrious predecessors may have provided the bulk of the points, yet Everton would surely have been overhauled but for their marked improvement under Walter Smith. His downbeat response to yesterday's hard-earned point at Valley Parade reflected the rise in expectations since he took over before the start of last season........................etc>>>>>

TwoShedsJackson

Kinda reminds me of the old saying - there are lies, damned lies, and statistics