Everton To Appeal Card
Everton are set to appeal the card shown to Andy Johnson at last week’s defeat to Manchester City. The teams were level with two goals each when the referee showed his Tesco clubcard to the Everton striker late in the second half. It immediately reduced the Everton lead by the week’s special offer of 50% off all goals scored against Premiership opposition. The match finished 2-1 in City’s favour.
‘We never imagined that this Tesco deal would be so bad for us,’ admitted manager David Moyes. ‘They call it a loss leader but I think it means something totally different in the world of retail. We can’t keep losing clubcard points like this…’
Moyes went on to admit that Everton face fitness worries after Phil Neville suffering a sprout-related injury in aisle three during the second half.
January 6th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
It is a good thing he did not show a Sainsburys card, there would have to be 500 goals for two and a half of them to be allowed as credit or something like that….
January 7th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Ah, I believe they only use the Sainsbury’s card at the top clubs. I hear they’re a bit too expensive…