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Inspired by Chicos thread, lets have a what ever happened to therad. of players who left Everton and never to be heard of again:

Alesandro Pistone:

Pistone spent seven years at Everton, but his time at the club was beset by numerous serious injuries. Disciplinary problems also marred his time at Goodison Park, such as fighting with Paul Dickov in a game against Man City.

The Italian was close to leaving Everton in 2005 after refusing a new deal, but eventually signed at spend a further two years at the club, which was again ravaged by injury.

Everton refused to renew the defender’s contract in 2007 and after failed trials with Middlesborough and Watford, Pistone signed with Belgian club Mons in December 2007, but left at the end of the 2007/08 season. Now 35, Pistone is currently without a club.

Pistone will br remembered by Everton fans as the man that needed replaceing for 7 years. He had some great games in England, but his inconsistencies at the highest level cost him dear and at the top level you are going to get found out if you are not up to scratch.

Confidence played a big part with the Italian, and criticism of his performances didn’t help him at all. Injuries were another big factor in his success in England.

A former Italy u 21 Captain, who clubs included Newcaslte and Inter - he only ever played 4 more professional games after leaving Everton.
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Since retiring from football, Pistone has made a number of appearances on the Italian Poker Circuit, and participated in the eight Annual Night of Aces event in 2010.
 

Not one for the faint hearted, many would be forgivin for asking who?

Peter Degn:

Walter Smith sneaked off to Denmark and pulled in a surprise mid-season transfer for Everton, well away from the pathetic and ill-informed speculation of tabloid jurno hacks and illiterate Teamtalk lackies, who completely missed this one.


Peter Degn was one of the best players in Århus GF. He had his debut in the Danish Superleague 3 years ago, when just 18 years old. The same year, AGF reached the Danish Cup final, were Peter Degn scored. From that time he has been an AGF hero.

Normally he played as an attacking right-sided midfielder, but he could also play in attack and as a right-back/full-back in the defense. In some games, when the AGF keeper had received a red card or an injury during a game, Peter Degn played in goal (and all games but one he kept a clean sheet). He was captain of the Danish under-21 national team.

Although Århus had been at the bottom of their league, Degn had played well. But, cause there's always a but, he had a very bad temperament. In the 12 games he played from August to November 1998, he had received two red cards, and a number of yellow ones.

All in all he was supposed to be the very essence of a top very talented young player.

He broke through in Spring 1996, when he scored in the Danish Compaq Cup final. His 1996/97 season had many ups and downs, only becoming settled by the end of the season. He has secured his place as first choice in the Danish Under-21 team.

An incredible dribbler in the Dainish league he supported the attack from the right side of midfield. Still, Degn had big problems with his discipline, and he got yellow cards too often, mainly for dissent.


Statistics for 1997/98 (with AGF):
  • Games: 30, Goals: 0, Assists: 16, Booked: 10, Sent Off: 0,
  • Substituted: 13, Sub appearances: 2, Sub - but not used: 0.
  • Ratings: (goes from 1 to 99, 99 is best)
  • Average rating: 59.7, Highest: 85, Lowest: 37, Man Of The Match: 1
It took over a month for Peter Degn to eventually pull on an Everton shirt in anger. A chest infection kept him at bay, and the postponement of four successive reserves matches meant his debut was delayed until Old Trafford. Reports suggest he acquitted himself well in another misguided effort by Walter Smith to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat.

Degn remained on the periphery of the main squad for the tussle with relegation in the Spring of 1999, appearing as a sub on three more occasions. As a result, it was hard to form much of an opinion of him.

He finally made his full debut as part of an experimental reserve side against a cocky Oxford United team in the Worthington League Cup that went on to humiliate him and the other fringe Everton players at Goodison Park. Then he managed to get sent home from the Danish U-21 squad for going out gambling. And he amassed five yellows and his first suspension, while playing in the reserves! On the basis of this woeful outing, we didn't see too much of Peter Degn...

Finally, in October 2000, Peter Degn returned to Aarhus on loan until the end of the Danish season (in December 2000). He them appeared to pick up an injury and came back to Everton to recuperate... making an increasingly rare appearance for the reserves as the season wore on...

Peter Degn must go down as one of Walter Smith's abject failures in the transfer market. Another young player who could not respond to Walter & Archie's Punch & Judy show? Another foreign player wholly unsuited to the English Premiership? Or a classic transfer scam pulled by AN unscrupulous agent on a manager who should have know al lot better?

After hardly any interest was shown by other clubs, Peter Degn eventually secured a return to Denmark when he signed with Brondby for a "nominal fee" – believed to be around £50,000 – with 12 months still left on his Everton contract.

A telling postscript to this sorry episode appeared in Broken Dreams by Tom Brewer:
During a trip together to Denmark in 1998, Stretford had persuaded Walter Smith, the manager of Everton to buy Peter Degn, a midfielder from Aarhus. Michael Dunford, Everton's Chief Executive, exploded in an unusual challenge: "Bloody hell, Walter, what a waste of space....'Degn's useless'."
Four years later, after four appearances, Degn was transferred back to Denmark. Michael Dunford's opinion about the forceful-talking Stretford was explicit: "He wants his pound of flesh, but I wouldn't buy a second hand car from him."
Stretford's rebuttal was explicit: "I didn't pull one over on them. I believe the person who decides to buy the player is the manager." To prove his credibility Stretford sold Everton four more players after the Degn debacle.
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The 'Stretford' in question is Paul Stretford, head of ProActive Sports Management, who would later play a central role in spiriting away Everton's Wayne Rooney to Manchester United... And Michael Dunford owned 40,000 shares in ProActive... Oh the tangled web..

Following his Everton departure, In July 2001, Degn moved back to Denmark, when he signed a four-year contract with Superliga team Brøndby IF.

Out of form, Degn did not find much playing time at Brøndby either, making just 3 senior appearnces. He was loaned out to Vejle Boldklub in the secondary Danish 1st Division in the autumn of 2002. He made his debut in September 2002, and quickly secured a place in Vejle's starting line-up. At the end of the season, Brøndby showed no interest in using Degn. He was loaned out to Vejle yet again, where he was named team captain he went on to make 30 senior appearences while on loan over two seasons some as captain of the Danish second tier club.

Having played little more than a year at Vejle, he moved back to the top-flight Superliga in January 2004, when he was bought by Silkeborg IF. where he still is today racking up a wholly uninpressive 104 appearences since 2004.
 
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Neiler said:
Not one for the faint hearted, many would be forgivin for asking who?

Peter Degn:

Walter Smith sneaked off to Denmark and pulled in a surprise mid-season transfer for Everton, well away from the pathetic and ill-informed speculation of tabloid jurno hacks and illiterate Teamtalk lackies, who completely missed this one.


Peter Degn was one of the best players in Århus GF. He had his debut in the Danish Superleague 3 years ago, when just 18 years old. The same year, AGF reached the Danish Cup final, were Peter Degn scored. From that time he has been an AGF hero.

Normally he played as an attacking right-sided midfielder, but he could also play in attack and as a right-back/full-back in the defense. In some games, when the AGF keeper had received a red card or an injury during a game, Peter Degn played in goal (and all games but one he kept a clean sheet). He was captain of the Danish under-21 national team.

Although Århus had been at the bottom of their league, Degn had played well. But, cause there's always a but, he had a very bad temperament. In the 12 games he played from August to November 1998, he had received two red cards, and a number of yellow ones.

All in all he was supposed to be the very essence of a top very talented young player.

He broke through in Spring 1996, when he scored in the Danish Compaq Cup final. His 1996/97 season had many ups and downs, only becoming settled by the end of the season. He has secured his place as first choice in the Danish Under-21 team.

An incredible dribbler in the Dainish league he supported the attack from the right side of midfield. Still, Degn had big problems with his discipline, and he gets yellow cards too often, mainly through dissent. No doubt his hero is Stig Tofting (a very controversial Duisburg/AGF and Denmark star)!


Statistics for 1997/98 (with AGF):
  • Games: 30, Goals: 0, Assists: 16, Booked: 10, Sent Off: 0,
  • Substituted: 13, Sub appearances: 2, Sub - but not used: 0.
  • Ratings: (goes from 1 to 99, 99 is best)
  • Average rating: 59.7, Highest: 85, Lowest: 37, Man Of The Match: 1
It took over a month for Peter Degn to eventually pull on an Everton shirt in anger. A chest infection kept him at bay, and the postponement of four successive reserves matches meant his debut was delayed until Old Trafford. Reports suggest he acquitted himself well in another misguided effort by Walter Smith to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat.

Degn remained on the periphery of the main squad for the tussle with relegation in the Spring of 1999, appearing as a sub on three more occasions. As a result, it was hard to form much of an opinion of him.

He finally made his full debut as part of an experimental reserve side against a cocky Oxford United team in the Worthington League Cup that went on to humiliate him and the other fringe Everton players at Goodison Park. Then he managed to get sent home from the Danish U-21 squad for going out gambling. And he amassed five yellows and his first suspension, while playing in the reserves! On the basis of this woeful outing, we didn't see too much of Peter Degn...

Finally, in October 2000, Peter Degn returned to Aarhus on loan until the end of the Danish season (in December 2000). He them appeared to pick up an injury and came back to Everton to recuperate... making an increasingly rare appearance for the reserves as the season wore on...

Peter Degn must go down as one of Walter Smith's abject failures in the transfer market. Another young player who could not respond to Walter & Archie's Punch & Judy show? Another foreign player wholly unsuited to the English Premiership? Or a classic transfer scam pulled by AN unscrupulous agent on a manager who should have know al lot better?

After hardly any interest was shown by other clubs, Peter Degn eventually secured a return to Denmark when he signed with Brondby for a "nominal fee" – believed to be around £50,000 – with 12 months still left on his Everton contract.

A telling postscript to this sorry episode appeared in Broken Dreams by Tom Brewer:
During a trip together to Denmark in 1998, Stretford had persuaded Walter Smith, the manager of Everton to buy Peter Degn, a midfielder from Aarhus. Michael Dunford, Everton's Chief Executive, exploded in an unusual challenge: "Bloody hell, Walter, what a waste of space....'Degn's useless'."
Four years later, after four appearances, Degn was transferred back to Denmark. Michael Dunford's opinion about the forceful-talking Stretford was explicit: "He wants his pound of flesh, but I wouldn't buy a second hand car from him."
Stretford's rebuttal was explicit: "I didn't pull one over on them. I believe the person who decides to buy the player is the manager." To prove his credibility Stretford sold Everton four more players after the Degn debacle.
​
The 'Stretford' in question is Paul Stretford, head of ProActive Sports Management, who would later play a central role in spiriting away Everton's Wayne Rooney to Manchester United... And Michael Dunford owned 40,000 shares in ProActive... Oh the tangled web..

Following his Everton departure, In July 2001, Degn moved back to Denmark, when he signed a four-year contract with Superliga team Brøndby IF.

Out of form, Degn did not find much playing time at Brøndby either, making just 3 senior appearnces. He was loaned out to Vejle Boldklub in the secondary Danish 1st Division in the autumn of 2002. He made his debut in September 2002, and quickly secured a place in Vejle's starting line-up. At the end of the season, Brøndby showed no interest in using Degn. He was loaned out to Vejle yet again, where he was named team captain he went on to make 30 senior appearences while on loan over two seasons some as captain of the Danish second tier club.

Having played little more than a year at Vejle, he moved back to the top-flight Superliga in January 2004, when he was bought by Silkeborg IF. where he still is today racking up a wholly uninpressive 104 appearences since 2004.
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Awesome facts mate kudos!!
 

clus thomsen complete toss, amokachi was buzzing wen we got him !!!! whats nyarko doing these days ????? o and what ever happend to jose baxter ???
 
nickydisco said:
clus thomsen complete toss, amokachi was buzzing wen we got him !!!! whats nyarko doing these days ????? o and what ever happend to jose baxter ???
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Claus Thomsen played OK at centre back, was rubbish elsewhere.

Anyone remember Matt McKay? A 750k signing from Chester City by Kendall mk III who got injured and never played a first team game before retiring.
 
Papa Shango said:
Claus Thomsen played OK at centre back, was rubbish elsewhere.

Anyone remember Matt McKay? A 750k signing from Chester City by Kendall mk III who got injured and never played a first team game before retiring.
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Danny Williamson was another who we signed and he just never played! Think even Peter Johnson signed him when we had no manager!
 

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