By John P
October 7 2005

Last night in a reserve team match defeat against Manchester United, James Beattie opened the scoring with an impressive display but after just 22 minutes limped off with a calf injury. This has come at such a bad time considering our bogey team Spurs and Chelski. Everton physio Mick Rathbone said: "It looks like a relatively minor calf strain, though it is too early to say whether he will be available for the game at Spurs."

Beattie added: "It started off well for me with the goal and I felt good, but then I just felt my calf tighten up.

"It was more of a precautionary measure than anything because I don't want to be out for another three or four weeks with a calf strain."

Per Kroldrup played in the match, and although made a mistake which forced Richard Wright to make a crucial intervention, but the pressure from Man Utd was too much and the game ended 3-1.