Lille starting to get a toehold in the game. Ryan Mendes demands a save from Tim Howard with a howitzer from a tight angle. It was sneaking into the top corner of the American's near post.

Marko Basa's long-ranger from the subsequent corner is well over the top though. A lot of shadow boxing and not many meaningful punches so far in this one after Everton's fast start.

Sam, Kenilworth: Best name ever has to be Ulrich van Gobbel!!!

Plain old Chris in Herts. Junior Agogo always struck me as a pretty chilled out name.

Coopz, Nottinghamshire: Best footballing name? Ex-Chelsea youngster Nortei Nortey! Got to be!

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Lille have got a chunky midfield pairing. Rio Mavuba and Florent Balmont both have builds closer to bouncers than ballet dancers.

Steven Naismith gets up above Idrissa Gueye, but not over the ball. The Scotland international's header clears the bar from little more than three yards.

Better from Everton though, who drew the free-kick to create that chance as Pape Souare chopped down Aiden McGeady.

The game has settled into a tempo. The default position is Everton on the ball, with Lille pressing hard and preventing any penetration. Two solid banks of yellow shirts from the visitors.

Chris in Birmingham via text: What about Bilyaletdinov who was at Everton? Unfortunately more like bilya-let-me-down most times he played.

Everton are buzzing brightly. Steven Naismith almost bundles his way through the centre of the Lille defence before Romelu Lukaku's lay-off has a bit to much on it. The Belgian just could not quite take the sting out of the ball as he attempted to steer it into the path of Leon Osman.

Wayne:, external Goalkeeper Fabian Assman was nearly signed by Chelsea from Independiente.

Paul Lowry:, external One fabulous name was Ces Podd - ex Bradford City and Halifax Town player, amongst others.

Dan Miles:, external Surely Nordin Wooter, the ex-Ajax and Panathinaikos player?

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That was less clever from Vincent Enyeama. The Lille goalkeeper rushes out of goal to try and snuff out some danger, but only succeed in spreading panic as he misses the ball entirely. His defenders eventually bail him out of bother, which is the least they can do after his wondersave a minute earlier.

Just 30 seconds on the clock and only a world-class save from Vincent Enyeama denies Everton the lead.

Romelu Lukaku spun neatly onto Steven Naismith's lay-off and drilled hard and low for the corner. Enyeama reacted in a blink though, getting down superbly to turn the ball behind.

Romelu Lukaku and Steven Naismith do the honours and we are under way.

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Down to Merseyside business though.

Everton are out on the Goodison baize. Picture-perfect European night and this is how they line up against Lille.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, McCarthy, Barry, Osman, Naismith, McGeady, Lukaku. Subs: Robles, Gibson, Eto'o, Besic, Atsu, Barkley, Pienaar.

Lille: Enyeama, Corchia, Kjaer, Basa, Souare, Gueye, Mavuba, Balmont, Ryan Mendes, Origi, Frey. Subs: Elana, Rodelin, Meite, Beria, Rozehnal, Roux, Traore.

We have got some more gems up our sleeve as well. Stay tuned.

Peter via text: Platanias, in the Greek Super League, have Banana Yaya. He's awesome.

Barry Dunne:, external Harlee Dean at Brentford, and non-league journeyman and long throw specialist Exodus Geohaghon.

DSM:, external Bernt Haas, the former Sunderland and West Brom right-back.

Rob Gorry:, external Blackpool's recent summer signing Belgian Jeffrey Rentmeister must be up there.

While the football was hotting up, our social media machine almost blew a gasket with the sheer quality and quantity of footballer name gold you were coming up with.

Five minutes until Everton v Lille, just enough time for these nuggets.

Well, those two second halves boiled up into something unexpected.

Tottenham were battered from pillar to post in the final 10 minutes, while Celtic's visit to Astra got very feisty.

The match stats make Gary Lineker's dismissal of Asteras at 18:56 as "utter rubbish" look premature at best. Patronising presumption might be more accurate.

John via text: It must be extremely frustrating for Fazio not getting the opportunity to play in the Premier League. Instead he has to settle for playing against weaker opposition in the cup competitions. This guy was the captain of Sevilla last season, poor man-management from Pochettino in my eyes.

Celtic remain unbeaten but slip to second in the group with a draw.

Vinny Person:, external Fazio has more red cards in seven games than Soldado has goals this season. That's Spurs in a nutshell.

Jesse:, external I swear Fazio has a similar amount of red cards as he does appearances for Spurs!

The Spaniard was sent packing in the 4-1 defeat by Manchester City earlier this season.