I’m a life long Evertonian, otherwise known as a toffee, my family’s involvement and love for Everton Football Club spans five generations through thick and thin.
Most of my writing concentrates on the business side of football, the aim being to express my own views of what goes on off the field at Goodison but also to develop further understanding of the business of football in an interesting and informative way. Increasingly, it involves holding the owner and board to account. The views I express are solely my own views, I do not in any way seek to represent the wider fan base, nor speak on their behalf.
I am still on Twitter, now known as X, but my social media postings can also be found on Bluesky here
Advisory services
Although my interest in Everton has always been treated as a hobby, increasingly I have provided advisory services to professional investors, professional service providers and a wide number of media professionals.
Podcasts:
I run several successful podcasts, Talking the Blues, The Esk podcasts and previously Everton Business Matters. All podcasts, including our full back catalogue are available on on Spotify and iTunes and many other podcast platforms.
Talking the Blues is my flagship podcast, widely listened to in over 160 countries and territories globally. It aims to be a serious, informative, passionate but also light hearted podcast that features all Everton games during the season and a host of conversations around all manner of subjects related to the game. Andy Costigan and his actor brother George are co-presenters. The podcast’s popularity has grown enormously over the years, and is subscription and advert free. It will always remain so.
Alternatively there’s a more personal set of podcasts here:
https://shows.acast.com/the-esk-podcasts
Totally away from football, and related to my own health issues I have set up Stroke-Survivors.org
and a personal podcast related to Stroke issues here, called Talking about Strokes
Started in May 2017, EBM was the first and leading football business podcast which examines in detail the off-field activities of Everton Football Club. EBM was hosted by Rodger Armstrong and co-presented by former Everton Shareholder Association Chairman, John Blain
Aside from here, articles are published on numerous national newspapers including The Observer, Irish Examiner, Grandoldteam, and Liverpool Echo , The Blue Room and Futbolgrad.
I have been quoted on many occasions in global media including the Financial Times, New York Times, Bloomberg and various trade, financial journals.
In addition I’ve talked about Everton on several media including BBC 5Live, BT Sport and many podcasts.
Feedback is much appreciated (here).
My email address is paul@theesk.org