Much of what I’ve written about Everton for a number of years has related to the financial performance of the club. It has focused on the considerable under-performance of the club stretching […]
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Bramley Moore Dock Update
To some extent lost in the maelstrom that is Everton’s pursuit of a new manager and another appalling performance in the Europa League, Everton announced the exchanging of contracts between Everton Stadium Development […]
The harsh reality of Everton’s competitive position
It has been commonly accepted by almost all parties that since the start of the Premier League Everton’s financial performance has lagged that of its one-time peers. Before doing the research I […]
Paradise Lost? – the Panorama story
Paradise Lost? This evening the BBC investigative programme “Panorama” ran the first of two episodes looking at offshore finance, in particular the so-called “Paradise Papers”. The programme spends a considerable amount of […]
Wanted: Leadership and Communication
There’s been much talk about Everton since Moshiri acquired his 49.9% stake in February 2016, yet communications from Everton have been inconsistent and incomplete, especially in recent times. The question must be […]
The valuing of football clubs
Going to attempt the impossible here. Make an article on the valuation methods of football clubs interesting. It’s good background before looking at the value of Moshiri’s partial acquisition of Everton. I […]
The enormity of the next Everton manager appointment.
Far from reducing the tension around Finch Farm, or the executive offices at Goodison Park, plus of course, offices in London and Monaco, the decision to fire Ronald Koeman less than half […]
The commercial challenges facing Everton (part 1)
In our most recent #EvertonBusinessMatters podcast we looked at the commercial performance of Everton relative to the 6 clubs (our peer group) currently dominating the financial and footballing tables. In the podcast we […]
Turning the tables on the Premier League “big 6”
Much has been written and spoken about recently on the attempt by the “big 6” to grab more of the seemingly ever increasing broadcasting revenues paid to the Premier league clubs. […]
My latest thoughts on Usmanov, Arsenal and Everton
On 29th September Arseblog ran a story claiming that Kroenke (the 67% shareholder of Arsenal) had made a bid to acquire Usmanov’s 30.04%. Given I’ve consistently held the view that Usmanov will […]