Financial regulation in English professional football has evolved from a Victorian-era ethos of community custodianship to a system defined by global capital markets, private equity, and institutional shareholder supremacy. At the beginning […]
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The Analysis Series: Analysis of financial regulation in European professional football
The financial regulation of European professional football has evolved from a nascent, disparate collection of national bookkeeping rules into a more sophisticated, multi-layered architecture of economic control. This transformation has been […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Burnley (a), fixture list compilation, its impact, the Friedkins and the role of money
Welcome to the post Christmas, post Burnley (a) Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We skate over the Burnley match as quickly as possible for linking VAR, the fixture […]
Questions to be asked of Roundhouse Capital and the Friedkins
In the past when flagging concerns about Everton’s ownership and governance, going back to Kenwright, then Moshiri, then his choice of potential new owners, I have often been accused of drawing unnecessarily […]
The Analysis Series: Value extraction in the global sports economy:
The evolution of asset stripping Historically viewed as community assets or the vanity projects of local benefactors, sports franchises and leagues have increasingly been reclassified as an alternative asset class within the […]
Proposed dividend payment to Everton shareholders raises questions that require answers (IMO)
Significant corporate or financial news released in and around a key holiday period, particularly Christmas, can often be viewed with some cynicism. It is, as is often stated, a good time to […]
Asset Match offer new auction for Everton shares
Asset Match, the privately owned company that offers the opportunity for investors to buy or sell private, non-listed shares has announced on its website that a new auction for shares in Everton […]
Proposed dividend payment to Everton shareholders arising from sale of EFCW
Further to the announcements made on Companies House and covered in detail here and here, the Board of Everton Football Club Company, Limited have proposed the payment of a dividend in the […]
Balance sheet tidy up details confirmed, revealing previous year’s losses & scale of Roundhouse Capital’s funding of Everton
Further to yesterday’s announcements (23 December 2025) the details relating to the tidying of Everton’s balance sheet have now been released on Companies House. They reveal further information that would normarily only […]
Capital reduction by Friedkins to tidy up Everton’s balance sheet
Companies House is the UK government’s official registrar for companies, and is responsible for incorporating, dissolving, and maintaining the public record of limited companies and LLPs in the UK. As such it […]