A few years back, around the start of the Moshiri era, I promoted the phrase ”Everton, the Senior club in the City”. I put it to the people who ran our marketing, […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, dedicated to Mark (Roydo) RIP, West Ham United (h), the appeal, 2nd charge & 777’s funding (updated to correct error in sound file)
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast, dedicated to the life and memory of Mark, better known as Roydo from Grandoldteam, sadly now departed, far too soon – a wonderful man, […]
Kenneth King’s webinar regarding A-Cap and 777 Re
Kenneth King’s webinar 27 February 2024 I fully appreciate it won’t be for everyone, but for completeness and given the level of attention it has attracted in the UK media and particularly […]
Summary of Everton’s appeal of Premier League Commission ruling
The decision regarding Everton’s appeal of the original Premier League Disciplinary Panel made on 17 December 2023 was published on 26th February 2024. Below is a summary of the 61 page decision […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Brighton & Hove Albion (a), 777, heritage & Stan Bowles, RIP
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. Wide and varied conversation this week. Analysis of the frustrating draw at Brighton followed by a 777 update and […]
How Moshiri can end Everton’s paralysis now
An assessment of Moshiri’s culpability in Everton’s position and a suggestion as to how he can partially redeem himself Tuesday 27th February 2024 will mark the 8th anniversary of Farhad Moshiri’s initial […]
Bermuda & its relevance to Everton’s proposed takeover by 777 partners (revisited)
Back in early November 2023, I wrote a fairly detailed article explaining the relationship between 777 Partners, Bermuda and the potential purchase of Everton Football Club. It was not a typical article […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Manchester City (a) and the Premier League
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast looking back on the Manchester City game, analysing in particular Dominic Calvert -Lewin (in an objective way). We look at the Premier League and […]
Everton’s debt position, the ownership alternatives
There’s been some discussion as to Everton’s current debt position in recent times, particularly if as seems increasingly probable, the proposed acquisition of Moshiri’s 94.1% stake in Everton by777 partners fails to […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Tottenham Hotspur (H), and the the Independent Commission Appeal
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on Everton’s fighting 2-2 draw at Goodison versus Tottenham before a detailed look at how we […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Luton Town (h) FA Cup Round 4 and everything else
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan as we look back on a desperately disappointing dismissal from the FA Cup, our 9th FA Cup home loss […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Crystal Palace (A) FA Cup, VAR, Pickford, transfer window, ownership
Welcome to the first Talking the Blues Podcast of 2024 with George and Andy Costigan. Before delving into some quite heavy stuff (including prophetic words from Andy and George post the Anfield […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Spurs (a), Christmas Eve and stuff
Welcome to a Christmas Eve recording of Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on a narrow loss to Tottenham, but a loss that had much to […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Burnley (a) time for grown ups to appear in the boardroom
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on a momentous few games, four wins, four clean sheets and the impact Sean Dyche’s mentality […]
In the bleak mid-winter….
Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone…….With the exceptional uplift in results of recent weeks, it is tempting to believe that the huge difficulties facing Everton […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Nottingham Forest (a), updates on ownership & the appeal
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. A defiant Everton backed by magnificent support once more travel to the City Ground, Nottingham, home of Nottingham Forest […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Manchester United (H), the protests and the appeal
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues with Andy and Geoorge Costigan. We delve into Andy and George’s favourite game of the season (although inevitably not our favourite result). We applaud the […]
The significant issues facing 777 Partners and therefore Everton & regulators
The downgrading of a relatively obscure Bermuda based reinsurer should have little consequence for a 144 year old football club, having arguably its most encouraging sequence of games in several years (albeit […]
Summary of the Commission decision, aggravating factors, mitigation claims and the sanction
Trying to condense 28,000 documents, several months of pre-commission preparations and five days of complex legal argument into something that is (i) readable but (ii) an accurate representation of proceedings is quite […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, the Commission and the Premier League
Welc.ome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast in which George and Andy take a detailed look at the Commission findings. We dig a bit deeper into the hearing, looking at the […]