Category: Everton

Bramley-Moore Stadium finance & interesting stuff re other clubs’ financing

At the last General Meeting, Everton’s finance director, Sasha Ryazantsev outlined how the stadium at Bramley-Moore is likely to be financed. (Please stick with this article as apart from some knowledge stuff […]

Why having a DoF, sitting on the Everton board, has never been so important as now

At the last General Meeting of Everton shareholders at the beginning of January, Professor Tom Cannon objected to the inclusion of Marcel Brands on the Everton Board, claiming it was “inappropriate for […]

Talking the Blues – West Ham (a) Newcastle United (h) & the Graeme Sharp appointment

Welcome to the latest episode of Talking the Blues with George & Andy Costigan where we look back at the missed opportunities at West Ham and Newcastle, Moise Kean, plus a frank discussion […]

Guest Article: My top 10 aways by Tom Martin

My Top Ten Everton Aways – Guest article by Tom Martin So tomorrow we have a trip to London to look forward to, and whilst historically London hasn’t been kind to us, a […]

Everton Business Matters – Series 3 Episode 6: General meeting special

John, Paul and Tom talk through the recent General Meeting with specific reference to the performance of the business, Marcel Brands presentation and how deep is the involvement of Usmanov. All our […]

Record losses for 2018/19 but future pathway clearer with USM naming rights option

As widely forecast, Everton have published record losses for the extended financial year 2018/19. However the news of a £30 million right of first refusal for naming rights provided by USM will […]

Questions for & background to the 2020 Everton General Meeting

Early January, and as has been the case for a number of years since the re-installment of General Meetings, several hundred Everton shareholders will make their way to the Royal Philharmonic Hall […]

Talking the Blues, Brighton & Hove Albion (h) & the upcoming General Meeting

  Welcome to this week’s episode of Talking the Blues, with Andy, George and myself. We look back at the Brighton match, the atmosphere, performance and of course VAR. We  finish off with […]

Guest Article: Royal Blueprint for a Brighter Future by Tom Martin

Guest article by Tom Martin Let’s not kid ourselves. It’s a miserable time to be an Evertonian. With hundreds of millions of pounds of investment to seemingly go backwards, embarrassed at the […]

Talking the Blues – A cathartic look at Liverpool ((a) – FA Cup 3rd Round) and the challenges facing Everton

The great tennis player Andre Agassi once said ““There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.” Well, we’ve tried our best to talk through yesterday and the […]

January (or June) Sales?

“Clear the deadwood” A charge that’s been made by many members of the press and even more Evertonians since Marcel Brands arrived from PSV Eindhoven in May 2018. It is the apparently […]

How will Ancelotti take us forward? Profit & sustainability explained – what it means for transfer budgets

The arrival of Carlo Ancelotti at Everton has been accompanied by almost universal speculation that he has been provided with guarantees of a big transfer pot in which to shape his future […]

Key features of Everton’s planning application for Bramley-Moore stadium

Everton Football Club has revealed the final designs of our new 52,000 capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront, before a detailed planning application is submitted to Liverpool City Council today. […]

Talking the Blues, Manchester United (a), Duncan Ferguson, Kean & the Ancelotti rumours

24 hours after a hugely encouraging performance at the “Theatre of Dreams” we analyse the match, look at what Duncan Ferguson has achieved in less than a fortnight, the Kean episode and […]

Everton Business Matters Podcast Series 3 Episode 5

John, Paul and Tom unpick what’s going on at our football club with regards to the strategic direction it’s taking, and how the performance of the Board has impacted on the removal […]

Talking the Blues, Chelsea (h), Duncan, the candidates & lots more

After one of the most tumultuous weeks in Everton’s most recent history full of the greatest ups & downs Andy & George Costigan get together with me to go through the week […]

Our lowest point?

Sometime after 7 pm on Thursday 5th December 2019, Everton announced Duncan Ferguson as being temporarily in charge of the first team for the Chelsea match. It was the end of an […]

Talking the Blues, Leicester (A) player by player, Silva, Brands comments & favourite derby match

Andy and George Costigan join me to go through the Leicester match player by player plus VAR pops up again. We talk in detail about Marcel Brands comments on Friday and what […]

Talking the Blues, Norwich (H) Silva, the board, the DoF, Lukaku & more

After the most soul destroying defeat to Norwich at home – we explore Silva’s position, how we ended up in this position and what we need to do to recover. We also […]

Talking the Blues, the women’s derby, Gylfi’s penalties, Inverness Caledonian Thistle plus football & alcohol

As another imposed international break is upon us Blues, George, Andy and myself look back of a famous Everton Derby win, discuss women’s football more generally, talk about Gylfi’s record, get a […]