As I wrote here last Thursday, and spoke on The Blue Room Podcast with Dave Downie, the scheme announced jointly by Liverpool City Council and Everton Football Club is highly impressive, innovative and brings the stadium […]
Summary of Everton, Peel and Liverpool City Council proposals for Bramley Moore
Already much has been spoken about the news today concerning Everton Football Club, Liverpool City Council and Peel Land and Property (Ports) Ltd. I’m going to attempt to reduce it down to […]
Usmanov and Everton, will it happen?
This article first appeared on The Blue Room on 17th February 2017. In the last few days, I joined the excellent people at http://www.futbolgrad.com to discuss Everton’s ownership, Moshiri, and in particular the potential […]
Everton’s financial strategy paying dividends
This article first appeared on The Blue Room on 11th February 2017. For many fans, trading players for profit seems to be frowned upon, or at least considered a questionable strategy for football […]
Everton’s new stadium – an estimate of costs, what it means for fans, and funding
With the prospects of confirmation of a brand new stadium on the site of the Bramley Moore Dock arriving very soon, I thought it would be interesting to examine the potential costs, […]
The window of opportunity mentioned by Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri talked at the General Meeting about a window of opportunity. I believe he’s talking about getting success on the pitch – that is the quickest route to growth in the […]
The business logic of USM funding Everton’s growth
So the news has broken that USM, the holding company of Usmanov, Skoch and Moshiri are to provide £75 million of sponsorship and name rights funding for the next five years. Importantly […]
Contrasting the 2015 GM with Moshiri’s first GM
I thought it would be interesting to look at what was reported at the previous General Meeting back in November 2015. The contrast is stark: “This (our financial & commercial arrangements) is […]
Thoughts after the Everton General Meeting
So, the most eagerly awaited General Meeting in many a year has passed. 12 hours on and I thought I’d gather my thoughts on the evening, the information provided, and the remaining […]
Thoughts before the General Meeting, January 4th 2017
Thoughts before the General Meeting, January 4th 2017 This article first appeared in the Liverpool Echo on 2nd January 2017 This is no ordinary General Meeting, it’s the first General Meeting of shareholders since […]
What the 2016 Accounts tell us about our future (and our past)
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 19th December 2016. Timing is everything. If proof was ever needed by Everton and Evertonians of the timing and relevance of the arrival of our new investor, […]
Time for honesty, the squad and the need for a major overhaul
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 28th November 2016. I’m sure this will not be news to many of you, but sometimes it pays to state the obvious. Despite the talents […]
Nothing will be the same – in Everton’s boardroom.
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 18th October 2016. So said the strapline from Everton’s marketing department. Well, in the light of Chris Matheson’s comments at yesterday’s House of Commons Culture, […]
Poor execution leads to failed delivery – Everton’s transfer window
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 1st September 2016. The over-riding feeling of this transfer window is frustration that we’ve again failed to take full advantage of an opportunity presented to […]
Usmanov to Everton, da ili nyet?
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 17th August 2016. Much has been said and written about Usmanov and the chances of him investing in Everton alongside his business partner Moshiri. Now […]
Assuming control – the first one hundred days
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 6th June 2016. This week marks 100 days since Moshiri’s acquisition of 49.9% of Everton Football Club. The first 100 days is a term coined […]
Why watching Everton need not be any more expensive in a new stadium
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 19th May 2016. One of the fears for the bulk of fans when moving to a new stadium is the threat and usually the reality […]
The scale of the off-field challenge facing Everton
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 13 May 2016. I wrote last week about the reasons for feeling optimistic about Everton, the need for a change of management – now underway, […]
Nobody invests in regression
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 21st April 2016. Despite the desperate gloom of the Anfield debacle, and the impending feeling of further capitulation in the semi final on Saturday, we […]
Is Martinez’s survival a proxy on where power truly lies within the club?
This article first appeared on Grandoldteam on 4th April 2016. The decision (or non-decision) on Martinez’s ongoing employment at Everton will clarify a huge amount about the club, our ambitions and the […]