Imagine being offered a business that has the following characteristics: Is particularly sensitive to the timing of the transaction Has lost money six out of the last seven years Is cashflow […]
Buying and valuing a football club, Everton FC
Everton, the de-coupling of USM
Usmanov’s relationship with Everton Much has been written about the informal nature of Usmanov’s relationship with Everton, the various meetings allegedly held on yachts and elsewhere with several managerial candidates, directors of […]
Good independent regulation benefit all clubs, including the Premier League
Inevitably and predictably Premier League clubs and their media chums are lining up to pour scorn over the proposals contained within Tracey Crouch’s Fan Led Review. Claims from Aston Villa’s Christian Purslow […]
Caveat emptor, $EFC fan token offering (C)
Over the next few days, Everton football club are going to try and convince (by my estimate) more than ten thousand Evertonians to part with £1 million. A million pound which will […]
Reform in Football – the Fair Game Manifesto
A little under 5 months ago the Super League proposals rocked football and whilst the initial ill-conceived proposals have been moved to the back burner for at least the short term, the […]
Response to Tracey Crouch’s fan led review letter to DCMS
the primary aim of the Review must be an effective independent regulator removing all regulatory power from those organisations who only seek their own financial, political and perhaps soft-power advantage. Without it the excellent policy ideas have no hope of succeeding.
Everton’s biggest construction project?
Let’s not get distracted. Everton’s greatest construction project is not what is about to transpire at Bramley-Moore. It’s another project that has spluttered and failed to get off the ground despite the […]
Recruitment, recruitment, recruitment, the answer to our problems
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do […]
Reform in football; Submitting views to the DCMS for the fan led review
As mentioned throughout the Reform in Football series, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are seeking engagement with fans, fan groups and other interested parties in relation to the fan-led […]
Reform in football; strategic thinking required
“Independent regulation, the genie is out of the bottle and not going back in. The question is not about an independent regulator, it is about what it regulates” – Tracey Crouch, the […]
Reform in football part III, alternative structures to protect fan interests
In part II of the Reform in football series, I explained a structure that gave fans more meaningful representation and most importantly, power within football clubs, offering a regulated structure with monitored […]
Reform in Football, Part II, Governance
Independent regulation Full engagement, decision-making and degrees of control for fans Football needs reform at every level, from FIFA, UEFA, to the Premier League, The EFL and the Football Association, to individual […]
Doing nothing is not an option, the response to the Super League
Harold Wilson famously said “a week is a long time in politics” whilst Chamberlain said “there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight”. A week ago you could be forgiven for […]
A simple but fair redistribution of football revenues
A simple but fair re-distribution of football revenues solves many of the EFL problems
4 years in, can Moshiri apply the lessons of Ancelotti & Brands to the Everton Board?
It seems much longer than four years when a relatively fresh-faced Farhad Moshiri was announced as Everton’s new major shareholder having acquired 49.9% of the club through the purchase of Robert Earl’s […]
Results of Everton’s second public consultation published, confirmation of capacity
As expected, the second public consultation provided overwhelming support for the limited designs and images so far released by Everton Football Club with regards to Bramley-Moore and the proposed Goodison Park redevelopment. […]
Critical times
As I write this, it is already the second week in November and a time that was supposed to offer so much has without doubt, significant questions requiring answers in the near […]
Everton & Fanatics
In the most recent Everton Business Matters podcast, John and I had a reasonably heated discussion over outsourcing particularly in relation to our merchandising capabilities and our ability to grow our retailing […]