On Wednesday, 13 July the 27 Campaign issued an open letter addressed to Farhad Moshiri to many media contacts. The contents were embargoed until 0900 BST Friday 15 July – the time […]
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 […]
Talking the Blues – the role in Everton & Liverpool football clubs in our City, Leicester preview and the quiz!
As usual, I get together with George and Andy for our usual look around football; strong views as we look at the role of both clubs in the City, Leicester City and […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Michael Angelis RIP, the re-start, communications, Fred Truman, dart boards and pies
In our latest episode of Talking the Blues George, Andy and I get together to talk of the sad passing of Michael Angelis, Boys from the Blackstuff, the re-start with strong views […]
Staring into the abyss?
The Bull market has ended. It always does. The tragic events of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought a closure to more than a quarter of a century of unbroken growth in Premier […]
Everton Business Matters, Series 3 Episode 9, UEFA, the Premier League, furloughing, football finance & Bramley-Moore
With Tom Martin away doing his bit with the wonderful people in the NHS, John and Paul make do with a double act as they discuss the challenges of the moment and the […]
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 […]
Everton FC announce 2016/17 financial results
In the first full financial year since Farhad Moshiri’s acquisition of 49.9% of Everton Football Club, the club has published the financial results for the financial year to 31st May 2017. This […]
Bramley Moore -update on costs, and a look at ticket prices
I’ve done this a couple of times, the first going all the way back to May 2016, but with the prospects of news about the stadium at Bramley Moore, it’s interesting to […]
The enormity of the next Everton manager appointment.
Far from reducing the tension around Finch Farm, or the executive offices at Goodison Park, plus of course, offices in London and Monaco, the decision to fire Ronald Koeman less than half […]
Turning the tables on the Premier League “big 6”
Much has been written and spoken about recently on the attempt by the “big 6” to grab more of the seemingly ever increasing broadcasting revenues paid to the Premier league clubs. […]
My latest thoughts on Usmanov, Arsenal and Everton
On 29th September Arseblog ran a story claiming that Kroenke (the 67% shareholder of Arsenal) had made a bid to acquire Usmanov’s 30.04%. Given I’ve consistently held the view that Usmanov will […]
Next round of football broadcasting rights may bring great change
By FootballBusinessMatters I guess one of the effects of having 3 year cycles for broadcasting rights contracts is that no sooner is one cycle in place then the games start for the next. […]
Is a lack of communication causing a crisis of confidence ?
We’re 19 months into the Moshiri era. In that time, we’ve seen him buy 49.9% of the club’s shares, have an option to buy another 23-24%, he’s repaired the balance sheet, […]
Analysis of Everton’s £60m, 3 year facility with ICBC – updated 7th July to include charge information
This evening the Liverpool Echo broke news that Everton under the direction no doubt of Moshiri and Ryazanstev, have negotiated a £60 million credit facility for three years with ICBC Bank. ICBC […]
Everton – the brand and the opportunities
On The Blue Room we recently published Episode 5 of #EvertonBusinessMatters. The subject was Everton- the brand, and the discussion has created a huge amount of comment. I thought therefore I’d […]
Usmanov bid does not make move to Everton more likely, in fact the reverse
There seems to be as much interest in Alisha Usmanov and his activities by Everton fans as there are by Arsenal fans these days. Perhaps given the link between Moshiri and Usmanov, […]