Further to yesterday’s announcements (23 December 2025) the details relating to the tidying of Everton’s balance sheet have now been released on Companies House. They reveal further information that would normarily only […]
Companies House is the UK government’s official registrar for companies, and is responsible for incorporating, dissolving, and maintaining the public record of limited companies and LLPs in the UK. As such it […]
Welcome to the pre-Christmas Talking the Blues Podcast, in which we catch up on the two defeats to Chelsea and Arsenal, before reflecting more widely on progress. Unfortunately, I had to leave […]
The commercial evolution of the Premier League has reached a juncture where the preservation of sporting tradition is increasingly subordinated to the exigencies of broadcast revenue and inventory management. In my […]
The relative stability of the club 12 months after the acquisition by the Friedkins is welcoming, and after years of near terminal decline, provided a platform from which the club can grow, […]
The structural transformation of the English football pyramid The 2024/25 football season represented the most significant restructuring of broadcast rights and financial distribution mechanisms in the modern era. For decades, the economic […]
Summary The global financials of professional football, particularly within England and Europe, have undergone a radical transformation over the last two decades. No longer merely a collection of civic sporting institutions operating […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan, in which we catch up on recent games including Saturday’s tremendous victory against Nottingham Forest. Paul get’s into a […]
The publication of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and Operation Resolve report in December 2025 represents a watershed moment in the modern history of British policing and state accountability. Concluding […]
Welcome to a re-recorded edition of Talking the Blues, with Andy and George Costigan in fine and joyous form following our victory earlier this week at Old Trafford. We look at the […]
Welcome to this week’s momentous Talking the Blues’ Podcast. After all these years Andy and George get to celebrate an Everton victory under Moyes at Old Trafford. I only needed to do […]
The fragility of dominance The English Premier League (EPL) enters the 2025–2029 cycle as the undisputed commercial hegemon of global association football. With aggregate revenues that eclipse its European rivals and a […]
The Premier League clubs have voted to implement the new Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) rules from the start of the 2026/27 season. This overhaul is […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. It’s another international break so after a little bit of chat regarding Everton we turn to a variety of […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on our 2-0 home win against Fulham – a result which lowered the blood pressure in […]
I have written for many years about the relationship between governance and the fundamental wellbeing of an industry and its key participants, customers, owners, operators (companies) and suppliers. By almost any metric […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back at the Sunderland game, and ask was it all sweetness and light? Legendary stuff as usual […]
The Opaque Architecture of Football Finance: Rights and Media Funding Limited (R&MF) has established itself as one of the most significant, yet least transparent, financial institutions operating within European football, specialising in […]
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. In a far wider ranging conversation we discuss the game but also the whole squad and what are we […]
JPMorgan JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) occupies a highly influential position within the financial architecture of the English Premier League (PL). The bank’s involvement extends beyond traditional corporate lending, including M&A advisory, […]