A couple of weeks ago the Premier League launched its Fan Engagement Standard, an initiative designed to reinforce clubs’ relationships with their supporters, unanimously approved by all 20 top-flight clubs in November […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Communication, sponsorship & Billy Bingham RIP

Early edition of Talking the Blues Podcast this week. We look at the major news of the week, Farhad Moshiri’s open letter to fans, we discuss the content and how perphaps it […]
Talking the Blues, silence is golden?

Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We talk about communiciations, the effect of the season on fans, we talk about the silence from the board, […]
Time for patience – on the pitch, at least

It’s the 15th July, the World Cup Final has just finished, and undoubtedly for many Evertonians attention will return to the fact we’ve not signed anyone to date, in this window. Frustration, […]
Kicking the can down Goodison Road

“Kicking the can down the road” forms part of the lyrics of Randy Newman’s achingly sad “I think it’s going to rain today” written back in 1968, ironically when perhaps (and unknown […]
Wanted: Leadership and Communication

There’s been much talk about Everton since Moshiri acquired his 49.9% stake in February 2016, yet communications from Everton have been inconsistent and incomplete, especially in recent times. The question must be […]
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, […]