So, Sunderland staged a well deserved second-half fightback to beat a disturbingly poor Everton 3-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and boost their hopes of European qualification by climbing to ninth in […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Sunderland (h). The harsh reality is we are not competitive from top to bottom
Welcome back to Talking the Blues with Andy and George Costigan. Last home game of the season, a season that offered so many opportunities but one in which we as a club […]
Talking the Blues podcast – Pre City, post West Ham…..
Welcome to this edition of Talking the Blues Podcast. George, Andy and myself eventually get back together to discuss in a totally unstructured way, Everton’s recent performances. The usual combination of insight, […]
Infinite Blue
I normally hide away my poetry on Substack, but it’s Derby day! Enjoy! Infinite Blue The world was Chaos once, a rude and undeveloped mass, A shapeless heap where […]
Analysis of the financial restructuring and institutional recapitalisation of Everton Football Club and Roundhouse Capital Holdings Limited
Roundhouse Capital Accounts 2024/25 Executive Summary and institutional context The financial reporting period ending June 30, 2025, presents a total institutional reset for Everton Football Club. Following nearly a decade of fiscal […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – we are back, as are Everton – the latest from Brentford and elsewhere
Welcome back to Talking the Blues with George and Andy Costigan. We catch up on all that’s happened in recent weeks, and of course the match between two possible European contenders – […]
The Analysis Series: Financial reconstruction: Analysis of Everton Football Club’s 2024/25 Annual Report and Accounts
Stewardship transition The financial reporting period ending June 30, 2025, reports on the most significant structural change in the history of Everton Football Club. Following a protracted period of fiscal instability, regulatory […]
The Analysis Series: Navigating multi-club ownership under UEFA Article 5 – the Friedkins, Everton & AS Roma
As of early 2026, approximately 380 clubs worldwide are integrated into MCO frameworks, with nearly 42% of clubs in Europe’s five largest leagues, the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and […]
The Analysis Series: Analysis of the Chelsea FC sanction agreement and the rise of statutory oversight
The ratification of the Sanction Agreement between the Premier League and Chelsea Football Club in March 2026 presents the most complete, extensive forensic investigation into club finances to date, since the inception […]
Talking the Blues, Newcastle United (a) & differences in home & away form
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues when the three of us look back on a sublime day in Newcastle. We look through yesterday’s performance before speculating on the true reasons for […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Manchester United (h) with the Costigan brothers
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast. A little different this week as you will see (and hear) Talking the Blues with Andy and George Costigan looking back to Monday’s game………….. […]
The Analysis Series: The Friedkin Group
The Friedkin Group (TFG), a privately held consortium headquartered in Houston, Texas, stands as one of the most structurally complex and financially potent business empires in the United States. As of […]
The events of the last 5 years are a useful context in which to place Everton’s current position
With disappointing recent performances on the pitch, a lack of communication from our current owners, and the recognition that there’s much to do rebuilding the squad and sorting operational issues at the […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Brentford (h), we explore the inconsistencies of this current Everton
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues. After another terrible result (and performance) we get together to try and make some sense of the inconsistencies befalling Everton at present. With Andy and […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – Burnley (a), fixture list compilation, its impact, the Friedkins and the role of money
Welcome to the post Christmas, post Burnley (a) Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We skate over the Burnley match as quickly as possible for linking VAR, the fixture […]
Questions to be asked of Roundhouse Capital and the Friedkins
In the past when flagging concerns about Everton’s ownership and governance, going back to Kenwright, then Moshiri, then his choice of potential new owners, I have often been accused of drawing unnecessarily […]
Proposed dividend payment to Everton shareholders raises questions that require answers (IMO)
Significant corporate or financial news released in and around a key holiday period, particularly Christmas, can often be viewed with some cynicism. It is, as is often stated, a good time to […]
Asset Match offer new auction for Everton shares
Asset Match, the privately owned company that offers the opportunity for investors to buy or sell private, non-listed shares has announced on its website that a new auction for shares in Everton […]
Proposed dividend payment to Everton shareholders arising from sale of EFCW
Further to the announcements made on Companies House and covered in detail here and here, the Board of Everton Football Club Company, Limited have proposed the payment of a dividend in the […]
Balance sheet tidy up details confirmed, revealing previous year’s losses & scale of Roundhouse Capital’s funding of Everton
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 […]