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 […]
Survival, by the skin of our teeth – summary and analysis of Everton’s 2024 Annual Accounts
The publication of the 2023/24 Audited accounts for Everton Football Club Company present the final full year impact (to 30 June 2024) of Farhad Moshiri’s disastrous reign as the majority shareholder. For […]
Everton Shareholders and the Friedkins…..
The long awaited takeover of Everton Football Club, (The Everton Football Club Company Limited – company number 00036624) by The Friedkin Group is almost upon us. After years of the most chronic […]
Letter to Everton shareholders re the treatment of Bluesky Capital’s shareholder loan & the takeover, what happens next?
On Saturday 30 November 2024, shareholders of Everton Football Club Company Limited received the following correspondence from Colin Chong, Chief Executive Officer of Everton. It concerned the future treatment of the shareholder […]
Transcript of Talking the Blues Podcast – Leicester City (a), Moshiri, ownership, ultimatum?
Paul: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending upon where in the world you are and what time of the day you’re listening to this episode of Talking the Blues. I think […]
The Everton takeover saga – further analysis of the potential Textor bid
The Everton takeover saga rolls on. The latest developments involve John Textor talking openly to the media about his desire to buy Everton and how he plans to go about achieving it. […]
Everton’s ownership, Moshiri & John Textor – Part II
The Everton ownership conundrum continues to meander along a not so merry path, a path littered with many kicked cans. It is now 51 weeks since Moshiri confirmed his desire to sell […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Branthwaite, England, latest on the ownership position
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan, We look at Branthwaite, England, before quickly moving on to the only topic in town at the moment – […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Chelsea (a), and the 777 Partner “extension”
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on Monday evening’s debacle at Stamford Bridge before reflecting on the news that Moshiri and MSP […]
Part I – Everton Football Club Company Limited Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23
Part I – Everton Football Club Company Limited Annual Report and Accounts The cynicism and lack of respect for shareholders, fans and all other interested parties in Everton, including commercial partners, it […]
Talking the Blues Podcast – No match, the Premier League & a lot of other stuff about modern football
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast with Andy and George Costigan. No Everton on the pitch this week, but plenty to consider off it. We look at the regulatory position […]
Frustration and Fear
The silence emanating from the Everton hierarchy is overwhelming. Our 94.1% owner Farhad Moshiri, our Chair William Kenwright are both as silent as church mice on what’s going on with our club. […]
Talking the Blues – the Grandoldteam survey, the latest on the board & director resignations
Welcome to a delayed Talking the Blues podcast in which we play the piece on the GrandOldTeam survey, recorded yesterday. We then go on to look at the extraordinary resignation of three […]
The sale of Moshiri’s stake in Everton looks increasingly inevitable
Back in March 2016, buoyed after a Lukaku double had disposed of Chelsea in a rousing 6th Round FA Cup game at Goodison, Farhad Moshiri, talking of his new club, Everton, uttered […]
The “R” word and its financial consequences
With five games of the season to go, at the time of writing, Everton sit in 19th place and for the first time since 1951 face the prospect of relegation from the […]
Everton 2021/22 accounts analysis part III, Everton Stadium Development Limited & possible funding solution?
To complete the analysis of Everton Football Club Company Limited Report and Accounts for 2021/22, there is now sufficient activity within Everton Stadium Development Limited to warrant its own analysis. This article […]
Talking the Blues podcast, Aston Villa (h), scoring goals, 5 wins & change
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast with George and Andy Costigan. We look back on yesterday’s disappointing result against Aston Villa, we look at how we can score more goals, […]
“The Most Critical Time in our History”
This article first appeared in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 28th January 2023. Everton’s 94% owner, Farhad Moshiri, in a heavily edited video published this week, with the Chair of the Fan […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, West Ham (a), survival strategies
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues podcast where George and Andy look at the West Ham United game, some of the incidents from last week before turning our attention to where […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Manchester United (a) FA Cup 3rd Round & the background to the NSNOW campaign
Welcome to this week’s Talking the Blues Podcast where we look back on the Manchester United game, analyse Lampard’s performance as manager, before focusing on the background to the NSNOW campaign and […]