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 […]
Lancashire County Cricket Club Special General Meeting, Monday 1st September 2025
Following on with looking at matters within Lancashire County Cricket Club and my recent podcast with Alan Higham, the founder of the County Cricket Members Group, matters at Lancashire continue to develop […]
A non-Everton topic – Lancashire County Cricket Club, governance, engagement and member participation
Apologies for the non-Everton content, but cricket is a love of mine, in particular Lancashire County Cricket Club. As is the case with football, cricket faces the challenge of globalisation, of private […]
Ungoverned, ungovernable? or both?
I’ve touched on this subject – governance – many times. It seems a dry, academic topic to write about whilst addressing an audience made predominantly of football fans, but in an era […]
The season is over, the future role of fans and the involvement of Farhad Moshiri
There is a thought process that says there is never a good time to ask difficult questions. There’s always a reason to postpone addressing the issues causing a particular problem. Yet, just […]
Part 1, Everton’s ownership and leadership: the importance of good governance
I want to set out a clear analysis of Everton’s performance in recent years on and off the pitch and the role the club’s owner and leadership have played in it. In […]
Reform in football part III, alternative structures to protect fan interests
In part II of the Reform in football series, I explained a structure that gave fans more meaningful representation and most importantly, power within football clubs, offering a regulated structure with monitored […]
Talking the Blues, West Ham United (a), the summer and what fans need to do to improve the regulation of football
This week’s Talking the Blues podcast with Andy and George Costigan, looks back at a superb defensive display at West Ham resulting in our 11th away win and keeps the prospects of […]
Reform in football, Part I
The public announcements of the formation of a European Super League, the fact that six of the miscreants were the largest of the English clubs, merrily plotting whilst pretending business as normal […]