Financial accounts before Christmas, numerous games over the holiday period, the FA Cup 3rd round and the Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Everton Football Club Company limited. December and January represent […]
Everton Business Matters Podcast, Series 4 Episode 4 a football special looking back on a year with Carlo
The boys finish 2020 with a special podcast that avoids talking about the business side, well mostly anyway, and focusses on the playing side. The Manager and Director of Football come into […]
Cash flow, Moshiri’s capital injections & the potential placement of new shares
Al look at Everton’s cash flow, how we have financed our losses & player investment plus the potential share placement – what it means for the club, shareholders and Moshiri
Everton Business Matters Season 4 Episode 3: Everton’s finances 2019/20 and Moshiri’s continued commitment to the club
The Fun Boy Three talk with their usual passion and not a little insight about the recently published accounts and what they mean? Has the largest shareholder really produced a new pile […]
Record losses, partly attributed to Covid, Moshiri’s funding plans & stadium finance update
There are two headlines from today’s release of the report and accounts to June 30 2020. One is a record loss of £139.9 million of which the club attribute £67.3 million directly […]
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, the governance and cultural changes required for it to become a reality at Everton
Culture is the beating heart of an organisation from which all strategies, decisions and the effectiveness of executions derive. Culture is highly powerful and dynamic. As someone once said “corporate culture eats strategy for breakfast”.
Talking the Blues Podcast, Burnley (a) and how on earth do we turn the fortunes of our great club around?
This week’s Talking the Blues Podcast looks back on another disappointing performance, this time in that “happy place” Turf Moor. We examine the performance and ask questions about the selection, the tactics […]
The 2020 Summer transfer window from a financial perspective
Against a backdrop of huge financial uncertainty, the transfer window has again thrilled and disappointed supporters in equal measure across the land. Perhaps, never before have the ambitions and the ability or […]
Football Shorts (part V) – the reality of reducing income and fixed costs
Football Shorts is a series looking at the financial implications of Covid-19 on Premier League clubs. From a normal business perspective you would look for Premier League clubs to cut costs […]
Talking the Blues Bem Vinda Allan, Ancelotti in control, Preston NE (h), more chat and finally predictions
This week’s podcast is dedicated to the life of Alan Kirwin, a life long blue, great friend, well known on social media and bon-vivant. Alan sadly, unexpectedly passed away at the end […]
Talking the Blues Podcast, Ancelotti’s men, Bramley-Moore, George’s finances and spin bowling
Today’s episode looks at the possible transfer business Everton might be doing in the coming days. We examine how it has come about and the consequences of it good and bad. We […]
How do we fund squad improvements this summer?
With the news we have agreed terms with Napoli over Allan, I thought it may be of interest to cover how we fund transfers and account for them. The need to improve […]
The financing & accounting of transfers & how we operate in this window
From a pure footballing perspective, the need for Everton to be active in this transfer window has never been more apparent. We finish the 2019/20 season with a desperately unbalanced, uncompetitive squad […]
Guest Article by John Hoyte – a balanced & informed view of the club’s current position
From time to time I get requests to host guest articles. This excellent article is from John Hoyte, an Upper Balcony season ticket holder for nearly 20 years……… Evertonians everywhere, myself […]
Everton Business Matters Podcast – Series 3 Episode 14 – I need a Dollar
The final episode of Series 3 is hosted by Barry Cass of Toffee TV with the guys talking through the recent announcements about the timing of planning approval for Bramley-Moore and our […]
Farhad Moshiri – the solution or part of the problem?
The words of Farhad Moshiri, in the programme notes of 12 March 2016, just two weeks after his £87.5 million share purchase giving him a 49.9% shareholding and effective control of the […]
Football Shorts (part IV)
Driven by people with an inability to accept the evidence before them, there appears to be a great desire in society to promote a new normal (which in itself is surely an […]
Football Shorts (part 1)
In finance, short selling or “being short” of a stock, a bond or a currency means that the investor has a negative view on the future price of the asset and positions […]
Business as usual?
It is not business as usual. The cost base of the club has to be addressed. That is inevitable. It’s inevitable from a regulatory point of view (even if there’s a temporary relaxation to reflect the extraordinary circumstances currently) but more importantly for the club’s future solvency.
Staring into the abyss?
The Bull market has ended. It always does. The tragic events of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought a closure to more than a quarter of a century of unbroken growth in Premier […]