Column & Opinion Articles

Contributions from our editorial team and featured columnists.

We have perhaps one last chance to deliver. New investors, new board members, new executives, existing players and coaches, the responsibility to change is yours. Remove the systems of failure, reinvigorate this global bastion of club football and build a New Everton.

28/06/2023

Summary of Everton’s current position: Not out of the woods

Paul The Esk

Funding for the stadium and Board changes with MSP Sports Capital's involvement won't provide funding for players or address the deficiencies of the squad but the latter will provide evidence of change

11/06/2023

The sale of Moshiri’s stake in Everton looks increasingly inevitable

Paul The Esk

As new owners rather than new investment appear more likely, a look at how we got to this position

13/05/2023

The ‘R’ Word and its Financial Consequences

Paul The Esk

A detailed but stark examination of the financial implications for Everton should the worst happen this month

29/04/2023

Everton 2021-22 Accounts: Analysis, Part III

Paul The Esk

Farhad Moshiri's investment, how we are financed, the stadium options, the 'going concern' issue, and what Moshiri needs to do

21/04/2023

The Importance of Communication and Engagement in Our Current Plight

Paul The Esk

At a time when Everton's future will be driven by events in the next few weeks, communication is key. As Aristotle said "Communication must lead to change"

10/04/2023

Everton 2021-22 Accounts: Analysis, Part II

Paul The Esk

Farhad Moshiri's investment, how we are financed, the stadium options, the going concern issue and what Moshiri needs to do

02/04/2023

Everton 2021-22 Accounts: Analysis, Part I

Paul The Esk

The great Moshiri experiment has reached the stage where the risk profile of the business has reached untenable levels.

01/04/2023

Referral by the Premier League, P&S explained, and the potential consequences

Paul The Esk

The implications of the Premier League's referral of Everton to an independent commission are huge for the club. Without hyperbole, this is the existential threat Moshiri spoke of

25/03/2023

Leadership required urgently from Moshiri

Paul The Esk

The empty seats in the Goodison Park Directors Box are a visual representation of the board through a lack of its own leadership. We cannot wait another day longer for him to make the personnel changes necessary.

27/02/2023

Moshiri’s financial commitment, stadium financing & minority investors

Paul The Esk

A detailed look at Farhad Moshiri's spending on Everton so far and how the stadium financing can be achieved

10/02/2023

Survival Strategy

Paul The Esk

How do we get through the next four months? What happens then? Doing nothing is no longer an option. That’s the challenge facing Farhad Moshiri, the very survival of Everton Football Club.