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Contributions from our editorial team, featured columnists and readers.

Green shoots of recovery in the transfer business

Rob Jones
29/06/2024

So far, our transfer business looks far more solid. We've re-signed a couple of (hopefully) squad players in Young and Harrison, we've signed a kid with real potential in Tim Iroegbunam, and are due to sign Iliman Ndiaye.

Everton under Friedkin

Robert  Tressell
16/06/2024

It seems to me that, this summer, any Friedkin-led ownership will simply carry on with what has always looked likely – sales of Branthwaite and Onana and reinvestment of no more than about 50% of the sales proceeds back into the squad.

The importance of Everton’s new ownership

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
11/06/2024

It's vital that whoever succeeds Farhad Moshiri is right for the future prosperity of our Club and our city of Liverpool

Jack Harrison: Yes or No?

Robert  Tressell
11/06/2024

It looks as though the club is keen to retain Jack Harrison’s services after his loan 2023-24 season.

Who are the players in the dance to own Everton?

Lyndon Lloyd
10/06/2024

Five different entities appear to be in the running when it comes to the future ownership of the Blues. A look at who they are, how much they're worth, and what their plans might be.

Billy Cook — The Original ‘Secret Footballer’ and his Peruvian Adventure

Rob Sawyer
09/06/2024

A member of Everton's 1939 title-winning team that was broken up by WWII, Billy Cook went on an extraordinary coaching journey that took him around the world, including to South America where he took charge of the Peruvian national team

Everton — a five-step recovery plan that has to start now

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
01/06/2024

There can be no more delay – no more of the complete unprofessionalism that has driven the club to the edge of a competitive and financial cliff

Points Deductions Be Damned — 2023-24 Season Review

Lyndon Lloyd
30/05/2024

Without the points deducted by the Premier League under an opaque and inconsistent sanctions framework that saw Forest lose half as many, Everton would have finished 2023-24 in a highly respectable 12th-place berth.

Moshiri — Kicking the can down the road again

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
27/05/2024

The protracted potential sale of the Club (to the most unsuitable partners) exemplifies this most baffling of characteristics of Everton’s owner.

Role models: how other clubs do it

Robert  Tressell
23/05/2024

A look at a handful of over-performing European cubs with a common theme where extremely good quality players can be sourced to fill problem positions at low cost.

The Road to Recovery

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
20/05/2024

What needs to be done so that, when we enter our 150th year in four years' time, we are in a much better place than we are now?

I got a little philosophical

Paul Traill
20/05/2024

There I stood in a world class modern stadium watching a team be fiercely applauded by their proud supporters. Someday for us in Bramley-Moore Dock?

The end of a long hard season

Danny O'Neill
20/05/2024

The result didn’t really matter as long as we didn’t embarrass ourselves. We didn’t. We almost got something.

Arsenal steal undeserved win after clear handball

Michael Kenrick
19/05/2024

Everton end their 2023-24 Premier League season against Arsenal, who still have a chance to take the title off Manchester City if West Ham can get a result against them

Blues end with fifth consecutive home win

Michael Kenrick
11/05/2024

Everton go into their last home match of a fraught and at times maddening 2023-24 season with Sheffield United the doomed side who are already relegated.

My return trip back home

Bill Gall
09/05/2024

In 1976, we emigrated to Canada, the idea was for a couple of years but the family are still here, nearly 50 years later! We have over the years returned for visits – the last time was in 2009.

As Moshiri faces reality, what happens next for Everton?

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
09/05/2024

There is no simple solution here. Sadly the idea that Everton can escape their current woes without administration is wishful thinking.

The latest re Everton, 777 Partners and Moshiri. What needs to be done immediately following Leadenhall accusations

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
05/05/2024

There can be no more advocating for Moshiri, nor any advocating for his choice of 777 Partners. All of us, from match going fans, more distant Blues, through to nationally recognised politicians have to step in and ensure our rescue.

My Day Trip to Luton

Danny O'Neill
04/05/2024

Why didn’t we wear blue?

Everton happy to deny Luton a win

Michael Kenrick
03/05/2024

Everton pay a visit to the smallest ground in the Premier League as their roller-coaster campaign winds down after a fantastic week that ensured another season in the top flight

Alf Milward — The Toffees’ First Great Left Winger of the League Era

Rob Sawyer
01/05/2024

Everton's original great left-sided partnership was formed by the contrasting but complimentary attributes of Edgar Chadwick and Alf Milward, a huge factor in the Club landing its very first Football League title in 1891

The Right Man at the Right Time

Lyndon Lloyd
29/04/2024

It's been a restorative week in terms of the manager’s standing with many fans and Dyche has now proved that he represents a rare and much-needed element of stability at a club still distressed by an uncertain future

Oh, What a Week!

Paul Traill
28/04/2024

The win over Brentford that confirmed our safety and had us leaving Goodison Park with smiles and optimism, topping off a week which has been about as good as it gets

“Not the job that was pitched to me"

Paul The Esk
28/04/2024

The timing of such cannot wait. Yes, we have assured Premier League survival — how fantastic that is — but bigger battles are still to be fought and won

They told us it was over — no chance!

Danny O'Neill
28/04/2024

As nervous as this run-in has been, I always believed deep down we would do enough. And we have done

Blues grind out narrow win to secure Premier League safety *

Michael Kenrick
27/04/2024

Everton ground out a third win in their third Premier League match of the week as they narrowly beat Brentford at Goodison Park to confirm their Premier League survival (* more points deductions notwithstanding).

Our Premier League Squad for next season

Mike Allison
27/04/2024

We are facing a huge and difficult summer of yet more uncertainty, significant squad changes and a need to be both clever and realistic in what we can achieve in the transfer market

Goodison Lights

Danny O'Neill
25/04/2024

The team were fantastic and worked themselves into the ground. They never gave in. Even at 2-0 and when they got the opportunity, they went for the third.

Brilliant Calvert-Lewin header seals very special Blues derby win

Michael Kenrick
24/04/2024

Tonight's hated local visitors to Goodison Park were sent packing after Calvert-Lewin followed up Branthwaite's scrambled opener with an absolute classic far-post header.

Boys from the Blue Stuff

Danny O'Neill
22/04/2024

I’m enjoying watching McNeil in his more central roaming role. What a strike, to secure the points. It always looks better when it comes off the post! no

Everton secure massive win over PSR rivals Forest

Michael Kenrick
21/04/2024

Fellow PSR felons Nottingham Forest are today's visitors in a massive game where both sides face the seemingly inescapable danger of being sucked down into the Bottom 3

Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends

Lyndon Lloyd
19/04/2024

If there was one message that could be delivered to the players, it's that you are a lot better than performances and results have demonstrated in recent weeks. The four key matches against teams around us that remain provide the perfect opportunity to prove it.

In the Cold Light of Day — Everton’s Position, the Absence of Leadership & Aligned Interests

Paul The Esk
16/04/2024

Everton's position is desperate but still recoverable. It is a really tough ask but the only survival chance going forwards requires new management, new players (in every sense) on and off the pitch

Hurting

Danny O'Neill
16/04/2024

Well, that is possibly the worst Everton match-going memory I can remember since the Ian Rush 5-0 derby.

Stamford Bridge massacre hugely damaging to Blues run-in

Michael Kenrick
15/04/2024

Everton were expected to be tight and make it hard for a poor mid-table Chelsea side to score. But Cole Palmer had other ideas…

Everton FC Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 — Part III: Everton Stadium Development Limited

Paul The Esk
12/04/2024

To complete the analysis of Everton Football Club Company Limited Report and Accounts for 2022-23, Everton Stadium Development Limited warrants its own analysis

The Inescapable Reality for Everton’s Directors

Paul The Esk
11/04/2024

Never has the need for them to act responsibly been greater than it is now.

The Premier League: Fantastic success or death knell for competition?

Christine  Foster
10/04/2024

The league is anti-competitive in its structure, it's rules and operation. Now, unashamedly even the sham of any financial fair play has dropped its own deceit in abandoning the joke that its title alludes to: fairness.

The Line Between Seeking Justice and Witch-hunt

Lyndon Lloyd
09/04/2024

If the Premier League had had their way, Everton would have been deducted SEVENTEEN points this season. And despite two Independent Commissions and one Appeal Board, they're still fighting the club over stadium interest costs while Nottingham Forest got half the penalty and the Manchester City case remains a mirage

Poor game...but you take the win

Paul Traill
07/04/2024

A poor game. But we won. And frankly at this stage, I don’t care how the points come, just so long as they come.

A great day out with friends from long and far

Danny O'Neill
07/04/2024

The match wasn’t a pretty watch, but the important thing was to get the points. We did. Right now, points matter

Blues finally secure a win thanks to Calvert-Lewin's lucky block

Michael Kenrick
06/04/2024

A critical game in the Premier League relegation battle sees Everton take on Burnley at Goodison Park this afternoon

Late drama; never give in

Danny O'Neill
03/04/2024

Total respect for Pickford. He didn’t rise to the bait he received from the home supporters. As well as the 3 great saves, he deserves the accolade for Everton’s Man of the Match for the way in which he conducted himself and blanked out the constant tirade of abuse –  as much as he did for the performance and saving us from defeat.

Everton FC Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 — Part II

Paul The Esk
02/04/2024

It almost doesn’t require saying but the financial condition of Everton Football Club is frankly absurd, and testament to the atrocious management of the club by Farhad Moshiri.

Everton FC Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 — Part I

Paul The Esk
01/04/2024

The club continues to be caught in a perfect storm of underperformance on and off the pitch, combined with the complete indifference of the current owner.

Blues steal a point with Calvert-Lewin spot-kick

Michael Kenrick
02/04/2024

Everton are on the road again for a trip to the northeast that looks daunting in view of the Blues' worsening form and the Magpies' stirring comeback against West Ham on Saturday.

Late South Coast Woes

Danny O”Neill
31/03/2024

Once again, the midfield was largely bypassed by the Pickford punts. I don’t want to bash him as he has saved us many times, but yesterday he was at fault. He could probably have taken the cross for the first.

Coleman's chest defines Cherries catastrophe

Michael Kenrick
30/03/2024

What an utterly dismal display from Everton, underlined by a ludicrous winning goal for the home side that Seamus Coleman chested bizarrely into his own net.

Moshiri is about to lose control of Everton — the question is to whom?

Paul The Esk
30/03/2024

We are reaching the critical point in the Club's ownership saga. Within weeks, the current owner may lose overall control to MSP Sports Capital and administration remains a possibility if 777 Partners' takeover isn't approved

Bournemouth (A) — Don't Let History Repeat Itself

Jim Wilson
27/03/2024

We need another good little run, maybe after the Bournemouth and Newcastle games, but maybe a couple of draws in these games could see the confidence growing again.

Colin Harvey — An Evertonian Life

Rob Sawyer
24/03/2024

Immortalised as part of the Toffees’ midfield ‘holy trinity’ in the late 1960s and dubbed "the White Pele" by his adoring Goodison faithful, it could be strongly argued that Colin Harvey is currently the greatest living Evertonian.

The reality of the ‘conditional minded to approve’ requirements

Paul The Esk
24/03/2024

Far from being a conditional approval, these are terms  that, in my opinion are impossible to meet.

Bloomberg report of conditional approval for 777 Partners crystallises minds

Paul The Esk
23/03/2024

If it’s true the Premier League has issued them the reported letter, they have thrown down the gauntlet to 777 Partners: Meet our conditions; otherwise, there is no approval.

Thierry Small is making a good impression with the Addicks

Michael Kenrick
24/03/2024

It's almost 2 years ago since we asked How's Thierry Small getting on with the Saints? Things have moved on considerably since then, with the 19-year-old now into his second month of a short-term contract at Charlton Athletic.

Alf Harland: The Irishman who became a Toffee and a Linnet

Rob Sawyer
22/03/2024

Hailing from County Tyrone, he had the unenviable task of taking over from Everton's pre-WWI championship-winning goalkeeper, Tom Fern. He went on to make 70 appearances for the Blues

No Excuses

Lyndon Lloyd
19/03/2024

Everton couldn't have asked for better circumstances, relative to their wider predicament off the pitch, to turn their form around heading into the final 10 games of the season

Accountability and the Role of Both Moshiri and We, the Fans — Everton’s Last Defence

Paul The Esk
17/03/2024

It’s a big week ahead for Evertonians. Time to consider our role in decisions made "on our behalf”

The Batistuta Factor

Stephen Vincent
16/03/2024

A chance meeting in a hotel lobby ends with an Everton fan watching the Uefa Cup tie in Florence as the guest of a footballing legend.

No Room at the Top Table for Football’s Benevolent Former Binman

John Coughlan
16/03/2024

A neutral's review of the legendary Everton goalkeeper's autobiography

1966 and All That

Tom Kelly
15/03/2024

When the family of Tom Kelly were going through his things following his passing last December, they came across an essay he had written a decade ago recounting his life as an Evertonian, going back five decades. It’s a lovely, evocative piece of writing, worthy of a wider audience.

Missed Chances and Two Tackles

Danny O'Neill
12/03/2024

One of those days when it just wouldn’t go in. Their keeper took everything served to him and once again there must have been an electromagnetic field in front of the opposition goal. We created enough chances; we just didn’t finish.

Lack of composure is killing us

Paul Traill
10/03/2024

I can't fault the players for effort. They are working hard and fighting for the cause, and we're certainly due a slice of luck. But we really need to improve in our attacking areas.

Man Utd snoozefest summed up by two gifted penalties

Michael Kenrick
09/03/2024

Everton are at Old Trafford today where they take on Manchester United, still looking to end what is now the Blues' longest run without a win in the Premier League for 30 years.

Everton, the Senior Club in the City, and the Importance of Ownership

Paul The Esk
08/03/2024

We deserve much more than Farhad Moshiri has delivered. We deserve, the club and city requires, much more than Moshiri promises in terms of his potential new owners in 777 Partners.

The Game I Love Has Been Taken From Me

Barry Metcalfe
03/03/2024

I often ask myself what is the point of supporting a game where clubs aren’t allowed to compete because it doesn’t fit the Premier League and Sky business model? We now have many large clubs of potential who are disenfranchised.

Often They Hurt You

Danny O'Neill
04/03/2024

It was a decent match. End to end and we didn’t play too bad. In fact, ignoring the result and the nature of how it happened, it was a good performance in my opinion.

Late late show is horrific for bereft bumbling Blues

Michael Kenrick
02/03/2024

Everton gave up the lead and then two shocking goals in added time to give West Ham United a thoroughly undeserved massive win at Goodison Park.

Chosen by Everton

Ell Bretland
29/02/2024

How a James Rodriguez mishap led a man from Texas to fly to Everton

Rooting for 777 Partners

Robert Tressell
28/02/2024

I do worry about 777 Partners owning Everton, but I probably worry more that the takeover doesn’t go ahead.

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Lyndon Lloyd
27/02/2024

The threat of the charge for a second alleged breach of PSR still looms large but the Club and its fans at least have a modicum of clarity about their situation following the Appeal Board ruling

The Deduction Reduction and What it Means for Everton’s Season

Matthew Parry
26/02/2024

The little waft of positivity we’ve received today is no consolation. It remains a bitter pill to swallow after what has been a farcical few months from start to finish. Goodison needs to be the bearpit it can be on its best days to sustain our stand against those destroying our game.

How Moshiri can end Everton’s paralysis now

Paul The Esk
25/02/2024

An assessment of Moshiri’s culpability in Everton’s position and a suggestion as to how he can partially redeem himself

Brilliant Branthwaite at both ends came so close to another Brighton beating

Michael Kenrick
24/02/2024

Everton travel to the Amex Community Stadium to take on Brighton with the ever-present need to secure points away from the Goodison Park pressure cooker.

A Small Step in the Right Direction

Danny O'Neill
26/02/2024

1-0 up but, for some reason, we sat deep against 10 players, and you could sense the inevitable. We invited it. And it happened. It would have been difficult to surpass last season’s visit to the Amex.

Everton rescue a precious point from another dismal display

Michael Kenrick
19/02/2024

Everton are back at Goodison Park under the lights for the televised Monday night game where they will take on new rivals in the bid to beat the drop in the form of Crystal Palace.

John Lindsay’s Unlucky Break

Rob Sawyer
18/02/2024

John Lindsay was a classy full-back who suffered injury misfortune that meant he never did get back to the level of fitness and sharpness required for a Blues first team comeback

Goodison Park Legacy Project

James Pankhurst
12/02/2024

The majority of the project is superb but why has nothing been said about the complete demolition of such an historically important structure as Goodison Park which has been a part of my life for over 50 years and for hundreds of thousands of other people’s lives for nearly 150 years?

VAR is killing football. Making it palatable is likely beyond the powers that be

Lyndon Lloyd
11/02/2024

The evidence of the past four years shows that the great promise of Video Assistant Referees as a panacea to controversy was a false prophecy. VAR, as implemented by these officials and under the current guidelines, is deeply flawed and the soul of the game suffering for it

Resistance is futile as Haaland scores twice

Michael Kenrick
10/02/2024

Everton have Amadou Onana back in the squad for this weekend’s trip to the Etihad Stadium to face reigning champions and treble winners, Manchester City.

Everton’s Debt Position and Ownership Alternatives

Paul The Esk
10/02/2024

Whatever the solution is going forwards, Moshiri has caused huge pain to himself, the club, the fans (most importantly), creditors, sponsors and their backers. The longer we wait for a solution or resolution, the worse our situation becomes.

The Unofficial Everton Timeline — 2014-2023, The Moshiri Years

Lyndon Lloyd
07/02/2024

Out now, a new book that documents unbridled ambition crashing into chaotic reality, starting in 2014 when Farhad Moshiri first began talks about taking a stake in Everton and going right up to the present day.

Reinventing Hospitality

Paul Traill
05/02/2024

ToffeeWeb were given exclusive access to Everton's immersive showroom last November to get more than a flavour of our beautiful new ground and the stadium bars and pubs that form the final ALL seasonal membership packages that the club unveiled today

Stubborn Blues rescue a point after Richarlison brace

Michael Kenrick
03/02/2024

Everton play what will be only their second home game in the Premier League of 2024 when Tottenham Hotspur come to Goodison Park for the Saturday lunchtime kick-off.

Be glad we’ve got Dyche

Robert  Tressell
03/02/2024

With the present playing staff, he’s done a remarkable job in the time he’s been here – and though it won’t be pretty, he certainly gives us a very good chance of staying up despite the wildly disproportionate points deduction.

Surprising Blanks at the Cottage But a Point is a Point

Danny ONeill
31/01/2024

A resilient performance. The Blues never gave in on the pitch and in the stands.

Crazy game at the Cottage as both sides spurn gilt-edged chances

Michael Kenrick
30/01/2024

Everton return to Premier League action on Tuesday evening as they travel to London to face a tricky assignment against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

Danny O'Neill
28/01/2024

In general, it was a tough watch and poor performance. Luton had energy and aggression that we struggled to cope with. We were tame and lacked composure or confidence. I left Goodison on Saturday gutted.

Not the worst thing

Paul Traill
27/01/2024

It’s all about being clinical with opportunities and, if you have a limited squad, it’s more difficult to have that because the quality isn’t always there.

Last gasp winner for Luton dumps Everton out of the FA Cup

Michael Kenrick
27/01/2024

A pretty dreadful FA Cup tie with few redeeming moments saw Everton beaten by Luton right at the end of 5 minutes of added time when the visitors bundled home a corner to avoid a replay no-one wanted.

How Did it Happen?

Ian Burns
23/01/2024

How I became a blue and my memories of Goodison Park

My Blue Journey

Jonathan Oppenheimer
23/01/2024

I was not born with Everton in my blood, but I’m now as Blue as they come

John Hurst (1947-2024) — A Tribute

Rob Sawyer
19/01/2024

Brian Labone wasn't the only Everton stalwart of his era to embody the Corinthian spirit. "Gentleman Jack" leaves a legacy of being one of the School of Science’s most polished centre-backs and one of its finest men.

So… if you are Mr Laurence Rabinowitz

Michael Kenrick
20/01/2024

Put yourself in the position of Mr Laurence Rabinowitz KC appearing before the Premier League's independent panel to hear the appeal

Ice-cold Goodison sees Blues progress

Danny O'Neill
18/01/2024

The match itself was a tough watch. Very scrappy and niggly, which led to a subdued atmosphere for large parts, not helped by a very small away following.

Big Nev and a Big-Hearted Conversation

Simon Hart
22/01/2024

Nev and I recently spoke to Palestine national team player, Mohammed Bassim Rashid, for the Everton legend's podcast ahead of Palestine's opening match at the Asian Cup v Saudi Arabia. It was powerful and poignant as he told us about the impact on the Palestinian football community of Israel's assault on Gaza.

Superb Gomes free-kick wins drab cup tie

Michael Kenrick
17/01/2024

Goodison Park under the lights tonight as Everton and Crystal Palace face off again for a place in the 4th round of the FA Cup

Everton’s Double Jeopardy and the Farce of the Premier League’s PSR

Lyndon Lloyd
16/01/2024

It's absurd that Everton could be punished for the same crime twice in the same season

Niggly stalemate soured by shocking Calvert-Lewin miss

Michael Kenrick
14/01/2024

Everton and Aston Villa played out a niggly stoppage-ridden apology for a football match at Goodison Park in front of the Sky cameras in this afternoon's Premier League clash

Albert Denaro — From Carter’s Boy to Everton’s Boardroom

David Kennedy
10/01/2024

The Liverpool-born trade union leader was the founder of the Everton Shareholders Association which, in circumstances that will be feel very familiar in light of the recent protests against the Goodison Park hierarchy, grew out of vocal dissatisfaction with the running of the club in the 1920s and 1930s

Three More Trials for Sean Dyche

Robert  Tressell
06/01/2024

A follow-up to an article over the summer, three more objectives for the manager for the second half of the 2023-24 season

Costly Palace draw — Calvert-Lewin red card, McNeil seriously injured

Michael Kenrick
04/01/2024

Everton could not force a win against Crystal Palace before it descended into farce with VAR forcing a red card on Calvert-Lewin, McNeil suffering a serious injury, and the Blues having to do it all again with an unwanted replay at Goodison Park during their winter break. 

Goodbye to 2023 — Happy Blue Year

Danny O'Neill
31/12/2023

2023 has been a testing year for Evertonians, to say the least.

Wolves chew up hapless Toffees for late Christmas dinner

Michael Kenrick
30/12/2023

Everton are at Molineux to take on Wolves for their final game of 2023.

What do we want to be?

Rob Jones
28/12/2023

The new stadium will provide an uplift in revenue but it won't be enough. Some suggest the only way forward for Everton is to be purchased by some nation state but the best we can hope for?

There was no stopping City's second-half steamroller

Michael Kenrick
27/12/2023

There was no stopping Manchester City's second-half steamroller at Goodison Park after Everton had taken the lead through Harrison in a strong first-half display.

Back to the future

Rob Jones
26/12/2023

I'm 35. I became an Everton fan in 1995 (too late, sadly, it was in the autumn). Apologies if this article is long-winded. In many respects, it's a form of therapy, if only for myself.

Brilliant Everton display spoilt by dreadful finishing

Michael Kenrick
23/12/2023

Everton travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium looking to lift themselves back up after disappointment in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening with what would be a fifth successive win in the Premier League

Gutted… Just gutted

Paul Traill
19/12/2023

I was surprised Onana walked forward, but even so could not believe what came next. What the heck was he doing? An abysmal penalty and he can have no excuse.

Everton lose penalty shoot-out at Goodison Park

Michael Kenrick
19/12/2023

Everton battled long and hard to get back level in this game after a Keane own-goal, Beto finally heading the equaliser under the lights at Goodison Park, only to lose the penalty shoot-out from a winning position with Onana's dreadful attempt.

Book Review: Everything About Everton You Wanted To Know (But were Afraid To Ask)

Andrew Barlow
18/12/2023

This would make an excellent present for anybody at Christmas and a wonderful read thereafter.

Dyche finds the best way to return to Turf Moor

Michael Kenrick
16/12/2023

Sean Dyche makes his first return to former club Burnley as Everton manager

In the Bleak Mid-Winter...

Paul The Esk
15/12/2023

What are the options ahead of us? Who should take the pain of our past management?

Big Spending January?

Robert Tressell
12/12/2023

It's obviously not going to be a big spending January but we never have needed mega bucks to materially improve the squad. Here’s hoping that Thelwell will have enough wriggle room to do his magic.

Better late than never

Derek Turner
12/12/2023

Derek Turner making his first trip, with son, to Goodison Park in 34 years of being a Toffee.

We Shall Not Be Moved

Lyndon Lloyd
10/12/2023

Everton’s appeal against their penalty might yet see them claw some of those docked points back but, in the meantime, they will push on, displaying the kind of character that Sean Dyche has so admirably harnessed in his 11 months in charge at Goodison.

Blue Belief

Danny O'Neill
11/12/2023

Calvert-Lewin was brave but was left crumpled and hurt on the ground so couldn’t celebrate the goal that he enabled.

Another rock-solid Everton performance seals 3 more points

Michael Kenrick
10/12/2023

Everton are back at Goodison Park for another huge game, this time against big-spending Chelsea.

Immovable Everton shine bright again under Thursday night lights

Lyndon Lloyd
07/12/2023

Not since that thrilling evening against Crystal Palace 19 months ago has the Old Lady rocked and roared to a winning performance under the lights like did tonight. It may have taken a couple of mistakes from an unlikely source to open the door but, make no mistake, Everton were full value for this victory.

Late goals embarrass Trippier as Skunks sent packing

Michael Kenrick
07/12/2023

Everton are back under the lights to face Newcastle United at Goodison Park this evening looking for a change in fortunes having recorded just one Premier League win at home so far this season.

Profitability and Sustainability Rules — Standard Directions

Michael Kenrick
06/12/2023

Let's take a closer look at this thorny business of trying to abide by the Premier League's rules… I mean, we can all safely assume that at least the Premier League themselves will do that, surely? 

Everything You Wanted to Know About Everton (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Jim Keoghan
05/12/2023

Some excerpts of a new book that has a go at covering a club that has amassed more stats and stories than you could probably contain within one tome.

View From the Other Side — Newcastle (H)

Ash (NUFC News)
05/12/2023

Ash from NUFC News gives the opposition's thoughts ahead of Thursday's game

From Founder Member to Sacrificial Lamb. Should Everton's points penalty be reversed on appeal?

Peter Quinn
04/12/2023

Retired lawyer Peter Quinn has been diligently following the case of Everton's PSR breach and provides this article as a comprehensive analysis of where we are after the club filed its appeal of the independent commission's decision to deduct 10 points as punishment in line with Premier League wishes.

The Fever — Becoming an Evertonian in the 1980s

Phil Hamer
03/12/2023

An article I wrote for the excellent Blackwatch fanzine last year, about that unrelenting fever of childhood football passion. In my case, it coincided with the a very tough time for Everton, as we plummeted from Champions to mid-table obscurity.

Everton pick themselves up with another resolute away display

Lyndon Lloyd
02/12/2023

Everton ground out a laudable victory over a team that had only lost once at home all season and, until today, hadn’t lost successive fixtures at the City Ground in 15 months

NcNeil's precison strike secures excellent win for the Blues

Michael Kenrick
02/12/2023

Everton travel to the City Ground this weekend in desperate need of a positive result after they were pushed to bottom place in the Premier League after Burnley thumped Sheffield Utd 5-0.

Selective Punishment of Everton Betrays the Rot in the English Game

Lyndon Lloyd
29/11/2023

The 10-point penalty meted out to the Blues was what so many have said – a disproportionately harsh sporting punishment for a financial crime that makes a mockery of the very concept at the heart of the Premier League's unevenly applied rules: sustainability

The Dyche Conundrum

Steve Hogan
28/11/2023

He's been dealt an awful hand in terms of finances and kept Everton up last season but there are elements of Sean Dyche's management style that are hard to get on board with

Garnacho wondergoal deflates Everton's defiant wrath

Michael Kenrick
26/11/2023

Everton return to action for the first time since the Premier League deducted 10 points as Manchester United come to a Goodison Park that is expected to be a bearpit of defiance in front of the Sky cameras.

Everton Should Take The 10-Point Deduction, They Will Be Okay — Are You Joking??!!

Jim Wilson
25/11/2023

The true reality is that our position is now perilous. The Premier League have deliberately put us in a position that could easily get out of control, and that includes financially too.

Summary of the Commission decision

Paul The Esk
20/11/2023

A summary of the justification the Independent Commission used to recommend a 10-point points deduction for Everton

Independent Commission into Everton breach feels more Show Trial than fair trial

Lyndon Lloyd
20/11/2023

It’s hard to shrug off the feeling that there was nowhere near enough distance between the prosecution and the adjudicating entity for this to have been a truly fair process.

Palace feel the Dyche Effect as Everton refuse to be denied

Lyndon Lloyd
11/11/2023

In terms of mentality and unity of purpose, Everton are night and day from the team that twice lost at Selhurst Park two seasons ago and which went into the World Cup break in disarray

A fantastic road win again for the Dyche-ball demons

Michael Kenrick
11/11/2023

Everton scored early but kept ceding possession to a hugely competitive Crystal Palace. However, go-ahead goals from Doucoure then Gana, who finally scored an excellent goal, sealed a tremendous end-to-end victory for the travelling Blues

The Goodison Bugler’s Last Post — The Life of Francis Hamill

Rob Sawyer
11/11/2023

Rob Sawyer recalls the man who provided the Toffees with their own musical soundtrack in the late 1920s and 1930s

Two points dropped, but with caveats

Lyndon Lloyd
04/11/2023

As much as seeing a hard-earned victory slip away late on rankles, four points from the last two games and progress in the cup is a decent return for a week's work

Blues steal a draw from the jaws of victory after stalling massive Brighton effort

Michael Kenrick
04/11/2023

Everton are back at Goodison Park for this weekend's Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion and a real test to see if Sean Dyche can build on recent good results.

“I Felt Like I Belonged There” — Nancy Young

Becky Tallentire
30/10/2023

Taken from ‘Real Footballers’ Wives — the First Ladies of Everton’ 
by Becky Tallentire in 2004, Nancy Young, the wife of Everton legend Alex, recounts her story.

Calvert-Lewin's brilliance the difference for Dyche's road warriors

Lyndon Lloyd
29/10/2023

Everton are becoming a much more difficult visiting opponent now that Sean Dyche is in charge and this was another professional performance away from home that delivered three precious points

Blues Burst Moyes's Hammers Bubble with fantastic result in London

Michael Kenrick
29/10/2023

Everton traveled to London where they burst David Moyes’s West Ham bubble at the London Stadium with a top-drawer winning goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Add it to the list

Paul Traill
22/10/2023

We don’t get these calls when playing against Liverpool or any of the big teams. We just don’t. And there’s not a lot we can do about it…

Drab derby stained by Young's dismissal and a penalty gift from Keane

Michael Kenrick
21/10/2023

A second yellow in the first half ruined Everton's game plan, which finally crumbled with a Salah penalty gifted by Keane.  

Does 777’s performance match Josh Wander’s claims?

Paul The Esk
17/10/2023

Assertions made by both Moshiri and Josh Wander as to the suitability and performance of 777 partners as Everton's new owners deserve scrutiny

Nick Walsh and the First Biography of Dixie Dean

Rob Sawyer
17/10/2023

It would be nearly 40 years before the supreme Everton marksman’s amazing life story was properly told. The person to thank for capturing Dean’s memories in book form was fellow Birkenhead man, Nick Walsh.

777 Partners and Genoa

Robert  Tressell
14/10/2023

What have 777 Partners been doing at Genoa these past 2 years?

A Good Day

Paul Traill
08/10/2023

This was an important win, make no mistake. While this only takes us up to 15th position in the league table, it’s a big relief to have a little cushion on the teams in the Bottom 3.

Level Unlocked — Everton Finally Find Their Cutting Edge at Home

Lyndon Lloyd
07/10/2023

This was the tonic to lift Evertonian spirits heading into a two-week hiatus before the trip to Mordor. Had the margin of victory been twice as wide, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola couldn’t have complained.

Precious goals seal vital win over Bournemouth

Michael Kenrick
07/10/2023

Everton scored early through Garner and added good goals from Harrison and Doucoure to secure a vital win over fellow strugglers Bournemouth

The Cautionary Tale of Metalist Kharkiv

Stephen Vincent
06/10/2023

By 2014, their wage bill was crippling and they ceased operations in 2016 due to insolvency; they were expelled from the Ukrainian League and their owner had basically ‘done a runner’ and left Ukraine.

Mr Dyche, You Drive Me Mad — Play the Winning Team!

Jim Wilson
05/10/2023

Assessing the best options in midfield. Spoiler alert: It involves James Garner

I Don't Want to Simply Exist Anymore

Stuart Green
04/10/2023

As a club, we are "happy" surviving. Being in the Premier League is success, we are told. Well, why doesn't it feel like success? I was raised believing the point was winning things. Not simply existing...

Between the Devil You Know and the Deep Blue Sea

Lyndon Lloyd
02/10/2023

In light of the somewhat chaotic developments in the takeover saga in recent weeks, the question on Evertonian minds now is just who are 777 Partners and are they both capable and worthy of running one of England’s most storied and successful football clubs?

777 Partners — Moshiri’s final misjudgement?

Paul The Esk
01/10/2023

An analysis of the Florida-based investment firm's suitability as future owners of Everton Football Club

An All-Too-Familiar Tale

Lyndon Lloyd
30/09/2023

For all the manager’s talk of changing the story, this was a tale so depressingly predictable to Everton fans that it’s been practically chiseled into the brickwork at Goodison Park in recent years

Unrenewed Swagger

Paul Traill
28/09/2023

The scenes at full time were brilliant. Sheer delight for the travelling Toffees. We now finally have a home draw, and not a bad one at that too in the form of Burnley. Win that and we’re in the quarter-final. Wembley? Who knows?

Everton lay down a marker with tenacious cup win at Villa

Lyndon Lloyd
27/09/2023

This smothering display set the benchmark for how the side should approach teams away from home and reinforced the notion the Blues should be nowhere near the bottom three come May. It also raises hopes that the Blues could go deep into a competition they have never won.

A fantastic battling display sees Everton through to Round 4

Michael Kenrick
27/09/2023

Everton returned to Villa Park but this time in the 3rd Round of the Carabao Cup where Sean Dyche named a pretty strong team that included Jack Harrison for his Everton debut and they stunned Villa with 2 vital goals.

Everton, BK Hacken Glory and Zlatan: Johan Hammar Interview

Ell Bretland
25/09/2023

Johan Hammar recently caught up with Ell Bretland on the SQaF Untold YouTube channel to look back on his time with the Toffees.

More potent Everton finally get their just reward

Lyndon Lloyd
23/09/2023

This often confounding Everton team is now up and running in terms of picking up their first victory of the season having finally found the cutting edge up front they've been missing

Blues play better to secure a vital first win

Michael Kenrick
23/09/2023

Everton outplayed Brentford this evening with Sean Dyche and his men securing their first win of the Premier League campaign.

How this horrible Everton chapter ends…

Jacques Sandtonian
20/09/2023

I see administration now as a foregone conclusion. I therefore would like to see it happen while we are still a Premier League club. Even if we don’t go into administration, we’re likely facing relegation anyway.

‘Playing for a 1-0 defeat’

Lyndon Lloyd
17/09/2023

It was curious how much respect Everton paid Arsenal today and how meekly they seemed to accept their fate; as if defeat were obvious before a ball was kicked

A Level Playing Field?

Paul Traill
17/09/2023

No complaints about the result. The lads put a good shift in but were beaten by a much, much better team. It’s about as simple as that really.

Poor Everton did well to lose by just one goal

Michael Kenrick
17/09/2023

Everton are back at Goodison Park and in front of the Sky cameras for a huge match against Arsenal which they, as the expression goes, failed to turn up for.

Significant Barriers to Conclusion of Moshiri and 777 Partners 'agreement'

Paul The Esk
15/09/2023

The Esk stands by his initial assessment that 777 Partners do not have the resources to successfully acquire Everton, nor will they get the support of all parties required

The Three Trials of Sean Dyche

Robert Tressell
14/09/2023

The main challenge for Sean Dyche this season is to accrue enough points to keep out of trouble. Having added greater strength to the wings and attack this summer, we should be able to do that.

Everton Village and the Birth of Everton Football Club

Everton Heritage Society
13/09/2023

Hot on the heels of recent features about Everton’s first biographer, Thomas Keates, the Everton FC Heritage Society has released a new documentary film about the links between Everton village and the football club which adopted its name in 1879

The Beto Story: Everton Striker’s Rise from KFC to the Premier League

Ell Bretland
12/09/2023

Everton's new striker has risen from humble beginnings to the Premier League and, in the process, fulfilled the hopes and dreams that the people had for him at the small Portuguese club where his journey began

Transfer Window Ratings

Sam Hoare
05/09/2023

Sam Hoare runs his rule over the individual incomings and outgoings, and then provides a collective appraisal.

Everton finally score but still cannot fashion a win

Michael Kenrick
02/09/2023

Everton were in action at lunchtime today when they could only draw with newly promoted Sheffield United at Bramhall Lane after taking the lead but failing to build on it with yet more missed chances.

Transfer window: how did we do?

Robert Tressell
02/09/2023

The transfer window has closed, and we now (more or less) know the squad that will compete in the 2023-24 season under Sean Dyche

Blues rally late to survive a huge rock-bottom scare

Michael Kenrick
30/08/2023

Everton went behind to Doncaster Rovers in the Carabao Cup and needed strikes from two new signings to avoid a most embarrassing defeat.

Falling the Wrong Side of the Margins

Lyndon Lloyd
26/08/2023

The Blues were left to count the cost of missed chances as, just like the opening day, the visitors found the decisive goal to render the effort from Everton meaningless by the final whistle

Desperate Blues undone again by late Wolves smash and grab

Michael Kenrick
26/08/2023

Everton return to Goodison Park this weekend to face Wolves for their second home game of the season still searching for their first goal and points of 2023-24.

The Fish Rots from the Head

Steve Shave
24/08/2023

The old Chinese proverb is very apt to what has gone on at Everton over the past few years

Is Our Man Just a Gofer?

John Hall
24/08/2023

I wasn’t the gofer, but he had a relative who knew what the life of a gofer was all about. Dodgy dealings, enormous bank loans, tax evasion, false accountancy, bribery and underhand profit transfer theft was often carried out at his behest.

Taking the shirt off fans' backs? Someone is.

Charlie Martin
23/08/2023

Should fans be dealing with these incredible hikes in kit prices? The answer is no.

The (Thick and) Thin Blue Line: Part Two

John Daley
23/08/2023

John Daley's latest Epistle to The Evertonians traces football, family and fatherhood through three generations of Goodison faith and godly misfortune, Part Two

Creeping Anxiety and a Social Dilemma

Lyndon Lloyd
22/08/2023

Emotions are already running high after Everton's bad start. Neither the actions of a tiny few nor a media waiting to pounce are helping

Champagne at Highbury

John McFarlane [Senior]
22/08/2023

Tommy Lawton recalls in his own words the Arsenal v Everton game at Highbury in September 1938

The Merry-Go-Round from Hell

Lyndon Lloyd
20/08/2023

Round and round and round we go. A change in manager, a couple of new players. Hope followed by disappointment then humiliation and despair. This is the lot for Evertonians, it seems.

Everton crumble at Villa Park with Calvert-Lewin off injured

Michael Kenrick
20/08/2023

Everton travel to Villa Park for their first away game of the season with Sean Dyche deciding that Dominic Calvert-Lewin, having completed his planned rehabilitation, is all set for Premier League action

Everton’s Recruitment — Shrewd and Structured or Same Old, Same Old?

Matthew Parry
18/08/2023

It was clear years ago that serious change was required to make relegation battles a thing of the past but one shining light from the depths of despair may well just be the appointments of Sean Dyche and Kevin Thelwell

What’s Left on the Shelf?

Robert  Tressell
15/08/2023

There's still time and there are still options out there to improve the playing squad before the transfer window deadline

Plus ça change…

Lyndon Lloyd
12/08/2023

A new season kicking off under a different manager than the one who began the last with hope rather than optimism this time that the club won’t be mired in a relegation dogfight come May… There has been change at Everton over the past 12 months and yet so much remains depressingly the same.

Criminal incompetence in front of goal costs Everton dear

Michael Kenrick
12/08/2023

Everton start the new season at home to Fulham, with injuries eating into Sean Dyche's intent to start the campaign in the right way.

The (Thick and) Thin Blue Line

John Daley
10/08/2023

John Daley's latest Epistle to The Evertonians traces football, family and fatherhood through three generations of Goodison faith and godly misfortune.

Crossing The Park — The Men Who Dared to Play for Both Liverpool and Everton

Rob Sawyer
07/08/2023

Peter Kenny Jones's book profiles the Everton and Liverpool players in chronological order of their switch from one side of Stanley Park to the other

The Story of The Bullens

Rob Sawyer
31/07/2023

Now giving faithful service into its 97th year, the Bullens Road stand and its Archibald Leitch-designed cross-braced panels has provided Goodison Park its key motif since 1926 and the days of Dixie Dean

The Impetuous Dr Whitford

David Kennedy
30/07/2023

Everton director and chairman Dr William Whitford was an outspoken character who often found himself in the public eye – and, on occasion, in hot water.

Peter Corr: Winning in Blue — and Green — at Goodison Park

Rob Sawyer
28/07/2023

Four decades before The Corrs made their musical breakthrough in the British and Irish pop charts, their uncle was an Irish international and Everton footballer. Less appreciated is his role in bringing Howard Kendall to the Toffees.

The Greatest Living Evertonian

Dr David France
25/07/2023

A tribute to the surviving member of Everton's famous Holy Trinity, a club legend who has served Everton as a brilliant player, an outstanding coach and as manager.

Gordon Watson… One of Us

Dr David France
19/07/2023

Something of a raconteur, Gwladys Street Hall of Famer Gordon Watson loved to share tales of his life at Goodison and he once spoke passionately about his team-mates from the side he regarded as ‘The Forgotten Champions of 1939’

Everton’s Finances — A Projection for 2022-23

Paul The Esk
17/07/2023

So where are we financially? The last set of accounts takes us to 30 June 2022. It is possible to project forward 12 months to see how we enter this current financial year.

A Dele Reborn Really Would Be Like a New Signing

Lyndon Lloyd
13/07/2023

If he can regain his fitness and his form, the Dele Alli story could add a fascinating dynamic to Everton’s 2023-24 season given that, on his day, he is a world-class performer. He might only have a narrow window to prove it, though

Frustration and Fear

Paul The Esk
06/07/2023

With Finch Farm welcoming back the first team squad on Thursday and the Everton management maintaining their strict omerta, a call for action and communication

Becoming a big club again

Robert  Tressell
02/07/2023

The initial building blocks are absolutely vital in our journey to becoming a big club again. There are no shortcuts; we cannot simply wait our turn for a sugar daddy who will probably never arrive.




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