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Champions League — Quarter-finals

Michael Kenrick
08/04/2025

Is this as good as it gets with David Moyes?

Christine Foster
We are rolling and creaking towards the end of a season where Moyes has stabilized the ship, steered us to safety… Great!  But Moyes still has his detractors and his ability to step up another level again has been a question mark against him for a long time.  
07/04/2025

Premier League — Matchweek 31

Michael Kenrick
05/04/2025

Manchester City continue fight with Premier League over APT rules

Legal Eagle
Manchester City are continuing to challenge the Premier League over their Associated Party Transaction rules despite previous tribunal findings and changes voted in to the rules
04/04/2025

Premier League — Matchweek 30

Michael Kenrick
01/04/2025

The best game I ever saw at the Old Lady

Don Alexander
01/04/2025

Premier League clubs reject early closure of the transfer window

Legal Eagle
When they met on Thursday, Premier League clubs rejected closing the summer transfer window early this year — on 14 August — two days before the start of the 2025-26 season.
27/03/2025

Player Watch: Joao Virginia

Michael Kenrick
Reserve goalkeeper Joao Virginia is set to complete his 6th season with Everton — but it could well be his last
24/03/2025

The Coalition to End Gambling Ads target Everton and Leicester City

Legal Eagle
The Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA) have written to the Gambling Commission, demanding action against Everton and Leicester City
22/03/2025

Man Utd will have to win Europa League to tempt Branthwaite

The Rumour Mill
Sources claim that Manchester Utd are again eying up a move for Everton's centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite
21/03/2025

Man Utd and Man City academy players at centre of age-fraud claims

Legal Eagle
Photographic evidence casts doubt over eligibility of six foreign-born players and raises prospect that some may be adults
20/03/2025

Player Watch: Youssef Chermiti

Michael Kenrick
Youssef Chermiti made his first appearance of the season when he came on as a sub in the 79th minute against West Ham Utd last weekend.
18/03/2025

Manchester City and their 115 rule breaches

Legal Eagle
The Liverpool Echo has listed every charge brought by the Premier League against Manchester City in the private tribunal at the end of last year.
17/03/2025

Premier League — Matchweek 29 & League Cup Final

Michael Kenrick
15/03/2025

Tech Corner: Bad Request

Michael Kenrick
14/03/2025

David Moyes delighted with his wingers’ output at Molineux

Anjishnu Roy
After calling out Jack Harrison and Jesper Lindstrom for their lack of attacking output, the manager was pleased with both players combining for the opener against Wolves.
09/03/2025

Seamus Coleman close to returning but won’t be rushed back says David Moyes

Anjishnu Roy
The Everton boss also added that there’s a small chance Armando Broja could be fit to be included in the matchday squad next week.
07/03/2025

Everton fined £50,000 for Curtis Jones brawl

Michael Kenrick
Everton were fined £50,000 for their part in the on-field brawl caused by Curtis Jones at the end of the last Goodison derby.
26/02/2025

The inaugural one-season wonders

Anthony Williams
This is the story of 11 one-match wonders who made just one appearance each in Everton's inaugural season in the new Football League, 1888-89.
23/02/2025

Saturday's Opponents: Man Utd, a Pre-match Assessment

Conor McCourt
Tomorrow's clash represents an intriguing match-up between two clubs for whom a managerial switch has led to fiercely contrasting fortunes
21/02/2025

Everton Football Club and Jack the Ripper

Anthony Williams
Coincidental connections between the 19th Century scourge of London, and players in Everton's inaugural team on the occasion of their first Football League fixture, are explored in detail.
21/02/2025

The resurgence of Beto under Moyes

Anjishnu Roy
From being linked with a move away throughout January to scoring five goals in just seven matches under David Moyes, Beto has found his footing.
17/02/2025

David Moyes and The Friedkin Group on the same page regarding squad rebuilding

Anjishnu Roy
David Moyes, who’s making the most of a thin squad, is expected to have more headroom while addressing signings this summer.
16/02/2025

A Personal Note

Lyndon Lloyd
After 24 years running this website together under the ToffeeWeb.com banner, Michael and I will be stepping away. TW will continue to be the news resource and community it always has been.
11/02/2025

Self-Inflicted Wounds and Near Misses haunt Everton in the FA Cup

Anjishnu Roy
08/02/2025

Latest Everton share auction requires careful handling by the Friedkins

Paul Quinn
What impact has the financial restructuring of Everton FC through the TFG takeover had on the minority shareholders?
24/01/2025

The first 28 days of TFG…

Simon Harrison
Simon Harrison reviews what has and has not happened in the first 28 days since The Friedkin Group became the new owners of Everton Football Club
16/01/2025

Out with the new and in with the old!

Simon Harrison
Simon reviews the TFG takeover and the return of David Moyes, signalling what might be ahead for Everton in the coming weeks and months
13/01/2025

A Safe Pair of Hands

Lyndon Lloyd
It’s unlikely David Moyes would have been anyone’s first choice to lead Everton into the new stadium and a potentially bright new future on the banks of the Mersey but for now, when safety is paramount, his steadying influence could be just what the new owners need
11/01/2025

Never go Back

Michael Kenrick
The prospect of David Moyes returning to Everton fills me with anger, hatred and other vile thoughts… I totally despise the man.
10/01/2025

Details of the Friedkin financial restructuring of Everton emerge

Paul Quinn
Paul Quinn analyzes the Return of Allotment of Shares posted yesterday by the club at Companies House that puts value on the share transactions underlying The Friedkin Group's takeover last month, and the impact it has had on the value of privately held Everton Shares.
09/01/2025

The vision that was planted in my brain still remains…

Simon Harrison
The most worrying thing for me is the deafening silence coming from The Friedkin Group since the 19 December take-over
06/01/2025

Calls intensify for Dyche to be replaced

Michael Kenrick
It is nothing unusual for many fans to react badly after Everton lose for the second successive week.
04/01/2025

Everton Shareholders and The Friedkin Group…

Paul Quinn
On the eve of Everton's takeover by The Friedkin Group, I have taken a look at he potential impacts to the increasingly marginalized minority shareholders.
18/12/2024

Are Everton players really that bad?

Matt Warnock
Is the claim that the players just aren’t good enough valid, or is it a convenient scapegoat for deeper issues at the club?
16/12/2024

Moshiri's Legacy

Jim Keoghan
The opening of the new stadium next year will likely form the basis of ‘Moshiri-Revisionism’, a favourable glow that will turn even more flattering over time as the horror of recent seasons fades from memory… but the overall picture of the departing owner isn’t great
10/12/2024

The End: From Glory to a Whole New Ball Game. Everton 1985-1994

Rob Sawyer
The concluding instalment of Gavin Buckland’s trilogy covering Everton in the Moores era, from the summer of 1985 to 1994 with the Blues in relegation peril
07/12/2024

Dyche risks undermining his own argument regarding Ndiaye

Lyndon Lloyd
The manager has responded to calls to move Everton’s best forward player into a No 10 role by suggesting that he doesn't yet have the experience or work-rate for it but neither the metrics nor the "eye test" seem to support the argument.
23/11/2024

Blues Brothers — Jack and Bert Sharp

Rob Sawyer
The story of two brothers: one an international-standard cricketer and footballer who was named an Everton Giant earlier this century; the other having a career in the same sports, but something of a footnote in the Club's history
19/11/2024

Misfits, Mysteries and Nearly-Men — Moise Kean

Lyndon Lloyd
Rather than end up on the scrap heap after a rollercoaster start to his professional career, it seems as though the Italian striker is finally finding his groove in his native land
15/11/2024

What happens when dogs no longer like the dog food?

Paul Quinn
There’s no guarantee Sean Dyche can see us through to the end of the season, securing our “survival”. In fact the evidence is clear that in competitive terms Dyche is lagging his peers.
06/11/2024

What Were the Chances of That?

Becky Tallentire
A timely installment of Real Footballers' Wives featuring Maureen Temple, wife of Everton's FA Cup goalscoring hero Derek, who was born Maureen Molyneux in Dovecot on 31 August 1941 and sadly passed away this week
30/10/2024

If not Dyche, then who...?

Matt Warnock
Will the Friedkins take a chance on one of the up-and-coming managerial names, or will it just be another uninspiringly obvious appointment of whoever happens to be on the dole at that point in time?
30/10/2024

Jamie Baker’s Beautiful Last Day

Rob Sawyer
The touching story of a young Evertonian who was mascot for the Blues' clash with Manchester United in September 1986 and died from Leukaemia within hours of his special moment at Goodison Park.
22/10/2024

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded...

David Hardman
Over the last 32 years, the Premier League has become dominated by the Red Cartel. How’s that for a monopoly?
18/10/2024

Realistically, who replaces Sean Dyche?

Robert Tressell
Our current manager’s contract is up at the end of the season. Taking into account the dire circumstances Sean Dyche has had to put up with, he has surely earned a new contract. But taking into account the often dire football, question marks remain.
13/10/2024

Everton takeover on course for December completion

Simon Harrison
There has been some more clarity regarding The Friedkin Group takeover of Everton released by i News and carried elsewhere, apparently garnered from an article at the Josimar independent website.
09/10/2024

Size Matters

Jon Sellick
The Friedkin Group's millions will be welcomed. But money isn't what Everton need from them the most.
26/09/2024

New ownership, and the opportunity for renewal & future excellence at Everton

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
It is only through excellence across all areas of the club that we can hope to be a success by any measure in the future
26/09/2024

We need to talk about Kevin: a defence of the DoF

Matt Warnock
When the Friedkins take the helm, hopefully later this year, the impending expiration of Kevin Thelwell's contract will be one of the matters in their in-tray. An argument that he has at least laid the foundations on which we can hope to build a better future.
26/09/2024

With the Friedkins back in, the Moshiri years might finally be over

Lyndon Lloyd
The Texas-based firm have now agreed a deal for Farhad Moshiri's majority stake but what can Evertonians expect from The Friedkin Group's ownership?
23/09/2024

Who are The Friedkin Group and what is the opportunity ahead for them and Everton?

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
Assuming that TFG's concerns over Everton's debts are assuaged and they acquire Moshiri’s shares, then as with their acquisition of Roma, the real work begins.
24/09/2024

The Everton takeover saga – further analysis of the potential Textor bid

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
To purchase Everton, Textor has to sell his holding in Crystal Palace, whether held directly or indirectly, and the ownership and control of that club is complex. So significant barriers exist, not all answers are known and in the meantime Everton’s competitive and financial position worsens under Farhad Moshiri.
13/09/2024

Everton’s Ownership, Moshiri and John Textor – Part I

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
Given Everton’s extreme cash requirements, it would seem the last thing we require is a purchaser relying on debt, possibly even greater debt than Everton already carry.
26/08/2024

Everton’s Ownership, Moshiri and John Textor – Part II

Paul 'The Esk' Quinn
There’s no questioning Textor’s desire to majority own and control a Premier League club. Whether he can and the possible reasons for doing so are discussed here
07/09/2024

More Mirage than Goodison Maestro, James Lives on in Our Everton Imagination

Lyndon Lloyd
A genuine, albeit injury-prone star, James Rodriguez passed by our Evertonian world more like a fleeting comet — the pandemic ensuring that fans didn't ever get to see him play a competitive game in the flesh. He departed in 2021 having delivered some magical moments nonetheless.
07/09/2024

Ted and Alan Storey — Guardians of Goodison Park's Pitch

Rob Sawyer
For four decades, the responsibility for keeping the famous Goodison Park playing surface in top-top condition lay with the Storey family
04/09/2024

A Sledgehammer to the Solar Plexus

Lyndon Lloyd
We Blues have had to endure some excruciating results over the years, usually a gut punch of reality just when we dared believe things were on the up. Saturday hit as hard as any, perhaps harder for some, but it's early enough to be corrected if the manager can turn things around
02/09/2024

Just another go around the Sean Dyche rollercoaster

Matt Warnock
The Gaffer is, in football parlance, a streaky manager and accepting that as our truth may save you a few sleepless nights over the next few months. The big question then is why? And that's much harder to answer.
28/08/2024

May We Live in Less Interesting Times

Lyndon Lloyd
Stasis will remain the order of the day off the pitch but on it, Everton under Sean Dyche appear well-positioned to at least deliver the kind of mid-table mediocrity fans pined for a year ago following two gruelling battles against relegation
15/08/2024

Calvert-Lewin impasse isn't doing anyone any favours

Lyndon Lloyd
He has indelibly written himself into the pages of Everton history but his legacy stands to be tarnished if he ends up seeing out his contract at Goodison and can't deliver goals or performances this coming season
03/08/2024

Les Shannon — A Footballing Odyssey

Rob Sawyer
Locally born, he served both Blue and Red during a long and varied career as a player, coach and manager that took him well beyond Britain's shores.
29/07/2024

Jesper Lindstrøm Scouted: What Does 'Jobbe' Bring to Merseyside?

Toke Møller Theilade
Danish football writer Toke Møller Theilade provides the low-down on the kind of player Everton have signed from Napoli
28/07/2024

Talented but enigmatic, Onana's rich promise must now be fulfilled elsewhere

Lyndon Lloyd
It so often felt as though Amadou Onana was playing within himself; as if it was better to save himself for bigger things and higher-profile occasions to come. He will feel he has taken a step up with his switch to Aston Villa while Everton have completed an excellent piece of business
23/07/2024

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