• Giant Leap Or Just Forward Steps?

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    With a newly reinforced spine, Everton look as though they could be a stronger outfit than last season, even without the departed Lukaku. Is it enough, however, to crack the top six or four?

  • Pat Nevin and the Mel Harvey Mixtape

    by Rob Sawyer with Pat Nevin and Mel Harvey

    In, perhaps, the only documented case of a football club wooing a potential signing via the medium of music, Pat Nevin has referenced an "indie" music cassette being played to him in Colin Harvey's car. Now, at long last, the full story of this fabled car stereo C60 compilation cassette can be told.

  • A Place to Call Home

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Everton could be closer than ever to leaving Goodison for a new stadium. It's a massive undertaking fraught with risk but at the right location and with the right design, it could be the awakening of English football's sleeping giant.

  • Begin Again

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    2016-17 marks the beginning of the Ronald Koeman era, one that is off to a slow start but which hints at having plenty in store as the Dutchman beds in alongside new Director of Football, Steve Walsh.

  • Blue Diamond

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    He's the homegrown talent who is shrugging off a disappointing second full season in the Premier League and emerging as a bona fide star in Everton's promising attacking team. Ross Barkley is the jewel in the Goodison crown.

  • The Supplier

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    His name in Catalan translates to "God made him" and you'd be hard-pressed to find an Evertonian who disagrees. Gerard Deulofeu is creating magic this season in his adopted home and is transforming Everton's prospects.

  • Goodison's Greatest Gaffer

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    He may have left us but the legacy of Howard Kendall's transcendent and unmatched achievements at Everton Football Club as a player and manager will forever endure.

  • Miral-less: A Missing Piece in Everton's Resurgence

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Kevin Mirallas's best year at Everton thus far coincided with Martinez's first season. 2015-16 is already bearing similarities but to date the Belgian has played a mere bit-part. Can he re-find his form?

  • Coming Up Short

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Everton's summer transfer window promised much but even though the club spent over £18m, in the absence of either Roberto Martinez's much-vaunted "No.10" or a marquee creative signing to transform attacking midfield it doesn't feel as though the squad has enough to support a top-four challenge.

  • Faith, Hope and Disparity

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Previewing Everton's 2015-16 Premier League campaign, one that promises to be a challenging but defining one for Roberto Martinez on whom the jury remains out after two contrasting seasons.

  • Dave Watson – Captain Colossus

    by Rob Sawyer

    Rob Sawyer in conversation with the last Everton captain to lift a trophy and one of the few Toffeemen for whom the title "legend" is irrefutably apt.

  • The Slumbering Giant: Part IV - Soul Searching

    by Lyndon Lloyd

    Is finding a faceless billionaire the only way to lift Everton back to the top of the English game – and, if so, at what cost to the soul and traditions of the club? The final part of the series.

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