I'd sign David Moyes up for another 25 years.

Andy, most TW posters know the answer – as the board should do, we'd put our hands in our pockets and splash out big time (wouldn't we?) because we love the club more than the board (don't we?).

With BB asking £150m for the Club your £100m wouldn't make the down payment.

I'd bet it all on Moyes's next 'must win' game and with the billion I'd be able to do some serious business.

Bill and many others on the list would all be waking up with a Findus Lasagne next to them on the pillow. (I maybe a billionaire but I'm not made of money, top class race horses aren't cheap.)

Then I'd buy one of those white Persian cats to sit on my lap while I plan my next move towards total domination of L4.

I'd also spend some on beer and probably just waste the rest.

I'd want that useless twat Kenwright as far from running this club as possible. The man is fucking garbage and does nothing but cowardly hide behind his blue credentials. The day this prick has NOTHING to do with the running of the Everton can't come soon enough.

Fuck off, Kenwright and take your fucking ego with you,

Ste, say what you mean.

If ever I was in a position to gain control it would be with the absolute condition that NONE of the current Board has anything to do with Everton ever again. If Kenwright wanted to attend a game he could buy a ticket and imagine himself back in the boys pen.

I would employ only Evertonians in the offices, store etc, to hopefully ensure proper service delivery from people who genuinely care about the Club.

Finally, I would offer Ste Traverse the position of Public Relations Director as I feel sure he would handle the media with great diplomacy. (No offence Ste!!)

I was musing I with my wife a few months back about what I'd do if I won that kind of money on the lottery and when I said I'd buy Everton she looked at me with utter incredulity. "Really?!" she asked with rare disdain. "All the causes out there and you'd by a football club?" We've been married over 12 years now and she still doesn't get it :)

In all seriousness, though, after putting a million away to mitigate any unforeseen disaster for my family down the road, I'd help the club any way I could, even if I only had enough to buy Finch Farm or helping build a consortium to buy out the current shower.

Lyndon, as an aside to this thread, I have been married for 21 years and my wife will never, ever, get it. We live in Cape Town (she is South African), and the only acceptance I have received is that if Everton are on TV, which we are most games, then I watch, to the exclusion of all else.

I obviously love her far more than I love Everton but, if we had a penalty to win in the last minute of the Cup Final and she started choking on a chicken bone, what would I do?

I'd say "Baines, get on with it! My wife is choking!"

Would you use your wealth to line the pockets of mercenary players who don't give a shit about the club? Fellaini already earns a fortune, only ever turns up for half a season and you'd use your money to pay him more?

I'd invest in the club but would want the money investing in a way that could help Everton long term. I would firstly appoint a finance man who knew what he was doing rather than Elstone. Someone who could get better deals done than the garbage kitbag and Sodexo deals that Elstone is so proud of.

20 Million to my family, 20 million to a charity of my choice, 40 million to pay off EFC's debts and take control & Chairmanship of the club, 10 million in marketing and administrative improvements to make the club a long term self-sustaining profitable business, 10 million to the new manager for 1-2 new players (I will let go of Moyes with my gratitude)...
Ha! You all thought I would be naive enough to reveal in a public forum who my choice of manager would be?

I don't think Everton would even enter my mind (were it not for reading the thread).

I'm with Mrs. Lloyd. So many higher priorities.

Maybe if I had a little left over at the end I'd lend the club a little to pay Bill a dividend.

I'd pay for the taxi for Moyes and for a lorry to take Neville and Naismith to the glue factory.

Derek #020, so you'd bet on us to lose then just to make a fortune?

Brian #045, you love your wife more than you love Everton??? I guess she's not a RS supporter like mine then!
Ajay #047, if it cost only 40 mill to take control of the Club from BK I'd do it now and not have to wait until I win the Euromillions.

I'd buy a great big yacht and drink champagne everyday, enjoying myself to the max. Maybe buy Suraez and put the twat at the end of my garden to do kick-ups.

Ha ha Andy, I have thought of this exact scenario!

I reckon its not enough to buy the whole shebang and if it was then what? you'd be skint but own Efc.

I would buy Finch Farm then let them use the facilities rent free, take care of upkeep things like that, then pay off the debt to 0 balance, clean sheet for a new season, (for a slice of the shares if only so I could poo poo any of the ridiculous shit thats happened since Bill took over)

Finally I would scour the globe for the best marketing team available and demand they were put in place as a condition before the above happened.

Realistically I reckon thats all I could get away with as a nobody with a load of cash, should cost £50-60 million?

So another £100 million for the secret harem in the garden shed our lass knows nothing about! heh heh heh.

I love the first response by Brendan (006), it's put a smile on my face which takes away the disappointment of yesterday for a bit. Nice one Bren.

Do what I did last year and offer to take EFC off Kenwright for the value he's put on it - wouldn't cost me a single penny.

Find out the truth about Everton's finances particularly the mysterious 24 million other operating costs wave goodbye to Moyes and get a man in on more sensible wages. Prefer Martinez but Chris Hughton hides his light under a bushel but year on year that man impresses.

The managers brief would be youth and peripheral squad players not up to it shipped out, first team contracts for no hopers hanging round twiddling their thumbs is a complete waste of money.

I'd invite Evertonian architects and construction individuals to come up with ideas to improve Goodison - 50k no obstructed views would do it - expenses only for the love of the club would be the deal (could get the family business involved if necessary but I reckon evertonians would be queuing to offer expertise - make it a genuine peoples club).

Have a press conference to lay out the truth of the club position admitting Prem survival was the deal if that was the case and declare a long term strategy of producing our own players. Look to Ajax or Southampton anywhere successful at cultivating young talent and poach their staff if necessary.

Admit we will really have a go for the cups - if it costs a couple of places in the league (a spurious contention in my book) then so be it.

Phased redev of GP including standing singing areas and take every opportunity to rip the piss out the strange people across the park.

I'll come to my second day later.

Interesting. I actually told this "what if" story (and ensuing argument with the wife) to a small group of Evertonians in early 2011 in the Casa, as people were talking about doing this and that. I concluded the point that we didn't even buy a ticket so there was no way it was going to happen.

Lyndon, the idea of buying Finch Farm would no doubt be viewed by your team of financial advisors as a sound investment in a commercial property asset with a decent ROI and long term tenant. Dave (#056) can I ask why would you not charge the Club rent when it is a business operating in the real commercial world?

If it were my ticket, I would offer to become the best football club landlord in the world. But I'd still charge them rent that enabled me to deliver that promise. The only problem is I still don't buy Euromillions tickets.

£100m rights issue that goes to sorting out the ground diluting the current shareholders as required.

A cash offer of £100m might just get the club
I would then be skint again so I would tell you all about the Bayern game and that I was there in Rotterdam on May 15th 1985.
I would search 24/7 for new investment even though people don't buy football clubs anymore
I would then take my seat in the front row of the main stand and wait for you all to clap and cheer when my smug mug appeared on the screens.
Seems to work for Billy bullshit!

Brian Hill, It must be a nationality thing, my wife too is South African and in 1969 when we first met, I took her up to meet my family and on the Saturday took her to Goodison to watch Everton play Man City, (Bell, BooK et alia) . She put on her best, only outdoor coat that she had with her, a full length scarlet PVC thing which was ultra trendy in those dim distant days. We took our place in the paddock and my wife was asked various good-natured questions about the colour of her coat.
We lost 1-0 and I've kept her away ever since.
If I stumble across a billion pounds, I'd buy out Kenwright, thank Moyes for his services and try to get Laudrup to make a football team and revert us to the days when we were the school of science.

Sort family and friends out first. Then I would offer to buy the club for what Kenwright bought it and part of the deal would be to pay off the debt and put money down for the redevelopment of Goodison. I would then set up a supporters trust and transfer 51% of my shares into the trust so the supporters would always have the controlling interest.

I would make this public before contacting Mr Kenwright and being forced to sign an exclusivity deal.

Employ a top notch financial and marketing team. Take a look at the world's best youth academies and aim to build the best youth set up in the league.

Wow, Tony #101, is the Casa still going?

I haven't been there in around 20 years, had many a night I'll never remember in there. I don't suppose Sal is still the boss?

Buy the Winslow and turn it into the Goodison boot room - three Toffeewebbers picked at random to select the team each game and then explain their actions to the rest of the site post-natch. Get the points and its free ale in the Winslow. Get it wrong, it's a week locked in the cellar with Tony Marsh.
And I'd lob a £20 million interest free loan to the board to redevelop the ground. A loan, mind you, I'm not having them gallop into the sunset with my hard-won millions when they flog the whole kit and caboodle.

Tony, I think the club pays around £1.5 mil a season rent on Finch Farm? (I'm not sure about that figure.) I reckon my interest payments on my £100 mil ought to cover that (again, not a clue if this is right) so save the club cash then they only run at a £3.5 mil a season loss. Hopefully the new and competent marketing team would rub that out and start to make a profit!

Booyah! Thank you very much!

£100 million wouldn't really be enough to do everything you'd like to - after all there's a lot that needs doing! However, I'd look to secure Finch Farm, Goodison Park & as much as possible of the surrounding land, with a view to future stadium redevelopment. All these assets would then be handed over to Trust Everton to administer on behalf of all Evertonians for the long-term good of the Football Club - NB: NOT the short term benefit of the current Board. In no way would I use my wealth to subsidise a badly run business whose owners have made no investment themselves & who have brought to the club little other than debt, deceit & division.

I believe so Eric, although I've only been once.

Dave, when you win the EuroMillions, would you be buying Finch Farm or paying the Club's rent as your 2 posts seem to contradict each other? If I assume the former, as you would be a cash buyer, you could maybe use the rent (£1.25m) charged to the Club towards other commercial property investments relating to the Club. Also, be aware that there are a number of people who have been fortunate to win considerable sums of money, and have lost the lot for various reasons.

It would be nice to think that Dennis Stevens does the EuroMillions and comes up trumps one day, although Trust Everton is not working on a cap-in-hand solution from anyone.

I've always wanted to take up heroin but never had the funds, so that would be my main priority. On a serious note, I very much doubt I would put any of it into Everton.

I'd offer Billy Liar £100 mil to buy the club. I'd promise him a brand new ground, a brand spanking new shiny centre forward who knows where the onion bag is.

And then, at the eleventh hour, by which time he's wanked himself silly, I'd ring him and say, "Hey Bill... do you know that 'gentlemen's agreement we had for me to buy the club? Well, I was lying. I haven't got no intention... now fuck off, you ponce. I'm off to live in The Maldives."

Well, he's been doing it to us for years, hasn't he????

Tony, first I would purchase Finch Farm. I would be the owner, I would then allow Everton to use the facilities as they do now, free of charge or 'rent free', therefore saving the club £1.25 million (thanks for the correction) per year — this makes perfect sense to me!

Tony, if it ever happens then I'll definitely want to see those caps!

It would require 10 times the amount stated to get me in the hot seat and able to make a difference at Goodison but, if I had a win of say £150 million, my gift to you all would be to resolve the ground issue. Probably not enough cash there to build a new one and I love the Old Lady anyway, so a major face lift and redevelopment to upgrade the ground to provide unobstructed views and enough executive boxes to entice the corporate brigade.

1) Remove the roof from Gwladys Street / Bullens Road & Park End stands, then build a second tier to the Park End that would join with a third tier along the Bullens and Gwladys St Stand.

2) Turn the whole of the Lower Bullens into a double level of executive boxes.

3) Insert cantilevered steel supports to support the Upper Gwladys and remove the posts from below.

4) Put a cantilever roof over the three sides mentioned. That would provide unobstructed views on three sides and plenty of executive boxes.

5) The main stand would require a serious amount of work but this could be done by taking the City Road line to Spellow Lane and taking up the land on the Goodison side of it (sorry but the Winslow would be in the way) then remove the roof and the back of the stand then extend it backwards to match the depth currently at the church end of the stand, insert some cantilevered steel supports under the balcony and remove the posts. Replace the roof with a cantilever roof to finish off the project.

The approximate end result would be 20,000 new seats and 6,000 lost in the Lower Bullens — replaced by 50 executive boxes. If there was anything left I would buy the training ground and let EFC Co Ltd pay me back interest-free over 20 years as I'd still need a pension to pay for my executive box.

Mark – 20,000 more seats?? We can't fill the ones we've got already!! I'm pretty sure were not gonna fill another 20,000 anytime soon either!!!

1. Buy club.

2. Sack Bill and associated gobshites.

3. Employ Penelope Cruz.

Don't give fuck what happens next.

I'd buy Anfield and Melwood and tell the RS to fuck off.

Dave#131, you're working on figures 3 seasons old.

It was 2010~11 that the loss was £4.5 mill.

Last year it was £9 mill.

Who knows how much it's increased this year (my bet is £15 mill).

Seriously, if I had a billion I wouldn’t buy EFC it’s not worth the grief. It’s best to live your life to the full sit in a nice seat or box with mates and family and enjoy the good fortune of having the winning the ticket. Too many people in modern football and even on this site think people owe them a living and owning EFC would mean everybody expecting you to invest every last penny you have in to the club, you would soon be a very poor man holding what is a tiered but loveable asset. Some people come on here and slag of BK and then suggest owning the clubs assets and then not charge back rent to the holding company? In business terms that is madness, let alone tax. Anybody that is lucky enough to win the jackpot and go public in my mind is stupid its best to have the security’s and keep your privacy, there is life outside L4 but on its day nothing beats it so take the good bits and enjoy your life.

I wouldn't give Bill Kenwright and Co a penny.

I wouldn't do anything because Kenwright wants £150 million and probably to remain on the board and in the spotlight but, if I somehow owned the club and Kenwright was nowhere to be seen, and I had £100 million to spend, then I would start by building a three-tier wrap around of the main stand starting from The Park End round to the Gwladys Street. What with the cost of land and building these days, I'd probably be lucky to get half the stand built but it would be a start.