News Archive – Oct

The quarter season mark: an assessment

30/10/2023

After 10 games in the Premier League we have now reached the end of the First Quarter in Season 2023-24.  Still plenty of football to be played but I think a few things are becoming clear.  Some good, some bad.  Here’s a few observations. League Position The table has us in 15th place on 10 points. […]

Silver Blues — You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Grey

30/10/2023

West Ham Utd 0 – 1 Everton I quite like that silver grey strip even though I prefer amber as the change colour. I quite like that simplistic badge. If I go complete retro, how about the diagonal “EFC”? Anyway… I know I am often accused of nostalgically referring back to the 80s but the […]

Everton fixtures in November 2023

30/10/2023

It’s now a near-certainty that Everton are in for another season-long fight for Premier League survival with the bookmakers now giving 2/1 or better odds on five teams including the Toffees. Everton fans are more likely to win playing online slots than betting on their own team at the moment. These are sad days for the […]

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Super League rebels got off lightly — why are Everton being crushed?

28/10/2023

“When six clubs conspired towards the ruination of English football for their selfish ends, the Premier League knew exactly what to do,” writes Martin Samuel. “It fined the European Super League rebels £22 million, collectively. So, roughly £3.66 million each for a plot that would have destroyed our domestic game. That showed them. “Yet if […]

Premier League — Matchweek 10

27/10/2023

The weekend’s Premier League football kicks off early with a Friday game on Sky, and four more televised across Saturday and Sunday in the UK.  Friday 27 October 2023 20:00 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur — Sky Sports   Saturday 28 October 2023 12:30 Chelsea v Brentford — TNT Sports 1  17:30 Wolves v Newcastle […]

West Ham United vs Everton

27/10/2023

Everton are back in the Capital this weekend, the scene of their only away win of the Premier League campaign so far, as they take on David Moyes’s West Ham at the London Stadium.

Fixture changes for December and January

26/10/2023

Five of Everton’s Premier League fixtures in December and January have been changed to accommodate television broadcast schedules, which means the Blues won't play a traditional Boxing Day game this year. 

🎙ToffeeWeb Podcast: ‘The End of an Era’

24/10/2023

Discussing the news that broke on Tuesday afternoon concerning the death of Everton's Chairman, Bill Kenwright; looking back on the controversy at Anfield; then ahead to Sunday's game against West Ham at the London Stadium.

Add it to the list

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…

Everton Players and Legends

22/10/2023

Just catching up, so this will be short and sweet. Given the talk of players past and present on yesterday’s derby match report thread, here is my view. Nostalgic, light discussion but maybe therapeutic after yesterday to take our minds off the events that unfolded and have been fiercely debated. I thought it best to […]

Young red card wrecks Everton plan at Anfield

21/10/2023

Ashley Young became the latest Everton player to be sent off in a Merseyside derby, one that the Toffees eventually lost after Michael Keane's handball allowed the reds to break the deadlock with 15 minutes to go.

Everton U18s win at West Brom

21/10/2023

Everton U18s were on the road at West Brom for a late morning kick-off in the U18 Premier League Cup and they came away with a precious win

Will Everton’s Away Form Keep Them in the Premier League?

20/10/2023

We’re eight games into the new Premier League season and Sean Dyche’s Everton team has a total of seven points. The slow start is worrying. What’s more worrying though is that, until the recent win against Bournemouth, The Toffees had not scored a single home point. The stats show that Everton has more points on […]

🎙ToffeeWeb Podcast: ‘You Just Never Know…’

19/10/2023

Has the history of the Anfield derby made Evertonians completely numb in the lead-up to the game? Also, discussing the "secret" independent commission into Everton's financial breaches, 777 Partners and the excellent BBC Sounds pod series.

Season Ticket Fan Survey about the New Stadium

19/10/2023

I have just completed a fan survey about season ticket holder “seat migration” at the new stadium and I am fuming. I sit in the Top Balcony, with family and friends, above the half-way line and about half-way up.  In the map of the new stadium, our corresponding seats will not be available for season […]

Premier League — Matchweek 9

19/10/2023

The Premier League returns with a bang with 3 TV games out of 8 on Saturday after the latest International Break, the Anfield derby kicking off the weekend: Saturday 21 October 202312:30 Liverpool v Everton — TNT Sports 117:30 Chelsea v Arsenal — Sky Sports  20:00 Sheffield Utd v Manchester Utd — Sky Sports   Sunday 22 October […]

Liverpool vs Everton: Dyche’s side aiming to topple the Reds

19/10/2023

Everton travel across the city after the international break aiming to put a major dent in Liverpool’s hopes of challenging for the Premier League title. However, having won just once at Anfield in all competitions since 1999, it would be fair to say the odds are undoubtedly are stacked against the Toffees in the latest […]

Liverpool vs Everton

19/10/2023

Premier League football returns this weekend, Storm Babet permitting, with Everton travelling the short distance across Stanley Park to their old ground for the Anfield derby

777 Partners reject claims takeover bid has stalled

18/10/2023

The proposed takeover of Everton FC by 777 Partners is reportedly at risk because the Florida-based firm have thus far failed to provide a UK Government regulator with the required audited financial statements, a claim they have challenged.

Pickford heading to Euro 2024 with England

17/10/2023

Jordan Pickford was back in goal for England at Wembley this evening as Gareth Southgate's men booked their place at next summer's European Championship Finals with a 3-1 win over Italy.

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Fit for a King

17/10/2023

Josimar have published a fourth investigate article looking at the finances of proposed owners of Everton, 777 Partners, this time focusing on the amount they appear to owe one of their biggest creditors. The degree to which 777 Partners is indebted to Kenneth King is difficult to overstate. Josimar has seen evidence that, as of […]

Nick Walsh and the First Biography of Dixie Dean

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.