News Archive – Mar

Late South Coast Woes

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.

Footballers v Athletes

31/03/2024

Our long winless run is a soul-destroying experience, and it’s not that long since Ancelotti’s false dawn saw us top the table with some scintillating football. Why is the football now so dire? Dyche will get blamed for hoofball tactics; others will point to the severely weakened playing staff after 3 years of negative investment and […]

Premier League — Matchweek 30

30/03/2024

The Premier League returns with 8 games on Saturday – 5 in the 3 pm blackout window, and 3 broadcast live – followed by the last two games on Sunday: Saturday 30 March 2024 12:30 Newcastle Utd v West Ham Utd — TNT Sports 117:30 Aston Villa v Wolves — Sky Sports20:00 Brentford v Manchester Utd — Sky Sports Sunday 31 […]

Burnley (H) meet-up

29/03/2024

Back in January, in preparation for my maiden voyage to Goodison Park next week, I recounted my journey in becoming a true Blue. A good many of you responded with kind words, stories of your own, recommendations for my time on Merseyside, and offers to meet up and show me a good time upon my […]

🎙ToffeeWeb Podcast: ‘The Christm… err… Easter Quiz’

29/03/2024

Andy Howard reprises his role as quizmaster as Adam McCulloch, Paul Traill and Lyndon Lloyd battle it out to see who has retained more useless information about Everton than the others. Play along at home and see if you can do better! → Episodes You can listen directly via the Acast player above or take […]

Bournemouth vs Everton

28/03/2024

Sean Dyche will have a mostly fit squad when Everton’s Premier League season resumes on Saturday with only Dele Alli, Lewis Dobbin and Arnaut Danjuma likely to be ruled out completely due to injury and lack of fitness.

Full-back pair acknowledge lack of playing time

27/03/2024

Both Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson mentioned their lack of recent action for Everton in interviews while on international duty this week, with the Club captain admitting he won't "throw my toys out the pram" over not being selected.

‘Nothing Will Be The Same’ wins SJA award

25/03/2024

The BBC Sounds podcast series, <em>Everton: Nothing Will Be The Same</em>, that chronicled the Blues' turbulent 2022-23 season, won the award for Best Podcast at the British Sports Journalists' Association Awards ceremony this evening.

Paul Gregg laments failure of ‘flagship’ Kings Dock stadium

25/03/2024

Former Everton director, Paul Gregg, has been giving his side of the story of Everton’s doomed Kings Dock project, 20 years after it collapsed, which left the Club to eventually seek other options to resolve their long-standing stadium issue. 

Forest lodge appeal against PSR sanction

25/03/2024

Nottingham Forest are appealing the decision by an independent commission to deduct them four points for breaching the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules.

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George Farmer grave rededication

25/03/2024

The Everton Heritage Society unveiled a headstone at the grave of George Farmer, considered the club’s first professional player in 1885, in Anfield Cemetery last Saturday. The celebrated ‘king of the screw shot’ and a potent attacking threat down the Toffees’ left flank in the mid-to-late 1880s, Farmer was considered the club’s first professional player. […]

If you’re not part of the problem you’re part of the solution

25/03/2024

For all the mentally exhausting talk of how FFP and PSR have ruined the game for many and forever more, I haven’t yet read a solution that will make the game more competitive (while remaining sustainable). The current system failed miserably. A new system will be drafted in the summer and allegedly it will be […]

Irish talents leave a lasting legacy at Everton

25/03/2024

Ireland has a long-standing connection to Merseyside, with its people, culture and traditions shaping the economic and political history of the city. The links have been further strengthened by sport – a point evidenced by the number of Irish players who made a massive impact in English football with Everton. The club’s successful history of […]

FAB seek clarity from three stakeholders in Everton’s future

25/03/2024

Everton's Fan Advisory Board issued a statement today indicating to supporters that they have written letters to Farhad Moshiri, the Premier League and 777 Partners looking for "answers to the questions we have received from Evertonians about the maelstrom of uncertainty that engulfs our club at this moment".

Colin Harvey — An Evertonian Life

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.

Thierry Small is making a good impression with the Addicks

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.

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Conditional access

23/03/2024

The good news for 777 Partners is that the Premier League is finally ‘minded to approve” their bid to purchase Everton. The bad news is the four conditions they need to meet to make it happen, write Paul Brown and Philippe Auclair.

England beaten by late Endrick goal for Brazil

23/03/2024

Jordan Pickford played the full 90 minutes but Jarrad Branthwaite had to wait for his first England cap as Gareth Southgate's side were beaten 1-0 by Brazil at Wembley tonight.

Win a signed Everton shirt by helping Yellow House charity

22/03/2024

Hello and good morning my dear friends, This may come as a shock to many of you but I have been in hospital  — Arrow Park Cancer Ward 30, Room 15 — many months with cancer and the after effects of chemotherapy. I have given up going to The Dark House and to Everton games, […]

Whatever Happened to… What’s his name?

21/03/2024

Danny O’Neill’s recent Talking Point article about under-rated Everton players made me think about some of the many players we have signed under our current ownership who were most definitely over-rated. We all usually know what happens to players who become top players, even if they move on to other clubs. The poor players move […]

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UHT Podcast: The Unofficial Everton Timeline

20/03/2024

Steve Dickinson and Lyndon Lloyd spoke to Mike Richards on the Unholy Trinity Everton Podcast about their book, The Unofficial Everton Timeline: The Moshiri Years, 2014-2023, which was released on Amazon in February. They talked about Farhad Moshiri’s initial vision, where it all went wrong, the role of the fans, and how the book covers […]