Michael Kenrick 27/04/2024 8comments  |  Jump to last

This morning, the sports section of BBC Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme, Today, featured a short interview with lifelong Everton fan, Jimmy Mulville.

The former comedian, comedy writer, producer and television presenter, voiced his concerns about Everton ownership and the protracted takeover by 777 Partners.

Mullville was a partner in the True Blue Holdings consortium that Bill Kenwright put together in 2000 to take over the running of the club from Peter Johnson. 

One of his fantasies is that the Premier League implodes, describing the ownership as "fetid. It doesn't work". 

Today on BBC Radio 4 [Listen from 28:25 in]

 

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Michael Kenrick
1 Posted 27/04/2024 at 09:59:03
Worth a listen. I don't know how to grab a sound clip off BBC Sounds and post that, but hopefully you can use the link above to find this part of the programme.

[Voice Memo? Not sure how I would post that…]

Tony Abrahams
2 Posted 27/04/2024 at 10:17:04
I think that, now we are safe that, a proper organized protest against the ownership should be the next thing on the minds of us persecuted Toffees.
Pete Clarke
3 Posted 27/04/2024 at 10:54:03
I agree on that, Tony. We have the remaining games left to get some banners out to let the football world know we need new owners but 777 Partners are not welcome.

It's gonna take something special to build this club of ours back up but hopefully the new stadium and the extra revenue may entice somebody with the long term in mind.

I think we've had more than our fair share of bullshit artists and our fans deserve a break.
Barry Rathbone
4 Posted 27/04/2024 at 11:20:00
Here's my banner:

Marhaba beck ya sheikh ayltk al-zarqaa fe antzarak

Mark Murphy
5 Posted 27/04/2024 at 11:22:29
Is that Greek for Koppites are Gobshites??
Dave Williams
6 Posted 27/04/2024 at 11:40:14
I wish I was as confident as you, Tony, about us being safe!
We certainly should be but this club bites you where it hurts time and again!

Are those guys you heard about still interested? Protests have to be the way for us fans. Surely if 777 Partners could do this, then they'd have done it by now?

Problem is, if they have offered Moshiri a way to recover some of his outlay, which others haven't, hence he is clinging on in hope.

Paul Hughes
7 Posted 28/04/2024 at 10:56:44
I heard the interview on the Today programme, and while interesting, I don't think it shed any new light: Without Usmanov's backing, Moshiri is trying to cut and run; 777 are a bunch of shysters; if 777 can't get approval, we run the risk of going into administration.

My (inexpert) view is that, now relegation is off the agenda, other investors will appear out of the woodwork.

I thought it was a bit shabby for the Beeb to run the interview to piss on our chips the morning after the derby win.

Michael Kenrick
8 Posted 28/04/2024 at 12:21:09
Paul,

I thought it was a bit shabby for the Beeb to run the interview to piss on our chips the morning after the derby win.

I know it's de rigueur to find any way you can to do down anything and everything to do with the BBC, but I do believe a couple of days had elapsed between Thursday (the morning after our great victory over the Red Shite) and Saturday (the day of our next game), when the interview was actually broadcast.

Or had you been celebrating so long and so hard that you didn't notice two days had gone past just like that!

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