I am and have been an Evertonian since I was taken to Goodison to see my very first professional game of football after moving up to Liverpool for my job. Everton played Manchester United and I was hooked. I had never seen such an atmosphere, so many people, so much noise and passion in all my 33 years on this earth. Along with all my family, we have been totally hooked on Everton ever since.
But recently, the game – and those who control the game – has turned rotten, just like our government and so many of those who control our services, overcome by greed and corruption.
Over these last weeks and months, I have been watching most of the time two types of programs on YouTube, most of the “ToffeeWeb” sites and “A Kind of Bias” sites, hardly able to comprehend the amount of blind corruption that these privileged people are part of.
Regarding the content of most of the ToffeeWeb sites the presenters spend so much time putting the facts of why the Premier League are punishing Everton (and soon to be Nottingham Forest as well) but not putting over to their public the real reason and the truth of why these trumped-up charges have and are continuing to be aimed at both Everton and Forest.
It has nothing to do with the rules they continually keep making up as they go along; it is all to do with the fact that, if Everton beat relegation this season and also get new owners, we will be moving into our new stadium with its increased capacity and increased revenues.
Everton, along with Forest and their new owners with their increased spending power, will become serious contenders to break into that lucrative closed shop which is wholly occupied by the Top 6 clubs. This is why this takeover business is lingering on and on and why they keep changing the rules and moving the goalposts, and all the time putting more worry and stress on the clubs — and more so on the fans.
The fans should make donations and form an association and seek legal advice about claiming damages against the Premier League for the unnecessary stress and worry that they have had placed on them. The personal lives of many fans have been affected and they are suffering genuine distress and trauma caused by the instigators of this totally unnecessary situation.