The esk podcasts

Welcome to this special edition of Everton Business Matters where for the first time since May 2021 Rodger Armstrong, John Blain and I get together to discuss the last seven years, right up to the pot...

Welcome to this episode of the Esk podcasts. Today I an joined by freelance journalist Paul Brown review the season to date, take a detailed look at Lampard, his style of management, what's working, n...

Welcome to another episode of the Esk podcasts, featuring two fellow Evertonians, Rodger Armstrong and Paul Brown.
Several months since we last spoke, so we cover virtually every topic from the end of...

I am joined by Jazz Bal, Chair of the Everton Fan Advisory Board as we look back on the comments made on Sky Sports News and then an examination of the Fan Advisory Board. We have a frank discussion a...

Welcome to this episode of the esk podcasts. Today I am joined by Mark from The People's Group 
We discuss a range of topics including how to gain supporter support for change in the club we all love....

John Blain  and Pete Molyneux feature in their regular end of season podcast to do their annual review of the previous season and discuss hopes and expectations for the future for both Everton and Man...

Welcome to another episode of The Esk podcasts. Joining me is a man who needs no introduction to whoever listened to or watched Everton in 1970's and 80's on Radio City and Granada, the one and only E...

Welcome to this episode of The Esk Podcasts. Today I am joined by Dave Powell business football writer at the Liverpool Echo, and Tim Keech, Co-founder of MRKT Insights, a leading football consultancy...

Today's podcast sees me catch up with a fellow Blue, Mike Gow, who is an expert in China, having worked there for 15 years and is a leading academic on industry, management and even football in China....

Personal taste is hugely important - anyone fancy a Thornton's Toffee? A takeover special with two highly qualified and interesting guests
I am joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater and a life long Eve...

Welcome to this episode of the Esk podcasts featuring Gavin Buckland. Not only is Gavin Everton's offcial statistician, author and regular podcaster with the Liverpool Echo, but he and I share somethi...

Today's podcast is with Martyn Zeigler, Chief Sports writer for The Times newspaper. Martyn and I discuss the Burnley/Leeds letter to the Premier League.We look at wider financial reporting issues bef...

A fantastic hour of conversation with Richard Watts, life long Evertonian and someone who understands the importance of local assets both in the public and private sector - a really interesting conver...

Welcome to a new episode of the esk Podcasts. Today I am joined by Paul Brown and Rodger Armstrong. Paul is a leading football reporter for the Reach stable of newspapers and as such has seen/worked w...

Welcome to the recording  of the 27years Campaign Twitter Space first broadcast on Thursday 20th January 2022 with Rodger Armstrong and myself .
In our first live space we discuss the reasons behind t...

Today I am joined by Rodger Armstrong to discuss the #27years campaign and why the messaging and target of that messaging is so important to the prospects of change at Everton.
The campaign is predica...

In the post Derby Talking the Blues Podcast  we talked about Moshiri's role at the club over the last six years. Apologies that this is largely a (15 minute) monologue but I think it is important for ...

On the day the Fan Led review of Football is published I get together with Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game to discuss the report's findings and recommendations.
We look at the importance of independent...

I get together with Rodger Armstrong  plus journalist and great Blue Paul Brown to look at the Wolves match but also a wider look at where we are as a club. What do we need to do to break the cycle we...

This evening I am joined by Niall Couper a director of Fair Game and one of the original founders of  AFC Wimbledon. Fair Game is an organisation set up to represent a growing band of football clubs s...

I get together with Rodger Armstrong and journalist Paul Brown to review the 2020/21 season from an Evertonian's perspective. Rodger and Paul give their insights into "clear progress", Carlo's perform...

On the 9th May episode of Talking the Blues we got into the conversation surrounding UEFA, the treatment of the twelve miscreants and then a wider conversation on governance, regulation and fan involv...

Today I am joined by football journalist and Evertonian, Paul Brown to have a chat about Carlo Ancelotti. Paul had the good fortune of reporting on Carlo's time at Chelsea so shares his experiences of...

Today, I am joined by Dr Gary James, academic, historian, Manchester City supporter and writer of several books including Joe Mercer's biography Football with a smile.
We cover a lot of ground, compar...

Today, I am joined by Rodger Armstrong and BBC Leeds Adam Pope. Adam, born on Merseyside and as you will discover a life long Blue.
We spend a good hour chatting about the modern Leeds, Bielsa, their ...

Today I am joined by Dr Dan Parnell, Kieran Maguire and Dr Rob Wilson to discuss their recently published paper "Covid-19 the return of football fans" presenting the case that spectators are key to th...

George Costigan, actor, writer and most recently one half of the Costigan brothers contribution to the Talking the Blues Podcast joins me to talk about football, old FA Cup finals, personality changes...

Today's episode features Paul Brown, a lifelong Evertonian and London based football reporter for Reach PLC.
Paul really gives new detail into Moshiri. We talk about Usmanov, Ancelotti and our transfe...

A detailed examination of how we become a success once more. We draw on the experiences of success stories such as Tony Adams, who had to recognise where he was before claiming the help that led to re...

Today's podcast is with football agent Neil Sang. A registered agent for more than 22 years Neil looks after a host of players on different rungs of the football ladder, from the Premier League to mor...

Today's podcast features life-long Blue, Neil Wolstenholme and the BBC's chief football writer Phil McNulty to discuss Everton's 2019/20 season. We ask searching questions of the squad and individuals...

Following on from my recent article regarding Farhad Moshiri and Everton, I sat down with Rodger Armstrong and examined in further detail what is meant by strategic thinking and the points within the ...

Today I am joined by Rodger Armstrong and Andrew McGregor to discuss our Director of Football. We analyse his 2 years here, looking at what he inherited, the environment in which we works and the chal...

In a departure from talking football and the business of football, I talk to Dave Critchley, Executive Chef at Liverpool's regional Chinese restaurant, Luban. We talk about Tianjin, in North East Chin...

Today, in the first edition of the esk podcasts, I am joined by two Evertonians who ought be heard more frequently. Rodger Armstrong and Neil Wolstenholme will be known to many Blues that populate Twi...

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