After seeing off one billionaire-funded club in Manchester City, another follows hard on their heels. Everton tend to do well against Chelsea, especially at Goodison, where the Londoners have lost on their last two league visits. Andre Villas-Boas has spent the week telling everyone that they will not underestimate the Toffees – whether that has the desired effect remains to be seen. Tim Cahill is expected to shake off a foot injury, while Nikica Jelavic may make his Goodison Park debut and Steven Pienaar will certainly make his second-coming. Against Wigan he was Everton’s best performer and his return has lifted the morale of players and fans alike. Phil...

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WELCOME TO TWITTER: Where I’m just tired of arguing with morons who don’t have a clue about anything and are wrapped up in their own JFK style conspiracy theories where the military industrial complex is trying to rip the heart out of Everton. Where Bill Kenwright is an insidious General Secretary chuckling to himself as he binds yet more naive billionaires into a web of confidentiality agreements. Or maybe Kenwright is a Sith Lord and Moyes is his trainee Darth Vader. Where David Moyes is overrated, over cautious, clueless and living off his past. Where Everton are an attractive investment, underperforming on a net budget of less than nothing....

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A group of Everton fans have used their initiative to set up a vehicle called Trust Everton which they want to use to buy the club’s Finch Farm training complex funded by supporter subscriptions and donations. The facility is owned by Essex-based Hudson Capital Properties, to whom the club currently pay £1.1m a year in rent. In October 2011, Hudson Capital Properties put Finch Farm up for sale for £15.3m. Everton have an option to buy it in July for a set fee of around £16.5m and Trust Everton plan to buy the training complex and perhaps help fund a new stadium. The idea, which has the backing of shadow...

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