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GOODISON RAW: Might Everton sale be closer than supposed?

March 28, 2013
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If you’re selling something it’s always a good idea to do some prinking first; a lick of paint here, a bit of spit and polish there. Timing is important too; selling a house in December or an Easter bunny in May will be tough. So too in the commercial world; “feed the ducks when they are quacking” is an old stock market saw which still rings true today – timing is everything. We suppose the same applies to selling a football club; there are times when buyers might be interested and times when they might not. For Everton the time has never seemed right. Burdened with debt, a decrepit...

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End Game For Moyes?

March 12, 2013
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End Game For Moyes?

It was the away team that delivered some home truths on Saturday. In a four minute spell they buried our FA Cup hopes. It wasn’t a mugging, rather a machine gunning. And it left everyone angry. Suddenly nothing is certain anymore. Our star player was booed off the field. Our manager seemed half hearted rather than heartbroken after we were dumped out of the cup. Since the final whistle blew, things have become even more chaotic. Our loss lit the Royal Blue touch paper. Phil Neville yesterday belched out a truly rancid sound bite about a top 10 finish being amazing for a club like Everton. Suddenly problems are...

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60 Evertonians: #32. Russell Davies

February 12, 2013
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  Name: Russell Davies Bio: A ‘loud-mouthed, opinionated, condescending know-it-all’, according to my missus and she claims to love me! A Jerseyman drawn to the delights of supporting the School of Science, I have managed to indoctrinate both kids and indeed the aforementioned missus in the ways of the Toffee but I have provided very little to the world otherwise. I love trail running and karate (which handily provides two alternative solutions for dealing with over enthusiastic Reds). If I had to sum up my feelings when talking about Everton in one word it would be ‘Pride’. Q1.Why Everton? Now don’t judge me too harshly: 1986-I hadn’t ever really...

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GOODISON RAW: Time to follow The Old Lady?

December 29, 2012
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GOODISON RAW: Time to follow The Old Lady?

We make no apology for returning to the divisive and vexed question of a new stadium: It is after all the single most significant issue facing this generation of Everton stakeholders. The Club’s current position is that they are considering all options including; relocation to a purpose built stadium; redevelopment of Goodison Park on the current footprint; a groundshare with Liverpool FC. To express the importance of this decision in financial terms let’s just look at the impact a state-of-the-art stadium can have with its higher proportion of premium seating and associated catering facilities, corporate hospitality and vastly improved food and drink offering for the ‘average’ fan. Currently a Premier...

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GOODISON RAW: Empty wallet nothing new at Everton

September 1, 2012
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GOODISON RAW: Empty wallet nothing new at Everton

Question: What do elite Kenyan distance runners, an alpine flower and Everton FC have in common? Answer: They have all had to adapt to living in harsh conditions. Kenyans, born at altitude, produce more red blood cells, so that when they run in an environment low in oxygen they can still perform. Bring them down to sea level and they are the masters. The Eritrichium Nanum or King of the Alps thrives in the wet and freezing mountain air above 8,000ft., where few other plants can survive. Likewise Everton have had to survive for a long time in the rarefied financial world of the Premier League, unaided, indeed handicapped...

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60 Evertonians: #31. Simon Paul

March 21, 2012
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Bio: 35 year old who has been going to Goodison for 30 years now and wishes we could be as good as we were in my first 7 years as a fan!  Run the NSNO site as a hobby, although it’s become a much bigger hobby than was ever planned.  In fact, when I started NSNO, I told my (then) girlfriend that if it ever out-grew the free hosting it was on, that I would just give it up.  A dedicated server and a break up later, it has survived. The site was started as a distraction from my day job, and it combined two things I liked most...

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The Blue Union Response To Our Article…

March 5, 2012
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This Blue Union response to our original article on the Everton Board and the Blue Union was originally posted in our comments section. As a policy we post all responses to our posts, but such a full and  well written reply deserved it’s own post. Perhaps conspicuous by its absence is a response to my allegation about the BU recording their meeting with Bill Kenwright (however, I definitely don’t want to focus too much on that alone). Having read through this article we’re saddened that an Evertonian feels not only the need to attack and misrepresent the actions of fellow Evertonians but also to so vehemently misunderstand the role...

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Blue Union & The Everton Board: A Plague On Both Your Houses (Clean Version)

March 2, 2012
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Blue Union & The Everton Board: A Plague On Both Your Houses (Clean Version)

This is a clean version of an article I posted yesterday, so that NewsNow can publish it I’ve removed the naughty words. It can’t have surprised many that Time Magazine’s Person of the Year was the Protestor. From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street (and the ever-so-slightly comical “Occupy Detroit”) to the London riots – protests were everywhere. In Washington DC, there was even growing tumult against protests, culminating in a “March to Restore Sanity”. The atmosphere of revolt was bound to bounce over to the Premier League, but in doing so it has become ridiculous. We’ve had protests outside the ground, protests inside the ground, even protests...

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60 Evertonians: #30. Stephen Maunder

March 2, 2012
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Bio: Stephen Maunder is a journalist and writer from Shropshire. He has been attending Goodison Park ever since a freezing 0-0 draw with Leeds United in December 1996. He has completed a thesis about the tabloid presentation of the England football captain in the last twenty years and has written feature articles for BBC News and various football blogs. You can follow him on Twitter @SlideShowsSteve.   Q1.Why Everton? It’s always been Everton and always will be. That’s how I was brought up. Sure, it’s a blessing and a curse but sometimes, just occasionally, they really surprise me and that makes it worthwhile. If for some reason I don’t...

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60 Evertonians: #29. Gary Naylor

February 16, 2012
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Bio: First match was the Championship winning game vs West Brom in 1970. I am eternally grateful for having seen so many matches in those glorious years under Howard Kendall. I write, whenever I get the chance, on cricket at 99.94, Cricket on Five, Spin Cricket and Guardian Sports Network, on theatre at westend.broadwayworld.com and recently contributed a football nostalgia piece to The Blizzard. I also e-mail in to the Guardian’s Minute-by-Minute coverage of football, cricket and other sports far too frequently. I’m on Twitter @garynaylor999 if you want to get in touch. 1. Why Everton? My father brought me and my two brothers up as Evertonians. It was about...

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