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Ever since Ken Bates launched a typically outspoken criticism of Everton’s capture of Luke Garbutt, the aspiring full-back has been burdened with greater expectation than most Academy scholars should face.

The Blues paid a substantial fee – determined by a tribunal – but Bates’ media diatribe threw a spotlight on a kid.

Football’s fascination with potential stars of the future can...

More so than almost any other figure at the Club, our Season Ticket prices come in for close scrutiny – checked and rechecked by us; poured over, analysed, and commented by the press.

And, like all prices, they only ever seem to head in one direction. There’s a commonly held view that football is getting less and less affordable. But...

Phil Neville’s comments about how the FA Cup may be the best chance of qualification for the Europa League have prompted me to pause and consider how crucial the next few games are to the Club’s ambitions for the rest of the season and beyond.

Qualification for the Europa League is one of the marks of a successful season for Everton...

Coming of Age

We've all been really pleased with the feedback following the announcement of 2012/13 ticket prices. As expected, the junior prices have been particularly well received and not just the £95 junior school price.

We've retained the really competitive £149 offer for all youngsters up to and including next season's Year 11s. And I have to admit, talk...

Somewhere halfway between Claude Makelele and Ramires.

That is the verdict on the style of Everton new boy Francisco Junior from the man who scouted him, Emerson Thome.

The former Premier League defender has been scouring the Iberian peninsula and beyond on the hunt for fresh talent to enrich the Blues’ ranks for more than four years now.

He is the man responsible...

I’m delighted that my two predictions (made in my last blog) of home victories were duly achieved over Chelsea and Blackpool. Two clean sheets as well, even better than I expected!
I don’t know what pleased me more, beating Chelsea or reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup? I suppose it’s that old mantra of one game at a time and...

Apparently you have to be mad to be a goalkeeper.

Well, that would explain why Everton’s newest professional – young Polish custodian Mateusz Taudul – is walking around Finch Farm doing Only Fools and Horses impressions.

It has been quite a journey for Taudul, who was plucked from obscurity in his homeland after being happened upon by an Everton scout while...

Seamus Coleman’s return to action this week wouldn’t have escaped the attention of most Evertonians. The Republic of Ireland international scored in Everton reserves’ 6-3 thumping of Newcastle United, playing 55 minutes and netted the opening goal of the match after only five minutes.

The full-back turned winger’s marauding runs have been missing from David Moyes’ team for the best part...