Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast

Everton’s push for a European place gathered further momentum following the Blues’ 3-1 win over Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon! Goals from Bernard, Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewis ensured victory was secured despite a slight scare from former Liverpool forward Christian Benteke! Carlo Ancelotti’s men are now unbeaten in five Premier League games with the points accumulate...

Host Phil Kirkbride speaks to Chris Beesley and Sam Carroll ahead of Everton's final game before their winter break at home to Crystal Palace. There's plenty on the agenda with James McCarthy's return to Goodison Park discussed and the potential merits of Wilfried Zaha's proposed move from the Eagles to the Blues last summer also debated. Given Everton's dramatic rise over the past couple of month...

David and Josh look at the impact of Carlo Ancelotti on two key players, the introduction of set-piece routines, picking up key results and thereafter look ahead to Palace.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Managed to recover from Saturday yet? Everton secured a dramatic 3-2 victory over Watford last weekend thanks to a Yerry Mina brace and a last-minute winner from Theo Walcott. The brilliant form over Carlo Ancelotti continues, and suddenly the possibility of European football is on the horizon once again...Phil Kirkbride is joined by Adam Jones, Gavin Buckland and (eventually!) David Prentice to...

Everton don’t do comebacks and they certainly don’t do last minute winners, so to get both in one game was rather pleasing. The scenes following Everton’s 3-2 comeback victory over Watford at the weekend will be will be a welcome sight and after the Newcastle capitulation, it was much needed. Everton now are firmly in the race for a European spot with plenty of points still to play for. In this we...

And so we have reached January transfer deadline day, but it's set to be a quiet one for Everton. With just hours left of the window it seems the Blues will not make a senior signing over the course of this month, but is that a good thing? Phil Kirkbride is joined by Adam Jones, Sam Carroll and Gavin Buckland to discuss just that. The panel also mention two big injury updates from Carlo Ancelotti,...

David and Josh review some of the transfer business made by some of Everton's rivals this month, consider whether the Toffees missed out on any of these players and thereafter look ahead to Watford this weekend. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

News of an £85million bid for Everton forward Richarlison broke online just as the lads were about to enter the podcast studio. The Barcelona bombshell without a doubt came from no where and became the hot topic in this week’s Agenda podcast. Ian Croll and Connor O’Neill answer your questions but first, they address the unwelcome news on Everton’s Brazilian forward For information regarding your d...

This week, David and Josh examine the fallout from West Ham and Newcastle before taking questions from some of the show's listeners For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We should be talking about Moise Kean’s first Everton goal. We should be talking about Bernard’s Man of the Match performance. We should be talking about the stellar performances of Morgan Schneiderlin and Fabian Delph. We should be talking about a routine 2-0 Everton win over Newcastle. Instead we’re talking about the craziest two minutes a Goodison Park crowd has seen in a long time. In this wee...

It's a tale of two halves in this latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast. The first-half focuses on how well Everton had played for almost all of Tuesday night's game with Newcastle United, establishing a two goal lead after a commanding performance. The second-half moves onto the events of the 94th and 95th minutes at Goodison. Host Phil Kirkbride is joined by Adam Jones and Gavin Buckland to d...

It's been another eventful week for Everton. The club held its General Meeting on Tuesday in which record losses were announced, a deal over stadium naming rights option with USM was confirmed and Marcel Brands gave a candid speech about the task on his hands. And that's before this weekend's match against West Ham came into the equation - with Carlo Ancelotti confirming he will be without both Ri...

The hosts analyse Saturday's 1-0 win over Brighton at Goodison ParkAnalyse potential January transfer targetsLook ahead to the upcoming clash with David Moyes' West Ham side. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WATCH THE AGENDA PODCAST ON YOUTUBE - HEREThe Royal Blue Agenda podcast returns after a few weeks off with plenty discuss. The January Transfer Window is in full swing and this week’s questions submitted by you the fans centre very much around potential incomings and outgoings. Ian Croll and Connor O’Neill are sat in the hot seats to answer your questions as they also discuss and react to all the...

The win over Brighton – not pretty by any means but Everton secured the win. At this stage of this season, less than three weeks into Carlo Ancelotti’s reign as Everton manager, that’s all that matters. Blues’ fans expect to be entertained, but who cares when you have a manager who can win you games. In this week’s View from the Gwladys Street, Ian Croll sits down with Graham Callaghan and Rob Ast...

Subscribe to the Royal Blue YouTube channel - HEREA win is a win. A result was all that mattered for Everton heading into Saturday's game against Brighton, and the Blues came away with all three points thanks to their Brazilian talisman once again. Richarlison scored the only goal of a 1-0 win at an understandably flat Goodison Park, although that doesn't mean the match was devoid of talking point...

Angry fans descending on Finch Farm to confront the Everton players, Fabian Delph's social media spat and Carlo Ancelotti's press conference are all discussed in the second Royal Blue podcast of the week. Host Phil Kirkbride is joined by Dave Prentice, Sam Carroll and Chris Beesley to also talk about Cenk Tosun's loan move to Crystal Palace, the visit of Brighton, the injury update on Andre Gomes...

Sam Carroll and Phil Kirkbride discuss the possible transfer of Cenk Tosun to Crystal Palace, how likely it is and if it would benefit Everton. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Analysing Everton, David Hughes and Josh Williams return to  discuss Everton's terrible display at Anfield, whether psychology should play a bigger part in their recruitment process and thereafter look ahead to Brighton. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a brand new year, it’s a brand new decade, but unfortunately it’s still the same old Everton. The Blues succumbed to yet another embarrassing Anfield derby defeat, this time in the FA Cup and this time against a Liverpool team who fielded players who weren’t even born the last time Everton won at Anfield. Ian Croll is joined by Rob Astell and Ben Crawford as they sit down to assess and analys...

After a Christmas break the Royal Blue podcast is back, but in circumstances no-one will have wanted. Everton were embarrassed again at the hands of bitter rivals Liverpool in their latest outing, despite the hosts playing a distinctly second-string side. Curtis Jones bagged the only goal in the second half to condemn Carlo Ancelotti's Blues to another defeat and knock them out of the FA Cup. It w...

Carlo Ancelotti is the new Everton manager. The 60-year-old Italian hosted his first press conference at Goodison Park on Monday morning after watching Saturday's goalless draw with Arsenal from the stands alongside Farhad Moshiri, Bill Kenwright and Marcel Brands. The ECHO's head of sport Dave Prentice, Everton correspondent Phil Kirkbride and breaking news writer Sam Carroll were all in attendan...

This week on Analysing Everton, David Hughes and Josh Williams recap Everton’s trip to Old Trafford, discuss their cup tie with Leicester City and drill down the numbers behind Moise Kean. They also look ahead to Ancelotti’s arrival and Arsenal’s trip to Goodison. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

Everton 1 Manchester United 1 and it’s fair to say we were all disappointed not to come away with all three points at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon. In this week’s fan podcast, Ian Croll, Ben Crawford and Rob Astell sit down and discuss the latest news coming out of Everton FC. Four unexpected points in two games...Duncan has come in and not only steadied the ship but he has given us our identi...

On this weeks show, David Hughes and Josh Williams discuss Everton's great win vs Chelsea and the psychological impact of Ducan Ferguson. They also inspect the merits of Carlo Ancelotti and whether he is the correct appointment for the club before looking ahead to the Blues trip to Old Trafford  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices....