Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast

It's episode three of The Alan Myers Everton Podcast and, once again, he's lined up some big-name interviews - as well as bringing along some familiar voices. The show kicks off with Alan being joined by Royal Blue Podcast trio Dave Prentice, Adam Jones and Gavin Buckland to talk Farhad Moshiri, Luis Boa Morte, Andre Gomes, Kurt Zouma and transfers, as well as summer memories of being a Blue. Pren...

After a quiet few weeks since the end of the Premier League season, things are start to happen at Everton, and just after your latest Royal Blue podcast was recorded, captain Phil Jagielka announced he would be leaving the club after 12 years of sterling service once his contract expires. Host Phil Kirkbride had quizzed Dave Prentice, Adam Jones and Gavin Buckland on why it was taking so long to g...

With summer looming, increasingly the talk is turning to transfers, or as things currently stand at Everton, the lack of them. Yes, the Blues may have snapped up goalkeeper Jonas Lössl on a free, but links with further new additions have so far been in short supply. So why is it so quiet? And is that a cause for concern? Our top Blues reporting trio Phil Kirkbride, Dave Prentice and Adam Jones att...

It's the second episode of The Alan Myers Everton Podcast - and, just like the first, it's a must-listen. Alan brings you three exclusive interviews. The first of which is a chat with the man who sat in the Goodison Park hotseat for 11 years before his departure to Manchester United, David Moyes. The Scot talks about why the Blues were the club for him, after previously turning down other Premier...

No introductions needed for this one. In the last fan podcast before a short pre-season break, Connor O’Neill and Connor Bennett battle it out to see who can be crowned quiz champion. Ian Croll is the host asking all the questions and with not much news other than the usual transfer rumours, we thought we’d have some fun. The quiz is split into three sections. The first a standard question and ans...

The first signing of Everton's summer has been confirmed! Jonas Lossl will officially join the Blues on July 1 after putting pen to paper on a three year deal. And the Royal Blue podcast team sat down just after the goalkeeper's arrival was confirmed to talk about the Danish international's addition to the squad. The 30-year-old joins on a free after being released by Huddersfield Town and so the...

Friday's Royal Blue podcast focused on the players heading out of Goodison Park this summer. But the latest edition of our flagship show concentrates on the men who be could making permanent moves to Everton during the summer transfer window - starting with Jonas Lössl. The Huddersfield Town goalkeeper has been tipped to join the Blues on a free transfer. But what do our panel, Dave Prentice, Adam...

This is the podcast where we look back on the campaign as whole. The ups, the downs, the highs and the lows. The overall verdict of the season from the fans who have followed the Blues all year round. There’s a full squad for this one. No last minute injuries, No last minute pull outs. Guests include Graham Callaghan, Connor O’Neill and Rob Astell with host, Ian Croll. The lads give their opinion...

We have teamed up with broadcaster and big Evertonian Alan Myers for a brand new podcast on the Royal Blue channel - and what a first episode to begin with! It kicks off with Alan in the studio with two fellow Blues, the ECHO's sports editor Dave Prentice and writer Sam Carroll. They look back on the first season under Marco Silva and Marcel Brands before we get the opinion of former Everton defen...

That is the first question on today's edition of the Royal Blue podcast as the panel go into depth on the potential outgoings from Goodison. Everton will attempt to reduce their bloated squad again this summer and reduce a wage bill that topped £145m in the latest set of accounts - but how hard is the task at hand? And do Marcel Brands, Marco Silva and the Blues board have a tougher job at getting...

For Evertoninans, Saturday's FA Cup final between Manchester City and Watford may well refresh the memory of the last time their side reached a Wembley showpiece. That came in 2009 when, despite Louis Saha scoring the fastest goal in FA Cup final history, the Blues were eventually beaten 2-1 by a Chelsea team in their pomp. An unlikely substitute for David Moyes that boiling hot day was Lars Jacob...

A solid display in the final game of the Premier League season culminated in Everton finishing the season in 8th position. Not exceptional by any means, but Blues fans are looking at the bigger picture. The feeling from last year’s 8th place finish under Sam Allardyce is completely different. There is a sense of expectation of what can be achieved should Everton make strides in the transfer window...

It's the end of season review on this edition of the Royal Blue podcast. Everton rounded off Marco Silva's first campaign in charge with a 2-2 draw with Champions League finalists Spurs on Sunday. The Blues finished in the same league position as last season but with more points, more wins, having scored more and conceded less. And today's panel are disappointed that another season has gone by wit...

There may still be one Premier League game to go, but the transfer speculation has already started. And one story that will have concerned Evertonians emanating from Spain on Friday was that on-loan Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes has agreed to join Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Marco Silva played down those suggestions at his weekly press conference, but should Blues fans worry the cl...

Marco Silva was back in front of the media this afternoon for the final time this season - and we have every word the Everton manager had to say in what was an interesting press conference. The Blues head to Tottenham Hotspur's new ground on Sunday and Silva is asked whether it could be the perfect time to play Mauricio Pochettino's men given their exerts in midweek, when they produced a miraculou...

We have a very special Royal Blue podcast for you looking back on one of the most dramatic and important days in Everton's history - the nerve-shredding 3-2 victory over Wimbledon at Goodison Park on the final day of the 1993-94 that ensured the club's Premier League survival in the most unlikely of fashions. The Blues were staring down the abyss before and during the never-to-be-forgotten encount...

Just like at Goodison Park on Friday night, spirits are high in the ECHO's recording studio for the first Royal Blue podcast of the week after Everton cruised to a routine 2-0 win over Burnley in their final home game of the season. But Dave Prentice, who is joined by Sam Carroll, Paul Wheelock and host Phil Kirkbride, argues that the first half-an-hour was anything but routine as well as remindin...

Everton's record for their final five home games of the season reads P5 W4 D1 G9 A0, and 13 points from a possible 15, after they signed off their Goodison Park programme in style with a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley. Paul Wheelock kicks us off - he can't get his heard round the fact Richarlison's goal has been credited to Ben Mee - before our Everton FC reporter Adam Silva provides his definit...

Moments before Dave Prentice, Adam Jones and Chris Beesley were set to record the latest Royal Blue podcast, there was an impromptu visitor to the ECHO - none other than David France, the man who created the Everton Former Players Foundation and Everton Heritage Society, and who assembled the finest collection of Blues memorabilia in the world. Naturally, we invited him on to the pod, which fittin...

Marco Silva was in front of the media on Thursday morning to preview Everton's final home game of the season against Burnley. The Blues, realistically, need to win it and then beat Tottenham Hotspur on the last day to stand any chance of qualifying for Europe, and Silva is asked about the fight for seventh place and whether it is one worth winning, given the recent struggles of both Everton and Bu...

Adam Jones, Sam Carroll and Gavin Buckland are back with the latest Royal Blue podcast, which is hosted by Paul Wheelock given our Everton FC correspondent Phil Kirkbride is taking a well-deserved week off. And the panel start by discussing the new and improved contract handed to Tom Davies. The deal shows the faith Marco Silva and Marcel Brands have in the young midfielder, but Gav also argues it...

Everton will go into their last home game of the season at Goodison Park in good spirits after taking 17 points from the last 27 on offer, but did Saturday's 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace highlight a problem that has never really been solved since Romelu Lukaku's departure. It's one of the big talking points of the View from the Gwladys Street fans' podcast, featuring Blues Tom Clarke and Anthony McE...

Everton made it seven clean sheets in their last nine matches by drawing 0-0 at Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. But a lack of killer touch in the final third cost the Blues a deserved three points, which could prove costly in the pursuit of seventh place. Phil Kirkbride and Sam Carroll were at Selhurst Park for the ECHO and they kick off this podcast by delivering their verdicts on what they...

With Marcel Brands and Marco Silva set to hold talks over the future of Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines, with the expectation that the long-serving duo will get an answer on new contracts before the final home game of the season, a large part of the latest Royal Blue podcast concerns two players who have been cornerstones for the club. Phil Kirkbride is the man firing the questions at Dave Prent...

Marco Silva has just finished his pre-Crystal Palace press conference at Finch Farm where, as well as giving his thoughts on the trip to Selhurst Park, he was asked whether he thought last weekend’s stunning win over Manchester United was the best performance of his reign, and whether his Everton side have got the credit they deserve for the way they played. The Blues boss is also quizzed on wheth...