The Official Everton Podcast

Former Everton winger Ronny Goodlass is currently trekking across Holland on a sponsored walk with a bit of a difference! Ronny is walking from ADO Den Haag’s Cars Jeans Stadion to the home of NAC Breda, the Rat Verlegh Stadion, the two clubs he played for during his spell in the Netherlands. His walk - which began on Monday and ends on Thursday - is a distance of 102 kilometres and will raise muc...

Our latest Bred a Blue podcast guest is currently spear-heading Plymouth Argyle’s League One promotion push. Steven Schumacher never made a First-Team appearance for his beloved Everton, but he went on to play 500 games as a professional and is currently in charge at Home Park as The Pilgrims look to lift themselves up into the Championship. The former midfielder harbours no grudges about not maki...

Terry Darracott was an Evertonian. He loved the Club and served it with distinction, over 18 years in total, as a youth, reserve and then first team player before returning as a coach. Sadly, he passed away on 22 March 2022, at the age of 71, just a few short weeks after recording an Official Everton Podcast. Terry’s interview was to be a part of a forthcoming series featuring ‘Sons of the 70s’, b...

Our latest Bred A Blue podcast guest is former midfielder Hope Akpan. Born in Liverpool, Akpan joined the Everton Academy when he was 8-years-old and moved through the age groups to play for the First Team. He was one of several debutants when David Moyes’ side played BATE Borisov in the Europa League at Goodison Park in December 2009. Akpan came off the bench to replace Jack Rodwell after just ei...

Our latest Bred A Blue podcast guest is Keith Southern, who joined Everton as a teenager but had to leave to fulfil his football ambitions. While he may have not represented Everton at senior level during his time at the Club, Southern went onto to have a fine career, that included promotions all the way through to the Premier League, playing alongside Seamus Coleman at Wembley, and recovering fro...

This week’s Bred a Blue podcast features the story of a young player who fought back from the devastation of leaving his boyhood team to forge a new career at Everton with the Club's life-changing official charity. Stephen Wynne spent eight years with the Club before being released and subsequently turning his back on football – but he is now back in the fold, doing fantastic work for Everton in t...

The third episode of the Official Everton Stadium Podcast has arrived with development back underway after a brief festive break. Plenty of progress has been made since the second episode, with around 480-thousand cubic metres of fluidised sand now at home in the Bramley-Moore Dock. Darren Griffiths caught up with Senior Project Manager, Ben Townsley as the first foundations are built for the Club...

Former Everton defender Peter Clarke is the latest guest in our Bred A Blue podcast series. Still going strong as captain of League Two promotion chasing Tranmere Rovers – almost twenty-one years after making his debut for Everton – Clarke turns 40 years of age on 3 January 2022. It was January 2001 when Walter Smith handed him his senior bow at Highfield Road against Coventry City, sending him on...

Listen to an emotional Gary Speed special edition of the Official Everton Podcast, 10 years on from the tragic passing of the former Blues midfielder. Lifelong Evertonian Speed joined his boyhood club from Leeds United for a fee of £3.5million in July 1996 and went on to make 65 appearances for the Toffees, scoring 18 goals in that time. In our latest Official Everton Podcast, former teammate Dunc...

Alan Irvine offered Mick Rathbone some sagely advice when they were discussing the potential of the latter man penning his original autobiography. “Why would anyone walk past Paul Scholes’ book or Gary Neville’s book to pick up yours!” quipeed Irvine. Thankfully, 'Baz' - as everyone in football refers to the former Everton physiotherapist - took no notice and wrote ‘The Smell of Football’. It was...

Our latest Bred A Blue podcast is with Steve Seargeant who joined the Everton youth ranks in 1966 and went on to play 90 games for the First Team. Steve, born and bred in Liverpool and a lifelong Evertonian, speaks about his experiences coming through the ranks, how he helped Alex Young with his blisters, getting advice from Alan Ball and how wingers would frequently go ‘over the top’ on full-back...

16 years on from his Everton debut, James Vaughan opens up on his mental health struggles as a kid and how more can be done to help the youth in society. He also discusses how the battle against racism has evolved with the challenges faced by attacks on social media. Vaughan takes a moment to reflect on his career and the names the best he has played alongside. Darren Griffiths caught up with the...

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, our latest Bred a Blue feature is with 1970s winger Cliff Marshall. Marshall came through the ranks to become the first black player to appear in the First Team when he made his debut at Goodison Park against Leicester City in 1975. He would only play eight times for Everton before moving across the Atlantic to sign for Miami Toros. In Bred a Blue,...

The second episode of the Official Everton Stadium Podcast has arrived and it's 'filled' with information from Bramley-Moore Dock. Construction workers have began to infill the site with sand from the River Mersey, while pumping water from the dock right back into the sea. In our second instalment, Darren Griffiths caught up with those working on site making the Everton dream a reality. We also he...

One of the founding members of Everton's first-ever Women's Super League team, Fern Whelan helped to build the foundations of what the women's team are today. The former Blues defender began her football journey playing boys football before signing for Everton at the age of 16, having a brief stint with Liverpool Women between. One of England's rising stars, Whelan was named the FA Women's Young P...

In an open and honest interview, Campbell spoke of the importance of education of racial equality and calls for harsher punishments for individuals caught discriminating. Campbell became the first-ever black player to captain Everton Football Club, an accolade he is honoured to have on his footballing career. Darren Griffiths caught up with the former Everton captain in the latest episode of the O...

Sunday 16 November marks 40 years since Everton Great, Neville Southall made his debut for the Blues. The Official Everton Podcast caught up with the two-time FA Cup winner as the former goalkeeper reflected on that debut, his journey in football, and what it meant to play for the blue side of Merseyside.

In our latest episode of the Bred A Blue, Everton under-18s coach Paul Tait takes a look back on his career, progressing through the Everton Academy ranks and inspiring the next generation of Club talent.

In the first episode of our new series, we hear from Chairman Bill Kenwright about his pride on breaking ground, Colin Chong provides a progress update you won’t want to miss, the divers plunging in to Bramley-Moore Dock explain how they have been clearing and sealing the basin, as well as what they have found on the dock bed, and we get an insight into how the dock infill process will work from t...

Everton legend opens up his son Jack's leukaemia prognosis after a shattering setback and explains how becoming a stem cell donor can be 'lifesaving'.

Lifelong Evertonian Scott Brown discusses how he bounced back from being released by his boyhood club to play more than 400 professional matches, the key influence of Blues legend Colin Harvey, and playing with a young Wayne Rooney...

Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Jamie Jones reveals how his Everton Academy grounding providing a perfect platform for his successful pro career, his enduring love for the Blues, and how he witnessed Jordan Pickford's incredible potential at a young age.

From Netherton to the European Championship, the latest guest on our Bred a Blue podcast series is Stoke City and Wales goalkeeper Adam Davies. Davies is currently preparing for his nation’s Euro 2020 last-16 clash against Denmark but he took time out to reflect on his Everton Academy days and his subsequent professional career.

Our latest Bred A Blue podcast guest Gethin Jones explains how his grounding at Everton provided a platform for a successful pro career. The right-back, who has just won promotion to League One with Bolton, reflects on working with the Duncan Ferguson at the Academy and the vital positional change that shaped him as a footballer.

John Doolan came through the ranks at Everton and, while he did not make a First-Team appearance for the Blues, went on to play more than 500 matches in a successful professional career. His is a story of how the adversity of release can be overcome by determination, hard-work and confidence in your own ability.