The Official Everton Podcast

In the latest Everton Women edition of the Official Everton Podcast, we find out more about summer signing Poppy Pattinson.  The England Under-21 international completed a move from Bristol City in July, penning a two-year deal.  A native of the north-east, Pattinson joins Sarah Halpin and Davie Thompson to discuss her journey from Sunderland's youth academy to the Toffees, why she has been made t...

Thomas Hitzlsperger has described his experience of coming out as gay and the positive impact doing so had on his life in an exclusive interview for the Official Everton Podcast. The former Germany international midfielder opened up publicly about his sexuality in 2014, six months after leaving Everton and calling time on a career that saw him lift the Bundesliga title with VfB Stuttgart as well a...

Former midfielder Mark Ward discusses his career journey and road to redemption in the latest edition of the Official Everton Podcast. Learn how Ward recovered from the "bombshell" of being released by Everton as an 18-year-old in 1981 to fight his way back to sign for the Blues under Howard Kendall a decade later - and how he "broke down" on learning of the transfer from his then-Manchester City...

Recorded on the eve of the new WSL season, Hayley Raso discusses her long wait for a Blues debut and what fellow Australian Tim Cahill told her about the Club in the first of a new series for the Official Everton Podcast. Listen to Raso explain how she recovered from damaging three vertebrae in her back to play and score in a World Cup finals just 12 months later, why a broken nose and the coronav...

In a new mini-series for the Official Everton Podcast, we're speaking to former Blues about their careers and life journeys after leaving Goodison Park. Our latest guest, Jack Rodwell, joined Everton aged seven and rose through the ranks to make his First-Team debut in 2007 aged just 16. He went on to play for England's senior team four years later and would collect a Premier League title winner's...

In a new mini series for the Official Everton Podcast, we're speaking to former Blues about their careers and life journeys after leaving Everton. Our latest guest, Jose Baxter, became the Club's youngest ever player in August 2008 when he appeared in a Premier League game against Blackburn Rovers aged just 16 years and 191 days. Tipped for stardom, he went on to run out for Everton's First Team o...

In a special edition of the Official Everton Podcast, Victor Anichebe and Ben Osu of the Anthony Walker Foundation (AWF) shared their experiences as black men growing up in Liverpool. The BBC One drama Anthony, to be broadcast at 8.30pm on Monday (27 July), will revisit the murder of 18-year-old Anthony in Huyton 15 years ago, and imagine the life he could have had. Former Everton striker Anichebe...

In the first of a new mini-series that will see the Official Everton Podcast speak to former players about their time at Goodison Park and career and life journeys after leaving the Blues, we catch up with Joleon Lescott. Listen now to hear the defender discuss his tough introduction to life at Everton, his role in paving the way for the Blues' signing of Leighton Baines, the circumstances surroun...

Francis Jeffers and Sander Westerveld reliving their infamous Anfield dust-up nearly 21 years after the pair were sent off for squabbling in a Merseyside derby. Don Hutchison explaining Walter Smith’s extraordinary departure from Everton’s usual warm-down routine the morning after winning across Stanley Park. Reflections on the derby goal that never was when Hutchison deflected a free-kick from go...

Why the 1985/86 Everton side was the greatest team Gary Lineker played in. How he finally decided to join Barcelona after weeks of deliberation – and his regret at not staying at Goodison for longer to play for ‘one of Europe’s greatest teams’. The former striker’s love for Howard Kendall, and admiration for current Toffees boss Carlo Ancelotti. And how Dominic Calvert-Lewin can become one of Engl...

In what inventive way did Gazza imitate Gary Naysmith's dad's moustache? How did Richard Gough leave David Moyes needing "about nine stitches"? Why could Thomas Gravesen not follow the rules? And why is Naysmith still scared of Archie Knox now?

Peter Reid and Adrian Heath are joined by Howard Kendall's son, Simon, to discuss what made Everton's greatest boss the master tactician and man manager he was, how he dealt with pressure away from the pitch and, in Simon's case, what it is like being the child of a serial-winner football legend.

What did Louis Saha say to make Tim Howard realise he was part of "the Everton fabric"?  How did the dressing room disappointment with a 2-2 draw at Arsenal open Landon Donovan's eyes to the standards required of a Toffees player? What are Brian McBride's recollections of his first shooting session with a 17-year-old Wayne Rooney? And which of this week's guests says playing for Everton was "speci...

Which UEFA Cup group game made Lee Carsley and Victor Anichebe reevaluate Everton's stature?  How did David Moyes get the best out of his teams in European competition? Why does James McFadden regret leaving so soon?  And why do all three former Blues believe Everton is truly unlike any other club?

Former Everton teammates Sylvain Distin and Leon Osman get together with former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew to share some training ground tales and talk the Blues and boxing.

Barry Horne, Matt Jackson and Joe Parkinson tell the story of Everton's run to 1995 FA Cup glory.

Striker and defender excited for the future after penning new long-term deals with the Blues.

This summer, Everton's work in the transfer market brought no fewer than seven new faces to USM Finch Farm. Each came from a different part of the world, each needing to set up a new home in an unfamiliar place which was, in some cases, thousands of miles from home. So what does the Club do to ensure the smoothest possible transition for its incoming stars? In an insightful interview with evertonf...

The man behind the designs for Everton's proposed new stadium talks to Darren Griffiths and Graham Stuart. Interview July 2019.

Former Academy Director Ray Hall discusses his unorthodox Everton job interview with Howard Kendall, why our 1998 FA Youth Cup triumph remains his greatest ever achievement, and being dumbfounded by an eight-year old Wayne Rooney.

Manager Andy Spence joins us to discuss Everton Ladies’ switch to a professional, full-time outfit, the appointment of Phil Neville as England Women’s manager, the art of captaincy, and more.

Veteran broadcaster John Keith on interviewing the great Harry Catterick, his love of Bellefield and covering the Blues throughout the glorious 1980s.

Our 1995 FA Cup winning captain on his career at Goodison Park, securing the 1987 title at his former stomping ground and his pride at caretaker-managing the Blues to safety in 1997.

Academy product turned Academy coach Keith Southern joins Darren and Snods to reflect on his career away from Goodison Park, playing alongside Seamus Coleman at Blackpool, and going full circle with the Blues.

Head of Academy Coaching Sean Lundon and Tom Kearney, phase lead for 9-12 year olds, discuss mentoring Everton’s youngest age groups and an encouraging 2017 for the Club’s youth system.