The Blue Room - Everton FC Podcast

Matt reacts to the news that The Friedkin Group have put the club on the market and are open to a full sale of the club.

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Back in December 2024, Liam sat down with author, journo and bloody good Toffee Simon Hart.The duo revisited 04/05, a milestone season in modern Evertonia. Join the pair as they discuss Cahill, Arteta, Osman et al and a famous derby win.Thanks to Gary Lunt, Sean Ponzini and Niall O’Donnell for this contribution to this episode, which is in association with The Excelsior.
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The Man City saga continues to rumble on and Liam and Paul join Warren to discuss if any potential punishment could open up again the idea of a Super League. Discussion also turns to if Everton can ever dream of being league champions again one day and the lads look ahead to the Hull game.
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Paddy’s colleague from The Athletic, Greg O’Keeffe steps in this week, as we look ahead to the return of Premier League football.

Greg also gives us a unique insight into the mindset of David Moyes and where his head could be at as time continues to tick down on his Everton contract. We also look back at the Folarin Balogun transfer saga after he has seemingly opened the door to a transfer to the Premier League again; Greg, who has interviewed the United States striker before, looks at how much of a missed opportunity it was for the Blues.

Greg also talks through his recent interview with Kevin Sinfield, who has been raising money in support of Motor Neurone Disease charities by running seven ultramarathons in seven days.

You can read that story here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7645900/2026/10/02/kevin-sinfield-rob-burrow-mnd-charity-run/

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Manchester City were found guilty on 114 Premier League charges and lodged an appeal, rival clubs began lining up compensation claims, and Real Madrid handed UEFA a reported 50,000-page dossier on Barcelona. Barcelona have since counter-sued for defamtion. All this comes four months after Everton were ordered to pay Burnley £35m in the first-ever club-to-club PSR compensation award.Picking up a Mailbag question from The Bridewell on Friday's show, we ask whether football is finally eating itself, or whether the feast started back in 1983, with Everton sitting at the table.We break down what the commission actually found against City and what happens next with their appeal. We compare City's case with every other club that's been punished, including Everton, Forest, Leicester and Chelsea, and ask why some lost points while others kept them. We explain how Burnley turned a four-point model into a £35m bill, and why it's now the template for claims against City.We revisit the history of clubs suing clubs, from Tevez and Boro v Derby to Madrid v Barça and Madrid v UEFA. And we go back to the end of gate-sharing and the 1992 breakaway to ask an uncomfortable question: is the "drawbridge" partly our own fault?Read John's piece on PSR and the drawbridge at https://theblueroomefc.co.uk/2026/10/man-city-psr-and-everton-the-rules-must-apply-to-all/This episode is sponsored by Claude.aiClaude is the AI for minds that don't stop at good enough — it's the collaborator that actually understands your entire workflow and thinks with you... whether you're debugging code at midnight or strategizing your next business move, Claude extends your thinking to tackle the problems that matter.For problems worth solving — get started with Claude at — Claude.ai slash BLUE.That’s claude.ai slash BLUE and check out Claude Pro - which includes access to all of the features mentioned in today’s episode.

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