The Blue Room - Everton FC Podcast

Matt is joined by Everton author Mark O’Brien to look ahead
to the release of the latest One By One fanzine.

We look at what’s to come in the second edition, get into shifting
Everton culture after the stadium move and look ahead to the end of the season.

Details on where to get your copy of the mag here 👇

https://thisisnotfootball.co.uk/2026/04/26/one-by-one-issue-2-out-now/

🏃 SPONSOR MATT

Matt completed the London Marathon to raise money for the Kevin Campbell Foundation: https://t.co/p698UvxHW1

EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/blueroom

Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee

➕ BLUE ROOM EXTRA

Get exclusive content and all of our podcasts ad-free when you sign up to Blue Room Extra: https://www.patreon.com/TheBlueRoomExtra

📩 EMAIL

Get in touch with Matt and Paddy for questions, comments and enquires at [email protected]

📸 LAURA GATES PHOTOGRAPHY

Get a discount when using code ‘TBR25’ at checkout
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Paddy are back from a painful weekend in London - mentally and physically.

As if a marathon wasn’t agonising enough, Matt has to relive Everton’s loss at West Ham.

We look at why the Blues have suddenly lost defensive stability and what positions need to be strengthened in the summer. Also, is it the right time for Everton to complain to PGMO about the refereeing decisions after Saturday’s appalling handball miss?

🏃 SPONSOR MATT

Matt completed the London Marathon to raise money for the Kevin Campbell Foundation: https://t.co/p698UvxHW1

🤝 NORD VPN DEAL

EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/blueroom Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee

➕ BLUE ROOM EXTRA

Get exclusive content and all of our podcasts ad-free when you sign up to Blue Room Extra: https://tinyurl.com/yc83x2zh

📩 EMAIL

Get in touch with Matt and Paddy for questions, comments and enquires at [email protected]

📸 LAURA GATES PHOTOGRAPHY

Get a discount when using code ‘TBR25’ at checkout
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warren and Rob look back at another late defeat for Everton at West Ham, ahead to a touch match at home to Man City and, as the Toffees slip into the bottom half of the table, ask "is Europe still on?"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another great weekend for VAR – Salah's dodgy penalty, Calvert-Lewin escaping red for a hair pull, and two incidents in Everton’s game at West Ham – Jordan Pickford should have been given a red card on review, and Everton should have had a penalty.We were sold a vision of minimal mistakes and no more post-match chats about how our team was robbed by a refereeing mistake. Yet we're still having those same conversations, and we can't put it down to the officials being unsighted.So, how is VAR making everything worse?The penalty decision had no bearing on Everton's defeat. That was squarely on the players and the manager. We look back at West Ham and dip in form at a bad time for the Toffees, before looking ahead to another Monday night match against title-chasing Man City.Blue Monday is brought to you in conjunction with Invisible Wind Factory. We’ll be back for the penultimate What’s the Score? at the Windy ahead of the City game, where you’ll be able to enjoy pre-match drinks and food from Pierogi and Pickles. Pop in if you're about before kick off.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start with Matt giving us his take on full time at the London Stadium, before Dave, Les, John and Warren debate what went wrong and ask if our chances of qualifying for Europe slowly slipping away.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices