A new era begins at Goodison Park. Marco Silva and Marcel Brands were today presented to the press for the first time since joining Everton. Brands arrived as the Toffees' new director of football last week - and he was shortly joined by former...

Marco Silva is the new Everton manager - and Everton correspondent Philip Kirkbride, Head of Sport David Prentice and Video Editor Ian Croll discuss the appointment. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sam Allardyce was finally relieved of his duties as Everton manager this morning. The Echo's Head of Sport Dave Prentice is joined by Adam Jones and Gavin Buckland to discuss the decision - and the ramifications. For information regarding your data...

It could be a seismic week for Everton Football Club, with potential changes at managerial and boardroom level. Echo Head of Sport Dave Prentice and Royal Blue regulars Gavin Buckland and Tony Scott discuss what could happen, what should happen - and...

Wayne Rooney has an 'agreement in pricinple' to join DC United. Does that mean his second Everton coming is over? Is he heading across the Pond? Do we care? Different views from Head of Sport Dave Prentice, Royal Blue regulars Tony Scott and Gavin...

Davy Klaassen has been told he's not going to be sold by Everton this summer - but does he realistically have a future at Goodison? The Royal Blue podcast team are back around the debating table after a night at The Dixies where Jordan Pickford was...

There was only one place for the Royal Blue podcasters to start today - Sam Allardyce's press conference. The Everton boss revealed he'd held positive talks with the club's major shareholder Farhad Moshiri and had been given the clarity over his...

It's a results business - and Big Sam has just ground out two more solid results. But some Everton fans still aren't satisfied. Everton correspondent Phil Kirkbride, Head of Sport Dave Prentice and Royal Blue regular Gavin Buckland reflect on the...

It's the post-Swansea analysis. And Dave Prentice, Chris Beesley and Gavin Buckland try to work whether the draw at the Liberty Stadium really was a "big, battling point" or whether Everton were too conservative by far. Once again. They also discuss...

There's plenty of disagreement in our post-derby fall-out - but one thing Dave Prentice, Tony Scott and Gavin Buckland are all in agreement on is that Everton missed a MASSIVE opportunity to end that dreadful derby drought. For information regarding...

It's a long time since Everton have celebrated a derby win. Too long. But does a derby win against a second string Liverpool team even count? You bet it does! Head of Sport Dave Prentice, Adam Jones, Sam Carroll and Royal Blue regular Tony Scott...

Our Royal Blue podcasters do what the Toffees singluarly failed to do on Saturday night - and gave it a go for almost half-an-hour. But was it a case of Manchester City being superb. Or were Everton awful? Head of Sport Dave Prentice, Chris Beesley,...

It's international week - yes that interminally dull period when we count down the minutes until the next 'proper' match. OR, discuss who Sam Allardyce should keep or sell this summer! We carried an Echo Keep or Sell poll this week, with some obvious...

As Dan Meis says, there's a "heavy debate" going on about the capacity of Everton's new stadium. Everton Reporter Phil Kirkbride is joined by Gavin Buckland and Adam Jones to pour over Meis' Twitter messages to supporters, talk through the results of...

Author Tony Evans, Head of Sport Dave Prentice and Liverpool correspondent James Pearce discuss the season Everton and Liverpool battled for supremacy on the pitch - and how the city came together to battle the impact of Thatcherism off it. For...

The Royal Blue podcast was full of Turkish Delight as the panel looked back at a match-winning performance from Cenk Tosun. Everton's new striker hit two goals to help see off Stoke City and Tony Scott and Gavin Buckland joined Phil Kirkbride to pour...

The Royal Blue team are showing they can play twice a week - with a second podcast in a matter of days. And there was plenty for the panel to get stuck into today. Everton Reporter Phil Kirkbride is joined by Head of Sport Dave Prentice, the BBC's...

From two-footed tackles on Phil Neville to why training under David Moyes was 'relentless', James Wallace gives a brilliant insight into life as a young prospect at Everton in the late noughties. In a special edition of the Royal Blue podcast, Wallace...

The latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast is jam-packed with news, views and strong opinions - with Everton's transfer strategy high on the agenda. Everton Reporter Phil Kirkbride is joined by Gav Buckland and Adam Jones with the trio debating...

This week's Royal Blue podcast has a Scandinavian feel as we are joined by special guests from the Norwegian branch of the Everton Supporters Club. Everton reporter Phil Kirkbride hosts the discussion with ECHO football writer Chris Beesley plus...

They're not booing - but they're not happy either. In this week's Royal Blue podcast our resident Toffees look back at the trip to Turf Moor and try to make sense of it all. Everton's defending, Big Sam's substitutions, the reaction of the Everton...

In the latest impassioned Royal Blue podcast, Phil Kirkbride is joined by Adam Jones and Gavin Buckland to discuss Sam Allardyce's pre-Burnley press conference, and where the Blues' expectations should lie after the manager's dividing comments... For...

Everton ran out to their traditional Z-Cars anthem on Saturday - but that was where all similarities to the Blues home form ended. Another insipid away performance ended in another away defeat - and Phil Kirkbride, who was at Vicarage Road, and Dave...

The Royal Blue podcast is back but unlike Everton's players we haven't been able to enjoy the glow of the Dubai sun. Our Everton reporter Phil Kirkbride hosts proceedings as he is joined by ECHO sportsdesk colleague Chris Beesley plus regular guests...

It's the deja vu edition. And it's not a pleasant lookback. For the second time this season our Royal Blue podcasters have raked over the ashes of a five-goal hammering at the hands of Arsenal. And while the first one precipitated the departure of...