Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast

Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO, including our main Royal Blue show with Ian Croll, Joe Thomas, Chris Beesley, Connor O'Neill, Gavin Buckland, Paul Wheelock, Matt Jones & Tony Scott.

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Meet Marco and Marcel
New Everton manager Marco Silva and new Director of Football Marcel Brands delivered their first press conference at Finch Farm - and Phil Kirkbride, Dave Prentice and Adam Jones were there. They discuss the dynamic duo's first public appearance as...
21 min
1027
Marco Silva and Marcel Brands press conference ...
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...
21 min
1028
Hi ho Silva! Marco Silva unveiled as new Everto...
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
27 min
1029
Sam Allardyce Sacked: Royal Blue Special
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...
28 min
1030
Allardyce the end? And if so, what's next?
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...
36 min
1031
Loving Roo? Wayne, Sam & West Ham
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...
38 min
1032
Royal Blue podcast: The Dixies, Sam Allardyce &...
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...
37 min
1033
Why Everton fans deserve full clarity over Alla...
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...
36 min
1034
The Big Sam conundrum
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...
25 min
1035
Big, battling point? Or more safety first footb...
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...
33 min
1036
Derby day fall-out: Rooney, tactics and a massi...
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...
30 min
1037
231st Merseyside Derby preview
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...
37 min
1038
Sky Blue thinking - were City exceptional? Or E...
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,...
28 min
1039
The Tinder Episode (aka Keep or Sell) from Seam...
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...
34 min
1040
The Everton stadium capacity debate
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...
44 min
1041
Two Tribes: Why Everton were the heroes in the ...
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...
26 min
1042
Stoked up by Turkish Delight
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...
30 min
1043
Awaydays, recovery times and Robert Elstone
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...
44 min
1044
Two-footing Phil Neville & why Moyes was relent...
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...
21 min
1045
Should Blues sign Vardy? Everton transfer strat...
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...
43 min
1046
Everton's season has been 'an absolute scandal'
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...
32 min
1047
Turf War: The fall-out from Burnley and more tr...
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...
41 min
1048
Allardyce's future and where should Everton's e...
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...
41 min
1049
The Watford inquest, Allardyce question and Far...
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...
31 min
1050
Was Everton's Dubai trip the best preparation f...
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...
36 min