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

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    • 4.5 • 261 Ratings

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

    Michael Ball Special: Truth Behind My Everton Exit | Goodison Park: My Home

    Michael Ball Special: Truth Behind My Everton Exit | Goodison Park: My Home

    Michael Ball is perhaps aptly number three in our Goodison Park: My Home series as he joins Chris Beesley in the ECHO’s Royal Blue studio to look back on his playing career.
    The lifelong Evertonian explains how he grew up close to Goodison and attended matches regularly from a young age before coming up through the club’s junior ranks and making his senior debut as a 17-year-old under caretaker manager and fellow Scouser Dave Watson in 1997.
    Ball admits he defied doctor’s orders to play his part in a second ‘Great Escape’ under Howard Kendall the following year but after battling back from injury problems and Walter Smith signing a clutch of other left-backs to be named the club’s player of the year in 2001, he reveals that being told Everton had accepted transfer offers for him that summer when he thought he was on the brink of being offered a new contract with his boyhood team felt like “a dagger in the heart.”
    Now back watching the Blues from Goodison’s stands as a fan again and offering hard-hitting views as a weekly ECHO columnist, Ball’s candid opinions make for yet another passionate, lively and fascinating discussion.
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
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    • 1 hr 24 min
    Disgraceful Chelsea Defeat! What Next? Royal Blue

    Disgraceful Chelsea Defeat! What Next? Royal Blue

    Sean Dyche suffered his heaviest defeat as Everton manager as his side were torn apart 6-0 by a rampant Chelsea side at Stamford Bridge in their first fixture since being handed a new two-point deduction, their second sporting sanction of this season.
    Cole Palmer was the main architect of the Blues’ downfall as he ran riot with four goals on the night, the last of which came from the penalty spot while Nicolas Jackson and substitute Alfie Gilchrist netted the others but while their hosts were on form, the visitors made it too easy for them at times with some slack defending and a rare blunder from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
    Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Connor O’Neill as they react to the Monday night’s disgraceful 6-0 defeat. 
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
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    • 57 min
    777 Partners extension | Chelsea Preview

    777 Partners extension | Chelsea Preview

    Host Chris Beesley joins the ECHO’s Everton correspondent Joe Thomas and regular guest Gavin Buckland for the latest edition of the Royal Blue podcast as they discuss another tumultuous week off the pitch at Goodison Park.
    Following on from Everton’s latest points deduction on Monday, prospective owners 777 Partners have formally requested an extension to a deadline to pay a major club creditor. Going back to football matters, after finally ending the club’s longest-ever winless streak in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Burnley, Sean Dyche’s side are now preparing to face Chelsea and the panel preview the trip to Stamford Bridge.
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
    Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. 
    Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav
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    • 57 min
    Everton hit with new points deduction | Royal Blue

    Everton hit with new points deduction | Royal Blue

    Everton have been deducted a further two points after the outcome of their second Profit and Sustainability Rules case this season was announced.
    After Everton handed an initial 10-point deduction in November – the biggest sporting sanction in 135 years of English top flight football at the time – which was later reduced to six points on appeal, the club were charged with a second breach of Premier League PSR in mid-January; which began a 12-week disciplinary process.
    Everton set out its position in a three-day hearing last month amid what has been a process lacking in clarity or guidelines. The appeal panel for Everton’s first charge said that there had been two “legal errors” in the club’s original verdict but then the independent commission handling Nottingham Forest’s charge only handed them a four-point deduction for a breach 77% larger than Everton’s, acknowledged it could not be sure how even the reduced punishment handed to the Blues had been calculated.
    Join Chris Beesley and Gav Buckland for the latest Royal Blue Podcast. 
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
    Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. 
    Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav
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    • 37 min
    Burnley a must win! Everton fans’ rallying cry! 777 Uncertainty! Royal Blue

    Burnley a must win! Everton fans’ rallying cry! 777 Uncertainty! Royal Blue

    Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Dan Haygarth for Friday’s Royal Blue Podcast. 
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
    Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. 
    Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav
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    Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc
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    • 57 min
    Calvert-Lewin penalty rescues Blues | Newcastle 1-1 Everton | Royal Blue

    Calvert-Lewin penalty rescues Blues | Newcastle 1-1 Everton | Royal Blue

    Join Ian Croll, Chris Beesley and Gav Buckland as they look back at Everton’s 1-1 draw with Newcastle United.
    Substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin's late penalty snatched what could be a precious point for Everton against Newcastle United at St James' Park after Alexander Isak had put the hosts ahead in the first half.
    Although the result ensured the Blues broke their club record for their longest-ever winless run in the Premier League, the result, taken in isolation, and coming after the Magpies had a second goal from Dan Burn ruled out for offside after a VAR check, was a significant positive.
    Everton FC podcasts from the Liverpool ECHO’s Royal Blue YouTube channel.
    Get exclusive Everton FC content - including podcasts, live shows and videos - everyday. 
    Subscribe to the Royal Blue Everton FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3aNfYav
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    • 1 hr 4 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
261 Ratings

261 Ratings

Satchemodo ,

Five stars

Not an Everton fan but always listen to the pod. Keep up the good work.

coasterjunkie ,

Must listen for all Blues

This is a must listen for all Evertonians. Good insight from the people on the ground. The audio quality could sometimes be better, although I’ve never had too much of an issue hearing it.

DavvoMctavvo ,

Good Pod - Terrible sound/ volume

Please sort volume issues - adverts are at normal volume, pod is much lower. This results in being deafened whenever adverts are interspersed.

Please ask Chris to stop using term “petrodollar- fuelled” and phrase “lowest points total in the club’s history”. They have become so tired…. does he get paid each they are used or is he doing it for a bet?

Otherwise love the discussions as there is often much to agree and disagree with about the club we love (hate).

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