Louis

Rubbish then.

It'll be a joint application if it is for Stanley Park, I can't see EFC being able to afford it when LFC can't.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...abi-917204.html

It's been denied.. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/everto...64375-22010434/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mi...ge_of_sale.html Please be QIA!

Should Moyes be on the Everton board? Could a manager ever be successful as a boardmember and as a football manager at the same time?

try http://www.mirrorpix.com and type in Goodison Park

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Not sure where this should go to be honest because Everton have debt and are Europe is our target. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...e-Football.html

The construction of six £25 million boarding schools, stocked exclusively with the best 11- to 16-year-old footballers in the country, is being planned by the Premier League in a move that will revolutionise academy football. The construction of six £25 million boarding schools, stocked exclusively with the best 11- to 16-year-old footballers in the country, is being planned by the Premier League in a move that will revolutionise academy football. It will also alarm many Football League clubs and may damage the Football Association’s proposed National Football Centre at Burton. Manchester United are already considering building their own boarding school, but the Premier League proposal will have the main star pupils of all 20 elite clubs stationed at educational establishments in the North-East, the Midlands and two centres each in the North-West and London. The scheme will allow Premier League clubs access to the most promising youngsters currently outside their reach because of the Football Association’s controversial 90-minute rule. The rule was designed to stop schoolboys spending most of their evenings travelling to and from clubs after school. It is also aimed at protecting smaller clubs from losing the talent on their doorstep to distant, but more attractive clubs. The rule has been a source of constant frustration to directors of leading Premier League academies, some of whom have turned to overseas talent like Spain’s Cesc Fabregas at Arsenal because of the restrictions on them domestically. United’s manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has constantly voiced his desire for his club’s high-class cadre of youth-team coaches to work with starlets from across England, not just from within 90 minutes of Old Trafford. The champions argue that it makes more sense for them, and also in the long run for England, if tyros come under their enlightened wing earlier. Under the Premier League plan, the most gifted 11-year-olds would be invited by a club to attend one of these six hot-house footballing centres where they would work towards GCSEs but spend part of the curriculum nurturing their technique under Uefa Pro-licensed coaches. Aged 16, they would then sign forms with their parent clubs or be released. In the Football League, some of Watford’s players currently attend school at the specialist Harefield Academy, mixing French lessons with shooting sessions, though it is non-residential. The complexities of running six boarding schools, from finding suitable sites to recruiting teaching staff, has yet to be sorted out but the buildings would be funded by money generated from the next domestic television deal, which is expected to exceed the current £1.7 billion. If BT Vision or ESPN join Setanta and Sky in chasing the coveted Sunday 4pm slot, a bidding war could easily produce the additional £150 million required for the six schools. The Premier League would also fund running costs by charging clubs an annual boarding fee of around £25,000 per pupil. For all the obvious attractions of these Premier League boarding schools, notably the quality of the coaching, the more “contact time’’ with young footballers and the reality that schoolboys will not be involved in exhausting car journeys three nights a week, there are inevitable concerns. Many children might not wish to leave home at the age of 11, nor might many parents be willing to part with their offspring so young, though the level of teaching will undoubtedly echo the Premier League’s commitment to excellence. Those who do not want to board will simply continue training with their own academies. The circumvention of the 90-minute rule will cause immediate concern among many Football League clubs who have relied on selling home-grown youngsters to survive. The scouting networks of the elite clubs are so sophisticated that they will have already spotted nascent talent outside their current 90-minute area. Aston Villa controversially brought in Hastings-born Gareth Barry from Brighton & Hove Albion aged 17, whereas the boarding school system would allow them to lure a similar talent at 11. Brighton were extremely unhappy at the Tribunal-decided fee for Barry and their mood would darken further if their best kids are plucked away at an even younger age. Such are the myriad sensitivities over player-development that the Premier League face some awkward talks with the Football League, though there is the chance that prominent clubs outside the elite division will be included in the boarding school set-up. The Premier League plan does, however, allow relegated clubs to keep their pupils in the boarding system. If the Football League are worried about the impact on their youth development structure, the FA will also be alarmed by the potential damage to their proposed £80 million National Football Centre at Burton. If the Premier League’s six boarding schools offer the best footballing education to the nation’s young pretenders then Burton’s raison d’etre may be questioned. In any case, one thing is sure: the Premier League plan is sure to stir up controversy. Going for a Burton The proposed National Football Centre in Burton has been a political football for almost a decade. The £80 million project, modelled on the French academy in Clairefontaine, was launched in 2001, but the FA put it on hold in 2003 as the Wembley Stadium redevelopment ran into trouble. A scaled-down version was announced in 2005, but last December the Government said Burton was just one of the sites being considered. In May, the FA decided Burton was the way forward and suggested it would be ready by 2010.

It was an obscure reference to the Slave museum being opened in the Albert Dock and if you visited it you'd swear blind that Liverpool was central to the slave trade. Don't get me wrong, I know Liverpool was involved with the triangular trade in the 18th century but so was Bristol. London saw a lot more slaves come and go.

Laing O'Rourke say Liverpool haven't got the cash for their new stadium: http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/20...-late-2009.html I think there is a high probability of the groundshare happening simply because it makes financial sense. I decided to add to this thread instead of starting a new one on groundsharing

Kitbag and Nike were expected to be the companies involved with Everton next season but according to some the manufacturer will be Le Coq Sportif. I don't know if it's true, just passing it on! No disrespect to LCS but I don't think kids will be too pleased if its true - big brands are king, and many would want an Adidas or Nike kit - they'd probably sell more too.

It's not mine, I don't know who writes it but I laughed at this and thought it was worthy of being shared: http://evertonfcblog.blogspot.com

We seem to have had wires crossed somewhere along the line.. so to surmise is this what has happened? In summary, I said Kirkby is expected to take in less matchday revenue in 2010 than Anfield did in 2006/2007 - I said this limits Everton's future growth (mainly because we will have took on a lot of debt to pay for the stadium, I don't see why extra hospitality boxes can't be in place straight away - as far as I know the stadium expansions only include the 10,000 seats for a 60,000 stadium). I then suggested that a groundshare makes financial sense from my point of view because Everton will never be able to compete with rivals financially whilst confined at Kirkby and will be at best 8th in the matchday revenue table. I acknowledged that Kirkby could see a 59% increase in matchday revenue and that is a good thing but I don't feel it is enough to bridge the gap to the top four in financial terms. Everton Worshipper said he agreed with me that the lack of corporate hospitality is a concern for the long-term. SteveO said that there will be an increase in outgoings on matchday due to an expected increase in attendance and that this would eat into the revenue - we all agree on this. Jim commented that more stewards are needed at Goodison Park than would be needed elsewhere at a modern stadium with a similar capacity. Licker has looked to see the average attendance of CoMs last season and it was around 42,000. In it's first season the attendance level was 46,834. He wanted to establish what a likely predicted attendance would be at Kirkby for Everton. I'd like to add that the repayments for the new stadium would also eat into the matchday stadium however I feel that a smaller amount of money could be borrowed to take capacity to 50,000 at Goodison Park in the short-term which would allow us a steady income to rebuild Goodison slowly but surely. Long-term it would cost more to redevelop Goodison than Kirkby - I won't dispute that but by making smaller baby steps (transitional approach) we can take less risk with the finances and we can ease cash flow and rebuild a stadium that was once considered the best in the country.

http://www.fox.com/24/trailer/

Makes no difference Mike, Liverpool was the epicentre of the slave trade don't you know?

Apparently Albert Docks been hired out for a celebrity party - the echo will be creaming themselves at the prospect of it. Brandon Flowers called Liverpool "the birth place of rock and roll" which is nice, that'd be ace on a welcome sign. Welcome to Liverpool Birthplace of Rock & Roll and home of Everton FC

Sadly I know from experience.

Shares in ailing sportswear chain JJB Sports hit a record low after an insurer refused to cover suppliers against the firm being unable to pay them. French-owned Coface - one of the world's biggest credit insurers - confirmed it had withdrawn its cover from suppliers dealing with the Wigan-based group. The decision comes a week after JJB posted half-year losses of £9.7 million and its auditors said there was "significant doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern. Shares in JJB tumbled more than 25% to a record low of 26.25p - valuing the group at just £64.5 million. The slump comes just 15 months after JJB founder and Wigan Athletic chairman David Whelan - who set the business up in 1971 - netted £190 million from the sale of his 29% stake in JJB. The company declined to comment on Coface's decision, which is set to hit the group's cashflow as its suppliers insist on more demanding terms. As well as contending with damning comments from its auditors, JJB was also forced to refute claims that it was in breach of a covenant relating to a £15 million banking facility with Bank of Scotland. Arden Partners analyst Louise Richardson said: "Suppliers are likely to demand better terms which could include up front payments - this will clearly put more pressure on cash flow/working capital requirements. "Suppliers may also decide not to supply at all, which clearly would have an impact on trading particularly ahead of the key Christmas trading season and thus forecasts would be severely under pressure." The group, which has 400 retail stores, has looked to offset its reliance on replica kits by increasing the proportion of "own brand products" in its stores, adding to existing examples such as Olympus, Patrick and Lotto.

Jim - I don't know why you are assuming that I've even taken season tickets into account for my figures. Robert Elstone said that Goodison brings in £800k per matchday in matchday revenue. He also said that the club can expect Kirkby to bring in £10million more than Goodison. More staff will be needed on a match day including police, stewards, caterers, bus drivers and petrol costs so SteveO does have a point. That's before you realise that the club will be taking up to £78million (at this time, final fee expected to be higher) worth of debt on for the stadium and the outgoing payments will be increased. I'll see if I can get the spreadsheet up to share with everyone.

Goodison apparently has 9 corporate boxes all in the main stand. Interesting you say that about the £10million additional income Bill! I've seen a spreadsheet from a fan who calculated it and attempted to work out ticket structures etc. and he couldn't get the numbers to add up. He took it to a financial editor of a Liverpool Daily newspaper who agreed with him that it doesn't add up.

You're only looking for a kickback following your email!

Rumour is that the interested parties are H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Qatar Investment Authority) and Anil Ambani. Everton have denied it, but who knows?

Preview of Everton team in Pro Evo 2009: http://www.pcaction.de/?menu=browser&m...yes&page=36 I'm underwhelmed. Tim Howard looks more like Dewey from Malcolm in the middle.