Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast
Sep 30, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 21 segments
Welcome to a massive episode of the Royal Blue Podcast! Join Chris Beesley, Joe Thomas, Gavin Buckland, and Tony Scott as the team reacts to a historic day in English football—and bids a fond…
Joe ThomasPanelistGavin BucklandGuest
Chris BeesleyHost
We've got some already, but I'm sure we've got Tony Scott to my left and I've got Gavin Buckland to my right, so we're not going to be short of input today from

I just don't know whether we should start with some of these that we've got already.

Because the first one that's come in from Irish EFC 1878, it says, what is the one story you sat on but would love to have made public? I mean, I know you're going, but it's not like...

one yeah believe it or not try not to set a flame for hours yeah yeah to all my bridges i mean that i mean probably i've been quite a lot over the time you're obviously very privileged in the job that we do spend a lot of time behind the scenes and Yeah, you see a lot of things and you hear a lot of things and, you know, for all the stories that you do, right, it's probably ten times that you don't.

You know, you can't quite get them over the line or, you know, it's not quite the right time or whatever or it's not quite appropriate.

So, yeah, probably keep them in my back pocket for a little bit longer for the minute.

But, yeah, there are times when your judgment's tested and you're trying to work out what to go with, especially around, you know, The back end of the kind of machinery years, you know, the state of the club at the time and the concerns around it, you know, some of the things we were hearing, obviously reported on a lot of them, but they really were desperate times, weren't they?

We've got some already, but I'm sure we've got Tony Scott to my left and I've got Gavin Buckland to my right, so we're not going to be short of input today from

I just don't know whether we should start with some of these that we've got already.

Because the first one that's come in from Irish EFC 1878, it says, what is the one story you sat on but would love to have made public? I mean, I know you're going, but it's not like...

one yeah believe it or not try not to set a flame for hours yeah yeah to all my bridges i mean that i mean probably i've been quite a lot over the time you're obviously very privileged in the job that we do spend a lot of time behind the scenes and Yeah, you see a lot of things and you hear a lot of things and, you know, for all the stories that you do, right, it's probably ten times that you don't.

You know, you can't quite get them over the line or, you know, it's not quite the right time or whatever or it's not quite appropriate.

So, yeah, probably keep them in my back pocket for a little bit longer for the minute.

But, yeah, there are times when your judgment's tested and you're trying to work out what to go with, especially around, you know, The back end of the kind of machinery years, you know, the state of the club at the time and the concerns around it, you know, some of the things we were hearing, obviously reported on a lot of them, but they really were desperate times, weren't they?
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