Author Jim Keoghan

Rationality and supporting a football club rarely go hand in hand. In fact, there are few things in life that make us so inured to objective thinking as being a fan. We catastrophize, and then in a blink of an ...

‘Imagine what we could do with money’. I doubt there’s a Blue alive who didn’t think this during the Moyes-era. As Everton relentlessly tapped at the glass ceiling, threatening but never succeeding in smashing...

When Allardyce was appointed Everton manager, although the majority of Blues shuddered at his arrival, there was also a sense of understanding amongst some. Looking back on the season now, it is easy to believe...

Call it age, call it maturity, call it apathy born from resignation, but the more time passes, the harder I’m finding it to summon up the all consuming loathing I once felt so passionately for the sh**e across ...

Just after Everton had equalised in January’s FA Cup game, as my elation ebbed and the brief flurry of serotonin that had flooded my brain began to dissipate, natural Blue pessimism reasserted itself. With ...

Misery loves company, as the old saying goes. For Evertonians, the only set of supporters who really used to understand the pain we endured were those who followed Manchester City. For years, our Manc cou...

Is this the worst Everton side ever? It’s a question that has been posed with depressing regularity this season. It’s easy and seductive to see why the answer for many people has been a resounding ‘yes!’. G...

If only we had a few more quid, we’d be alright. I doubt there’s a Blue alive who didn’t think this during the pre-Moshiri years of financial hardship that covered the reigns of Smith, Moyes and Martinez. ...

This is what a relegation threatened season looks like. That’s what I told my son when he recently quizzed me about why Everton were so (I’m paraphrasing here). When the drop zone exerts its gravitational p...