All the reports speculated on an amorous undertow to the encounter. But what if Green's purpose in bringing the pair together was not to spark romance but to talk football?
It figures: the dinner's host is a prime mover behind the scenes at Everton, Staveley knows how to put a deal together and Cowell has more money than Croesus.
What price an X Factor-financed swoop on Goodison? It would certainly bring new direction for the club. Imagine what a bit of Cowell's production values about the place might do.
The new chairman could get Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole to mentor James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe through training, institute public telephone voting as to whether Leighton Baines or Joleon Lescott should play full-back and encourage manager David Moyes to develop a tear-jerking back story about his against-all-odds upbringing.
Evertonians might baulk, however, at any suggestion of Louis Saha being dropped in favour of Louis Walsh.
Are Everton about to get Simon Cowell's X Factor treatment? : Football - Telegraph
Not sure which is worse, the thought of Cowell anywhere near our club or the impression that we're having the piss taken out of us.
It figures: the dinner's host is a prime mover behind the scenes at Everton, Staveley knows how to put a deal together and Cowell has more money than Croesus.
What price an X Factor-financed swoop on Goodison? It would certainly bring new direction for the club. Imagine what a bit of Cowell's production values about the place might do.
The new chairman could get Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole to mentor James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe through training, institute public telephone voting as to whether Leighton Baines or Joleon Lescott should play full-back and encourage manager David Moyes to develop a tear-jerking back story about his against-all-odds upbringing.
Evertonians might baulk, however, at any suggestion of Louis Saha being dropped in favour of Louis Walsh.
Are Everton about to get Simon Cowell's X Factor treatment? : Football - Telegraph
Not sure which is worse, the thought of Cowell anywhere near our club or the impression that we're having the piss taken out of us.