John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Something I wrote for @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social theblueroomefc.co.uk/2026/09/hamm...theblueroomefc.co.ukThe Uncomfortable Truth About Everton's Big Club Status | 🔵Everton have the history, the fanbase and the trophies. But after decades of mediocrity and recent embarrassment, can the club still claim to be one of English football's giants? 111
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 11/06/2026📚 Wrecking Ball "Money, stats, officiating and television have killed the game we either still love or once loved. The death of it started with the Premier League." @wharto15.bsky.social on football's death by 1,000 cuts 🔗 theblueroomefc.co.uk/2026/06/wrec...theblueroomefc.co.ukWrecking Ball - The Death of Football As We Knew It 🟦Football is dead. Money, stats, officiating and television have killed the game we either still love or once loved. John Wharton laments. 0104
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 17/05/2026📚 Sixty Grand, Sixty Grand Seamus Coleman As Seamus Coleman plays his last game at Everton, the question "Is he a legend?" inevitably crops up. Is he? Does it matter? 🖊️Words by @wharto15.bsky.social 📸 Pictures by @lauragatesphoto.bsky.social theblueroomefc.co.uk/2026/05/sixt...theblueroomefc.co.ukSixty Grand, Sixty Grand Seamus Coleman - The Blue Room EFCAs Seamus Coleman plays his last game at Everton, the question of "is he a legend?" pops up? Is he? Does it matter? John Wharton explains. 132
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 08/05/2026It's the weekend! It's Mailbag! @lesroberts.bsky.social @samwhyte.bsky.social & @wharto15.bsky.social on strikers, full backs, quiz team names, classic matches, naming rights, Everton that, urban myths, rock, goths, pints & more 🟡 www.patreon.com/posts/mailba... 📺 youtu.be/OXKuMXjU1Isyoutu.beMailbag - Step by StepsYouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 043
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Has anyone got that Emlyn Hughes is a bastard photo? 110
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 06/04/2026🔵 Blue Monday - Is it time to take a stand? Another Monday night game is scheduled for #Everton - affecting travel plans, enjoyment, and maybe results. Also fans against #VAR & Brentford preview. 🔊 pod.fo/e/3f6682 📺 youtu.be/3bMuSJcNnJU 🟡 www.patreon.com/posts/blue-m... 033
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 27/02/2026It's the weekend! It's Mailbag! @lesroberts.bsky.social @toffeemod.bsky.social & @wharto15.bsky.social on overrated stuff - inc. mid-table mediocrity, winter, stadium gigs & football - barcode egos, best seasons, attendances, green tops & more 📺 youtu.be/GYnbgUof_VM 🟡 www.patreon.com/posts/mailba...youtu.beMailbag - Is mid-table mediocrity overrated?YouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 022
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Mailbag needs you 🫵 @lesroberts.bsky.social @wharto15.bsky.social @toffeemod.bsky.social (& maybe @bluebeatspoke.bsky.social) will be answering questions on #Everton & anything else 🔥 Biggest Deadline Day disappointment? 📼 Recording Friday at 5pm. Get your questions in👇 111
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 09/01/2026📨 It's the weekend! It's Mailbag! 🔵 We talk being early, referees, violent conduct, stats, Mitch Ward, armageddon, red cards, FA Cup memories, music, mammals, superheroes, daft goals, and more. 🟡 patreon.com/posts/mailba... 📺 youtu.be/xOvRkb43Pegyoutu.beMailbag - What’s the earliest you’ve had to get up for an Everton game?YouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 021
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Can some of you tell that bore @googlyeyecat to stop blocking and unblocking me. I don’t care enough about them to even attempt to follow them. This is the third time they’ve blocked me 200
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Who had five minutes forty four seconds before the mancs obsession kicks in? 000
Reposted by John WhartonJB 1964 @jb1964.bsky.social · 29/10/2025@mattyblag.bsky.social @winstonoboogie.bsky.social @generalzod.bsky.social @wharto15.bsky.social @peterfearns.bsky.social @mikeado.bsky.social @mikemurph.bsky.social @miltfarquhar.bsky.social @barriewhite.bsky.social members.boardhost.com/everton-foru...members.boardhost.comEFC 652
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 23/10/2025📰 The Weekly 🔵 @lesroberts.bsky.social @wharto15.bsky.social & Ed discuss the changing face of matchdays since the move from Goodison, look ahead to Spurs, and look back at the Everton career of Seamus Coleman. 📺 youtu.be/C4g2Cm0W5tU 🟡 www.patreon.com/posts/weekly... 🔊 pod.fo/e/3429c0youtu.beThe Weekly - How Have Matchdays Changed Since The Move?YouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 032
Reposted by John WhartonJB 1964 @jb1964.bsky.social · 19/10/2025@barriewhite.bsky.social @winstonoboogie.bsky.social @mattyblag.bsky.social @peterfearns.bsky.social @mikemurph.bsky.social @mikeado.bsky.social @wharto15.bsky.social @generalzod.bsky.social @miltfarquhar.bsky.social members.boardhost.com/everton-foru...members.boardhost.comEFC: How did the shite get on?Well ? 352
Reposted by John WhartonJB 1964 @jb1964.bsky.social · 04/10/2025@mattyblag.bsky.social @winstonoboogie.bsky.social @peterfearns.bsky.social @wharto15.bsky.social @miltfarquhar.bsky.social @barriewhite.bsky.social @mikeado.bsky.social @mikemurph.bsky.social members.boardhost.com/everton-foru...members.boardhost.comEFC 441
Reposted by John WhartonTracey Binnie @traceybinnie.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Would anyone like to buy my ticket for tonight's Half Man Half Biscuit gig in Glasgow this evening? I can't go and I don't want it to go to waste.secure.ticketmaster.co.uk 0013
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🔵 It's (derby) weekend! It's (a bit of a derby) Mailbag! We talk derby day nerves, nicknames, goals, celebrities, and former players. There's also Beto, Mike Walker, being starstruck, referees, hot takes & more. 📺 youtu.be/9drbAyNUR4o 🟡 www.patreon.com/posts/mailba...youtu.beMailbag - Schrödinger’s Attention SeekersYouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 021
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 14/09/2025@theparisangel.bsky.social @williamshuttoh.bsky.social what’s with this? Is that at Maine Road? 110
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2025It's the Weekend! It's Mailbag! Les, Sam, Pete & Warren on summer, pop, international Toffees, bad dives, transfer flops, jacket spuds, @GianlucaChianti, excuses, Brookside, Batman, and more. 📺 youtu.be/sa8if5G-l30 🔵 www.patreon.com/posts/mailba...youtu.beMailbag - Which Everton player would reside on Brookside close?YouTube video by The Blue Room EFC 022
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2025📰 "It’s transfer deadline day. Football’s equivalent of ten-to-two in a terrible nightclub. The players you ignored suddenly look more appealing through deadline-day goggles." @wharto15.bsky.social on some of Everton's less illustrious last-minute signings 🌐 theblueroomefc.co.uk/2025/09/tran...theblueroomefc.co.ukTransfer Deadwood Day - The Blue Room EFCIt's another transfer deadline day and Sky is ramping up the hyperbole. John Wharton looks at some of Everton's less illustrious last minute signings. 082
Reposted by John WhartonRodger @rodgerarmstrong.bsky.social · 01/09/2025@michaelhincks.bsky.social on free to roam Grealish: “It’s an approach that delivers a glorious middle-finger to the ways of Guardiola, flying in the face of tactics that have filtered their way down the English football pyramid and left League Two fans dismayed.” liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/388...liveapp.inews.co.ukJack Grealish’s start at Everton is a glorious middle finger to Pep-ballWith a license to roam, Everton are already witnessing more of the Aston Villa Grealish than the player was ever allowed to show at Manchester City 032
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2025📰 "Everton’s right-back woes remain a constant worry. Other than the capture of Seamus Coleman, it feels as though the last proper right-back the club signed was Marc Hottiger back in 1996." @wharto15.bsky.social on Everton's right back issues theblueroomefc.co.uk/2025/08/get-...theblueroomefc.co.ukGet (Right) Back! - The Blue Room EFCThe transfer window closes in a couple of days wiht no signs of a right back. John Wharton looks at a 40-year-long problem at Everton. 121
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2025🔵 BYLINE 56 – “It very quickly felt like our place” 🏟 🎙 @mattjfootball.bsky.social | @paddyboyland.bsky.social | @bridewell.bsky.social #EFC 📺 Watch: t.co/7gi4KQOE1u 🎧 Listen: t.co/DPmgsxM0dl 195
Reposted by John WhartonPatrick Boyland @paddyboyland.bsky.social · 26/08/2025After 3 weeks of impasse, Everton & Southampton resumed talks for Tyler Dibling on Friday By Monday, he was an #EFC player. Rarely are the final stages of transfers this smooth How Everton signed a top English talent & finally filled problem position👇🏼 www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...nytimes.comHow Everton’s patience finally paid off in Tyler Dibling sagaEverton's long wait for a right-winger is finally over with the arrival of Tyler Dibling. It has been a far from straightforward transfer 35511
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 26/08/2025My latest for @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social on Everton’s August travails 021
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2025🗣️ BYLINE 56 🎙️ @mattjfootball.bsky.social @paddyboyland.bsky.social @bridewell.bsky.social 🔵 Perfect day at @evertonstadium.com 🔵 In the stands and press box 🔵 The Grealish difference 🔵 Dibling done - more big transfers coming? Watch 👉 t.co/7gi4KQOE1u Listen 👇pod.foThe Blue Room: Everton Byline 56 - Will more big transfers follow Dibling deal?When Everton confirmed they were moving to the docks, that is the type of day we all had in mind wasn’t it?Life at Hill Dickinson Stadium started in perfect style for the Blues. Matt and Paddy go... 088
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2025📘 "Everton and August have never been natural bedfellows. Put them together and you usually get false starts, sluggish afternoons, and a lingering sense that summer still has the upper hand." @wharto15.bsky.social on Everton's August record - as bad as it seems? theblueroomefc.co.uk/2025/08/augu...theblueroomefc.co.ukAugust & Everything After - The Blue Room EFCEverton and August have never been natural bedfellows - a mix of false starts and sluggish afternoons. Did Sunday change all that? 033
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Spotted @seanrostron.bsky.social today looking like a proper reprobate 120
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 23/08/2025That little cunt from Arsenal has already shown he’s an Arsenal player by cheating for that penalty 330
John Wharton @wharto15.bsky.social · 19/08/2025One thing that was missed last night and needs pointing out is that Leeds need relegating for everyone singing along to The Kaiser Chiefs at the end. 110
Reposted by John WhartonThe Blue Room - Everton Podcast @theblueroomefcpod.bsky.social · 17/08/2025🗣️ EVERTON BYLINE 55 🎙️ @mattjfootball.bsky.social @paddyboyland.bsky.social @bridewell.bsky.social 🔵 Are leaks an issue after Moyes comments? 🔵 Injury worries - what happens at Leeds? 🔵 Dibling transfer latest after Doak, Hutchinson deals Watch 👉 tinyurl.com/7zhe675x Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/31527cpod.foThe Blue Room: Byline 55 - Do Everton really have an issue with media leaks?Everton are back - but some comments from David Moyes have got the Blues social media space staring.The Everton manager spoke out about potential leaks at his press conference on Friday after news ... 084
