Magic Weekend 2026: Ashes sell-out lures Super League to Hill Dickinson Stadium November 25, 2025 Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium will stage rugby league’s Magic Weekend for the first time next summer following the success of its hosting of an Ashes clash. The Merseyside venue will be the third different venue for the two-day Super League festival in as many seasons, after St James’ Park in Newcastle this year and Elland [...]
Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium to host first non-football match October 30, 2025 Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium is gearing up to host its first non-football sporting event as the rugby league Ashes arrives on Merseyside. The 52,000 capacity Bramley-Moore Dock venue is the newest in the Premier League, hosting its first trial match in February, and will this weekend add a new sport to its roster. England head [...]
Who owns each Premier League club as US shareholdings boom? August 17, 2025 British firms or individuals are the biggest shareholders in just five Premier League clubs as US ownership booms ahead of the new season. Tony Bloom’s 96 per cent shareholding in Brighton and Hove Albion is the largest British stake in a Premier League club while Matthew Benham’s significant holding in Brentford is the only other [...]
Everton top Premier League table for fan engagement August 12, 2025 Everton are the best Premier League club for fan engagement, research shared with City AM reveals. The Fan Engagement Index 2024-25 has ranked The Toffees 10th in the country, making them the highest scoring club from English football’s top league. The Fan Engagement Index has been published by Think Fan Engagement (TFE) every year since [...]
Branston maker buys Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building in cut-price deal July 22, 2025 Princes, the food group behind the likes of Branston, Olivio and Batchelors, has acquired Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building in a cut-price deal. The company has purchased the building for £60m, three years after it was put up for sale for £90m. The sale was called off in November 2022 due to a lack of [...]
Ticketing firm Seat Unique partners with Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium June 16, 2025 Premium ticketing firm Seat Unique has become a founding partner of Everton FC’s Hill Dickinson Stadium. The deal sees the platform expand its sporting portfolio to the Bramley-Moore Dock site, having already ventured into cricket, NFL, golf, rugby union and boxing, among others. It comes ahead of the Toffees’ much anticipated move to the Merseyside [...]
Everton owners in talks to buy data firm to help manager Moyes April 30, 2025 In this week’s Ahead of the Game: Everton’s Friedkin Group looks to data, Hundred and World Cup latest, bookmakers and the EFL. Everton’s owners, The Friedkin Group, are in talks over buying a data company to assist David Moyes with player recruitment. Following an internal review conducted at Goodison Park since the multi-club owners bought [...]
McIlroy Masters success tees up PGA TV rights price hike for Sky Sports April 16, 2025 Ahead of the Game: Can Sky Sports hold on to PGA rights, how do Hundred teams claim their cash, will Everton’s women stay at Goodison Park, and what will Super League look like in 2028? The PGA Tour is hoping to capitalise on the Rory McIlroy effect by securing a significant increase in the value [...]
Everton sponsor Stake to leave UK after gambling probe into porn ad February 12, 2025 Club officials of Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City could run the risk of imprisonment or fines after Stake became the latest gambling firm to lose its UK licence after a probe into a porn ad on social media. The Gambling Commission will write to Everton – sponsored by Stake – as well as Nottingham [...]
Top executives back sport clubs and tech as attractive investments January 28, 2025 Over two thirds of business executives see clubs and franchises as the most attractive investment opportunity over the next half-decade, new research has revealed. Over a quarter of executives asked instead said leagues and federations were preferred while nearly one fifth favoured participation events, according to Altman Solon’s Global Sports Survey. It is a tonic [...]