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In August 2010, Everton Football Club unveiled the Everton Timeline. Stretching around Goodison Park, the 123 monochromatic images chart the major events in the club's illustrious past. Though updated periodically, the final image on Goodison Road celebrates the signing of Romelu Lukaku in 2014. Did time stand still for Everton Football Club, or has it simply failed to acknowledge the struggles which occurred during one of the most eventful periods in its 146-year history?
Incorporating a foreword from Dr David France, this is the book that fills in all the gaps, on and off the field, during the tumultuous years of Farhad Moshiri's ownership. More than a book about modern-day football, The Unofficial Everton Timeline documents unbridled ambition crashing into chaotic reality between 2014-2024. It is a comprehensive and detailed chronicle of important matches, big dreams, colossal financial investments, unproductive transfers, property deals and engineering marvels. But most of all, it is a book about people: moneymen, conflicting egos in the boardroom, highly rewarded players, and the real heroes of the story - a community of passionate Everton fans.
In this updated second edition, we've taken stock and examined what really happened after Everton's 'messiah' owner, Farhad Moshiri, arrived on the scene, and how The Friedkin Group became the current owner and custodian of the football club.
Over the following chapters, we answer some big questions:
1. What assumptions did Farhad Moshiri make before and during his ownership?
2. Why did things not work out the way he meant them to, on and off the field - not for the club and its fans, nor too for Moshiri?
3. What are the lessons to be learned from the Moshiri years, for the club, and for its supporters?
4. Most importantly, in what condition is Everton FC at the dawn of the Friedkin era? And is there a brighter future ahead for the football club?
In short, we'll update the Everton Timeline. Ours is the unofficial version of events - the version guaranteed never to be included on the club's website, nor on the walls of the stadium. It's a truly fascinating story.
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