Evertonâs new owners have promoted their takeover with a 90-second video celebrating the clubâs rich heritage. The Friedkin Group (TFG) struck a deal with Farhad Moshiri on September 23 to obtain all his shares in the club and the completion of their acquisition was announced on December 19.
On that day, TFG announced to the business world via their LinkedIn account: âItâs official! Everton Football Club is now a part of The Friedkin Group family. We are thrilled to lead this historic club into a new era,â complete with a 30-second video of highlights from Sean Dycheâs side this season.
Now, the Houston-based firm has taken to the same platform to display their enthusiasm for Evertonâs glorious past, while looking to the future. TFGâs latest LinkedIn post reads: âYou’ve got to know your history to be a true âEvertonian.â
âThe club earned its nickname âthe Toffeesâ from the home stadium Goodison Park’s close proximity to two rival toffee shops, Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House and Mother Noblett’s Toffee Shop.
âBased in Liverpool, Everton Football Club is one of Englandâs oldest and most-storied football institutions. The club formed in 1878 and was a founding member of the Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.
âWith a rich history of success, including nine league titles, five FA Cups, and one European Cup-Winnersâ Cup, Everton continues to inspire generations of football fans.â
As the words âThis is Everton Football Clubâ flash up, the video starts with an aerial shot of Goodison Park before cutting to footage of captain Brian Labone and his team-mates holding the FA Cup aloft in 1966, Dave Watson lifting the trophy in 1995 and the Bluesâ first Wembley winners in 1933 enjoying a triumphant carriage ride back to Liverpool, with the caption: âOne of English footballâs biggest clubs.â Evertonâs nine top-flight league titles are then referenced as Graeme Sharp, who has scored more goals for the club than any other living man, is carried aloft after the last success in 1987.
The five FA Cups are then mentioned specifically against footage of Kevin Ratcliffe, the Bluesâ most successful captain, lifting the trophy in 1984, with the European Cup-Winnersâ Cup victory in Rotterdam against Rapid Vienna the following year also shown. Dixie Dean, Evertonâs record scorer with 383 goals, including a record breaking 60 in the League in the 1927/28 season, is then displayed, receiving the FA Cup from the Duchess of York (the future Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mother) in 1933 as the Bluesâ status as founder members of the Football League in 1888 is mentioned.
Wayne Rooney is then shown scoring his first Premier League goal against defending champions Arsenal in 2002 as the caption of âa proud history of top class players,â comes up before stills of Mikel Arteta, Leighton Baines, Dean, again; and James Rodriguez, Gary Lineker, Romelu Lukaku, Neville Southall, Richarlison, Jordan Pickford and Tim Cahill are flashed up. The statement: âBacked by world footballâs most passionate fanbasesâ then appears as Evertonians are shown demonstrating their support both inside and outside Goodison Park.
Everton are then referenced geographically with the words: âA vibrant cityâ set against images of the Royal Liver Building and the other âThree Gracesâ along with additional Liverpool landmarks, before the Bluesâ Finch Farm base in Halewood is described as âa state-of-the-art training ground.â The upcoming move is addressed as Goodison and the new Everton Stadium are shown along with the captions âan iconic home,â âwith a world-class stadium on the way,â before other famous goals are displayed, including Dominic Calvert-Lewinâs in the most recent Merseyside Derby; Kevin Sheedyâs strike against Rapid Vienna; Sharpâs in the 1984 FA Cup final against Watford; Duncan Fergusonâs diving header against Manchester United in 2005; and Dwight McNeilâs against Crystal Palace this season as the words âpassion,â âhistory,â and âambition,â flash up before closing by repeating the opening statement of âThis is Everton Football Club.â
đ¨BREAKING NEWS: The Friedkin Group send strong message in new Everton video following takeover
