What On Earth Is Going On At Everton?

Everton are one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the history of English football, but they haven't won a trophy since 1995, and having just received the largest points deduction ever imposed by the Premier League, they currently sit inside of the league's relegation places.

So in this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at Everton's downfall since the mid-1980s, when they were arguably the best team in Europe, the ownership, economic, and regulatory crisis currently impacting the club, and what the future may hold for the troubled Toffees.

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[SilliusSodus]

You’d be surprised how much we love the long form videos. Keep it up 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[CookieGal-]

Never thought I'd hear Alfie say "R.I.P. Bozo", but if it's to Henry Kissinger, I am all for it

[chrisguardiano]

As an American, one of the main things Everton are known for here in the US is basically saving the career of Tim Howard (after a mediocre stint at Man United) who played at Everton from 2007-2016. During his time at Everton, Howard became one of the best keepers the US has ever produced & was a big reason why they punched above their weight during the David Moyes years. It is a shame that Everton have basically fallen apart since Howard left the club. A quick note on Howard after he left Everton, he went to MLS side Colorado Rapids for 3 seasons to end his career. However he only made the playoffs once during that stint (due to Stan Kroenke refusing to invest in the Rapids which deserves its own What on Earth is Going On video) which in a league like MLS where over half the teams make the playoffs is quite embarrassing.

[Billiamwoods]

It's honestly kind of annoying as an Everton fan how we're getting so much faux-support as a proxy for people to say "well what about City?". Thanks for pointing that out.

[christianrodriguez]

I am a Barca fan. But literally for some reason when I look at the prem. If I had to pick one team to support. I would pick Everton. For some reason Everton catches my attention for many years and I don’t know why

[Markmalchow]

As an American Toffee, I appreciate the deep dive. I haven’t been able to say it in years but I think we have the right man at the wheel and actually have a talented, young squad

[Billiamwoods]

The monetary mismanagement has been truly dreadful and I'm not exactly hopeful in regards to the hopeful owners-to-be. I'm honestly not entirely convinced we're staying up if the full 10 point deduction sticks, either. If Luton had pulled off that win against Arsenal, we would really be up a creek without a paddle considering the run of fixtures we're on. It's basically up to their performance if we need to make up 45 or 55 points, because I'm fairly confident they'll beat Sheffield and probably Burnley, too.

[eljahack]

Watching this after watching us dismantle Newcastle 3-0 at home 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 (love all your videos Alfie, the long form ones are my favorite!!)

[diomuda]

You can make a video about the upcoming collapse of Iranian football. Ever since the failure in the 2022 World Cup, Iranian football appears to be suffering from a hidden crisis due to politics, economics and religious issues combined. However, Iran has been able to cover up the crisis so well by selecting and playing against weaker and less competitive opponents, but this cover appears to be fracturing after Iran suffered a shock 2-2 comeback against Uzbekistan in WCQ and the Iranian side appears to be struggling to find replacements due to increasing regime control of dissents and their distrusts on footballers moving abroad.

[tscheka]

The Kissinger Part is exactly the kind of humor i love your channel for

[GoodMorning-wcyr]

One thing I think should have been mentioned is the nature of Everton's loss to Villareal. We had a perfectly good goal dissallowed by a referee who had been asked to come out of retirement to referee the match for some reason, and there has been no reason provided to this day behind the goal being dissallowed. None of the assistants, no one who saw it, not even the villareal players thought it should have been dissallowed, yet for some reason it was, and it if had stood and the scores held, everton would have won the tie on away goals.

[jcameronferguson]

Longform HITC videos are already such a treat, but this one gets a bonus RIP BOZO for Kissinger, so it's sublime

[seanfitz]

oh god i like this channel, i don't think i can take yet more mud being thrown at the club i have the misfortune of supporting.

UPDATE:
Good video, fair in its criticism. I never did like the whole 'PL is corrupt' angle. The anger should be vented towards Moshiri.

It just sucks supporting the club.
-I hate the current owner
-hate the prospective new ones
-hate the terrible players we signed
-hate the fact that seemingly ours are the only crimes that are worth punishing
-hate this idea that we were supposed to be content with being 'plucky little Everton punching above their weight' (after being, as Alfie very rightly pointed out, being one of the best clubs in Europe less than 20 years before Moyes rocked up). We tried the 'Brighton model' for years before it was fashionable and couldn't quite break the glass ceiling - were we meant to just be content as also-rans?

In my entire lifetime of supporting the club (born 1994, I don't remember the FA cup win) there have been 2 genuinely happy seasons: 2004/5 and 2013/14. Miserable.

[bb-double-yuh]

American here. It's 3AM where I'm at. Maybe this HITC Sevens video will put me to sleep.
edit: Still awake, because HITC Sevens doesn't make bad videos 😎

[adrano_]

You should do a video on what happened to Santos after being relegated for the first time in over 100 years

[joeyeleven]

You didn't mention Collina in the Villarreal away game coming out of retirement to disallow a Duncan Ferguson goal that was perfectly legal

[ViceroyIcarus]

Hearing Alfie casually coming out with "R.I.P. Bozo" is all i need in life right now

[connorupton]

This video has been coming for such a long time I’m glad it’s given the 40 minute long form treatment. I’m an Everton fan and shit sucks but hey we still win games so not all hope is lost

[darthplagueis]

Just looking at the football part, i said it in the Summer, Everton has a very solid squad, they´ll stay in the Premier League easily this season.

[ezraezra]

While you mentioned about Everton's incredible downfall, you might realize that there is much worse situation in Brazillian Football. Santos, one of the most successful club in the country, came from enduring the golden periods under the likes of Pele and Neymar, with countless amount of trophies, preferably the Copa Libertadores, to getting relegated from the top-tier football for the first time, only 341 days after the death of O Rei.
Also, clubs like Lyon and Basel were still fighting for the survival after a dreadful form, with Lyon had just sacked Fabio Grosso as a manager.