Everton’s season began with defeat due to a disputed late penalty labelled “bizarre” by James Tarkowski, the player who conceded it. The harsh reality for the Blues, however, is they deserved little from a match that quickly became a fight for survival.

Leeds United returns to the Premier League after two seasons in the Championship and will play their first match back in the top flight against Everton. The game will be played at Elland Road, with Daniel Farke leading the team once again.

The season has properly got underway for both the Under 21s and Under 18s at Everton. Last week saw the fine away victory for the U21s and they maintained their 100% record on Monday night against Blackburn Rovers with a 1-0 victory. Meanwhile, the U18s got started with a narrow 0-1 home defeat to Manchester United last Saturday.

Architect Dan Meis has transformed Everton's long-hoped-for stadium into reality. The Toffees play their first official match at the 52,769-capacity Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday.

Football Insider has been told Everton have "done a Chelsea" after official documents have been filed at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

A residential development of nearly 200 homes which looks onto Everton FC's new stadium is nearing completion. Hartley Locks, a £51m project on Lightbody Street in Vauxhall has seen 185 apartments, ten townhouses and several commercial units built by housing association Torus.

Coaches from Premiership club Everton are returning to Jersey with a summer football camp for children aged between six and 14. Overall 114 aspiring young footballers from Jersey have signed up to the coaching week at St Peter FC Academy.

Despite an announcement almost two months ago that 777 Parters had reached an agreement to buy Everton FC, the U.S. investment firm is still trying to raise the money to close the deal.