'Blue Bill' was a throwback owner whose heartfelt desire for his boyhood club to succeed was ultimately thwarted
To the outside footballing world, he was Mr — ‘Blue Bill’ — a figure synonymous with the club he supported all of his life and eventually owned during an era of huge change in the English game. For Goodison Park supporters, Bill Kenwright – – was many things: a saviour and benefactor who was one of them, a -born Evertonian desperate to bring success to the club he adored and guided through two turbulent decades.
The arrival of Moshiri was heralded by Kenwright as a game-changer. “We have found the perfect partner to take the club forward,” he said in a statement in February that year. “I have got to know Farhad well over the last 18 months and his football knowledge, financial wherewithal and true Blue spirit have convinced me that he is the right man to support Everton.” Advertisement The Iranian initially acquired 49.
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