"Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same."
That famous quote from former Everton player and England World Cup winner Alan Ball was summed up by a rollercoaster 2022-23 season.
A dramatic campaign saw a managerial sacking, absent board members, fans' protests, a Premier League referral to an independent commission and was topped off by escaping relegation on the final day.
"Let's put it this way," says ex-Burnley manager Sean Dyche, who took charge of the Toffees in January. "In nine and a half years in my previous club I have probably got one book in me, in four months here I have probably got three.