May 18, 2025. Everton Women manager Brian Sorensen exists in two universes.
There is Sorensen Redacted, the version disseminated on Everton’s socials. The Danish manager standing in the epicentre of the Goodbye Goodison Park celebrations, accepting the pressure and privilege of making the storied stadium his side’s new home.
Then there is Sorensen Unfiltered or, as Sorensen sees it and those close to the head coach attest, “just me, Brian”. The man who declared in front of 40,000 or so weepy-eyed Evertonians that “it’s big shoes to fill, but we already made Anfield our training pitch. So we’re looking forward to it”.
Everton Women have won their four matches at Anfield since 2019 by an aggregate score of 7-1, after all. Amid the bittersweet blue pyro of Goodison’s farewell, Sorensen wore a mischievous grin. He winked. The crowd cheered. Three weeks later, in a small office at the top of the Liver Building in which Everton have their headquarters, vestiges of that mischief dance across Sorensen’s face when this moment is recalled.
“I don’t think about whether I can say something, if I’m successful enough to say it. I just enjoy the ride,” says Sorensen.
So, he’s enjoying it? A flash of a grin.
Everton Women manager Brian Sorensen (Richard…
