George Farmer grave rededication

The Everton Heritage Society unveiled a headstone at the grave of George Farmer, considered the club’s first professional player in 1885, in Anfield Cemetery last Saturday.

The celebrated ‘king of the screw shot’ and a potent attacking threat down the Toffees’ left flank in the mid-to-late 1880s, Farmer was considered the club’s first professional player.

EHS members were joined by ex-Everton stars Barry Horne and Ian Snodin, who represented the club, and descendants of both George’s family and the Holts, who supported his widow upon his death in 1905.