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Everton - Port of Spain

Recently, I discovered that there was another team called 'Everton' who were based in the Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

The only successful spell they had was in the late 1920s to 1930s, they won the domestic Port of Spain Football League three times in a row (1930, 1931, 1932) and managed to retaining the domestic cup for four years (1929*,1930, 1931, 1932).

*The opposition walked off after two players had been sent off. Everton were in the lead at the time so the trophy was awarded to Everton.

It seems that soon after their domestic dominance the club ceased to exist. Does anybody know what happened? All I can find is that in 1933 the club were prohibited to play in the domestic league and many of the leading players moved to other teams.

What is the likelihood that the Tobagonian club was, like our Chilean friends, also named after the Liverpool based team?
Louis Platt, Wirral Posted 20/01/2009 at 20:23:03

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Michael Kenrick

That's a great find, Louis. I've never figured out why "Everton" has prominence as a male first name in some Caribbean communities...

Liam Reilly
1 Posted 21/01/2009 at 09:10:41

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Check out the link:

http://www.bestoftrinidad.com/soccer.html

It doesn’t say why, but just that:

"In 1933, a dominant Everton team was suspended from First Division play and many of its stars moved to other teams."

Sounds like there was some skulduggary afoot. Either that or Liverpool of Trinidad complained that we won the title too often and we were kicked out.

Willie Norman
2 Posted 21/01/2009 at 09:23:02

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?Everton? as a first name is pretty common in Brazil, maybe moreso than in the Caribbean. In the last few years, two Brazilians, with the first name ?Everton?, have played in Europe, one for Paris St Germain, one for a couple of German clubs. Like happens to other Brazilian players, because Brazilian surnames are often so long and complicated, both players were simply known by their first name, so in their cases, ?Everton?.

Nick Entwistle
3 Posted 21/01/2009 at 12:15:49

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Lenny Henry starred in the almost very good sit-com Chef. One of his staff was of Carribean decent and was called Goodison. Just thought I’d add that in there...

Ray Burn
4 Posted 21/01/2009 at 12:48:49

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Hate to be a stickler, but i’m positive that Lenny Henry’s assistant in Chef was called ’Everton’, and that he made great dumplings.

...and I worry that my brain is incapable of retaining information that is actually useful!

Ian Kearney
5 Posted 21/01/2009 at 14:42:53

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The actor who played Everton also had a tiny role in Batman Begins, sorry I’ll leave it there.

Ped Pearl
6 Posted 21/01/2009 at 14:48:33

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I named my son Tristan Everton.
Have a fish called Yobo... I flushed Rooney!

Leighton Cooper
7 Posted 21/01/2009 at 14:58:34

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Everton Weekes, former West Indies cricketer. Im sure Jamaicas keeper in the 1998 world cups surname was Goodison.

Martin Kulkarni
8 Posted 21/01/2009 at 15:17:17

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Mark Everton Walters (a’ la’ pub quiz question)

Clive Everton sSnooker commentator (though British caucasian)

Louis Platt
9 Posted 21/01/2009 at 15:09:22

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With regards to Everton Weekes, his father was a supporter of Everton and named him after the club! This was confirmed in a book called "Sixty Years on the Back Foot" by Clyde Walcott according to wikipedia.

Chef - The character?s name was ?Everton?

Goodison is seemingly a common surname in Jamaica, Tranmere have a player called Ian Goodison - capped over a hundred times by his country!

It seems that nobody knows much about the Everton club in T&T though, sadly.

Robert Engelmann
10 Posted 21/01/2009 at 16:16:37

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More on the club here.
http://ttfootballhistory.com/facet/results/taxonomy%3A264

The captain, Alfred Charles, after getting suspended in ’33 ended up coming to England to play for Burnley and Southampton.

Louis Platt
11 Posted 21/01/2009 at 17:51:16

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Very interesting, thank you for the link. It seems that the captain at the time Alfred Charles exchanged blows with Noel Lewis of rivals Casuals FC and a riot broke out which resulted in two Everton players being suspended until 1935 and another until 1934.

Seemingly Alfred Charles saw his suspension as an opportunity to play abroad and with that Everton began to lose their better players and a downward spiral began.

Nick Entwistle
12 Posted 21/01/2009 at 18:00:53

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Hey Ray,

You?re probably right on the character being called Everton, I?m going by selective memory and couldn't be arsed to Wiki it. Actually, yes my mind is now telling me it was Everton, haha. Made a very special dish which Chef was extremely cross about because the magic secret ingrediant was Daddies Sauce...

Stuart Mitchell
13 Posted 21/01/2009 at 21:01:50

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I have some friends living in T and T, I will see if the locals no anything about this.