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As we approach the season's end I was just wondering what people's favourite books about Everton are? Keep me going during the summer after Argentina win the World Cup!!!
Rob Murphy, Posted 26/04/2010 at 22:00:41
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A book I'd recommend to all Evertonians interested in our early days and the role the club played in football history is "Football on Merseyside" by Percy M Young (you can ignore the non-EFC bits!)
I've still got an LP (younger readers: ask yer grandad) entitled "The Road to Wembley" from 1966 — now where did I put it? ... and the Dansette?
One of my favourites was "Talking Blue" by Becky Tallentire. Pre-ToffeeWeb, there was ToffeeNet, and a few of us used to meet up before games.
Becky arranged interviews with former players / managers, and the fans got to ask the questions via Toffeenet.
Remarkably in-depth questions and Becky captured it quite well.
Think there was a funny moment when she meant to email someone, but copied to the whole ToffeeNet list, with a disparaging comment about someone stateside. Michael? Recollections?
An absolute cracker.
There's also- " Everton: Player by Player" by Ivan Ponting; I have a copy of this which dates from the late 1990s, but I see from Amazon that it has just been updated.
If you like something about the very early history of Everton, then there's "Everton FC: The Men From The Hill Country" by Tony Onslow. It's a short history of Everton in the Victorian Era.
There's also an excellant DVD called "The Big Match" Everton — which basically show highlights of about 12 Everton matches from 1969 - 1981 that were shown on ITV. It's great if you remember the likes of Alan Ball, Joe Royle and Bob Latchford and Duncan McKenzie.
Try also websites like "Blue Kipper" that has excellant coverage of Everton's history. I think they have some pages devoted to Team Photographs, dating from the 1880s right up to the present era.
The other highlight of that year was seeing Eusebio’s performance against Korea at Goodison.
On a more serious note, Mark Ward's autobiography was an excellent read. A bit more to it than your usual footballer tales. Heartwarming in places to be fair.
still remember ...
"This is Athole Still at Burnden Park, Bolton"
"Ha-ha -ha! he's lost his jacket!!!"
For me, that LP was only equalled by Sgt Peppers the following year
Happy days
I'm due to re read them actually. Great books
A very old pal who worshipped the great centre forward had his copy personally dedidcated by the man himself. After much pleading and promises to wash my hands each time before reading it I was allowed to borrow it. To comply with his dying wish the book was buried with my mate. I have tried to find another copy of it but it seems to be out of print.
Another very interesting read is 'Everton - The First 50 Years'... that also could be out of print. Ah well.
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/ ... listing all kits ever worn by any club whose played in the English or Scottish leagues. Obviously the Everton ones are the most interesting but the Hall of Shame is worth a view as well.
'What's our Name? Everton!' By Mark O'Brien.
It follows the disasterous 03-04 season, and sums up quite well what it's like to be an Evertonian
Phil, you perhaps ought have explained for younger readers that, “he’s lost his jacket” is not some form of late 1960s sexual innuendo.
The book does talk about a pamphlet style book released in 1888 called the 10-year history. Now that does seem a good read.
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Not something you can relax and kick back with for long but a book that's full of randomly assorted Everton facts and stories. Not a bad reference. The pages with every kit ever worn was interesting to see.