Season 20-21 Opinion Columns
Column & Opinion Articles
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Singleton & Paterson – The Everton Mariners
Tony Onslow
Two Scots who had brief a association with Everton in 1901-02 before moving on to Grimsby Town10/03/2021
Alex Birnie – The Scotsman from East London
Tony Onslow
Signed as an amateur playing for Sittingbourne, Birnie would make three Football League appearances for Everton in 1905 before returning to the southeast and then finishing his career with Bury05/03/2021
Ted Surely Was Good for Everton
Tony Onslow
Ted Shaw had a successful amateur career with Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire but he turned out for Everton as a guest player in a couple of pre-season matches in 1891 and might have been good enough to join them full-time that year27/02/2021
John Dewar
Tony Onslow
The Scot played briefly for Everton in 1892 just as Goodison Park was being opened.13/02/2021
The Stanley Park Three
Tony Onslow
Thomas Marriott, Richard Morris and John Pickering played together at Everton in the 1880s29/01/2021
Edward Turner – The Carpenter from Lancaster
Tony Onslow
Discovered in Kendal, Turner made two Football League appearances for Everton at the end of the 19th Century before joining Portsmouth05/01/2021
David Henry Williams – A Lad From Shropshire
Tony Onslow
He was to play a major role in the development of Everton Football Club before they established a permanent home at Anfield.08/12/2020
James Morris – A Shropshire Lad
Tony Onslow
The Trefonen-born player represented Everton during the inaugural Football League season in 188818/11/2020
William Wilson – The Last of the Originals
Tony Onslow
At the time of his death, Billy Wilson was the last surviving member of the Everton team that had taken part in the first season of the Football League14/11/2020
Walter Brown, the Kirkcudbrightshire Blue
Tony Onslow
Another of the Scots who played for Everton in the inaugural 1888-98 season, although he is believed to arrived on Merseyside with no knowledge whatsoever of the association game03/11/2020
Lewis the Fire Bobby
Tony Onslow
Bangor-born and a regular Wales international, Billy Lewis joined Everton for their inaugural Football League season in 1888 but his time with the club was short-lived29/10/2020
Richard Williams – An Everton Goalkeeper
Tony Onslow
The Bromborough Pool-born player played over 70 times for Everton after joining them when they were reigning Football League Champions in 188112/10/2020
The Short Life of an Everton Blue
Tony Onslow
Isaac Roberts would play just once for Everton in February 188929/08/2020
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