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The Murray Family – Mint Toffees
Rob Sawyer
Photos from the day the Toffees clinched the 1962-63 League title capture a 10 year-old boy, resplendent in Everton replica kit, sharing the moment with his heroes. The boy was John Murray – mascot to the champions. Rob Sawyer caught up with John and his family to revisit those halcyon days and discuss the family’s gilt-edged Bluenose credentials.08/05/2021
Was there football pre-1992 – Part 5
John McFarlane [Senior]
Continuing with the theme that football was indeed alive and kicking before the TV companies hijacked it, Jon MacFarlane capture some of the highlights since he first visited Goodison Park in 1948 as a 10-year-old schoolboy.28/04/2021
John Murray – Everton’s First Boy Mascot
Becky Tallentire
In one of the monochrome mementos that I post to Twitter once in a while, Roy Vernon stands in the tunnel at West Ham alongside a young lad with a beaming smile. Some of these youngsters look overwhelmed and some are painfully shy but this one looked like it was the job he was born to do. This is the story of Everton’s first ‘boy mascot’, John Murray.28/04/2021
Back to the 1990s
Robert Tressell
Robert reviews Everton's faltering progress since the day they survived a huge relegation scare in 1994.24/04/2021
Tom Fern – Everton’s Evergreen Goalkeeper
Rob Sawyer
The least celebrated of the nine Football League titles won by Everton was that in 1914/15 which was a disservice to the likes of Tom Fern who amassed over 200 outings for the Toffees despite the five-year interruption caused by the war01/04/2021
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
'Music Was My Heartbeat'
Becky Tallentire
The latest installment of Real Footballers' Wives features Ann West, wife of one of Everton's most popular ever players, goalkeeping star Gordon West.08/02/2021
The Stanley Park Three
Tony Onslow
Thomas Marriott, Richard Morris and John Pickering played together at Everton in the 1880s29/01/2021
Harold Hardman – An Everton and Manchester United Hero
Rob Sawyer
An enterprising winger in the early years of the 20th Century and a key part of Everton's first FA Cup-winning team, Harold Hardman helped steer Man Utd to greatness nearly 50 years later14/01/2021
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
George Sharples Remembered
Rob Sawyer
George Sharples, who passed away on 14 December 2020, aged 77, had been one of nine surviving players to have played a part in Everton’s title-winning season of 1962-6328/12/2020
“Nothing Really Daunted Us”
Becky Tallentire
This chapter from Becky Tallentire's 2004 book featuring the stories of the women behind some of Everton's greatest ever players features Carole Dobson, wife of 1970s favourite Martin15/12/2020
Goodison Park, a Greyhound Stadium and Walton Hall Park
Rob Sawyer
This December marks a centenary of one of the most significant football matches played at Goodison Park – but it did not involve Everton FC.11/12/2020
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
‘Tosh’ – The Tommy Johnson Story
Rob Sawyer
Tommy Johnson's most memorable goalscoring feat may have come as a Manchester City player at Goodison Park but he would go on to help Everton back into the top flight in 1931 and lift both the title and FA Cup in successive years16/11/2020
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
Tricky Dick Forshaw: From Goal King to Outlaw
Jamie Yates
The only player thus far to win the League title with both Everton and Liverpool, the inside forward scored a hatful of goals before making a surprise move across Stanley Park. Quite the character, he fell into a life of crime after his career ended.30/10/2020
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 Finnis Family – An Enduring Everton Love Affair
Rob Sawyer
Harold Finnis is one of 90 players, to date, to make a solitary first team appearance for the Blues in peacetime football.09/10/2020
Eddie Wainwright – A Bright Light in Dark Days
Rob Sawyer
The immediate post-war era for Everton was one of austerity which made it hard for local youngsters to through the ranks to develop to near their full potential. Eddie Wainwright was, perhaps the sole exception.28/09/2020
A Knight of the Round Table at Inside-Left?
Jamie Yates
Did you know that Everton once employed a player with the Christian name of a mythical legend?21/09/2020
The Short Life of an Everton Blue
Tony Onslow
Isaac Roberts would play just once for Everton in February 188929/08/2020
“Van Den Hauwe – One Last Throw Of The Dice…”
Pete Jones
Without the benefit of the visual image, the unique medium of radio means that live football commentary comes to life in an entirely different way than television. Pete Jones recalls some of his most memorable moments experienced that way13/08/2020
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