Historical Articles

Celebrating Everton's long and rich history and tradition

Real Footballers' Wives — Dolly Sagar

Becky Tallentire

The next installment of Real Footballers' Wives features Dolly Sagar, wife of Everton's longest-serving player, goalkeeper Ted Sagar who spent 24 years with the club.

09/06/2021

The Murray Family — Mint Toffees

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 war

01/04/2021

'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

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 later

14/01/2021

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 1962-63

28/12/2020

“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 Martin

15/12/2020

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

“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 years

16/11/2020

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

“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 way

13/08/2020

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	Team	Pld	GD	Pts
10	Brentford	38	9	56
11	Fulham	38	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	0	53
13	Everton	38	-2	48
14	West Ham	38	-16	43
15	Manchester United	38	-10	42
16	Wolves	38	-15	42

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