Seasons 2021-22
Opinion & Articles
Contributions from our editorial team, featured columnists and readers.
Richard ‘Dickie’ Boyle – Made of Stone
Rob Sawyer
05/06/2022In the earliest years of the Football League, Everton were awash with players from Dumbarton. No less vital and dedicated to the Toffees cause in this era Richard Hill Boyle, who never earned the silverware he so richly deserved
Bernard Gamble – Everton’s Second Boy Mascot
Rob Sawyer
25/05/2022The story of a lad who hopped the wall at Goodison Park to meet Everton's players prior to a match and became the club's unofficial mascot for three years in the mid-1960s
Tom Robson – A Life too Short
Rob Sawyer
19/04/2022A highly-rated right-half, Tom was a victim of Everton's unsuccessful battle against relegation in the 1929-30 season. He ultimately moved on and later died of pneumonia during the Second World War
George Green – Illustrator Extraordinaire
Rob Sawyer
29/03/2022The Toffee Lady is an enduring and iconic image, intrinsically linked to Everton and for many, the definitive Toffee Lady image takes cartoon form. The creator was George Green, who entertained Merseyside newspaper and football programme readers for three decades.
Bobby Irvine - The Prince of Dribblers
Rob Sawyer
15/03/2022Hard as it is to imagine, forty years before George Best was thrilling football supporters up and down the land, Northern Ireland possessed a forward of similar talents - and he played for Everton.
Tim Coleman: A Rebel, a Soldier and an Entertainer
Rob Sawyer
02/02/2022Long before Seamus became arguably the best-value player of the Premier League era, there was another Coleman who played for Everton, prolific goalscorer and WWI war veteran Tim who also played for Woolwich Arsenal, Fulham and Nottingham Forest at the peak of his career.
Z-Cars at 60
Rob Sawyer
07/01/2022This week marked the 60th anniversary of the first screening of the television show Z-Cars, the theme from which, of course, is dear to every Evertonian heart. From its origins as a maritime folk song to the Johnny Keating version we know today, the story of the song is fairly convoluted.
The Smell of Football 2
Rob Sawyer
31/12/2021Rob reviews the follow-up to Mick 'Baz' Rathbone's candid memoir of his career in football as he returns to Everton following an eight-year hiatus
The Joe Mercer Plaque Ceremony
Rob Sawyer
23/11/2021Supporters from across the football spectrum, including members of Everton FC Heritage Society, came together in Ellesmere Port last Thursday, 18 November, to celebrate the life of Joe Mercer – one of the town’s greatest sons.
“Boys from the Blue Stuff: Everton's Rise to 1980s Glory” by Gavin Buckland
Rob Sawyer
28/09/2021Gavin Buckland's new book picks up where Money Can't Buy Us Love left off, delivering again in spades. Despite the academic levels of research behind it, this is easy to read and reflects on the club under three managers, culminating in those heady days in the mid-80s
“The Forgotten Champions – 1986-87: Everton's Last Title” by Paul McParlan
Rob Sawyer
19/09/2021Everton, Howards Way, the wonderfully-executed and evocative documentary film about the Toffees’ mid-1980s resurgence, is far from unique in paying less attention to the Blues’ most recent League win. Paul McParlan seeks to redress the balance by documenting, analysing and celebrating the 1986-87 campaign.
Keeping it in the Family – The Menhams between the Sticks
Rob Sawyer
11/09/2021Family links between players at Everton are not unheard of. Less known than the likes of the Rankins and the Whittle-Davies connection, perhaps, is that three decades apart, two Everton goalkeepers were from the same stock
Toffee Soccer and Everton’s North American Trips of 1961
Rob Sawyer
12/08/2021As well as containing extensive player and coach profiles, the book Toffee Soccer documents the 10 previous occasions on which the club has ventured to the USA and Canada. 1961 was one of them.
From Birkenhead to El Ballet Azul: The Billy Higgins Story
Rob Sawyer
23/07/2021Everton's meeting with Millonarios in the Florida Cup this coming week offers an intriguing link to the past and the storm over footballers being lured from British clubs to a so-called ‘renegade league’ in South America in 1950 which involved one Billy Higgins.
Jack Taylor – Everton’s Son of the Rock
Rob Sawyer
02/07/2021One of the true greats of Everton’s early decades, this moustachioed ‘Jack of all trades’ won silverware with the club in 1906 and remains Everton’s seventh highest appearance maker in all competitions
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