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Billy Cook — The Original ‘Secret Footballer’ and his Peruvian Adventure

Rob Sawyer

A member of Everton's 1939 title-winning team that was broken up by WWII, Billy Cook went on an extraordinary coaching journey that took him around the world, including to South America where he took charge of the Peruvian national team

09/06/2024

Alf Milward — The Toffees’ First Great Left Winger of the League Era

Rob Sawyer

Everton's original great left-sided partnership was formed by the contrasting but complimentary attributes of Edgar Chadwick and Alf Milward, a huge factor in the Club landing its very first Football League title in 1891

01/05/2024

Colin Harvey — An Evertonian Life

Rob Sawyer

Immortalised as part of the Toffees’ midfield ‘holy trinity’ in the late 1960s and dubbed "the White Pele" by his adoring Goodison faithful, it could be strongly argued that Colin Harvey is currently the greatest living Evertonian.

24/03/2024

Alf Harland: The Irishman who became a Toffee and a Linnet

Rob Sawyer

Hailing from County Tyrone, he had the unenviable task of taking over from Everton's pre-WWI championship-winning goalkeeper, Tom Fern. He went on to make 70 appearances for the Blues

22/03/2024

John Lindsay’s Unlucky Break

Rob Sawyer

John Lindsay was a classy full-back who suffered injury misfortune that meant he never did get back to the level of fitness and sharpness required for a Blues first team comeback

18/02/2024

John Hurst (1947-2024) — A Tribute

Rob Sawyer

Brian Labone wasn't the only Everton stalwart of his era to embody the Corinthian spirit. "Gentleman Jack" leaves a legacy of being one of the School of Science’s most polished centre-backs and one of its finest men.

19/01/2024

The Goodison Bugler’s Last Post — The Life of Francis Hamill

Rob Sawyer

Rob Sawyer recalls the man who provided the Toffees with their own musical soundtrack in the late 1920s and 1930s

11/11/2023

Nick Walsh and the First Biography of Dixie Dean

Rob Sawyer

It would be nearly 40 years before the supreme Everton marksman’s amazing life story was properly told. The person to thank for capturing Dean’s memories in book form was fellow Birkenhead man, Nick Walsh.

17/10/2023

The Story of The Bullens

Rob Sawyer

Now giving faithful service into its 97th year, the Bullens Road stand and its Archibald Leitch-designed cross-braced panels has provided Goodison Park its key motif since 1926 and the days of Dixie Dean

31/07/2023

Peter Corr: Winning in Blue — and Green — at Goodison Park

Rob Sawyer

Four decades before The Corrs made their musical breakthrough in the British and Irish pop charts, their uncle was an Irish international and Everton footballer. Less appreciated is his role in bringing Howard Kendall to the Toffees.

28/07/2023

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