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Billy Cook — The Original ‘Secret Footballer’ and his Peruvian Adventure
Rob Sawyer
09/06/2024A 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
Alf Milward — The Toffees’ First Great Left Winger of the League Era
Rob Sawyer
01/05/2024Everton'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
Colin Harvey — An Evertonian Life
Rob Sawyer
24/03/2024Immortalised 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.
Alf Harland: The Irishman who became a Toffee and a Linnet
Rob Sawyer
22/03/2024Hailing 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
John Lindsay’s Unlucky Break
Rob Sawyer
18/02/2024John 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
John Hurst (1947-2024) — A Tribute
Rob Sawyer
19/01/2024Brian 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.
The Goodison Bugler’s Last Post — The Life of Francis Hamill
Rob Sawyer
11/11/2023Rob Sawyer recalls the man who provided the Toffees with their own musical soundtrack in the late 1920s and 1930s
Nick Walsh and the First Biography of Dixie Dean
Rob Sawyer
17/10/2023It 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.
Crossing The Park — The Men Who Dared to Play for Both Liverpool and Everton
Rob Sawyer
07/08/2023Peter Kenny Jones's book profiles the Everton and Liverpool players in chronological order of their switch from one side of Stanley Park to the other
The Story of The Bullens
Rob Sawyer
31/07/2023Now 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
Peter Corr: Winning in Blue — and Green — at Goodison Park
Rob Sawyer
28/07/2023Four 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.
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