The Everton Heritage Society unveiled a headstone at the grave of George Farmer, considered the club’s first professional player in 1885, in Anfield Cemetery last Saturday.
The celebrated ‘king of the screw shot’ and a potent attacking threat down the Toffees’ left flank in the mid-to-late 1880s, Farmer was considered the club’s first professional player.
EHS members were joined by ex-Everton stars Barry Horne and Ian Snodin, who represented the club, and descendants of both George’s family and the Holts, who supported his widow upon his death in 1905.
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2 Posted 25/03/2024 at 18:58:56
Although I am in my early 70s, and have no idea who or what he did, I can fully follow the story and its importance to our history. Thanks, Michael and Lyndon...