Everton History 9comments | Jump to last This article may have been recategorised and is therefore no longer available at this URL. You can try to find the updated link in the article archive. Share article: Reader Comments (9) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Dr David France 1 Posted 05/05/2015 at 01:25:18 Tremendous research. Seb Niemand 2 Posted 05/05/2015 at 08:33:23 You write this like a spicy mystery, unpicked layer and twist! Absolutely outstanding!! Jay Harris 3 Posted 05/05/2015 at 12:14:51 Great stuff, Tony. Hugh Daniels 4 Posted 05/05/2015 at 17:29:04 Great work, Tony! Just to add a little to the saga... every family has a black sheep. You mention John Houlding, who was my great uncle on my maternal grandmotherÂ’s side. He owned a brewery and later became Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Despite Houlding founding the RS, my family from that day to this has remained staunch Everton supporters. You can imagine how weird it feels to be connected to the founding of both sides! Paul Joy 5 Posted 05/05/2015 at 19:07:16 Really appreciate your articles, Tony; wonderful stuff. David Greenwood 6 Posted 05/05/2015 at 21:37:28 Brilliant article, Tony, as always. Colin Williams 7 Posted 05/05/2015 at 21:48:34 Outstanding... Thank-you! Tony Onslow 8 Posted 06/05/2015 at 19:55:02 Hugh, I am convinced that, in the summer of 1884, John Houlding saved Everton from going under. I will never say a wrong word about him. Chris Williamson 9 Posted 06/05/2015 at 16:23:09 Another wonderful and fascinating insight into the roots of our great cricket club. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads © . All rights reserved.