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Singleton & Paterson — The Everton Mariners

Tony Onslow

Two Scots who had brief a association with Everton in 1901-02 before moving on to Grimsby Town

10/03/2021

Alex Birnie — The Scotsman from East London

Tony Onslow

Signed as an amateur playing for Sittingbourne, Birnie would make three Football League appearances for Everton in 1905 before returning to the southeast and then finishing his career with Bury

05/03/2021

Ted Surely Was Good for Everton

Ted Shaw had a successful amateur career with Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire but he turned out for Everton as a guest player in a couple of pre-season matches in 1891 and might have been good enough to join them full-time that year

27/02/2021

John Dewar

Tony Onslow

The Scot played briefly for Everton in 1892 just as Goodison Park was being opened.

13/02/2021

The Stanley Park Three

Tony Onslow

Thomas Marriott, Richard Morris and John Pickering played together at Everton in the 1880s

29/01/2021

Edward Turner — The Carpenter from Lancaster

Tony Onslow

Discovered in Kendal, Turner made two Football League appearances for Everton at the end of the 19th Century before joining Portsmouth

05/01/2021

David Henry Williams – A Lad From Shropshire

Tony Onslow

He was to play a major role in the development of Everton Football Club before they established a permanent home at Anfield.

08/12/2020

James Morris — A Shropshire Lad

Tony Onslow

The Trefonen-born player represented Everton during the inaugural Football League season in 1888

18/11/2020

William Wilson — The Last of the Originals

Tony Onslow

At the time of his death, Billy Wilson was the last surviving member of the Everton team that had taken part in the first season of the Football League

14/11/2020

Walter Brown, the Kirkcudbrightshire Blue

Tony Onslow

Another of the Scots who played for Everton in the inaugural 1888-98 season, although he is believed to arrived on Merseyside with no knowledge whatsoever of the association game

03/11/2020

Lewis the Fire Bobby

Tony Onslow

Bangor-born and a regular Wales international, Billy Lewis joined Everton for their inaugural Football League season in 1888 but his time with the club was short-lived