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Richard “Dickie” Boyle — Made of Stone

Rob Sawyer

In the earliest years of the Football League, Everton were awash with players from Dumbarton. No less vital and dedicated to the Toffees cause in this era Richard Hill Boyle, who never earned the silverware he so richly deserved

05/06/2022

Bernard Gamble — Everton' Second Boy Mascot

Rob Sawyer

The story of a lad who hopped the wall at Goodison Park to meet Everton's players prior to a match and became the club's unofficial mascot for three years in the mid-1960s

25/05/2022

Tom Robson — A Life too Short

Rob Sawyer

A highly-rated right-half, Tom was a victim of Everton's unsuccessful battle against relegation in the 1929-30 season. He ultimately moved on and later died of pneumonia during the Second World War

19/04/2022

George Green — Illustrator Extraordinaire

Rob Sawyer

The Toffee Lady is an enduring and iconic image, intrinsically linked to Everton and for many, the definitive Toffee Lady image takes cartoon form. The creator was George Green, who entertained Merseyside newspaper and football programme readers for three decades.

29/03/2022

Bobby Irvine - The Prince of Dribblers

Rob Sawyer

Hard as it is to imagine, forty years before George Best was thrilling football supporters up and down the land, Northern Ireland possessed a forward of similar talents - and he played for Everton.

15/03/2022

Tim Coleman: A Rebel, a Soldier and an Entertainer

Rob Sawyer

Long before Seamus became arguably the best-value player of the Premier League era, there was another Coleman who played for Everton, prolific goalscorer and WWI war veteran Tim who also played for Woolwich Arsenal, Fulham and Nottingham Forest at the peak of his career.

02/02/2022

Z-Cars at 60

Rob Sawyer

This week marked the 60th anniversary of the first screening of the television show Z-Cars, the theme from which, of course, is dear to every Evertonian heart. From its origins as a maritime folk song to the Johnny Keating version we know today, the story of the song is fairly convoluted.

07/01/2022

The Smell of Football 2

Rob Sawyer

Rob reviews the follow-up to Mick 'Baz' Rathbone's candid memoir of his career in football as he returns to Everton following an eight-year hiatus

31/12/2021

The Joe Mercer Plaque Ceremony

Rob Sawyer

Supporters from across the football spectrum, including members of Everton FC Heritage Society, came together in Ellesmere Port last Thursday, 18 November, to celebrate the life of Joe Mercer — one of the town's greatest sons.

23/11/2021

“Boys from the Blue Stuff: Everton's Rise to 1980s Glory” by Gavin Buckland

Rob Sawyer

Gavin Buckland's new book picks up where Money Can't Buy Us Love left off, delivering again in spades. Despite the academic levels of research behind it, this is easy to read and reflects on the club under three managers, culminating in those heady days in the mid-80s

28/09/2021

“The Forgotten Champions — 1986-87: Everton's Last Title” by Paul McParlan

Rob Sawyer

Everton, Howards Way, the wonderfully-executed and evocative documentary film about the Toffees' mid-1980s resurgence, is far from unique in paying less attention to the Blues' most recent League win. Paul McParlan seeks to redress the balance by documenting, analysing and celebrating the 1986-87 campaign.

19/09/2021

Keeping it in the Family — The Menhams between the Sticks

Rob Sawyer

Family links between players at Everton are not unheard of. Less known than the likes of the Rankins and the Whittle-Davies connection, perhaps, is that three decades apart, two Everton goalkeepers were from the same stock

11/09/2021

Toffee Soccer and Everton' North American Trips of 1961

Rob Sawyer

As well as containing extensive player and coach profiles, the book Toffee Soccer documents the 10 previous occasions on which the club has ventured to the USA and Canada. 1961 was one of them.

12/08/2021

From Birkenhead to El Ballet Azul: The Billy Higgins Story

Rob Sawyer

Everton's meeting with Millonarios in the Florida Cup this coming week offers an intriguing link to the past and the storm over footballers being lured from British clubs to a so-called ‘renegade league' in South America in 1950 which involved one Billy Higgins.

23/07/2021

Jack Taylor — Everton' Son of the Rock

Rob Sawyer

One of the true greats of Everton's early decades, this moustachioed ‘Jack of all trades' won silverware with the club in 1906 and remains Everton's seventh highest appearance maker in all competitions

02/07/2021

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