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Initials T.G. – Researching Tommy Jones, The Prince of Centre-Halves

Rob Sawyer

William Ralph “Dixie” Dean sits unchallenged as the king of Goodison Park. Joining him in the Royal Blue dynasty is the Prince of Centre Halves: Thomas George Jones. Tommy, as his friends knew him, was so famous in his pomp for Everton and Wales that he was known merely by his initials - T.G.

30/06/2017

'The Things We Do For Love' – Janet Royle

Becky Tallentire

A re-post for Christmas of the chapter from the 2004 book Real Footballers' Wives, featuring Janet Royle, wife of Everton playing legend and former manager Joe.

10/06/2017

Harry Williams – Death of a Mascot

Rob Sawyer

Aside from the iconic Toffee Lady, Everton supporters in the 1930s also possessed two unofficial mascots. Harry Williams of Westminster Road, Kirkdale, was one.

31/05/2017

“Even After All These Years” – Pat Labone

Becky Tallentire

The latest chapter from Real Footballers' Wives serialised here at ToffeeWeb features Pat Labone, wife of Goodison legend Brian

13/04/2017

Neville Southall – The Winding Road from Winsford to Goodison

Rob Sawyer

How a former Everton player, George Rooney, played a small but significant part in the career of, arguably, the club’s greatest-ever goalkeeper.

30/03/2017

Alex Lochhead, the Everton Wing Half from Neilston

Tony Onslow

Many Everton players over the years have been asked to make their debut in some tough “must win” situations but the first of these must surely be a young Scotsman who arrived in Liverpool during the November of 1891 at a time when his new club were challenging to take the football league championship away from Preston North End

29/03/2017

Joseph Davies, the Welsh International from Shropshire

Joseph Davies played for Everton during the season that they became founder members of the Football League.

21/03/2017

Everton’s 'Hall of Fame' Events through the Decades

Rob Sawyer

[Images fixed] Friday, 10 March, 2017 sees the staging of a Gwladys Street’s Hall of Fame event after an eight year hiatus. At The Hilton Hotel John Bailey, Pat Van Den Hauwe, Nigel Martyn, Ian Snodin and Kevin Campbell will join the 120-plus previous inductees in the pantheon of Blues greats.

06/03/2017

Charlie Leyfield – Everton, Wales and England

Rob Sawyer

Charlie Leyfield had a long association with Everton as a player and trainer. He also can claim the unique distinction of being trainer to both the England and Wales national teams.

24/02/2017

The Hope of Everton

Tony Onslow

The story of another Scottish import, Hope Robertson, who played for Everton between 1890 and 1892, leaving the club shortly after the move to Goodison Park.

22/02/2017

Andrew Gibson, the Blue from Dalmellington

Tony Onslow

Drawn to the northwest of England from Scotland in the mid-1880s, Andrew Gibson eventually signed for Everton but never made a Football League appearance for the club.

31/01/2017

Time to celebrate something

Mark Cuddy

January 22nd is a special day in the history of Everton Football Club and every year Evertonians all over the world should raise a glass to celebrate the date the greatest Evertonian there has ever been was born.

22/01/2017

Keys and Warmby — The Duo from Derby

Tony Onslow

The story of Jack Keys and William Warmby who played for Everton during the club's first season in the inaugural Football League

20/01/2017

On Tour in London with Everton

Tony Onslow

As reigning champions of the Football League, Everton travelled to London and played their first match against Arsenal in 1891.

13/12/2016

The Oxford Blues of Everton Football Club

Tony Onslow

Many of the early adherents to association football in the south of England played the game for love and not money and some of them ended up playing for Everton via Oxford University

26/11/2016

With Everton at Great Lever

Tony Onslow

The short and somewhat acrimonious history of Everton's match-ups with one of their early opponents in Lancashire

22/11/2016

Jack Cock – Scorer, Singer, Soldier, Superstar

Rob Sawyer

Relatively few Cornishmen have represented Everton but several have left their mark on Merseyside. However, the most remarkable life story is that of Jack Cock: international footballer, team manager, war hero and star of stage and screen.

18/11/2016

James Gourley of Everton and Morton

Tony Onslow

The Scot played 54 times for Everton after joining the club in 1909 before going to to forge an impressive career back north of the border with Morton

14/11/2016

International Football arrives on Merseyside

Tony Onslow

Following the first international fixture to be played on Merseyside at Liverpool Cricket Club, Aigburth, Everton FC hosted the second at Anfield in 1889.

06/11/2016

The Good Doctor of Everton, Part II

Tony Onslow

After many years of searching, I finally managed to find a newspaper report confirming the last resting place of the Everton benefactor Dr James Clement Baxter.

17/10/2016

If You Know Your History… Matchdays with EFC Heritage Society

Rob Sawyer

The Church of St Luke The Evangelist – better known as St Luke’s – is where the EFC Heritage Society (EFCHS), founded in 2008, has been welcoming home and away supporters for the past two seasons.

11/09/2016

Nat, King of Goals...and Bowls

Rob Sawyer (EFC Heritage Society)

The life of Jimmy “Nat” Cunliffe whose achievements, like those of many players at Goodison in the 1930s, were overshadowed by the Everton giant that is W.R. Dean. Yet his life in sport was a remarkable one.

29/08/2016

Archibald Leitch – The Man Who Shaped Goodison Park

Rob Sawyer (EFC Heritage Society)

It is at Goodison Park where the work of Glasgow-born architect Archibald Leitch's industrial-style design is best preserved.

18/07/2016

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