Season 16-17 Opinion Columns
Column & Opinion Articles
Contributions from our editorial team and featured columnists.
Benjamin Howard-Baker: Goalkeeper, Olympian, Corinthian
Rob Sawyer
Blazing a trail for Everton goalkeepers to represent England was the remarkable Benjamin Howard-Baker. If Brian Labone was “The Last of the Great Corinthians”, then Benjamin Howard-Baker was one of Everton’s first.02/06/2018
“60 at 90” – A Night to Remember William Ralph “Dixie” Dean
Rob Sawyer
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of William Ralph Dean's record-breaking 60th league goal, Blues of all ages gathered at the People’s Club Lounge in the Park End stand last Friday evening.08/05/2018
Frank Sugg – A Great Sporting All-Rounder
Rob Sawyer
The story of the cricketer turned footballer who played for Everton in the inaugural Football League season24/04/2018
Le Coq Sportif: Spectacular in Action – Sensational in Style
Rob Sawyer
Everton have never worn an Adidas team kit...or have they? Not appreciated by many is that the Gallic marque, which burned brightly but briefly on these shores, was a branch of the German sporting behemoth.25/03/2018
The Life of Charlie Parry
Rob Sawyer
Charlie Parry enjoyed 6 years with Everton, over two spells, winning the club's first Football League title and becoming only the third Everton player to represent Wales (after Job Wildling and Joe Davies).27/02/2018
Jack Humphreys – Blue Dragon
Rob Sawyer
The story of the Welsh centre-half who at one time was keeping Goodison great T.G. Jones out of the Everton team.13/11/2017
T.G. Jones at 100
Rob Sawyer
12 October 2017 marks the centenary of the birth of Thomas George Ronald Jones in Queensferry, Flintshire. The tall, quiet son of a Connah’s Quay coal merchant would find his footballing feet at Wrexham F.C. but he would achieve immortality at Goodison Park.12/10/2017
The Life of Smart Arridge – The Welshman from Sunderland
Rob Sawyer
The wonderfully named Smart Atkinson Arridge was one of Everton’s first Welsh international players08/09/2017
'Jack O’ Both Sides' – The Life and Times of Jack Sharp (1878-1938)
Rob Sawyer
Jack Sharp sits in exalted company as one of England’s few dual cricket and football internationals. To Evertonians he is much more than that – an iconic player, captain, FA Cup winner, club director and founder of Liverpool’s best known sports outfitters.31/07/2017
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