Articles – Page 37 – Everton FC Heritage Society

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1910-1919, Articles, History, Members Work, Rest in Peace, Richard Gillham

George Harrison – Grave Dedication

A MOVING tribute was paid to 'one of our own' as representatives of some of Britain's biggest football clubs descended on South Derbyshire. George Harrison was a Church Gresley teenager with a dream of making it to the top when he started playing football for his local team, Gresley Rovers, back in 1910. It was the beginning of stunning career that later saw him win a top flight title with Everton and two caps for England. Amidst it all he was called to fight for his country on the front line during the First World War. THE Everton FC Heritage…

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By Rob Sawyer

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2010-2019, Articles, Members Work, Rob Sawyer

Everton and KitAid

Thanks to an act of generosity in a time of adversity, a corner of Malawi, 5,000 miles from Goodison Park, will be forever Everton. John Mulcahy was a lifelong Blue – attending his first match in April 1976 when Everton defeated Stoke 2-1. John had Noonan Syndrome (NS), which, in spite of being relatively commonplace and having a major impact on lives, remains a comparatively little-known condition. The syndrome did not stop him from becoming a Lower Bullens season ticket holder and regular attendee at away fixtures. Sadly John’s health deteriorated in the last five years of his life before…

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By Rob Sawyer

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1950-1959, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Rob Sawyer

A Tribute to Matt Woods

Matt Woods (1 November 1931 - 26 September 2014) Skelmersdale-born Maurice 'Matt' Woods, a centre-half on Everton’s books in the 1950s, passed away on 26 September aged eighty-two. He had been playing as a wing-half in the Wigan Sunday League, when his uncle wrote to Everton requesting a trial for his nephew. Having impressed in the B team, he signed amateur forms at fifteen, and by the 1949-50 season he was a regular in the Reserves – alongside the likes of Don Donovan, Tommy Clinton, Wally 'Nobby' Fielding, Jimmy O’Neill and Harry Catterick. An early Reserves appearance brought praise in…

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Jan

By Simon Hart

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1980-1989, Books, Simon Hart

Here We Go – Simon Hart

Paul Power Guest Appearance Paul appeared on Sunday 15 January 2017, upstairs at St Lukes Church with author of Here We Go, Simon Hart ( a member of EFCHS) Paul Power finished his career on a high after signing for Everton in June 1986 for a fee of £65,000. He played in a total of fifty-two games in the 1986-87 season, providing valuable experience for a Toffees side who were without key players, including Peter Reid and Paul Bracewell for long periods due to injury, but still managed to win the league title and give Power a major trophy at…

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By Richie Gillham

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1980-1989, Books

Kevin Sheedy – So Good I Did it Twice

KEVIN SHEEDY is an Everton and Republic of Ireland legend with plenty of entertaining stories to tell. The man with one of the best left foots in football played alongside some of the biggest characters in the game during a colourful career. Sheedy started his football life with Hereford United before being spotted by Bob Paisley s Liverpool. But he featured in only five senior games during his Anfield career and crossed Stanley Park to Everton, where he won two League titles and a European Cup Winners Cup medal as well as playing in three FA Cup Finals. Sheedy was…

The Old ‘Un wanders through Walton, lonely as a cloud. With Bill.

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By Mike Royden

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1878-1889, 1910-1919, Goodison, History, Members Work, Mike Royden

The Old ‘Un wanders through Walton, lonely as a cloud. With Bill.

This article, written by early 20th century Everton historian Thomas Keates, originally appeared in the Liverpool Evening Express, of 23 November 1912. Tom Keates, (or is it John Keats?), dreamily wanders through the rural byways of Walton with his old pal Bill, trying to reimagine the excursion as preparation for his epic poem the 'Eve of St Domingo'. Nevertheless, there are a few points of interest here for students of early Everton history. GOODISON PARK Memories of Everton's Ground. Famous Cricketers Visit By the Old ‘Un, “Goodison Park eh –a funny park,” said my cousin Bill. He was down from…

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By Lyndon Lloyd

1990-1999, 2010-2019, Books, Lyndon Lloyd

Jim Keoghan – Highs, Lows and Bakayokos: Everton In The 90s

Jim Koeghan visited St Luke's on 19 October 2017 before the Derby Match to sign copies of his book, Highs Lows & Bakayokos: Everton In The 90s. Highs, Lows and Bakayokos tells the story of Everton in the 1990s; the successes and failures, the agony and the ecstasy, the good times and the Mike Walker times. It's the tale of how one of English football's greatest clubs lost its way and how the nature of being an Evertonian changed forever. In the book, Jim explores this transformative time for our grand old team. It searches for the causes of Everton's…

Alec Brady – Anfield legend honoured by Everton Heritage Society

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By David Prentice

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1890-1899, Articles, David Prentice, History, Lyndon Lloyd, Players, Rest in PeaceAlec Brady, Celtic, Everton

Alec Brady – Anfield legend honoured by Everton Heritage Society

Everton's first title winner - at Anfield - has his grave rededicated Alec Brady EVERTON and Celtic supporters share a line from a famous old song. Separated by 200 miles and a national border, both sets of supporters still sing about “a grand old team to play for” - and in that song celebrate each club’s “history.” Those words were made real last weekend, when the Celtic Graves Society and the Everton Heritage Society joined forces to rededicate the grave of a Victorian pioneer who graced both clubs. Alec Brady was an Everton original. A Scottish inside…

Car-Shares and Cemeteries: A Tribute to Jeremiah Kelly, EFC 1927-28

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By Mike Royden

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1920-1929, Articles, Contributor (non member), Rest in Peace, Tony I'Anson

Car-Shares and Cemeteries: A Tribute to Jeremiah Kelly, EFC 1927-28

By Tony I'Anson 10/05/2016 The Everton Heritage Society does a fantastic job uncovering and preserving the history that we Evertonians hold dear. So I was delighted last Friday 6 May 2016, to once again have the opportunity to lend some support to their work in Scotland by joining Paul Wharton at the unveiling of a gravestone commissioned by the Everton Heritage society to honour Jeremiah ('Jerry') Kelly, a member of Everton's championship winning team of 1927-28 season. The ceremony at St Peter's cemetery, just along the road from Celtic Park, also marked a personal reunion with members of the Kelly…

A visit to the Conservation Centre exhibition with Sir Philip Carter.

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By Ken Rogers

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2000-2009, Articles, Everton Collection, Ken Rogers

A visit to the Conservation Centre exhibition with Sir Philip Carter.

by Ken Rogers Eighties Heroes Ken Rogers, author of Z-Stars, The Men Who Made History 1984-1987, pays a visit to the Conservation Centre exhibition with Sir Philip Carter.