Jamie Yates – Everton FC Heritage Society

‘Everton Village and the Birth of Everton Football Club’

13

Dec

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‘Everton Village and the Birth of Everton Football Club’

Presented by Rob Sawyer in conversation with Ken Rogers. An EFCHS original film Everton FC Heritage Society have made a new film about the role and effect of Everton Village in the history of Everton Football Club, featuring the Queen's Head pub, the two toffee shops, and, of course, the lock-up which adorns our club crest. Only the lock-up still remains in situ, but the sites are all within just a few yards of each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw1kHgjMH_w&ab_channel=EvertonFCHeritageSociety Well-known Everton FC author and member of EFCHS, Rob Sawyer, met up with former Sports Editor of the Liverpool Echo, Ken Rogers (Chairman…

12

Sep

By Jamie Yates

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A Pickle Over Pickering

Jamie Yates The art of football research can be a complex one. There is so much information out there. Enthusiasts around the world continue to contribute to the ever-growing mass of football writing and gathering of statistics every day. The internet has opened access to numerous historical resources, but also served to further the duplication of inaccurate information which has been perpetuated in print over the past near-150 years since the earliest days of ‘the Association game’. Newspaper records are a treasure trove, but mistakes were also made way back when, and, in many instances, inadvertently become fact, reappearing in…

08

Sep

By Jamie Yates

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The First Known Everton Skipper

Jamie Yates Can you name the player who made only three known appearances for Everton, started as an outfield player in two of them and played in goal in the other. Oh, and captained the team on all three occasions? If it helps, the individual in question was a 17-year-old trainee accountant from London who later went on to seek his fortune with the East India Company. Need a few more clues? Sidney Albert Chalk may not be a name familiar to many, but he goes down in history as the first recorded captain of an Everton football team, for…

08

Sep

By Jamie Yates

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Mike Higgins – the Original True Blue

by Tony Onslow / Jamie Yates [The original article was by Tony Onslow of EFCHS, now updated here, expanded and re-edited by Jamie Yates. Jamie has also added the entire section at the end, under 'Further Research by Society member etc.] No other player forged a tighter bond with the early development of Everton Football Club than 'good old' Mike Higgins who can surely lay claim to the title of ‘Original True Blue’. He can be found representing Everton at Stanley Park shortly after his 18th birthday in October 1880, scoring goals during the club’s one-year tenure at Priory Road and taking…

29

Aug

By Jamie Yates

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Remember the name… Alex Provan

Jamie Yates Alex is a name synonymous with greatness in Everton footballing folklore. ‘Dirty’ Alex Dick was a cult hero and early master of the dark arts of defending during the Anfield era; sharpshooting centre-forward Alex ‘Sandy’ Young scored the winner in the club’s first F.A. Cup triumph, over Newcastle United in 1906; quicksilver right-winger Alex ‘Chico’ Scott provided many an assist for the greatest of them all, ‘The Golden Vision’ himself, Alex Young, in the halcyon days of the 1960s. All happen to have been Scotsmen. All had nicknames fondly bestowed upon them, often a sign of the high…

21

Jul

By Mike Royden

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The Mighty George Farmer – new release!

'Hey Now Georgie' A great new single release is 'Hey Now Georgie' by Liverpool band The Mighty George Farmer. https://youtu.be/KZSlq-N6Vc4?si=jtz_zQTaR5lAzm4x The song - and the name of the band - is inspired by George Farmer, one of the Toffees' first true stars, and the club's first ever professional player in 1885. We are honoured to say that Everton FC Heritage Society played a key part in the research and in the production of the video. The Research Jamie Yates carried out an incredible amount of research to put the story of George's life together. He also led the project to…

Joe Pickering: Everton Jersey to New Jersey

05

Jul

By Jamie Yates

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Joe Pickering: Everton Jersey to New Jersey

Joseph William Pickering was born in Liverpool on Sunday, 31 August 1856, to parents William and Ellen. William was a paviour, or paver, a layer of stone flags for pavements, etc. In 1861, the Pickering family were recorded on the national census as living at 26 Horatio Street, off Scotland Road. Joseph had at least five siblings; three older brothers, Thomas, Edward and Robert, and two younger sisters; Caroline and Esther. Aged 23, on 27 June 1880, Joseph married Hannah Miller at Christ Church Everton, on Great Homer Street, a church which was later destroyed in the May Blitz of…

24

Mar

By Jamie Yates

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Jamie Yates, Rest in Peace

‘Hey Now Georgie’

Music by The Mighty George Farmer

George Farmer – Order of Service Artwork

24

Mar

By Jamie Yates

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Jamie Yates, Rest in Peace

George Farmer – Order of Service Artwork

Order of Service Souvenir Another aspect of the George Farmer grave rededication day, which should not be overlooked, was the lovely souvenir handed out by Jamie to all those who attended. Contained in an envelope was the order of service card, with additional inserts shown below. Jamie, a qualified and experienced artist, designed the complete package, a beautiful work of art in its own right, which was then silk screen printed by hand by his friend Erica Donovan. An excellent momento of the day.

24

Mar

By Jamie Yates

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1878-1889, 1890-1899, Jamie Yates, Rest in Peace

The George Farmer Story

Jamie Yates of Everton FC Heritage Society, who researched the story of George Farmer and directed the project, writes; Why George Farmer? Without the philanthropy of Everton Football Club and the local community around Liverpool 4 and beyond upon the death of George Farmer in May 1905, it is not unreasonable to assume that his widow and eight young children would not have survived the poverty-stricken future they were facing. Without George Farmer capturing the imagination of thousands of Evertonians - not to mention the thousands who went along to watch football for the first time in that era with…