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A Remembrance Day visit to Chile, November 2011
09
Oct
By John Shearon
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2010-2019, Articles, John Shearon, Latest, Rest in Peace, WW1, WW2

A Remembrance Day visit to Chile, November 2011

John Shearon (The Ruleteros) The Background to the Everton FC War Memorial Plaques When Dr. David France first started the search for the Everton players who had given their lives in the two World Wars, who would have thought the net would have fallen as far as South America? While Paul Wharton, Dr. John Rowlands and Dr. France set about identifying the Goodison fallen, Frank Gorman and Linda Lines from the Ruleteros Society were busy tracking down the details of two ex-pats, Frank Boundy and Malcolm Fraser. These co-founders of Everton Football Club in Chile both died on the Somme…
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Brits in South America
12
May
By John Shearon
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Brits in South America

We are all aware of the ties Everton FC has developed over the years with our counterparts in South America, but the club which pioneered the sport in the region is Southampton. The Saints arrived in Argentina in 1904, five years before the Everton and Spurs tour. The earliest clubs on the continent had been set up in the 1860s, but it wasn’t until 1891 that the first national tournament took place in Argentina when Saint Andrews took the title with Old Caledonians runners up. The sport first established itself in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile mainly due to the presence…
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02
Jun
By John Shearon
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1900-1909, Articles, Everton Clubs Abroad, History, John Shearon, Members Work, South America

Spreading the Everton name…

At the final whistle of this evening’s game both sets of players will be looking forward to a well-earned  rest over the coming months. In late April 1909, this was not the case as Everton closed the season with a 4-2 win over Leicester Fosse to finish runners-up to champions Newcastle United. The Toffees, along with Spurs, who likewise had finished runners-up but in the Second Division, had been invited to play a number of friendly matches in Argentina and Uruguay where the sport was still in its infancy. This was not the first such tour. Southampton in 1904 and…
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