Paul Owens

Dynamite, death, palpable inefficiency and only adequate justice

Dynamite, death, palpable inefficiency and only adequate justice

For much of this 2025/26 season, Jordan Pickford has continued to showcase his incredible ability to produce world-class saves at key moments in matches. Screenshot The Washington-born stopper’s love and affection for his home club Sunderland however is not a secret. At every Everton game, we are told he is both a Mackem and a Blue (and that he has no time for either club’s closest rivals). Moreover, at the Stadium of Light earlier this season, his son Arlo walked out as mascot wearing a half-and-half shirt. However, Everton’s current custodian isn’t the only goalkeeper in our history to have…
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Keeping it Together – A Tale of One Position and Two Football Clubs

Keeping it Together – A Tale of One Position and Two Football Clubs

Paul Owens The goalkeeping connections between Everton and Preston North End really are extraordinary.   Indeed, it is difficult to think of two other clubs who have shared such a long-standing and prolific connection when it comes to a single position on the football field  Preston North End 1888/89 In 1888/89, Preston became the first champions of England, having gone the whole of the inaugural English First Division season undefeated, winning 18 and drawing four of their 22 league matches. The following season, they successfully defended their title – finishing two points ahead of second-placed Everton, who pipped them to…
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