Players – Page 13 – Everton FC Heritage Society

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1878-1889, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony OnslowDarwen, Preston North End, Walter Smalley

Only Once a Blue (8) Walter Smalley

Everton had just excepted the invitation to become founder members of the Football League when Tommy Costley declared himself 'unavailable' for the home game on 2 April. His place was taken by the elder brother of the club goalkeeper, Walter Smalley. Born 1864 at Over Darwen in Lancashire, he was the eldest child of Thomas, a cotton mill manager, and Jane. The 1881 census recorded the Smalley family, now with four children, living in a larger home at St Matthews Terrace in Preston, where Walter had found employment as a clerk. He has also become a member of North…

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Dec

By Tony Onslow

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Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

Only Once a Blue (Part 7): Alfred Vaughan

Alfred Vaughan was about eight weeks short of his 27th birthday when he made his one and only Football League appearance for Everton. He was born of Welsh parentage on 4 April 1871 in the North Wales coastal town of Rhyl. His father Edward worked as a joiner and his mother's name was Margaret. The family first lived at Windsor Stree,t before moving to Queen Street, where Margaret, assisted by her daughter, ran a confectionary business, while Alfred joined his father in the carpentry trade. He began playing amateur football locally, until in 1898 Rhyl Athletic amalgamated with Rhyl United…

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Nov

By Tony Onslow

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1878-1889, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

Only Once a Blue (Part 6): Joe Marsden

Joe Marsden joined Everton from Darwen, where he was born on 11 October 1869. By 1881, he was still living with his parents, Thomas and Nancy, at 6 Sydney Street, but now employed as a half-time weaver, in the cotton industry. Marsden had fond childhood memories concerning the FA Cup exploits of his local team, and would have been proud when he joined them on their home at Barley Bank Meadow. His Darwen side began the 1886-87 campaign a with stunning 7-1 win over Heart of Midlothian, which was followed by victories over Bolton Wanderers and Chirk. Their hopes of…

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Nov

By Tony Onslow

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1878-1889, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

Only Once a Blue (Part 5): Henry Parkinson

When Harry Parkinson arrived at the Thornyholme Ground, he had intended to watch a Football League match but instead found himself taking part. Born on 9 December 1866 in Oswaldtwistle, he spent the early years of his life with his mother Catherine at the Star Inn where his grandfather was landlord. At the time of the 1881 census, Catherine had taken over as landlady, while her son had started to work as a weaver in the cotton industry. Being brought up in a beer drinking environment may have been the reason why Harry developed an aversion to alcohol, for he…

Charles Munroe Lindsay, an Everton Goalkeeper

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Oct

By Tony Onslow

1878-1889, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

Charles Munroe Lindsay, an Everton Goalkeeper

In the year of 1871 the FA rules were reformed and it was decided that only one designated player was allowed to handle the ball in order to prevent it from entering the framework of the goal. This player was, from this point onwards, to be known as the designated goalkeeper. It was a hazardous position to play in because the rules did not as yet prevent the man chosen from being “brought to ground” – with or without the ball – or surrounded and barged by opposing forwards. These rules were still in force when, in 1883, Everton found…

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Oct

By Tony Onslow

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1900-1909, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

John Donaldson, a Blue from Garnock Valley

The second player to come to Everton from the King's Park club in Stirling, John Donaldson arrived in Liverpool at the commencement of the 1904/05 football season, along with fellow Scotsmen William Black and John Hannan. The move, however, would also to impact upon the rest of his family. John Donaldson was born on 25 July 1885 at Beith in Ayrshire and was the third child born to Thomas – a cabinetmaker – and his wife, Margaret. The 1891 census revealed that the family had by then relocated to Falkirk, which was the birthplace of Thomas, and living at a…

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Sep

By Tony Onslow

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1900-1909, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

William Black, a Blue from the Hebrides

Born within the sight and sound of burning sparks and roaring bellows, William Black was the first football player to arrive at Goodison Park who had been born in the mist-covered islands of the Inner Hebrides, where his father, Duncan, had chosen to make a home for himself and his wife, Catherine. The couple had first met – and married – at Blackburn Street in the Plantation area of Govan (now part of Glasgow) where their first child, Duncan junior, was born. Shortly after this event, Duncan accepted the position of Village Blacksmith at Torosay on the Island of…

Only Once a Blue -Part 2: Egerton Stewart-Brown

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Sep

By Tony Onslow

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1878-1889, 1910-1919, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow, WW1

Only Once a Blue -Part 2: Egerton Stewart-Brown

Only Once a Blue. Part 2: Egerton Stewart-Brown When Everton Football Club signed Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Sheffield United, he became their first player to be officially registered with a double-barrelled surname since Benjamin Howard-Baker in 1920. There is, however, another man who played for Everton before official records began who also had a hyphenated surname. He actually made a guest appearance during Everton's days at Anfield. Egerton Stewart-Brown, far left, with Liverpool Ramblers. On the far-right is J Bruce Ismay, the future Chairman of the White Star Shipping Line Egerton Stewart-Brown was born 31 January 1862, in the township of…

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Sep

By Tony Onslow

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1890-1899, Articles, History, Members Work, Players, Tony Onslow

Only Once a Blue (Part 1): Robert Jamieson

Only Once a Blue (Part 1) Robert Jamieson Hailing from the famous football nursery in The Vale of Leven, Robert Jamieson was to learn the rudiments of the association game surrounded by what were, at the time, some of the finest players in the kingdom. He was born on 7 September 1867 at 199 High Street, Dumbarton, the child of Robert, a journeyman fitter, and his wife Elizabeth. The head of the household was away on the day of the 1871 census, but Elizabeth was recorded, along with her four children, as living at 6 Clyde Street in Dumbarton. On…

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By Mike Royden

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1940-1949, Everton Collection, History, Mike Royden, Players, WW2

Any Chance of a Trial Mr Kelly?

Charlie Lewis had a dream How many of us have dreamt of turning up at Goodison with our boots, blagging our way inside, finding the manager’s office, knocking on the door and asking if there is any chance of a trial, being told ‘Sure son, no problem, come right this way’, playing a blinder, outshining all the other trialists who had been invited to play, walking off feeling you had blown it, only for the manager, not only to take you on, but to put you straight into the first team next Saturday alongside the England centre-forward? And then…