Founded by Dr David France OBE in 2008, the Everton FC Heritage Society is a voluntary organisation dedicated to researching, chronicling and verifying the rich history of Everton Football Club.
The Unswerving Mission of the Everton FC Heritage Society
To be the first point of reference for all enquiries regarding Everton’s history, from the club, football historians and other football enthusiasts.
To actively promote knowledge of the club’s history through presentations, exhibitions and other events.
To promote The Everton Collection and support the Everton Collection Charitable Trust through, but not limited to, collaborative research, verification of historical facts and advice with exhibitions.
The Early Days
In September 2008, not long after the transfer of my unrivalled collection of Everton memorabilia to public ownership (now known as The Everton Collection), I invited a small group of history enthusiasts to the kick off meeting of the Everton FC Heritage Society at the Adelphi Hotel, the home of Gwladys Street’s Hall of Fame galas, in Liverpool. If my memory serves me well, the participants included (in alphabetical order) Brendan Connolly, Mark Denny, Tony Heslop, Barry Hewett, George Orr, John Rowlands, Billy Smith, David Starsky, Paul Wharton and Keith Wilson as well as Max Dunbar, the newly appointed curator of the Everton Collection.
Since then, the Society has gone from strength to strength. Its success is for others to judge, but is reflected in the top quality of the research related to the lives, careers, war service and graves of players from all eras, as well as the Everton books produced by its members, in excess of 100 titles, and the articles published on independent websites and official club publications.
The development of the Society has benefited significantly from the service of its past-chairmen – Paul Wharton and Brendan Connolly, which continues under our present chairman Ken Rogers.
Meetings
Monthly meetings of members and associates have been held at Goodison Park and the Everton FC boardroom in the Royal Liver Building. Representatives of the Society can be found at St Luke’s church hall in Goodison Road on first-team matchdays.
Dr David France OBE
Founder and Life-time President
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Current List of Members
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Royal Liver Building
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