Heritage Talks and Social Evenings – Spring Series Programme 2026:
‘The Forgotten Champions: 1986/87: Everton’s Last Title at Goodison Park’
We are pleased to announce our new monthly series of social evenings featuring a talk or event related to our club’s history, heritage, culture and community. This new initiative has been introduced by members of the Everton FC Heritage Society, and in a full season will run from September to May on the first Thursday of every month in the downstairs function room of The Denbigh Castle, in Hackins Hey (off Dale Street), Liverpool.
All Evertonians are welcome to attend, and we sincerely hope you will support the research of the Everton FC Heritage Society.
Bar available until midnight.
18+ only please
Strictly no filming allowed at any of our events please.
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Latest Event – Thursday 5 March 2026, 7.00pm
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Paul McParlan, is a member of The Everton FC Heritage Society, and their representative on the Fan Advisory Board. He is also a long standing member of the Football Writers’ Association, and a Senior Writer for These Football Times magazine. Paul has written features for The Guardian, The Athletic, the Liverpool Echo,When Saturday Comes magazine and the Black Watch fanzine. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast and ITV. In addition he contributed to the Goodbye to Goodison video. Paul is a regular guest on the popular Blue Room and BBC Radio Merseyside Sport shows. He has also been interviewed on Radio Five and Talksport. Paul has supported Everton since the 1960s and survived the horrors of the Boy’s Pen.
“Aided by great source material, a breezy writing style and intelligent analysis of the bigger picture, Paul has produced an eminently readable tome which I heartily recommend to fellow Toffees. He should be applauded for giving Everton’s 1986/87 season the prominence and praise it so richly deserves.” — Rob Sawyer, author, football historian and a member of Everton FC Heritage Society
“This is a great read and such a necessary subject to write about. I enjoyed it and recommend it “ — Alan Myers, Sky Sports News
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Events Programme – First Thursday of the Month – September to May
(Subject to change or reshuffle)
| 8 January 2026 | Rob Sawyer and Gavin Buckland (Authors EFCHS) ‘Catterick and Kendall – Comparing and Contrasting Everton’s Managerial Giants.’ |
| 5 February 2026 | Pat Nevin ‘The Accidental Footballer; An Evening with Pat Nevin’ |
| 5 March 2026 | Paul McParlan (Author, EFCHS, FAB) ‘‘The Forgotten Champions: 1986/87: Everton’s Last Title at Goodison Park’‘ |
| 2 April 2026 | Ken Rogers (Chairman EFCHS, former Liverpool Echo Sports Editor`) and David Prentice (Former Liverpool Echo Sports Editor, Everton FC Press Officer) ‘Five decades of reporting on Everton Football Club’ |
| 7 May 2026 | Jamie Yates (Author, EFCHS) Current Research Projects for EFCHS Peter Lupson (Author, former vice-chair, EFCHS) ‘Everton FC and the early medical treatment of their players’ |
| Tuesday 16 June 2026 9.15am – 4.00pm | Paul McParlan / Ken Rogers / Mike Royden / Rob Sawyer (Members of EFCHS) ‘Football in the Mid-1960s – Everton FC Heritage Society,’ (This is part of a day anniversary event entitled Do Look Back! Bob Dylan, the Adelphi, Football glory, Liver Birds and Liverpool on TV in 1966, hosted by Liverpool History Society, (not EFCHS) at the Sefton Suite, Adelphi Hotel, relating to the 1966 visit to Liverpool by Bob Dylan and the FA Cup win by Everton). Tickets on sale 1 March 2026 from the TicketTailor website. Full details and tickets please click here. Please note, the EFCHS are not the organisers of this event, nor are we responsible for the ticketing or pricing. Any queries on those aspects should be directed at Liverpool History Society. They will be giving discounts to their members, and can also take membership applications on their website. Click here. |
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Past Events
Social Night 001 – 8 January 2026
Guest speakers – Rob Sawyer and Gavin Buckland
‘Catterick and Kendall – Comparing and Contrasting Everton’s Managerial Giants’
Harry Catterick and Howard Kendall, undoubtedly Everton’s two greatest managers, was the subject of an evening of discussion led by Toffees historians Gavin Buckland and Rob Sawyer. Both authors, who are members of Everton FC Heritage Society, have written extensively about Catterick and Kendall’s spells at Goodison as players and managers, and will discuss their careers and lasting legacies, comparing and contrasting these two significant figures in British football.
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Social Night 002 – 5 February 2026
Guest speaker – Pat Nevin with Rob Sawyer
‘The Accidental Footballer – An Evening with Pat Nevin’
With The Accidental Footballer, Pat proved himself to be a brilliant writer with a highly original take on a top flight football memoir. He followed this with the highly revealing ‘Football and How to Survive It,‘ a rollercoaster of a book which features an utterly compelling account of how, outside of the Premier League, clubs are hanging by the narrowest of threads. All this and more featured in a brilliant evening, with Pat in fine form, especially about his time at Everton FC.
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Publicity
We will advertise tickets and future events on our social media accounts (Twitter/Facebook/BlueSky) as well as on this page. Please do follow us on social media – icon links are at the top right of this page, and below in the bottom blue panel.
We do hope you will attend the events, as it will be a chance to hear about some of our latest research, and some of the previous work carried out by our authors and historians. There will be breaks to chat with friends and to refill your glass, and the opportunity to get involved in Q & A sessions after the talks.
We hope to see you there!
Regards
Social Events Committee
Venue
Our venue is that renowned establishment, and haunt of Evertonians, The Denbigh Castle. Everton-themed events are frequently held there, plus it is part of the pre- and post-match routine for many fans. Situated in Hackins Hey, off Dale Street near the Town Hall, it is a short walk from Moorfields Station.
We have the downstairs function room from 8 January 2026 and, after that, the first Thursday of the month until May. It is a small intimate area, holding around 50 people, with its own bar and toilets (therefore avoiding unnecessary trips up and downstairs during the evening).
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Click here for a 360 degree view of the function room
Time
The room will be open from 7pm, seats by 7.30pm, with the programme commencing at 7.45pm.
Car Parking
Q Park on Vernon Street, Off Dale Street – Entry from 18:00 to 23:59
£ 2.70 per hour
NCP next to the Denbigh and on Moorfields – £14 for the evening
No free parking: From July 2025, there is no free on-street parking within the city centre between 7am and 11pm.
Train
Moorfields Station – 200 yards walk
James Street – 4 minute walk – James Street/Castle Street/Dale Street/
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