22. Gordon West (1962-73)  399 appearances  Harry Catterick’s first signing; £27,000 from Blackpool in March 1962, for what was then a record fee for a ’keeper, turned out to be one of his most astute. West was an agile goalie whose excellent handling, shot-stopping and judgement of angles made him a virtual ever-present...
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 23. Dave Hickson (1951-56, 1957-60)  243 appearances, 111 goals  “I would have died for Everton. I would have broken every other bone in my body for any other club, that’s how I look at it, you know. I would have died for this club.”  As Everton’s “Cannonball kid”, Dave Hickson hurtled around the field, fighting...
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 24. Trevor Steven (1983-89)  283 appearances, 58 goals  Trevor Steven provided ammunition for Sharp and Gray in the mid-eighties and scored his share of goals too. Steven was the archetypal winger and the brilliant crossing and sheer cunning of the man known as “Tricky Trev” was a wonderful asset in a hugely successful team....
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 25. Tommy Eglington (1946-57)  428 appearances, 82 goals  Eglington had the pace that launched a thousand attacks during a career that had a wingspan of more than a decade. He came across from Shamrock Rovers in 1946 in a £10,000 deal that included Peter Farrell, and played on the left wing scoring a healthy...
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  26. Fred Pickering (1963-67)  115 appearances, 70 goals Fred was a beefy forward with a sensational goal to game ratio. A Catterick signing from Blackburn Rovers in 1964 for a club record £90,000, he was nicknamed “Boomer” because of his massively powerful right foot. Sadly Pickering never really recovered from being dropped from the...
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  27. Gary Lineker OBE (1985-86)  52 appearances, 38 goals “There’s no doubt at all that Everton was the best team I ever played in.” For months the Gwladys Street looked upon Andy Gray’s replacement with suspicious eyes, but eventually this goal-glutton won over huge swathes of Goodison. Lineker spent only one season at Everton, but...
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 28. Mick Lyons (1970-82)   434 appearances, 59 goals   Mick Lyons had the misfortune to play during the barren years of gradual decline at Goodison following the 1969/70 title win. Not skilful but powerful and physically imposing, not even his iron will was enough to resist the slide which culminated in the bleak Gordon Lee...
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  29. Adrian Heath (1981-89) 293 appearances, 89 goals A club-record-signing when he joined Everton from Stoke City in January 1982 for £700,000, little Adrian Heath brought guile to Everton’s midfield. Health was a polyglot player who was comfortable speaking both the language of a forward and a midfielder. Intelligent off-the-ball movement meant that...
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Which Everton will turn up at White Hart Lane? The clueless one that surrendered so meekly in Lisbon or the one that comprehensively beat City, Chelsea and United. Having a near fully-fit squad brings its own problems for a manager; it is no longer simply a case of selecting your best eleven players, no...
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Louis Saha, who has scored 15 goals in 28 appearances for Everton this season, has been included in the France squad for their friendly against Spain on March 3rd in Paris. It has been over six years since Saha last represented Les Bleus. He told French daily L’Equipe “It’s really nice to be in...
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