Andy Hinchcliffe (1990-98) Apps 182, Goals 7  Hinchcliffe was our left-footed dead-ball specialist during the nineties. Perhaps not as accomplished the right-footed dead-ball specialist that is still clinging onto the England squad for dear life – but actually more well-rounded. Because of Mr Beckham’s Murdochian stranglehold on football it is easy to think that good cross...
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1994-99, 105 apps, 4 goals Everton’s 57th best player (and Bournmouth’s 9th) is another one like Tony Kay who never came anywhere near to fulfilling his potential. Whereas Kay’s career was halted by draconian punishment, Parkinson’s was curtailed by injury – a cartilage tear that “despite operation after operation kept ripping”. Joe ran himself into the ground...
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Tony Kay (1962-64) 57 appearances, 4 goals Tony Kay was Britain’s most expensive footballer when Everton swooped for him in 1962, paying a British record £60,000 for the red-headed wing half. Ponderous players attempting a midfield filibuster were greeted by Kay’s menacing physicality as well as his abundant skill. Harry Catterick, a shrewd judge...
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#60. Thomas Gravesen (2000-05, 2007-08) 132 appearances, 11 goals From the beginning of his Everton career, Gravesen set out to get noticed, playing like he should have an exclamation mark grafted onto his surname. The excitable Dane even saw red in one of his first outings, a “friendly” against Blackburn Rovers in 2000, for...
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David Moyes, the man who had the temerity to say no to Mark Hughes, let rip today – and I love him even more for it. According to every news source with a pulse, Moyes has torn “Sparky” a new one for not understanding the word “no”… The Independent’s Paul Walker writes: Moyes, preparing his side...
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Mark Hughes’ antics remind me of a scene from Dumb and Dumber: Lloyd: What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me… ending up together?Mary: Well, Lloyd, that’s difficult to say. I mean, we don’t really…Lloyd: Hit me with it! Just give it to me straight! I...
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This was originally published on the Times Fanzine Fanzone Page. And it continues…Lescott wants to leave, Moyes doesn’t want to sell, and Hughes is still returning with bids for the player. The harder Moyes rejects the bids the more the Welshman boomerangs back. Hughes’ bids amount to Chinese Water Torture; an incessant drip – intriguing...
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Loyal to the Lucre? Whilst summer rolls into action many Blue websites have been indulging in Evertonians’ favourite warm-weather pastime: Kenwright kvetching. Some anticipate a summer of scraping around for money, missing out on signings, and seeing our Chairman fail – once more – to sell the club. I’m actually glad Kenwright has failed to...
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Today’s papers are awash with stories of Man City’s latest transfer capers; and apparently Mark Hughes is preparing a bid for our very own Joleon Lescott. It’s midly irritating when the Sun and Mirror are prattling on about players leaving Everton, but it’s a whole different matter when the broadsheets start getting in on the...
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Written for the Times Fanzine Fanzone on October 17, 2008 While over the pond they fight for four years in the White House, on Merseyside David Moyes has signed on for five more years at Goodison. A myriad of creases has always framed the eyes of our irascible Scot; and those eyes, always cool and...
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