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Ken Rogers 

(Chairman EFCHS, former Liverpool Echo Sports Editor`) 

David Prentice 

(Former Liverpool Echo Sports Editor, Head of Communications, Everton FC)

Ken Rogers and Davi...

Rob Sawyer

Dixie Dean’s goalscoring exploits gained legendary status, long before he hung up his boots in 1939. His instincts and ability to plunder goals were unsurpassed, but he was always quick to recognise the contribution to his remarkable goal haul of his Everton wingmen. Without their ‘assists’, to coin the modern parlance, his figures would sti...

Rob Sawyer

Forty-one years ago, on 24 April 1985, Goodison Park was rocked to its foundations on one of the greatest nights the beloved stadium has played host to. Cheered on by 49,476 vociferous fans, who, according to Howard Kendall, had the ability to suck the ball into the Gwladys Street net, Everton came from a goal down to defeat Bayern Munich, 3...

Jamie Yates

For anyone who grew up with the 1988 BBC Official History narrated by John Motson as part of their Evertonian education, one of the most exhilarating montages is made up of footage from the 1962/63 season, early on in Harry Catterick’s glorious reign as manager.

One particularly notable sequence is the footage from Saturday 22 Septemb...

Richie Gillham

John ‘Jock’ Gillespie

John “Jock” Gillespie was born on Tuesday 15 November 1870, in Falkirk. Jock and his three brothers were all good footballers. His brother, George L. Gillespie, was a well-known  player of the day who  played for Queen’s Park, another brother, Alexander, played for both Queen’s Park ...