"Gordon West Gordon West (24 April 1943 — 10 June 2012) was an English professional football goalkeeper. He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton. West played as a defender for Barnsley, Don and Dearne Boys, but when accompanying a friend to a trial with Blackpool decided to try out as a goalkeeper. The Lancashire club signed him, and West made his debut for Blackpool at the age of 17. After 33 League games for ""the Tangerines"", he signed for Everton in March 1962 for £27,000, then a British record for a goalkeeper,"
"November 2018 at the age of 76. Gordon Morritt Gordon Raymond Morritt (8 February 1942 – November 2018) was an English footballer who made 265 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers, Northampton Town, York City, Rochdale and Darlington in the 1960s and 1970s. He also played in South Africa for Durban City. He played in some of Rotherham's matches as they reached the first ever League Cup Final in 1961, but Roy Ironside was preferred for the final itself, in which Rotherham lost 3–0 on aggregate to Aston Villa. Morritt was born"
"match. During the latter appearance, his last international, Lawrence collided with the crossbar and had to be carried off. After retiring from professional football, Lawrence returned to work at Rylands as a quality controller. In February 2015, Lawrence was inadvertently interviewed in the street by BBC journalist Stuart Flinders who was asking elderly people if they remembered the 1966–67 FA Cup Fifth Round game between Liverpool and Everton. Lawrence replied ""I do, I played in it. I was [the] goalkeeper for Liverpool."" Lawrence died on 10 January 2018, aged 77. Tommy Lawrence Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (14 May 1940 – 10"
"girlfriend Linda and his sons Stephen and Mark. His funeral was attended by Tommy Wright, Cliff Marshall, John Hurst, George Telfer, Derek Temple, Colin Harvey, Martin Buchan, Peter Reid, Dave Hickson and former player and manager Joe Royle, along with former chairman Philip Carter, who paid tribute at the service. Gordon West Gordon West (24 April 1943 — 10 June 2012) was an English professional football goalkeeper. He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton. West played as a defender for Barnsley, Don and Dearne Boys, but when accompanying a friend to a"
"at West Bromwich Albion, Latchford was capped twice for the England U23 side. He played against Poland in October 1973 (0–0) and Wales in January 1974 (0–0). Latchford was never capped at senior level. Peter Latchford Peter William Latchford (born 27 September 1952) is an English former football goalkeeper. He was born in Birmingham and has three older brothers; the eldest John, Dave, who was also a goalkeeper and played over 200 games for Birmingham City, and more famously the Everton and England striker, Bob Latchford who also started his career at Birmingham City. Latchford spent most of his career"
"10 October 2016 at the age of 80 after a lengthy illness. Eddie O'Hara (footballer, born 1935) Albert Edward O'Hara (28 October 1935 – 10 October 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left winger. He won the 1956-57 Scottish Cup with Falkirk before moving to Everton in a double transfer with Alex Parker. He also played for Rotherham United, Morton, Barnsley and Bloemfontein City. He was capped by Scotland at age group level. O'Hara's footballing talent was obvious from early years and played for Scotland Schoolboys. He attracted attention playing for Shettleston with several senior clubs"
"Rovers. He made seventeen League appearances for the Wirral club. West won three caps for England. He turned down a place in the 1970 FIFA World Cup squad because he wanted to stay at home with his family. After giving up football, West worked in security at RAF Woodvale and became an after dinner speaker. Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall campaigned for West to be rewarded with a testimonial game by Everton for his eleven years of service. West lived in Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside. On 10 June 2012, West died of cancer in hospital. He is survived by his"
"Championship qualifying group matches. He conceded only one goal in total winning all three games. All three games were in 1977 during his last four months at Forest. His last cap was four days before the 3-0 defeat by Arsenal playing for Forest. John Middleton died on 3 July 2016 aged 59. Nottingham Forest: John Middleton (footballer, born 1956) John Middleton (24 December 1956 – 3 July 2016) was an English under-21 internationalist football goalkeeper. He won honours playing 137 first team games with Nottingham Forest. After 80 competitive first team games for Derby County he retired due to injury"
"celebration of the clubs' centenary by a team of people, including club historian Ian Thomas and his wife, have also credited the goal to Glazzard, hence him having 142 League goals, a Town League goals record that he holds jointly with George Brown. In August 1956 he was transferred to Everton. Things did not work out there and he moved on to Mansfield Town after only three senior appearances. Ten goals and 22 appearances later, he retired in the summer of 1957 aged 34. In later years he suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died in 1995, aged 72. A number"
"His death was reported on 24 August 2017. Source: Alan Boswell Alan Henry Boswell (8 August 1943 – 24 August 2017) was an English football goalkeeper who made 479 league and cup appearances in a 12-year career in the English Football League. He began his career at Walsall in 1961, before moving on to Shrewsbury Town in 1963. He spent five years at the club, before winning a move to First Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1968. The next year he moved on to Bolton Wanderers, before signing with Port Vale in July 1972. He left Vale Park in May"
"Guadalajara. Newton also assisted in both England goals in the Quarter-Final defeat to West Germany. Keith Newton (footballer) Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998) was an English international footballer who played as a defender in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. Newton was born in Manchester. He started his career with Blackburn Rovers and first played a League game in the 1960-61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club. He transferred to Everton in December 1969 and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969-70"
"in 2014, aged 86. Source: Andy Graver Andrew Martin Graver (12 September 1927 – 18 January 2014) was an English footballer who scored 158 goals from 323 games playing in the Football League for Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Leicester City and Stoke City. Graver is Lincoln City's all-time leading scorer, and topped the poll as the club's supporters voted for their ""100 League Legends"". He spent three separate spells with Lincoln, interspersed with big-money transfers to Leicester City and Stoke City and appearances for Boston United in the Midland League. He finished his career in non-League football with Skegness Town"
"Albert Dunlop Albert Dunlop (21 April 1932 in Liverpool, England - 6 March 1990) was an English football goalkeeper. Signed by Everton as a junior in 1950 Dunlop had to wait until October 1956 to make his debut when he replaced Jimmy O'Neill at Old Trafford. It was to be remarkable debut for him, Manchester United were the reigning League Champions and had been unbeaten in the last 26 games but Everton won 5-2. In the next game Arsenal were beaten 4-0 and Dunlop kept his place until the end of the season. Dunlop was unchallenged for the goalkeeper's jersey"
"4 November 2014 in Wrexham, Wales aged 83 following a long illness. Source: Eddie Stuart Edward Albert ""Eddie"" Stuart (12 May 1931 – 4 November 2014) was a South African professional footballer who played as a defender. He played 322 times in England for Wolverhampton Wanderers between 1951 and 1962, winning three league titles and the FA Cup. He also served Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County. Stuart began his professional career with Rangers of Johannesburg, where he won the South African Cup, before joining English First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 1951. After spending time in the"
"Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920) Bert Frederick Williams MBE (31 January 1920 – 19 January 2014) was an English international football goalkeeper. Nicknamed ""The Cat"", he spent the majority of his playing career at Wolverhampton Wanderers where he won the League Championship and FA Cup. At the time of his death Williams was the oldest living England international. Williams started playing competitive football as a young man when he was a member of the 19th Wolverhampton Company of The Boys' Brigade (Bradley Methodist Church). He was then offered the chance to play for Walsall's reserves, whilst playing for Thompson's FC,"
"September 2014. Everton Alex Young (footballer, born 1880) Alexander Simpson ""Sandy"" Young (23 June 1880 – 17 September 1959) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for St Mirren, Falkirk, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, South Liverpool and represented Scotland at international level. He is the all-time fourth highest scorer for English club Everton and scored the only goal to win the 1906 FA Cup Final. Some attribute to him a total of 110 league goals for Everton, which would put him in second spot behind Dixie Dean. He was also the Football League's top scorer in 1906–07. In 1911"
"He was 65 years old. His death came almost exactly five years after former Everton striker Dixie Dean had died while watching a game at the ground, also of a heart attack. Everton won the replay 1–0 and the players wore a black armband in honour of Catterick. He is buried in the graveyard of the Parish Church of St Annes, Lancashire. His gravestone bears the Everton motto, ""Nil satis nisi optimum"". Catterick was portrayed by Colin Welland in the 1997 TV film ""The Fix"", which featured the events of the 1964 football betting scandal. Harry Catterick Harry Catterick (26"
"career was ended by a car crash in 1975; his injuries resulted him being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life and in need of constant care. He settled in Wrexham where he helped found a club for Wrexham Football Club's disabled supporters, going on to become the football club's disability officer. He died on 5 August 2015 at the age of 72. Tony Millington Anthony Horace Millington (5 June 1943 – 5 August 2015) was a Welsh footballer who played as a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United and Swansea City in the 1960s and 1970s"
"the club, and ended his career with seasons at non-league sides Deal Town and March Town United. After his retirement, Ephgrave moved back to Guernsey, and he died on 12 December 2004 at the age of 86. George Ephgrave George Arthur Ephgrave (29 April 1918 – 12 December 2004) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Reading, Ephgrave began his professional career with Aston Villa in 1936, and later played for a number of Football League clubs including Southampton and Norwich City before retiring from professional football in 1954. Born in Reading but brought up in"
"for the 1960–61 season and Welwyn Garden City for the 1962–63 season. He settled in Welwyn Garden City, where he died in April 1984, one month before what would have been his 78th birthday. Birmingham Harry Hibbs (footballer) Henry Edward Hibbs (27 May 1906 – 23 April 1984) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Birmingham and England in the 1920s and 1930s. His uncle and cousinHubert Pearson and Harold Pearsonwere also both professional players. Hibbs was born in Wilnecote, Staffordshire and, whilst training as a plumber, played for his local club sides Wilnecote Holy Trinity and Tamworth Castle,"
"and by February 1966 had been appointed full-time manager and commercial director of the club. He was quite a flamboyant character, and when the club was going through a rough patch he once selected himself as centre-forward to see what the problems were at first hand. He married Joan Guest, and they had one son, Carl. Albert Dunlop Albert Dunlop (21 April 1932 in Liverpool, England - 6 March 1990) was an English football goalkeeper. Signed by Everton as a junior in 1950 Dunlop had to wait until October 1956 to make his debut when he replaced Jimmy O'Neill at"
"of the season. His final appearance for Everton was his 100th game for the club against Chelsea in an FA Cup tie at Goodison Park which ended 1–1, making numerous excellent saves. It was a fitting end to Martyn's Everton career, and he is considered by many as the club's best goalkeeper since Neville Southall, so much so that he was nicknamed ""Big Nige"" a play on ""Big Nev"" which was Southall's nickname. On 8 June 2006, Martyn announced his retirement from football due to a stress fracture in his ankle that had sidelined him since January and failed to"
"Everton"""". Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright also paid tribute by saying: """"On the foot of the Dixie Dean statue outside Goodison Park are the words 'Footballer, Gentleman, Evertonian'. Those words summed up Dixie and they apply, equally, to the great Brian Labone."""" Part of Everton's home ground, Goodison Park, was named in his honour. Brian Labone Brian Leslie Labone (23 January 1940 – 24 April 2006) was an English footballer who played for and captained Everton. A one-club man, Labone's professional career lasted from 1958 to 1971, during which he won the Football League championship twice and the FA Cup once."
"goals. Geary subsequently returned to Goodison Park as a groundsman. He died on 8 January 1955, a fortnight short of his 87th birthday. Fred Geary Fred Geary (23 January 1868 – 8 January 1955) was an English professional footballer who played at centre forward for Everton in the 1890s, and made two appearances for England, scoring a hat-trick on his debut. At Everton, he was a prolific goal-scorer, with 86 goals in 99 appearances, helping them to win the Football League championship for the first time in 1890–91. He was ""the first Everton centre-forward to capture the imagination of their"
"Southall in 1994. He retired from playing in 1952 and ran a pub in Aintree. He died in October 1986, aged 76. He was survived by his wife of 54 years, Dorothy ""Dolly"", who lived until July 2009 and the age of 100. She was living in an Ormskirk nursing home by the time of her death. Sagar played four times for England, as well as once for Northern Ireland Regional League during the war. Ted Sagar Edward Sagar (7 February 1910 – 16 October 1986) played football for Everton and England. He was known as a fearless goalkeeper of"
"Sunday 11 June 1967. He died on 3 November 2008, aged 71. Geoff Sidebottom Geoffrey Sidebottom (26 December 1936 – 3 November 2008) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Sidebottom joined Wolverhampton Wanderers from their Yorkshire-based nursery club Wath Wanderers in 1954. Due to the talent of Bert Williams and Malcolm Finlayson, he had to wait until 1 November 1958 to make his first team debut, in a 2–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion. He managed 35 appearances for Wolves, including playing in the 1960 Charity Shield, before moving to their Midlands neighbours Aston Villa in"
"for a Third Division club. Reg Matthews Reginald Derrick Matthews (20 December 1933 – 7 October 2001) was an English football goalkeeper. In a playing career spanning almost 20 years, Matthews turned out for Coventry City, Chelsea and Derby County, making over 100 league appearances for each. He was selected to play for the Third Division South team against the North in 1955/56 and 1956/57. He won four caps for the England under-23's, and five caps for the senior national team. He was the first Coventry-born footballer to be capped by England. Matthews is one of only five post-war players"
"to Joe Corrigan and so the spent two months on loan at Stoke City being used as cover for Gordon Banks, making three appearances for the ""Potters"". His final Manchester City appearance was against Sheffield Wednesday in the final match of 1969–70, and in December 1970 he was transferred to Oldham Athletic, where he played 111 times. Dowd died on 7 April 2015 at the age of 76. Source: Manchester City Harry Dowd Henry William Dowd (4 July 1938 – 7 April 2015) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. At the"
"years later. On retirement, he was paid a sum of £1000, as well as a silver tea and coffee service from Middlesbrough chairman Philip Bach. Williamson continued to keep goal for a works team, however. Not interested in watching football, he spent his free time playing golf and taking his sporting gun to Teesmouth. He died on 1 August 1943 at North Ormesby Hospital following an operation, and is buried in Coatham Churchyard. Tim Williamson Reginald Garnet (Tim) Williamson (6 June 1884 – 1 August 1943) was an English football player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough,"
"the age of 66. George Longridge George Paterson Longridge (23 August 1931 – 8 June 1998) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the English Football League for Darlington and in the Scottish Football League for East Stirlingshire. He was on the books of Leyton Orient and West Ham United in England and Third Lanark in Scotland without playing League football for any, and also played English non-league football for Sittingbourne, Ramsgate and Chelmsford City. After finishing his playing career he emigrated to the United States. Longridge was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1931, the son of"
"Keith Newton (footballer) Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998) was an English international footballer who played as a defender in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. Newton was born in Manchester. He started his career with Blackburn Rovers and first played a League game in the 1960-61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club. He transferred to Everton in December 1969 and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969-70 season, in which Everton won the Football League First Division. Newton moved to Burnley for"
"goals. Jolliffe made only one appearance in 1889-1890 and retired from football after the 1889-1890 season finished. Charles Jolliffe Charles James Jolliffe (1861–1943) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Everton. Charles Jolliffe was a tall, lean footballer for Everton in the pre-Football League era. He was the number one choice as goalkeeper between October 1885 and October 1887. He lost his place to Robert Smalley as the Football League era dawned. Robert Smalley was Everton's regular goalkeeper in 1888-1889. However, in match seven, the trip to County Ground, Derby Robert Smalley was injured so Jolliffe"
"gave him a testimonial at Goodison Park, which over 20,000 fans attended. He was also named as a member of Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame. Young married Nancy in 1957, and had three children: Jane, Alex Jnr and Jason. Young died at the age of 80 on 27 February 2017 after a short illness. He is survived by wife Nancy, and their three children. Ken Loach's 1968 docu-drama, ""The Golden Vision"", concerned a group of Everton fans and was named after Young, who also appears on-screen. Young was named as one of the Football League 100 Legends of the 20th"