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Harry Catterick at Bellfield the training ground he designed himself -]
Some of Everton's greatest wingers, Andrei Kanchelskis, plus (inset) Kevin Sheedy and Jackie Coulter -
George Wood -
For @Major Gowen - The Prince of Centre Halves T G JONES -
He won 17 international caps for Wales during and 11 during the Second World War, as well as making 178 appearances for Everton between 1936 and 1950.
He was once tagged “The Prince of Wales” and managed Bangor City from 1956 to 1967.
The highlight of his managerial career with the Citizens, was winning the Welsh Cup in 1962 and taking the club into the now defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup where they took on Italian giants Napoli.
He won 17 international caps for Wales during and 11 during the Second World War, as well as making 178 appearances for Everton between 1936 and 1950.
He was once tagged “The Prince of Wales” and managed Bangor City from 1956 to 1967.
The highlight of his managerial career with the Citizens, was winning the Welsh Cup in 1962 and taking the club into the now defunct European Cup Winners’ Cup where they took on Italian giants Napoli.
Bob Bunny bell signs in for the blues - from Tranmere, as a free scoring no 9 -
Mick Meagan (1934-2022)
Everton FC Heritage Society are saddened to learn of the passing of Mick Meagan at the age of eighty-eight. Rob Sawyer pays tribute; Mick Meagan, who passed away on 27 November 2022 was one of Everton’s great club men, giving twelve years of unstinting service. His reward was a League Championship medal in 1963. Born Michael Kevin Meagan on 29 May 1934, and raised in the Churchtown suburb south of Dublin, Mick was dubbed ‘Chick’ on account of his mother keeping hens in the back garden of the family home. He started off his soccer career with junior club Rathfarnham -
Thursday 26 May 2022 was the day of Jimmy Harris’s final farewell. In the mid-afternoon, the cortège transported the 88-year-old former Toffees striker past the stadium he had graced. A number of supporters had come out to applaud as the hearse drove slowly along Goodison Road. I chatted to an 81-year-old supporter from West Derby, who recalled watching Jimmy in his 1950s heyday. He told me of Jimmy’s quicksilver movement around the pitch and his rasping shot. He fondly recalled a smartly struck Harris goal against the Busby Babes. Another supporter had come all the way from Doncaster to stand -
William Ralph “Dixie” Dean sits unchallenged as the king of Goodison Park. Joining him in the Royal Blue dynasty is the Prince of Centre Halves: Thomas George Jones. Tommy, as his friends knew him, was so famous in his pomp for Everton and Wales that he was known merely by his initials - T.G. Devouring Everton history books as a youngster, I would read of this artist in the Blues’ half-back line. Dominant in the air, immaculate on the ground and possessing a rocket-like shot, T.G. was so confident in his own ability that he would dribble in his own. Having joined Everton from Wrexham, in his first full season as a regular starter, T.G. starred alongside Ted Sagar, Joe Mercer, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson and Torry Gillick in a side which romped, unexpectedly, to the 1938/39 league title. T.G. would claim that the team was so good that it rarely had to break sweat. Hopes of further silverware were dashed by the outbreak of war. T.G.’s finest years for Everton, in the early 1940s, were never officially recognised in the record books - for @MajorGowen -
On 22 November 2019 Everton FC Heritage Society organised and hosted the ‘Catterick 100’ event to celebrate the life and achievements of Harry Catterick - who would have turned 100 on 26th November. Held in the People’s Club Lounge at Goodison Park, some of his former players were in attendance, together with members of the Catterick family, Heritage Society members, club officials and supporters. Ken Rogers was the expert Master of Ceremonies, aided by action footage compiled by fellow society member Crawford Miles.
During the evening, contributions were made by football historians plus Lord Grantchester (grandson of Sir John Moores), before stories and memories of the former players entertained the gathered Blues. It was a memorable evening to celebrate the life and achievements of an Everton manager whose trophy haul for the Toffees has been eclipsed only by Howard Kendall.