Old Everton Pictures

Cameron Manning said:
Ken Mulhearn was transferred to Stockport County and then moved to Manchester City where he earned a championship medal when City won the league in 1967-8;
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….i remember him but didn’t know he was a local lad associated with Everton. Thinking we had Mulhearn, Barnet and Rankin as Academy goalkeepers around that time but not many coming through since.
 
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Eggs said:
….i remember him but didn’t know he was a local lad associated with Everton. Thinking we had Mulhearn, Barnet and Rankin as Academy goalkeepers around that time but not many coming through since.
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Yes Andy Rankin left Everton because Gordon West was barring his path here at Everton, he had a great career with Watford and we got a very good fee off Arsenal for Barnet who I think played in an FA cup final for them.
You are right though Eggs I don’t think Everton,or Liverpool, have ever had a local goalkeeper who had a good career with their local clubs, maybe Albert Dunlop being the exception for Everton and possibly Ray Minshull for Liverpool but that’s going back quite a while!
 
Cameron Manning said:
Yes Andy Rankin left Everton because Gordon West was barring his path here at Everton, he had a great career with Watford and we got a very good fee off Arsenal for Barnet who I think played in an FA cup final for them.
You are right though Eggs I don’t think Everton,or Liverpool, have ever had a local goalkeeper who had a good career with their local clubs, maybe Albert Dunlop being the exception for Everton and possibly Ray Minshull for Liverpool but that’s going back quite a while!
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Andy Rankin had a good run in the team if Westy got sometimes injured he was playing in goal on merit - the only problem was he was either brilliant or very poor - the 1/4 final away at Notts Forest was a good example - 2 - 0 up & we got beat 3-2 he had a howler that day - Geoff Barnett who I watched in the youth cup matches, he shone yet never really had a good run in the 1st team - yet Bob Wilson told Arsenal he was a good talent - & coached him well ....

Joe Royle stated after Andy's sad death this year he was the only player to turn up at Bellfield in a Robin reliant as he was on such a low wage even then ..... how times have changed for a professional footballer .....
 

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