They had a famous FA Cup run in the early 1990s, eventually being knocked out by Crewe 3-1 in the 3rd round. Roly Howard was manager for a record 33 years (1972-2005), although he will always be remembered by some fans as Kenny Dalglish's window cleaner. TV presenter Ray Stubbs once asked: "How's business, Roly?" to which Roly replied "Oh you know - ups and downs."
Former players include Michael Ball (Everton and Rangers) and Stephen Wright (Liverpool and Sunderland). The club motto is 'To Enjoy, Not Destroy.'
A LOOK at the official Opta stats may worry Blues celebrating the arrival of Yakubu for a club record £11.25m.
His shooting accuracy for 2006/7 was just 40% compared to Andy Johnson (58%), James McFadden (54%), Victor Anichebe (43%) and James Vaughan (41%).
He will arguably get more chances at Everton than at Portsmouth and Middleborough, but his conversion rate is poor - just 14% compared to Johnson and Anichebe (both 21%), Vaughan (18%) and McFadden (15%).
Johnson's off-the-ball industry will always give him the nod over the Yak.
On the plus side Yakubu's passing, dribbling and crossing stats compare OK with the others and to his credit he has banged in between 12 to 15 goals each of the last three seasons.
However, when promising youngster Vaughan has recovered from his shoulder injury, the costly Yakubu could well be relegated to the bench?
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toffees1888 (Irish evertonian of TBBCOE) wrote...
Depends I guess. If Yak can do better under Moyes, he could be in with a shout for a permanent first team spot.
Plus Vaughen's still somewhat inexperianced, so it might not be the best idea to make him permanent starting 11 player just yet.
Posted by: toffees1888 (Irish evertonian of TBBCOE) | August 23, 2007 10:26 AM