Anyone recommend a good Everton book

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neonleon

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Want to get something for my Dad, Everton related.

I got him a biography of Dixie one year and he said it was one of the best presents he's ever had.

Any ideas?
 

Or Desmond Morris - The Soccer Tribe.

Not an Everton book (i know) but a great book on the history and science of football.

very very very very interesting reading.
 
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You won't regret it. My wife caught herself crying on the tube in rush hour whilst reading it. It feels like a blue Bible when you hold it in your hands. There's a bit in it where France describes meeting some loan sharks who've taken an (anonymous - though the Telegraph have since identified him as a portly ex-Blackpool goalie with a special relationship with the Kop) Everton legend's medals as collateral against a loan and they throw them at him in exchange for the dosh and it's all you can do not to cry. It was that that galvanised France into setting up the Everton Foundation, a model since copied around the world.

In all honesty, I'd buy one for yourself and one for your dad. That's what I did - he loved it.
 

stupid giraffe said:
You won't regret it. My wife caught herself crying on the tube in rush hour whilst reading it. It feels like a blue Bible when you hold it in your hands. There's a bit in it where France describes meeting some loan sharks who've taken an (anonymous - though the Telegraph have since identified him as a portly ex-Blackpool goalie with a special relationship with the Kop) Everton legend's medals as collateral against a loan and they throw them at him in exchange for the dosh and it's all you can do not to cry. It was that that galvanised France into setting up the Everton Foundation, a model since copied around the world.

In all honesty, I'd buy one for yourself and one for your dad. That's what I did - he loved it.
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Finally came in the post.

Holy [Poor language removed], this is an amazing book about an amazing collection.

Wish I'd ordered two like you said. Just have to get one in the new year.

I started to wrap if for my dad and three hours later I'm still reading it.

The picture of the first Everton team is mind blowing.

Its like I've just found the illustrated holy bible to all things Everton.

Say what you like about where the current team is; but there isn't a club in the land that has such a history, such a collection or inspires such passion in individuals to produce one.

If you haven't got this book get it lads.
 
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, every player should be given a mandatory copy as soon as they sign for the club.
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Its the little snippets of history I like. Our first sponsor was Bovril, in fact the first sponsor of a football team.

Before Bovril became Bovril it was known as Johnston's fluid beef.

Whoever changed the name wants shooting.
 
It feels heavy in your hands, doesn't it? Heavy with the weight of history, maybe. I've never know a book to make me more proud to be an Evertonian.
 

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