This Easter weekend Evertonians will be remembering two of the Club's greatest sons.
It is five years to the day since the untimely loss of 'the last of the Corinthians' Brian Labone, while tomorrow marks four years since much-loved midfielder Alan Ball passed away.
Together the pair helped Everton to an emphatic and never-to-be-forgotten league championship triumph in the 1969/70 season, though individually they brought so much more.
Indeed, their ties with the Club - much like their hero status among those on the terraces - were endearing, both maintaining a special relationship with the Blues long after their playing days ceased.
Labone's famous declaration that 'one Evertonian is worth 20 Liverpudlians' and Ball's assertion that 'once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same' mean that supporters' admiration for the pair is timeless.
After progressing through the Toffees' youth ranks, the burly Labone made his maiden senior run-out at Birmingham City on 29 March 1958 - the first of 534 he would ultimately make in royal blue.
That league triumph at the dawn of the 1970s was in fact his second, the local lad's first major honour coming when Harry Catterick's side reigned supreme in 1962/63. Three years later he also helped the Blues to glory in the FA Cup.
Labone's club form ultimately led to international recognition and he ended his career with 26 England caps to his name. He represented his country at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, having famously missed the Three Lions' success on home soil four years earlier after withdrawing from the squad to get married.
One man who was integral to England's capture of the Jules Rimet trophy, however, was Ball.
Quite simply one of the finest footballers ever to grace the hallowed Goodison turf, the fleet-footed winger moved to Everton from Blackpool just weeks after turning in what many considered to be a Man of the Match performance as Alf Ramsey's side saw off West Germany in the World Cup final at Wembley.
Arriving for what was then a British record fee of £110,000, the diminutive red-head quickly set about justifying the hefty outlay, establishing himself as a firm fans' favourite in the process.
From the moment he struck the opening goal on his league debut at Fulham, it was clear the Farnworth-born creator's drive and passion struck a chord with a Blues faithful which have long admired bravery and heart as much as flair and verve.
But Ball was able to blend the two, and along with Howard Kendall and Colin Harvey will forever be remembered as part of Everton's Holy Trinity.
Right up until their passings at the tragically early ages of 66 and 61 respectively, Labone and Ball could be seen around Goodison, proving the reverence between the two players and their club was mutual.
Indeed, Labone worked tirelessly on matchdays, looking after sponsors and making himself typically accessible to all he encountered. After his death, Goodison Park's Vice President's Suite was renamed the Brian Labone Suite in his honour.
Despite managing a number of clubs, including Stoke City, Manchester City and Portsmouth, Ball served as Honorary President of both the Everton Collection Charitable Trust and the official members' club, Evertonia.
This weekend and forever, Brian Labone and Alan Ball will be remembered.
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