in 1994 legendary blues forward Joe Royle returned to Everton and took charge of his first game as Everton manager against Liverpool in the Merseyside Derby. - Going into the game Everton were rock bottom of the league with one 1 win in their last 16 games, Duncan Ferguson scored his first Everton goal with a superb header and Paul Rideout finished the game off in the 89th minute.
That season he led us to safety, the Everton dogs of war were formed and he led us to the FA cup.
Joe Royle is a true Everton great, here are his incredible stats for the blues & a class home grown no 9 -