On the bench, but never played

[the_professor]

Let’s start a list of players who appeared on the bench for Everton but never actually made it onto the pitch in a competitive game:

I will start with a few:

Stephen Reeves
Jamie Speare
Danny Fox
Gary Powell
Tyias Browning
John Irving
JP Kissock
Paddy Boyle
Adam Eaton

 

[bluejock]

Fred Flintstone

 

[the_professor]

Fred Flintstone

I remember one time when there were a lot of injuries he travelled with the squad, but I don’t think he made it onto the bench.

 

[Kurt.]

Pat Jennings ?

 

[Azzurri]

James Wallace was on the bench a bit but never got on in a domestic fixture.

 

[the_professor]

Pat Jennings ?

Was thinking about him as obviously we signed him on a short-term contract was it before the 85 final. But those were the days of only 1 or 2 subs for league games, might have made the bench in a European game in the 80s though.

 

[DanEFC92]

Gardner

 

[mawders]

Senderos?

 

[heatmeiser]

Pam 'The Pam' Pammington.

 

[Goat]

Steve Round.

 

[ijjysmith]

Senderos?

Defo played.

I still have the self harm marks.

 

[BoysInBlue]

Li Weifeng (Li Tie's mate) played 2 games for us, away at Wrexham in the League Cup and vs Southampton in the League, both in 2002.

 

[ijjysmith]

Li Weifeng (Li Tie's mate) played 2 games for us, away at Wrexham in the League Cup and vs Southampton in the League, both in 2002.

If you were judging a player on one still picture and knew nothing about him you'd say he's boss wouldn't you?

He looks ace there.

 

[heatmeiser]

If you were judging a player on one still picture and knew nothing about him you'd say he's boss wouldn't you?

He looks ace there.

Really?

To me he looks like he struggles to even walk and he makes shadow puppets all day.

 

[Gwladys Nights]

That mad BATE Borisov game in 2009 voids quite a few otherwise sterling candidates from the last few years.

Nash
Coleman Hibbert Duffy Bidwell
Baxter Osman Rodwell Forshaw
Yakubu Agard

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Hope Akpan, Shkodran Mustafi and Nathan F'N Craig came off the bench as well. It was enough to make Jason Kearton blush.