Players coming to us at end of their careers

[roy vernon]

The best left back in have seen playing for Everton, Ray Wilson,was 30 when we signed him and 35 when he left. Gareth Barry and Richard Gough also come to mind.

 

[Dancing Pat]

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The best left back in have seen playing for Everton, Ray Wilson,was 30 when we signed him and 35 when he left. Gareth Barry and Richard Gough also come to mind.

Didn’t Ray Wilson go on to be an undertaker? Which is bonkers by todays standards

 

[bitter-no-better]

Mad to think Pat Jennings and Kenny Samson signed for us.

 

[John from Bootle]

Kevin Campbell had just turned 29 when he joined us on loan.

 

[Yarrgh]

Wonderful player, but sadly injured more often than not.

A run of games and he looked a world beater but then broke down again.

A shame for the player as well as us.

 

[Vintage]

I read Ashley Young article before and how much he's enjoying playing for the club, crowd.

Some of my favourite players have come to us at the end their careers. Didn't stay that long but great while they were here.

Richard Gough - one of the best centre backs I've ever seen play for us. Classy and hard as nails.

Peter Beardsley - an absolute magician of a player.

Nigel Martyn - just a great, reliable keeper, would've been England number 1 if it wasn't for Seamen.

Just a few of that spring to mind.

I know we've had some duds too!

Actually take Martyn over Seamen every day of the week. Seamen was solid but massively overrated.

It's Seaman, not Seamen...SeamAn

 

[kev]

Pat Jennings (technically)

Talking of end of career goalkeepers who signed and never played for Everton, there was also Marcus Hahnemann.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Alan McInally. Plus you could say that technically, Sigurdsson ended his career with us. (Yes, I know he just joined some Danish no-marks, but that isn't relevant to the tenuous point I'm trying to make...)

 

[BlueAmigo]

oh they were awful

proper embarrassing

And yet Ginola was still a million miles ahead of anyone else in the team.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Rod Belfitt

I don’t think Rod was at the end of his career, he just wasn’t very good throughout his career, certainly while he was with us he didn’t have many fans.

 

[Tipp blue]

Kevin Campbell had just turned 29 when he joined us on loan.

I remember that well.. he came in and scored 9 goals in his first 8 games, saved us from relegation and was our top scorer for the season with only 8 games for us..

 

[Cameron Manning]

100% agree. Just didn't play for a fashionable club. Weird the way some players have these elevated England careers and some are never really given a chance.

I remember watching Gough warm up pre-match at Goodison and he was kneeling on the floor, bending himself double, like he was made out of elastic. Must have been one of the the fittest players we’ve ever had.

Martyn should have been England’s No 1. He was better than Seaman, and he didn’t have a rubbish ponytail either.

Badloaf, I thought Richard Gough had a great first season with us but hardly played the second season because of injuries!

 

[larbert toffee]

Howard was the best at spotting bargains in players who were basically written off as crocks, Peter Reid (one of the best players I've seen in a blue shirt) and Andy Gray who played such an important part of our success in the 80's.
Both players were seen as finished when they came to us.

 

[roy vernon]

Didn’t Ray Wilson go on to be an undertaker? Which is bonkers by todays standards

He did, his family had an undertakers business in Yorkshire I believe. My God, what a footballer Ramon was.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

It's Seaman, not Seamen...SeamAn

Pretty sure he doesn't spell his name with a capital A.