Nice article on Tim, excerpt is his time at Everton but enjoyed the rest as well.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/17/the-joy-of-six-tim-cahill
3. Cahill at Everton
Though his form of late shows he’s not just jetted off to the MLS for a cushy superannuation top-up, when it comes to club football Cahill is rightly celebrated for his time under David Moyes at Everton. In 226 league appearances across eight seasons at Goodison Park, Cahill burrowed his way into the hearts of the Everton faithful with vital goals and match-turning moments that vaulted him to the status of fan favourite. Three times he scored in Merseyside derbies at Anfield (and five times all up – a post-war record) and by the time he was done, his £1.5 million transfer from Millwall looked like the steal of the decade.
Just like he’s done for Australia, Cahill conjured moments of brilliance when they were needed most. He’d score 56 goals in Premier League action and 68 in total for the club. Twenty-one Premier League goals came from Cahill’s head, second only to the skycraping Peter Crouch in that time. At Cahill’s height you just don’t score that many goals from headers without an unwavering work ethic, a ruthless streak of competitiveness - and an immense vertical leap.
“I head a ball like someone [else] kicks a ball,” said Cahill once said quite matter of factly. The ingredients to that success are not elusive but they’re also not often replicated by others. Cahill trains hard, gets in the right position, times his runs expertly and he hard work on the training track has given him remarkable accuracy when he does hit one.
Trying to rank Cahill’s goals for Everton is a subjective call but any list would have to include the bicycle kick against Chelsea, the 2004/05 effort that virtually sealed a Champions League place for his side with a 2-0 win against Newcastle and the last-minute Merseyside derby equaliser at Anfield in January 2009, which not only stole a point but kept the Reds out of top spot. The goal itself was a quite remarkable reflex header from Mikel Arteta’s bullet-fast cross.
