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Goodison Maestros

The 50 greatest footballers of
Everton since 1945
by Dean Hayes

Everton Football Club are a Merseyside institution. From Harry Catterick’s ‘School of Science’ via Howard Kendall’s all-conquering team of the mid-80s to today’s resurgence under David Moyes, the Blues have frequently challenged for the greatest prizes in the English game. Meanwhile the club has enjoyed a century in the top flight of English football, an achievement underlining the clubs standing in the game. In Goodison Maestros, author Dean Hayes selects the 50 greatest players to have pulled on an Everton jersey since the war. Naturally any such selection will be subjective; how could one compare ‘The Golden Vision’ Alex Young with the likes of eighties heroes Sharp, Gray and Reid and modern day wonderkid Wayne Rooney? Whatever the argument, Hayes’ choices are bound to be controversial.

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Anfield Maestros

The 50 greatest footballers of
Liverpool since 1945
by Dean Hayes

Liverpool Football Club remain one of the most successful clubs in Europe. Most of their achievements in the last century are unlikely to be rivalled while the players that made it happen are among the greatest to have graced the British game. From Dalglish to Souness via Owen, Fowler and Keegan, those that have pulled on the red shirt down the years have made history both at home and in Europe. Anfield is home to a bewildering array of silverware - since 1945 4 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 14 First Division titles, 6 FA Cups and 6 League Cups have swelled the Anfield trophy cabinet. In Dean Hayes’ collection of the top 50 Liverpool players since the war, tough decisions have had to be made. Clearly, heroes from the club’s golden era in the 70s and 80s dominate, but what of the likes of Jimmy Melia, Ron Yeats and Alan A’Court who began Liverpool’s revolution under Bill Shankly in the 1960s?

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