Harold Hardman - 1903 - 1908:

Harold Hardman joined Everton from Blackpool in 1903 and took over from Jack Bell on the left wing. He stayed an amateur throughout his career and treated football as a pastime while practicing law in Manchester. Hardman was of true Corinthian spirit and was to influence the affairs of football until he died in 1965.

During his spell with Everton he was to play in two FA Cup finals, winning one and losing one. In 1906 he became one of only three amateurs to collect a FA Cup winners medal when Everton beat Newcastle United in the final.

Hardman played four times for England while with Everton and in the summer of 1908 he won an Olympic Gold medal with the British football team. He left the club in 1908 and and joined Manchester United, he later played for Brdford City and Stoke before retiring in 1913. He then re-joined Manchester United as a director and later as chairman. During his time in football he was also a member of FA Council, Treasurer and chairman of the Lancashire FA and Chairman of Central League

Everton playing record :

League appearances 130, goals 25

FA Cup appearances 26, goals 4

Harry Makepeace - 1902 - 1914:

Harry Makepeace signed for Everton from junior football in 1902, aged 20, and was to spend 12 years with the club. He played right half -back and was part of the team that played in back to back FA Cup finals, winning in 1906 and losing in 1907, Makepeace also played an integral part in the Everton team that secured the club's second league title in 1914-15. He won 4 England caps during his career between 1906 and 1912. Due to the outbreak of war in 1915 Harry Makepeace was not to play for Everton again.

Makepeace was also accomplished in another sporting arena and, like Jack Sharp, was to play cricket for Lancashire and also represented the MCC of four occasions. He was to play for Lancashire for 24 years, between 1906 and 1930, he then went onto coach the county until his retirement in 1951. He died the following year aged 71

Everton playing record :

League appearances 284, goals 16

FA Cup appearances 52, goals 7

Billy Scott - 1904 - 1912:

Billy Scott joined Everton from Irish side Linfield at the start of the 1904-05 season and he established himself as the first choice goalkeeper the following season. The older brother of the better known Elisha Scott, who played for Liverpool, he was to miss only 31 league games in the seven season he played for the club.

Scott was in goal when Everton won their first FA Cup in 1906, he is pictured, left, with the old FA Cup, and was also in the side the following year when were runners-up. During his career Scott represented his country on 25 occasions.

Billy Scott left Everton at the end of the 1911-12 season when he joined Leeds City.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 251, goals 0

FA Cup appearances 38, goals 0

Bert Freeman - 1907 - 1910:

Born in Birmingham in 1885, Bert Freeman signed for Aston Villa aged sixteen but in November of that year he was transferred to Woolwich Arsenal and was he was to help them to two FA Cup semi finals before joining Everton in 1907.

Despite having an extraordinary goal scoring record for the club Bert Freeman was only to play for two full seasons with Everton before being transferred to Burnley. In 1908-09 he set a Division 1 goal record when he scored 38 goals in 37 games and included seventeen goals in ten games during October and November. His goals helped Everton to the runners-up spot in the league and the following season, 1909-10, he was part of the team that lost in the FA Cup semi final, 0-3 to Barnsley.

Freeman struggled to impress the Everton hierarchy despite his impressive goal scoring record and in 1910 he was allowed to leave aged 26, joining Burnley who he played for a further 11 years.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 86, goals 63

FA Cup appearances 8, goals 4

Sam Chedgzoy - 1910 - 1925:

A local boy born in Ellesmere Port, Sam Chedgzoy joined Everton in 1910 from Burnell's Ironworks of the West Cheshire League and was to play for the Club until his retirement in 1926. Despite being an outstanding outside left Sam is best remembered for bringing a change to the corner kick rule. During a match against Tottenham Hotspurs he took a corner but instead of crossing he dribbled the ball along the goal line to score, thus exposing a loophole in the rule which was change at the end of the season.

Sam Chedgzoy won a 1st Division Championship medal in 1914/15 before leaving Everton in 1926 season when he emigrated to the USA were he continued his playing career with the New Bedford Whalers. In 1930 he moved to Canada and became the player / coach of the Montreal Carsteel, making his final appearance in the Canadian Cup Final aged fifty. He remained in Canada until his death in 1967, aged 73.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 279, goals 33

FA Cup appearances 21, goals 3

Val Harris - 1908 - 1914:

Everton signed Val Harris from Irish side Shelbourne in 1908 when they paid £350, the maximum amount allowed at the time, for his services. It proved to be money well spent as he soon established himself as the team's regular right-half and he was noted for consistency and effectiveness, regarded by many as one of the players in the game. During his time with Everton the club were regularly challenging for honours and twice finished runners-up in the league and reached one FA Cup semi final.

While with Everton he was a regular international, making 19 appearances for his country, and in 1913 he had the honour of captaining the side to their first ever victory over England. In August 1914 Val Harris left Everton when he re-joined Shelbourne.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 190, goals 1

FA Cup appearances 24, goals 1

Bobby Parker - 1913 - 1920:

Bobby Parker's story could have rivaled even that of Dixie Dean's had it not been for the outbreak of the First World War. Everton needed to add a spark to a team that finishing runners up in the league in 1912 then tumbled to 11th and then 15th in the next two seasons, Parker was to be what was needed.

Signed from Glasgow Rangers in November 1913 he scored on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday and ended the season with 17 goals in 24 games. Season 1914-15 was to be a massive turn around in Everton's fortunes, after winning only two of the first six games the club went on to win their second league title. For Parker the season was a personal success as he finished the countries leading scorer with 36 goals in 35 games, including six hatricks. What made Parker's exploits even more impressive was the fact that the offside law had been changed and that three players had to be between the player receiving the ball and the goal.

Bobby Parker was robbed of the best years of his football career due the war but even worse was that he returned to Everton with a bullet lodged in his back and this prevented him capturing the heights he had reached in 1914-15. He played just 25 more games over two seasons, scoring eleven goals, before he left to join Nottingham Forest at the end of 1920.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 84, goals 68

FA Cup appearances 8, goals 3

Tommy Fern - 1913 - 1924:

Tommy Fern joined Everton from Lincoln City in 1913 and soon established himself as the side's regular goalkeeper and was regarded by many as the best uncapped 'keeper of his generation.

In Fern's second season with the club he was to help the side win their second league title but due to the outbreak of the second world war there was no chance for a defence of the title. When football resumed Everton could not re-capture the form that made them champions and in fact only avoided relegation by four points in 1921-22. Fern continued to be be an almost ever present in goal and played his las game for the club during the 1923-24 season.

Tommy Fern joined Port Vale were he played for another 3 years before he retired in 1927, in all he played 421 league games despite missing four years because of the war.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 219, goals 0

FA Cup appearances 12, goals 0