Jimmy Gabriel - 1960 - 1967:

Jimmy Gabriel became one of the games most expensive teenagers when he joined Everton for £30,000 from Dundee in March 1960. Although it took him time to settle into the side, Gabriel was to become a strong influence on the team as a powerful right half. His preference for the more defensive role allowed the more attack minded midfield players such as Brian Harris to get forward.

He was in integral part of Everton sides that won the championship in 1962-63 and the FA Cup in 1966. He also won two Scottish caps during his time with the club.

Jimmy Gabriel left Everton in the summer of 1967 when he joined Southampton, who he was to play 190 times for before joining Bourenmouth in 1967. In 1974 he became one of the early British exports to America when he the joined Seattle Sounders, he made 54 appearances for them and was also their assistant and then head coach between 1974 and 1979. He became head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes in 1979 for three seasons.

In 1990 Gabriel was appointed assistant to Colin Harvey at Everton and stayed for seven years, in which time he was to twice take over first team affairs as caretaker manager. In 1997 he returned to the States were he has had several coaching rolls and for a time was the coaching director for the Washington State Youth Soccer Association.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 255 (1), goals 33

FA Cup appearances 25, goals 2

League Cup appearances 5, goals 0

European appearances 15, goals 1

Other appearances 3, goals 1

Roy Vernon - 1960 - 1965:

Roy Vernon was brought to Everton in 1960 from Blackburn Rovers by their former manager Johnny Carey for a fee of £27,000 plus a player. He made his debut on 13 th March 1960 against Wolverhampton Wanderers and although he failed to score he was to net seven times in the next four games. By the end of the season he had scored nine goals in just twelve games, Evertonians were hoping the next great goal king had arrived.

The next two seasons Vernon topped the club's scoring chart and by the end of the 1961-62 season he was putting together a more than useful partnership with Alex Young, during this season they scored 40 goals between them.

The following season, 1962-63, Vernon was made Everton captain by Harry Catterick and led the team to their first post war trophy when they won the first division title. The partnership with Young that had started well just got better and between them they notched up 46 goals, Vernon claiming 24. Amongst his haul was a hatrick on the last day of the season against Fulham at Goodison that clinched the league title.

Roy Vernon was rebellious by nature, on one occasion he was sent home from a tour of the USA for breach of curfew, and in March 1965 his differences of opinion with Harry Catterick led him to be transferred to Stoke City for a fee of £40,000, he later spent some time playing in South Africa.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 176 , goals 101

FA Cup appearances 12, goals 7

League Cup appearances 4, goals 1

European appearances 8, goals 1

Other appearances 3, goals 1

Billy Bingham - 1960 - 1963:

Billy Bingham joined Everton at the start of the 1960-61 season from Luton Town for a fee of £15,000. A very good right winger who mixed industry and energy with deadly accurate crosses, Bingham was to score his fair share of goals during his stay at the club, many from acute angles after cutting in from the wing.

Bingham only played for Everton for three seasons but in that time he helped the club to the league title in 1962-63. He left the club in 1963 for Port Vale but in 1964 he had to retire from playing after breaking his leg. In 1966 he went into management with Southport and after several jobs he returned to Everton as manager in 1973.

Billy Bingham's Everton Managerial Record

Everton playing record :

League appearances 86 , goals 23

FA Cup appearances 7, goals 2

League Cup appearances 3, goals 1

European appearances 2, goals 0

Dennis Stevens - 1962 - 1965:

Dennis Stevens arrived at Everton in March 1962 following his transfer from Bolton Wanderers and within five days he found himself in the first team. Brought in to bolster an already growing squad of quality players, Stevens was bought for cover in the Everton forward line. But when Bobby Collins left the club Stevens was to become a regular in the first team and made his debut at inside right at Goodison against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Replacing a player such as Collins was not easy but Stevens won the fans over with a series of outstanding performances. In his first full season he was to help Everton win their first league title since the war and, along with Alex Young, was an ever present in the team.

Due to his age, Stevens was 28 when he joined the club, he only played for two more full season before being transferred to Oldham Athletic in 1965. After a brief spell at Boundary Park he joined Tranmere Rovers where a slipped disc ended his playing career.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 120 , goals 20

FA Cup appearances 10, goals 1

European appearances 12, goals 10

Other appearances 3, goals 1

Johnny Morrisey - 1962 - 1971:

Signed from Merseyside neighbours Liverpool at the start of the 1962-63 season, Johnny Morrissey turned out to be one of many canny signings by Harry Catterick. A left winger in the classic mould he was having trouble breaking into the Liverpool side and when the opportunity came to join Everton he jumped at the chance.

Morrissey could not have made a more dramatic start to his Everton career. He was handed his debut 22 September 1962 against of all teams, Liverpool, the first meeting between the two clubs for eleven years. The Liverpool manager, Bill Shankley, was not happy with Morrissey's transfer and he must have been further aggrieved as the youngster scored in a 2-2 draw. Everton went on to win the league title that season and Morrissey became a regular in the side, playing in 33 of the remaining games in all competitions.

The next three seasons were a bit stop, start and it was season 1966-67 before Morrissey was to establish himself as a first team regular. The following season saw Everton in their second FA Cup final in three seasons with Johnny Morrissey scoring the winner in the semi final against Leeds United. The Blues went into the final as firm favorites and despite having most of the play went down 1-0.

Morrissey was to miss just three games during the next two seasons, the second of these saw him claim another league championship winners medal. Playing in all but one game, scoring nine goals, Morrissey was in integral part of the Everton side that won the title by nine points from Leeds United.

Johnny Morrissey only played for two more season with Everton and left the club in 1971 following a series of injuries that restricted his appearances in the team. He moved to Oldham Athletic but only played four games before he retired from football.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 257 (2), goals 43

FA Cup appearances 29, goals 3

League Cup appearances 8, goals 1

European appearances 17, goals 3

Alex Scott - 1962 - 1966:

The signing Alex Scott from Glasgow Rangers in February 1963 underlined the ambitions of Everton to become one of the top sides in England at the start of the 1960's. The Blues beat off the recent double winners, Tottenham Hotspurs, to secure Scott's signature and paid £40,000 for a player who had himself recently won the double in Scotland. What Everton got was a top class winger who had won four Scottish titles, two league cups and one Scottish FA Cup with Rangers and also had a record of 108 goals in 331 games in all competitions.

After only 17 games for Everton, Scott continued his winning habit as Everton won their first league title since the war. During the next three seasons he only missed a handful of games and in the last of these, 1965-66, saw him win yet another medal when he was part of the Everton team that won the FA Cup.

The FA Cup final was to be the start of the end of Scott's career with Everton as he suffered severe cramp during the game and the next season he was troubles with calf strains. This was to be Alex Scott's last season in English football and in in September 1967 Everton accepted a fee of £15,000 from Hibernian.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 149 , goals 23

FA Cup appearances 17, goals 2

European appearances 10, goals 1

Other appearances 4, goals 0

Fred Pickering - 1964 - 1967:

When he joined Everton, Fred Pickering had to contend with being the club's record signing when they paid Blackburn Rovers £85,000 for his services. If there were any doubts in the wisdom of paying such an amount of money these were soon dispelled when, on his debut, when he scored a hat-trick as Everton ran out 6-1 winners against Nottingham Forest. Pickering in fact scored nine goals in nine games as the team finished a disappointing third in the league after only winning one of the last five games.

At the end of the season Pickering earned the first of his three England caps and again scored a hat-trick as England thrashed the USA 10-1. In fact he scored five goals in his three Internationals, so it is a surprise he did not gain more England caps.

The next two seasons saw Pickering score 45 goals in 80 league games but despite this the second of these was to end in personal disappointment. As Everton marched to the FA Cup final he scored four goals in the early rounds but was injured for the semi final and his place was taken by a former club trainee, Mike Trebilcock. When Harry Catterick announced his team for the final everyone was surprised when Pickering was left out in favour of Trebilcock, as it turned out it was an inspired choice but this was of no conciliation to Pickering.

The following season he only played eight times and in August 1967 he was transferred to Birmingham City for £50,000 and later had spells with both Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers. Fred Pickering only played two full seasons for Everton but left his mark on the club with goals to game ratio that stands up with the other great Everton centre forwards and he is still the club's top scorer in Europe with 6 goals.

Everton playing record :

League appearances 97 , goals 56

FA Cup appearances 9, goals 8

European appearances 9, goals 6

Tommy Wright - 1964 - 1973:

Tommy Wright made his debut for Everton during the 1964-65 season at the age of 19 after progressing through the Everton's various junior and reserve sides. He quickly made the right back position his own following the departure of Alex Parker to Southport.

The following season he only missed 6 games in all completions which ended with him being part of the Everton side that won the FA Cup. Two years later Wright made his England debut against Russia in the third place match at the 1968 European championships. In all he represented his country on 11 occasions and had the honour of appearing in the 1970 World Cup playing against Brazil.

In the 1969-70 season Wright was to appear in all of Everton's games as the club won their second title in seven years, in fact consistency was one of Tommy Wrights strong points. In the six seasons following his debut he had only missed 13 games but by the 1971-72 injuries were starting to take their toll and at the end of the following season he was forced to retire at the age of 29.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 307 (1), goals 4

FA Cup appearances 35, goals 0

League Cup appearances 11, goals 0

European appearances 17, goals 0

Other appearances 3, goals 0

John Hurst - 1965 - 1975:

John Hurst actually joined Everton as a 14 year old after impressing at schoolboy international level and stayed for the best part of 14 years at the club. He started his playing career as an inside forward but soon found that centre halve was to be his best position.

He made his debut against Stoke City at the Victoria Ground in August 1965 when he became Everton's first ever substitute when he replaced Fred Pickering, he went on to make 19 first team starts and one more substitution appearance in his first season

The following season was to see Hurst not only start to command a regular first team place but to forge a solid defensive partnership with Brian Labone. The next three seasons the pair only missed 12 games between them, Hurst only missing 2.

John Hurst continued at the heart of the Everton defence until the start of the 1975-76 season when he left to join Oldham Athletic were he was to spend five years before retiring as a player. After leaving the game he spent spells in insurance and in retail before rejoining Everton on the coaching staff under Joe Royle.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 336 (11), goals 29

FA Cup appearances 30 (2), goals 4

League Cup appearances 13, goals 1

European appearances 6 (1), goals 0

Mike Trebilcock - 1965 - 1967:

Harry Catterick paid £23,000 to Plymouth Argyle for Mike Trebilcock at the end 1965. He made his debut on the 8 January 1966 at home against Aston Villa and scored the second goal in a 2-0 win. His Everton career was to be short lived but Trebilcock was to leave his mark on the club's history.

He only made six more league appearance that season due to injury, but it was an injury to another player that allowed Trebilcock to leave his mark. Everton had progressed to the FA Cup semi final but the side's leading scorer, Fred Pickering, was injured and Catterick handed Trebilcock a start. Pickering returned for the remaining three league games of the season but was obviously not fully fit and when the FA Cup final arrived Trebilcock was again picked ahead of the England international.

Eyebrows were raised at Catterick's decision but it turned out to be the correct one. Despite going 2-0 down Everton fought back to win 3-2 with Trebilcock scoring the first two goals to bring the team level.

Mike Trebilcock only played 4 more games in the next two seasons and was transferred to Portsmouth for £40,000 in January 1968. After spells with Torquay United and Weymouth he emigrated to Australia in March 1974 were he continued to play for Western Suburbs.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 11 , goals 3

FA Cup appearances 2, goals 2

European appearances 1, goals 0

Other appearances 1, goals 0

Roger Kenyon - 1967 - 1978:

Roger Kenyon progressed through Everton's youth and reserve sides to make his league debut during the 1967-68 season. The next three season saw him play just 30 games, nine of these were at the end of the 1969-70 season as replacement for the injured Brian Labone. His assured displays meant that the loss of the Club's captain did not dent Everton's title charge.

As Labone's career came to an early end, Kenyon was seen as the ideal replacement and during the next six season he was to become a regular at the heart of the Everton defence. His career with Everton started to come to end during the 1976-77 due to the emergence of Mick Lyons, Ken McNaught and Mark Higgins and he left the club 1978. In February 1979 he joined Vancouver Whitecaps for a brief period, he now runs BlueNose Promotions which organises events with former Everton players.

Everton playing record (figures in brackets are substitution appearances):

League appearances 254 (13), goals 6

FA Cup appearances 15 (1), goals 2

League Cup appearances 13 (3), goals 1

European appearances 7, goals 0

Other appearances 2, goals 0