60. Toughie !! I made my Goodison debut in 1972 and so I saw Rod Belfitt, Tiger McLaughlin and Terry Darracott in their prime, and Jim Pearson. Quite liked Mick Buckley though. On this experience alone I find it hard to argue with
the 1985 side... however...

Southall

Hibbo Ratcliffe Mountfield M.Ball

Steven Reid A.Ball Sheedy

Dean Lineker

Subs: Sharp Young Kendall Harvey Lawton

Just look at the pace at the back ! And Mountfield's goal scoring exploits, a centre mid no-one could live with, the two best wide mids ever and the power and pace up front !! The bench would be worth about a billion ( to Chelsea anyway ). And if Lawton's on the bench, it must be the best side ever! Chris Tucker. (09/02/05)

59. How about this?

Martyn

Hibbert Yobo Stubbs Pistone

Osman Carsley Gravesen Cahill Kilbane

Bent

Move over Arsenal!!! Moylee. (09/02/05)

58. Being the tender age of 21, I am sadly not old enough to remember the glorious 80's. I'm a 90's blue, and as
such have never seen anything resembling glorious. So....

1. Southall (Superb, depsite his age)

2. Yobo 4. Watson, D 3. Hinchcliffe

6. Kanchelskis 5. Horne 7. Parkinson. 8. Ebbrell 11. Anders Limpar

9. Ferguson 10. Rooney *spit*

Couldn't leave any of Royle's Dogs of War out, so I suppose it's a 3-5-2 formation. Paul-John Corrigan. (09/02/05)

57.

Southall

Gary Stevens, Kevin Ratcliffe, Dave Watson, Andy Hinchcliffe

Andrei Kanchelskis, Peter Reid, Thomas Gravesen, Anders Limpar

Peter Beardsley, Gary Lineker

Subs: Nigel Martyn, Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee, Derek Mountfield, Paul Bracewell

I have been supporting Everton ever since 1984… this has to be our best team of the modern era… Kanchelskis was different class in his first season at Goodison, and Limpar was one of the best wingers we had.. I remember when we beat Liverpool away 95-96 and Kanchelskis and Limpar tore them to shreds. Beardsley was brilliant.. a true world class player and never let us down, the back four has everything!! This team would win the Premiership hands down. The bench is immensely strong!! S Austin. (09/02/05)

56. What a top bollocks team this would be, I thought I would keep the same formation that is serving us so well at the moment.

SOUTHALL

STEVENS RADCLIFFE(C) WATSON VAN DEN HAUWE

REID

STEVEN HARVEY BRACEWELL SHEEDY

SHARP

SUBS : MOUNTFIELD, BALL, GRAVESON, ROYLE, BEARDSLEY

Gary Jefkins. (09/02/05)

55.

Southall,

Stevens, Ratcliffe, Watson, Van Den Hauwe,

Steven, Reid, Heath, Sheedy,

Sharp,Gray

subs: Martyn, Mountfield, Power.

Too many more who could have easily been on here, from the late 60's and 80's, I reckon we could have 3 best teams that would have been awesome. C O Y B.

Kris Wetton, Exiled on the edge of a bloody great desert in Western Australia! (04/02/05)

54. Here's my best 11, not old enough to watch half of them play only being 23, but what I've saw on video and the story's I've been told they have to go in.

southall

stevens, labone, radcliffe, van de hauwe,

kanchelskis, kendal, ball, reid,

latchford, dixie dean

subs.d.watson,sheedy,young,sharp,harvey

keep up the good work lads. Northy, Huyton. (04/02/05)

53. Having been a supporter since I was a wee nipper – best XI

Hinchcliffe gets the nod at left back because I think he would have linked well with Sheeds and he could also deliver a wicked corner – I can’t see a weakness in this side.

Southall

Stevens Yobo Ratcliffe Hinchcliffe

Steven Bracewell Reid Sheedy

Sharp Lineker

Subs: Martyn, Gray, Watson, Kanchelskis, Speed

Andy Cummins. (04/02/05)

52. Been exiled in OZ for a long time and can’t really relate to a lot of the modern crop of players but this team would just have to kick anyone’s arse in this day and age. Strange how Rooney doesn’t get a mention in a lot of teams yet could have been the greatest of them all, but when it comes to pick 11, the twat just doesn’t figure:

Southall

Tommy Wright, Labone, Ratcliffe, Ray Wilson

Ball, Tony Kay, Kendall, Sheedy

Latchford, Lineker

Peter Sullivan. (04/02/05)

Goal: Neville Southall

Back four: Tommy Wright Brian Labone Richard Gough Ray Wilson

Midfield: Howard Kendall, Alan Ball, Colin Harvey

Forwards: Roy Vernon, Dixie Dean, Alex Young.

That team would beat anyone in the world, no danger.

Keith Tomlin . Evertonian forever (well 56 years so far) unlike "Once a blue, always a.................how much?" (04/02/05)

50. As a loyal blue since 1977, I will keep my selections from that era to the present day with the utmost respect to Dixie, Alex Young, Kendall, Ball, Harvey, Labone and countless other legends from a bygone era.

Southall

Gary Stevens Kevin Ratcliffe Mick Lyons Van den Hauwe

Trevor Steven Paul Bracewell Alan Ball(impossible to omit) Kevin Sheedy

Graeme Sharp Bob Latchford

Subs: Ronnie Goodlass(who really merits a place) Adrian Heath,Derek Mountfield,Jim Mcdonagh,Duncan McKenzie

To all fellow Evertonians,I love this site and here's to a fantastic season ahead. Dave from County Clare, Ireland. (10/01/05)

50. My best Eleven that I have seen are the following as i'm only 24 I can only
pick who I have seen

Southall,

Stevens, Watson, Ratcliffe, Hinchcilffe,

Steven Parkinson (most under rated Everton player) Reid Sheedy

Sharp Lineker

Subs: Dunc, Horne, Mountfield, Bracewell, Martyn

49.

1 SOUTHALL

2 STEVENS, 5 WATSON, 4 RATCLIFFE - CAPTAIN, 3 VAN DEN HAUWE

7 STEVEN, 6 REID, 10 BRACEWELL, 11 SHEEDY

8 LINEKER, 9 SHARP

BEEN WATCHING US SINCE 77 AND THIS IS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH, TOTAL QUALITY. THIS SIDE WOULD PLAY THE FOREIGN LEGION FROM HIGHBURY OFF THE PARK. RIGGER. (10/01/05)

48. I've been an Everton fan since I was born 17 years ago, season ticket holder and got the crest tattooed on my arm. My best 11 is since I have been born and what I've seen and my dad's told me about the couple of years before i was born like Rapid Vienna. Couldn't decide where to put Kancho so centre mid will do.

Neville Southall

Gary Stevens, Dave Watson (C), Kevin Ratcliffe, Andy Hinchcliffe

Trevor Steven, Joe Parkinson, Andrei Kanchelskis, Anders Limpar

Graeme Sharp, Tony Cottee

Lee Falconer. (10/01/05)

47. There's two ways of picking this. One is to pick the best player at a particular position and the other is to pick the best team blend.

Best player at each position :

Big Nige

Steven, Ratters, Corinthian, Mr. Ray Wilson

Had to think hard about the mids but one name went down immediately:

Ball
Harvey, Kendall

Kanchelskis

Our Kid, Sir William Ralph Dean

Hey wasn't so hard after all.

The best team though :

Big Nige

Steven, Ratters, Corinthian, Mr. Ray Wilson

Kendall ( Just pipped Reid)

Ball, Sheedy

Dave Thomas <-----------------------> Dave Thomas

Dixie, The Kid (remember him this way)

Bench : West, Lineker, Tricky Trev, Tommy Wright, Dave Watson

Bench lacks a true midfielder. Hmmm. Not so easy.

Geo. (10/01/05)

46. The best ever Everton team should be centred around one man - Big Joe parkinson. If only for his challenge in the Blues-Red shite friendly in the late 90's on John Barnes. The rest of the team picks itself on current form

Nige

Tone, Alan, Dave, Alessandro!?!

Leon, Tim, Tommy G, big joe, Zinedine

Marcus

Subs - Lee Carsley, Dunc, and Earl Barrett

Michael Senior. (10/01/05)

45. Having watched the Blues for 55 years these are the BEST players that I have seen in an Everton shirt in their rightful positions.

SOUTHALL

PARKER LABONE RATCLIFFE WILSON

ALEX SCOTT GABRIEL BALL RING

YOUNG VERNON

SUBS; WEST, SHARP, HARVEY, EGLINTON, WATSON

Graham. (16/11/04)

44. On me dads shoulder at age 4 in 1959. Seen many great players in the blue shirt and the not so great. Too young for William Ralph Dean but if me dad said he was something else then that's good enough for me. Also TG Jones, a Welsh Corinthian before Labby.
Best goalkeeper never to grace the World Cup stage would have to be between the sticks, with the fastest left back I've seen who did win the World Cup. Midfield speaks for itself apart from one, who unfortunately should have kept well away from the local Sheffield bookies. The greats from the eighties will have to be subs bar three and upfront there will only ever be one GOLDEN VISION.

1. Southall

2.Wright, 4 TG Jones, 5 Ratcliffe, 3 Wilson

6 Kay, 7 Kendall, 8 Ball, 11 Sheedy

9 Dean, 10 Young

Subs. Labone, Steven, Reid, Vernon, Bracewell, Lawton.

Steve N (Born in Everton, lived in Everton, always an Evertonian!) (16/11/04)

43. This is my little brothers best eleven Everton side throughout the years.

GK Southall

RB Wright, CB Labone, CB Mountfield, LB Wilson

RM Steven, CM Ball, CM Reid, CM Harvey, LM Sheedy

FC Dean

Subs Sagar D.Watson Kendall Young Sharp

Peter Powell. (16/11/04)

42. I thought I would start this morning by saying how pleasantly surprised I am by the team ethics and workrate this season. I have been a supporter for 30 years, I was brought up on the success in the 80's and spoiled by the players such as Steven, Gray, Reid, Stevens, Southall, Bracewell etc. They could not only play as a team, individual; class shone out and team work and ethics were top priority, why? Kendall + Harvey, now we have a similar manager in Moyes, so this season who knows.

What fucks me off though is to see players like that jug eared twat Lineker constantly put us down, pricks like Sharp who work for the club say what they think the fans want to hear and not what they actually want to hear, the official club website is shite.

My top 11 is:

1) Southall

2) Snodin 4) Ratcliffe 5) Mountfield 3) Van den Hauwe

7) Steven 6) Reid 8) Bracewell 11) Nevin

9) Gray 10) Radzinski

Subs: Mimms, Parkinson, McCall, Hibbert, Gravesen, Yobo,

Note. No sign of the Fat Fucking Pie eating Granny Prosy shagging BMX riding ginger prick. Thanks. Chris. (16/11/04)

41.

Southall

Yobo, D.Watson, Gough, Ball

Parkinson, Dacourt, Kanchelskis, Limpar

Beardsley, Ferguson

Subs: Martyn, Hinchcliffe, Hutchison, Cottee, Rideout

From 92 onwards. Roger Daniels. (16/11/04)

40.

Southall

Stevens, Materazzi, Yobo, Van Den Hauwe


Kanchelskis, Ball, Reid, Sheedy


Dean, Sharp


Subs: Martyn, Watson. Vernon, Rooney, Lineker

Ta, Rob McG. (16/11/04)

39.

Southall

Yobo...... TG Jones ........ Ratcliffe ........Wilson

Ball.......Kendall....... Reid........Sheedy

Dixie ........ Gray

Subs: Dave Thomas, Big Bob, Bracewell, Harvey, McKenzie

As you can see no 'christmas pudding' formation here, plain old 4-4-2. With Nev in goal it didn't matter who is front of him, surely the best in the world during his time. My dad always told me how great TG Jones was so I couldn't resist to put him in along side Ratcliffe. Legendary midfielders, surprised not to see Reidy in there on other peoples choices, great leader in my opinion. Would love to put two blokes upfront that played to win with Dixie and Andy Gray. My soft spots are on the subs bench, Thomas wasn't bad running at people, Big Bob with that 30 was great and well who couldn't leave some out that could jump over a mini. Hong Kong Blue. (16/11/04)

38. From what I have had the good fortune to see I would select:

Southall
Stevens Ratcliffe Watson Van den Hauwe
Steven Reid Bracewell Sheedy
Latchford Gray
Subs.Wood,Lyons,Mountfield,King,Sharp

Derek James Sullivan. (13/11/04)

37. Although I'm only 19, I have seen the History of Everton video countless times. So in truth, here's my best eleven, although I haven't seen many of them play.

Southall

Wright Labone Ratcliffe Wilson

Reid Kendall Ball Sheedy

Dean Sharp

Subs: Sagar, Hurst, Ball, Husband, Latchford, Lawton, Steven.

In truth,out of the 18,I have only seen Big Nev in action. But what a player to see! Regards, Knights18. (13/11/04)

36. Well, I suppose I was fighting a losing battle in not getting involved with the All time XI, so here goes. I'd love to include the immortal William Ralph Dean, but I'm just keeping it to players I've seen.

Neville Southall

Alex Parker Brian Labone Colin Todd Ray Wilson

Tony Kay Alan Ball Colin Harvey Kevin Sheedy

Andy Gray Alex Young

Sub: Bobby Collins, Howard Kendall, Kevin Ratcliffe, Bob Latchford, Gordon West

Kev Latham (13/11/04)

35. I'm 19 so I haven't seen much of the team from the 80's, but from what I've watched from me dad's videos, so my best efc 11 is:

southall

stevens, dave watson, yobo, hinchcliffe

kanchelskis, reid, speed, sheedy

ferguson, sharp

anybody that bad mouths speed ain't got a clue. if it wasn't for kendall turning up fro training pissed then speed wouldn't of had to take training, so kendall wouldn't of had to throw him out. speed is a blue, its the gobshites like barmby and jeffers that need the proper abuse, by the way. see u next march wayne, u fat manc fuck!
hammy. (09/11/04)

34. My first game was against Arsenal sometime in 84', what a time to start watching the blues! 20 years later and things are on the up again. I wanted to include 'Jigsaw' and Brett Angel in the 11 but opted for forwards who didn't turn up to training in a yellow bus.

Southall

G.Stevens Watson Ratcliffe R.Wilson



Kanchelskis Reid Ball Sheedy


Dean Lawton


Subs: Claus Thompson, B. Angel, Barlow, Samways, Amo, Barrett, Hottiger, Kearton, Farrely hahahahaahahaha! Gareth Farrely! hahaha!

Gavin Davies. (09/11/04)

33. Although I never saw William Ralph Dean play,he is so much of the history of Everton his name has to be first on the teamsheet,what a midfield that is, the Holy Trinity with the addition of Reidy,with that back four Big Nev could sit with his back on the goal post all through the match, & the Golden Vision with Dean up front, things dreams are made of

Southall

Stevens Labone Ratcliffe Wilson

Kendall Ball Reid Harvey

Young Dean

peter miller. (09/11/04)

32. Having watched the blues since the 80's. My all time side would be the following:

GK Southall

RB Stevens, CH Ratcliffe, CH D Watson, LB Ball


RM Kanchelskis, CM McCall CM Reid, LM Sheedy

CF Gray, CF Sharp

Subs Mountfield, D Ferguson (Part 1), Steven, Martyn, Stuart, Limpar

Manager - Kendall & Moyes

Boot cleaners Rooney, Speed and Barmby Gobshites!

Neil Tompsett. (09/11/04)

31. Not necessarily everyone's favourite team but what an attacking team this would be.

Southall

Stevens Mountfield Hinchcliffe

Kanchelskis Steven Gravesen Mckenzie Sheedy

Gray Judas

Steve (dixiejoebobandyduncan)(09/11/04)

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