My cousin, Bill Wingeatt passed away on 18/1/2013. Bill was a true Evertonian. He was born in Wallasey, Cheshire. He emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand in 1963. He and his family then moved to Aussie in 2001. He was an amazing Evertonian, he could tell you who played in each game, when and who scored goals in all their games. He ...Read More

Five years today Rhys Jones an 11 year old Evertonian was tragically shot dead not far from his home in Croxteth, Liverpool. He had been playing football with his mates. He died in the arms of his mother. All at Blue Kipper send their condolences to Stephen and Melanie and all the family.  ...Read More

Peter McAdam R.I.P. (AGED 51) A great Evertonian and charity fundraiser. Pete's death has come as a complete shock to all his family, friends and former colleagues in the fire service. The former firefighter was found dead in Canning Dock on Tuesday 17th July. Merseyside Police said there were no suspicious circu...Read More

Jimmy Tansey 1929-2012 Former Everton defender Jimmy Tansey has died aged 83.Jimmy played 142 times in 1950s for The Toffees during a seven-year spell in the first-team at Goodison Park. Jimmy took pa...Read More

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Gordon West at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral today, 18th June 2012. Everton fans, many wearing blue, broke into applause when the keeper's coffin covered in an Everton flag was carried into the Cathedral. Tributes were paid by Everton president, Sir Philip Carter and fo...Read More

JOHN MARTIN MADDEN - 8th November 1924 to 22nd April 2012   Sad to report the passing of another great Evertonian and great family man, John Madden. My father was born in the Dingle in the mid 20's, and like his elder half- brother, Alex and his father, also John, was an Evertonia...Read More

Andrew Jones R.I.P. Yesterday morning whilst most of us were getting up, having breakfast, doing our shopping, watching our kids playing football or just contemplating the outcome of the forthcoming encounter with Spurs....Andy & Chris Jones were preparing for a vigil in memory of their So...Read More

Adrian Davies, Age 48 (31/01/ 2012) It is with deep sadness I have to report the untimely death of Adrian Davies who lived in Brisbane down under. He leaves his wife Joanne, his kids Hannah ,Harrison and Baily. Adrian was a great Blue, his next do...Read More

JOHN ROBERT DENNIS 28th October 1966 - 19th January 2012 - Aged 45 years. A True Blue, - as a rednose mentioned, Derby games will never be the same again... He was a great Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Nephew and Cousin, a man who w...Read More

The family and friends..of Martin Colton were in mourning after he  passed away suddenly in hospital on the 3rd of January aged 59. Martin was a lifelong Evertonian and a season ticket holder in the disabled enclosure, firstly in the park end and when the new enclosure opened in the street end Martin moved his season ticket their....Read More

Former Everton player Gary Ablett has died at the age of 46. Gary signed for Everton from neighbours Liverpool in January 1992 for £750k. Gary played 128 league games and won a FA Cup winners medal in 1995. The only player ever to win the FA Cup with both Merseyside teams. A statement from the LMA, said:...Read More

Ken Petrie 1948-2011 (seen here wearing his Fellaini wig at Wembley) A true blue, Ken started watching from the Boys Pen in...Read More

The clubs oldest former living player Albert Johnson sadly passed away this week. Albert would have been 91 next month and he played for the Blues in the mid to late 1940's with the likes of Ted Sagar, Harry Catterick and Joe Mercer. Albert played nine times in the Royal Blue shirt with his debut coming on Christmas Day 1946 in a...Read More

Sadly my Step-Dad William "Bill" Atkinson passed away after a fight with Leukaemia on Tuesday the 31st of May. He was 62. Bill was a former season ticket holder in the Top Balcony and in more recent years had sat in the Lower Gwladys whenever he went to Goodison. Our last game together was the 2-1 win over Fulham in March. Myself...Read More

A year ago today Chris Jones sadly passed away at the age of 24. Chris was the son of Steve Jones, a founder member of Bluekipper, and our thoughts and prayers are today with all the Jones family as they mark this sad anniversary. Chris was an integral part of Bluekipper, and weeks before his death he captained a Blue Kipper side...Read More

My father David Hughes sadly passed away in the early hours of Monday morning 16th May 2011 after battling 17 months against lung cancer. A true Evertonian he took me to my first match when i was three, he begged borrowed and stole for us both to be at the European Cup Winners Cup Final. Even when he was having chemo and radiotherapy he ...Read More

Evertonians Remember The 96 John Alfred Anderson (62) Colin Mark Ashcroft (19) James Gary Aspinall (18) Kester Roger Marcus Ball (16) Gerard Bernard Pat...Read More

Maccesfield footballer, Richard Butcher died suddenly on 9th January 2010 aged 29.  'Butch' was a massive Blue! He played for Peterborough against Everton in the Carling Cup in 2006. Everton won the game 2-1. For the Evertonian it was a ...Read More

Three years on today, "AJ" died in the Royal Liverpool hospital at 6pm on Wednesday 28th November 2007 when his family agreed to let doctors turn off his life support machine. He was found unconscious at 3.50am on Sunday 25th November 2007 with a fractured skull at the junction of Church Street and Paradise Street, outside the McDon...Read More

Louise Holywell R.I.P. 3rd September 1997 - 17th December 2009  Louise fell ill around September 2009 and was diagnosed with auto-immune hepatitis. She had a reaction to her treatment and developed Steven Johnson's Syndrome. Louise ended up in Alder H...Read More

Joe Ashfield 8th March 1938 - 24th June 2010 R.I.P. The Passing of a True Blue - Joe Ashfield It is with sadness and hurt that a true blue passed away on 24 Jun...Read More

 Bernie McAlynn 30th July 1954 to 19th June 2010 Bernie was a great Blue who, until his recent diagnosis with Lung Cancer, he travelled up from the midlands to Goodison with his daughter Hayley for every home game and were both season ticke...Read More

*** AS A MARK OF RESPECT TO THE JONES FAMILY THERE WILL BE NO ARTICLES POSTED ON BLUE KIPPER TODAY ****Chris Jones April 7th 1986 - June 4th 2010 R.I.P. The funeral will take place TODAY at 1.30pm, Tuesday, 15...Read More

Chris Jones April 7th 1986 - June 4th 2010 R.I.P. As a mark of respect from Bluekipper to Chris Jones, no posts will appear on our site till Monday 7th June. Details of The Funeral Service will follow............... ...Read More

Flo Jones - 31st December 1932 - 10th April 2010 As a mark of respect for Flo Jones there will be no articles posted on Bluekipper on Monday 19th April, the day of her Funeral. Steve, Paul and Gary send their thanks, for all the cards and words of sympathy sent to the Family at this ...Read More

If you were unable to post a comment in memory of John, please do so now; John Francis Madden 24th September 1951 - 21st March 2010 A requiem mass tak...Read More

Yesterday we lost a true blue and a great Evertonian. Steven Mitchell tragically died in a car accident he was just 34 years old.Steven's good friend Bill Cooper notified us of the very sad news, 'I first met Steven on Soccer Brain 2000 when we were both contestants. He even came to support me in my semi...Read More

Everton legend Alex Parker has died today after a heart attack aged 74. Alex was a skilful right back, who played 220 games for Everton in the 50's and 60's scoring 5 goals. He was part of the great Everton team, which won the 1962-63 Championship. Alex won 15 Scottish caps. After leaving Everton, he joined Southport and later became a pub manag...Read More

John McGivern R.I.P. - 16th September 1974 - 14th September 2009 True Blue John passed away on the 14/09/09. He will never be forgotten by all his friends and the trips away with the blues will never be the same without ...Read More

James Patrick Anderson R.I.P. - 16 July 1944 - 30 June 2009 A life long true blue boy who sadly died of cancer 30th June 2009, after a very short illness but we had a chance to say goodbye. My dad loved your website!"Dad, the funeral directors told us they took the liberty of booking you int...Read More

Our Dad, Peter Stoneley, was in a road accident in Florence, Italy last Tuesday. He tragically passed away on Thursday 18th June, aged 50. He was the greatest Evertonian we have ever known. He could tell you the scores, goal scorers and transfer fees of every game and every player who has ever worn the ...Read More

Lily Cooney all but lived for the blues and we are immensely proud that in her 90th year she made it to Wembley twice after undergoing a major operation for cancer in 2007. She'd bought her season ticket and was looking forward to cheering the lads on again but sadly passed away peacefully on the even...Read More

My Uncle Jack passed away recently, 83 yrs young; he and my dad were the ones who taught me the true faith. He's pictured here on the day of the 95 final. He saw us go down and come back up again and had stories galore from the last 70 odd years of following the original team on Merseyside. ...Read More

I have just recently lost a friend on the 25th of April 2009. His name was Johnathan Mcgrath. I am 16 and he was 16. He sadly passed away playing Football with his best friend. He had an asthmatic attack and his heart gave in. I and everyone else that knew him are devastated as well as his family who ...Read More