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Bob Latchford Bob Latchford is an Everton icon rivaled only by the like of Alex Young and Duncan Ferguson. A folk-hero centre-forward in the best Everton tradition Latch caught the national eye in the spring of 1978 when his crusade to become the first player in six years to score 30 goals in a First Division season grabbed all the headlines. The Daily Express set a £10,000 challenge and Latch needed two goals at home to Chelsea in the last game of the season which he did with a trademark header and a late penalty – boosting his win bonus by £10,000. In fact he went home with less than £200 of it after sharing it out between team-mates, ground-staff and charities. Many footballers of lesser ability have won more than Latchford. Besides his twelve England caps and those 30 goals in 1977-78, he achieved nothing of note in the game. That was an injustice to a fine footballer. Excelling particularly in the air, he was capable of scoring from anywhere. He had a striker's instinct for finding dangerous positions and his touch and ground-skills enabled him to make telling lay-offs for colleagues.....ask any 30+ Blue who there favorite ever Everton player was and the chances are they will say Latchford.....a true Everton Legend!
Lovely well presented book that tells a pictorial story of the famous 30 goal Latchford season....signed of course by the man himself in black on the inside cover. £39.95
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