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15.Bob Latchford

Top 60 Everton Players:#15. Bob Latchford

March 26, 2010
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15. Bob Latchford (1974-81) 289 appearances, 138 goals Big Bad Bob was England’s best centre forward during the 70′s – his thirty goals in the 1977-78 season won him £10,000 from the Daily Express (which he shared amongst team-mates, ground staff and the PFA Benevolent Fund) – indeed he was the first to reach that number in six seasons. Ian Rush’s idol, Latchford was a bustling centre forward in the classic Toffee mould. He may have only managed to halve Bill Dean’s superhuman season tally but he is still an Everton legend.

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