Bio: Rev. Harry Ross is the Everton club chaplain, who has been vicar of St Luke The Evangelist, next door to Goodison Park, since 1977, he is also a Trustee for the Everton Former Players’ Foundation.

Q1.Why Everton?

All my family were Reds, so I became the BLUE SHEEP of the family. I maintain I am the only one with any sense & I am from Merseyside!

Q2. I remember standing amongst a glum chain gang of fans at Kirkdale train station in the late 90′s, we’d just been beaten at Goodison, the rain was pissing on us, and some cheeky Liverpool fans were laughing and mooning us from the top of the stairs. That was the lowest I felt as an Everton fan. What is your all time high/low as a fan?

Highest point watching Everton in Rotterdam winning the Cup Winners Cup. Lowest point being beaten 5 nil by the other lot at Goodison!

Q3. What player from the past would you sign for our current team?

Dave Hickson. A tiger on the field & a gentleman off it.

Q4. Who is your favourite all time player?

As a Trustee of the Everton Former Players’ Foundation I have met so many of them & feel it would be wrong to choose one. Ask me privately!

Q5. What’s your take on our motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum?

That everyone associated with our Club, from top to bottom & including fans should always give their best in every situation.

Q6. Do you think this summer will be a positive one for Everton in terms of buying players?

I don’t think in the present economic climate that this summer will be any better or worse than every other summer when it comes to buying players. David Moyes is very astute in the transfer market.

Q7. The press are awash with rumours about bids for Everton players like Rodwell and Baines. What are your thoughts on selling some of our bigger names?

Obviously I wouldn’t want to see them go but if it means we have to sell to bring in new talent so be it. David Moyes has sold & bought well in the past and brought in some young lads from the Academy. I don’t see why this year will be any different.

Q8. What are your thoughts on a sharing a stadium with Liverpool?

NEVER!

Q9. Where do you think the majority of Evertonians lie, with “Moyes Out”, “In Moyes We Trust” or somewhere in the middle?

“In Moyes we trust.”

Q10. Is money necessary to compete at the highest level, and if so – should Bill Kenwright step aside?

Unfortunately money plays too higher part in football these days. Bill Kenwright is an Evertonian through & through. I would not like to see him go.

Q11. Where do you see Everton in ten years time?

Top of the league, Cup winners & European Champions. And I hope I am here to see it all happen!!!

 243 appearances, 111 goals

 “I would have died for Everton. I would have broken every other bone in my body for any other club, that’s how I look at it, you know. I would have died for this club.”

 As Everton’s “Cannonball kid”, Dave Hickson hurtled around the field, fighting for his team during a fruitless era and securing his place in the Goodison firmament. Hickson played for all three Merseyside clubs, but it was Everton that he fell in love with. Dixie Dean coached this courageous striker who memorably reopened a stitched up head wound in looking for his second goal against Man United in 1953.