49. Martin Dobson 190 appearances, 29 goals “I think you learn more from failure than you do from success. I was and I was totally devastated. You just got a letter in those days – ‘Thank you, you’re crap, goodbye’” – Dobson on being rejected by Bolton as a youngster. Bolton Wanderers must still be kicking themselves for rejecting Martin Dobson when he was a teenager. Unbelievably, he is the second high profile Evertonian to be shown the door marked “gerrout!” by Bolton, the first being Alan Ball. Dobbo was a tall, gracile midfield player with excellent technique who was bought from Burnley by Billy Bingham in 1974, for...
