50. Kevin Campbell 139 appearances, 51 goals ‘KC’ was rescued from Turkish side Trabzonspor by Walter Smith, after the President called him a “discoloured cannibal”. The Trabzon President also famously said of him “We bought him as a scoring machine, but he turned out to be a washing machine”. Campbell was however a steadying presence for us, scoring 51 times in 139 starts and grabbed Everton by the collar just as we were about to leap off the precipice. Campbell’s goals, especially the crucial net bulgers at the end of 1998-99 season, when he scored 9 goals in eight games, kept us afloat. The partnership that Campbell forged with...
