10 Boyhood Everton Fans The Club Should Have Signed

Ian Rush is the all-time leading goalscorer in the history of Liverpool Football Club. And he’s an Everton fan. Let that sink in for a couple of minutes.

The Welshman didn’t even grow up in the city, so it wasn’t even a case of the law of averages determining that he might be a Toffee. Like some who try to hide their childhood allegiances to their future enemies, Rush isn’t shy when admitting his past. After all, we were all kids once.

“I actually supported Everton when I was a kid. Bob Latchford was playing for Everton and he got 30 goals a season. It was a big thing about it as one of the newspapers were offering 10-20,000 pounds for any player who got 30 goals. Bob Latchford done that. He was my hero. He was in the penalty box and he knew where the goal was and I always pretended to try to be him.” - Ian Rush, January 2001.

If only Everton had known of Rush’s affection for them - they might have swooped to land him from Chester City before their Merseyside rivals. But alas, they didn’t.