Local toffees can get excited because former Everton FC goalkeeper Neville Southall is visiting the Solway Hall in Whitehaven on November 11. Organised by the Everton Supporters the blues legend will be talking to local footie fans about his time in the game. 

Neville Southall MBE (born 16 September 1958) is a Welsh former international footballer. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985.

He joined Bury from Winsford United for a £6,000 fee in 1980, and turned professional in his early 20s after several years as a semi-professional and amateur player.

During his teenage years, he worked as a binman, waiter and hod carrier. He moved on to Everton for £150,000 in 1981 and established himself as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper by the 1983–84 season.

He went on to make a club record 578 appearances in the Football League and Premier League (750 in all competitions); his honours with the club include a European Cup Winners’ Cup medal in 1985, a First Division championship medal in 1984–85 and 1986–87, an FA Cup winners medal in 1984 and 1995, and an FA Charity Shield winners medal in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1995

. He also played in the 1985 and 1989 FA Cup finals, the League Cup final in 1984, and helped Everton to a second place in the league in 1985–86. After leaving Everton in 1998, he became Torquay United’s regular goalkeeper for two years. He also made a handful of appearances for numerous other clubs.

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