It was on a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago, at Liverpool’s Bridewell pub, that Everton’s top post-war goalscorer, and pivotal member of the club’s greatest ever team, stood up to talk.
The pub, a wonderful place, steeped in history, is where a number of the extraordinary side of 1984/85 – who won the title, a European trophy, reached the FA Cup final and were World Soccer's European team of the year – have recently shared reminiscences, though it was with far more uncertainty that Graeme Sharp had agreed to do the same.