Peter Reid

Gordon Lee as Everton manager had tried to sign Peter Reid from Bolton for a fee of around £600,000 during the summer of 1980.

In December 1982 Howard Kendall brought him to Goodison Park for a knock-down £60,000 and he proved to be one of the finest players ever to play for the club.

Reid had somehow managed to keep his career going at Bolton despite a catalogue of terrible injuries including a broken knee-cap and a broken leg.

He was a workaholic in midfield, a fiery, biting tackler and an inspiration to those around him. At Everton he formed a perfect partnership in the middle of the park with Paul Bracewell, complemented beautifully by Trevor Steven and Kevin Sheedy out wide but he had struggled to begin with at Goodison, making just seven league appearances in his first season in 1982/83.

Things changed after that and Reid went on to win an FA Cup Final, two League titles and the European Cup Winners' Cup over the next four seasons.

He also picked up thirteen England caps whilst at Everton, including playing in the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico and winning the PFA Player of the Year award in 1984/85.

He moved on to Q.P.R. in February 1989 after 235 Everton appearances.

The stats:

	League			FA Cup			Lge Cup			Europe			Other			Total
	Starts	Subs	Gls	Starts	Subs	Gls	Starts	Subs	Gls	Starts	Subs	Gls	Starts	Subs	Gls	Starts	Subs	Gls
1982-83	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
1983-84	34	1	2	8	0	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	2	4
1984-85	36	0	2	7	0	1	4	0	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	57	0	4
1985-86	15	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	0	1
1986-87	15	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	1
1987-88	32	0	1	8	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	48	0	2
1988-89	16	2	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	3	1
Total	155	4	8	35	0	3	23	2	1	9	0	1	7	0	0	229	6	13