Kevin Sheedy

Kevin Sheedy had managed just three Liverpool appearances in five years when, frustrated by the lack of
opportunities, he agreed to join Everton in August 1982.

He was the first player to make the move across Stanley Park since Johnny Morrissey twenty years earlier and
the change was just as successful. 

Sheedy was a slight figure, couldn’t really tackle or head the ball and had a tendency to drift out of games, but
he had one major asset – the best left-foot in football.

His passing was inch-perfect and his dead ball ability was extraordinary, with every free-kick awarded to Everton
around the penalty area being greeted with chants of “Sheedy, Sheedy”.

He was at the heart of Everton’s success in the 80’s, winning 2 League titles and a European Cup Winners’ Cup
final medal in his nine and a half years at the club, making 369 appearances and scoring 97 goals in the process.

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	40	0	11	5	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	0	13
1983-84	28	0	4	6	0	2	10	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	10
1984-85	29	0	11	6	0	4	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	42	0	17
1985-86	31	0	5	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	2	43	0	9
1986-87	28	0	13	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	37	0	16
1987-88	14	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	3	1
1988-89	24	2	8	8	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	38	3	12
1989-90	33	4	9	6	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	4	13
1990-91	20	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	2	5
1991-92	16	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	0	1
Total	263	11	67	38	0	15	31	1	9	5	0	2	20	0	4	357	12	97