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In February 1993 David Prentice was appointed full-time Everton correspondent for the Liverpool Echo, a position that would see him spend 10 years trekking across the country, following their every victory and defeat. He saw managers come and go. Howard Kendall, Mike Walker, Joe Royle, Howard again and Walter Smith all tried and failed to steer the club to success against a background of boardroom upheavals, which saw power switch from the Moores family to Peter Johnston to Bill Kenwright's True Blue Holdings.
On the pitch, the turnover of talent was equally dramatic as players were bought and sold as the crisis around the club deepened. Remember Andrei Kanchelsis, Mo Johnston, Brett Angell, Peter Beardsley, Preki and Amokachi? Every detail and insight into the clubs growth is here, with shining moments, like the 1995 Cup Final, and the emergence of Moyes and Rooney giving a bright cadence to a tempestuous decade.
Dave's promotion to Chief Sports Writer for the Echo saw those weekly travels come to an abrupt end. Fortunately for us, his ten years of reports have been edited into a fascinating record of Everton's struggles in the Premiership. Ten Year Blues is unquestionably a book that all Evertonians will enjoy reading, throughout all the highs and lows the image is very clearly one of a club that will endure against all odds.
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