Everton legends pay tribute to 'True Blue' Bill Kenwright as they gather for memorial service
Everton legends paid tribute to "True Blue" Bill Kenwright as they gathered for his memorial service.
The memorial service for the Wavertree-born theatre impresario and former Everton chairman took place at Liverpool Cathedral on Monday (December 18) afternoon. Mr Kenwright, who died in October at the age of 78, was the club's longest serving chairman and had been on the board for 34 years.
Sean Dyche and the club's current first team squad attended the service, joined by former Liverpool FC players, politicians and actors. A host of past Everton players were in attendance, including Tim Cahill, Duncan Ferguson, Graeme Sharp, Leighton Baines, Ian Snodin, James Beattie, Tony Hibbert, Joleon Lescott, Victor Anichebe, Leon Osman and Tom Davies.
Hundreds gather at Liverpool Cathedral to pay tribute to 'Mr Everton' Bill Kenwright
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Peter Reid, who played 234 times for Everton during the club's 1980s glory days, told the media outside the Cathedral: "My abiding memory (of Mr Kenwright) was when I signed for QPR and he took me for dinner. He said to me 'I'm so envious of you'.
"I said, he's an impresario, he's got a few quid, why (is he jealous?). He said, 'Because you played for Everton'.
"That says it all about him, he was a mad, mad Evertonian. He was a True Blue, towards the end it got a little bit sticky, but he always had the club at heart and he was a genuinely nice geezer."
Reid added: "He started off in the boys' pen at Goodison Park and he ended up being chairman of the club. It doesn't get any better than that - it's a fairy tale."
Adrian Heath, who played with Reid in Howard Kendall's 1980s Everton teams, told the press: "He was a lovely,
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