Source: Liverpool_Echo
Dave Prentice: Dr Everton’s latest passion is a must for Blues fans
LIKE the football club he adores, Dr David France has enjoyed a colourful, a successful, and an occasionally traumatic history.[LNB]Serious ill health means the good doctor has just endured what could perhaps be coined his 'Mike Walker' phase.[LNB]But now he's bouncing back and set to enjoy a 'Joe Royle' spell.[LNB]The man who put together the staggering Everton Collection, set up the Everton Former Players Foundation, created the Gwladys Street Hall of Fame and has authored a remarkable number of Everton books (spot the common theme?) hasn't decided to slip quietly into retirement just yet.[LNB] David's latest project is a semi-autobiographical masterpiece - already approaching 900 pages - which will feature a description of every single player who has appeared in five or more games for his beloved Blues.[LNB]The volume, entitled appropriately enough 'Everton Crazy' will not only carry a description, but also a faithfully rendered caricature etched by his long-time illustrator, Peter King.[LNB]The five match criteria happily means no slots for Glenn Keeley, Per Kroldrup or Sander Westerveld.[LNB]But there will be a profile for plenty of more deserving Evertonians who may otherwise have been lost in the mists of time.
