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.Serious ill health means the good doctor has just endured what could perhaps be coined his 'Mike Walker' phase.But now he's bouncing back and set to enjoy a 'Joe Royle' spell.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. 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.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.The five match criteria happily means no slots for Glenn Keeley, Per Kroldrup or Sander Westerveld.But there will be a profile for plenty of more deserving Evertonians who may otherwise have been lost in the mists of time.

Source: Liverpool_Echo