Bob Latchford

Latchford was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham. He was transferred from Birmingham City to Everton for £350,000, a British transfer record at the time (Howard Kendall and Archie Styles were transferred to Birmingham City as part of the same deal, with Birmingham being paid just £80,000). At Everton, Latchford was the top scorer for six successive seasons. He scored 30 goals in the 1977–78 season, winning a £10,000 prize offered by a national newspaper for the first footballer to reach that number in a single season. During the mid-seventies, Latchford was widely considered one of the top English forwards of his generation. He earned his first full cap for England in a World Cup qualifier against Italy in 1977. In April 2006 a book was published telling the story of his 1977/78 season. Co-written with journalist Martin O'Boyle, the book supports Everton's former players charity. Archived 4 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine The closest he came to a winner's medal at Everton was as a finalist in the League Cup in 1977. The match went to three games; after a goalless draw at Wembley, Latchford scored in both replays - a late equaliser in the first replay at Hillsborough, which ended 1-1, and the opening goal at Old Trafford in an eventual 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa. Latchford made 268 appearances (3 as substitute) for Everton scoring 138 goals. After a guest stint in Australia for Brisbane Lions in 1981, scoring 4 goals in as many appearances, Latchford left Everton for Swansea,…

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FA Youth Cup runner-up: 1967 Football League Second Division promotion: 1971–72 Everton

Football League Cup runner-up: 1976–77 Swansea City

Welsh Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83 NAC Breda

Eerste Divisie promotion: 1983–84 Merthyr Tydfil

Welsh Cup: 1986–87