Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.

Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.

As a parish priest of the Church Of England I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.

Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn't playing

I grew up in the church, with traditional hymns, but at the same time I was beginning to listen to pop music, the mid-60s, The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did. Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived.