My mother would often say, before she died last year, that there was something valuable in the home in which she had lived with her husband George. George Watts, my stepfather, was chairman and director at Everton while also working for the club's owner John Moores at the Littlewoods Organisation. As a youngster, I can recall legendary forward Bob Latchford coming to the house to discuss contracts. When George died in 1988, fellow club director and solicitor Keith Tamlin handled his estate. It seemed innocuous enough, with a running total of revenues from a couple of seasons in the 1970s.

Source: BBC January 20, 2026 13:01 UTC