Former Everton physio Mick ‘Baz’ Rathbone has recalled the moment he fell in love with the club - despite trying to price himself out of a move to Merseyside and then being confronted by Duncan Ferguson.

Nicknamed ‘Baz’ after actor Basil Rathbone, who was famous for playing Sherlock Holmes, the 66-year-old had two spells with the Blues, the first between 2002-2010 after following manager David Moyes from Preston North End but he admits that he was initially scared to take the plunge from Deepdale to Goodison Park because of the fearsome reputations of Everton’s players.

Appearing as a guest on the Royal Blue podcast to coincide with the publication of his new book The Smell Of Football 3, Rathbone told the ECHO: “I’m at Preston and David Moyes is coming for me that summer, but I don’t want to go, I want to stay at Preston because it’s seven miles from home, I played for them, and I was on decent...