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Labone, Brian

Apps: 533 | Goals: 2 | Pos: CD | Debut: 1957/58

Captain and doyen of Everton’s golden era

Lacey, Bill

Apps: 40 | Goals: 11 | Pos: D | Debut: 1908/09

Goalscoring half back who crossed Stanley Park and became a Liverpool legend

Langley, Kevin

Apps: 22 | Goals: 3 | Pos: M | Debut: 1986/87

Lower league midfielder who rose to the Goodison challenge and claimed a title medal

Latchford, Bob

Apps: 286 | Goals: 138 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1973/74

Prolific centre forward whose goals eased Everton through dark years

Latta, Alex

Apps: 148 | Goals: 70 | Pos: W | Debut: 1889/90

Goalscoring winger who was one of Everton’s early greats

Laverick, Bobby

Apps: 23 | Goals: 6 | Pos: W | Debut: 1958/59

Young winger who failed to make an impression

Lawson, David

Apps: 150 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 1972/73

Costly goalkeeper who struggled to justify his lofty price tag

Lawton, Tommy

Apps: 95 | Goals: 70 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1936/37

Supremely talented heir to Dixie Dean, his story represents the ultimate ‘if only’

Ledson, Ryan

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 2014/15

England youth international who left Everton to forge a successful lower league career

Lee, Jack

Apps: 2 | Goals: 0 | Pos: LB | Debut: 1902/03

Reserve defender who experienced the briefest of Goodison careers

Leeder, Fred

Apps: - | Goals: - | Pos: LB | Debut: None

Full back who dropped into lower leagues and then the semi-professional game

Lello, Cyril

Apps: 254 | Goals: 9 | Pos: IF | Debut: 1947/48

Model of consistency through Everton’s darkest years

Lescott, Joleon

Apps: 138 | Goals: 17 | Pos: CB | Debut: 2006/07

England international defender whose Goodison reputation was marred by his messy exit

Lewis, Gwyn

Apps: 10 | Goals: 6 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1951/52

Welsh centre forward who later brought a flurry of goals to Saltergate

Lewis, Tommy

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: OL | Debut: 1928/29

Goalscoring outside left and inside forward who later set the lower leagues alight

Lewis, William

Apps: 3 | Goals: 1 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1888/89

One of Everton’s Virgin Blues, he went on to have a long career in the red of Wales

Leyfield, Charlie

Apps: 38 | Goals: 13 | Pos: W | Debut: 1934/35

Versatile winger who dropped out of favour before Everton’s late 1930s heyday

Leyland, Harry

Apps: 40 | Goals: 0 | Pos: GK | Debut: 1951/52

Capable young goalkeeper given the difficult task of succeeding Ted Sagar

Li Tie

Apps: 36 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 2002/03

The so-called Chinese Beckham, who flickered then failed amidst scepticism

Lievesley, Walter

Apps: 5 | Goals: 0 | Pos: CH | Debut: 1919/20

Non-league centre half given a chance at the end of the 1919/20 season

Lill, Mickey

Apps: 34 | Goals: 12 | Pos: W | Debut: 1959/60

Thrilling winger undermined by injuries who tried his luck in South Africa

Limpar, Anders

Apps: 64 | Goals: 6 | Pos: W | Debut: 1993/94

Fabulously talented winger whose footballing gifts were a throwback to a different era

Linderoth, Tobias

Apps: 33 | Goals: 1 | Pos: MF | Debut: 2001/02

Anonymous Swedish international midfielder beset by injury woes

Lindley, Maurice

Apps: 54 | Goals: 0 | Pos: DF | Debut: 1947/48

Longstanding servant whose first team opportunities were fleeting

Lindsay, Billy

Apps: 9 | Goals: 0 | Pos: FB | Debut: 1893/94

Son of the Northeast who deputised in defence during the 1893/94 season

Lindsay, Jack

Apps: 115 | Goals: 2 | Pos: LB | Debut: 1950/51

Left back who was unlucky with the timing of his Everton career

Lineker, Gary

Apps: 57 | Goals: 40 | Pos: ST | Debut: 1985/86

Impeccable goalscorer who built his reputation during his Goodison sojourn

Livingstone, Archie

Apps: 4 | Goals: 2 | Pos: FW | Debut: 1946/47

Inside forward who cameoed with Everton at the veteran stage of a war-interrupted career

Llewellyn, Bert

Apps: 11 | Goals: 2 | Pos: CF | Debut: 1956/57

Pocket-sized reserve forward turned prolific lower league goalpoacher

Lochhead, Alex

Apps: 6 | Goals: 0 | Pos: HB | Debut: 1890/91

Defensively minded Scottish international who made Anfield cameos in Everton blue

Lodge, Paul

Apps: 23 | Goals: 0 | Pos: MF | Debut: 1980/81

Young midfielder who failed to make the Goodison grade

Long, Chris

Apps: 1 | Goals: 0 | Pos: FW | Debut: 2014/15

Home grown forward whose first team experience was limited to a 10-minute European run out

Lowe, Harry

Apps: 5 | Goals: 0 | Pos: LB | Debut: 1930/31

Reserve left back who made cameos in Everton’s back-to-back title wins

Lyons, Mick

Apps: 442 | Goals: 59 | Pos: CB | Debut: 1970/71

Spirited star of the seventies