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| seasons before leaving to join Aston Villa. Made 62 appearances scoring 36 goals. DUNCAN FERGUSON 1990: Signed schoolboy forms with United, eventually called up for a two year apprenticeship before putting pen to paper on a full-time contract after banging in four goals in United's reserves against Aberdeen. Made 77 appearances scoring 27 goals. 1993: Leaves for Glasgow Rangers. ALEX CLELAND 1987: Joins Dundee Utd from Juniors. Makes 131 league appearances with a further 20 from the bench, scoring 8 goals. 1995: Leaves for Glasgow Rangers. |
| Plunging into the Scottish market in search of reinforcements is nothing new. Everton have made a habbit of plucking from north of the border since their inception and it is a trend that will no doubt continue well into the millennium. We've all got to start somewhere. And several of the current Goodison crop just happened to have sowed their first footballing seeds on the same patch. You don't need a trained eye to see that Everton's Scottish contingent has grown in recent seasons. But it may take a closer examination to discover that a large portion of the Blues' tartan contingent bedded into footballing life wearing the orange of Dundee United. From the management staff down, traces of the Tannadice club can be found. Dundee United WALTER SMITH (pictured right) 1967: Joins Dundee Utd. Plays in the 1974 side that lost the Scottish Cup Final to Celtic 3-0. Later sold to Dumbarton for �7,000. Re-joined United in 1979 to take job on coaching staff under then manager Jim McLean. Left for Rangers in 1986 to become Graeme Souness's Number Two. ARCHIE KNOX 1972: Signs for Dundee Utd. Plays 56 times for the club scoring 12 goals. Leaves for Montrose in 1976. RICHARD GOUGH 1980: Signs for Dundee Utd on a free from Wits University, South Africa. Plays 160 league games for the club with eight appearances as a subsitute, scoring 24 goals. 1986: Leaves United for Tottenham Hotspur. ANDY GRAY 1973: Joins Dundee Utd where he stays for two |
| Below is the full list of players Everton have bought directly from Scottish clubs. |
| Hearts David Weir 1999- Gary Naysmith 2000- Alex Young 1960-68 J Adams 1894-95 George Thomson 1960-63 Dave Wilson 1906-07 George Wilson 1906-07 St. Mirren H Goldie 1895 Jack Taylor 1896-1909 WP Wright 1914 Morton T Gracie 1910-12 JT Robertson 1895-97 Dumbarton Graeme Sharp 1980-91 John Bell 1892-98 Richard Boyle 1890-1902 A Hartley 1892-1907 Alex Latta 1889-1895 Aberdeen J Brewster 1920-22 Joe Harper 1972-74 Motherwell FW Mitchell 1913-19 |
| Partic Thistle Sandy Brown 1963-71 W Brown 1888 R Gray 1889-1900 J McGourty 1932-34 Billy Miller 1935-36 H Robertson 1890-92 East Fife A Moffatt 1920 Queen's Park John Cameron 1895-97 Alan Irvine 1981-84 Dundee David Raitt 1922-28 Jock Thomson 1930-39 J Watson 1899-1901 Clyde Tommy Ring 1960-61 T Stevens 1912 St Johnstone J Caskie 1938 John Connolly 1972-87 Jim Pearson 1974-78 Arbroath T Dilly 1902-06 D Storrier 1893-97 |
| Celtic Alan Stubbs 2001- W Black 1905-06 Bobby Collins 1958-62 Billy Cook 1932-45 J Diver 1897-98 Tommy Johnston (loan) 1999 D Livingstone 1921-26 T McDermott 1903-05 P Meecham 1896-97 Rangers Ian Durrant (loan) 1994 Duncan Ferguson 1994- Alex Cleland 1998- Paul Rideout 1992-97 Jimmy Gault 1914-20 Tory Gillick 1935-45 Maurice Johnston 1991-92 Jack Lindsay 1951-56 DB Murray 1903 JJ Murray 1891-92 Bobby Parker 1913-21 Alex Scott 1963-67 Alex Stevenson 1934-38 TG Wyle 1890 |
| Hibernian Jimmy Dunn 1928-35 A McKinnon 1888 John Maconachie 1907-20 HM Ritchie 1928-30 J Weir 1888-89 Dunfermline Athletic Jimmy Stein 1928-36 Airdrie Hunter Hart 1922-29 John McDonald 1920-27 Tony Weldon 1927-30 Falkirk John McLaughlin 1971-76 Eddie O'Hara 1958-60 Alex Parker 1958-65 Sandy Young 1901-10 Kilmarnock Alec Dick 1888 Billy Muir 1897-1902 |