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The former midfielder harbours no grudges about not making the grade at Everton. “I was eight years old when I first had a trial at Bellefield and I stayed ...

Schumacher was a team-mate who, like the other nine players who played in that final, got released before playing for the First Team, and he analyses the situation 20 years on. I was a midfield player who liked a tackle and would have suited Everton’s style of play at the time.” “I was eight years old when I first had a trial at Bellefield and I stayed until I was 20, so it’s a massive part of my life and I loved every minute of it,” he says.