エヴァートンFCさんのインスタグラム写真 - (エヴァートンFCInstagram)「Working for Everton was a fantastic journey from start to finish. This is a great club to be at. The best, in fact. Everton is the place to be. I love Everton, I have had a brilliant time working for the Club and I even met my wife, who was a tour guide, here. I loved Howard Kendall. He was just class. I will always remember when he offered me the job as kit man. I was taking the reserves to a game on the Wednesday and Howard asked me to come and see him on Saturday before I take the reserves, who were playing at Man United, to their next game. I went into Howard's office and Jim Greenwood, who was the secretary then, was there, too. I sat down and Jim told me they wanted me to be the kit man. Jim and Howard told me to come back the following day and I brought my wife because he told me to bring someone with me - but I had no idea he was going to give me a car. I went back to Howard's office, signed the contract and all that and I couldn't believe there was a car included in it. Howard handed me the keys. I'll never forget it, it was a silver Ford Orion Ghia... Going into my street with that - blimey! They'd thought I'd won the pools! I had fantastic times being in and around the dressing room for so many years. Looking back at my time - nobody got the better of me, I can safely say that. I didn't care who they were. I remember one time we were playing away in the Europa League and someone had just left all of their dirty gear in the showers, so I had a look it and it was number five - it was Samuel Eto'o, who hadn't been with us long. I brought them out and we have a bin in the middle of the changing rooms for the kit and I went, 'Samuel, I don't care where you've played - Barcelona, Chelsea... you're at Everton now - and you don't do this. It's not our job to pick up your dirty gear' and I threw it in the bin. The dressing room went dead silent. And from that moment me and him got on like a house on fire. He appreciated it. I love this club. I always will. By Jimmy Martin」9月13日 22時49分