Geoff Barnett, former Everton reserve goalkeeper, dies at 74
Geoff Barnett, former Everton reserve goalkeeper, dies at 74 Saturday, 16 January, 2021 Geoff Barnett, former Everton reserve goalkeeper from Harry Catterick's 1960s sides and understudy to Gordon West, died in Florida, age 74. Geoff was scouted from local football, joining the club in May 1964, and won the FA Youth Cup with the Blues in 1965, alongside John Hurst and Jimmy Husband, but was unable to regularly dislodge Gordon West and Andy Rankin from Harry Catterick's fantastic sixties sides. He kept a clean sheet on his debut against Sunderland at Goodison Park in Nove...