People often ask me "Duncan, how many of Everton's number 19's were born in July and until now it's been easy: Stuart Barlow, Magaye Gueye & Djibril Sidibé. But yes, it's true, now you can now add James Rodríguez to that list"

then they're "well July must be a big month for the old Everton!"
and I say "actually the most PL apps by a July man for Everton is Alessandro Pistone with 103, then Lucas Digne, then Tony Cottee. You should have made more of Rodrigo Beckham, one of the two PL Beckhams"

and they go "well firstly I believe Tony Cottee is the last player to play in all four divisions in the same season..."
I nod enigmatically
then they continue: "I never realised the PL had seen two Beckhams"
And I'm all "it's all there, if you want it. But do you?"

and then they get aggressive and say "stick to facts pal, all I want to know is which PL club has the highest proportion of players with July birthdays"
And I quietly say "Coventry City, 12%"
And they say "thank you"
And I say "Chelsea's only 3% you know"
And they say "Everton?"

"6.4%. 25th of the 49 clubs. Literally halfway. I wish I'd never brought this up"
And they say "at last"