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Kevin Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1960) is a Welsh former professional footballer who spent most of his career playing for Everton.
Ratcliffe was born in Mancot, near Queensferry in Flintshire, Wales. He joined Everton as an apprentice in 1977 and made his debut on 12 March 1980 at Old Trafford, Manchester after replacing John Gidman through injury, but was not a first team regular until 1982. He was initially used as a left back with mixed results, but his form improved dramatically when moved to centre back. Around this time Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson was interested in Ratcliffe, as were Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City In 1983 at the age of 23 he was made captain, just as the club began a highly successful spell. Whilst captain Ratcliffe won the 1984 FA Cup Final, the Football League Championship in 1984–85 and 1986–87 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85. There were also three other FA Cup finals, 1985, 1986 and 1989, and a League Cup Final appearance in 1984. Ratcliffe made 461 appearances for Everton and scored two goals in that time (one a 30-yarder at Anfield).
Ratcliffe was renowned for his robust approach to the game and for being a tough tackler. He was sent off early in his career for a head butt in 1981 on Tommy Hutchison against Manchester City. He was also involved in an infamous incident with Vinnie Jones in 1989 against Wimbledon. In a bad tempered match, Jones had put in a late tackle against striker Graeme Sharp flooring him, and Ratcliffe steamed forward to challenge Jones aggressively. Jones brushed his head forward in what appeared to be a headbutt, with Ratcliffe going down. Jones later claimed in his autobiography that his head barely touched Ratcliffe's and Ratcliffe had feigned contact to get him sent off, and expressed disappointment at the dishonesty of his fellow "hard man". This was later confirmed in Graeme Sharp's book, Sharpy, My Story when he admitted both him and Ratcliffe exaggerated Jones's contact on them both to get him sent off to their pleasure.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Kevin Ratcliffe (Rare Vintage Umbro Kevin Ratcliffe 6 Everton 80s away jersey signed by the team) was sold in June 2025 for £4,498.23 while the cheapest item (FOOTBALL CARD KEVIN RATCLIFFE EVERTON SIGNED) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (13) was May 2026 with an average selling price of £20.89 for an autographed item of Kevin Ratcliffe. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2016 with £99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from Kevin Ratcliffe is worth £7.99.
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Everton should pick a boss that knows the club because they cannot attract a Mau (08/12/2019): KEVIN RATCLIFFE: The performance Duncan Ferguson got from Everton against Chelsea begs the question why hadn't he been used to greater effect before now? 
