James McFadden - Everton v Charlton Athletic
Goodison, April 15th 2007
Signed from Motherwell as part of a hectic transfer deadline day that also saw Nigel Martyn, Kevin Kilbane and Francis ‘Franny’ Jeffers arrive at the club, James McFadden made an immediate impact with eye catching displays in the League Cup against Stockport and a 4-0 hammering of an awful Leeds sides. However his early promise never materialised into much more than occasional flashes of brilliance, more often than not mixed in with large helpings of frustrating mediocrity. Possibly lacking just the added yard or so of pace that would have given him the burst he needed to get away from defenders, it was no surprise that David Moyes accepted the generous £5m offer made by Birmingham in January 2009. Coming across in media articles as a thoroughly decent individual, the Scot will probably be most fondly remembered for this stunning winning goal, straight after Darren Bent’s equaliser and deep into injury time, which provided a wounding blow to Charlton’s survival hopes and helped Everton toward their final 6th place position.
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