WE kick off this week with football star Bobby Mimms who stopped by the Windmill Hotel in Parbold in 1987.
Bobby was presenting a cheque from the Veterans Cricket Team who raised £215 for the Leukaemia Research Fund.
Bobby began his footballing career as an apprentice at Halifax Town, however he found it difficult breaking into the first team and joined Rotherham United in November 1981 for a fee of £15,000.
During the 1980s, Mimms played for no less than eight different clubs, as managers were reluctant to give the young goalie a chance.
However, due to an injury to Neville Southall, Mimms played in goal for Everton for a large part of the 1985 to 1986 season.
Everton finished runners up in the league championship and Mimms also played in the FA Cup final of 1986. Everton lost 3-1 against Merseyside rivals, Liverpool.
He got his second big break in December 1990, when Blackburn Rovers manager Don Mackay took him to Lancashire for a fee of £250,000 from Tottenham Hotspur.
Since retiring from playing professionally, Mimms has represented Blackburn Rovers in the Masters football tournament and is currently the goalkeeping coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers helping guide Matt Murray and Wayne Hennessey.
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