A walk in the park in Paisley

Working for a local weekly, Jeff got his first Fleet Street break aged just 15 when he photographed Everton FC players on the eve of a cup final at Wembley in the mid-eighties.

He said: “As the Everton players disembarked at their hotel, I was

already taking pictures. Their manager, Howard Kendall, asked if I’d take some photographs for him. This gave me access to the players in and around the hotel.”

Enterprisingly, he phoned the Daily Mirror and sold the unseen photographs to its picture desk. Mirror picture editor Len Greennor was nonplussed when confronted with a very young lad offering him a good picture exclusive. “You didn’t

West Coast beauty 68 August 2015