Former Everton player Fred Pickering has had a new street named after him in his hometown of Blackburn. Pickering, who died in 2019 aged 78, joined the Blues from Blackburn Rovers for £85,000 in March 1964 – a record fee at the time between two British clubs – and boasted an impressive scoring rate of 70 goals in 115 matches for Everton.
‘Fred Pickering Place’ is located on the new Great Places development at New Wellington Street in Mill Hill – poignantly, where he lived all of his life. Blackburn with Darwen Council were keen to recognise the role he played locally for Rovers as well as his contribution to English football in general.
Fred’s daughter Debbie and son Andrew joined their family and delegates on Monday for the official unveiling of the street named after their dad. Debbie said: “This means so much to us all as a family.
