Ian James Ross is a former sports journalist and published author. He has written for the '' Southport Visiter'', ''

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''. Ross has also had several books published: * '' Everton: A Complete Record'' * Howard Kendall's biography ''Only the Best Is Good Enough'' () * ''Leeds United. The Return to Glory'' () In 2001 he vacated his position at ''The Guardian'' to join Everton F.C., the club he had been writing about a decade earlier, as Director of Communications. In 2007 he was appointed as a director of the Everton Community charity, and latterly took up a directorship at the charity's " free school" trust upon its formation in 2011, alongside Robert Elstone.

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