Born Kay McLaren, the youngest of four daughters, in Sydney on 25 January 1954 Cottee grew up in the southern Sydney suburb of Botany Bayside, near Sans Souci.

Cottee began his career at West Ham, where he made his first team debut in the First Division against Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 1983, at the age of 17, scoring in the process.

Cottee briefly became the most expensive player to be signed by a British club when on 2 August 1988 he joined Everton in a £ 2. 2 million deal ( a fee eclipsed by Ian Rush's return to Liverpool from Juventus later that month ).

Earlier in the season Cottee and his colleagues and been on the receiving end of another Wembley defeat, this time to Nottingham Forest who beat them 4 – 3 in th final of the Full Members Cup, but Cottee still managed to get on the scoresheet twice.

Everton's form improved under Kendall and they finished ninth, also reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals and ousting Liverpool in the fifth round after two replays ; Cottee was Everton's saviour in the first replay on 21 February as he scored a late equaliser which forced a 4 – 4 draw in Liverpool's last game before the resignation of manager Kenny Dalglish the following day.

In September 2000, Cottee joined Norwich City as player-coach under recently-appointed manager Bryan Hamilton, however this did not last long as Cottee struggled to meet the demands placed on him, scoring two goals against Blackpool in the League Cup and Sheffield United in the league.

A week after resigning from Barnet, Cottee signed for Millwall on transfer deadline day.

Cottee made his debut for England against Sweden on 10 September 1986 as a substitute and went on to win 7 caps, starting once against Scotland at Hampden Park in the 1989 Rous Cup in a 2-0 win.

In 1988, Kay Cottee of Australia became the first woman to complete a non-stop single-handed circumnavigation, on Blackmore's First Lady.

Whereas Lineker had developed into a world class goalscorer after moving from Leicester to Everton ( along with subsequent clubs FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur ), Newell's form at Goodison Park was less spectacular as he formed a three-man strikeforce with Graeme Sharp and Tony Cottee, and with three strikers in the first eleven there was little pressure on any of them to score 20 or 30 goals a season.

However, Cottee did manage an impressive nine goals from 16 Division Three games.

But the club lost its league status in 2001 after ten years following a season which had seen Still resign and briefly be replaced by Tony Cottee before Still was reinstated.

* 2001 Tony Cottee

The gallery was opened in December 2001, with major focal points including the yacht Blackmores First Lady ( which was used by Australian Kay Cottee when she became the first woman to sail solo, nonstop, unassisted around the world ), the coxless four rowing shell used by the Oarsome Foursome at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and a vessel from the Darwin Beer Can Regatta.

During this season however, he forged an effective strike partnership with Tony Cottee, who benefited from Heskey's unselfish style of play, which manager Martin O ' Neill claimed kept the club in the Premier League.

Cottee managed a further 13 league goals in 1987 – 88, but McAvennie had been sold to Celtic early in the season and the failure of manager John Lyall to find an adequate replacement contributed to West Ham disappointing in the league again, finishing 16th.

Subsequent managers of the club include Ray Clemence, Terry Bullivant, John Still, Tony Cottee, John Still ( again ), Peter Shreeves, Martin Allen, Paul Fairclough, Ian Hendon, Mark Stimson, Lawrie Sanchez and Mark Robson.

* Match reporters: Paul Walsh, Alan Smith, Chris Kamara, Scott Minto, Tony Cottee, Gordon McQueen, Tony Gale, Peter Beagrie, Iain Dowie, Alan Mullery, John Salako, Dean Windass, Rob Palmer, Nigel Quashie, Johnny Phillips, Dickie Davies, Alan McInally.

Anthony Richard " Tony " Cottee ( born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow, England ) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator.

To mark the event Ex-West Ham, Everton and England striker Tony Cottee was made club patron.

The record lasted just six weeks until Tony Cottee moved from West Ham United to Everton for £ 2. 3million.

Although Cottee spent less than a year in Malaysia with Selangor, he was still able to win the first major trophy of his career, winning the FAM Cup with the Red Giants, before he returned to England and signed for Football League Cup winners Leicester City for £ 500, 000 in August 1997, where he was presented with his first chance of European football at the age of 32 as Leicester had an ultimately short lived campaign in that season's UEFA Cup.

First he played alongside Paul Wilkinson, Adrian Heath ( also a midfielder ) and then Wayne Clarke before the arrival of £ 2million Tony Cottee for the start of the 1988 – 89 season.

England international footballers Sol Campbell, Tony Cottee, Martin Peters and Rob Lee were born in Plaistow, as was Arsenal physiotherapist Colin Lewin.

Kay Cottee, AO ( born 1954, Sydney, Australia ) was the first female sailor to perform a single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

The earliest form of the corset, that was used, as it is present day, was the Cottee.

The Cottee was a tight elongated bodice that was worn under clothing.

It was made up of stiff linen and worn under bodice, as fashion evolved, so did the Cottee ; it became tighter and stiffer to better serve the fashion of the time.

McAvennie was sold to Celtic in 1987 and Cottee to Everton in July 1988 for a British transfer record of £ 2. 05 million.

1991 – 92 was a frustrating season for Cottee and his colleagues.

Cottee was restricted to eight goals from 24 games through injury, and Everton finished mid table once again.

During this remarkable season, which was his last as a player, Cottee played for a different team in each of the top four divisions of English football in the same season, a rare achievement last performed by goalkeeper Eric Nixon in 1986 – 87.

* Tony Cottee scored 118 goals in 256 appearances for West Ham, was named PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986 and was transferred to Everton two years later for a then-record £ 2. 2 million.

Despite the departure of Peter Beardsley to Newcastle United in the close season, Johnston remained out of the team during the 1993-94 campaign as manager Howard Kendall reverted to the traditional 4-4-2 formation and partnered Tony Cottee with Paul Rideout in attack.

28 goals from McAvennie, 25 from Tony Cottee and an eighteen game unbeaten run saw Lyall take West Ham to their highest ever league finish in the 1985 – 1986 First Division campaign when they finished third behind champions Liverpool and runners-up Everton.

At 34, Kay Cottee became the first woman to sail solo, unassisted and nonstop round the world in June 1988.

Now a motivational speaker, Cottee has raised more than A $ 1 million for the Life Education charity.

In 1988, Cottee received the Australian of the Year Award.

In 1991, Cottee joined the advisory board of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Cottee is a skilled boat builder, driver, painter and sculptor.

James Cottee discusses issues of a general gaming nature.

On 18 November 1991, Johnston signed to Everton for £ 1. 5m, forming a three-man strikeforce alongside Tony Cottee and Peter Beardsley.