Mick Lyons was last week named in Everton's Top 50 players of all-time.

The 57-year old Liverpool-born tactician was ranked at number 29 on the list, 20 places higher than Socceroos star Tim Cahill.

Lyons played over 450 matches for the Toffees as a defender and is currently head coach of Perth-based club Stirling Lions who play in the Vodafone State Premier League in Western Australia.

"It's great for me when I think Everton Football Club started in 1878, that for so many years they have been going and for all the players that have played there. It's a great honour," Lyons told the West Australian.

He also gave a great compliment to Cahill saying, "What I like about Cahill is he always scores the important goals," he added.

"He does it for Everton, he did it for Australia in the World Cup and he even did it in the semi-final to get Millwall to the FA Cup Final.

"And he is so brave. People say he's got a great leap but he always keeps his eye on the ball. It takes a lot of courage to jump in between big, horrible defenders."