Spanish cinemagoers queued around the block this week to watch a 2019 film about an Everton team from 40 years ago.

The scene on Wednesday evening was testament to the love and respect that legendary Blues player and manager Howard Kendall still commands in the Basque Country as there was a special showing of the documentary 'Everton: Howard’s Way' in Bilbao followed by a discussion of Kendall’s three-year tenure at Athletic Club having quit Goodison Park in 1987 after steering the team to two League Championships, an FA Cup and European Cup-Winners’ Cup.

A tweet from the Everton: Howard’s Way account on X admitted: “When we were making the film, not for a second did I think that 6 years on there would be people queuing around a building – in Spain – to watch it. The pulling power of Howard Kendall in Bilbao.”

The English language version of Athletic Club’s official website declared that beyond Kendall’s achievements on the pitch during his two-and-a-half seasons in charge, he left behind a fabulous human...