Everton legend Mick Lyons, 70, reveals dementia battle

Everton legend Mick Lyons is living with dementia, with his family today announcing another one of football's favourite sons is feeling the consequences of his long and distinguished career.

Lyons is in the early stages, still living life to its fullest in Australia and was able to talk about his love of Everton, the club he captained and represented 473 times as a defender.

Now 70, Lyons was diagnosed last year. His short-term memory is not the best, but he is able to recall the good old days in great detail and how heading a heavy wet ball was like 'thud, thud, thud'.

'Everton was my team from the age of eight,' Lyons said. 'Me, my brother, and my dad got season tickets. We'd get the bus,…