Peter Reid spoke to the Everton squad ahead of Monday’s Merseyside derby.
Reid visited Finch Farm this week to offer a personal insight from his time as a key member of Goodison Park’s all-conquering team during the mid-1980s.
The former midfielder’s guest appearance is part of a planned series manager Sean Dyche hopes will help inspire his charges during the season run-in.
Dyche has also invited former Blues’ players Graeme Sharp, Joe Royle and Brian Kidd to impart their own career experiences on the current crop.
Former England rugby union head coach Eddie Jones is another proposed key note speaker in a move which Dyche previously implemented at Burnley.
He said: “I like the idea of the historic figures of the club being part of it still.
“Embracing the past and looking to the future. I like that with the famous 80s team, looking at the strength of it. The feel of it.
“I spoke to the players just casually – it is not about coaching or anything – but just to say come in and spend a bit of time.
“I know Reidy a little bit. You can get gold nuggets off these guys. They’re brilliant fellas. Old figures of the game have amazing knowledge.
“I am a massive fan of the old guard because there are some things in football that will never change.
“We have the modern stuff on top of that with the analytics team looking at the diets and everything. Everything is covered. I embrace the past and look to the future.
“The thing about football and football clubs now is there is a corporate element. We all know that. There is a glossiness.
“But there is still a core to a club which the older players may know more than a modern player. They can tell stories about how the fans used to interact with players.
“With Reidy it was just about coming in and having a cup of coffee to speak to the staff. Very casual.
“I asked Graeme Sharp as well, and hopefully big Joe Royle will, too. Brian Kidd is another. And other coaches.
“Hopefully Eddie Jones will come in. People I know in sport and business, just to get ideas.
“It is never wrong to speak to Peter Reid. If anyone asks who is that little fella there I will say he had a heart as big as a bison and he could play.”