Crouch stands tall and lifts Hart to new heights

PAUL HART always knew Peter Crouch would make it big.

The beanpole Portsmouth forward used every inch of his enormous frame to sink an unusually insipid Everton and edge Hart’s side three points clear of the relegation zone.

Crouch, 28, has had the archetypal journeyman career, having already played for seven different clubs, but Hart has been a fan ever since he was involved in the youth set-up at Nottingham Forest.