Everton Molyneux was born in
Huyton,
Merseyside, and was in the youth team at
Wrexham between the ages seven and nine, before he joined the
Everton academy. He made his debut for the
reserve team at 16. In March 2006 Molyneux signed his first professional contract, running until June 2008. From the summer of 2008, he was on a month-by-month contract. He made his "Saints" debut against
Barnsley on 10 January. He was
sent off for two bookings against
Swansea City on 31 January, four games into his professional career. The club were
relegated from the
Championship and he failed to establish himself in the first-team under new
manager Alan Pardew. On 25 March 2010, he joined
Port Vale on
loan until the end of the season, having not settled in well at Southampton. However, he never made an appearance for Vale, except in the
Staffordshire Senior Cup final – a tournament for the club's reserve players – and returned to the south coast in the summer.
Plymouth Argyle In June 2010, it was announced that Southampton had agreed to end Molyneux's contract a year early, by mutual consent, with one year left on his contract. He signed a five-month contract with
Plymouth Argyle on 3 August 2010, having been on trial with the club. Ironically, his first appearance for Argyle was against Southampton four days later. He was on the winning side at
St Mary's. "The whole team grafted, from the front right through to the back. It was organised," he said. "We came with a plan to keep our shape, be solid, and do the simple things right, and everything else looks after itself." On 1 January 2011, Plymouth Argyle announced his contract would not be renewed. Making 12 appearances for the Devon club, he had not featured in the first-team since mid-October.
Accrington Stanley In August 2012, Molyneux returned to professional football when he joined
League Two side
Accrington Stanley on non-contract terms following a successful trial. He scored his first senior goal with a
free kick in the
FA Cup on 1 December, in a 3–3 draw with
Oxford United at the
Crown Ground. He went on to score a
hat-trick on 16 March, giving Stanley a 3–2 home victory over
Barnet. He ended the
2012–13 campaign with nine goals in 43 games, and after being converted into a winger following the arrival of
Laurence Wilson was described by
The Times as being "League Two's
Gareth Bale". He was named as the club's Player of the Year for 2012–13.
Crewe Alexandra Molyneux signed a two-year contract with
League One side
Crewe Alexandra in July 2013. He lost his first-team place in October, and the next month he joined
Keith Hill's League Two club
Rochdale on loan. He made only three
substitute appearance for the "Dale" during his time at
Spotland. On 23 January 2014, Molyneux re-joined
Accrington Stanley on an initial one-month loan. Speaking of his loan move, Molyneux stated that "It feels like coming home". On 24 February 2014, Molyneux signed a loan extension for the maximum of 93 days on an emergency loan deal. On 8 March, he scored a first-half hat-trick in a 3–1 win over league leaders
Chesterfield at the
Crown Ground, earning himself a place on the Football League team of the week. He expected to leave Crewe in the summer of 2014 but remained after manager
Steve Davis told him he had a part to play at the club in the
2014–15 season; he began the season in the first-team but again soon fell out of favour. He returned to Accrington on loan in October 2014, saying that "It seems like I have never been away... I know there is a new manager (
John Coleman) now, but it just has the same feel around the place. It's so familiar and I am buzzing." His contract at Crewe was terminated by mutual consent in January 2015.
Tranmere Rovers In January 2015, Molyneux signed a contract with
Micky Adams's League Two side
Tranmere Rovers on a contract lasting until the end of the
2014–15 season. He played 11 games as Rovers were relegated out of the
English Football League.
Morecambe In May 2015, Molyneux remained in League Two by signing a two-year contract with
Morecambe following manager
Jim Bentley's unsuccessful attempt to sign him four months earlier. He made 40 appearances in the
2015–16 campaign, and scored five goals in 48 matches in the
2016–17 season. Despite these statistics he was released in June 2017, after Bentley admitted he made a "difficult decision because he is a player who we all really like".
Later career Molyneux signed an undisclosed contract with
National League side
Guiseley on 1 August 2017. On 8 February 2018, having gone two months without a game for the "Lions", he joined
National League North side
Chorley on loan until the end of the
2017–18 season. Chorley won the
Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy with a 3–2 victory over
Clitheroe.
Matt Jansen's "Magpies" went on to qualify for the play-offs with a sixth-place finish in the National League North, but were eliminated by
Harrogate Town at the semi-final stage in a game where Molyneux was sent off on the cusp of
half-time for a high challenge on Ryan Fallowfield. Back at
Nethermoor Park, Guiseley had been relegated after finishing in last place in the National League. In July 2018, he joined National League side
Barrow. He featured 17 times for
Ian Evatt's "Bluebirds" during the
2018–19 season, making just 11 starts, and was released in May 2019. On 6 July 2019, he joined
Cymru Premier club
Bala Town and was assigned the "Lakesiders" number seven shirt. As the club were semi-professional, he set up his own personal training business and become a strength and conditioning
coach. He retired from playing in March 2021. ==International career==