bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
My guess would be Andy King, I reckon George Telfer featured more in the mid 70s, I may be wrong though?
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My guess would be Andy King, I reckon George Telfer featured more in the mid 70s, I may be wrong though?
alan ball
Player Valuation: £70m
George Wood-
Billy Wright
John Bailey
Mick Lyons
Mark Higgins
Trevor Ross
Geoff Nulty
Garry Stanley,
Bob Latchford
Brian Kidd
Andy King
Billy Wright
John Bailey
Mick Lyons
Mark Higgins
Trevor Ross
Geoff Nulty
Garry Stanley,
Bob Latchford
Brian Kidd
Andy King
You know, my first reaction was to say it was George Telfer but like bcblue I associate George with Billy Bingham era Everton circa '72 through '75.
I'd say the picture is from '78 at the earliest.
But you thinking it is George has got me thinking maybe he was here longer than I thought.
He was never a regular starter so he might well have been making the odd appearance around that time.
Would John Bailey have appeared in that line up, Bally?
I associate John with the early 80s rather than the 70s.
T LEAFE
Player Valuation: £50m
Yes it was him.
It was a motley bunch of players. Having been brought up with the school of science in the late 60's and very early 70's it was a dreary era.
You don't know how lucky we are today given the competition we have re the foreign billionaires
And yet.....the mid to late 70s remains my favourite era as an Everton fan.
Maybe it's because I was in my prime as a young, single man in his early 20s, travelling home and away.
It was also an era when the players were much more accessible.
You used to bump into the likes of Jimmy Pearson or Gary Jones down the She club or Wooky Hollow.
And Andy King used to live just round the corner from where I live now.
And for all the dreariness, we should have been champions in the blanket finish season of '74/75 when we were something like four points clear with three games to go (in the two points for a win era as well).
In that season we lost home and away to blooming Carlilse in their one and only top flight season....even one victoty against them would have won us the title.
Loved the late 70s....the Villa trilogy, the Clive Thomas disaster, long unbeaten runs which kept us in the title race in '77/78 and '78/79.
Happy days before a wife and kids came on the scene.
(not that Mrs. K and the two kids don't make me happy....
)
Maybe it's because I was in my prime as a young, single man in his early 20s, travelling home and away.
It was also an era when the players were much more accessible.
You used to bump into the likes of Jimmy Pearson or Gary Jones down the She club or Wooky Hollow.
And Andy King used to live just round the corner from where I live now.
And for all the dreariness, we should have been champions in the blanket finish season of '74/75 when we were something like four points clear with three games to go (in the two points for a win era as well).
In that season we lost home and away to blooming Carlilse in their one and only top flight season....even one victoty against them would have won us the title.
Loved the late 70s....the Villa trilogy, the Clive Thomas disaster, long unbeaten runs which kept us in the title race in '77/78 and '78/79.
Happy days before a wife and kids came on the scene.
(not that Mrs. K and the two kids don't make me happy....
)
Am I right in thinking that was the first occasion in which players were sent off in a Mersey derby?
If not that game, it was a derby around that time.
Contrast that to the PL era, when it has been the fixture with most sendings off since Sky re-invented the game.
As for Garry himself, IMO he was one of the worst players to play for us in the 70s.....and that is saying sommat
Mate I had a fight in the street with our kid over the merits of Gary Stanley and his ability I thought the lad had talent he thought he was [Poor language removed] we were rolling around in the gutter our only weapons were Hollands steak and kidney pies.
What Im trying to say lad is don't slag gary Stanley unless you are prepared to be attacked with a steak and kidney pie.
That's ok mate Ive ate the pie now anyway, I agree with you about the 70s they were great times and though we never won anything (after 1970) we were heartbreakingly close.I take it all back......Gary was a brilliant player.....
The Baron
Player Valuation: £100k
The players often dropped into the Winslow after the match and I remember on one occasion, Stanley had one of his less impressive games and Mickey Lyons quipped 'from the Blackpool Tower' when one of the lads suggested 'hollywood' should be dropped ..... Hollywood was Stanleys nickname at the time.
TBH he was a good looking lad and far too easily bullied out of a game, which was a pity as he had talent. Wonder what he looks like at 60 ?
TBH he was a good looking lad and far too easily bullied out of a game, which was a pity as he had talent. Wonder what he looks like at 60 ?
nigelcoyb
Player Valuation: £25m
And yet.....the mid to late 70s remains my favourite era as an Everton fan.
Maybe it's because I was in my prime as a young, single man in his early 20s, travelling home and away.
It was also an era when the players were much more accessible.
You used to bump into the likes of Jimmy Pearson or Gary Jones down the She club or Wooky Hollow.
And Andy King used to live just round the corner from where I live now.
And for all the dreariness, we should have been champions in the blanket finish season of '74/75 when we were something like four points clear with three games to go (in the two points for a win era as well).
In that season we lost home and away to blooming Carlilse in their one and only top flight season....even one victoty against them would have won us the title.
Loved the late 70s....the Villa trilogy, the Clive Thomas disaster, long unbeaten runs which kept us in the title race in '77/78 and '78/79.
Happy days before a wife and kids came on the scene.
(not that Mrs. K and the two kids don't make me happy....
Good post that mate I think a lot of it was we were undeniably "big" our much vaunted history was relevant being measured in single years after being champions in 1970. The atmosphere when Goody was chocca was second to none we could argue the toss with anyone - kopites, Utd, Gunners. Teams coming to Goody knew they were in for a game and it's why I (and evertonian mates of the same vintage) couldn't stand Moyes with his cowardice.
We just needed a bit of luck ..... and a big roof over the Gwladys st.
Probably because of the cost prohibiting scallys like me and you going (lol) we never really reclaimed the atmosphere of those days even when Howie's all conquering sides evolved (imo).
Agreed.
Remember how the stadium used to rock when the old "Everton are magic" chant rolled across from the Gwladys and was taken up all round the ground?
And you are right about the cost.
Back then even a period of unemployment didn't keep you from going the match because the price of admission was much less prohibitive than it is these days. You could have tapped yer arl tart for a fiver and you had your way in plus a couple of pints down the Netley or the Chepstow beforehand.
Eeee.....and we 'ad real butter on us bread......(cue Hovis music.....
)
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £70m
Woody, a noted Ornithologist, would have been staring at a pair of greater crested grebes, or a pair of tits ...(Souness and Phil Neal.....how many England caps btw??) and he did it regularly at Palace, yet despite that, was surprisingly popular.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
I'm having nightmares now Stanley and Sir Geoffrey Nulty,I think Garry was meant to be a replacement for Dobbo,good looking bloke as he was,how could he have ever have replaced Mr Elegance himself,Dobbo("hello,hello"!!),have to agree although there were bad times,there are also great times from the 70's to look back on,some fantastic memories mixed in with some terrible luck,we were still regarded as a genuinely massive club back then."Everton are magic"is right!!
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