John Giles' Best EFC XI Post 1960

[HowitzerThe5th]

John Giles has picked his best Everton XI from 1960 onwards on Newstalk's Off The Ball show in Ireland

Neville Southall

Brian Labone

Kevin Ratcliffe

Derek Mountfield

Alex Young

Howard Kendall

Alan Ball

Colin Harvey

Trevor Steven

Andy Gray

Bob Latchford

 

[mightymoyes]

John Giles has picked his best Everton XI from 1960 onwards on Newstalk's Off The Ball show in Ireland

Neville Southall

Brian Labone

Kevin Ratcliffe

Derek Mountfield

Alex Young

Howard Kendall

Alan Ball

Colin Harvey

Trevor Steven

Andy Gray

Bob Latchford

whats the formation?!

 

[GrandOldTeam]

John Giles has picked his best Everton XI from 1960 onwards on Newstalk's Off The Ball show in Ireland

Neville Southall

Brian Labone

Kevin Ratcliffe

Derek Mountfield

Alex Young

Howard Kendall

Alan Ball

Colin Harvey

Trevor Steven

Andy Gray

Bob Latchford

Not sure any of them would make today's Everton team...

 

[HowitzerThe5th]

whats the formation?!

Good question. It was just plonked up on their website without a formation.

Nev behind Back three - Radcliffe, Labone and Degsy

Front two Gray and Latch

the holy trinity and two wingers presumably?

 

[Eggs]

...yes, @Major Gowen posted the full interview in the Old Pictures thread and it’s well worth a listen as he gives players like Johnny Morrissey positive mentions.

Giles seems particularly respectful of the 1970 side.

 

[dublinbluenose]

whats the formation?!

Think its 4 3 3 - that is what he has picked for every other side he has done an all time XI for.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Andy Gray in the team, and no one from the 22 years since Southall retired

 

[orly]

Lol @ no Ross Barkley or John Stones

 

[Toast]

You've got to get Kevin Sheedy into that side somewhere.

 

[Goat]

Whos John Giles?

 

[Toffeelover]

Andy Gray in the team, and no one from the 22 years since Southall retired

Quite simply because they are not good enoughj.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Whos John Giles?

Paul Scholes like midfielder at Leeds under Revie.

I mainly know him as an RTE pundit to be fair.

 

[HowitzerThe5th]

Whos John Giles?

A hardy little so and so who played for donkey's years for Leeds from the early '60s through the early '70s.

He and Sandy Brown were the central figures in an infamous game at Goodison in 1964.

Brown punched Giles after a filthy tackle from the Irish man. The ref actually brought both sides off the pitch as the supporters were going mental, and such was the violence on show by all accounts.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Quite simply because they are not good enoughj.

I'd have Lukaku ahead of Gray every day of the week.

 

[orly]

Wayne Rooney is probably the second most gifted player to have ever played for the Eff after Alan Ball, and I include Dixie in that.

Doesn't make the team.

Lol.