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…I laugh because the discussion is like Groundhog Day, you compare the 60’s with now when they are incomparable. Back then every team had a nucleus of home grown talent, transfers only happened if a club wanted a player out, hence every team had...

….agree, Karl Schnellinger was top drawer too but Wilson was the best.

From 1962 to 1966 nobody was better. Anywhere.

On his day the best English left back I ever saw. Ashley Cole and Kenny Sansom were pretty good but Ray was top class.

An old pal of mine played directly against Jimmy for England schoolboys against Scotland schoolboys. He reckoned Jimmy was his toughest opponent. Willie Carlin was in the same England team.

He always was a strange guy. He put in a transfer request on the morning of the FA Cup final he was playing in and then declared himself fit to play. Only to break down after 5 minutes. No subs then so Rovers had to play with 10.5 players. When...

I don’t think Dougan was actually bald. For some reason he decided to shave his head.

Jimmy Cumbes - a decent fast bowler for Lancashire when the summers came around.

He looked 50ish when he played .....

There weren’t many bald players back then.

I just checked him up on the internet and he’s still alive at the ripe old age of 88. He must be one of the oldest England internationals still alive.

Another Liverpudlian watching on - Jimmy Melia.

Just look at the back lift in that photo. No wonder the ball went like a rocket.

The most complete No 9 Boomer Fred Pickering for @edge & co - his cartilage knee injury stole of him a great career -

I can’t see Sandy Brown in that photo, just Alex Parker and Jimmy Gabriel.