Ex players on the pitch Sunday:

JelavicBrate2 said:
TBH I just think with exceptions of obvious legends, some were just sent invites by somebody who obviously wasn't an Everton fan. If Barmby was invited, it obviously wasn't an Everton fan sending invites.
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…I imagine the club has contact details for ex-players, got in touch with them all to gauge interest.
 

Eggs said:
…if they weren’t there it doesn’t mean they were not invited. Unsworth has a Goodison Great stone :oops: Be surprised if he didn’t get an invite. If Niasse was there then Pienaar was surely asked.
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He's also not liked by many at the club..
 
JelavicBrate2 said:
I somewhat agree with Dave about Ferguson. Perhaps it's that I'm too young to have seen him in 90s era. For some Blues, who were too young to have witnessed 80s success Ferguson was a shimmer of light at a dark time. However a lot of older fans I've spoke to don't see him as legend, some don't like him. If you have seen Everton win trophies and witnessed Everton players score goals to win trophies your going to perceive Dunc differently. For fans of a certain age, Dunc was their hero, for older fans they had Sheedy, PVDH, Bracewell, Sharp, Reid, Heath, for older fans they had Ball, Kendall, Royle, Labone, Young and so on and so forth. If Dunc is a legend, are players like Jags, Baines, Arteta, Pienaar and Cahill also legends? I don't know. Not to take either side of argument, it's just older fans who have seen us win things probably have higher standards. I saw Duncs winner vs United, but missed his vital goals in big games in 90s, so my era was more Cahill, Arteta, Jags, Pienaar and co.
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Ferguson was a cult hero. Dixie Dean, Alan Ball, and Neville Southall are legends in the truest sense and their exploits transcend Everton. Football fans, in general, would acknowledge these players as masters. Then we have what I would call "greats" - Howard Kendall, Colin Harvey, Joe Royle, many - but not all - of the 80s side. These would be recognised as very fine players - again, beyond the club, if not to the same extent. After that, you've got club favourites and cult heroes. Ferguson is in a similar bracket to people like Duncan Mackenzie - a talisman of his time. While fans of other clubs would recognise him as a huge personality, his notoriety dwarfs his medal collection and his consistency of performance.

As a point of contrast, Ferguson wasn't in the same class as somebody like Peter Beardsley, who skulked on to the pitch to modest approval on Sunday. Beardsley's past plays against him - but as a player he was far more effective for Everton during his tenure and was in a different league technically. His overall career towers over Ferguson's. Duncan, however, personified defiance at a time when the club was at a very low ebb. He provided a glimpse of defiant stardust and was our singular fearsome weapon when facing sides like Manchester United who had more talent in a handful of players than we had in the squad. At his best, he was feared and gave us something to cling to. He just didn't do it often enough. If he had, he wouldn't have spent most of his career with the Everton of that grim era.
 

Daytripper said:
I wonder what Unsworth thinks of Duncan’s book.
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….probably the same as me;

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JelavicBrate2 said:
I somewhat agree with Dave about Ferguson. Perhaps it's that I'm too young to have seen him in 90s era. For some Blues, who were too young to have witnessed 80s success Ferguson was a shimmer of light at a dark time. However a lot of older fans I've spoke to don't see him as legend, some don't like him. If you have seen Everton win trophies and witnessed Everton players score goals to win trophies your going to perceive Dunc differently. For fans of a certain age, Dunc was their hero, for older fans they had Sheedy, PVDH, Bracewell, Sharp, Reid, Heath, for older fans they had Ball, Kendall, Royle, Labone, Young and so on and so forth. If Dunc is a legend, are players like Jags, Baines, Arteta, Pienaar and Cahill also legends? I don't know. Not to take either side of argument, it's just older fans who have seen us win things probably have higher standards. I saw Duncs winner vs United, but missed his vital goals in big games in 90s, so my era was more Cahill, Arteta, Jags, Pienaar and co.
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I saw both. Dont let people sway who your Everton Heros/favourites are. Mine are varied from all eras. Starting with Neville Southall/Greame Sharp. Then Duncan Ferguson and Anders Limpar. Through to Leighton baines. I loved Cahill because he played with his heart on his sleeve. And dont let dave tell you any different about Ferguson. Its just he played about 80% less through injuries and suspensions lol.
He was a terrace hero rather than a club legend but i wouldnt even dare try and take away what he meant to Everton fans at the time. Not everyone is lucky enough to be born around a time when their club is winning titles. The club was on its arse when joe royle and ferguson came in.
My teens were following kendalls side. But i still liked Ferguson.
 

The thing about Barmby doesnt suprise me... Most people who work in a professional capacity for the club dont support the team nor care like we do.

As an example - I had a meeting with someone at the club about ten years ago about doing a feature on our greatest managers and they said 'Good idea, I have Howard Wilkinsons number on hand...' Now... The person who said this was a nice person - his specialist sport wasnt football to be fair, but still...
 

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