Everton in 1939. Back row, left to right: Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Billy Cook,
Ted Sager, Joe Mercer, Norman Greenhalgh, John Jones. Front row: Torry Gillick,
Stan Bentham, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson, Wally Boyes and Jimmy Caskie.
Everton in 1939. Back row, left to right: Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Billy Cook,
Ted Sager, Joe Mercer, Norman Greenhalgh, John Jones. Front row: Torry Gillick,
Stan Bentham, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson, Wally Boyes and Jimmy Caskie.
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £70m
Major Gowen
Player Valuation: £6m
At least 4 serious contenders for the title of best-ever-in-royal-blue in their respective positions -Sager, TG, Lawton,Gillick. Some team.
Everton in 1939. Back row, left to right: Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Billy Cook,
Ted Sager, Joe Mercer, Norman Greenhalgh, John Jones. Front row: Torry Gillick,
Stan Bentham, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson, Wally Boyes and Jimmy Caskie.
Posting that many at thst time interrupted doh.......
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
My Dads uncle worked for the Post Office,the forerunner of BT,their job was to stick all the cables into that media area for the worldwide audience, he took his own cine footage of him with Pele,Garrincha and Eusebio etc, after the finals my dad went around to his house and watched the film, he said it was great!!Don't know what happened to that film reel as his Uncle passed away many years ago, my dads uncle was a red by the way
wba83
Player Valuation: £8m
Never knew that tbh so he was our coach and physio .? How times have changed must be 20 odd people behind the scenes these days maybe moreTommy Casey took the Harry Catterick job, when he became ill 1971-72 for a short while -
allezlesbleus
Player Valuation: £35m
One of the reasons Goodison was chosen for the semi was the high number of seats it had to allow a big press corps and for officials too......
Francis Lee, terrific player, but jeez what a diver...he was the first in England to use this dispicable tactic.Manchester City v Everton 1971-72 match action -
The father in law always maintained the great Matthews never got a kick Vs Everton when Norman Greenhalgh was playing...always had him in his pocket.
Everton in 1939. Back row, left to right: Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Billy Cook,
Ted Sager, Joe Mercer, Norman Greenhalgh, John Jones. Front row: Torry Gillick,
Stan Bentham, Tommy Lawton, Alex Stevenson, Wally Boyes and Jimmy Caskie.
Rodney Marsh must have been a close second.
True, Lee, Marsh and that snipe-nosed 'ker Summerbee were all at it at, it must've been a conscious decision by Allison.
Though tbf, Marsh didnt join until the season after that picture.
I laughed like a drain when it turned out that Allison's seeming 'good signing'...I hesitate to call it a 'masterstroke' though it didn't seem a bad signing in theory at the time...cost them the League.
They were 4 pts ahead, 2pts for a win then, with like 12 to play, but Marsh's arrival totally 'ked up the team dynamic.
They swapped some unappreciated off the ball work for some on the ball fancy dan crowd pleasing.
BigMick
Player Valuation: £20m
Yes, the lack of information from the club during the whole of Catterick's illness would be impossible today. It began when he was ill on the way home from Greece prior to the FA Cup semi-final in 1971. He missed that game - Shankly made the most of that when he met our coach arriving at Old Trafford.
T LEAFE
Player Valuation: £40m
What a bullet header from Trickys bullet cross.
3 of the best goals you will ever see in that game.
Grays first after that mazy run and cross from Reidy
Trickys worldly after Braces amazing cross field pass
What a game
What a team
Also in its day the grand old lady before seating was a top stadia in its time.......
