I think i have the best one Everton v Liverpool first season up from the Second Division.I have not Googled this so my memory might be out ,but here goes.It was a night match ,i must have gotten in an hour a half before kickoff Stanley Park end sat on the wall were every body came in.The...
I remember going to game when Gordon Lee was manager and going home with sore hands,we were knocking the ball around that well.And another point about a player he looked and never bought when he was looking at Graeme Sharpe he also looked at Ian Rush and decided not to get him, imagine how...
So was i 13 and had a paper round earned good money,so was in the the Paddock staying away from the common people.It just seemed natural wining the league no big deal.
My daughter is a child physio when she qualified she was at Alder Hey .The head of her department was the physio for the young kids at Everton and he told her that , football teams dont pick just for football ability .They pick for physical ability not football skills because you can teach...
It is funny in those days Roy Vernon would walk on the pitch with a fag ,Moggsy looked about a stone over weight ,but he absolutely burnt the full back there.
As a manager i would rather have a player banging on my door,asking why he is not getting picked.Than seeing him having a good time doing keepyupes whith his mate's in training.
I like to look at players ,build and stature ,if you look at Dixie,his neck is nearly the touching his ears.His chest is enormous ,and he looks ready for business,when i played centre half i know which one i would like to mark.
When people were saying at the end of last season throw him in. Centre halves are like goalkeepers one mistake could mean a goal , so he should not play with that presure its a learning position ,he will never tackle a player 40 yards away from goal again , its part of learning.