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He'd be playing for City or Arsenal and be killing it week in week out
chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
Glorious.
Cant help but think if a modern day number 7 received the ball there chan are he'd turn and roll the ball back to defence. Such is the way with stats driven boreball.
Of the players I have watched at Goodison, Alex comes second only to Alan Ball, as my favourite all time Everton player. Alex was more breathtakingly skillful than Bally, but, in terms of the whole package, Bally was unbeatable, you just knew you'd get 90 minutes of sweat toil and, more often than not, brilliance from Bally, whilst Alex was more inclined to drift in and out of games.
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
Yes I remember that tackle (assault) Jimmy came down like a rag doll.
Major Gowen
Player Valuation: £6m
I was in Edinburgh over the weekend. On Saturday, I took an afternoon walking tour led by a very well-informed, entertaining and refreshingly honest guide (his line “the rich didn’t like living with the poor and did everything they could to get away from them” is as good an explanation of the building of the “new “ town as you’ll ever need). He was also a Hearts fanatic.
At the end of the walk, as I was adjusting my knee caps and looking for one of those sedans he'd mentioned earlier, he asked those of us who weren’t going into the castle if we had any questions. No, I replied, but many thanks for Alex Young. Cue broad smile and the instant recognition that he had just shaken hands with a supporter of the only team in the UK worse than Aberdeen.
All the best for rest of the season, Jambo.
At the end of the walk, as I was adjusting my knee caps and looking for one of those sedans he'd mentioned earlier, he asked those of us who weren’t going into the castle if we had any questions. No, I replied, but many thanks for Alex Young. Cue broad smile and the instant recognition that he had just shaken hands with a supporter of the only team in the UK worse than Aberdeen.
All the best for rest of the season, Jambo.
Moonlight dribbler
Player Valuation: £6m
My Dad always goes misty eyed when he talks of Alex Young. He says he was moved to right wing at the end of his career and was sensational. Truly amazing.
The most idolised EFC player ever, imo - My older brother waited in a club where the EFC players were dining an age just to shake the GV hand - what a skillful small a no 9 not a traditional no 9 but in his day a one off - he glided over the muddy pitches he could leap in the air & hang there an unbelievable skill, & scored for fun -
- I saw him in his twilight years with Bally in the same side he wore the no 7 shirt then - he was just class somewhat inconsistent though due to blistered feet , but on his day a joy to watch ....
- I saw him in his twilight years with Bally in the same side he wore the no 7 shirt then - he was just class somewhat inconsistent though due to blistered feet , but on his day a joy to watch ....
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Ive got an Alex Young story, nearly 20 years ago i was in hospital, some old fella who was visiting someone else seen i had an Everton towel, he came over and asked me if id heard of Alex Young....yeah of course my dad was always talking about him..... this fella was telling me he used to go to Goodison in the 60's too watch him, but he wasnt an Everton supporter, he just wanted to watch Young, he was telling me when he left Everton he never went back to Goodison again, he was only going to see Young, not the team.
One of them rare players like Best or Messi perhaps that people would pay to watch, the individual not the club was the draw
Only if in his pomp.....
On his day an unbelievable player - his striking Partner Roy Vernon was brilliant too - they just clicked - 1963 when we won the title boy they were red hot - one - twos around the box etc they scored for fun - both internationals for Scotland & Wales respectively - our club could not afford players of the ilk now ....a joy to watch - The GV got the adulation, but Roy Vernon was no mug either alongside him .....
Roy was probably the most clinical finisher I ever saw.
VAR would disallow that these days by saying he used his arm to control the ball
…..love how Nobby Stiles tries to wipe him out on the edge of the box, yet Young glides past him without contact. Class act.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
My old man reckoned it was the worst he'd ever seen and he was also at the battle of Goodison game v Leeds too!!never quite the same player Jimmy after that.?
….I remember Husband in a crumpled heap but can only accept the views of others like your Dad regarding how bad it was. McKay was a barrel of a man & they were particularly hard back then, so if his body hit you with menace he would seriously do harm.
Going back to that Young goal, Ray Wilson starts the move by stopping the ball, looking up, taking a few steps back & then hitting it. He always did that, it’s my abiding memory of Wilson.
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