Duncan Mackenzie

[summerisle]

He's been mentioned quite a lot recently in various threads. I think this article explains very well his mercurial nature as well as the state of the club in the 1970's.
http://footyscene.com/the-sunday-sermon-duncan-mckenzie/


https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?list=PLV9tpH5NpmyS98nYGRopqTZKIcfk_Is5r&v=kpZ6og5QjSg

 

[blue61]

This guy sure had talent, a great character, something sadly lacking in todays game.

 

[ToffeeTownMilto]

Nice post.

Top guy, Duncan Mck. As blue61 says, a now rare combination of talent and character.

 

[summerisle]

Nowadays you substitute character for play-acting prima donnas

 

[mrb85]

Nice piece. One strange factual error though. The writer talks of Burnden Park holding only 20,000 at the time of the League Cup encounter in the 70s, when it was more like 60,000 as I recall.

 

[Khalekan]

What a great read that was.

That team of 1977/78 was fantastic,

LCAB points out that we finished third that season to the team which would go on to win a European Cup for the next two seasons.......and one which was in the process of successfully defending that same trophy.

I had never looked at it like that before.

And we had a right go at the Title the following season as well.

I have said it before on this forum.

Gordon Lee is a much maligned figure in Everton history and he well desreves a bit of credit for his record when he was here.

His unpopularity stems from the mistaken belief that he never played McMagic very often but that article clearly shows he used him plenty and to great effect.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

I always remember as a kid the buzz of excitement at his first home game v Birmingham,loved Dunc as a kid me

 

[Eggs]

...nice bloke and all that but I have to admit to not being a fan.

 

[Khalekan]

...nice bloke and all that but I have to admit to not being a fan.

Why not, Eggs?

I thought everyone of our vintage liked McMagic.

 

[1966efc]

Lots of tricks flicks and shimmies. Not a huge amount of end product.

 

[Eggs]

Why not, Eggs?

I thought everyone of our vintage liked McMagic.

.....I always considered him a circus player, Khalekan, just not the type that I'm a fan of. I didn't dislike the bloke, there's nothing to dislike. He tore the back out of Tommy Smith in that first FA Cup semi final but all in all he wasn't for me.

 

[daz4matty]

I always remember as a kid the buzz of excitement at his first home game v Birmingham,loved Dunc as a kid me

We raised the bar when him and rioch signed.

 

[PITA]

Met him once when he presented prizes to our Sunday League team. Proper nice bloke.

 

[Khalekan]

Lots of tricks flicks and shimmies. Not a huge amount of end product.

That could have been written about Gerald Deleofeu last season

And indeed it was.

But oh for a Gerald or a McMagic now

 

[malfosse]

My favourite player when I was younger, met him a couple of times, lovely man.