Everton - The Unsung Stars.

[Eggs]

Alan Whittle. Never really mentioned too much in respect of our 69/70 title win with far more illustrious names in the team but he came in relatively late that season and perked us up before we started to slip , making 15 appearances and scoring 11 goals.

....good one, perhaps it was a matter of an in-form youngster coming in at exactly the right time. That was a fabulous team and Whittle played a key role in securing that title.

 

[Tonymckinn1878]

Richard Gough helped us avoid relegation in 2000/01 when we had a desperately poor squad and he was about 39.

 

[Eggs]

....got to mention T G Jones.

Career interrupted by WW2, I get the impression this fella was a very classy footballer and aptly named ‘The Prince of Centre Halves’.

i never knew (until reading up) that he was the subject of a then massive bid from AS Roma but the move didn’t happen because of difficulties with exchange rates.

 

[Thetigerblue]

A cheeky shout for Dave Clements too, always liked Dave!

Made me think of his goal in this game...

 

[dholliday]

....to be fair, Cottee was part of that transition from us being very good. Sharp had a number of partners in Gray, Heath and Lineker and for me Cottee was never in that category.

I got the impression he wasn’t very popular with those that had been members of our successful era, but he had tough acts to follow and was never a favourite of mine.

yeah, i feel he was the right player at the wrong time. would've been a useful poacher in a Moyes team with enough distance to the 80's era. we only had that one season of Yak scoring for fun, otherwise the Moyes-era sorely missed a regular goalscorer up front.

 

[roy vernon]

Had an eye for goal albeit in his own net.

Aye, but people forget the absolute Bullitt header against Liverpool in 66 at Goodison.

 

[Lloydystark]

Everton modern day legend , hate the critics of him this season, playing in probably the worst back 4 of his time with us and he gets most of the stick. £60k signing, you couldn’t buy an acadamey player from the vanarama north for that these days. A consistent performer who will be missed once he’s gone

 

[Kever10]

Overhyped? Have you seen the absolute state of our defence and overall game now he’s gone?

Yep, we were crap when he was here as well.

 

[Eggs]

Everton modern day legend , hate the critics of him this season, playing in probably the worst back 4 of his time with us and he gets most of the stick. £60k signing, you couldn’t buy an acadamey player from the vanarama north for that these days. A consistent performer who will be missed once he’s gone

....and a terrific ambassador for the club, everybody talks so highly of him.

 

[Lloydystark]

 

[Lloydystark]

....and a terrific ambassador for the club, everybody talks so highly of him.

I just wish everyone here would, forgetful fans will remember a poor game over seasons of consistency

 

[Joey66]

Bobby Parker a prolific scorer for us in 194 came back with a bulet in his back never the same player but he played on not as well obviously -

 

[KaiserEFC]

Yep, we were crap when he was here as well.

We’ve been crap for decades, by that attitude players like Lukaku, Kanchelskis, Arteta etc were crap too

 

[Joey66]

Made me think of his goal in this game...

Thighs like tree trunks.... a great buy at that time -

 

[heatmeiser]

....to be fair, Cottee was part of that transition from us being very good. Sharp had a number of partners in Gray, Heath and Lineker and for me Cottee was never in that category.

I got the impression he wasn’t very popular with those that had been members of our successful era, but he had tough acts to follow and was never a favourite of mine.

Always had a soft spot for Cottee seeing as he scored the first goal I seen at Goodison (in a game where i seem to remember Ray Atteveld at right back), but yeah he was never going to go down in history with Evertonians coming after that lot.