Harry Catterick appreciation thread

[Groucho]

The quiet man of the '60's.

Never got the attention of Shankly and the rest, and mainly because he didn't want it. I always love this photo above - he looks as though he can't work out why the photographer is even in his presence.

However, pointless media attention aside, this is an ex-Everton player who went on to build three separate trophy winning sides for Everton.

Ruthless, and a strict disciplinarian. Hey, it worked. Two league titles and an FA Cup. And like the great Dixie Dean, he died at Goodison Park.

 

[wiggie]

Very underated as a manager, and let's not forget without him there's no holy trinity

 

[degsy]

The quiet man of the '60's. TRUE ENOUGH...

Never got the attention of Shankly and the rest, and mainly because he didn't want it. I always love this photo above - he looks as though he can't work out why the photographer is even in his presence...AS FAR AS YOU'VE GONE

However, pointless media attention aside, this is an ex-Everton player who went on to build three separate trophy winning sides for Everton.
Hmm... it could be said that he fine tuned/tweaked the first one...but he still had to know where to tweak and fine tune it.

The Cup Team was an added bonus to a team in transition...again, it still had to be won, tough decisions had to be made.

Ruthless and a strict disciplinarian. Hey, it worked. Two league titles and an FA Cup. And like the great Dixie Dean, he died at Goodison Park.

These 'Pluses' were also a big part of his 'Minuses'
Many players, were with hindsight, moved on a tad early.
It might've been for 'age' and/or a perceived drop or fears of a potential drop in effectiveness reason, this might be coupled with an 'I didn't sign him' attitude. Throw in anybody who he didn't take a shine to, or they had a mind of their own/talked back to him.

You take all the big names of the 60's...any of them, total up the points they accrued in the 1st Div and Harry is top

All that not withstanding, he allowed me to watch what may have been the joint best 10yrs or so in Everton's History...up to now.

I'll take him warts and all, any day of the week and twice on Sunday's.

 

[royalblue66]

Bet there are not many Blues that managed to get his autograph, and that is no way having a go at him, I can remember trying to, but no luck, bit private was HC.

 

[degsy]

Bet there are not many Blues that managed to get his autograph, and that is no way having a go at him, I can remember trying to, but no luck, bit private was HC.

*puts hand up

 

[royalblue66]

*puts hand up

Really mate, how did you manage that ?

 

[blue61]

Imagine having a strict manager who doesn't suffer slackers in charge now, it would never work.

 

[degsy]

Really mate, how did you manage that ?

do you want it in the 'Ronnie Corbett sitting in the chair style' or 'The Grandpa Simpson' style?

 

[banno]

Never gets the recognition from outside Everton FC he deserves. He was a great manager of the 60's

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Great manager for us in a golden era for football,only once during his reign in the sixties were we outside of the top six and that season we won the Cup.

 

[royalblue66]

do you want it in the 'Ronnie Corbett sitting in the chair style' or 'The Grandpa Simpson' style?

Go on, the latter ok.

 

[degsy]

Go on, the latter ok.

Back in the day we used to have a Butchers Shop at 108 County Rd. Being the best in the area (obvs) many of the players used to come in for all the healthy stuff, like pork pies, sausages, black pudding etc. All made on site, mainly the Scottish ones for some reason; Collins, Parker, Young, Sandy Brown etc.
I'd come home from school and there'd be an autograph or 2 on a shop paper bag...I'd keep one of each and flog the 'swaps' in school.

You've probably seen the photo on 'Old Everton Pictures' thread of Alex Young and some others looking at the glossy brochure for the 62-63 title win.
I left my copy down the side of the till...one of those 'killer - open all hours' tills, with instructions to get anybody blue who comes in to sign it.
One day I went to get it - gone - panic, where is it...Oh Alex Parker took it, he said he'd get you some more autographs
2 weeks later, 'ere you go, there's your book back.

Some autographs?? - anybody who had a picture in that book...and there were plenty, everybody from John Moores down to the tea lady, if they had a picture in it, how ever small, it was signed...Including Harry.
When Parker left, Sandy Brown took over as Degsy's autograph monitor and every season for 4 or 5 years he'd get it topped up for me. Pickering, Wilson, Ball, Kendall - Harvey, Wright, Husband, Royle etc etc. if they signed or came through the ranks they went in the book.

Still got it.

 

[Brendan Janus]

He didn't get on with the press !

 

[everton2004]

Back in the day we used to have a Butchers Shop at 108 County Rd. Being the best in the area (obvs) many of the players used to come in for all the healthy stuff, like pork pies, sausages, black pudding etc. All made on site, mainly the Scottish ones for some reason; Collins, Parker, Young, Sandy Brown etc.
I'd come home from school and there'd be an autograph or 2 on a shop paper bag...I'd keep one of each and flog the 'swaps' in school.

You've probably seen the photo on 'Old Everton Pictures' thread of Alex Young and some others looking at the glossy brochure for the 62-63 title win.
I left my copy down the side of the till...one of those 'killer - open all hours' tills, with instructions to get anybody blue who comes in to sign it.
One day I went to get it - gone - panic, where is it...Oh Alex Parker took it, he said he'd get you some more autographs
2 weeks later, 'ere you go, there's your book back.

Some autographs?? - anybody who had a picture in that book...and there were plenty, everybody from John Moores down to the tea lady, if they had a picture in it, how ever small, it was signed...Including Harry.
When Parker left, Sandy Brown took over as Degsy's autograph monitor and every season for 4 or 5 years he'd get it topped up for me. Pickering, Wilson, Ball, Kendall - Harvey, Wright, Husband, Royle etc etc. if they signed or came through the ranks they went in the book.

Still got it.

Fantastic

(and all read in Grandpa Simpson's voice lol)

 

[royalblue66]

Back in the day we used to have a Butchers Shop at 108 County Rd. Being the best in the area (obvs) many of the players used to come in for all the healthy stuff, like pork pies, sausages, black pudding etc. All made on site, mainly the Scottish ones for some reason; Collins, Parker, Young, Sandy Brown etc.
I'd come home from school and there'd be an autograph or 2 on a shop paper bag...I'd keep one of each and flog the 'swaps' in school.

You've probably seen the photo on 'Old Everton Pictures' thread of Alex Young and some others looking at the glossy brochure for the 62-63 title win.
I left my copy down the side of the till...one of those 'killer - open all hours' tills, with instructions to get anybody blue who comes in to sign it.
One day I went to get it - gone - panic, where is it...Oh Alex Parker took it, he said he'd get you some more autographs
2 weeks later, 'ere you go, there's your book back.

Some autographs?? - anybody who had a picture in that book...and there were plenty, everybody from John Moores down to the tea lady, if they had a picture in it, how ever small, it was signed...Including Harry.
When Parker left, Sandy Brown took over as Degsy's autograph monitor and every season for 4 or 5 years he'd get it topped up for me. Pickering, Wilson, Ball, Kendall - Harvey, Wright, Husband, Royle etc etc. if they signed or came through the ranks they went in the book.

Still got it.

Lovely story mate, thanks.