Harry Catterick appreciation thread

[Jamo Martinez]

Great point about the points total mate when you consider this was an era when there was many teams winning the league due to their being so many great club sides(burnley, Ipswich, Liverpool, city, United, Spurs, United, Leeds). Not like nowadays, club didn't stockpile talent, all the top clubs had 2 or 3 really talented players.

I was born in 1965 and for the first 7 full seasons of my life (65-66 till 71-72) there were 7 different league champions*. True competition which makes his acheivements even more worthy of mention.


*As an aside that period was also England's best period. Coincidence? I think not.

 

[Groucho]

Great point about the points total mate when you consider this was an era when there was many teams winning the league due to their being so many great club sides(burnley, Ipswich, Liverpool, city, United, Spurs, United, Leeds). Not like nowadays, club didn't stockpile talent, all the top clubs had 2 or 3 really talented players.

I was born in 1965 and for the first 7 full seasons of my life (65-66 till 71-72) there were 7 different league champions*. True competition which makes his acheivements even more worthy of mention.


*As an aside that period was also England's best period. Coincidence? I think not.

Eeee we were 'appy then.....

 

[degsy]

Harry died at Goodison says it all really. The night we won the league in 1970 the crowd were singing "we wont kick Harry anymore" refering to the incident at Blackpool what a night that was.
I didnt realise till looking just now that he was only 65 when he died which made him about 52 when he left the club through illness far to young really, he should have gone on for another 15 years and given the dark side a proper run for there money.
He was my first Everton manager we were the biggest club in the land.

We still are.

 

[dave abrahams]

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.

I've got a couple of letters from him with his autograph on, one of his replies was explaining why he couldn't get me a cup final ticket for the 1966 FA cup final, at least he replied.

Everton's best ever manager for me, head hunted by John Moores, he more than did his job, only ill health stopped him from winning more honours for the Blues.

He died at Goodison on the day Kevin Sheedy scored with the famous two free kicks, when the first one was ruled out and ordered to be taken again, he promptly scored with the retaken one, think it was against Luton but not sure.

 

[royalblue66]

I've got a couple of letters from him with his autograph on, one of his replies was explaining why he couldn't get me a cup final ticket for the 1966 FA cup final, at least he replied.

Everton's best ever manager for me, head hunted by John Moores, he more than did his job, only ill health stopped him from winning more honours for the Blues.

He died at Goodison on the day Kevin Sheedy scored with the famous two free kicks, when the first one was ruled out and ordered to be taken again, he promptly scored with the retaken one, think it was against Luton but not sure.

Remember it mate, nice you managed to obtain the great man' autograph.