Howard Kendall RIP

[ToffeeDan]

While I certainly won't "nay-say" if the majority of folk want to name the Park End after him, personally I'd leave naming a stand after him until/unless we move grounds. Then I'd have the Howard Kendall stand.

Otherwise it could be argued that Dixie Dean should have the main stand named after him - his family are still regulars at Everton.

What I mean is, where do we stop on this one? I'm not totally against it, but I'm not really super-mad on the idea. As Esk says, maybe another form of tribute, perhaps a statue like the Dixie one.

On the other hand he is the most successful manager, so I can see the attraction. I'm easy either way on this one, basically.

I think - if we were to name any stands after Everton greats - they deserve to be recognised as true heroes of the club and they should be long standing achievers for the club - IMHO the only serious candidates are W R Dean, Brian Labone, Kendall and probably Harry Catterick - that's two as footballers and two as managers (though both were players and, yes, Kendall was a fine player too). - they are all now deceased so we don't get into the maudlin argument of naming after the living (legends)...

If we were to use those 4 examples we should think about their origins - Kendall North East, Labone Liverpool, Dean - Birkenhead, Catterick North East: So, how appropriate might it to be to name the North/North East half of the ground Kendall/Catterick Stand/End and the South/West areas Dean/Labone Stand/End?

 

[MACCA75]

Some wonderful tributes here. And from the 2nd biggest shareholder of the club we get 'happy birthday Zac Efron'. Shameful.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Never saw his 80s teams but my dad never stopped talking about him. Said that before Kebdall you just couldn't see any success on the horizon but then it came from nowhere and Howard led them all on the best time of his life. Proper Evertonian Howard Kendall.

 

[evertoniano]

RIP Howard and condolences to his family.
I will be forever grateful for all the wonderous memories and fantastic emotions he gave me/us in the eighties. Will never be forgotten.

 

[maccavennie]

Probably already been posted but if anyone hasn't watched this, here's Snods interviewing Howard for half an hour.

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2015/10/18/snods-meets-howard-kendall

 

[maccavennie]

Some wonderful tributes here. And from the 2nd biggest shareholder of the club we get 'happy birthday Zac Efron'. Shameful.

It's absolutely effing joke that isn't it mate. I haven't got a personal twitter account but if I did I would be banned within 3 minutes for posting something to that disrespectful tit.

 

[blueblue]

Two of the Holy Trinity gone..it is hard to comprehend.

He just got Everton, don't know why, possibly Howard couldn't explain it himself, but it just happened.

I have no doubt that if we move to a new ground somewhere, sometime, there will be "The Howard Kendall Stand "

It sort of has a ring to it.

 

[tommye]

in bits watching MOTD

 

[dholliday]

Some wonderful tributes here. And from the 2nd biggest shareholder of the club we get 'happy birthday Zac Efron'. Shameful.

oh ye gods, it's true:

https://twitter.com/RealRobertEarl


that is just...unbelievable.

 

[Toast]

MOTD done well there.

 

[The Esk]

Often criticised and quite rightly for their coverage of Everton but I thought MOTD2 covered yesterday's events superbly.

 

[dholliday]

Has there been any word from Bill Kenwright? I'm sure he's as affected as the rest of us...hope he's ok.

 

[chrissyjack]

I missed the MOTD tribute , hardly watch MOTD2 tbh . It's on later on BBC 1 Scotland ( Sky channel 951 ). I'll catch it, then

 

[canuckblue]

oh ye gods, it's true:

https://twitter.com/RealRobertEarl


that is just...unbelievable.

Actually, it's all too believable with that clown. Sad, sad indictment.

 

[dholliday]

Actually, it's all too believable with that clown. Sad, sad indictment.

I could understand it maybe from a distant foreign owner who really doesn't keep up to speed...but he must've known, it was front page news.