Howard Kendall RIP

[allezlesbleus]

To be honest,Colin has always appeared a really humble,almost shy type of fella,it never seemed to sit well with him the media side when he was manager,but there must be some way we could tap into his vast wealth of knowledge at academy level in some form or other?

He was a very modest guy on the few occasions when I met him. Made this young Blue's night on one occasion by offering to buy me a drink and on another occasion kept his word to let me watch them train at Bellfield one day. The look on my dad's face when he told me Colin Harvey had just rung and would be ringing back in a few minutes!!!

 

[bluelord49]

Epitomises Colin Harvey in a nutshell, got on with the job in hand, as we all know he was a part of the Holy Trinity that brought us the success we well deserved.
How he was over looked in the international field is beyond me.
loved the lad ...

 

[summerisle]

 

[trebilcock66]

Good post. Colin is nearly 71 and Im not sure if his health is the best to be honest. Hes the last of the Trinity...he looked like a lost boy there before the Man Utd game with his grief and Im sure the realisation of being the last. Id like to think the club would be actively supporting him now and maybe giving him some input in the club in the future to help him get through it all.

Yeah. I thought that Colin looked utterly distraught at the Man U game.

Just think of what he, Ball and HK shared. Whenever they met up after 1970, they'd look one another in the eye and just know.......recollecting what they'd achieved together. Only those three (and maybe the other players from that side) would really understand......

Colin has lost all that. No wonder he looked bereft. Poor bloke. I too hope that the club look after him well. We have a proud tradition of looking after our own....he deserves it more than most.

Keep your chin up, Colin.....you're still revered by all blues of a certain age and no doubt many more who have read of your exploits. You're the bluest of blues and much loved....hope that sustains you into the future

 

[Jacob]

Weve lost too many of our precious icons in recent years...Labby, Bally, Dave Hickson and now Howard. And, at the same time, the losses have probably made us realise that even so, weve never been so close or galvanised as a "family". It must carry on as only we can....Colin, Big Joe and the other younger stalwarts who still retain their Evertonian style, class and spirit and display the same so proudly, should be held tight.

 

[roydo]

Weve lost too many of our precious icons in recent years...Labby, Bally, Dave Hickson and now Howard. And, at the same time, the losses have probably made us realise that even so, weve never been so close or galvanised as a "family". It must carry on as only we can....Colin, Big Joe and the other younger stalwarts who still retain their Evertonian style, class and spirit and display the same so proudly, should be held tight.

Sir Phillip and Howard in the same year is so symbolic to me. Leaves a massive hole.

 

[Jacob]

Sir Phillip and Howard in the same year is so symbolic to me. Leaves a massive hole.

Oh yes, I should have included Sir Philip. Im sure I saw his wife in a photo at Howard's funeral and thought at the time that was brave of her in view of her loss - but probably not surprising given her support. He was steadfast and true...in contrast to others on the board who could and should have been but weren't.

 

[jinkyali]

Oh yes, I should have included Sir Philip. Im sure I saw his wife in a photo at Howard's funeral and thought at the time that was brave of her in view of her loss - but probably not surprising given her support. He was steadfast and true...in contrast to others on the board who could and should have been but weren't.

The club would be utterly broken should anything happen to Bill in the near future.

 

[argietoffee]

The club would be utterly broken should anything happen to Bill in the near future.

Thought he did not look well health wise at HE funeral

 

[Woolly Blue]

Weve lost too many of our precious icons in recent years...Labby, Bally, Dave Hickson and now Howard. And, at the same time, the losses have probably made us realise that even so, weve never been so close or galvanised as a "family". It must carry on as only we can....Colin, Big Joe and the other younger stalwarts who still retain their Evertonian style, class and spirit and display the same so proudly, should be held tight.

It probably sounds a bit glib, but the family thing is spot on. When times are tough, and it doesn't get much tougher than the funeral of a family member, then families put their differences to one side, pull together, and help each other in whatever way they can.

This thread is like that in many ways ...

 

[ncblue]

Sir Phillip and Howard in the same year is so symbolic to me. Leaves a massive hole.

Andy King too. It's been a dreadful year.

 

[Jacob]

It probably sounds a bit glib, but the family thing is spot on. When times are tough, and it doesn't get much tougher than the funeral of a family member, then families put their differences to one side, pull together, and help each other in whatever way they can.

This thread is like that in many ways ...

Youre right. I paused before I put "family" simply because that rose-tinted kind of perspective is never us. For sure, its not my style. But you know, honestly, I didn't have to think long at all, because its true. And when, like with Howard passing away so suddenly, we are torn apart - in bits, gutted, whatever you want to call it - the realisation dawns to light that in truth, at that very time, we've never ever been more together. Whats our name ?

 

[ianefc]

 

[Kiwi]

Howling at that hahahahaha

 

[ijjysmith]