Old Everton Pictures

[Joey66]

 

[degsy]

Keith Newton an expensive buy from Blackburn Rovers who imo never cut the mustard for us -
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Nah mate Keith was sound, it was Henry who was gash...opinions innit

 

[Joey66]

My Hero -

 

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Joe gets congratulations after scoring in a 1-0 win at OT in the FA Cup quarter final - no wonder Matt Busby was after signing him as a youth player - thank goodness he chose the Blues -

 

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[BigMick]

Further to the Keith Newton comments above, here's Keith on the day he joined us from Blackburn. At the time his signing looked perfect: a polished footballing full-back who was outstanding both for Blackburn and England. He could play both on the right and left side. Never produced his best form for us. He says, with some justification, that the Catt told him off for dwelling on the ball when looking to pass it from the back; HC wanted him to knock it long for Joe Royle. I certainly remember him being caught in possession a fair few times!
Went on to rediscover his best form at Burnley.
Remains a mystery to me why he didn't succeed here and left-back became a problem position for us until Gordon Lee made Michael Pejic his first signing shortly after taking over. Pep would pay £50 million for a player like him today!

 

[ManxBrian]

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this looks like it could be Royle scoring against Coventry in the FA Cup Jan 69. Can anyone confirm

 

[Joey66]

this looks like it could be Royle scoring against Coventry in the FA Cup Jan 69. Can anyone confirm

It could be, no caption on that picture it's from a rare book My good lady snapped up for me on a car boot - I have a large collection of blues books old , and new!
Hence the photos -
Like you love our history and obviously the times we watched the good, and the bad times

 

[Joey66]

 

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Two greats of their time -

 

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Alan Ball Is willing to risk the tackle end- at the same time looking for an opening -

 

[TopBalconyView]

Some of the greats here, but you have to question their mentality why none of them are wearing gloves? Even the keepers neglected to where gloves. Crazy days!