This guy was an out & our left-winger -maybe not George best style , but our safety value -, and he scored plus his crossing to Joe's head was invaluable -
Hurst'y -
Captain Royston Vernon congratulates debutant Fred Pickering after a great debut with a hat trick v Notts Forest - in a 6-0 win -
The Cannon ball kid sniffing for a goal v Sunderland -
T LEAFE
Player Valuation: £40m
Jovial Joe Mercer 1945/6 just after the war - alas he could not stand the Manager Theo Kelly who fell out with a few stars TG Jones - Dixie Dean -& then Joe Mercer - who was going to pack football in, and pleaded the board to transfer him - Arsenal came in and that Everton That moment happened the same as TG Jones -
Theo Kelly took over as EFC first ever Manager - not well liked ...... dig our kit just after the war -
Jovial Joe always a blue really -
