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How Blackpool illuminated Catterick’s vision

February 17, 2012
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How Blackpool illuminated Catterick’s vision

Back in the mid 60’s Blackpool were a solid top division club, able to field a team containing England internationals like keeper Tony Waiters, full back Jimmy Armfield and the prolific Ray Charnley, a lanky old-fashioned centre-forward, who scored 193 goals in 363 appearances for the club. Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Blackpool at Goodison evokes strong memories. It was for the Tangerines that the legendary Alan Ball first played professional football, where he learnt his trade, and it was events at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Saturday January 15 1966 that turned out to be a watershed in the history of Everton Football Club. It may well have been the day that manager...

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A Tale of Two Roystons: Part I – Vernon

February 13, 2012
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Roy Vernon: A Lucky Luke Lookalike

Vernon: A cocky Welsh gunslinger, a Lucky Luke lookalike, even down to the cigarette, dangling from his lip like a fear filled victim hanging from a cliff.

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My Ultimate Everton XI

August 23, 2011
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Ed gives us his Ultimate Everton XI, and there are a few surprises amongst the more obvious names...

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60 Games That Shook Goodison: #7 Everton vs Leeds “The Battle of Goodison”

May 22, 2011
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60 Games That Shook Goodison: #7 Everton vs Leeds “The Battle of Goodison”

Everton 0-1 Leeds. 7th November 1964   – “So there you are – you can see what it is like. The camera’s hot, probing eye, these monstrous machines and their attendants – a kind of twentieth century torture chamber, that’s what it is.”   In 1962, Prime Minister Harold McMillan decided to open a Conservative Party broadcast with that candid statement. It could just have easily been Everton manager Harry Catterick describing his queasy unease for publicity. Because of this, most of the 1960′s – a wonderful era for Everton – is shrouded in darkness. Catterick, worried about rivals studying Everton too keenly, shunned the limelight and repeatedly shooed...

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60 Games That Shook Goodison: #4 Everton crush a European giant

May 3, 2011
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Everton 3-1 Bayern Munich. 24th April 1985. – In this Cup Winner’s Cup semi final Bayern Munich met Everton in irresistible form. In the first leg the Blues held Munich to a draw. Back at Goodison it was to be a different matter. The crowd fed off the team’s passion – as the players swatted aside Bayern. This game set the stage and tone for the final, where Everton ruthlessly took apart Rapid Vienna, in one of the most one sided European finals ever. The story of this game isn’t totally simple though, as at half time Everton were losing 1-0. In the changing room Howard Kendall remained calm...

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60 Evertonians: 7.Paul Wilson

October 20, 2010
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60 Evertonians: 7.Paul Wilson

7.Paul Wilson Bio (shamelessly lifted from here): Paul Wilson is the Observer’s football correspondent. He has previously worked for the Guardian and the Independent and local newspapers in the north of England, where he still lives, the only Evertonian in a family of Liverpool and Wigan Athletic supporters. No awards, books or television career to speak of, but he once saw a bloke on the tube laughing out loud while reading his column. He lives in hope that in another five years or so he might spot another one. Or even the same one. Q1. Why Everton? Because my dad supported them, is the short answer. Or at least...

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Top 60 Everton Players:#22.Gordon West

March 10, 2010
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  22. Gordon West (1962-73)  399 appearances  Harry Catterick’s first signing; £27,000 from Blackpool in March 1962, for what was then a record fee for a ’keeper, turned out to be one of his most astute. West was an agile goalie whose excellent handling, shot-stopping and judgement of angles made him a virtual ever-present during two championship winning campaigns. Had he not had the misfortune to be a contemporary of the legendary Gordon Banks, he would certainly have had more than just three England caps. West turned down a chance to join the squad in the World Cup finals in Mexico in 1970 because he wanted to stay at...

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Top 60 Everton Players:#26. Fred Pickering

March 6, 2010
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  26. Fred Pickering (1963-67)  115 appearances, 70 goals Fred was a beefy forward with a sensational goal to game ratio. A Catterick signing from Blackburn Rovers in 1964 for a club record £90,000, he was nicknamed “Boomer” because of his massively powerful right foot. Sadly Pickering never really recovered from being dropped from the 1966 FA Cup Final. Despite scoring in every round up to the semi final, Pickering watched his replacement Trebilcock score two at Wembley. A knee injury and a loss of form made for a muted ending to Pickering’s Everton career – but at his best he was an astonishing goalscorer.

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