Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Interested to hear from those that saw him play and can remember him well how good he was and how good he could've been if not for that Marwood tackle? He was my first Everton hero, I think because he scored in my first Blues game (86 Charity Shield) and some other goals in the 87 title winning season. But he seemed to tail off after that. Was that because of the injury or did he just not kick on? I was too young to remember properly.
I just watched Howard's Way and from that it sounds like he was tearing up the league in 84/85 and was about to get called up to England's seniors, and IIRC he was in the England side that won their U21 Euros in 84. But after our 87 title win he seemed to dip badly.
I just watched Howard's Way and from that it sounds like he was tearing up the league in 84/85 and was about to get called up to England's seniors, and IIRC he was in the England side that won their U21 Euros in 84. But after our 87 title win he seemed to dip badly.