"It was a great grief to him that he could not bring the kind of success to Everton he and the fans craved. No one gives him credit for it but it was his triumph that he kept the club in the Premier League when plenty of other big clubs fell by the wayside and down the divisions."
I wasn't aware that Manchester United and Arsenal suffered relegation? I mean, when the Premier League began with Bill on the board, Everton had 9 league titles. Arsenal had 10. Manchester United had 7. Our peers.
Who could Holt possibly be comparing us to?
And THAT is the legacy that dare not speak its name.*
*Until a suitable, arbitrary, period of mourning has been observed, apparently.