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Bob Latchford

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Good goal scoring centre forward. Brilliantly fed by Thomas on the wing. If only we'd had a better midfield who could have played Bob in through the middle more. He was quick and good on, one on one's. Just thought he lacked a bit of bottle against the so called hard cases at the time. Great player though. Would be good in the modern game I reckon.
 
Excellent leader of the line. As well as a goalscorer he could hold up the ball to allow others get into position. This current crew could learn serious lessons from him. We can't seem to keep possession for more than a second for the past number of years.
 

Remember as a kid outside the main stand chanting with a crowd "Give Bobby Latchford his money", can't remember what money tho ?
 
The Latch suffered goals ratio in a few seasons by the team dipping in the Lee era. When we finished fourth but should have won it, he was a goal machine. Yes Carlisle did the bloody double over us, that season. Everton God love us.
 

Lawrence said:
The Latch suffered goals ratio in a few seasons by the team dipping in the Lee era. When we finished fourth but should have won it, he was a goal machine. Yes Carlisle did the bloody double over us, that season. Everton God love us.
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Always remember being at Goodison the night he scored his 100th Everton goal,it was against Stoke and me and my dad had won a competition for a couple of tickets in the "VIP" area of the main stand,right behind the directors box,I was only 10 at the time,but I always remember the padded seats and an elderly uniformed commissionaire showing us to our seats! But yes you're right,the goals had dried up for him,I think he'd been stuck on 99 for at least a couple of months and he didn't get many more for us after that. He did score plenty for Swansea though,one of my favourite big Bob moments was when he came back with them and scored a late consolation goal (I think we were 3-0 up at the time),the whole stadium cheered and he just turned round to the street end and gave a clenched fist salute. I'm sure the roar would have been just as loud had it been a more important goal,he was that popular. Definitely my all time Everton hero!
 
30 league goals = £10,000 he divided it between the players - then the taxman wanted their cut -


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Always remember being at Goodison the night he scored his 100th Everton goal,it was against Stoke and me and my dad had won a competition for a couple of tickets in the "VIP" area of the main stand,right behind the directors box,I was only 10 at the time,but I always remember the padded seats and an elderly uniformed commissionaire showing us to our seats! But yes you're right,the goals had dried up for him,I think he'd been stuck on 99 for at least a couple of months and he didn't get many more for us after that. He did score plenty for Swansea though,one of my favourite big Bob moments was when he came back with them and scored a late consolation goal (I think we were 3-0 up at the time),the whole stadium cheered and he just turned round to the street end and gave a clenched fist salute. I'm sure the roar would have been just as loud had it been a more important goal,he was that popular. Definitely my all time Everton hero!
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Should have mentioned,it was his 100th goal in the first division for Everton that night,he got 138 in all competitions. One of his last acts in the royal blue jersey was when he banged in a 10 minute hat trick against Crystal Palace,I'll always remember being at that game. Sadly he got injured not long after that and never played for us again.
 
Lawrence said:
The Latch suffered goals ratio in a few seasons by the team dipping in the Lee era. When we finished fourth but should have won it, he was a goal machine. Yes Carlisle did the bloody double over us, that season. Everton God love us.
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Think that was under Bingham mate. Might be wrong like.
 

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