Gordon Lee

[Khalekan]

Pretty much the same memory wise mate,just had a vague memory of him being there for the Swindon replay,I cant remember whether we won that at the death or in extra time I just remember winning

 

[Groucho]

Girdon also gave Kevin Ratcliffe his debut.

Gets forgotten that.

 

[Togger Blue]

He was at Howard Kendall's funeral. He seemed quite frail & vulnerable, but he had made the effort and turned out. Some cracking performances and results with him in charge, and some catastrophic ones as well, normally those that were considered a win 'banker' before kicking off.

 

[onlyme]

Yes people forget Gordon Lee signed Sharpy.

I've seen some comparisons made with Moyes.

The nearly man.

Apparently chose Sharp over Rush, shame we couldn't have taken a punt on both, history may well have been different.

 

[davek]

Hated Duncan McKenzie.

That's enough.

 

[summerisle]

Hated Duncan McKenzie.

That's enough.

Exactly, when he was on song, great. He wanted graft from him, I wanted excitement.

 

[Khalekan]

Exactly, when he was on song, great. He wanted graft from him, I wanted excitement.

Fast forward forty years and Koeman/Del is a re-run

I am on the side of the cavaliers, BTW......every wannabe great team needs one

 

[jaycee]

Exactly, when he was on song, great. He wanted graft from him, I wanted excitement.

I still swear to this day he waited for more players to try and stop him

 

[summerisle]

I still swear to this day he waited for more players to try and stop him

He was at times fecking great.

 

[davek]

Exactly, when he was on song, great. He wanted graft from him, I wanted excitement.

Lee = Mr Fun.

One of the few things I recall about him was that minty sheep coat.

 

[TonyT65]

Hated Duncan McKenzie.

That's enough.

FFS Dave.
Find a grey area at least

 

[summerisle]

Fast forward forty years and Koeman/Del is a re-run

I am on the side of the cavaliers, BTW......every wannabe great team needs one

Should have signed Frank Worthington.

 

[davek]

FFS Dave.
Find a grey area at least

I meant enough to dislike Lee.

 

[TonyT65]

I meant enough to dislike Lee.

I know!
But there have been worse times since so can't you appreciate some of what he did?
Did you print the "Kendall out" leaflets by any chance?

 

[Badge1878]

I'd just started going the match with my Uncle when Lee was the manager. Khal has given me a different perspective in his posts and are similar to what my Uncle was telling me.

I didn't need convincing about Everton - by seven they were my team - I was going the match regularly and I didn't give a f*** about what they were doing across the park - in the late seventies you got kudos in my school if you went the match but it was also a tough time to be a Blue. Helped that I could play a bit at that age.

Back to Lee....most of the games I saw at that age were hard work - a result by one goal or the other settled the matter. My uncle was telling me it used to be better - there is a good team in there somewhere - but we always seemed to hit the post. Lose the Big Games...have a decent cup run - then lose.

I may be unfair, but I was made up he was sacked - at the end, everyone around me hated him and said he wasn't good enough - I was seven so not the most informed - history will judge his Everton tenure differently and will call out what he did well far better than I can recall.

Perhaps fortuitously our next Gaffer proved to be the best.