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Jimmy Gabriel RIP

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He was also when required, a Conan the Barbarian-esque Centre Forward.
I remember a cup replay on a cold and frosty January night back in 1964 Vs the dirty, dirty, Leeds of Charlton, bite yer legs Hunter, that little snide Brenner and Revies snide in chief Giles - all of them (Bobby Collins gets a free pass from me - just like Gabriel he Was hard, he didnt have to pretend)
Anyway, with 66000 Inside, the Dave Clark 5 'Glad All Over' booming out and the crowd stamping in time ( those wooden stands were great for that) the place was 100% under lights Bear Pit Rocking !
Jimmy put them to the sword, he was unplayable - The did Not like it up em!

What a guy.

Edit;slightly off topic I know, but Leeds flat out bricked it that night and this and Jimmys part in it played (in my opinion obvs) no small part in Revie's adoption of the cowardly tactics of getting your retaliation in first to disrupt teams rhythm...as was seen...and we fell for it...in the later November battle of Goodison.
 
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A nice little tale told by Jimmy Gabriel, the Everton wing-half who passed away yesterday -

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Pat and Jimmy Gabriel marry at Holy Rosary, Aintree. December 4th 1961. Young, Collins, Bingham, Scott, Parker, Vernon and Thompson in attendance . God bless, Jimmy Gabriel -

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