Old Everton Pictures

[Badge1878]

What I’d give to have this type of passion, ability and courage in our team today. We lack leaders on the pitch today - he didn’t need the armband to encourage others around him to give their all for the cause. Top player & all round great bloke.

 

[Badge1878]

The great Tony Kay -
What about fined £150, 4 months in jail & banned for life.

To say I'm fuming is an understatement!

For something nothing to do with Everton. Got a familiar ring to it.

 

[Joey66]

TWO great signings?

Yes Wood a very good keeper - Dave Tomas supplied Latchford with most of his goals!

 

[tommytowne]

George Wood and Dave Thomas 1977-78 sign up two great Lee signings -

They were in the team for the opening game of the season 24 hrs later.
No farting around with acclimatisation, right into the thick of it.
Forget the fact Forest beat us, we later went on a 21 match unbeaten run courtesy of Latchford and Thomas.
And for those still piping Leicester for their achievements of a couple of years ago, Forest came up from the 2nd division, won the league, qualified for the European Cup and went and won it.
What a time to be a football fan, no monopolies then.

 

[Joey66]

Tony Kay, would have been an absolute legend. Absolutely brilliant player, and nasty. Of course if he'd not been banned we'd have never had the Holy Trinity put together.

Who knows he may have been part of a four man midfield like we had in the 1980's winning trophy team - Labby once stated Bally would have loved playing with Kay as Kay was the most cocky arrogant player he had ever played with, and a brilliant footballer!

 

[BigMick]

Bob Latchford scores against Man City 1977-78- a certain great former no 9 looks on!

Actually four ex-Blue centre-forwards there Joey: Latch, Big Joe, Brian Kidd (who wore mainly the number 10 shirt but also the number 9 a few times I think), and, of course, the great Michael Lyons, who unselfishly led the line numerous times before the arrival of Latchford and when Royle was injured.

 

[Joey66]

Actually four ex-Blue centre-forwards there Joey: Latch, Big Joe, Brian Kidd (who wore mainly the number 10 shirt but also the number 9 a few times I think), and, of course, the great Michael Lyons, who unselfishly led the line numerous times before the arrival of Latchford and when Royle was injured.

Yes all played for the blues of Everton

 

[BigMick]

here he is -

Classy full-back, Archie. Very highly rated schoolboy and youth player, did well in the reserves but the Catt was reluctant to play him in the 1st team. He was at least 23 before he made his debut and, having festered in the reserves for too long, he never fulfilled his early promise. A lesson there for some of our younger players today.

 

[Eggs]

Classy full-back, Archie. Very highly rated schoolboy and youth player, did well in the reserves but the Catt was reluctant to play him in the 1st team. He was at least 23 before he made his debut and, having festered in the reserves for too long, he never fulfilled his early promise. A lesson there for some of our younger players today.

...he certainly looked the part. I remember him playing for England Schoolboys, I think he went to Venice St school so it was some achievement. If you look at the clip of him getting sent off for Birmingham it might explain why Catterick moved him on.

 

[Joey66]

Classy full-back, Archie. Very highly rated schoolboy and youth player, did well in the reserves but the Catt was reluctant to play him in the 1st team. He was at least 23 before he made his debut and, having festered in the reserves for too long, he never fulfilled his early promise. A lesson there for some of our younger players today.

He and Howard Kendall were part of Bob Lactchfords transfer fee under Billy Bingham selling Howard was controversial as h had kept us up from relegation for two seasons with outstanding displays!

 

[Major Gowen]

..I thought he was classy, Tommy, but I think young Archie had a few demons. There’s a clip of him getting sent off whilst playing for Birmingham (it might have been against Man Utd) and they couldn’t get him off the pitch.

Always worth a second look, not least for the quality of protestations from a clearly incensed Archie, who presumably felt Coppell had it coming:



A text-book demonstration of how to get yourself sent off in an age when it normally took decapitation of an opponent with a blunt instrument to merit it.

 

[Major Gowen]

To even the scales, here's Archie - and the great H. Kendall - doing the business in the blue of...Birmingham City:

 

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