Yes but southern players were always a favoured choice - there was discrimination no doubt in my mind |Ball Harvey , and Kendall would and should have walked into any England side - Managers like Bobby Robson would have chosen them instantly!
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....I played for a while in a team managed by Dave Hickson and he told me that in his day there was a real Southern bias, the team was picked by committee and your face had to fit.
summerisle
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Roy Vernon nets for the blues
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found thanks darioI don't think there is any footage of it,but there is a "Classic matches thread" on here mate,I couldn't believe my luck a few weeks ago I found Alex Youngs header v Spurs that 1963 title year and Ballys debut at Fulham 1966 which are in there,good for you mate,my old fella is 77 this year,still goes and enjoys it,it may not be great at the moment but its still Everton isn't it?
http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITN/1963/04/20/FS200463014/?s=Everton Beat Spurs 1-0
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Record attendecence that game of its era 70, 000 plus?
...brilliant archive clips, many thanks for the memories.
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Top photo is best obviously
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@Joey66 This one should be Bally's debut Joey,here you go mate
http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITN/1966/08/20/FS200866006/?s=everton v fulham
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Everton 1970,Brazil 1970,all was well in the football world that year Eggs
Everton 1970,Brazil 1970,all was well in the football world that year Eggs
.....got me thinking Dario. Similar in '86, although it took Robson and Wilkins misfortune to introduce a backbone of Evertonians to turn the group stage around and reach the latter stages. Reid came in alongside Hoddle to form a really good partnership, with Trevor Stephen, Gary Stevens and Lineker.
That England side of 1970 was thought by many to be better than the '66 side. As you indicate, a few Evertonians involved, probably had Bobby Charlton not been substituted against West Germany we would have at least got to play Brazil (who only beat us 1-0 in the group stage). That was a magical World Cup and a magical Brazilian side.
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73,000 - retrospective in the Echo :
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...remembering-the-1962-merseyside-derby-3335703
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That World Cup was thought by many to have resulted in our poor defence of the title in 1970/71,Ball,Labone,Wright,Newton were "jaded" by their efforts in the heat of Mexico,when you consider Harvey,Kendall,Royle,West could potentially have joined them maybe its just as well those guys didn't make the squad,we could have gone from Champions to getting relegated
