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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Relief :
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
And a you could get 4 gallons of petrol for less than a quid.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
My dad always rated this player.
In Everton's case, it's not unusual to have two Tom Jones' playing for the club - and even in the same position!
Liverpool born Thomas E. Jones was the natural successor for the legendary Thomas G. Jones who had dazzled Goodison with his skills in the 1930s and 1940s.
While a less sophisticated footballer than his namesake, T.E. matured into a reliable defender and was appointed club captain in 1957.
After making just one appearance for the 'A team' and one appearance for the reserves, Tommy made his senior debut for the Blues in 1950.
Originally employed as a left back, but then moving to the centre of defence, he made a total of 411 appearances in his 11-year career at Goodison.
Tommy was a member of the side that were relegated in 1951, but came up again three years later. A shattered kneecap forced him to retire from football in 1961, at the age of 31, - so what did he do after leaving Everton?
"I had a bad knee injury a year or so before I finished," he recalled.
"John Moores was chairman of the club at the time and he said: 'If at any time in the future you do finish the game and you're looking for some kind of employment, I'd like you to contact me.'
"I was reminded of this about a year after by a physiotherapist at the club at the time and I said: 'Yes, these directors at the club mean these things at the time but when it comes to the crunch it can be a form of embarrassment.' And he said: 'No, John Moores isn't like that.'
"So he gave me John Moores' address and phone number and said get in touch with him. I wrote to him actually and within a week I got a reply offering to give me an appointment with one of the Littlewoods people. I joined Littlewoods and I was there for 30 years. I finished up as the Senior Purchasing Officer. We were responsible for the furnishing of the store. Everything from counters to kitchen units and toilets. I found it was great and he was true to his word."
Pretty good story, well done JM.
In Everton's case, it's not unusual to have two Tom Jones' playing for the club - and even in the same position!
Liverpool born Thomas E. Jones was the natural successor for the legendary Thomas G. Jones who had dazzled Goodison with his skills in the 1930s and 1940s.
While a less sophisticated footballer than his namesake, T.E. matured into a reliable defender and was appointed club captain in 1957.
After making just one appearance for the 'A team' and one appearance for the reserves, Tommy made his senior debut for the Blues in 1950.
Originally employed as a left back, but then moving to the centre of defence, he made a total of 411 appearances in his 11-year career at Goodison.
Tommy was a member of the side that were relegated in 1951, but came up again three years later. A shattered kneecap forced him to retire from football in 1961, at the age of 31, - so what did he do after leaving Everton?
"I had a bad knee injury a year or so before I finished," he recalled.
"John Moores was chairman of the club at the time and he said: 'If at any time in the future you do finish the game and you're looking for some kind of employment, I'd like you to contact me.'
"I was reminded of this about a year after by a physiotherapist at the club at the time and I said: 'Yes, these directors at the club mean these things at the time but when it comes to the crunch it can be a form of embarrassment.' And he said: 'No, John Moores isn't like that.'
"So he gave me John Moores' address and phone number and said get in touch with him. I wrote to him actually and within a week I got a reply offering to give me an appointment with one of the Littlewoods people. I joined Littlewoods and I was there for 30 years. I finished up as the Senior Purchasing Officer. We were responsible for the furnishing of the store. Everything from counters to kitchen units and toilets. I found it was great and he was true to his word."
Pretty good story, well done JM.
Ace tale. I love stuff like this.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
The other Jones.
Millennium Giant - 1940-49
The words Thomas George Jones mean little to most Evertonians.
But mention the name T.G. Jones, as the man was more commonly known, and supporters of a certain vintage instantly conjure up images of one of the coolest, classiest and most unruffled of central defenders ever to pull on the Royal Blue jersey.
Regarded as one of the footballing scientists of his day, Everton decided to invest £3,000 in his talents after just six League matches for Wrexham. One of his team-mates, Gordon Watson, was in no doubt it was one of the shrewdest pieces of transfer business the club ever conducted.
"T. G. Jones was the best signing that Everton ever made," he declared. "When the opposition got a corner kick, he used to head the ball back to the goalkeeper, Ted Sagar.
"Nine times out of 10 Ted Sagar would play holy hell with you if you passed the ball back to him. He used to say 'I've got enough to do watching these fellows, as well as passing back from our own players.' But never with T.G."
He won a League Championship medal in only his second full season with the Blues, but a truly outstanding Everton team was prevented from adding to that honour by the Second World War.
"We won the League by Easter," recalled T.G. "We were a great side. They called us 'The School of Science.' Believe me when I tell you there were games I went on the field and didn't break sweat. It was that good."
The War wiped out five full seasons from his first class record, but when hostilities ceased in 1946, the break had done little to tarnish Jones' style.
Indeed, in 1947 Italian giants Roma made prolonged attempts to lure him to the eternal city in the days when transfers between European clubs were rare. Everton reluctantly accepted a bid of £15,000, and were as relieved as Roma were disappointed when the deal fell through because of foreign exchange issues.
Jones continued to exhibit his individual brand of calm assurance at the heart of Everton's defence, and he was appointed club captain in 1949 in succession to Peter Farrell.
Both opponents and supporters alike were convinced the honour was long overdue.
Jim King, Secretary of the Everton Supporters (Goodison) Club and a member of the Millennium Giants panel, said: "He was known as the "Prince of Centre- halves.'
"He was absolutely brilliant, cool under pressure, good in the air and brilliant on the ground. What always stands out in my opinion of T.G., if he took a free-kick, say from the edge of his own box, he'd just stroll up, no effort at all, perfectly positioned, correct-kicking and all that, and the ball would zoom into the other penalty area. The man was absolute perfection."
Former Liverpool star of the same era, Cyril Done, added: "T. G. was a gentleman off the field, and a gentleman on the field.
"I think he was the only player I ever knew who could dribble a ball on his own six-yard line and come out with it still between his feet. "He was a brilliant footballer. I jumped up to head a ball with him once, and he came down, fell awkwardly and hurt his ankle very badly. I'm not sure if he broke it.
"A lot of people seemed to think that I had injured him. I was very upset at the very idea that I could be considered as injuring the great T. G. Jones." After a 14-year Everton career packed full of memories, T. G. hung up his boots.
One of his most precious memories, however, was an unusual one.
"There are not many people about now who can say they played alongside Dixie Dean," he said from his newsagents office in North Wales. T. G. Jones now ranks alongside his hero as one of Everton's Millennium Giants.
Millennium Giant - 1940-49
The words Thomas George Jones mean little to most Evertonians.
But mention the name T.G. Jones, as the man was more commonly known, and supporters of a certain vintage instantly conjure up images of one of the coolest, classiest and most unruffled of central defenders ever to pull on the Royal Blue jersey.
Regarded as one of the footballing scientists of his day, Everton decided to invest £3,000 in his talents after just six League matches for Wrexham. One of his team-mates, Gordon Watson, was in no doubt it was one of the shrewdest pieces of transfer business the club ever conducted.
"T. G. Jones was the best signing that Everton ever made," he declared. "When the opposition got a corner kick, he used to head the ball back to the goalkeeper, Ted Sagar.
"Nine times out of 10 Ted Sagar would play holy hell with you if you passed the ball back to him. He used to say 'I've got enough to do watching these fellows, as well as passing back from our own players.' But never with T.G."
He won a League Championship medal in only his second full season with the Blues, but a truly outstanding Everton team was prevented from adding to that honour by the Second World War.
"We won the League by Easter," recalled T.G. "We were a great side. They called us 'The School of Science.' Believe me when I tell you there were games I went on the field and didn't break sweat. It was that good."
The War wiped out five full seasons from his first class record, but when hostilities ceased in 1946, the break had done little to tarnish Jones' style.
Indeed, in 1947 Italian giants Roma made prolonged attempts to lure him to the eternal city in the days when transfers between European clubs were rare. Everton reluctantly accepted a bid of £15,000, and were as relieved as Roma were disappointed when the deal fell through because of foreign exchange issues.
Jones continued to exhibit his individual brand of calm assurance at the heart of Everton's defence, and he was appointed club captain in 1949 in succession to Peter Farrell.
Both opponents and supporters alike were convinced the honour was long overdue.
Jim King, Secretary of the Everton Supporters (Goodison) Club and a member of the Millennium Giants panel, said: "He was known as the "Prince of Centre- halves.'
"He was absolutely brilliant, cool under pressure, good in the air and brilliant on the ground. What always stands out in my opinion of T.G., if he took a free-kick, say from the edge of his own box, he'd just stroll up, no effort at all, perfectly positioned, correct-kicking and all that, and the ball would zoom into the other penalty area. The man was absolute perfection."
Former Liverpool star of the same era, Cyril Done, added: "T. G. was a gentleman off the field, and a gentleman on the field.
"I think he was the only player I ever knew who could dribble a ball on his own six-yard line and come out with it still between his feet. "He was a brilliant footballer. I jumped up to head a ball with him once, and he came down, fell awkwardly and hurt his ankle very badly. I'm not sure if he broke it.
"A lot of people seemed to think that I had injured him. I was very upset at the very idea that I could be considered as injuring the great T. G. Jones." After a 14-year Everton career packed full of memories, T. G. hung up his boots.
One of his most precious memories, however, was an unusual one.
"There are not many people about now who can say they played alongside Dixie Dean," he said from his newsagents office in North Wales. T. G. Jones now ranks alongside his hero as one of Everton's Millennium Giants.
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Now that is how football was played. Leather casey, trying heading that! and just look at those football boots, not to mention the jumper and cloth cap!
Some might recognise Ted.
No goalie gloves either
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Well spotted, I missed that. Thank you for your kind comments etc.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Against Inter Milan 1963
Roy Vernon
Pat Van Den Hauwe with trophies : remember them ?
Roy Vernon
Pat Van Den Hauwe with trophies : remember them ?
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