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Big Neville Southall said:
Why did Bobby Collins leave?
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In a nutshell he came to the blues when we in the bottom Five - The blues fans soon named him the midfield little General he wore size Five boots - He scored , and was a great play-maker , and was a hard player, he got us into the top six asked for a pay rise, HC would have none of it - He went to Chairman Mr Rich John Moores - who I read at that time had shares in LFC!
Collins got a smallholding in Ormsirk rumours he even begged Moors for a new sow pig for breeding, but Moores would not give in to his demands - HC found out he had approached his chairman so it was off to Leeds in the old Division two where he fetched them up won Footballer of the year a few seasons later and Moulded the great Leeds team staying on as coach - all this info from my older brother who stated the was just as big an outcry when he was sold as was Alan Ball!
I asked him who was the best - he stated two different types of players, both great in a different way, but Bally well you will never see another midfielder like Bally Mr Perpetual Motion, and more skilful!
 
davek said:
I'm reading the Catterick biography atm, and in there Collins is quoted as saying they were the sinned against in the first half: Brown or Gabriel sent off for near snapping Giles in half and then a Leeds player was sent off for doing Derek Temple. According to Collins though Everton got away with a lot of the criticism. From what I can gather that Everton team were no shrinking violets and could put the foot in when required.

I cant praise that Catterick book enough, btw. It's excellent.
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About that infamous game, I was there.

Here is a little snippet. The part of the report about Temple and Bell is incorrect. In the 36 th minute Temple was chasing the ball from a past made to him. He was hit by a stomach high tackle from Bell and fell to the ground completely out cold. Bell was not out cold and was not dismissed. it was this that really incensed the crowd because the ref did nothing not Brown's red card. Do not know about coins as I was in the GSE stand but the pitch was covered in cushions. I liked Collins but he was wrong with that statement.

The Game.

The game was only seconds old when Everton centre-forward Fred Pickering was fouled
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by Billy Bremner. Seconds later Jack Charlton suffered a similar fate at the hands (or feet, rather) of an opponent. That was that - the battle lines were drawn: this was going to be a tasty affair.

Rob Bagchi and Paul Rogerson: "Jack Archer of The People called it a 'spine chilling' game, one littered with a long procession of fouls, the type Charlton described as 'sneaky things - going in over the top, boots hanging in late'. In only the fourth minute Giles and Sandy Brown, the Everton left-back, had jumped into a tackle just outside the Everton penalty area. Brown, incensed by the vigour of Giles' challenge and subsequently complaining of 'stud marks in the chest', got up and threw a left hander at Giles and was predictably sent off. From then on the frenzied atmosphere saw both sets of players flying into tackles with the crowd baying for retribution."

Some extraordinary things went on that afternoon and there were no prisoners taken by either side. The temperature climbed in the white-hot cauldron of Goodison - professional footballers forgot this was a sport and instead pitched themselves into fully fledged combat.

Somewhere amidst the fearsome conflagration, though, there was actually a little football being played and after fifteen minutes Leeds took a priceless lead. They won a free kick far out on the right wing. Bobby Collins swung the ball high into the heart of the Everton goal area. Full-back Willie Bell came running up at speed from far out to find space in the box and met the ball perfectly. His header flashed into the net with the home defence helpless. It was a well-worked goal and evidence of the defender's willingness to supplement the attack.

The home crowd had been incensed by Brown's dismissal and now they became uncontrollable. Any Leeds player who was foolish enough to come within throwing distance ran the risk of being struck by missiles - for Gary Sprake there was no hiding place as his goal was pelted mercilessly by a hail of coins throughout the game.

Things came to a head after 36 minutes. Bell and Everton right winger Derek Temple were following the flight of the ball and seemingly unaware of each other. They collided at full speed, laying each other out. That was the signal for the crowd to get completely out of hand. While Bell and Temple were receiving attention, missiles rained down on the players and the trainers attending them. Les Cocker and referee Ken Stokes were struck by flying coins.
 

I was at that game and as we all know Dirty Leeds as they became to be known.. were..
As dirty as they were, every game against them was full of atmosphere and anticipation that the team in Blue would prevail,alas it wasn,t always the case .
Those days, every game at Elland Road was chocka with Everton one of the best aways anyone could go to.
With the added fact that a train from Leeds had us in Manchester handy enough to have a great night there before jumping the last train to Lime Street...Pissed
 
bluelord49 said:
I was at that game and as we all know Dirty Leeds as they became to be known.. were..
As dirty as they were, every game against them was full of atmosphere and anticipation that the team in Blue would prevail,alas it wasn,t always the case .
Those days, every game at Elland Road was chocka with Everton one of the best aways anyone could go to.
With the added fact that a train from Leeds had us in Manchester handy enough to have a great night there before jumping the last train to Lime Street...Pissed
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My brother went by car over the pennine route, before the M62, I was lucky to go once as you say the blues following in a shed like end behind the goal was fantastic - my brother informs me in a FA cup game were we got a draw ,he and his mates stopped to have a jar or two in a pub on the pennine route, when they came out Fog had descended, it meant one of his mates had to run in front of the car to guide him around the sharp bends, they got home very late!
No drink drive laws then!
 

bluelord49 said:
Drove over the Pennine route myself a few times to Leeds
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Remember driving over one year in my little mini 850. Anyway the clutch was slipping like crazy and the old thing was on it's last legs wheezing up the Pennines on the M62. I remember having to pull into the hard shoulder every so often as all the HGVs were backed up behind me in the slow lane. I could hear their constant gear changes as they tried to keep momentum as my mini got slower and slower lol
 
the esk said:
Remember driving over one year in my little mini 850. Anyway the clutch was slipping like crazy and the old thing was on it's last legs wheezing up the Pennines on the M62. I remember having to pull into the hard shoulder every so often as all the HGVs were backed up behind me in the slow rain. I could hear their constant gear changes as they tried to keep momentum as my mini got slower and slower lol
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Oh aye,it was you eh esk?:rant:;)lol
 
the esk said:
Remember driving over one year in my little mini 850. Anyway the clutch was slipping like crazy and the old thing was on it's last legs wheezing up the Pennines on the M62. I remember having to pull into the hard shoulder every so often as all the HGVs were backed up behind me in the slow rain. I could hear their constant gear changes as they tried to keep momentum as my mini got slower and slower lol
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Should have supported Halewood and bought Fords.;):)
 

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