Three greats for the blues all now sadly deceased - Ray Wilson, Westy, & Fred Pickering
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Fred Pickering described a striker who “at his rampaging best was an irresistible performer. Though neither outstanding in the air, nor over-physical for a man of his power, nor even particularly past, he could disrupt the tightest of defences with his determined running and a savage right-foot shot that earned him the nickname of ‘Boomer.’ as the noise when he hit the ball so hard made a booming sound - He was our leading goalscorer in Europe until Lukaku pipped him to that record - he was a prolific goal machine......
BLACKBURN, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Footballer Fred Pickering leaving Ewood Park after completing his £80,0000 transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Everton on March 10, 1964 in Blackburn -
BLACKBURN, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: Footballer Fred Pickering leaving Ewood Park after completing his £80,0000 transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Everton on March 10, 1964 in Blackburn -
The England football squad, UK, 1st January 1964. From left to right, (back row) Bobby Thomson, Roger Hunt, George Cohen, David Sadler, Mike Bailey, and six others. (Front row), manager Alf Ramsey, Ron Flowers, ?, Fred Pickering, Peter Thompson, Jimmy Greaves and John Sissons. -
Fred Pickering (left) got to 50 Everton goals faster than Lukaku
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Blackpool?
West has an away shorts and socks it seems.
Everton at a special training for their third cup tie with Sheffield Wednesday at their training ground in West Derby, Liverpool. Pictured, Alex Young (left) and Fred Pickering with arms filled with footballs going out for a training session, 6th January 1965. -
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
Yes posted late very early am I will check probally wrong caption maybe - been ill again all night will get up soon
Take a break Joey, your health is the most important thing! I saw you were putting pictures up at 2 in the morning the other day! Stay safe!
The football Everton played under John Carey we finished 5th & he got sacked in the back of a taxi - which we later paid him out of court settlement - his Carey chicks never took off -
Gentleman John Carey -
Most of his side helped to win the league in 1963/64-
the clip below showed the style of football we played under him - reports were he was to soft with the players & not as ruthless as is successor turned out to be correct = The Catt
Gentleman John Carey -
Most of his side helped to win the league in 1963/64-
the clip below showed the style of football we played under him - reports were he was to soft with the players & not as ruthless as is successor turned out to be correct = The Catt
It keeps me going, not been that good over the last week though
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Joey, please take it easy,your work on these pictures is brilliant, but your health is more important.Yes posted late very early am I will check probally wrong caption maybe - been ill again all night will get up soon
Cliff Britton another former player who became Manager - as a player won the FA CUP in 1933
Statistics as a Manager
Managed: 344
Won: 125
Drawn: 92
Lost: 127
Statistics as a Manager
Managed: 344
Won: 125
Drawn: 92
Lost: 127
I will, but they keep me going thanks for your concern
TangerineToffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Love that stat. Debut win for the Tangerines against the reds. Of course he did them a few times in Blue too. BFC have a good record against the anfield mob over the years. In the Prem season 2010/11 did them home and away. 2-1 both games. The double
Another interesting stat emerged recently. In the glorious 30 years between the reds titles, the only team that they never took a point off in all those long years were the mighty Tangerines lol
Jimmy Gabriel & Alex Chic Scott with wives jovial getting ready to fly out -
TangerineToffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Lots more trophies would have been had especially of a European nature. But the Blues were stopped from doing so by the killing machine that support the local rats that play in blood red
