Old Everton Pictures

[Joey66]

....very talented footballer was Tony Grant. I watched him lots coming through the Academy & that skill set was in his locker.

Yes he was looked a bit like Rodney Tbrotter out of only fools & horses .....but what a great goal that was if only one of our midfielders could score like that today hey ho,......shame all that potential he showed he never went on to become a regular .....I remember he looked a great promising talented player .....

 

[Eggs]

Yes he was looked a bit like Rodney Tbrotter out of only fools & horses .....but what a great goal that was if only one of our midfielders could score like that today hey ho,......shame all that potential he showed he never went on to become a regular .....I remember he looked a great promising talented player .....

....he did look like Rodney. Grant had great feet & a lovely touch of the ball. I remember a Lancashire League game where he slalomed past a number of players, went around the keeper and poked it wide of the goal from literally a yard out. I bet he still remembers that miss. Look back at Kanchelskis goals and Grant will be involved in many.

He was involved in our scouting network in recent times. Big mates with Robbie Fowler from their schoolboy football days, I think the pair of them went to Australia to manage.

 

[TangerineToffee]

Sharpy getting stuck in to George Wood in the Arsenal goal before George joined us -

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You poached Gorgeous George from us and then sold him to the Gunners. This must be early 80s.

 

[TangerineToffee]

Blues of a certain vintage. Please don't have nightmares. - @TangerineToffee -

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Yeah decent striker for the Tangerines, hall of famer in fact, but found the pace and price tag a bit hot down at GP. The Irish shirt is a little misleading for the Chorley born laddie. The Walsh family have provided a couple of duffers to the illustrious history of the Toffees. Sorry bout that lol

 

[Dario Terracotta]

....he did look like Rodney. Grant had great feet & a lovely touch of the ball. I remember a Lancashire League game where he slalomed past a number of players, went around the keeper and poked it wide of the goal from literally a yard out. I bet he still remembers that miss. Look back at Kanchelskis goals and Grant will be involved in many.

He was involved in our scouting network in recent times. Big mates with Robbie Fowler from their schoolboy football days, I think the pair of them went to Australia to manage.

I think Kanchelskis actually said at the time he loved it when "Grantona" was in the side,I watched him in the reserves and he looked special,I just think unfortunately for Tony his frame couldn't hack the physical side of the game at the top level, real shame as you said Eggs as he was such a gifted lad.

 

[Joey66]

One of the greatest midfielders the club and country has ever seen and 1/3 of The Holy Trinity -

 

[Joey66]

Howard Kendall, Neil Midgley & Jim Arnold -

 

[Joey66]

Happy 63rd Birthday to Billy Wright. Had his weight issue when he left Everton but that should never cloud the fact that he was a very good player for the Toffees. And for Birmingham City - Player of the Year 84/85 -

 

[Joey66]

1974/75 wasn’t exactly a vintage year for the Everton youth team. This squad played twice for the first team between them – both Drew Brand. Some had decent careers though. I’ve cropped the names – anyone recognise any of them? Or recognise yourself? @Eggs -

 

[Joey66]

Absolutely delighted to see Gary Naysmith back in management. Love to see ex-Blues as bosses.

EdinburghCityFC have got themselves a good 'un -

 

[Joey66]

Kevin Ratcliffe was sent-off for the only time in his 493-game Everton career. He butted Tommy Hutchinson during an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester City. The ref was Peter Willis, who would send off Kevin Moran in the FA Cup final four years later. Funny I seen him sent off in a European game at Goodison when he was a full back ,... & we got beat - knocked out on aggregate -

 

[Joey66]

Graham Stuart wheels away to score a pen V Wimbledon in a nail biter game to keep us in the top flight -

 

[Joey66]

Joe Royle and Colin Harvey scored their last Everton goals in the same game. A 3-2 win at West Ham in August 1974. It was also the only game in which both Royle and Bob Latchford scored for Everton, some trivia that -

 

[Joey66]

Fred Pickering. He was a great centre-forward and a lovely guy who is getting a street named in his honour. Number 9 will be the pick of the houses! in Lancashire Blackburn -

 

[Joey66]

Duncan Ferguson scored his first ever senior goal for Dundee United against East Fife!