...that's why I wasn't the biggest Alex Young fan. He glided over the ground and could leap like a salmon, high class but inconsistent and unreliable. Every game Alan Ball set a very high bar.
...that's why I wasn't the biggest Alex Young fan. He glided over the ground and could leap like a salmon, high class but inconsistent and unreliable. Every game Alan Ball set a very high bar.
local_blue
Player Valuation: £500k
Great site, been reading it for ages today.Stumbled on this site at work today(it was lunchtime!!),great memories of our centenary season,match reports from every game
https://everton100.com
Alan ball was the greatest box to box midfielder I have ever seen on a football field end of!
bluelord49
Player Valuation: £8m
Alex Young could play in Desert Boots, then again don,t think it mattered what boots he wore the ball stuck to either of his feet...
Alex Young and Alan Ball together absolutely tore defenses apart... and every bar was high for Alan Ball that never stopped him being (and as Joey 66 says) the most influential player on the field of play whatever match it was ...we were blessed to have Alan Ball...
Most times we went to watch Alan Ball not just Everton ...!!
Alex Young and Alan Ball together absolutely tore defenses apart... and every bar was high for Alan Ball that never stopped him being (and as Joey 66 says) the most influential player on the field of play whatever match it was ...we were blessed to have Alan Ball...
Most times we went to watch Alan Ball not just Everton ...!!
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
The pity of it is that there is very little video footage of him playing.
bluelord49
Player Valuation: £8m
Is right...its a disgrace
Yes turning up for home games with that duo of Ball, and Young playing was so great Alex wore the no 7 shirt the football on show was breath taking the master, and a very cocky apprentice in Bally to become king!
bluelord49
Player Valuation: £8m
My sentiments too Joey..though Alan Ball was always going to be the Master..
He just had it..
He just had it..
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Dave Hickson, 1953.
When playing for Cambridge City, 1961.
When playing for Cambridge City, 1961.
ultra
Player Valuation: £15m
One reason for Alex Young's inconsistency was that that he suffered terribly with blistered feet throughout his career. But when he was good, he was sublime!!
The reason that there is not much video footage of the Alex Young and Alan Ball in their prime was due to Harry Catterick: he believed the opposition would benefit from seeing us in action and he did all he could to obstruct and prevent Everton games (or training sessions) being televised. Very sad that succeeding generations of Blues have been denied from seeing without doubt our greatest post-war players on film.
The reason that there is not much video footage of the Alex Young and Alan Ball in their prime was due to Harry Catterick: he believed the opposition would benefit from seeing us in action and he did all he could to obstruct and prevent Everton games (or training sessions) being televised. Very sad that succeeding generations of Blues have been denied from seeing without doubt our greatest post-war players on film.
......he was as good a target man as you could get. Very underrated, I know when Lineker and then Cottee came to the club they immediately realised just how good Sharp was. I spoke to somebody who played against him and he said when it was played into Sharp he shielded it so well he couldn't get near the ball. Fabulous and accurate in laying off with his head. Technically top drawer.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I had this shirt, obviously not his.
1966efc
Player Valuation: £20m
For me, it was him and Harvey. God Almighty, what players they were.
Kendall was not bad either