Everton supporter in the company of Dave Hickson at Goodison Park. Do share your memories of meeting the Cannonball Kid /-
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- Thread starter ToffeeMike
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Dixie Dean -
Did a few Goodison Tours with Dave, my Dad was awestruck as he was his Hero, never saw my Dad so struck by someone.
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
Google tells me that Al played for Tranmere, one of the first Nigerians to play professional football in Britain! He played fir Tranmere fifteen years before Everton signed Cliff Marshall.
Sadly Al passed away in 2008, aged 70!
I just missed him as he went into ill health & stopped performing his services ......I would have loved to have met Dave as he was my late father's hero..,'.
He was a True Gent on the times we were lucky to have him on the tour but getting frail, you could feel his love for the club.
…I’ve mentioned on here that he managed a team I played for back in the 70s.
I’d played a bit as a youngster so my parents were far from star struck, but they knew Dave rang every Friday night and they raced to the phone to answer it first so they could chat with him.
He was a very quiet and modest man but he was nuts when a ball was introduced into training. In winter we used the lights on concrete tennis courts for a game and he would genuinely dive full length if he had a chance of scoring. i remember his ankles were huge, surely from the physicality of the game when he played.
My abiding memory was when he asked me to play in a Charity game with former Everton greats. It was a Sunday at Crawford club in Wavertree, I got changed and went out to warm up with Derek Temple. Those blokes were still so enthusiastic to play.
Thanks Dave.
BigMick
Player Valuation: £20m
Fair play to David Exall, who I think was our first ever Promotions Manager, for writing this regular column in the programme because the Catt wouldn't do one!
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Great anecdote mate?
I know this is not relevant in this case but i hope people who read these pages are open minded to a bit of footy history.Iwas working in a house in Anfield when i was working in the gas industry ,and this old woman said are you interested in football.Of course i said yes and she showed this box,it was full of Inernational Caps and medals ,and she said by Dad was Elisha Scott the legendary goal keeper aganinst Dixie.And is said they have got some value among collectors keep them safe.It's a strange world we are in when she didn't see any monetary value only personal ,and thought the other way.By the way doesn't E.Sager look like David Bowie.