Jim Pearson & Bob Latchford Everton pictured playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe prior to the FA Cup 4th round tie with Plymouth Argyle at Home Park January 1975
This team was the rebuilding of new signings taken by John Moores the Mersey Millionaire under john carey - he only loaned us the money, in fact he also sat on LFCs Board which would be illegal today -
I just missed seeing this player idolised by the fans like Bally Captain sold far too soon - like Bally never wanted to leave - Harry Catterick was famed for swooping for the best players available - Long serving captain & England international Brian Labone did comment that Harry Catterick was far too hasty in letting players of this calibre leave far too soon in his after dinner speeches when he retired -
No sentiment from John Moores here look in the photo - many of those players would be moved on - plus his Harry Cookes retirement carried out in a gracious way was to get a new guard in & dispense off of the old guard - he was a totally ruthless businessman who automatically run EFC like his Littlewoods company - It's what we need today TBH at Board level -