Labby snufs out Mike Summerbee -
Dave Thomas, who eventually came to us as a top winger - as a schoolboy at Burnley -
There was only one KING twice for us -
1981 Dave Thomas leaves us -
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Dave Thomas -
Dave Thomas made his debut v us - aged 16 years old became the youngest player ever to play top flight football for the club at the age of 16 years and 220 days old.
The teams on the day of his debut were; in a 1-1 draw - Bally getting scoring a pen when Jimmy Husband was fouled for the equaliser -
Burnley: Harry Thomson, Fred Smith, Alex Elder, Sammy Todd, John Angus, Les Latcham, Willie Morgan, Andy Lochhead (Brian O’Neil 67), Colin Blant, Gordon Harris, Dave Thomas.
Everton: Gordon West, Tommy Wright, Ray Wilson, John Hurst, Brian Labone, Colin Harvey, Alan Ball, Jimmy Husband, Fred Pickering, Jimmy Gabriel, Johnny Morrissey. Sub not used: Sandy Brown.
Referee: Mr J. E. Carr (Sheffield).
Attendance: 11,634.
Colin Blant fails to convert a brilliant cross from Dave Thomas
The first time around? Why did we miss out on him = Everton that Burnley were a good feedr club for us too - Trevor Stephen Martin Dobson -
The teams on the day of his debut were; in a 1-1 draw - Bally getting scoring a pen when Jimmy Husband was fouled for the equaliser -
Burnley: Harry Thomson, Fred Smith, Alex Elder, Sammy Todd, John Angus, Les Latcham, Willie Morgan, Andy Lochhead (Brian O’Neil 67), Colin Blant, Gordon Harris, Dave Thomas.
Everton: Gordon West, Tommy Wright, Ray Wilson, John Hurst, Brian Labone, Colin Harvey, Alan Ball, Jimmy Husband, Fred Pickering, Jimmy Gabriel, Johnny Morrissey. Sub not used: Sandy Brown.
Referee: Mr J. E. Carr (Sheffield).
Attendance: 11,634.
Colin Blant fails to convert a brilliant cross from Dave Thomas
The first time around? Why did we miss out on him = Everton that Burnley were a good feedr club for us too - Trevor Stephen Martin Dobson -
Members of the Everton's 1938-39 Championship squad are pictured at Liverpool Lime Street Station TG Jones far back left stated they won the league at a canter -
1979 ANDY KING thunders a shot in -
Lovely playing surface - Everton Vs Carlisle FA Cup 1968 thousand blues fans locked out in this 4th round all ticket game - they climbed trees to get a partial view of this cup tie which we won 2-0 Husband got the first here's Big Joe sealing the game with the 2nd goal -
Royston Vernon scored 111 goals in his 200 matches for the Toffees, despite his habit of smoking in the tunnel both pre- and post-match as he was a prolific chain smoker - if he had not touched the deadly weed he may have been better than Law & Greaves - he was prolific in speed over 9 yards. He also scored prolifically for Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City in his times there.
He had a thunderous shot and only ever missed one pen when he scuffed the ball-All the rest he could point to the keeper where he was aiming the ball, it still went in - for @roy vernon & co -
He had a thunderous shot and only ever missed one pen when he scuffed the ball-All the rest he could point to the keeper where he was aiming the ball, it still went in - for @roy vernon & co -
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