Marc bolan
Player Valuation: £6m
Just went on Wigan Web page he was player manager early 1970
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….yep, played quite a few games for Wigan. Fine player, good manager and still alive at 83 years of age.
….i remember him but didn’t know he was a local lad associated with Everton. Thinking we had Mulhearn, Barnet and Rankin as Academy goalkeepers around that time but not many coming through since.
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Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
Yes Andy Rankin left Everton because Gordon West was barring his path here at Everton, he had a great career with Watford and we got a very good fee off Arsenal for Barnet who I think played in an FA cup final for them.
You are right though Eggs I don’t think Everton,or Liverpool, have ever had a local goalkeeper who had a good career with their local clubs, maybe Albert Dunlop being the exception for Everton and possibly Ray Minshull for Liverpool but that’s going back quite a while!
Andy Rankin had a good run in the team if Westy got sometimes injured he was playing in goal on merit - the only problem was he was either brilliant or very poor - the 1/4 final away at Notts Forest was a good example - 2 - 0 up & we got beat 3-2 he had a howler that day - Geoff Barnett who I watched in the youth cup matches, he shone yet never really had a good run in the 1st team - yet Bob Wilson told Arsenal he was a good talent - & coached him well ....
Joe Royle stated after Andy's sad death this year he was the only player to turn up at Bellfield in a Robin reliant as he was on such a low wage even then ..... how times have changed for a professional footballer .....
Labby tackles Jimmy Greaves, 1967 -
Big Joe & Jimmy Husband v Spurs -
HK our greatest Manager - a great player for us too -
Ray Wilson = World Class left back -