Old Everton Pictures

[Joey66]

For @roy vernon & co Gabby nods it down for Roy to thunder a shot in to open the scoring in a Derby game which we won -

Vernon beats centre-half Yeats to a ball headed downwards by Gabriel and hits it on the half-volley into the Liverpool net to put Everton in the lead.

 

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For @Eggs & co -

 

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A young Westy -

 

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Ray Wilson, a World class left fullback for us -

 

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Imre Varadi - an enigma of a player for us - v Arsenal -

 

[Joey66]

The little Pocket gem purchased from Celtic - like Bally sold far too soon -

 

[Joey66]

A young Fred Pickering signed in 1964 - a goal machine for us, a complete no 9 -

 

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Another complete no 9 for us & future manager -

 

[Joey66]

The GV, the most idolised player I have ever known -

 

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For @BigMick _ T G JONES - the Prince of Centre Halves -

 

[Joey66]

For @roy vernon & co just found this clip on the master -

 

[westychan]

His stature as a player was far worse - if it was raining he looked like a wet Echo skin & bone - but I can tell you he was dynamite as a player creative & a player with a thunderous shot - as a pen taker he took most almost 100% conversion rate - & he took a lot of pens deadly accurate into the inside of the net by the post - he had the cheek to point which corner he would hit the ball to the keeper - & in it went like a thunderbolt -

Evidently he took pens as a schoolboy & he started as a fast winger - his chain-smoking in the words of the GV stopped him from being the no 1 forward in his era - the only player the GV knew who could smoke after a game to smoke in the showers ...

A rebel who was made captain of our club never got the accolades the GV ever got - yet he was an amazing classy inside forward who with the GV fetched us the title in 1963 & he topped the goal scoring charts 10-12 where pens though ....

for @roy vernon & co -

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Pure poetry you wrote here mate

 

[TangerineToffee]

Surely scoring a hat-trick for England or hat-trick on his Everton Debut would rank higher as
Career highlights go

You had to be there on the night. He was at a reunion of the team some years ago at a special night at BR and he intimated in his speech that it was right up there with his career highlights. You have to remember Fred had a lot of near misses in his career and that April night in 1970 was a big win for him.