The Catt should have given Labby the Captaincy back - the dressing room was lost - Keith Newton - quote glad to see the back of him ....
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PSB1
Player Valuation: £8m
Paranoid manager plus new stand to be paid for.
Bristol Toffee
Player Valuation: Free Transfer
Randomly passed by Alan Ball’s old house yesterday whilst on a bus journey through Bolton. I always assumed he was of Blackpool origin.
allezlesbleus
Player Valuation: £35m
Funnily enough, I did have to give an assembly the day the news came through that he had died. I ditched what I had prepared and spoke about Bally instead. A few of the older staff knew what a player he had been.Did you have to break the news to the pupils as headmaster mate?I guess being in your mid forties back then it was easier for you to deal with than the Evertonian scholars
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
I remember it well mate,think it was just a year after we lost Labby too
Alex Young`s Cat
Player Valuation: £50k
A brilliant player. Of him it was said, "he only had two speeds, full speed and half time"
Kevsleftpeg
Player Valuation: £8m
Never saw him play but I have never heard my dad (RIP) talk about any other human being with as much enthusiasm as Alan Ball. He said he absolutely terrified the Kopites which is good enough for me. The only modern equivalents I can think of who did that are Ferguson and Kanchelskis (honourable mentions to James and Cahill). What a player Andrei was for that season.
T LEAFE
Player Valuation: £40m
My hero
The best player I've seen play for Everton.
I met him in the car park at Villa when he was commentating on the game. I introduced him to my son and we chatted for ages. He was very humble and gracious.
And teased my son about his ginger hair.
At least I got to introduce my son to the greatest Evertonian I have seen.
The best player I've seen play for Everton.
I met him in the car park at Villa when he was commentating on the game. I introduced him to my son and we chatted for ages. He was very humble and gracious.
And teased my son about his ginger hair.
At least I got to introduce my son to the greatest Evertonian I have seen.
If you watch City KDB that's the only midfielder that comes close to Bally- 18 goals for us from midfield plus created loads of assist on pitches like mud baths plus no protection from referees back then - the best ever midfielder to don a blue shirt for us ina pure footballing team - he was magical & he was a thorn in the team over the park - we could not afford him today ...
Imagine that now - Everton signing a young player who, just weeks earlier, had been the man of the match in a world cup final.
Everton v West Ham United - 1967 Alan Ball runs on goal - in a 2-0 win for the Blues - just look what a danger he was in the oppositions box - a true Box to Box midfielder who a midfield player kicked up in the air too -
No outskirts of Bolton Farnworth - Bolton rejected him as a youth player told his father - he only good enough to be a horse jockey lol - I bet they regretted letting him go
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