"Watch Classic Matches Again"

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Coventry at home title year 1987.

What a great header that was from Heath! Good times..

 

[kithnou]

What a great header that was from Heath! Good times..

Can watch that team all day long

 

[Joey66]

What a great header that was from Heath! Good times..

Kevin Sheedy rated him as the blues best striker in his autobiography only Inchy got injured and lost his place!

 

[rochdaleblue]

Agree with you. I have respect for United. OK they are a franchise brand now but they have produced great players and fine teams.

What irks is the whole hoo ha that has surrounded them. George Best was a lovely player, elegant and graceful but in trawling through youtube vids I have found precious few of these dribbling runs that beat 5 players we hear so much of but see so few of. More often than not beats a man before pushing the ball too far and losing it. How many cup finals of any type did he play in? One. We are told he scored all his goals from the wing....no he did not. All the post 1967 vids show he played as a free ranging centre forward whatever number he wore. Everton, Liverpool, City and especially Leeds had comparable teams with comparable players.

Imagine an injury free Eddie Gray playing for a media favourite? Imagine Alex Young?

Not knocking United or Best. He was lovely talent. Just looking for some balance behind all the guff and blather and sentiment.

Well I guess my late father would disagree with you. Alan ball was the best Everton player he ever saw, and best was the best none everton player he saw. He said as has been mentioned in this thread, we used to double up on him in the late 60s to try and nullify his threat. Great balance, good in the air for his size, great acceleration and was brave my dad said. Oh how he wished him and ball had played in the same team. My dad said ball was the heartbeat of the team, a superb player who had everything and led by example. I guess football is all about opinions and maybe playing for United (media darlings) gave best more exposure but no one can deny the lads talent.

 

[jaycee]

Imagine a pitch like that today!!!!

 

[Joey66]

Imagine a pitch like that today!!!!

Like playing on a wet beach!lol

 

[Merseyzig]

if you follow the link from the Echo website you won't see it properly, but here is some cracking footage of Dean and comrades versus the Viet Cong in September 1928. Although there is no footage of the deciding goal, we won 1-0:
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-liverpool-football-derby-1928/

 

[Merseyzig]

Or take your pick from the selection here: http://player.bfi.org.uk/search/?q=Everton Football Club

Oh for a time machine. What must have Goodison sounded and smelt like during that Edwardian era, and then during Dixie's time? One of the Newcastle players in one of those clips looked like a proper hard case, too.

(apologies if this link has been posted before)

 

[Dario Terracotta]

1977 League Cup Final first replay at Hillsborough,grainy footage of the goals

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Dave Watson Testimonial v Rangers 1997.

 

[summerisle]

if you follow the link from the Echo website you won't see it properly, but here is some cracking footage of Dean and comrades versus the Viet Cong in September 1928. Although there is no footage of the deciding goal, we won 1-0:
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-liverpool-football-derby-1928/

Love the hat/cap waving.

 

[summerisle]

Or take your pick from the selection here: http://player.bfi.org.uk/search/?q=Everton Football Club

Oh for a time machine. What must have Goodison sounded and smelt like during that Edwardian era, and then during Dixie's time? One of the Newcastle players in one of those clips looked like a proper hard case, too.

(apologies if this link has been posted before)

Great those. Noticed a kid, no older than about ten lighting up. Total absence of scarves, wonder when they came in ? The ref, in plus fours, looked liked he'd just come from his Club for a brisk stroll. Also noticed what looked like a brass band.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Great those. Noticed a kid, no older than about ten lighting up. Total absence of scarves, wonder when they came in ? The ref, in plus fours, looked liked he'd just come from his Club for a brisk stroll. Also noticed what looked like a brass band.

I think the brass bands remained at a few grounds up til the late 1960s,there's one in the Golden Vision documentary at Highbury for our game there iirc.

 

[summerisle]

I think the brass bands remained at a few grounds up til the late 1960s,there's one in the Golden Vision documentary at Highbury for our game there iirc.

Did they come on at half-time?

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Did they come on at half-time?

yep think so in the GV mate.