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Reader Responses

Selected thoughts from readers

Darren Hind
1 Posted 11/11/2019 at 05:51:42
I got goose bumps reading that. Elliot

A fantastic piece about a fantastic player

The way we were

David Pearl
4 Posted 11/11/2019 at 10:49:08
To ban ‘all’ English clubs hurt the whole English game non more so of course than Everton. I will never forgive them lot for that. Why not just ban them?

The best chance we've ever had to win the CL taken away from us and we’ve not had the chance again in over 30 years. What a team that was.

Peter Mills
5 Posted 11/11/2019 at 12:01:52
Trevor was a wonderful player to watch, an immaculate first touch and he would glide with the ball. He had a great shot, and scored a few with his head too. He was also very unselfish and a grafter, doing much covering for his full back

He seemed destined to sign for the rs, but just as Catterick plucked Howard Kendall out of their hands, Kendall nipped in to pinch him from Burnley. A great signing, his eventual sad departure was just one more consequence of the European ban brought about by Heysel.

He continued a fantastic career with Rangers and Marseille, seeming to win a title medal every year - I think he ended up with 9.

I’m quite happy to admit that a tear still comes into my eye every time I see film of him cruising down onto the Gwladys Street goal to stroke in his goal against Bayern. I will never tire of it.

Tricky Trev, a class act.

Jack Convery
6 Posted 11/11/2019 at 12:51:13
Robbed of greatness and enhanced reputations. We have not seen their ilk since mores the pity.
Francis van Lierop
7 Posted 11/11/2019 at 14:29:02
Brilliant. Darren summed it up perfectly.
Geoff Cadman
8 Posted 11/11/2019 at 14:51:42
I saw the film yesterday, a must for all Toffees. We new they where a great side I now know why. David Prentice said in today's Echo that all the present Squad should watch it and learn what it means to play for our great club.
John G Davies
9 Posted 11/11/2019 at 15:58:01
Best balanced Everton team I have watched. Had the lot.

On the way to away games, no matter who the opposition, the talk was not if we could win, it was how many we would score.

If not for the ban this team would have dominated Europe. If you listen to the CWC final game Brian Clough says the same.
Steve Ferns
10 Posted 11/11/2019 at 18:10:25
It’s surreal to read about something you were alive for, was present at a lot of it, but too young to really remember or appreciate. Signed photos of Tricky Trev, Inchy, and Andy Gray adorned my walls, but my favourite was my massive poster (from Shoot magazine I think) of Big Nev in that red jersey waving the ECWC trophy.

Great article.

Paul Tran
11 Posted 11/11/2019 at 19:27:14
Great piece, Ell. That was a wonderful, relentless team and Trevor was a great study of subtlety. He was such a good mover I'd always check whether his feet touched the ground when he ran. He scored so many great goals. What a player! Can't wait for this DVD to drop through my letter box.
Mark Andersson
13 Posted 11/11/2019 at 22:23:21
Im just hoping that someone buys me the dvd for Christmas.

Fortunately I witnessed those glory years at the right age to appreciate just how good that team and players were...

Steve Carter
14 Posted 12/11/2019 at 06:21:54
Yep, the best of times. No doubt their grand kids mates plead with them to show granddad's "FA Cup Final Song" vid every time they come round.
Dave Ganley
15 Posted 12/11/2019 at 14:01:28
Echo what Darren said, great article from a great period.

To be honest my favourite game from that period was the rearranged derby game at the back end of the 84/85 season at goodison when Paul Wilkinson scored the winner. Stood in a packed Gwladys street all singing "Hand it over Liverpool" in regards to the league title trophy, real goosebumps thinking about that game. Finally payback for the years of misery from the RS

Eddie Dunn
17 Posted 13/11/2019 at 18:47:02
It just makes me appreciate what I saw first hand. I was gutted at the ban and was so disappointed when Trevor and Gary went to Rangers, but I never really considered how individually all of their careers were blighted. These days they would all go to Spain, Germany or Italy, back then, Glasgow! Great days though, great days.
Frank Crewe
18 Posted 15/11/2019 at 17:40:14
Watched this a couple of nights ago. Great memories. If we had a few of those players now all our troubles would be over.
I loved the anecdotes. Especially John Bailey with his 2 roomed "apartheid".

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