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1969-70 TV Camera Ban
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Can anybody enlighten me with regards to why there was a TV camera ban in force at Goodison Park during the second half of the 1969-70 Championship season. Thanks.
Brian Foley, Posted 01/05/2010 at 23:59:51
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My recollection is that this was linked to a huge mistake Catterick made.
He appeared on “Sportsnight with Coleman” on the BBC discussing the Everton team and, unbelievable as it may sound, ran through the strengths and weaknesses of the various players.
The real killer was his assessment of Gordon West and his weakness at dealing with crosses. Result? A stream of crosses from future opponents and the RS calling him Dracula.
I also think there were one or two tactical ploys we used which suddenly got highlighted and which opponents then developed methods for addressing. For instance, Jimmy Husband used to head on corners from the near post towards the waiting Joe Royle near the penalty spot. There was another near post ploy involving Alan Ball and Joe Royle which led to a headed goal at Leeds.
Catterick decided we were getting too much TV exposure and that it was beginning to affect our results. Hence the ban.
He appeared on “Sportsnight with Coleman” on the BBC discussing the Everton team and, unbelievable as it may sound, ran through the strengths and weaknesses of the various players.
The real killer was his assessment of Gordon West and his weakness at dealing with crosses. Result? A stream of crosses from future opponents and the RS calling him Dracula.
I also think there were one or two tactical ploys we used which suddenly got highlighted and which opponents then developed methods for addressing. For instance, Jimmy Husband used to head on corners from the near post towards the waiting Joe Royle near the penalty spot. There was another near post ploy involving Alan Ball and Joe Royle which led to a headed goal at Leeds.
Catterick decided we were getting too much TV exposure and that it was beginning to affect our results. Hence the ban.
I suppose he hought he was doing the right thing, but the irony is that he robbed the world of a legacy of how good that team was. We'd have won the League anyway, TV cameras or not.
Shot himself in the foot really. He'd never cope in today's game would he?
Shot himself in the foot really. He'd never cope in today's game would he?
Mike, Tony, Karl — Thanks.
Yes I remember that action by Catterick- a public relations gaff of the highest order as it gave the likes of our main Northern rivals the benefit of all the publicity that came with the TV coverage. One thing he was never able to answer was that the TV coverage never seemed to harm the other clubs. In terms of public relations he seemed to be more in tune with the guys of that era who occupied the Kremlin rather than his fellow football managers such as Joe Mercer, Matt Busby and Bill Shankly.
As we were, for those days, effectively running away with the League and Football aka MotD and the whole Beatles / Liverpool thing was in vogue, we were featured in an in depth piece.
Now I don't remember the ins and outs of what was shown and if it was just before or just after the Sandy Brown own goal, but he was ripped to bits as the weakest of weak links. Much to the detrement of Sandy's confidence and Harry's good temper.
As some previously mentioned the nuts and bolts, whys and werefors were highlighted. Not I'm sure the usual showbiz celeb Besties disco hair salon etc. fluff piece that maybe it was sold to Harry as.
Harry had his blind spots as we all do. He was a child of his times, the 40s and 50s and while TV was relatively new it was evolving at a rate of knots and Harry was still in the centre-part era and Brylcreem was state of the art.
He after that went on record that TV (and the mooted summer football) would be the ruination of the game.
Sky, the Prem and the Champions League...
Before you judge Harry too harshly, the whole business side of EFC is no better now at seeing the wood for the trees than it was then.
Can YOU say hand on heart that they have been good for us...
I can't.
Now I don't remember the ins and outs of what was shown and if it was just before or just after the Sandy Brown own goal, but he was ripped to bits as the weakest of weak links. Much to the detrement of Sandy's confidence and Harry's good temper.
As some previously mentioned the nuts and bolts, whys and werefors were highlighted. Not I'm sure the usual showbiz celeb Besties disco hair salon etc. fluff piece that maybe it was sold to Harry as.
Harry had his blind spots as we all do. He was a child of his times, the 40s and 50s and while TV was relatively new it was evolving at a rate of knots and Harry was still in the centre-part era and Brylcreem was state of the art.
He after that went on record that TV (and the mooted summer football) would be the ruination of the game.
Sky, the Prem and the Champions League...
Before you judge Harry too harshly, the whole business side of EFC is no better now at seeing the wood for the trees than it was then.
Can YOU say hand on heart that they have been good for us...
I can't.
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