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Peter Farley
1 Posted 16/11/2020 at 09:58:12
Really great story. They were great players then, tough as nails. Hard men but gentlemen off the field.
Brendan Connolly
2 Posted 16/11/2020 at 23:15:33
Another great read, thanks Rob.
Horace Barrell – another fantastic name.

Tosh must have been highly thought of to be afforded the luxury of the Midland Hotel. I bet he was the envy of his teammates.

Don Alexander
3 Posted 16/11/2020 at 00:06:45
Poignant to read that Dixie, Johnson and Mercer were all so critical of chance-creating football at Goodisin in 1969, a season of great football to 14 year-old me!

Dammit, if I'd been born 40 years earlier, I could have "enjoyed" Everton's first relegation season, I suppose!

Good read though, and thank you, Rob Sawyer!

Derek Thomas
4 Posted 17/11/2020 at 00:42:26
Great stuff, Rob... Proper characters back then and they were right, Rhapsody in Blue sums up those late '60s years.
Paul Birmingham
5 Posted 17/11/2020 at 22:45:12
Thanks Rob, a fabulous story.

Incredible to think what such players would be worth in today’s times.

Rob Sawyer
6 Posted 19/11/2020 at 11:30:16
Thanks for the kind comments, everyone.
Don A (5) - just to clarify:- Dixie spoke warmly of the late 1960s Everton team (the 'Rhapsody in Blue') but he was disparaging of 1960s football in the wider context - as was Tosh.
Chris Williams
7 Posted 19/11/2020 at 12:01:42
Another of my fathers favourite players in one of his favourite Everton teams.
Paul Hughes
8 Posted 19/11/2020 at 17:46:38
Thanks Rob, a great story. I see that Tosh's 1920's scoring record for City was eventually beaten by one of their modern day stars.
I doubt Everton's scoring record from the same era will ever be matched, but wouldn't it be great if we could find a modern day player to score 30 goals a season for 15 seasons!
Mike Owen
9 Posted 21/11/2020 at 15:05:15
Yet another very good piece, Rob.

Thanks, I enjoyed reading it.

Oh, if only in 1966 someone had taken a tape recorder to that FA Cup banquet and interviewed all those 1933 players

What's 33 years on from 1995?
Oh heck, it's 2028!

Mike Gaynes
10 Posted 21/11/2020 at 15:51:58
Another lovely entry from your historian's treasure trove, Rob. And what a bonus to enjoy Alan's memories of his father and Dixie, memories still clear in his 90's. Is Alan still with us?
Rob Sawyer
11 Posted 21/11/2020 at 23:06:40
Thanks for the kind words. Mike (10): Sadly Alan died in January 2018, less than a year after his wonderful and vivid memories were captured for posterity at the Etihad.
Bob McEvoy
12 Posted 23/11/2020 at 18:58:36
Lovely stuff, Rob. I always enjoy your articles.

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