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Derek Moore
2 Posted 12/03/2022 at 17:46:43
A different era. A different time. What a difference a day makes.

Tony Abrahams
3 Posted 12/03/2022 at 19:12:32
No airs or graces, just a very nice story, and in that different era; it seems that saying about being touched by Everton was very true.
Alan J Thompson
4 Posted 13/03/2022 at 05:57:29
After reading that and then the last paragraph on their passing almost brings you to tears.
Rick Tarleton
5 Posted 13/03/2022 at 07:27:08
A reminder of the days when footballers weren't celebrities. Very moving and emotional.
R.I.P.
Dave Abrahams
6 Posted 13/03/2022 at 12:02:55
Those were the days when Irene, Gordon's wife, earned more money than her footballing husband, she was called a working housewife, hardworking with no head in the clouds thinking she was better than anyone else. Nowadays, a lot of these wives and partners are called WAGS and think they are celebrities with not an ounce of talent between them.

I bet Irene and ladies like her were happier and much richer in spirit than most of todays footballers wives and partners, I think most of us fans were happier as well watching a much more evenly matched league game than todays money backed teams.

Dave Abrahams
7 Posted 13/03/2022 at 12:05:36
Dave (6), that first paragraph should have finished with: not an ounce of talent between them.
Dennis Stevens
8 Posted 14/03/2022 at 19:52:46
Clive Bloody Thomas!
Dennis Stevens
9 Posted 14/03/2022 at 19:53:00
Clive Bloody Thomas!
Brian Murray
10 Posted 14/03/2022 at 20:13:41
Dennis, after that joke of a ref display my dad wrote a letter to Lancaster Gate hq I think questioning Thomas and Emilyn taffy friendship amongst other things, Two cid in knocked on his nogsy door to ask him to explain his remarks. He just gave them a mouthful of abuse and slammed the door. As a kid it was hilarious to see.
Peter Mills
11 Posted 15/03/2022 at 12:54:55
“Football makes you quite tough”.

I think I’ll have that on my gravestone.

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