Becky reads your posts to Tony Kay

I have nothing to offer about Tony Kay, having never watched him. I only go off what my father and the wise elders say about him.

That he would have probably kept Harvey out of the team. That he would have been in the England 1966 World Cup winning team ahead of Bobby Moore.

It is more that fitting he will be at Goodison.

I concur, those greats shouldn't be led out at the end. There is too much risk. Before the match and it should be them walking the teams out to the siren and Z-Cars once all the supporters are in place.

if it delays kick off by 10 minutes, so be it. Southampton are relegated, we're going to finish 13th. The day is about remembering Goodison. And winning of course.

I was lucky enough to see Tony Kay play for us, and for my money, although we have had some tremendous midfield players, Tony was the best.

Had the stupid ban been imposed on his England internationals, Swan and Layne, then it would have been Tony dancing round Wembley with the World Cup, not Nobby Stiles who wasn't in the same class as Tony.

He was ferocious in the tackle and I can't remember him ever losing a 50/50 even though there were some very tough players around in his day.

His reading of the game and distribution were excellent. I am delighted he will be among the many ex-players being presented to the crowd on Saturday. I am sure he will get the ovation he deserves.

MK - that email address doesn't work (and yes, I know how to enter it correctly - I just did the Bobs Learning Cyber security course)

Ahh, Becky Tallentire - there's a name from the past. Memories of the Netley flooding back (perhaps the wrong turn of phrase thinking back to the Netleys dodgy gents...)

Hi Becky!

I met Tony Kay whilst playing in the London Old Boys league about 30 years ago. My team, the Old Thorntonians, were away to some team in South London and after the game we went into the clubhouse bar. There were Everton photos all over the wall and I asked a friendly looking chap why? He said, "cos I used to play for them". It was Tony Kay. I blathered something like, "I wish you still did" and he just laughed and said, "yeah, so do I"! Given he must've been about 60 then I can understand the giggle. We had a short chat, I don't remember the details, but he was warm and friendly and seemed happy to chat to a Blue, even though I never got to see him play as my first game was 1968.

UTFT

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Tony Kay.
What a player. A rottweiler in the tackle and then when
he'd won the ball he was off with pace and determination.
He had a presence about him on the pitch you could almost
feel.
A tough skilled player. You'd want him in the trenches with you.
Everton playing Blackburn Rovers at Goodison, who were a good
footballing team at the time. They were attacking, Tony tackled
their player. He didn't get up. Tony was off with the ball .
Matt Woods was their centre half, a big tough no nonsense player.
He ran straight for Tony. There was collective intake of breath
from the 40,000 plus at Goodison. Everybody could see what was
going to happen even the tea lady.
Tony looked up, in an instant he hit the ball with great power
and it hit Woods in the stomache.
He went down like a sack of potatoes. Tony ran past him like he
was discarded ciggy packet .
There was a momentary silence then a collective exhail.
We weren't quite sure what we had just seen.
Sixty years plus and it's as clear today as it was then.
Every time I see the name Tony Kay I remember and I also
remember what a great loss his ban was to Everton and English
football.
In a team of Everton greats he stood out .