It
all
depends
on your
age, I
suspect.
Who is
Tony
Kay?
He
was one
of three
Sheffield
Wednesday
players
(David
Layne
and
Peter
Swan
being
the
other
two) to
be
charged
with
conspiracy
to
defraud
back in
the
early
1960s.
After
losing a
match at
Ipswich
Town,
The
People
newspaper
broke
the
story.
Incidentally,
the same
newspaper
gave him
a man of
the
match
rating
for the
same
game...
However,
to a
generation
of
Evertonians,
Tony Kay
remains
"in
the
circle",
a great
player
and
ex-captain,
still
fondly
remembered
by all
who saw
him play
in the
Royal
Blue -
and
those
who grew
up with
an
appreciation
of those
halycon
days...
ONCE
A BLUE,
ALWAYS A
BLUE
The
man
himself,
with a
few
words as
we
celebrated
100
seasons
of top
flight
football,
recalling
his time
at
Everton
Football
Club:
"I
couldn’t
help but
notice
Everton
Football
Club has
been
hitting
the
headlines
of late,
which
fills me
with
joy. But
every
time I
open a
newspaper,
my mind
is
transported
back to
the
first
day of
the
season
when I
was
invited
to
Goodison
Park to
join in
the 100
years
celebrations.
What a
day that
was.
When
the
invitation
landed
on my
mat, it
dawned
on me
that I
hadn’t
been to
Goodison
for
almost
40
years.
On the
promise
of
meeting
up with
some of
my
teammates,
it didn’t
take too
much to
persuade
me to
accept -
in spite
of the
fact I
wasn’t
sure if
there
would be
anybody
old
enough
to
remember
who I
am!
It
was
glorious
and
sunny as
I walked
up to
the
ground
from the
famous
old
Netley
and
Evertonians
were
swarming
the
streets.
It was
great to
see that
although
two
generations
had
passed,
the
atmosphere
hadn’t
changed
one bit.
There
was the
air of
expectancy
that new
Management
and the
promise
of a
fresh
start
brings
and to
see
Goodison
looking
so
splendid,
basked
in
sunshine
was
something
that
will
remain
with me
forever.
There
were so
many of
the Old
Boys on
parade
that
day, all
in
various
stages
of
decay! I
was
thrilled
to bits
to see
Alex
Young,
Labby,
Wally
Fielding
and Sir
Billy
Bingham.
Gordon
West
looks
like he
might
have a
couple
of games
left in
him now
as he’s
got a
new knee
and I
swear
Dave
Hickson
must
have a
really
old
portrait
of
himself
in the
attic
– he
looks
fabulous.
Then
there
were the
younger
generations
of
players
who’d
dedicated
their
best
years to
Everton.
I felt
enormously
proud to
have
been
included
alongside
such
great
servants
of the
Club but
couldn’t
help
wonder
what had
happened
to John
Bailey’s
hair!
The
players
went out
of the
tunnel
in
pairs, I
was
teamed
up with
Big Dave
Watson
and we
were
last
out. I
hadn’t
really
known
what to
expect,
but when
they
called
my name,
I heard
the
crowd
cheer
and it
was
quite
overwhelming.
People
were
calling
me over
to shake
their
hands
and
wishing
me well.
It took
me much
longer
to get
to the
Bullens
Road
than it
used to.
I
always
had a
good
rapport
with the
Evertonians;
they
were
never
judgemental
and
although
I was
only on
Merseyside
for a
short
time, I
had the
lovely
warm
feeling
of ‘going
home’.
We
were all
presented
with a
shirt
that day
and I
wear
mine
with
pride at
the
sports
club I
run down
in
London.
There
are a
few
Arsenal
and West
Ham fans
here, so
it never
fails to
rub
somebody
up the
wrong
way.
I’m
delighted
to see
Everton
doing so
well
under
the
guidance
of David
Moyes.
He’s a
young
and
ambitious
man with
brave
new
ideas.
It’s
nothing
less
than a
club of
Everton’s
stature
deserves.
I
believe
Everton
Football
Club
will go
from
strength
to
strength
and I
for one
will be
cheering
them on
in my
Everton
shirt
from
down
South.
Good
luck to
you all
and I
wish you
well, it
was
great to
be back."
He
was one
of three
Sheffield
Wednesday
players
(David
Layne
and
Peter
Swan
being
the
other
two) to
be
charged
with
conspiracy
to
defraud
back in
the
early
1960s.
After
losing a
match at
Ipswich
Town,
The
People
newspaper
broke
the
story.
Incidentally,
the same
newspaper
gave him
a man of
the
match
rating
for the
same
game...
"
There
were so
many of
the Old
Boys on
parade
that
day, all
in
various
stages
of
decay! I
was
thrilled
to bits
to see
Alex
Young,
Labby,
Wally
Fielding
and Sir
Billy
Bingham.
Gordon
West
looks
like he
might
have a
couple
of games
left in
him now
as he’s
got a
new knee
and I
swear
Dave
Hickson
must
have a
really
old
portrait
of
himself
in the
attic
– he
looks
fabulous.
Then
there
were the
younger
generations
of
players
who’d
dedicated
their
best
years to
Everton.
I felt
enormously
proud to
have
been
included
alongside
such
great
servants
of the
Club but
couldn’t
help
wonder
what had
happened
to John
Bailey’s
hair!
I
always
had a
good
rapport
with the
Evertonians;
they
were
never
judgemental
and
although
I was
only on
Merseyside
for a
short
time, I
had the
lovely
warm
feeling
of ‘going
home’.
I
believe
Everton
Football
Club
will go
from
strength
to
strength
and I
for one
will be
cheering
them on
in my
Everton
shirt
from
down
South.
