Well done for putting the link up Gerard, you being a red an all
Well done for putting the link up Gerard, you being a red an all
Nice thread
" If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from".
"I could have been a footballer - but I had a paper round"..Yosser Hughes
Everton 1931 Team. includes Dixie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJUA5GyUY8
Nice one Gnomie, I love those old newsreels.
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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
Winston Churchill
Ehhh you !!!..I can remember me old fella taking me t' watch the blues Ged and Alex Scott playing..
Following Jimmy Husband from the ground when I was about 8 and he'd be walkin down to Walton Road for the bus carryin' his liitle plassie Kit Bag with his boots in..Got his autograph on me hand...
Waitin for the gates to open at 3/4 time durin' all the 66 world Cup Games..
Big Bobs 30 goal season..Every game apart from..yeah..the one He got his 30th in..
Dave Thomas...Now He's what yer called a winger...
And he did'nt wear shinguards and had his socks down by his ankles..
Sooo- you're a blue - av I ad it wrong all this time - AGAIN........?
Hi all
For what it's worth -- and I don't know if there is any relation between the names -- there was a famous U.S. baseball pitcher named Dizzy Dean (1910–1974) who was a contemporary of Dixie Dean in terms of career. Both Dizzy Dean and Dixie Dean (1907-1980). have pages in Wikipedia and you will note they were both January babies, born six days apart -- the English football player on January 22 and the American baseball player on January 16, three years later.
Chris
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tribute to the late great Dixie Deans...
As a rabid red, we acknowledge the greats of our town which kept up the fierce rivalry otherwise we'd be like the mancs... a one horse town...
Happy Birthday Dixie mate...
Lemmo...
And we must also give credit to Tranmere Rovers, and Birkenhead!
My little bit of history on Dixie, states: (quote) "Dean crossed the water from his native Birkenhead after scoring 27 time in 27 games for Tranmere Rovers, for whom he made his league debut in January 1924" (unquote). So Everton must get the credit for 'seeing' the talent in this great footballer!
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