SHANNON TO COACH AT ARSENAL 
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 02 August 1962
Position New Next Week 
By Michael Charters
Leslie Shannon, Everton coach for the past three years, has accepted the post of chief coach to Arsenal and starts his new duties next Tuesday.  Mr. Shannon, the former Liverpool and Burnley inside forward and wing -half, and an ex- Liverpool schoolboy star, came to Goodison Park in the era of John Carey as manager.  He was on the short list for  the post of manager at Derby  County this summer, and  when the ex-England captain  Billy Wright became manager  at Arsenal, and learned that  Mr. Shannon was seeking a  'move from Everton, he contacted  him and the arrangement  was completed to-day. 

LES SHANNON JOINS ARSENAL
Liverpool Daily Post- Friday, August 3, 1962
Les Shannon who has been Everton coach for three years yesterday accepted the post of chief coach at Arsenal.  He begins his new duties at Highbury next Tuesday. 

EVERTON SHAREHOLDERS CANVASSED
Liverpool Echo - Monday 06 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton F.C. are conducting a house-to-house canvass of their shareholders with the aim of regularizing their share register. Because original shareholders had the privilege of buying two season-tickets at a cost of 7s 6d the pair, those who bought such shares later frequently held them in the name of the original holder and thus retained the privilege. The move now is to ask shareholders whose names do not appear on their shareholders’ tickets to make the necessary transfer to their own names.  I understand that League clubs visiting Everton complained that they lose on a deal which perpetuates the rights of certain shareholders to have a season's football for 3s 9d.  The Football Association have ruled, I understand, that the holding of shares in the names of people long deceased is wrong.  Lancashire's success so far against Yorkshire and what a joy it was to see Statham bowling as well as ever at Old Trafford on Saturday—reminds me that when they visit Aigburth next season the match will begin on a Saturday. 
The come-back  . . . 
Reader C. Noviski writes: "After noting some of the remarks printed in your paper since the publication of my letter. I would be very grateful if you would extend to me the same privilege as you did to Mr. Catterick and allow me to defend myself.  "Apparently - there's a great deal of complacency amongst some Everton supporters, which is shared by the Echo sports staff. To me this complacency appears to be based on the most illogical reasons, on ideas and thoughts which I usually associate with the Liverpool team supporters.  .."You ask why I did not name Ipswich among my list of teams and then accuse me of giving myself odds. I  mentioned Spurs, Burnley, Manchester United and Arsenal  with the intention of showing that there were at least four  other different groups of supporters who had more reason  than Everton supporters in feeling optimistic about their  team's chances, despite the claims that we are being given  the best in football. And as far as I can see your own addition to this list does nothing but support my opinion. Mr.  Catterick's reply I found far from satisfactory.  "All he appeared to do was to repeat the reasons for my first letter. Even so, after reading his remarks I feel even less confident in the Everton board to give us the best. He must be a strange manager who does nothing to bring about a Law, Young, Vernon trio, and even a stranger one who cannot visualize it blending. May I ask what is this mysterious thing that our present inside-right can do which Law can't' Even then, if there is a position in the side which lacks a certain amount of ability and achance for improving it occurs, then it should be improved, disregarding whether it's the weakest position or not. If Everton’s claims are sincere they should not find these ideas too demanding. 
The helpers helper 
"Mr. McMahon has difficult- in wing his criticisms clearly. In his first paragraph he implies that Everton's  failure lies in the fact that they did not follow Burnley's  policy in developing local talent but insisted on spending  large amounts in an effort to bring strangers into the  house, and yet in the next line he blames Everton not for  signing Young but for not buying his helper also! What sort of a policy does he support? If this anonymous helper happened by chance to play inside-right would he have dropped Collins at that time? Anyhow, why put go one step further and sign the helper's helper? What about the goalkeeper who booted the ball to the helper who helped the helper who helped Young to score? Why not sign the whole team, not forgetting, of course, the manager who coached them?  "Mr. Murray condemns me for mentioning Law. Baker &c., and then in his own remedy names Brabrook and Connelly.  "His claim that Spurs allowed their team to remain unchanged for three or four years are not true. In 1958.  Spurs signed White and in 1959 Brown and Mac Kay were signed. One, year later, during the season 1960-1961, Spurs won the double. The claims that Everton would have won the League, if they had won more games, can apply to Burnley, or to Spurs or to Sheffield United. Really Mr.  Murray, these are typical consolations adopted by all those who support teams which lack that extra quality.  "One cannot help but admire the enterprise of Spurs where deeds speak a great deal louder than words. Where skill is placed above all other qualities. Where nothing but the best will do.

CHEDGZOY AND GAULT MEET 36 YEARS OLD…
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 07 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Two famous Everton players of the past—Sam  Chedgzoy and Ernie Gault—yarned for six hours  on end when they met after an interval of 36 years  in a Montreal hotel a few days ago. Chedgzoy who played many times for England and who was one of the fastest right wingers Everton ever had, finished his playing career in New Brunswick when he was nearly 50 years of age. Ernie Gault has lived for years in Liverpool and met his old teammate during an 18 months holiday with a married daughter in Canada. He told me "As soon as Sam stepped into the foyer of the hotel where we had arranged to meet I recognised him.  "There was something unmistakably Chedgzoy about his step. He looks fine, though, like me, he's 73 years of age.  He maintains his links with Liverpool by meeting friends in the crew of the Carinthia. He's working with a stock-broking firm; doing well and spends most of his evenings playing golf. He never winters in Canada. His blood,he says, won't stand it. So he packs his clubs and moves down to Florida—follows the sun like the golf professionals."  Chedgzoy joined Everton from Burnell's ironworks,in Ellesmere Port, in 1909, the same year Gault, an inside forward, was brought to Goodison Park from his native Wallsend-on-Tyne. Sam told Ernie that the happiest days in his football life were the three years they spent as partners in the reserve team at the start of their careers.  We were both playing well, but there was no place for us in the first team." says Ernie. "Mr. Cuff sent for us, told us he was sorry they could not promote us and gave  us an extra pound a week each to show that our form in  the Central League side had not passed un-noticed."  Ernie tells the story of one of the first tactical talks ever put over at Goodison Park. Trainer Jock Elliott used corks to demonstrate how moves would be made. Tim Coleman indignant about the newfangled system,swept them all off the board and roared " Aye, and while we’re making patterns what are the other team doing—standing still?”
DISTINCT DIFFERENCE
Fellow- traveler with Ernie Gault on the boat which brought him home was the Burnley chairman, Bob Lord.  “The game’s different now Ernie,” he said, “It’s so much faster, d’ye see?”  To which the old Evertonian retorted “Faster my foot.  The ball travels faster but the game and the players don’t!  Some of them forget to take the ball.  Give me the likes of Clem Stephenson, Bob Kelly and a few others and you could have all your speed merchants. They had speed and could do a bit with the ball, too."  I could not help contrasting the articulate, intelligent, fit, well turned-out old Everton servant with some of his modern contemporaries. The moderns looked pretty sick by comparison. 
Matt McPeake, the old Everton player, sent a great number of Liverpool boys to Sheffield Wednesday when Harry Catterick was there. Now Matt has joined the Everton scouting staff. 

YOUNG SHOULD BE FIT FOR EVERTON OPENING
Liverpool Daily Post- Thursday August 9, 1962
By Jack Rowe
Everton’s Scottish international centre forward Alex Young is still having trouble with feet blisters, but is doing an all out training session at least twice a week and all the indications are that he will lead the Goodison Park attack in the opening game of the new season at Burnley on August 18.  In fact the Everton side is unlikely to show any major change from tat which finished last season for although Parker has re-signed his match fitness is in doubt and the full back positions are almost certain to go to Thomson and Meagan.  With more than a week to go before the start of what will be the most exciting season on Merseyside for many years, Mr. Catterick and Mr. Shankley are not yet revealing their hands for the first games, but unless there is any late sensational development-and this is unlikely at the moment-they will have to make their choice from what they have.  From Mr. Catterick’s the announcement for the Burnley match is likely to read;- West; Thomson, Meagan; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Temple. 
EVERTON TO HELP YOUNGSTERS
Everton are to encourage their young players to learn another trade or profession.  At their first Press open day yesterday, Mr. Moores, the chairman, said Everton are to employ tutors and instructors to enable their young professionals to learn a profession or trade of their own choosing. 

EVERTON AGREE TERMS FOR BRABROOK
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 09 August 1962
WINGER FROM CHELSEA
TALKS WITH CLUB
By Leslie Edwards
Everton and Chelsea agreed terms to-day for the transfer of Chelsea and England right-winger, Peter Brabrook. It is understood that the fee is  in the neighbourhood of 30,000.  Brabrook, aged 24,a Londoner and a single man is travelling to Liverpool to-morrow for further discussions with the club who seek him. He had no inkling of Everton's interest in him until; he was called to a secret rendezvous in London this morning to confer with the Everton Manager, Mr. Harry Catterick, and the Chelsea chief. Mr. Tom Docherty.  The conference was the sequel to telephone conversation between the two clubs lastevening; Mr. Catterick flew to London this morning.  He announced the agreement of the clubs shortly before mid-day. 
SPEED AND PUNCH 
Brabrook's speed and punch  could be an invaluable help  at Goodison Park, where the  opening programme is a  severe one and Young  blistered feet) and Temple  (sprained ankle) are forwards  who may not be available for  all matches in the busy  beginning of the season.  Brabrook, who has played, three times for England, stands 5ft 10 ½  ins, weighs 12, stones and has played more than 250 League games for Chelsea, for whom he signed professional forms just after his 17th birthday. He is a native of Greenwich. He joined Chelsea when only 15 on the recommendation of Jimmy Thompson, the famous’ Chelsea forward of the 1920's.  A notable schoolboy player he had played for East Ham, Essex and London. Later he gained England Youth caps. 
ASKED FOR MOVE 
His development at Stamford Bridge came under the management of Ted Drake.  During the close season Brabrook stated that he wanted a move and indicated that he never wanted to play again for Chelsea.  Brabrook would become Harry Catterick's fourth signing at Goodison Park. Goalkeeper Gordon West was brought in towards the end of last season and later Dennis Stevens of Bolton. Earlier, Everton had taken winger, Veall, from Doncaster Rovers.  The last deal between Everton and Chelsea was over winger Bobby Laverick, who was subsequently transferred to Brighton.  Everton have always maintained that they would strengthen their team when the right players became available. And by right they mean right in every way.  The bid for Brabrook at  this late stage, after he had  been weeks on the available-for  - transfer list, was  undoubtedly dictated by the  further weakening through  force of circumstances of  Everton's attack. It is most unlikely that Brabrook’s arrival would lead to any outgoing transfer. 

THE LAST WORD
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 09 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Mr. Murray. 2 Westmorland Avenue, Ford, comes back at reader-critic Norvinski:  “As I am absolutely positive Mr. Novinski's opinions do not represent those of the majority of Everton supporters, I sincerely hope you will print this reply, and trust it will be the final word on the subject.  "It all boils down to this: that whereas I and most other supporters are completely satisfied with Everton’s performance last season, there are a few, like Mr.  Novinski, who are not. I am not indulging in typical consolations or making excuses when I say that I am  more than satisfied that Everton, with one of the most  dismal away records in the division, still managed to  finish fourth, one place higher than last season and only  one below Mr. Novinski's wonder team, Spurs.  "If they had had only an average away record they would have won the title; one like Spurs and they would have romped home. They also had atrocious luck with injuries: you may dismiss this u the old, old excuse again.  Mr. Novinski, but the fact remains that Mr. Catterick was only able to field hit strongest team for about half-a-dozen matches “Since you are particularly fond of comparing Everton with Spurs. I claim that, man for man. Everton have a side that is as good, if not better, than Spurs double-winning side. Spurs are superior in that they have found the right blend and balance in attack, the scheming  of White with the goal-snatching ability of Greaves, plus  (and I emphasize this) the speed and directness of  Jones. The latter is what Everton lack most. They need, as I stated before, a winger, in the Brabrook or Connelly could (not as you claimed I stated Brabrook and Connelly’)—in other words, a winger who can quickly and directly respond to the thrust of Vernon and the scheming of Young and Stevens.  "Finally a word on Law. I consider him the greatest inside-forward in the world (Pele and Suarez included) and an obviously valuable asset to any team. I only tried in show that obtaining players of his class is not the simple matter you seem to think it I, that having' the necessary money is just the start of the whole process, as I'm sure Mr. Busby found out.  "Really. Mr. Noirinski, l do wish you would get things in their right perspective, and stop sounding like a Spurs' supporter unsuccessfully trying to convince all Evertonians that their team does not match yours."

NOW IT’S TEMPLE OUT OF TRAINING
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 09 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Derek Temple, the Everton utility forward, is out of training less than a fortnight before the start of a new season. He sprained an ankle in a trial game at Bellefield. While Alex Young, the  club's centre-forward is back in training after  blistering his feet he is still not free from that  trouble and what makes the position more aggravating  is that the ground he is playing on is one which  could not be more lush with grass!  Everton took the unprecedented step yesterday of holding a reception for the Press. One of the points announced at it was the inauguration of a scheme of further education or vocational training for some 13 youngsters on the staff. They have been canvassed to find where their outside football interests lie. Each is to be treated on an individual basis. It is anticipated that their extra-curriculum  training, which will include such things as carpentry, motor engineering lone even has ambitions to become a sports  writer) will cause them to miss football training for one day  a week and possibly one night also.  Anything which widens the interest of young players and fits them to earn their living it they do not make top-grade as professional footballers are a good thing. The system might well be applied. Also, to players of 21 and 22 and that age since not all of them finish up as top-class players and even those who did would be half-prepared for earning their livings when their careers ended.  Everton pioneered further education—but for first-teamers—about thirty years ago when Mr. Crosbie, a retired  Police schoolmaster—he now lives in retirement at Dumfries  —gave them the rudiments of a commercial training, bookkeeping,  typing, etc. In some cases at least this training bore fruit.  The need for professional players to hate experience in business is not so great in 1962 when, if they are careful their new scale of payments can make them financially independent at retirement, but a day a week at some other business than their own, would still be beneficial.  A Mr. Cassidy phoned me yesterday to say that Brian Harvey, the young Liverpool boy now apprenticed to Sheffield Wednesday, had not been "missed" by Liverpool  Schools F.A. They knew of Brian, but felt that they had a better player to fill his position. Brian's stamina, too, was not his strong point. Harvey, from the St.  Bonaventure School has an elder brother on the Everton staff as an apprentice.

DAMPER ON EVERTON’S HOPES
Liverpool Daily Post- Friday, August 10, 1962
BRABROOK SAYS HE WANTS TO STAY IN LONDON
By Jack Rowe
Late last night Peter Brabrook, the Chelsea and England right winger, put a damper on hopes that he would be an Everton player tonight.  It was announced from London yesterday that Mr. Harry Catterick, the Everton manager, and Mr. Tommy Docherty, the Chelsea manager had agreed terms for the transfer of Brabrook to the Goodison club and that the player was coming to Liverpool today for further discussions.  Brabrook said last night “I am only going to Liverpool to have a look round.  It’s only fair to Everton.  But I still want to remain in London and I am hoping ‘Spurs will renew the stay in “London” but they made earlier.”  Brabrook added that even if he liked Liverpool he would not sign until his fiancée, Miss Diane Styles of East Ham had visited the city.  “She really wants me to stay in London,” added Brabrook.  When told of Brabrook comments Mr. Bill Nicholson the Sours manager, would only say  “We never discuss transfer until the matter is completed.” 
NO COMMENT
Everything of course depends on the discussions which take place today and there seems little doubt that having gone so far Everton will do all they can to persuade Brabrook to join them.  Mr.Catterick, who arrived back at his home in Southport last night after his flying trip to London, would make no comment apart from saying that negotiations were in progress.  Less than forty-eight hours ago there was no hint that Everton were about to plunge into the transfer market again for even in the club’s first Press day on Wednesday afternoon I gathered from Mr. Catterick and chairman Mr. John Moores that they were not expecting anything on this scale to develop as soon.  But Everton have been making plenty of inquires without tangible result and after contact was made between then and Chelsea late on Wednesday evening, Mr. Catterick flew to London yesterday morning for a conference with the Stamford Bridge manager Tommy Docherty and no quick time they were able to announce terms for Brabrook’s move had been agreed.  The Chelsea winger is only twenty-four and has such football ability that it is hardly likely that Chelsea would accept anything less than about £30,000.  Brabrook has put on many fine displays at Goodison Park for the London club and his speed and directness could fit in well with the rest of the line.  He has played for England three times and has made 250 League appearances for Chelsea whom he joined shortly after his 17th birthday.  A native of Greenwich, Brabrook is 5ft 10 inches tall and weighs a compact 12 stone.  He asked for a transfer during the close season and this is the first time there has been definite news about his probable departure from Stamford Bridge.  If he signs for Everton it will be Harry Catterick’s fourth incoming transfer deal since he came to Goodison Park.  Last season he brought goalkeeper West from Blackpool, inside forward Stevens from Bolton and left winger Veall from Doncaster Rovers. 

BRABROOK DELAYS HIS DECISION
Liverpool Echo - Friday 10 August 1962
HAS RETURNED TO LONDON
EVERTON HOPE 
By Leslie Edwards
Everton F.C. did not succeed to-day in persuading Chelseaand England winger 24-yearsold Peter Brabrook to sign for them today.  After discussions at Goodison Park between Everton manager Harry Catterick and the player it was announced:  "Brabrook has gone back to London to consider the matter with him fiancée. It is not expected that he will give us his decision before next Tuesday."  Mr. Catterick told me:  "The situation is that Peter  wants time—at least two or  three days—to consider the  terms offered Like the rest of  our players it would be  possible with bonuses for him  to earn some £100 per week  as a member of our first team.  I quite understand his desire to think things over. He has never lived out of London and coming up here would be a big step to take.  
MET CHAIRMAN 
"I'm quite hopeful that Peter will join us. He met the chairmanand other members of the board. whose meeting to-day  had been fixed long in advance, I should say we have an even chance of succeeding in signing  him—l sincerely hope we  shall because I am sure he  would do us much good."  West Ham and Tottenham are other clubs interested in Brabrook. Tottenham are expected to renew an old offer for the player.

JACK CROFTS
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 11 August 1962
Theirs is a special tea party at Newsham Park Chapel, Sheil Road, Liverpool today to celebrate the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Jack crofts, of Victoria Road, Tuebrook.  Mr. Crofts, who is 80, was a former player for Everton F.C.  Let us wish the couple continuing happiness.

IF IT ISN’T BRABROOK IT COULD BE O’GRADY
Liverpool Echo - Monday 13 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton seem fated to have to wait at least another 24 hours before they get news whether or not Peter Brabrook is prepared to leave Chelsea for Goodison Park. When I spoke to Harry Catterick on Friday about the possibility of Brabrook saying no and possible alternatives who might be tempted to join Everton, he said: " You tell me where there is another good 'un we could go fore I suggested one of two wingers Glasgow Rangers have on their books—and there isn't room for both of them on the right wing! The Everton manager's reaction was, “Neither is on offer. And Rangers have as much money as we have."  The position may have changed over the week-end through the news, published yesterday, that Huddersfield Town left winger, O'Grady, is asking his club to allow him to move. Everton are less well-placed at outside-left than outside-right and one pre-supposes that if Brabrook came to fill the position he normally occupies Billy Bingham might be switched to the other wing.  O'Grady has been sought before by Everton—in the days when John Carey was manager, so it is more than likely that if the Brabrook bid fails they will be on the doorstep at Leeds Road, along with some other famous clubs, to try to make the signing they need before the start of the season.  A good start is half the battle. Everton's first half-dozen  matches are so stiff with clubs like Manchester  United, Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley they could, at  worst, almost ruin their chances of winning the championship  within three weeks of the season's beginning. That is why I think they will go to great lengths this week to secure Brabrook, or failing him, some other player who could help to make their attack as successful away from home as it has been at Goodison Park.

EVERTON’S TEAM-SHEET DILEMMA
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 14 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton manager, Harry Catterick, has a dilemma. He cannot select his side to start the season at Burnley on Saturday until Peter Brabrook  tells him-almost certainly by to-morrow  afternoon-whether he is prepared to come North  and try his luck on Merseyside.  Though Mr. Catterick is reasonably optimistic that Brabrookwill elect to come, everyone else in the game, andparticularly those who know the lure of London to players (and their wives and/or sweethearts) fees that the player will remain in the South even if it means his going into Second Division football.  What with the anxious wait for Brabrook and the damage to utility forward Derek Temple, plus the ever- present fear that Alex Young's happy.  It is good news that Albert Dunlop, a great and most consistent goalkeeper, is back in training, after spending a good deal of the close season a sick man in hospital, and it is good that Alex Parker has recovered from his cartilage operation late last season, but neither has had any first - class competitive football lately, and it would surprise me if Everton gambled on Parker as one of their backs at Turf Moor.  The position, if the Brabrook deals fail, is that Everton will be forced to step off with no new players in their ranks.   Mullhall, the Scot whose name has been mentioned several times as a possible buy, does not seem to interest the club, and O’Grady, of Huddersfield, who had an indifferent season last time, is not yet officially for transfer.  Everton have tried to tempt four or five top-class forwards during the close season, but the answer from the clubs, every time, was “Not at any price.”
ADMASON BACK
Burnley, at Burnley, will pose a great test, whatever the Everton eleven. After Burnley ' s rather sketchy performance in scraping a 3-3 draw at Bradford City, on Saturday, in a friendly, there has been much talk about the likelihood of Tommy Cummings losing his place. But Harry Potts, once an Everton forward, is a conservative type who makes few changes unless forced to and it could be that Cummings will be in his customary place. Adamson. the brains of the Burnley side, missed Saturday ' s match through a strained back, but has been in training and will be fit to play. Burnley are trying to persuade Ireland, Scotland and Wales to follow England's lead and pay players ' wages in addition to their match fee for internationals, but the Irish F.A. have been pointing out that if they did this they would soon be in, or nearly in, the bankruptcy court. All told, they would be paying capped players some £100 per match, and few gates could stand that drain on receipts. It is said that if Ireland do not fall into line with England. Burnley players such as Mcllroy and Elder might be missing when their country starts its programme. We shall see. Everton, still without an assistant to help Tom Eggleston to do the coaching, will draw up a short list of applicants within the next week, orso. There has been a good response numerically to their advertisement, but some of the people who want the job are obviously cranks-the magicians, says Harry Catterick, who have never played football, but who are positive they can make a hugh success of the job.    Derek temple saw a specialist yesterday and the club await the report to see whether his ankle is broken or only strained.  Meantime, the ankle is in plaster.  Tom Jones, who broke a knee-cap last season, is back in training, but still has a slight limp and would seem to be most useful now in helping to bring along boys in the reserves.  The Everton chief had the view that his club’s success or failure this season would depend chiefly on their luck in sterring clear of injury and here at the season’s outset they have an injury to temple, one of the players who would have been most useful to them on the wing. 

FAMILY CONFERENCE ON PROPOSED MOVE
Liverpool Daily Post- Wednesday, August 15, 1962
BRABROOK DECISION IS EXPECTED TO-NIGHT
Peter Brabrook, the Chelsea and England winger, is expected to tell Everton whether he will be joining them or not tonight.  Brabrook’s father and mother, the player and his fiancée are having a conference at his East Ham, London home easily this evening to talk about his proposed move to Goodison Park.  Brabrook said last night, “I shall phone Mr. Catterick the Everton manager immediately we’ve talked about it.  “He treated me wonderfully while I was in Liverpool.  He offered me an house either at Aintree or Southport but my big worry remains leaving London, where I have always lived, he added.” 
TERMS AGREED
If Brabrook decides to sign- the clubs have already agreed terms, around £35,000 –he will move to Liverpool tomorrow, with his fiancée.  They plan to get married later in the year.  But that Brabrook is still undecided is clear from his final comment last night.  He said; “I may hang on with Chelsea, because after a few games, some London club may decide they are in trouble.  At the start of the season every manager thinks he has a great side.” 

STAN BENTHAM GOES TO LUTON
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 15 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
News that Stan Bentham, the former Everton  forward and assistant coach is back in football—he  started work yesterday as trainer-coach of Luton  Town—will delight his many friends. After leaving Everton a season ago he had been working in a Liverpool factory. Bentham was at Goodison Park for 15 seasons. He was a great club man. The most painful moment of his career came when he was injured in a head-on clash at Goodison Park with Stanley Cullis, now manager at Wolverhampton.  Bentham is an all-rounder. He has played for Liverpool Competition teams for many seasons and had a century as a Bootle opener this season. Thus two of Everton’s training staff—Leslie Shannon was the other—is now with clubs in the South. Luton had Wally Fielding, also a former Evertonian on their staff in the days when Sam Bartram was manager.  Bentham's chief is Bill Harvey.   Among the players Bentham will train and coach are John Bramwell, the former Everton back, and Eddie Acworth, a one-time Everton forward whose play has developed considerably with his new club.  The ageless doyen trainer of Everton for so many years, Harry Cooke, still lives near the ground, but his football interests have waned markedly since he was put on the retired list. Everton have had as many trainers and trainer-coaches, in my time, as they have managers. One recalls Jock Elliott, Harry Cooke, Harry Wright, Stan Bentham, Gordon Watson, Leslie Shannon, and Tom Eggleston among others.  The value of coaching, and especially of good tactics, was never better demonstrated than by Tottenham when  “walking " the Charity Cup match against Ipswich last  week-end. If Ipswich had been similarly blessed with practical brains they could have counted Spurs' novel system of marking—half backs marking the wingers and full backs the inside forwards—soon after the start. 

EVERTON WAIT FOR BRABROOK
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 15 August 1962
CALL EXPECTED LATER TODAY
CHELSEA WINGER
By Leslie Edwards
Everton Manager, Mr.  Harry Catterick, expects to hear later to-day whether or not Peter Brabrook, the Chelsea and England winger will join Everton.  Time is getting short and he Everton chief is undoubtedly a little anxious.  When Brabrook left Goodison Park last week after hearing Everton’s terms the two clubs had agreed the 30,000 fee at an earlier meeting in London he promised Mr.  Catterick that he would give him a decision sometime to-day.  The Everton manager who  is attending the Football  League's conference of  Managers and Secretaries to  discuss administrative problems,  has arranged for Brabzook's  decision to be telephoned  to him at the League  offices in St. Annes. 
WRONG TO PRESS HIM 
"I should have liked Brabrook to decide early, so that if his answer is yes' we could play him in trials at Bellefield. Mr. Catterick said to-day, "but it would have been wrong for me to press him to come here if he had subsequently found that he did not like living and playing in the North. Chelsea  have told us that no other  bids for the player Wolves are reported to have made one—will be considered until  Brabrook has said whether he  will join us or not.  "It could be that Peter will phone me to-day to say that he is still undecided. He might want to bring his fiancée up to Merseyside before committing himself finally.'  Mr. Catterick added: "I am expecting to hear from Brabrook sometime this afternoon, but it could be that I  shell have to wait until 8 or  9 o'clock this evening before  he gets in touch with me." 

VEALL MAKES LEAGUE DEBUT
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 16 August 1962
EVERTON LEAVE OUT PARKER
By Leslie Edwards
Everton, disappointed over the decision of Peter Brabrook, of Chelsea, to remain in the South, give a debut on the left wing to 18-years-old Lincolnshire-born Ray veal for their opening match of the season at Burnley. Derek Temple, who would normally have had the position, has a badly-strained ankle.  Veall joined Everton from Doncaster Rovers last season.  He was Manager Harry Catterick’s first signing at Goodison Park.  He had a regular place in the reserve side last season and the Everton manager believes he should mow get his chance.  A debut at Burnley will be a tremendous test for the boy.  Consideration for the right-back position lay between Alex Parker whose cartilage operation kept him out of the game last season, and Mick Meagan, who filled the vacancy successfully in Parker’s absence.  Mr. Catterick has selected Meagan.  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 

PARKER TRAINS
Liverpool Daily Post- Friday, August 17, 1962
By Horace Yates
Although Alex Parker is in full training again he has not played in a competitive match since his operation for cartilage trouble, and it is hardly surprising that Everton prefer to wait until he proves himself before giving him back his first team place.  His deputy Mick Meagan did so well when called on, that everyone is confident he will give a good show at Burnley, which could be one of the most difficult fixtures.  Derek Temple, a player I expect to be one of the new Everton stars this season, is not fit.  In consequence opportunity knocks at the door or eighteen year old outside left Ray Veall, who cost £6,500 when signed from Doncaster last season.  It will be his League debut.  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 

UNDER A CLOUD
Liverpool Echo - Friday 17 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton start the season under a cloud. A pretty dark looking one. Their early programme would daunt any team. It seems even more formidable from force of circumstance which has afflicted them in the past few weeks.  They failed to tempt Brabrook North; they start the season minus Temple, the man who could have filled more than adequately the left-wing position which now creates a problem.  Burnley, at Burnley, are capable of exploiting any weaknesses of their opponents. It is a big thing to ask 18-year-old Veall, of Doncaster; Mr. Catterick's first signing, to make his debut against such opposition. The danger to the lad is less from his lack of football experience than from the nervousness and tension which afflicts any young man when pitchforked, too early, into the burly-burly of the opening game of the season.  Mr. Catterick has withheld no secret from me in detailing the summer-long efforts he has made to get the players he needs. There are but a handful of men better than those occupying the position or positions in which Everton consider they could be strengthened. In some cases clubs have almost been offered almost blank cheques.  Where this has been done there have invariably been equally blank refusal!  Brabrook was right not to come here if he thought he would not be happy. The pity is his decision came so late.  It gave Everton no chance to try for an alternative. No mistake about it, this Everton starts on the "wrong" foot.  The possibility that Young may have to miss mid-week games after playing on the previous Saturday is also likely, so tender are his feet until grounds soften appreciably.  Whatever may be said of other clubs, Everton just cannot afford to have other players injured in the hectic commitments in which they meet such feared sides as Burnley, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesdey. The Cup defeat at Burnley a season ago suggests that a draw is unlikely, but if Everton got a point they would be doing well.  Dismal as the outlook may seem, a sizeable Everton contingent will be at Turf Moor. Let us hope they will continue to show Burnley townies that fears of spectatorial misbehavior are as unfounded as they were when last Everton were at the same venue.  Mr. Catterick has resolved the outside-left problem by giving Ray Veall his first signing for Everton, a debut at outside-left. Veall is only 18. Meagan remains at right back, where he deputized so ably last season for Alex Parker.  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 
ADAMSON UNFIT
Burnley captain Jimmy Adamson is out of the team to meet Everton at Turf Moor tomorrow.  Last season’s Footballer of the Year has a badly strained back and will be replaced by 24-years-old Walter Joyce, who deputised for Adamson when the teams met in a League match at Goodison Park last season.  Burnley; Blacklaw; Angus, Elder; Joyce, Cummings, Miller; Connelly, McIlroy, Pointer, Robson, Harris (G.). 

TWICE BEATEN
Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Twice last season I saw Everton go down at Burnley by 2-1 and 3-1 and succeed only in forcing a draw at Goodison Park.  There is no reason suppose other than that Burnley will be challenging Manchester United the Sheffield side and Everton for the topmost place in the competition, and if Ipswich an continue to surprise everybody we must include them as well.  Personally, I shall not be too staggered if the Ipswich bubble bursts this time round.  Not many teams, will win at Burnley, so that Everton can put the cat right among the pigeons if they prove to be the first of the few it will be a terrific task.  What a fillip it would be if after their failure to do justice to themselves on opponents grounds last season, they began by opening a difficult group of matches by recording a victory.  They are going to miss Temple, I am afraid and for Roy Veall it is a tremendous task to step into the top flight against such formidable opposition.  For all that the forward line can be good enough to shake Burnley if only they have the will.  Young’s feet, I am told are very much improved, and that he is fit and anxious to demonstrate that all his best games are not at Goodison Park.  Similarly with Roy Vernon.  He is the man who can rip Burnley apart.  He did at Goodison last season, and is at the age when he should be developing full power.
GOOD HALF BACKS
It is because I have so much confidence in the half back line that I happily gloss over it and with injury worries behind him.  Thomson can build on last season’s reputation of being the most improved full back.  Meagan will not let down the side and West is full of bright promise.  If only I could be sure of the forward line I would be much more optimistic about Everton fulfilling the highest experience.  The chance is theirs.  On the way they take it will we be better able to consider whether or not we deceive ourselves by talking of Everton and the championship in the same breath.  Burnley; Blacklaw; Angus, Elder; Joyce, Cummings, Miller; Connelly, McIlroy, Pointer, Robson, Harris.  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 

VERNON POWER DRIVE IN A BURNLEY THRILLER
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 18 August 1962
BURNLEY 1, EVERTON 3
By Horace Yates
Burnley; Blacklaw; Angus, Elder; Joyce, Cummings, Miller; Connelly, McIlroy, Pointer, Robson, Harris (G.).  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris (B); Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon (captain), Veall.  Referee; Mr. J. Powell (Rotherham). 
Everton appeared in a new all-white strip. Playing for the first time in League football at outside-left for Everton was 18-years-old Ray Veall the former Doncaster Rovers goal player. Veall was in action from the start and the clever way in which he slipped past Joyce earned him an instantaneous commendation. There was no such commendation Stevens, however, when he brought down Mcllroy and was promptly penalised. It was Mcllroy who first brought West into action when he cleverly slipped past Harris and Meagan and floated the ball, beautifully judged, across the Everton goal. Even with the brilliant sun to handicap him. West plucked the ball the ball down with reassuring certainty.  Vernon sparked off Everton’s first attack which ended Bingham’s shotbeing blocked by Miller, andthen Young came into the picture.  The tightly-knit Burnley defence was giving nothing away, and although Vernon jockeyed repeatedly for a shooting position he found the way bolted and barred. 
POINT-BLANK RANGE
Burnley are just as dangerous when the ball is in their own half as when they are in their opponents, for they spring their attacks with lightening rapidity. There was such an example when Connelly burst through from half way brought Pointer into play and on went the ball to the in-running Harris.   Out went West to narrow the angle and save a fiercedrive at point blank range. Everton turned the tables immediately and Young, with artistry so well known to Goodison followers, slipped two defenders before smashing a grand shot straight into the outrunning Blacklaw. This was thrill-a-minute football producing a continuous roar of appreciation and expectation from the large crowd.  Everton were taking theirfull share of credit for this bright entertainment for there was nothing finer than the way in which Young pinpointed his pass to Vernon, and Burnley owed it to their smart defence that nothing came of the movement.  Indeed this wasprelude to the first goal of the game and it fell to Pointer in 10 minutes.G. Harris made the running on the left and his centre by - passed the Everton defence, leaving Pointer out on his own on the right shooting almost from the corner of the penalty area he hit a terrific shot into the roof of the net, giving West hardly time to move in the direction of the ball. Young Veall was doing everything asked of him and whether he intended to shoot or pass to Young we cannot say, but his effort almost took Blacklaw by surprise.  Pointer began to look the complete centre forward. His football was superb, his reaction instantaneous and he placed his passes with an enviable degree of perfection.  That Vernon was only  awaiting the opportunity to join the shooting gallery became  apparent when from 35  yards out, he cracked a free  kick only narrowly wide of  the post as Blacklaw scurried  across, surprised by the speed  of the ball's arrival 
DETERMINED EVERTON 
To their credit,Everton declined to be put off their stroke by the suddenness of the Burnley goal but played some effective football, as for example when Cummings was so completely beaten and Young ideally placed to race on to a lobbed ball that the Burnley centre half had to handle to save the situation.  It was only a momentary respite however, for from the free kick Vernon gained possession, and when his first shot was charged down  Vernon was first to recover.  He ran on to the ball and hit it into the roof of the net, a magnificently-taken goal in 20 minutes. 
This boy Veall promisesto be a very good player.  He danced his way past Angus and found Young perfectly.  Miller went into the tackle and although a decisioncould have gone either way the foul went against Young.  Labone, hard pressed as he was in dealing with the business-like Pointer, showed that when it comes to ball distribution he is right at the top of the list of centre halves by bringing Young into action.  The Centre forward slipped Cummings with the minimum of effort and placed the ball most invitingly across goal.  It was Everton’s bad luck that only Burnley players were there to deal with what looked like a magnificent offering.  Had Everton taken the lead in 33 minutes not only would they not have been flattered but it would have been a goal to rave about.  Veall began it, Young, Harris and Bingham carried on, and when the Irishman tapped the ball to Vernon the skipper hit a rocket-like drive which almost scraped the post as it passed by on the wrong side.  Whatever the result of this game one was tempted to believe that Everton have really found a wat at long last to show their capabilities away from home.  They combined splendidly, and much of their play was very good to watch. 
Half-time; Burnley 1, Everton 1.
In the 47th minute it seemed the road was wide-open for Veall to acclaim his debut with a goal. Thomson pointed the way and Veall cleverly through the middle and, as Blacklaw advanced, lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper’s head.  What appeared to be a magnificently-judged goal came to nothing through the Intervention of the crossbar.   After appearing to have lost some of their poise Burnley were again threatening the role of dictator with Robson and Connelly excelling.  The referee stopped the game to have a word with Vernon and it was not a pleasant sight to see the official pointing towards the dressing room, although it was more in warning than earnest.  Labone was immaculate, the calm, cool thinker, never ruffled, and always the man in position. He made possible a header by Bingham which swept over the bar.  Possibly Vernon was lulling Burnley into a false sense of security for suddenly he sailed down the middle, switched the ball cleverly to Young, who sent on to Bingham, and the winger from the centre forward position cracked a fierce drive to the right of Blacklaw for a leading goal in 62 minutes.  This was most heartening football for a side which collected only three away victories all last season.  To put Burnley under fire in this fashion augers well for an exciting and possibly productive season.  The Everton supporters roaring in full voice, were now chanting happily.  “We want three.”  Harris fired a fierce drive along the carpet and although it took grabs by West to bring the ball under control it was none the less a worthy save.  The Everton supporters got their wish in 74 minutes when Vernon pounced like lightning to dispossess a Burnley defender and put the ball through superbly for the fast-running Young. The centre forward went on beyond the goalkeeper, recovered possession,then lobbed the ball into the goal with beautiful judgment. Final; Burnley 1, Everton 3 Official attendance 36,106

EVERTON A V BLACKPOOL A
Liverpool Echo-August 18 1962
Everton had practically all the first half play, but failed to get the ball into the net and it was O’Donnell who put Everton ahead seconds before the interval, when, trying to clear the ball away from the Blackpool goalmouth, he headed it into his own goal.  Dunlop in the Everton goal was rarely troubled.  Half-time; Everton A 1, Blackpool A nil.  Final; Everton A 2 Blackpool A Nil
Everton B 7, Blackpool B nil

ALEX YOUNG NOTES THE TEAMS TO WATCH
Liverpool Echo- Saturday, August 18 1962
DENNIS LAW CAN MAKE UNITED A GREAT SIDE AGAIN
The return to this country of John Charles,  Dennis Law and Joe Baker, plus the fact that the  first time in many years two Merseyside clubs are  in the First Division, will, in my opinion, make  1962-63 one of the most interesting football  seasons since the war.  There have been very  few top-class players  changing clubs within the  country, and while many  people I have talked to  seem to have formed the  opinion that this is a bad  thing I think it will do more  good than harm.  Last season's final  Division One table showed  that generally the teams  which were forced to make  the least changes had the  greatest success, so taking  this into account, seeing  the same players in the  same colours for successive  seasons might not be a bad  thing at all.  The signing of Law could  mean that once again  Manchester United will be  in the thick of the battle  for top honours, and we will  have an early opportunity  to weigh up what effect the  arrival of this fine Scottish  international has had on  Matt Busby's side when  they visit Goodison Park  next Wednesday evening. 
INSPIRATION 
I regard Law as a great player. At his beat it is hard to find words which describe his play with justice, and even when he is playing badly. Dennis seems able to disguise the fact and continue to act as an inspiration to his colleagues.  Arsenal, of course, in addition to the Baker signing, now have our former coach. Leslie Shannon, on their staff and former England captain.  Billy Wright, starting his first season as manager.  The entire Everton player, particularly the younger ones with whom he spent so much of his time, wish Les well in his new job. He once wore the red jersey of Liverpool, but as he was such a nice chap that fact was never held against him at Goodison.  We'll be keeping an  interested eye, too, on the  fortunes of John Charles's  new club, Leeds, for if our  former captain, Bobby  Collins, had not joined the  Elland Road side last season,  United may well have  been in the Third Division  this sear and Charles might  not have gone back there. 
BRILLIANT SPURS 
Don't get the impression from this mention of other clubs that I am not confident we shall see Everton as League champions this season. Far from it. Given reasonable freedom from injuries and a few more points than last season away from home. I think there is a good chance you will see us playing in the European Cup in 1963-64, and not the Fairs Cities Cup.  When it comes to weighing up the opposition, it would be foolish to ignore Tottenham’s chances. Last Saturday on television I  watched the second half of  their F.A. Charity Shield  match against Ipswich, and  the brilliance of Spurs made  last year's champion; look  like a third-rate side on  occasions. 
LIVERPOOL TOO 
Another team I expect to do well in Division 1this winter is Liverpool. I know  this is the kind of remark  to make Evertonians rush  back to the newsagents and  return their Football Echos,  and Anfield fans to exclaim:  "That's put the top hat on  our chances now." but you  can't 'be sentimental when  assessing form.  No one expected Ipswich to do as well as they did when moving into Division 1 last season, and I think the present Liverpool side is almost as good as the East Anglians.   When Ipswich were in the  Second Division and doing  so well, good Judges thought  Liverpool were an equally  good side. That, remember, was before Ron Yeats and Ian St. John crossed the border, too. In addition Liverpool didn't do too badly in their two matches against us last season,did they? 
GOLFING HIGHLIGHT 
You think I've been out in the sun? Not a bit of it.  Most of the Young family's holidaying was either done in my native Edinburgh or down in Cornwall, and I don’t recall the sun being particularly strong in either place.  While in Edinburgh, I  played several rounds of  golf with Spurs wing half,  Dave Mackay, and since  returning to Liverpool have  paid several visit to the  golf course with another  Scottish wing half -a fair  haired lad from Everton  whose name escapes me at  the moment.  One of golfing highlights of the summer was a challenge match in which my colleague from across the page, Ron Yeats partnered me against Roy Young and Jimmy Gabriel.  The golf wasn't particularly good, but the match produced top value in entertainment.  These light - hearted moments, however,have not detracted from the serious business of preparing for the vital eight months or so which lie ahead
GRADUAL BUILD-UP 
Myself, I feel fitter than at the start of any previous season, and the man who must take most credit is Coach Tom Eggleston.  Some trainers believe in giving players plenty of hard work when they report after the summer break, but Tom's system is a gradual build-up to peak fitness.  We started easily and the tempo of our preparation was built up gradually, the result being that when the time came for really hard grafting, no one felt any ill-effects.  You may have read that I have had trouble with my feet again and, indeed, many of you were kind enough to write and offer suggesting for easing my discomfort.  Everton. however, sent  me to a specialist and he  suggested a new form of  treatment which greatly  eased my discomfort and  enabled me to get fit in  time for to-day's match at  Burnley.  Derek Temple's injury in training was most unfortunate, but he tells me he is feeling quite fit and hoping his ankle will respond to treatment.  Albert Dunlop was back in training this week, recovered from his illness and looking something like hisold self.  Your letters are always welcome and if there is any topic you would like me to discuss or any questions about football (tactics, etc.) which you would like me toanswer drop me a line the Liverpool Echo, Victoria Street.

EVERTON RES V BURNLEY RES
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 18 August 1962
Everton Reserves; Rankin; Parker, Green; Jarvis, Heslop, Sharples; Webber, Tyrer, Wignall, Russell, Maher.  Burnley Reserves; Thomson; Smith, Buxton; Walker, Talbot, O’Neill; Meredith, Simpson, Lochhead, Bellamy, Towers.  Referee; Mr. D. Pritchard (Blackpool).  Everton were the first to attack and Sharples fired over the bar a nice pass from Webber.  Burnley attacked and Lochead forced a corner which was safely cleared.  Rankin in the Everton goal, was lucky to save a fast shot from Meredith.  A free kick by Parker sped into Burnley goalmouth but Wignall headed outside.  Webber, Everton’s outside-right, broke clean away and Thompson turned his shot round the upright.  The Burnley left-wing was well held by Parker, Everton’s right full-back.  Talbot the Burnley centre half, was a tower of strength, constantly breaking up the Everton attacks.  Thomson, in the Burnley goal, made several fine saves.  Parker advanced up the field and put a through pass to Tyrer who failed to get his shot in, at the 40th minute a beautiful centre from Meredith enabled Lochhead to open Burnley’s account.  Half-time; Everton R nil, Burnley R 1. 
EVERTON B V BLACKPOOL B
Glover went on a goal-scoring spree for Everton and had the ball in the Blackpool net four times before the interval.  Everton’s fifth goal came from Wright just before half-time.  Half-time; Everton B 5, Blackpool B nil. 

EVERTON OPEN THE SEASON LIKE CHAMPIONS
Liverpool Daily Post- Monday, August 20, 1962
BURNLEY VICTORY POINTS WAY TO EXCITING REARD
BURNLEY 1, EVERTON 3
By Horace Yates
Champagne football, bright babbling and satisfying, not only helped Everton to shock the ambitions Burnley into a 3-1 defeat by made that £250,000 outlay on the assembly of Goodison Park machine look very much like money extremely well spent.  Short of a victory at White Hart lane, no opening feat could have been more deliriously exciting than this.  To have whipped Burnley so impressive at Goodison Park might have been accepted more or less as a matter of course despite all the achievements Burnley can boast but to have accomplished it at Turf Moor to shatter last season’s impression that Everton’s form is strictly not for export is almost unbelievable stirring.  If Burnley had played badly, caught on the hop on an off day, reservation would have been in order, but Burnley did not play badly- that is until they were tamed, tied and finally tortured by the superior skill, strength and stamina of a team which looked good enough to fulfill all those high expectations for so long held out for them. 
FLAG OF SURRENDER
This was an Everton resurgence without a doubt, for victory was so complete that the departure of Burnley supporters nearly ten minutes from the end confident that a grand-stand finish was beyond their team, told its own story.  On the field the flag of surrender was there for all to see.  Burnley were whipped at their own game and their straddling finish was more of a compliment to their opponents than any reflection on their own preparation.  So often previously have I seen Everton fall a goal into arrears and collapse like some punctured balloon that the ten minutes score by Pointer resulting from Everton’s greatest defensive blunder of their game and sealed by possibly the finest shot of the match ought to have roused the familiar doubts and fears.  Yet it did no such thing, Everton never looked like a beaten side and in fact never looked anything other than ultimate winners.  That was the extraordinary transformation in this most exciting opening to the season.  So often have we sighed “If only Everton would take away with them their Goodison form all would be well,” and on Saturday they did just that and after Bingham put them ahead in sixty-two minutes the cry of the crowd.  “We want three” was not so much an expression of fear that two would not be enough so much as exultation in their team’s ability to do. 
FINISH TO MATCH
Some of Everton’s combination was of the highest class, and with it went finishing to match.  Alex Young rounded on his critics, showed them that the story of his failures away from home was no more than phrase for here he was seemingly making lead laden boots of the already dumber some Cummings, as the centre half vainly strove to keep tabs on an opponents of quick-silver movements.  He and Vernon found each other with their passes with the unerring certainty to familiar at Goodison Park, and there was Vernon leading the side with the sort of undeniable spirit that by comparison made the reactions of his opposite number McIlroy appear labored and hesitant.  The Burnley defence should never contain us twin taunt reinforced by reinvigorated Bingham form anything like the certainty that Labone and his men unmeshed Burnley.  Veal did everything expected of him- and more for he beat Angus several time and always knew what to do with the ball.  He may have lacked either the power or experience to race round on the outside, for a eighteen-years-old and making his debut at Turf Moor.  He was the unluckiest lad in the game not to have been created with a goal from the most cultured lob over the head of Blacklaw’s and only the rub of the cross bar failed to give Veall the thrill and acknowledgement that such a goal would have produced. 
TERRFIC MEAGAN
In my view the game was well and truly won before Young completed a happy day for himself by rounding Blacklaw and pin-pointing his chipped shot into the empty net from a far from easy angle but it made the day for the large Everton following.  The investment of the attack was reassuring that without the men behind at of it might have been of no avail for do not believe that Burnley’s slip made Everton’s triumph easier.  Burnley had to be beaten before they surrendered and that surrender was so utterly complete was a measure of the Everton greatness.  Labone let Pointer out of his sight and his clutches just once and it cost a goal but with the lesson learned the centre half reduced Pointer to ineffectiveness and he ambled through the rest of the match complete monarch of all he surveyed.  Alongside him Harris and Gabriel ranged far and wide in the accomplishment of their mission and here we have a line which people will be noting when accusing the best club halves in the game.  Thomson had to struggle to approach his best standard but he was much more like himself before the end.  Mick Meagan was terrific.  Without a doubt here was the best full back in the match, cool, competent and deadly efficient with his tackling and rushing the ball forward where it could do more damage all the time.  West not only kept out impressively but seldom could be saddled with the criticism of allowing Burnley to start up attack’s from his clearances, either from hand or foot.  All round then a famous and most promising beginning.  Burnley; Blacklaw; Angus, Elder; Joyce, Cummings, Miller; Connelly, McIlroy, Pointer, Robson, Harris (G.).  Everton; West; Meagan, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris (B); Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon (captain), Veall.  Referee; Mr. J. Powell (Rotherham). 

FORESTASTE OF THINGS TO COME FROM EVERTON
Liverpool Echo - Monday 20 August 1962
By Horace Yates
No team could have wished for a better start 3-1 win at Burnley, and indeed, Everton's performance I rate as the best et the opening day's programme, for so convincingly did they account for last season’s Cup finalists that at no stage did they look like being beaten and once on terms always seemed certain to win.  Blunted and at times bewildered, Burnley were run into the ground, to wind up a tired and dispirited force.  Of such displays as Everton  produced are champions made and although it would be foolish to read too much into this tasty sample, plainly all things are possible for a side of such accomplishments, providing the same restless spirit and energy are maintained and there is no injury bogey to rear its ugly head.  Before September is through this Everton side could have more away victories to its credit than came their way in the entire season last term, and it is on opponents’ grounds that championships are won. 
It was not that Everton were fortunate in running into a Burnley side below par, for the start was bright enough and menacing enough for anything.  There was the incentive of a leading goal in ten minutes by Pointer, who was already threatening to lead Labone a merry dance.  McIlroy was making football look easy and attractive and both wingers were full of zest.  I can hardly remember a cockier Everton side in such circumstances.  The goal they lost, and it was given away by a momentary lapse which left Pointer completely unattended, did nothing to perturb them.  It was almost as though they shrugged their shoulders as if this was no more than a temporary setback of their plan.  So it proved.  They were playing too well to be a goal in arrears for long.  Their play merited an early reward for much of it was breath-takingly entertaining and the only nagging worry was whether or not the all-important finishing would be equal to the occasion.  The concern was needless for when a desperately over-worked Cummings sought to stave off danger by accomplishing with his hands what he could not achieve with his feet, Vernon rammed home the equalizer from a free kick, and his first effort had been charged down.  This typical Vernon power drive, which threatened to rip the net from the woodwork, was the signal we sought.  Although there was no further scoring to the interval, it was Everton for most of the time who dominated. 
STEVENS BOOKED
Stevens in his role of defensive support, had accomplished much and was somewhat harshly treated to have his name taken for a tackle, which upset Gordon Harris.  Not only was it delivered at the ball, but Stevens took it, one of the main reasons for Everton moving so sweetly and menacingly was that Alex Young was hungry in his search of achievement, restless in his endeavours and ended the theory that all his best football is reserved for Goodison.  It was a pleasure to see him play, although the cumbersome Cummings could hardly be expected to agree.  Seldom can he have felt more helpless in chasing such an elusive and yet, so substantial a shadow.  Vernon too, gave Joyce no chance to prove that the moment is at hand for him to be considered as permanent replacement for Adamson, and it was almost common-place to find the Burnley defence scurrying belatedly to crowd him out of a shooting position.  Bingham was like a lion refreshed after the summer rest and those of us who expected Veall to be little more than stand in, found ourselves cheering the heart-warming success of this youngster.  Let us not delude ourselves that he is the immediate answer to the prayer for a winger, for only when development comes with increased experience and strength can he fulfill the requirements, but to his satisfaction he had a credit score in his tussles with the able Angus.  Only the cruelest of fates prevented him collecting a goal from as smart a bit of quick thinking and instantaneous appreciation of possibilities as anyone could wish to see. 
S.O.S ANSWERED
Almost before Veall had time to move Blacklaw barred the way to goal.  Up went the ball over the goalkeeper’s head, flicked beautifully by Veall, a goal all the way seemingly, until it struck the upper part of the bar and went out instead of in.  Even if his second half accomplishments were fewer than those of the first, Veall still had every reason to claim that he had answered an S.O.S with the utmost credit.  It was the Young-Vernon combination that left Bingham to deliver a scoring shot in 62 minutes and set the seal on the Everton promise.  When the crowd howled for a third, it was no idle expression of hope, for all   the signs were that it would come before Young produced it by outwitting Blacklaw and then chipping into the net from a by no means easy angle (74 minutes). Thompson recovered from an indifferent opening to take his place worthily with a defence that was positively brilliant.  Labone, cool, calm, commending reduced Pointer to impotence—no mean achievement— and used the ball aseffectively as any centrehalf in the game. Ranged alongside himHarris and Gabriel were twintowers of resistance that never looked like crumbling and the greatest testimony to their success must obviously be that Robson never came into the game at all and thatMcllroy petered out to insignificance.
With so many playing so well it seems wrong to reserve a special pat on the back for anyone and yet to ignore Meagan's claims to acclamation would be almost criminal. Here was a complete craftsman, unhurried, certain in the tackle and always knowing what to do next.  With West always doing the right thing, only Burnley worried about Everton’s defence.

TEMPLE HOPES TO PLAY IN 2 WEEKS’ TIME…
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 21 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton left-winger Derek Temple has had the plaster removed from his badly-strained ankle and is hopeful of being fit to play within a fortnight.  Two other Everton players who have made comebacks after being out of the game are goalkeeper Albert Dunlop and one-time captain and centre half-back Tom Jones. Both played well in the "A” team on Saturday. Jones still has a future as a player, but for the time being he is being utilized to help trainer Tom Eggleston with the coaching and training of the youngsters. Like Alan A’Court of Liverpool. Jones is, and always has been, an adornment to the game. The pity, for both,was that they were born just ten years too soon. They are the types who deserved to benefit most from the vastly increased wages paid these days.  Temple's return will give Everton a stronger hand.  That they survived his absence at Burnley is a tribute to young Veall who gets his first big chance at home to-morrow evening against Manchester United. Mr. Busby, dissatisfied  that his side could not hold a No-goals' lead against West  Bromwich Albion, may bring in Mark Pearson at inside-right  in place of Quixall and Sam McMillan on the left wing  instead of Moir, Quixall and Moir both played last night for  the United Reserve side against Everton at Old Trafford.  They tell me that at least one famous professional footballer has now set a fashion—and what a pernicious one of not saying a word to the Press until he has consulted his agent. He has two If this sort of thing becomes general the position could become chaotic. One would have thought that footballers, professional entertainers, would be only too happy to speak to newspapermen without fee, so long as the publicity they received was calculated to do them no harm. Public entertainers on the stage and in films are happy to rate even a “mention.”
Not for publication! 
With two home games in succession Manchester  United and Sheffield Wednesday—Everton players should  be well among the money of the crowd-bonus scheme, but  how much it will mean to them is anyone's guess.  The club refuse to state how the scheme works when there are two home games in the same week and are not even prepared to say at what attendance figure the bonus starts or how much it is per thousand spectators.  True, this is something of a domestic matter, but as footballers are men of public interest one would have thought that the people who pay their wages, if only indirectly, were entitled to know the facts. 

MEAGAN IS UNFIT
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 21 August 1962
PARKER RETURNS AGAINST UNITED
Mick Meagan has sciatica and will miss Everton’s match with Manchester United at Goodison Park tomorrow evening.  Alex Parker is recalled to the first team, this being the only change from the side which beat Burnley on Saturday.  It will be Ray Veall’s home debut. Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 

A RECORD BONUS AWAITS EVERTON TONIGHT
Liverpool Daily Post- Wednesday, August 22, 1962
BURNLEY TRIUMPH PUT THAT £60 DOUBLE REWARD WITHIN GRASP
By Horace Yates
Everton players can collect what will almost certainly be the biggest League match bonus in their history tonight when the Law-inspired Manchester United team visit Goodison Park.  If 65,000 spectators attend and after the scintillating performance at Burnley on Saturday I don’t consider the estimate unduly optimistic the lads would collect £60 a man, needless of the result.  Following next Wednesday return match with United.  A few weeks ago when I revealed the Everton bonus plan payment there were many who scoiled that this was so much pre in the sky and that airy frothing sound very attractive but the rewards were still problematic.  What is more if the crowd are delighted today.  Saturday will prove another dream money spinner.  If we can take life evidence of one game, and admittedly nothing is more dangerous.  Everton can strike a real seam of gold.  Dazzling football of the type that rent Burnley as under will make any hesitancy some of the players may have shown about re-signing seem ludicrous. The £60 jack-pot is arrived at by crediting £2 for every 1,000 spectators over 35,000 and the club assurance that victory at Burnley would be considered sufficient to put them into one of the two top places necessary for them to cash in.  I understand that the Liverpool players, too have a very similar scheme in operation.  I cannot help wondering how the scheme will work out so far as Mick Meagan is concerned.  The Irishman played the game of his life at Turf Moor and by common consent was one of the best players of the match.  Tonight he is out of the side due to an attack of sciatica, which developed on Sunday and was no better yesterday.  The bonus is paid on home games.  Everton, with their reputation for generous treatment of faithful servants will hardly allow Meagan to suffer in the absence of course, of any hard and fast agreement covering the case.  Meagan’s unexpected absence and I say that advisedly, lets in Alex Parker in my view one of the best right backs in the game, but who has played in only two reserve games since undergoing an operation for the removal of a cartilage towards the close of last season.  How Parker for all his talents and reputation could have got back against a fit Meagan, I do not know.  Yes  Meagan was as good as that.  Now the Scot is back, with the knowledge that never since he came to Goodison Park has he hasd such a fight for a place on his hands.  Such competition is naturally good for the side.  Let us be fair to eighteen-years-old Ray Veall.  Don’t expect him to play like an international just yet.  Remember this is only his second League game, but for all that if he does as well against United a she did against Burnley he will earn your cheers.  Happily Alex Young’s feet have stood up well to his first game, and I suspect it may be United rather than Young who will be worrying about them before tonight’s game is through particularly if he and Vernon again put on peak performances together.  Event in the absence of Bobby Charlton, United are still one of the most attractive sides, and there are all the ingredients here for a memorable meeting.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall. 

UNITED KEEP MOIR ON WING
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 22 August 1962
PEARSON IS INSIDE RIGHT
AT GOODISON
By Leslie Edwards
Manchester united left winger Moir was reported likely to be left out of the team for the match tonight against Everton at Goodison Park, but when Everton announced that parker would replace Meagan (injured).  Manager Matt Busby’s reaction was to keep Moir in his team.  Moir and Parker met in close combat duel in the Manchester United v. Everton Central league side on Monday, when the younger man emerged with credit.  United bring in Pearson at inside right.  Manchester United;- Gaskell; Brennan, Dunn; Stiles, Foukles, Setters; Giles, Pearson, Herd, Law, Moir. 
Two rumours swept Liverpool today.  The first indicated that Everton would make a 65,000 signing before midnight the second that Albert Dunlop would be transferred to Manchester United in time to play against his old club.  There is no word of truth in either.  True, Dunlop had a magnificent game against united on Monday, but Mr. Busby has Harry Gregg nearing fitness and enough up-and-coming deputies to be secure in the goalkeeping position. 

LAW DAZZLES BUT EVERTON CON OVER
Liverpool Daily Post- Thursday, August 23, 1962
YOUNG HIGHLIGHTS OPENING HALF WITH TWO GOALS
EVERTON 3, MANCHESTER UNITED 1
By Michael Charters
After holding a comfortable three-goal lead at half time and going off to the thunderous and delighted applause of a 69,501 crowd at Goodison Park last night, Everton had to fight grimly to hold their lead against a revived United who dominated the second half to an even greater extent than Everton had before the interval.  United’s brilliant forty-five minutes was inspired by a great performance from their Italian signing.  Dennis Law, who looked worth every penny of his £100,000 transfer fee as he cut his way through an Everton defence which had the upper hand in the first half.  The transformation was amazing, for Everton in a thrilling, hard fought match had succeeded in holding the Law menace and making United look an ordinary side.
COUNTER-PLAN
They achieved this by the policy of having Gabriel as a defensive wing half playing deep and shadowing Law all over the field.  United countered with a similar plan by having Setters mark Everton’s danger man.  Vernon and the other wing half Stiles playing the attacking role.  United threw their plan overboard in the second half and played an all-up attacking game which so bothered Everton that they were pinned on defence for practically the whole of the last 45 minutes.  But in this praise for United one must not forget much of the excellent play which Everton produced in the first half.  The highlight was a two-goal-in-a minute spell by Young.  At the 12th minute, after making an opening with Stevens, he was in position to head down Stevens’ cross and smashed the ball past Gaskell on the volley for a superbly-taken goal.  Within a minute and practically straight from the kick off, he went up high for a centre by Bingham and directed a lobbed header past the diving Gaskell, the ball hitting the inside of the upright and going into the net. 
GOOD HEADER
Harris playing as a 6th forward made a good header which was punched out by Gaskell and Vernon almost pushed it through and the game settled down to Everton dominating the midfield without achieving the openings they had made for Young’s goals.  West not busy in the half saved comfortably from Moir and Herd, while Everton were so dominating at this stage that they looked likely to increase they lead through a series of misplaced back-passes from United’s defenders who did not look too happy.  In fact, Everton scored their third goal as the result of a back pass by Setters breasting Gaskell before hitting the post and going behind for a corner.  From Bingham’s flag kick the ball was rushed out to Parker who hit the ball with his left foot and if flew into the top corner of the net with Gaskell partially unsighted.  This came seconds before half time and Everton’s display had been in keeping with their fine form at Burnley last Saturday.  Bu whether the tremendous pace of the first half has told its tale or not it is difficult to say, but certainly Everton did not play with the same conviction again.  After sixty-four minutes United got their goal when a chipped cross from Giles was touched out by West at full stretch and Law cracked it in.  West made a brilliant save from Pearson after a superb run by Law who followed by shooting just over the bar.  Everton sole opening of this second half came after they had withstood 20 minutes of solid pressure by United.  It fell to Bingham who was put clean away by Vernon but as he closed in to goal and Gaskell came out the winger slewed his shot wide.  United deserved to share the points.  Apart from the superb Law, Setters, Pearson and Herd impressed while Everton’s best performers were the half-backs, who got through a tremendous amount of work.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Veall.  Manchester United; Gaskell; Brennan, Dunne; Stiles, Foulkes, Setters; Giles, Pearson, Herd, Law, Moir.  Referee; Mr. A. Holland (Barnsley).  Attendance 69,501. 

ABERDEEN TERRIER AND YOUNG STOLE THE SHOW…
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Remind me to ask Parliament never to give the Scots home rule.  If they had it they would surely keep to themselves such wonderful players as Alex Young and Denis Law.  Yes, and those two other tartan-trew’d scorers in last night’s torrid, tempestuous feast of football-Moir and full-back Alex Parker whose war whoop when that rocket shot of his went in for Everton’s third recalled the cripple throwing away his crutches and leaping for joy!  And it is only a month or two since Alex was a cripple from cartilage trouble! No wonder he wore a smile from ear to ear when he saw his shot strike the back of the net-hit there, ironically enough, with his “wrong foot”- his left.  This was a match which gave us everything we expected (and a Manchester United revival in the last 30 minutes which was anything but expected;  It was, in a sense a carbon-copy of the same fixture last season when Everton scored five and were than hammered more than somewhat by a United who could only score once.  This time Everton went to 3-0, and deservedly, in the first-half which had the hugh crowd- there were nearly 70,000 of us- roaring their appreciation.  And particularly of two Young goals in thirty seconds, and one from Parker, from the outfield, to apparently clinch things and leave the Busby boys (I heard ‘em described in one quarter as Busby bullies) the faintest chance of making a match of it.  But how differently events shaped, Everton either tired or went on the defensive too early, their opponents found their game and a fine goal from Moir and where there been delight at all Everton had done there was now apprehension lest a match so well and quickly won should slip away to a 3-3 draw.  When Setters’ great shot hit a post (the same one he had struck when passing back in the first half) United came within woodwork width of crowning their recovery. 
TROUBLED FOLLOWING
The disappearance of Everton as an offensive force in the last half hour clearly troubled their following, but nothing could detract from the merit of what they had done when sewing up a great match so dramatically, so spectacularly by those astonishing goals by Young.  He had scarcely touched or even “seen” the ball in 13 minutes of rip-roaring riotous football when he started the left wing movement in which Stevens was given possession near the line.  His centre found Young’s head and was nodded upwards over a defender before the ball was hit on the volley, for a goal as cleverly taken by young will ever get.  Thirty seconds more had gone when Bingham cut the ball back and floated to Young’s head again.  This time he nodded it gently, yet firmly, just where Gaskell wasn’t- at the left hand goal-angle.  The ball crossed the line via the side of the upright.  The din of applause sounded like Jack Worthingtons metal-box factory-on double time.  The Busby boys lost their rhythm; they crowded each-other; they were just another team.  And when they started to employ offside tactics to stem Everton they were considered something less than just another team by thousands who didn’t like to see Everton’s forward gallop checked even momentarily.  The Parker goal, coming right on the interval and being of the once-in-a-lifetime kind, finished United completely we thought.  But it was soon to be shown that it was not going to be as easy as that… The Manchester wingers indulged themselves not for the first time, in a lovely inter-change of cross-field passes before Moir hitting the ball in as West mis-fielded it from Giles’ centre, made the score 3-1 and from that moment (65 minutes it was United in excelsis with Everton enjoying only that one big chance which fell to, and was missed by Bingham. 
ALL THE FOOTBALL ARTS
Herd " slipped " Labone twice, once by sleight,once by speed of foot, and both moves nearly cost a goal; Setters hit a post with a storming shot; Law (whose game from start to last was a miracle of virtuosity in all the football arts) weaved his fantastic way through a defence which, whatever else it possessed, had no answer to him.  To hold that 3-1 lead was most difficult and an Everton who had given all to establish themselves must have been as glad as we were to hear the final whistle.  And so a great memorable match finished with the crowd as appreciative of United's come-back as they were with their own team's greatness for two-thirds of the way.  Rarely have Everton shown such spirit, such brilliance.  But those two great personalities, Law and Young, with  completely contrasting styles—one all speed and sharpness  and the other almost lethargic in his art-concealing  artistry—stole the show and if one's performance was a  non-stop contribution of slide-rule passing the other won  the game with his remarkable goals in that personal contribution  lasting less than 60 seconds.  Veall, it seems, has come to stay. He has fine variation of pace; a good football brain. For an 18-years-old he played with astonishing maturity. Harris grafted magnificently. He was best when prompted by the superb constructive play of Thomson who knows better than to plaster the ball upfield when an angled pass slid 20 yards up the wing is the better proposition.  In defence, against wingers who always had the legs of  them, the Everton backs were not so commanding…especially in the spell when United took command and  seemed likely to score not once but often enough to get a  draw.
NECESSARY JOURNEY
It was a game which started “hot " and was soon in danger of getting out of hand. No quarter was given.  Referee Holland who gave a good demonstration of the art of applying the advantage rule, held control on too light a rein. I thought, but the further the game went the less fiery it became. The clash between Pearson and Thomson (Thomson got the jersey and a blow to the face) was, happily, the only really ill-tempered one.  Everton were so good for an hour and fell so quickly into an almost purely defensive side the change in the game was hard to explain. It is natural, I suppose, for any side 3-0 up to want to play for keeps, but if this was policy the damaging effect was painfully clear.  Law is the Matthews of our day and a veritable Aberdeen terrier. He maintains his balance (and the ball) in spite of all corners. He is lightning quick. Even when Everton were on top it was impossible to quell him completely.  He put as many on an attendance as Matthews  did—so will Young, as dainty and deft as Law, but possessing,  this time, the punchy finish his play sometimes  lacked a season ago.  Everton—and one does not forget Gabriel's clever (and  clean) part—deserve great credit for their exceptional  opening half; United helped to make the occasion with  their rallying finish.  Such splendid football gives one a new faith in football in 1962. There'll be another 70,000 on the same stands and terraces on Saturday. Who shall say after last night that their journey isn't really necessary. 

GABRIEL INJURED DURING UNITED MATCH
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 August 1962
DOUBTFUL FOR SATURDAY
STRAINED MUSCLE
By Leslie Edwards
Secret behind Everton’s loss of the initiative, when three goals ahead against Manchester United last night, was an injury to right half Gabriel, five minutes before the interval.  He strained a thigh muscle and is a doubtful for the game against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.  Sharples, who might have deputised, is also unfit with a strained back.  Gabriel, who had made the policing of Law his main mission, told Manager Harry Catterick that although he was handicapped by his injury he wanted to stay on to complete the job.  Nearly 70,000 people saw Everton win by 3-1.  If a crowd of similar size attend the Everton v Sheffield Wednesday game on Saturday at Goodison Park, Everton first team players will draw wages of approximately 180 pounds this week.  A crowd-bonus scheme will produce some 130 of this. 

EVERTON SIGN JOHN MORRISSEY
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 23 August 1962
LIVERPOOL WINGER
FIVE-FIGURE FEE
By Michael Charters
Everton and Liverpool completed their second big inter-club transfer deal of the past two years when Liverpool left winger John Morrissey was signed by Everton this afternoon for a fee probably in the five-figure region.  Thus former Liverpool and England schoolboy international Morrissey has travelled in the reverse direction which Dave Hickson took.  Morrissey was only on a monthly contract at Liverpool after having made two or three transfer requests in the past 12 months or so.  He never made any secret of the fact that he did not want to leave Merseyside and he first interested Everton in the era of John Carey as manager there. The fee then was too high. 
RENEWED INTEREST 
I heard some weeks ago that Everton had renewed their interest when they learned, that Morrissey had not re-signed for the season at Anfield. His ability to play on either wing although he prefers the left—should prove of great value at Goodison.  Morrissey, whose family has business interests in the Scotland Road district of Liverpool, joined the Anfield staff after leaving school.  In the season before last he had a prolonged spell in the first team, displacing Alan A'Court, who switched to the right. A'Court regained his place last season and Morrissey did not play in the senior side.  Morrissey looked impressive on his outings for Liverpool’s Second Division team and Liverpool rated him in the near—20,000 class when they had inquiries for him when clubs learned that he was unsettled at Anfield.  Everton manager Harry Catterick told me: We believe Morrissey’s experience will prove of great help to us and to the youngsters we have on our books."  Asked if Morrissey- would make his debut against Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison Park on Saturday.  Mr. Catterick replied! "He will certainly be considered for selection."

ROY VERNON SAYS…
Liverpool Daily Post, Friday, August 24 1962
CROWING MUST WAIT, BUT THE FUTURE BRIGHT
It’s a wonderful feeling to win the first games under any circumstances; but when those matches happen to be at Burnley of all places and against Manchester United it is small wonder that life in the Goodison camp these days, is like being with a happy pack of schoolboys, after a smashing holiday by the seas.  Down the years I have developed a healthy respect for Burnley.  It has always droved one of the most difficult grounds on which to win and with two victories over as last season and a draw at Goodison the Turf Moor side were threatening to develop into something of a bogey side.  Now that has been smashed in Smithereens and not the least placing part about the win was that we proved ourselves fitter, faster and more together as a side.  Surely this is adequate reward for all hard work we put in before the season started. 
LEADING GOAL
Until you play in a side I don’t think you can experience the depressing effect a leading goals scored by the opposition can have especially in front of their own supporters.  Yet I cannot remember Everton or any other side so confidently laughing off a score as we did at Burnley.  We felt that we could give them that goal start and still beat them.  That’s is not boastfulness.  It truly was the way we felt and in contrast when we got on terms you could almost see Burnley sagging.  The Everton dressing-room at half-time has seldom been a more cheerful place.  We knew Burnley were on the run and we intended to go out and keep them running.  I think we can claim to have done just that.  We really enjoyed playing this game and I don’t think it was Everton who most welcomed the final whistle even though it did clinch such a fine victory.  Remember lasts season Spurs could only beat Burnley 3-1 in the F.A Cup Final- and that was on neutral ground.  We did it on their own ground and though we have no Cup to show for it, the result cannot fail on boost our already higher morale.  To make forecasts is usually to invite disaster, so that the only one I will attempt is that given the run of the ball this could be a good reason for
us.  All the opposition is not as good as Burnley and Manchester United.  The team has given 100 per cent, so that if our bonus winning possibilities had been doubled we could not have given more.  It may take a few more matches before it is even possible to gain any idea of the respective strengths and weaknesses of the sides in Division one, but possibly because we won only three matches away from home all last season, the Burnley victory was certainly sweet. 
WHAT’S WRONG?
Come to think of it dare I ask the question.  What’s wrong with our away record?  After all we have won two successive games away from home, Arsenal in the last match of last season was the other.  I don’t like to comment at any time on the play of member of my own side, but I don’t think it would be out of place to give a pat on the back to young Ray Veall.  We were all delighted that he was able to give such a good account of himself in his first match.  He seemed to know exactly where I wanted the ball and such intelligent reading of play obviously and earn him a high mark.  Good luck to him.  We all hope he does well.  My thought went back to my own debut doesn’t shout it out loud but it was against Liverpool and I found myself thinking.  “Did I do as well as that in my first game?”  Brian Harris is now the proud father of a son.  We sought to pull his leg a bit I don’t know why new fathers always have to run this gauntlet, but we found Brian equal to it.  “Have Everton offered him terms yet” we asked.  No, but he’s already kicking out strongly” said Brian “and if it is of any interest to you I am getting him to concentrate on his left foot because there does not seem to be as many of them as right footers.”  Apparently the powers that be have instructed referees to clamp down in all forms of gamesmanship during a match and from what I have seen and heard they are carrying out those instructions to the letter.  I dare say the game would be better for the elimination, but it has been with us for so long now that it is almost like parting with an old friend.  One thing was brought home very forcibly to me on Saturday and that was the debt of gratitude we owe to our wonderful supporters.  It was even more rewarding on Wednesday.  Burnley may have been the home team last Saturday but never at any stage did they receive greater support than we did.  The cheering and encouragement were magnificent and if it can be said that we gave them something to cheer, then that is our satisfaction for those lads and lassies supporters in fair weather and foul, at home and away, deserve a roal break.  I can tell them that if it lies within our power to give it to them they will have it.  There is not a better bunch in the length and breadth of the land.  I have been told there was a mighty cheer at Anfield when our result was announced and while this may have been a thrill for those who were unable to travel, I really believe they missed a lot.  This time the result was not the only thing that was good.  If the crowd enjoyed the match as much as the players then it was a great day. 

MORRISSEY ON EVERTON’S LEFT WING
Liverpool Echo - Friday 24 August 1962
RIGHT HALF PROBLEM
VEALL OUT
By Leslie Edwards
John Morrissey, signed yesterday from Liverpool, makes his bow at outside left in the Everton team against Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison Park, tomorrow.  Out goes 18-years-old Ray Veall after two fine shows as a First division player.  The right half-back position poses a problem of almost insurmountable difficultly, Gabriel, Meagan, Sharples and Jarvis, the men who could solve the problems, are all injured. 
LATE TEST
Sharples will have a test late to-day to see whether his damaged back will stand the strain of 90 minutes' soccer.  Jarvis, with a strapped up knee, can only be risked in Central League football.  If Sharpies falls his test Manager Catterick might have to ask Stevens to drop back to the half-back line. In that event Wignall would probably find a place in the attack.  If Sharples Is fit the attack will read. Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Morrissey.  Tony Kay, Sheffield Wednesday’s left half, will again be at inside right. The team will be the same that drew with Leicester City mid-week.  SHEFFIELD W.—Springett; Johnson, Megson: McAnearney, Swan, Hardy; Finney, Kay, Layne, Dobson, Holliday. 

THOSE BULLENS ROAD BLANKS…
Liverpool Echo - Friday 24 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
An extraordinary feature of the attendance of nearly 70,000 people at Goodison Park for the Manchester United game was the block of empty seats—some 100 of them—in the Bullens Road stand. As the club had announced the day before that all seats had been sold the blank space in an otherwise near-capacity gate caused much comment.  The explanation, I suppose, is that some  shareholders who had enjoyed for years the  privilege (by virtue of holding an original share)  of buying two season-tickets at the cost of 7s 6d  were not prepared this season to pay the usual  season-ticket charge, less 5 per cent., for the  purpose of sitting in their old places.  The club told shareholders weeks ago that the privilege was being withdrawn, on F.A. instructions, because in so many cases original shares were held in the names of people long deceased. The club are now requesting shareholders who possess original shares to have the shares held in their own names and not those of the people who purchased them originally.  Whether Everton will be prepared to have so many seats unoccupied at all home matches is open to doubt.  It could be that the accommodation reserved for shareholders will be reduced and the seats at present not filled made available to the public on a match-to-match basis, pay at the turnstiles. These seats could hardly be booked in advance, since any original shareholder might decide at any time in the season to take up his option on a season ticket.
Stand-in successes 
Rain or shine, the mid-week attendance Kill be equalled or bettered at Goodison Park to-morrow, when  manager Harry Catterick's former team, Sheffield  Wednesday, are here to try to repeat their solid 4-0 victory  of a season ago. They beat Everton at Sheffield, too, so Vernon and company will be doubly anxious to go to their third successive win this season and top place in the division.  There seems to be two opinions about young Wall, who is bridging the outside left gap so well. One contends he is not ready for this class of football; the other that he has done enough to prove that he might stay there forever, given careful “nursing “by his partner.  Sharpies might have been brought into the team in place of Gabriel, who has a strained thigh muscle, but he is also injured. With the season only just begun Meagan.  Temple and now Gabriel are off the active list. I do not doubt that most other clubs find themselves similarly placed. Though Everton are alleged not to have the reserves they need, they have produced in Meagan and Temple and this season in retail, highly successful stand-ins of the sort that often become permanencies.

EVERTON LOSE NOTIME IN CHOOSE
Liverpool Daily Post- Saturday, August 25 1962
SHARPPLES DEPUTISES FOR AN UNFIT GABRIEL
By Horace Yates
Everton the quarter of a million pound club have not hesitated to field John Morrissey, former Liverpool winger in their side against Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison Park today, despite the fact that he cost only £13,000, has never played First Division football and in fact has not figured in Second Division football since the last match of 1960-61 season.  It could be of course that Everton are dire straits for wingers just now and that it is not desired to place too great a strain on the highly promising Ray Veall.  Against it might be that Everton believe they have made a first class capture and seek the first opportunity of putting the theory to the test.  I believe they have and if players earning another bonus Morrissey is truly fit and in the region of £70 a man ready for the tray I expect to.  It is a lot of money to be see him do well on his debut earned in an hour and a half today.  Such is his build that but so far I have heard he Morrissey thrives only on the suggestion from any quarter strictest of strict training.  It is a pity that Gabriel has had to be ruled out for at half back is the really solid foundation of the Everton side. 
TESTING GAME
Sharples has not the mobility aggression or experience of Gabriel and it is things that count so much in such a testing game as this is sure to be.  The lad has had five first team outings, all of them the season before last.  It may be pace that will be his greatest worry.  Will Meagan and Gabriel already on the injured list one can only hope that this is not the beginning of another chapter of misfortune.  Possibly because Mr. Harry Catterick was formerly in charge at Wednesday and now holds the reins at Goodison there is a “derby” tension about these matches these days.  Last season Wednesday had matters all their own way.  They slammed Everton mercilessly 4-0 at Goodison and completed the double on their own ground by three goals to one.  Everton are riding on the crest of the wave while Wednesday can hardly be considered normal with the energetic Tony Kay at inside right for most of us will remember him better for his terrier like tackling at half-backs. 
ANOTHER BIG BONUS
So satisfied was everyone with Everton’s allowing against Manchester United on Wednesday that only really foul weather will prevent the players earning another bonus in the region of £70 a man.  It is a lot of money to be earned in an hour and a half but so far I have heard he suggestion from any quarter that it is not money well spent by the club.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Sharples, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Morrissey.  Sheffield Wednesday;- Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnearney, Swan, Harvey, Finney, Kay, Layne, Dobson, Holliday. 

EVERTON KEEP UP THEIR WINNING HOME RECORD
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 25 August 1962
BUT SHEFFIELD SHOCKED THEM AT THE START
EVERTON 4, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1
By Michael Charters
Sharples, deputising for the injured Gabriel, who had played 51 league games in succession, was quickly prominent with a couple of neat mid-field touches. There was some clever passing between Harris and Sharples, but the forwards were not breaking through cleanly. When they did from a lovely pass by Vernon to Young it was only a matter of inches which prevented Everton from taking a leading score. 
Young raced on for the pass just outside the penalty area and as Springett came out Young shot just into the side netting.
CHANCE FOR BINGHAM
At last Everton swung intotheir best move, thanks to a glorious cross-field pass bySharpies to Morrissey who beat Johnson very neatly and his centre was headed well by Young only for Springett to clutch the ball as he fell. The England goalkeeper, however, failed to retain possession and Bingham standing on the six-yard line, spooned the ball over the bar with Springett still on the ground. From a pass by Vernon he beat Swan, but his centre was cut off by Springett. Straight from this save Wednesdays swept down and took a leading goal after 20 minutes. A long pass by Johnsen to Kay saw him slide the out to Holliday and when the winger crossed the ball to the far side of the goal the Everton defence had run forward out of position and Layne put a good header high into the net past West.  Within a minute Wednesday repeated the left wing move and almost got another goal.  Holliday this time crossed the ball low and
Finney, with a great chance, put the ball wide of the far post. Everton should have equalised shortly afterwards when Morrissey beat Johnson again, and from his centre Young headed the ball on to unmarked Stevens, who made a hash of his attempted hook shot from close rangeand merely succeeded in slicing the ball gently into the arms of Springett. Six minutes after Wednesday had taken the lead Everton equalised through a penalty by Vernon. It was awarded for a foul by Swain on Stevens just inside area and Vernon hammered the ball past Springett from the spot.  This was a very clear decision, I thought but certainly Wednesday did not appeal against it. 
SIMPLE CHANCE
From the restart Layne missed a simple chance of putting his team in the lead again after McAnearney's shot had been deflected to his feet by Labone unwittingly, Layne seemed so surprised that he never even got a shot in " sandwiched” Vernon, for a foul to be awarded to Everton, it was McAnearney who came, off worst, and he limped on to right win when play resumed. Finney dropping back. At this point Labone limped off for some attention to his left knee, and it was impossible to say how the injury had been caused as play had been in progress for some minutes.  Sharples moved to centre half and Stevens dropped back into the half-back line.  Thus, at this stage, both teams were practically playing with 10 men as McAnearney was only a passenger on Wednesday’s right wing.  The ball was never properly cleared by Wednesday however, the lead after 37 minutes through Stevens.  In an all-up Everton attack Young passed to Harris in the inside right position and the wing half put the ball across perfectly to Stevens, who pulled it inside Finney and his low shot from the edge of the area struck a Wednesday defender on route and was deflected away from Springett to hit the inside of the upright and trickle into the net.  After this goal Labone returned to the field with a strapping on his left knee after he had been off for about five minutes.  When kay flattened Thomson just outside the Wednesday penalty area the crowd began their “off, off, off” chant and Everton gained a corner from the resultant free kick.  Holliday’s speed often troubled Parker, and the winger was sent away by Finney before making a good centre which Labone turned away for a corner.  Half-time-Everton 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
McAnearney resumed in his correct position even though he still showed signs of a limp.  Stevens made a couple of good efforts, one of which Springett saved well and the other when he was inches offside from a first-class move between Vernon and Young.  Thomson, over-eager to come up in attack, moved forward for a pass from Harris and the his cross the ball went out to Bingham, who sliced his shot so much that it was almost 20 yards wide of the post.
DEFENSIVE GAME
Kay was playing such a defensive game that he was rarely up with his forwards with the result that Wednesday were limited to a four man attack, and with McAnearney pretty useless with his injury Wednesday were always upagainst it numerically.  After Vernon had almost,  beaten Springett with a clever  lob, he ball slipping Just over the bar, it was seen that Bingham was lying on the edge of penalty area—he had not been involved in the move at  all.  He pointed to Swan as the aggressor, but as no official had seen anything the game restarted with a goal kick. The game now was very much of a similar pattern to the first half with occasional breaks for goal, but play mainly a midfield duel. 
I thought Everton's halfbacks were again the best part of the side with Labone and Harris outstanding. Everton’s increased their lead, as they deserved to do on their second half performance, with an amazing goal from Vernon after 75 minutes.  He latched on to a lovely  through pass from Bingham,  shot hard, the ball rebounding off Springett's body, high in the air as though it was going out beyond the post.  Somehow Vernon reached it first and nodded it back and inside the upright as Springett’ recovered and dived on it butthe ball was just over the line.
BRILLIANT SAVE 
The unsighted when the referee awarded a free-kick for what looked a perfectly fair tackle by Stevens on Layne. Everton nearly lost a goal.  From the free-kick West went out and mis-judged his catch so that Holliday had the entire goal to shoot at.  His deliberate shot was going dust inside the post when Parker made a brilliant goal line save.  From a clearance Everton went 4-1 in front after 74 minutes. A great cross- field pass by Harris found the feet of the unmarked Young on the right wing.  Young trapped it perfectly and moved on to smash a terrific shot high into the net with Springett standing helpless with the sheer pace of the ball.  Springett had to come far out of his goal to make a great interception from Young,and Everton now were in full flow playing really well.  Springett repeated his  effort a few moments later  with an even more excellent  save from the feet of Vernon  after Everton had interpassed  the ball for a couple of  minutes and dazzled the Wednesday defence.   Everton played some superb football in the closing minutes and were unlucky not to increase their lead as Vernon shot just outside after a brilliant move with Young.  Final; Everton 4, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Official attendance 51,554.
Lancashire League
Liverpool A 2, Everton A 4
Liverpool B 1, Everton B nil

INJURY BUG STRIKES AT EVERTON HALVES NOW
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 25 August 1962
By Alex Young
Our final victory last season at Arsenal laid  the London bogey and success at Turf Moor last  week-end seems to indicate that the away bogey is  no longer with us, but that third bogey—the injury  one—is still lurking around Goodison Park.  This time last season it  was the forwards who were  paying regular visits to the  Everton treatment room;  now it seems the half backs  who are having an unlucky  spell.  Those receiving treatment this week were George Sharples, injured in Monday’s reserve team match:  Mick Meagan, who had to drop out of Wednesday’s match through sciatica: and Jimmy Gabriel and Brian Harris, both of whom were injured during the United match, and Alan Jarvis.  It was strange how the match against the Manchester clubfollowed closely the pattern of the corresponding fixture last season. Then, I remember, we led by five goals at half time, this time it wan three.  On both occasions United walked off at half-time looking a completely beaten side, only to put new vigour into their game on returning.  Matt busby’s influence obviously had much to do with the change, but on Wednesday Denis Law, also, injected new life into the team.  Denis, who thrilled us all with the tremendous acceleration and uncanny ball control, told me after the match that he was delighted to be playing in English football again. English football, I am sure, is pleased to have him back.  Denis is to marry an Aberdeen girl in December and I am sure the occasion will go down as the town’s wedding of the year. The Aberdeen people have a tremendous respect for the local fisherman's son who became an international football star.  United's second half recovery was remarkable and came about. I thought, because they kept on playing football, even when on the receiving end of things in the first half. This is a policy which helped United to make a tremendous improvement duringWednesday’s match and should stand them in good stead throughout the season.  By the way, during the  second half of the United  match, when a tremendous  drive by Maurice Setters  crashed against an upright,  the ball travelled so quickly  that only the players and  spectators immediately  behind the goal realized  that a superb finger-tip  save by Gordon West had  deflected the ball. A wonderful shot—and a remarkable save.  Wolves led the First Division on goal average before this afternoon’s matches started, but I don’t think that unduly worrying.  A significant feature for me is that Everton have  made a better start than  Tottenham, Burnley and  Manchester United -the  clubs which in my opinion  we will have to watch in  this season's championship  race.  This week we welcomed John Morrissey to Goodison Park and I am sure he immediately felt at home, for the Liverpool winger has many friends in the Everton camp. 
VEALL DEBUT 
We ended last season on a happy note with a good display of football and an away victory at Highbury, and it was pleasant to start the 1962-63 campaign in similar mood at Turf Moor last Saturday.  It was a match I really enjoyed playing in, and one I am sure young Ray Veall, making his debut in First Division football, will remember for a long time.  A game on Burnley’s ground is a most difficult one for a young player making his first League appearance, but despite being opposed by John Angus, whom I consider one of the best backs in the First Division. Ray had a grand match.  Judging by the din from  the terraces there were  plenty of people from  Merseyside there to support  us, too, and I noticed one  particularly loud Liverpool-accented  voice which kept  ringing out encouragement  during the game. I suspect its owner was either an ex-sergeant major or had the assistance of some kind of megaphone!  An unusual feature of the match was that the four goals were shared by English. Irish, Welsh and Scottishinternational players.  I suspect that in high  scoring games it is not  uncommon for players who  have represented the four  home countries to feature  on the scoring sheet, but I  think it must be rare in  matches where only four goals are scored.  Of these goals, I thoughtRoy Vernon's was a real beauty. From where I was standing, he seemed badly angled and to have very little room in which to place a shot.  I was the most astonished man on Turf Moor when the ball hit the back of the net.  Why, I don't know, for Roy cracks“goals“likethese almost daily in practice.  Nevertheless, they always seem to amaze me.  A t popular chap with the Everton first team at the moment is reserve full back, Roy Parnell.  While I have been at Goodison, I cannot remember ever being on the losing side when Pancho this nickname at Everton has been 12th man—and he has occupied that role on quite a few occasions.  His presence did this trick  again against Burnley and  United, I think it must be  something to do with his  cheerful personality and  grand sense of humour  which helps to lessen the  tension and make him  appear to be our lucky  mascot. 
GOOD FUTURE 
From a local schoolboy side straight Into Central League football is a big step, but that has happened to 15 - years - old Aiden Maher, a member of last season’s successful Liverpool Schoolboys team.  Alden was in the Everton Reserve team against Burnley last Saturday and again against Manchester United on Monday evening.  Like six other members of the Goodison apprentice professional staff, Aiden is a former schools International.  I've watched these  seven and the rest of  Everton's Juniors playing  some pretty good football  during training sessions at  Bellefield, so the future of  the club seem; well taken  care of.  In fact, it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see some of the School of Science’s young members eventually graduating with - honours."  Albert Dunlop,recovered from his illness, played in the "A" team last Saturday and for the Reserves on Monday at Old Trafford where Everton lost 4-2 after holding United up to the time of George Sharples’ injury.  By the way, one of Albert’s colleagues in the “A " team last week-end  was Tommy Jones, playing  for the first time since  breaking a knee cap.  The "A " teamers to  whom I have spoken this  week tell me Tommy had  a great game, moving about  the field without suspicion  of a limp and that's  great news.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RES V EVERTON RES
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 25 August 1962
Sheffield Wednesday Res;- Maclaren; Hill, Hickton; Eustace, O’Donnell, Mobley; Wilkinson (D.), Quinn, Ellis, Griffin, Storf.  Everton res; Dunlop; Parnell, Green (J); Jarvis, Helsop, Rees, Shaw, Green (R.), Webber, Russell, Veall.  Referee; Mr. C.S. Allatt, Birmingham. 
A neat flick by Griffin to Storf sent Wednesday’s left winger streaking away, but he could only again a fruitless corner, Shaw, on the Everton right wing, was like a piece of quicksilver.  Twice he came across the field to rob Wednesday defenders of the ball, and start attacking movements, but the home defence easily cleared the danger.  Dunlop, of Everton captain and keeper, had to drive at the Wednesday centre’s feet to prevent a goal, and later he brilliantly turned a Quinn shot round the post after diving full length.  Ellis had two great chances to give the home side the lead but failed.  Completely against the run of play and in their first dangerous attack Everton took the lead in the 38th minute when Russell netted from 18 yards out.  Half-time; Sheffield Wednesday Res nil, Everton Res 1.
LIVERPOOL A V EVERTON A
In a keenly contested game Harvey scored for Everton in 20 minutes; Hurst added another in five minutes but Graham for Liverpool reduced the lead in 37 minutes.  Everton went ahead again through Harvey in 40 minutes. 

EVERTON BUILD UP TO CHALLENGE THE SPURS
Liverpool Daily Post- Monday, August 27, 1962
VERNON AND ALEX YOUNG HAVE BIG PART TO PLAY
EVERTON 4, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1
By Horace Yates
If there are better or more entertaining teams than Everton, then let us stop complaining about falling standards.  There was so much about this display, as indeed there was at Burnley and apparently also against Manchester United, that suggests that this is no passing phase, and that unless the heavier grounds later on produce a slide, then this really could be one of Everton’s greatest seasons with a challenge to the mighty Spurs maybe not too much to forecast.  When a team gets away for a start such as this- remember that both Burnley (and Sheffield Wednesday won the corresponding games last season-one generally expects to find an unchanged side behind it.  Everton have not fielded the same side in any consecutive games!  Saturday’s match brought John Morrissey, former Liverpool winger, and without a doubt Everton were pleased with his showing.  A stranger in a strange land, in a new field of First Division football, it was hardly surprising that Morrissey improved as the game progressed.  He will play much better than this- will Liverpool’s face be red? 
CLASSY HARRIS
The class of Brian Harris has been becoming increasingly obvious for some time now and with his confidence in his own ability growing almost to the point of cockiness, he dominates more and more.  This progress however, we take for granted, for the evidence has been persistent, but a youngster who really delighted me was young George Sharples.  A season has made a transformation in his play.  Quicker in his movements yet seldom hurried in his play, his football brain is obvious.  So often did he do the right thing, and do it immaculately that this powerful fledgling lends encouraging strength in a department where first line solidarity is essential.  For the second successive Saturday Everton concerned the first goal.  Dismiss it if you like as coincidence, but to do so without examination is full of danger.  A cross from Burnley’s left wing found a completely undefended space beyond the right hand post for Pointer to score.  Holliday did exactly the same thing for Layne (19 minutes) and again for Finney immediately afterwards, it was Everton’s good luck that Finney shot instead of leaving it to the more dangerous Layne.  So solid and reassuring in other respects, this defence is proving a sucker for the left cross.  City is now, before real damage is done.  That it was a worthy victory in the end, and long before it none will deny but the crippling injury in the first quarter to the trustful McAnearney could hardly have helped Wednesday’s cause.  Everton may point to a knee injury received by Labone but his mobility was not impaired to anything like a comparative degree and in fact the centre half achieve far more than his opposite number Swan, without employing anything like the same vigour.  An international pointer?  Maybe.  So obviously were temperature rising that it was not in the least surprising that Everton should get on terms through the penalty goal route, for Stevens was on the receiving end of Kay’s attentions in the penalty area.  Here the referee was spoiled for choice –whether to award a penalty against Kay or against Swan, who sent Young crashing to earth.  In both cases a penalty was plainly incurred and so in 26 minutes.  Vernon restored equality.  Everton were able to retire a goal ahead at the interval when Stevens beat Springett 38.  With McAnearney limping for the most part of the left wing Wednesday were handicapped beyond hope of recovery.  It was mainly Vernon, and after Young running at great speed for the through balls that caused most alarm to Wednesday’s defence for the attack was always reacting quicker to possibilities, and when Bingham offered a running chance to Vernon his shot struck the outcoming Springett and had just enough pace to cross the line. 
GOAL DESERVED
Young deserved a goal for his relentless and all times sparkling play, Harris pushed the ball into the wide open pace on the right.  Down swooped Young and cracked mighty shot past Springett.  The goal was well conceived and beautifully finished so that we now have the pleasing situation of Young scoring in the first three games.  May this new found hostility continue.  On the sustained brilliance of Young and Vernon much of Everton’s continued feats may depend.  I don’t think any defender gives me greater joy to watch, than Alex Parker in the tackle.  He is the supreme artist in the way he goes about his task committing possibly fewer fouls than any other full back, and coming out of a clash in possession with the most commendable frequency.  Thomson and Stevens, gets through more work than many people admit, but their efforts are not lost in team solidity.  Kay takes punishment as readily s he gives it and although it may gain him some degree or unpopularity on away grounds, here is the man whose play suggest he is never satisfied with a mere 100 per cent effort and in Layne, Wednesday could have introduced one of the most dangerous centre forwards of the neat future.  Although beaten four times it is not difficult to see why England rate Springett so highly.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Sharples, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Morrissey.  Sheffield Wednesday; Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnearnely, Swan, Harvey; Finney, Kay, Layne, Dobson, Holliday.  Referee; Mr. L. Joyton.  Attendance 51,554.

BEST REMEMBERED FOR ITS POSITIVE PLEASURES
Liverpool Echo- Monday, August 27, 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Patches of brilliant individual football, some in defence, some in offence, shone through the tough tawdriness of the rest of the match between Everton and Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison Park. It was nothing like so good a spectacle as the Manchester United game because where the early fire of the mid-week match died the raw-boned ruggedness of this one persisted. We went away satisfied that the right team won, but dis-satisfied with methods used on either side. There must have been some pretty sore muscles and shins in both dressing rooms when it was all over. The all-pals-together handshakes and, in one case, arms-round-each-other retreat from the battlefield fooled no one. Players have long memories and usually are not forgetful of rough treatment.  I would rather remember the match for its positive pleasures than for the sight of so many players hobbling away from this tackle or that. The worthwhile included  Young's goal: Sharples' emergence as the player the experts  always said he would be Springett's magnificent goalkeeping  and the tireless excellence (when he wasn't getting  in the crowds' and the referee's bad book) of Kay, whose  face and figure are so like those of that other great club  man, Leslie Shannon.
Skipped Lively 
There was too, on the credit side, the performance of Vernon who skipped lively back to his real form (the skipping was often necessary) and a satisfactory debut by Morrissey, after an unfortunate start. Add Everton's third win in a row—they now face Manchester United and Fulham in successive away fixtures—after being a goal down and the return to the game after a blow to the knee of Labone and the story worth telling is almost complete.  That goal by Young which made the score 4-1 was the most perfect thing. He trapped the ball in his stride, closed range and then clipped his shot past Springett as though scoring from a fine angle was just a formality. The clever collection of the ball, the smoothness of his onward glide the impudence of his shot—these were touches of genius.  We had seen earlier evidence of the same genius when Young cheekily left Swan and Johnson flat-footed and flabbergasted and this time produced a shot which hit the side net.  Sharples, even not fully fit, was a revelation. It is not so long since he recovered from energy-sapping glandular fever. On the few occasions in the past when I have seen him I've been a little sceptical of his great promise. He showed on Saturday what great development he has made.  When Wednesday were commanding it was Sharples and Labone who were outstanding. And "grafter" Harris, splendid in either of his roles, was tremendous for the whole 90 minutes.
Crowd Rose To Him 
Springett outdid a West who had many fine saves to his credit. Nothing from the England man was better than his two saves in a few minutes near the end first from the feet of Young and then of Vernon. He came up with the ball against the odds on both occasions. The crowd, not unappreciative of a goalkeeper's courage, rose to him on both occasions.  Kay, a firebrand, got as good as he gave and looked  a bit non-plussed long before the end But in his role  as an extra defender he did enough to demonstrate that he  is one of the finest, if one of the toughest, young players  in the game.  Wednesday took the lead through Layne after a glorious move in which the ball moved from one penalty box to the other in a chain of lovely passes. Kay's foul on Stevens in the box gave Everton the equalizer in twenty-five minutes. McAnarney became a hobbling passenger on the wing after being off field for a few minutes and Labone, caught in a tackle on Holladay, was off-field  when Stevens changed direction (and his feet) before  shooting the ball over the line via the inside of the post.  He came back immediately Prior to the interval.  Stevens three times in almost as many minutes missed narrowly after taking excellent Positions. Vernon made it 3-1 and Parker, standing on the line, kept out a Holliday shot when the chances were that the score would go to 3-2.  Young's great goal: Springett's magnificent spell  against Young and Vernon and a merciful final whistle  ended a day of double tempest  Morrissey with the happy knack of taking the ball on  when seemingly successfully tackled, shared the bonus and  the limelight, but success for him did not come quickly.

 

EVERTON HIT BY INJURIES 
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 28 August 1962
Everton cannot select team to play Manchester United to-morrow until Labone, Gabriel, Meagan and Bingham undergo fitnesstests to-morrow.  Jarvis suffered suspected fractured ankle and Tommy Jones suspected fractured wrist in Reserves match last night. 

EVERTON F.C’S OLDEST FAN? WELL, HE’S 94
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 28 August 1962
By George Harrison
Until a couple of seasons ago, Mr.John  Appleton, who lives with his son and daughter-in-law  at the Farmer's Arms Hotel, Moreton, Wirral,  very seldom missed an Everton F.C. home match.  Nowadays, however, he finds the climb to his regular seat at the bock of the towering Goodison main stand rather more than he can comfortably tackle. But his son told me: “I expect that this season, with the Blues starting off so well, he will want to be there again. He's very proud of the fact that he believes himself to be Everton's oldest fan."  And how old is John Appleton that he reckons he can make that claim? He was 94 last Sunday.  “At present he is away on a six weeks holiday with his son-in-law in Chislehurst, Kent,” his son went on.  “So we shall have to wait until he comes home before we find out what special matches at Goodison he will want to see.  “He isn’t as nimble as he used to be, yet I think it is a fairly safe bet that provided he can use the directors’ lift to the stand, my father will be there on a number of occasions.  "Despite his age he is in wonderful health. He makes the journey to Chislehurst and back by train quite on his own. We put him aboard the train In Liverpool and he is met in London, that’s all. And the same applies in reverse on his way back."  Old John worked at I.C.I, until his retirement. And that was 29 years ago.  He is an enthusiastic and mighty popular member of the Moreton O.A. P. club and attends their weekly meetings regularly when he is at home.  Before going on his holiday, he left the money for all his friends in the O.A.P. club to enjoy a modest tea-party to celebrate his birthday.  What a man! And how true the old saying that in the days when he was born “The ships were made of wood and the men were made of iron." 

INSTRUCTIVE TILT
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 29 August 1962
By Leslie Edwards
For Everton the second tilt at Manchester United will be instructive. Can Everton beat them again?  Will United's second-half form of a week ago be seen from the beginning this time? Some people said United were the worst Busby side for seasons. The team confounded that assessment by winning promptly at Highbury.  A great contingent from this city will follow Everton in the conviction that this is to be their championship year. The result of this match and the one at Fulham on Saturday will go a long way towards indicating the answer. If the Everton attack has left behind, forever, its propensity for not showing its real form in away fixtures the side's future would be assured. Everton fans are spread world-wide. The Cunard company include a great number. One of them Dom Volante, a great character and a great man with the gloves in his time came in yesterday to tell me of his meeting not long ago with Sam Chedgzoy (What a smart feller ") and the old cartoonist from this city, Bert Wright. Dom is now first class gym. Instructor in Mauretania, his ship, Brittonic having ended her voyaging days. He still skips and boxes a stint each day and looks fit as ever.  He doesn’t see all the football he would like, but who’d swap jobs with him when he sails in the sunshine of winter cruises from Naples (“where me Man and Dad were born.”)?  Volante 58, is living proof that not all professional boxing can leave a man “puchy.” Indeed he is a fine example of what a boxer can make of himself when his big-purse days are over. 

EVERTON AT FULL STRENGTH
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 29 August 1962
FOUR PLAYERS PASS TESTS
AGAINST UNITED
By Leslie Edwards
Everton go into battle against Manchester United at Old Trafford tonight at full strength.  That was the unexpected and pleasing bulletin after four players who had been doubtless had come through tests this morning.  Gabriel, who missed the Sheffield Wednesday game, is back; Labone, who suffered a cut knee on Saturday, is fit; so is winger Billy Bingham.  So selection of the team was easy where, if the tests had gone the other way, all sorts of permutations of an eleven were possible.  Manchester United have selected the team which beat Arsenal at Highbury on Saturday.  Manchester United; Gaskell; Brennan, Dunne; Nicholson, Foulkes, Lawton; Giles, Chisnall, Herd, Law, Moir.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Morrissey. 

INJURIES DELAY EVERTON TEAM TO VISIT UNITED
Liverpool Daily Post- Wednesday, August 29, 1962
By Horace Yates
Everton’s first League clash with Liverpool at Goodison Park on September 22, is a sell-out, so far as the stands and the paddock, for which tickets have been issued are concerned.  This means that more than three weeks before the match 21,000 supporters are already in receipt of their tickets. For the rest it will be a case of pay at the turnstiles.  With only three matches played, and all won, Everton position might give the impression of a freedom from worry but with a growing list of injuries, events are not flowing quite so smoothly as one might wish.  The situation last night was that no team for tonight’s visit to Manchester United could be announced.  Fitness tests this morning will be decisive.  First team players with a query against their names are game, Jimmy Gabriel, Brian Labone, Billy Bingham and Mick Meagan.  The report on Gabriel yesterday was that his injured thigh was free from pain and with him, I should think it is only a question of whether or not he could maintain complete fitness throughout what could be a grueling game.  Against the restless wandering Dennis Law, Gabriel would have the most onerous task of the evening and nothing less than a 100 per cent fit player could do himself and his team justice. 
SORE KNEE
Brian Labone’s knee is naturally sire after stitches but with his great spirit should be surprised if he stands down.  Bingham too must have a good chance, but in every case doubts must be resolved before players will be risked.  Advancing at a very encouraging pace is Derek Temple, the young winger, who could make the Everton attack even faster and more lethal than it has so far proved.  He is training well, with no apparent ill-effect.  Additions to the injured list after Monday night’s reserve team match are Tommy Jones who is nursing a suspected fracture of the wrist and Alan Jarvis with a suspected fracture of an ankle.  I thrust Everton will be able to field a fully representative side tonight for against a United team desperately keen to prove that they are more formidable than their performances to date might suggest, this could be a really grueling game.  There will not be many matches more difficult to win than this and while naturally I hope to see Everton prevail there would be no grounds for despair if there were to be a division of the points. 
FIVE POINTS
I wonder if it is generally appreciated that if Everton do succeed in scoring a victory at Old Trafford they will be five points up on the comparative matches of last season and five points were all that separated Everton from the championships Ipswich at the end of the programme.  It is an encouraging thought for last season’s away record was not so great that there is not room for improvement this term.  The United game, feel might well prove a powerful pointer. 

EVERTON ARE WORTHY LEADERS OF LEAGUE
Liverpool Daily Post- Thursday, August 30, 1962
PENALTY BRINGS FIRST DOUBLE IN BLISTERING GAME
MANCHESTER UNITED 0, EVERTON 1
By Horace Yates
By their victory at Old Trafford last night Everton became undisputed leaders of the First Division with the magnificent record of four games played and all won.  This is my opinion, was the greatest victory of them all, even though it was brought about only by a Vernon penalty goal.  The opening triumph at Burnley was a great feat, but last night’s effort surpassed it for in this game Everton not only had to play football, but they had to produce a defence which was watertight against a virile mobile and by no means meager attack.  In a game which brought the greatest credit to both sides even if fouls were dotted about here and there Everton were just that bit superior and well worth both points.  It was a searing, blistering game and at times it seemed that it was only short of a spark to set off an explosion.  Only 12 minutes remained and it seemed that neither side would score, when away went Morrissey down the left wing and United were in a tough spot.  Brennan brought the winger down inches insides the penalty area and Vernon scored from the kick. There can be no doubt that this Everton side is capable of the highest achievement for United are no mean team and like Everton, produced dazzling bursts of football. 
GREAT SAVES
The game might easily have been a high scoring one and Gaskell in the United goal and West for Everton had innumerable creditable saves to their name.  For sheet half back power it would be difficult to find anything greater than that of both sides and if Brian Labone does not edge his way into international honours this season I shall be surprised.  He so completely dominated Herd that the centre forward had only one shot throughout the game.  This edition of Labone is a tougher, more resolute and determined one than we have ever known.  Yet if one had to make an award to the best of the Everton players it would not be easy to rule Gabriel out lie had a gigantic task in being called upon to control the irrepressible Denis Law.  He did it like a master although nobody could keep such a player completely out of the game and some of the exploits of the £120,000 player lit up the exchanges.  As if that was not enough for one evening’s work Gabriel was called upon over and over again to lend a helping hand, to the struggling Parker who was almost completely mesmerized by the speed and cleverness of Moir.  Harris completed a wonderfully effective half-back line and although Giles basically was an even better and more dangerous raider than Moir, he never won the same freedom against the versatile Thomson that Moir enjoyed.  There were thirty hair-raising seconds after all out 28 minutes when Gaskell finger-tipped a superb header from Bingham over the cross-bar.  It was a save in a million and from the succeeding corner kick Everton seemed certain to take the lead when Bingham lashed the ball into goal and there standing on the line was Law to kick clear.  Harris ran on to Vernon’s pass perfectly and his shot hit the bar with Gaskell beaten.  Again, just before the interval, Gabriel put Stevens into the gap and Gaskell had to throw himself full length to avoid a score.  Few men did more work than Stevens.  He was a glutton for it, both in attack and defence.  United began the second half as they had the first with all out endeavour and Chrisnall with perhaps the fiercest drive of the match sent the ball screaming towards the Everton goal away from West.
 A RELIEF
What a relief it was to the large Everton following to find Labone keeping the ball out with his body.  There was another hair-raising moment for United when Morrissey crossed the ball hard right in front of goal with both Young and Vernon dashing in.  Nicolson, in a moment of panic, kicked towards his own goal and only a super save by Gaskell prevented the half-back from scoring.  Once Everton had gone ahead there were several up-reargues minutes as United threw everything into their efforts to get on terms.  Yet Everton might have gone further into the lead three minutes from the end when Vernon, who like Young, had been well watched and denied any real shooting position hit the underside of the bar with a typical shot.  The ball rebounded to Stevens who promptly hit it a foot wide of the post doubt if there was anyone on the ground who would claim that he had not had full value and more for his money.  Manchester United; Gaskill; Brennan, Dunne, Nicholson, Foulkes, Lawton; Giles, Chisnall, Herd, Law, Law, Moir.  Everton; West; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Stevens, Young, Vernon, Morrissey.  Referee; Mr. A. Jobling.  Attendance 63,431. 

EVERTON'S CLASS IS BASED ONSTRENGTH AT HALF-BACK 
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 30 August 1962
By Horace Yates
With the evidence of four matches as a guide, new seems the appropriate moment to stick out one’s neck and suggest that this really will be Everton's year. Like all top sides  they will require their share of good fortune, mainly in freedom from accidents, but all the signs are there, abundantly clear, that the team has welded into a superb  combination.  Last night's victory, by a penalty goal to nil, over a very workmanlike and often most impressive Manchester  United side at Old Trafford,  rates as Everton's best performance  to date and deservedly hoists them to the  top of the First Division, clear  and worthy leaders.  The United game was an acid test. In the first place it was another match away from  home, where they were often suspect last season, it was against a United side which  will prove very much more difficult to beat this time round, and it was the second  match between the sides in a  week to produce an atmosphere  which was electric  throughout. 
WONDERFUL FITNESS 
Seldom can teams have gone through such a fierce, fast moving, no-punches-pulled game, and yet finished so strongly that their movement gave no suggestion of fatigueIndeed the Everton players told me after the game that they could have gone on and on- a wonderful tribute to the work put in by trainer Tom Eggleston and his staff.   'if all the goals had materialized as opportunity  presented itself, the game may  not have been so palpitating  close, for while Manchester  missed some chances, they  here clearly outnumbered by  the spate of unconverted  openings Everton made.  United would be quick to recall how Gordon West twice kept the ball out of the net through shots from point-blank range striking him on the body. Then again, a shot from Chisnall probably the fiercest of the match, was screaming through away from West when it struck Brian Labone. Why he did not crumple and fall in a heap I don't know.  These were all close enough  to cause anxiety but against  that Gaskell made a miraculous  finger-tip save from  Bingham and immediately  afterwards Bingham’s  shot was  kicked right off the goal line, not by a  back,  not even by a  half-back, but of all people, Denis  Law. That really was a save that caused Old Trafford to erupt.  Brian Harris hit a near perfect shot over the goalkeeper's head, only to find the bar nodding the ball out.  Nicholson panicked as a fierce Morrissey cross had the United goal in peril. He kicked out anywhere, and had not Gaskell flung himself at the ball. Everton would have led with  an own goal.  There was no doubting the correctness of the penalty decision, for Morrissey was clearly upset in the area by Brennan after 78 minutes and Vernon scored from the kick.  So solid was the Everton defence that one felt that  United would never get an  equaliser, and hard though  they fought they did not come as near as Everton to a score, for with only three minutes  left Vernon hit the underside  of the bar, and still the ball would not go in.  I doubt if at any time since the war have Everton ever had a side as solidly efficient as this. If Labone served notice on any interested selectors, that he is now sufficiently mature to become a full international centre half, then Gabriel laid claim to the Scottish right half position I equally emphatically.  This was outstandingly  Gabriel's best game so far as  I am concerned, worthy of all the superlatives, for not only  did he curb the restless Law,  but he also found time to go  !to the rescue of Alex Parker. 
UNHAPPY PARKER 
Moir gave the Scot what must have been the unhappiest 90 minutes of his career, and yet with terrific spirit Parker stuck to his task and as the end approached he was measuring up better than at any previous time.  Harris completed a half back line on which the team’s greatnessis founded. United tried to mark Vernon and Young out of the game,and while they never completely succeeded, their industry in this direction left them wide open to the attacks of first Gabriel and then Harris.  It was not Stevens' lucky night. Had it been he might have found a three-goal credit against his name, but what a glutton for work he was, a really valuable link in the chain.  Both Bingham and Morrissey were highly satisfactory, but I could not help wondering what the Everton forward line would look like with Giles on one wing and Moir on the other.   Both were splendid, although Giles, probably the better winger of the two, had to fight much harder for his accomplishments against sound-as-a-bell Thomson, whose attacking contribution was also far from negligible.  West, too, earned full marks.  Despite Gabriel's feats of splendor, Law, darting here and there with the quickness of a serpent's tongue, showed class and ability that made a 120,000 transfer fee appear quite reasonable.  I liked also Nicholson and Lawton.  United's wing halves, so much so that I no longer wonder why Setters has lost his place.  More games like this and the perpetual moan about falling standards and lack of entertainment would be completely stifled. Well done, both teams!

TREATMENT FOR FOUR AT GOODISON
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 30 August 1962
UNCHANGED TEAM HOPE
By Leslie Edwards
Everton top of the First Division, hope to be able to play an unchanged side at Fulham on Saturday, but four of the team which won brilliantly at Old Trafford last night have knocks.  They are Harris, Stevens, Labone and Bingham.  Labone’s knee cut, stitched after the Sheffield Wednesday game, was opened during the course of last night’s match.  All these players will have fitness tests tomorrow before the team is announced. 

ROY VERNON SAYS…
Liverpool Daily Post- Friday, August 31, 1962
IT’S GREAT TO BE UP ON TOP OF THE LEAGUE
So far, so good.  It is one thing hoping for a start such Everton have enjoyed, and quite another getting it.  We could scarcely have had a more cheering send-off and all I hope now is that this is just the beginning of the harvest of glad tiding for the lot at Everton, following, who deserve, a break if anybody does.  I am first to admit that the man who pass his money at the turnstiles has the right to complain and criticize if he considers it necessary, and while we beat Manchester United, as I thought quite handsomely at Goodison Park last week, there have been criticisms because we did not carry on in the second half as we started in the first.  I feel sure that if the critics had known the facts they might have tempered their views with the realization that we were left without alternative in switching to defence.
INJURY UPSET
Let me tell you what happened.  Early in the second, Jimmy Gabriel’s leg began to assume more perilous proportions.  This player, who had got about so effectively that the road to goal was completely blocked for Denis Law, was reduced to half pace.  Now half pace is hardly the sort of thing with which to tackle one of the most dangerous inside forwards in Britain today.  Gabriel had forced Law to make his run across field, instead of boring into goal with the directness that makes him such a threat.  That was bad enough, but Brian Harris was also, slowed down by injury and when you get two members of the half back line operating at something less than 100 per cent efficient.  Clearly something out of the ordinary has to be done. Not until we were forced back on to the defensive did the United attack pose any sort of problem.  Even at this early stage in the season I think you will agree we have had more than a fair share of injuries with players like Gabriel, Labone, Bingham, Temple and Meagan affected, with the unfortunate Tommy Jones and Alan Jarvis, the latest additions to the list.  If we can extract any satisfaction from this state of affairs it is that none of the first team players are so seriously injured that any prolonged session out of action is likely.  Injuries can play such havoc with any club, no matter how mighty they may be, that you cannot blame us for hoping that this chapter may mark the end of our misfortunes in the direction. 
4-2-4 FORMATION
Sheffield Wednesday’s attempts to exploit the 4-2-4 formation last Saturday did not go unnoticed by many of the spectators, and even thought it ended with the injury of McAnearney, I don’t believe this approach carries any undue worry to Everton.  As at Burnley we went a goal down and were not at all worried because we knew that while we may not have scored we were finding the gaps in Wednesday’s defence and that if we continued doing just that the goals simply had to come.  There is nothing more exhilarating unless it is scoring goals, than to feel that you have the power to outwit a team’s defensive system, if not at will, then often enough to give the marksmen there chance.  If you accused Everton of missing easy goals this season we could only plead guilty.  But, and it is an important but, we have scored quite freely as well.  It is when a team realizes that one breach of the defence may be the last that the tension mounts.  Our tactics practiced so often and methodically in our training is standing us in good stead in the matches and because we have broken down some of the best defences, it is hardly to be wondered that we are full of confidence. 
SPECIALISED TARGETS
Obviously we are going to become specialized targets for other clubs.  They will be out to devise ways and means of spiking one guns, but there is such a variety in our moves these days that I am glad I am part of the Everton attack instead of a member of the opposing defence.  Goals-do spell comfort to the players.  When a team can scrape only a single goal it is often a tremendous strain to hold on to it.  The opposition feels all the time that a point is not so far away and their efforts are redoubled.  Put them two or three goals down and it is a vastly different proposition.  While goals may have proved harder to get than usual at Old Trafford it was a wonderfully encouraging victory, and if you take into account that it was the cross-bar that saved United on two occasions, we might easily have got what has come to be regarded as our normal goal quota these days.  It is such a wonderful feeling to be on top of the football world that we must see to it we stay there. 

TONG KAY LASHES MOANERS IN GOLDEN AGE OF FOOTBALL
Liverpool Daily Post- Friday, August 31, 1962
By Horace Yates
Tony Kay, the ginger haired dynamo who keeps Sheffield Wednesday fighting back even when most people believe they are beaten may not always have endeared himself to Goodison Park patrons, but that may be largely because he is wearing the wrong colours.  He is as dedicated to the game as was the Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, in his playing days and still is and that is saying something.  Key never knows when he is beaten, and there are few men in football today who give so much effort to their job.  This however, is not a hymn of praise of the football qualities of this irrepressible young man, so much as a salute for some of the words from his pen which make the soundest possible football sense.  He is not only proud to be a footballer, but very appreciative of the fact, that he is a player in the golden age.  Writing in Charles Buchan’s Soccer Gift Book, 12. 6d. I have only one complaint about football- it is about the number of moaners in the game.  By moaner I mean those players who are never satisfied with their to and we are always wanting something more.  “Usually they are types who take all they can from professional soccer and out nothing back.  I can’t understand their attitude. 
PAID WELL
This is the way I look at it, I am being paid and because I am with a great club like Sheffield Wednesday, being well paid, to play a game I love.  All I am required to do is keep myself reasonable fit, maintain my ability and give my best for ninety minutes on a Saturday afternoon or occasionally in two games a week.  “That is not much to do for the money we get!  And look at the way must of us with First and Second Division clubs live.  We have our playing kit provided free; we get the best medical attention, we live in club houses at a ridiculously low rent and when we travel at home or abroad we dine and wine like film stars in the best hotels.  Anyone who complains about the sort of life wants his head examination.  “After all what would most of us be doing if we were not playing football?  In most cases we would be following the daily grind in factory or toffee day in and day out, year in and year out.  It is said there is no security in soccer. Well that may be true but these days there are ample opportunities for any intelligent player to prepare for the future. 
CHANGE TO SAVE
And he has far more chance of saving money than folk in many other jobs.  At the same time of course, a successful footballer faces the penalty of flame.  When you are on top everyone wants to know you.  If you slip out for a drink all eyes are on you but they say.  You see he likes a drink like the rest of us, but it doesn’t affect his play.  When you are having a rough time by the team is going through a paid patch those same fans say “No” wonder he is playing badly.  Let drink he isn’t in.  See what I mean.  I intend to stay at the top as long as I can.  It took me a long time to get there.  “Under” Harry Catterick now with Everton we did well at Hillsborough.  Harry was a player manager and we were sorry when he left the club.  I learned a lot from him.
MAGIC WAND
Everton list of injured players like the pool always appeal to be with us, for now we are told that “Bingham, Stevens, Labone and Harris are all reserving treatment for damage done in the rip-roaring tussle with Manchester United on Wednesday.  The magic wand, welded so effectively on Wednesday morning to produce a full team following fitness tests after one had become almost fearful of the strength of the side that might be available will, I hope be brought out again for the journey to Fulham.  All the injury and sickness news is not gloomy, however, for now Mick Meagan is completely restored to fitness and aching for the chance to go back into the side he proved that the display he gave the oncoming match at Burnley is only a sample of what he can do.  I have never seen Meagan more confident or more determined and Parker will only keep him out by peak performances, I doubt if anybody could include his Old Traffic showing in that category but of course it is not every match he is opposed to Moir.  So good us this winger and so lacking are United for another inside man to match the brilliance of flaw, that when bobby Charlton is fit and well again, I would not be in the lease surprised if he were asked to play at inside right.  That United line then would really begin to look like something.  Derek Temple continued to prosper in training, so much so that he must be considered for a run out in one of the teams tomorrow. 

EVERTON AT FULHAM
Liverpool Echo - Friday 31 August 1962
Everton's quick, unchecked rise to the top of the table must have surprised their manager as much as it has their following. It is only a few weeks ago since injuries and the fear that Young would miss some early matches made Everton prospects seem bleak.  Who among their fans would have bet on them beating Burnley, at Burnley, and United at Old Trafford, to say nothing of their licking bogey team, Sheffield Wednesday, at Goodison Park.  Forty-eight hours before the match on Wednesday Mr.  Catterick, it seemed, was likely to have to bring in two or three reserves. In the event all the unfit were found to be fit. The sequel was a tremendous victory from a splendid match and a grasp, for the first time for seasons, on top place in the First Division.  The last time Everton began so well was the last season in which Ian Buchan occupied the managerial chair. After 10 matches, if my memory serves, the team led all the others.  Then the floodlights came and with them a schedule of two matches a week, which made some of the players wilt under the stress of extra matches and the effect of a comprehensive weight training schedule. They dropped so steadily that the club brought in before the season's close John Carey, of Blackburn. And now the team he helped to create, well managed and slightly changed by his successor, have the chance to increase their lead by demonstrating that they now have as much chance of gaining points away as they have at home.  But he must be prepared for the penalty of all sides in the lead— the desire of every team they meet to give them a dusting.  It could be that Fulham will stop their gallop, but I think not. And on the evidence so far it does not seem likely that the team now managed by Mr. Carey (due here next Wednesday) will be the first to take a point from Everton. Morrissey has certainly fitted well into the attack.  What a change it must be for him—signed on a month-to-month basis at Anfield—to come in for the big bonus cheques Everton players are now receiving for their ability to pull in the customers. One of them at least is something of an expert at where to make his money grow—and it’snot on a racecourse.  One wonders how much, or how little, of the other big money is being tucked away against the day when money is much tighter.  Last week, referring to the game against Sheffield Wednesday, I said I anticipated the crowd would be 70,000. In the event they were 51,000. The difference, I think, is due to the fact that there is no TV counterattraction in mid-week. I wouldn't have thought that racing, &c. on TV would account for the absence of about 20,000 people, but apparently it does. 

EVERTON PLAYER SAVES BOY FROM DROWING
Liverpool Echo - Friday 31 August 1962
Stuart Shaw, Everton's  17-years-old reserve right  winger, dived into the  Leeds and Liverpool  canal near Melling Road  Bridge, Old Roan this  morning to rescue a  young boy from drowning,  Shaw was on his way to a  training session at Goodison  Park with team-mate Barry  Rees, when he heard shouts  for help from the canal bank.  A boy about six-years -old was struggling in the water.  Stripping off his club blazer, Shaw ran down the canal bank, dived into the water, and pulled the boy to safety. 
UNKNOWN BOY 
He said later “The boy was just going under when I reached him. There were about five of them in swimming costumes on the bank and I told them afterwards to get off home. I don't know who the lad was."  Shortly after the rescue—at  9.30 a.m.—Everton's Scottish  international wing -half Jimmy  Gabriel arrived at the bridge  in his car and took Shaw to his  home at 12 Malvern Grove,  Old Roan, for a hot bath and  change of clothing.  A Lancashire County Police spokesman at Aintree said later that he did not know the name or address of the rescued boy.  Shaw, who has been with Everton for the last two seasons, joined the club from a local team, Aintree Villa.  He plays to-morrow for the reserves against Preston North End Reserves at Goodison Park.