Also, was wondering if there are resident fans to make a thread for Dixie Dean.
I'll leave it up to you or anyone else to make that thread but I certainly have a few quotes from Dixie Dean that I am sure a few of you will find laughter from!
Dixie Dean on Liverpool:
"There was nothing like quietening that Kop. When you stuck a goal in there it all went quiet, apart from a bit of choice language aimed in your direction! Scoring there was a delight to me. I just used to turn round to the crowd and bow three times to them"
"Everton have always been noted for going out on the pitch to play football. We got called the school of science quite rightly. The other lot, the Reds. well they were a gang of butchers! they should have been working in an abattoir. McNab, McKinlay, the Wadsworths. God bless my soul. They'd kick an old woman"
Dixie Dean on the record:
"People ask me if that 60-goal record will ever be beaten. I think it will. But there's only one man who'll do it. That's that feller who walks on the water. I think he's about the only one."
Dixie Dean to George Best on escalating players' earnings:
"When i was playing i couldn't afford a pair of boots never mind boutiques"
Bill Shankly on Dixie Dean:
"Dixie was the greatest centre forward there will ever be. His record of goalscoring is the most amazing thing under the sun. He belongs in the company of the supremely greats like Beethoven, Shakespeare and Rembrandt."
Bill Shankly at Dixie Dean's Funeral:
"I know this is a sad occasion but I think that Dixie would be amazed to know that even in death he could draw a bigger crowd than Everton can on a Saturday Afternoon."