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What players leaving goodison broke your hearts the most?
  • sambo applecart
    Posts: 24,142
    AllAroundMyHat said:

    for me the obvious choice was rooney. the whole ` once a blue always a blue` showed me that there was without doubt no loyalty in football anymore.  but i couldnt really blame him.  players now leave because its a differnet game now;. no more loyalty. there is and never will be a player that i will be gutted about leavin because they have better opportunities and dont wanna be here anymore and justifiably so. but if forced i would say rooney, gravesen and kanchelskis.
    but lets face it..does it break any ones heart anymore? no..coz it a business an it sucks


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    if i could have been arsed thats what i would have typed tbf mate :)
  • NotoriousEfc
    Posts: 37
    Rooney was a bit heartbreaking, still think 28 million wasn't much for a talent like that. The one that I haven't seen mentioned is Nick Barmby, I think he was great for us and left for the red ****, that one was a big disappointment.
  • diggernaut
    Posts: 1,194
    Arteta
  • blueburns1990
    Posts: 76
    Arteta for me too , was at work all day to come home and find out he had left was horrible, lescott scenario went on too long - couldn't wait too get rid of him too be honest at the end but he was a great player for us what shouldnt be forgotten
  • TKD
    Posts: 1,331
    rooney :(
    that hurt! he was my idol and I thought he was gonna be the man to drive us to success and couldnt even picture him at any other team never mind manu. was 12 at the time destroyed a rooney shirt into pieces!!
    can vaguely remember big dunc leaving my dad went mad and I just couldn't understand why he would leave... was only 6 lol
  • Phantomblue
    Posts: 421
    Parkanson, through injure, Kanchisic (SP), Ferguson, Speed, Rooney, gravo, cars, cottee (99 goals), Linker, Dunn.

    either Ferguson or Rooney. Ferguson coz it hurt him just as much as it did the fans and club, and Rooney coz it really hurt the fans
  • MrRight
    Posts: 50
    I have to agree with Nick Barmby, came to us and we got him in to the England team them stabbed us in the back and went to RS. However it backfired and he hardly got a game and then they got rid of him, Justice
  • Daive521
    Posts: 2,329
    McMahon, Lineker, Ferguson, Rooney, even Jeffers
  • Beano
    Posts: 3,249
    I was pretty angry when we sold Peter Beardsley and the fee we got for him!

    OK he was over 30, but he still had a few years at the top left in him - as he proved in the Newcastle shirt!
  • blue1948
    Posts: 376
    HOWIE8 said:

    Sorry to show my age to you young pups, but there was nothing more heartbreaking to me than the day Alan Ball moved to Arsenal. As a 11yo i was being teased rotten in school about him leaving Everton, i didnt believe any of the kids, saying that Alan Ball would never leave EFC, when i got home there it all was on the news, i cried all night.
    I know a good friend of mine who was also an AB fan actually changed allegiances to Arsenal that day...........but me in my wisdom stuck with the blue boys!!!


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    But Bally said on arriving at Arsenal that they would never live up to EVERTON

    The best of them all ,brilliant we have never been so lucky since the trinity played ,yes we have won more but they were the best I ever saw and to think Colin Harvey was never capped  for the first team-shocking

  • Galway Blue Nose
    Posts: 461
    morgan09 said:

    Im prob not as old as a few ppl on here, but thought i would post this question to bring back memorys of some of the greats to have come and gone from our great club.
    Some on good terms with the fans and some still hated to this day.

    From my younger days......

    Trevor Steven,Gary Stevens
    ... both fantastic players who were members of my favourite ever everton squad in the 80s, both left to play for Rangers and began the end of a great era for Everton Football club.

    Gary Lineker
    ....Came and scored a **** load of goals then left to play in Europe. Was argubly one of the best strikers in the world at the time. True goal scorer if ever i saw one.

    Duncan Ferguson,
    Prob not as prolific as the rest of my list but a true Evertonian....played and gave 100% for the club. Always remember his goal against Man Utd beating them 1-0 and boy did he celebrate with passion. Left for Newcastle, did **** all then came home!!!

    Wayne Rooney,
    As much as people bag him and will deny wanting him to stay. He gave the new breed of youth coming through our wonderful accademy the will to succeed and forfil there dreams.
    Wonder goal at arsenal when we done them 2-1 comes to mind as a great memory.
    The day was always coming for him to leave but it was brilliant watching him wear our colours.

    Joeleen Lescott.....
    What a bargain of a gem we got when we signed him. Was the complete defender and scored goals. Thought he was a key player in us peforming well and qualifiying for europe.
    Some things were just meant to be and in came MR BAINES who in my humble opinion is one of the best left backs in britain.

    Steven Pineaar- Enjoyed watching him on the left wing linking up with Baines and even making the money rich clubs look second rate. Was a real work horse and really wish he showed some loyalty.

    Sure there are loads i have forgotten but thats were everyone else can refresh my memory!!!



    Take out Lescott and add in Southall as Fizz said and you have it spot on. Some great players in that list. Great to hear the stories about Alan Ball a legend if ever there was one.
  • MuffMantoff
    Posts: 272
    koldrup
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