Howard Kendall

Although there was much acrimony when he returned to Everton it should be remembered he did a good job in the brief period he was with us. He was a top class player and a fantastic manager for Everton and I hope they can pay tribute to him in the best possible way tomorrow with a thumping win, RIP Howard and condolences to his loved ones.
 
Always remember the 2-1 win away at Villa the day Strangeways kicked off, certainly saved us from Relegation despite that cheating little twat Gary Crosby from Forest. Brought us some stability with the players he brought in despite not being here for long.
 
philiph20 said:
Although there was much acrimony when he returned to Everton it should be remembered he did a good job in the brief period he was with us. He was a top class player and a fantastic manager for Everton and I hope they can pay tribute to him in the best possible way tomorrow with a thumping win, RIP Howard and condolences to his loved ones.
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I think the acrimony was as a result of the fact that he was such a good manager - I reckon we could've won the league if he's stayed. The early 90's were about the most open I can ever remember and we actually got quite close under Reid in 91-92 but for a disastrous March so imagine what Kendall would've done. RIP.
 
Not entirely surprised by this news. Saw him on a train a few years ago and he didn't look in the very best of health. He was known to be a big drinker.

In many ways his period at City marked the high point of his managerial career. After an incredible job at Everton (where he was facing the sack at one point -saved by an Adrian Heath goal in the League Cup iirc) he made a decent fist of things at Athletic Bilbao before returning to England to keep City up, following a series of pragmatic, yet unpopular decisions in relation to playing personnel. He never quite recaptured that magic when he returned to Everton and his stock gradually fell to a point where he seemed unemployable a decade or so later.

I look upon his time at City in largely positive terms and the tail end of that 1989/90 season was one of my most enjoyable watching City, not least because the youngsters who we all had such high hopes for finally seemed to be comfortable playing in the top flight. I think some of the less than popular signings that he made, like Harper and Poynton, were a factor in that. Niall Quinn proved to be an inspired signing too.

I sometimes wonder what direction the club would have traveled in if he'd stayed, but the prevailing constant of Peter Swales would have almost certainly placed a limit on any aspirations of tangible success, even with Kendall at the helm.

69 is no age these days. RIP.
 
did a very decent job for our club and was responsible for bringing Reidy to our club , we had a couple of good seasons in the top six or thereabouts , i was lucky enough to watch him as a player , very skillful and could see a pass , part of the great everton side which had Ball,Harvey,Kendall in the midfield , Seen him knocking about in Southport a couple of times over the years , always had time for supporters , top bloke , RIP.
 
A true English footballing legend,did a great job in the short time he was with us,made some unpopular decisions but proved that sentiment doesn't win games by replacing kids that who were out of their depth&sunshine players with proven solid professionals,sad news
 
Very sad news

Hated him when he returned to Everton as thought we actually had a chance of winning trophies but he loved Everton and any bitterness towards him long gone.

Great manager. Great man

RIP
 
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