Howard Kendall RIP

Kendall began his career as a player with Preston North End, going on to play a part in Everton's league-winning side of 1969-70. It was as a manager however, that he cemented his place in English football history, leading Everton to two First Division titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup Winners' Cup in an incredible spell during the mid-1980s.

A brilliant team that Everton side.

That's very sad news. Along with the others in the 1969 team, my admiration for him as a player was the reason I became an Everton fan and have remained so ever since.

RIP Howard.

sad news indeed

Very sad.

Built a brilliant everton team.

i grew up watching gillingham, my local team. we played everton in the cup in the days of unlimited replays and it took them a second replay to beat us. we should have won, tony cascarino was clear through but neville southall saved. i like to think this means we were their toughest test that year they won the cup. he was a top notch manager. i felt sorry for everton as they missed out on europe after the ban when they had a really good team. not a great age these days. rip.

Oh dear, wasn't he the younest player to appear in an FA Cup final?

RIP

RIP

His title winning team was superb - almost all British players - denied the chance to play in Europe because of Heysel.

In tribute:

Oct 1984 in the middle of Kendall's reign, Graeme Sharp bullets in what is still one of the best goals of all time
in the Merseyside derby no less (yet it is rarely shown in those goal compilation shows)

https://youtu.be/jsBCEmKle_c

RIP

yes kenny, until 1980.

I can clearly remember when he was the youngest player ever in a Cup Final.  Eeeek!

Great player, great manager.

Great player, great manager.

built a great team

Sad news. RIP

CHEERS FISHY

Must have been Whiteside who took the record.

Paul Allen of West Ham, Kenny.  You may remember he was hacked down when through on goal by Arsenal's Willie Young, who was thereby regarded as worthy of the death penalty.

Howard Kendall one of the best English players never to get an international cap.

RIP Howard. Much loved.

His Everton team of the 80's were fantastic, they would have comfortably won the European Cup given the chance.

RIP

I loved that Everton team when I was growing up. RIP Howard.

Agree about that Everton team !! All Blades remember him fondly, saved us from relegation one season and missed out on going up via the play off final the next season. Everton came calling again after that !! Great man, RIP Howard.

As a Blade I remember going to Goodison around 84 in a cup match, mid-week. I have never ever seen a more one sided match.

We never even got into their half of the pitch, they were that good.

R.I.P. Howard. 2 of my heros gone in 6 months is hard to bear.

Rotterdam was the highlight of my football life, and i will forever be grateful for that team Howard built. Those were such great days, and memories that i will never forget. I am absolutely gutted.

'the holy trinity' - Howard Kendall, Alan Ball and Colin Harvey


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It was sad news that Howard passed the other day and while he's known mostly for his glory days at Everton as both player and manager a little remembered fact is he played for and coached Stoke towards the end of his playing career - which is mainly what I remember him for as he was so good for us.

So good, in fact, that he won Stoke's inaugural 'Player Of The Year' award - and that was at the time I used to go to watch Stoke at the Victoria Ground with my dad, so I well remember his superb footballing skills.

I particularly remember being very sad when he moved on to Blackburn Rovers as player-manager after a couple of years at Stoke.

I'm sure if he'd stayed with us we'd never have seen the dark days of slipping from the First division and the subsequent trawling of the depths for the next 22 years or so.

Here's an edited tribute from Denis Smith from The Sentinel:

"DENIS Smith says he has lost a true friend after the sad news of Howard Kendall's death this morning at the age of 69.

Kendall was a legend at Everton – as a player and a manager – and also enjoyed a fruitful period at Stoke City towards the end of his playing days.

Smith, a contemporary of Kendall's, became a friend as well as a colleague during their time together at the Victoria Ground in the late 1970s.

"He's a good friend, this is such a sad loss," said Smith.
"He was first class. As a bloke, a player and a manager, I haven't got a bad word to say about him.

He played for Everton between 1967 and 1974, moving on to Birmingham and then Stoke for £40,000 in 1977.

He stayed for two seasons during which he was appointed player-coach, won the club's inaugural player-of-the-year trophy and helped steer the club back to the First Division in 1979 before then moving to Blackburn as player-manager.

"As a player, he was super," Smith continued. "He came to us towards the end of his career after starting off at 16 at Preston and then what he did with Everton was fantastic.

"He was just what we needed when he came to Stoke and he really lifted us.

"I would go up for a header and see him on the move. I'd think he doesn't think I'm going to win this. But he was actually moving ready to win the ball from my header because he knew where it would be going.

"When I lost my job at Sunderland," says Smith, "he invited me down to Everton for a week to work with him.

"His record as a manager is superb and he is deservedly a legend at Everton.

"As a manager, he transformed players and inspired players. Everybody could get on with him because he had such good personnel skills and so he could get the best out of everybody.

"He's a major loss.""

Neville Southall (Wales) signed from Bury
Gary Stevens (England) (through the ranks)
Pat van den Hauwe (Wales) signed from Birmingham
Kevin Ratcliffe (Wales) (through the ranks)
Derek Mountfield (English) signed from Tranmere
Trevor Steven (England) signed from Burnley
Peter Reid (England) signed from Bolton
Paul Bracewell (English) signed from Sunderland
Kevin Sheedy (Ireland) Redsh1te reject
Adrian Heath (English) signed from Stoke
Graeme Sharp (Scotland) signed from Dunbarton

Andy Gray (Scotland) signed from Wolves

Alan Harper (English) Redsh1te reject
Kevin Richardson (English) (through the ranks)

Cost: Next to nothing
Modern day value: Priceless
No Carlos Kickaballs, All British and Irish

A perfectly balanced team that was like a mirror image from left to right.

Truly remarkable what he achieved and will never be repeated without a massive chequebook.

RIP Howard and thanks for the memories.

cant remember the date but late 70s early 80s Howard and Archie Styles the "lyesi include T Francisightweights" Bob Latchford Bham to Everton  WOrld record transfer£300;000

Kendall best ever player to wear a Bham Shirt
took off after 70 mins on debut thanked the fans for support
LEGEND