Colin Harvey

I don't know what the Daytrippers do, but their Scouse fans identify because us as a city, the way we are as Scousers, is fast, frenetic football.

we'd have loved we're fast frenetic people this is it we're emotional look at the way we talk that's what we're like I think we want our teams to be like that we'd have loved I said this morning we'd have loved Jürgen Klopp if he'd have come to Everton if he'd have never been associated with that lot we'd have idolised him here because they did like they did because their football what he played how he wanted his team to play was how they like football wasn't it and that's how we like football Kendall's team were up and Adam they used to say but it was hunting because of Colin Harvey hunting packs we were the first team ever to bring gegenpressing to England because Colin went over to Germany studied Bayern Munich studied what Germany did come back blah blah and we started gegenpressing hunting in packs they used to call it hunting people down getting the ball and off we go quick long ball get an in around wind second balls lots of crosses shot and we evolved through it joe royal brought it back after the insipid also mike walker royal brought it back you tackle you and you give it to your better plays you have big dunk off front you get crosses in you win headers we like the moise at the version of that in in episode one of David Moyes

where okay away first season yeah away

no but I think over his career no

No, right.

Now, how about this one? Uh, it says, uh, from someone who doesn't give a name, Colin Harvey won the title in 1987.

Get your facts right, Mr. Parry.

Uh, no, he didn't.

Howard Kendall.

Really? Howard Kendall left.

after winning the title in 87, and handed the manager's job to Colin Harvey, who was his chief assistant coach.

And Colin Harvey then signed Tony Cotty for £2.1 million, which was a record signing for a player in this country, and Everton used to lead the way and that sort of thing.

Welcome to Toffee TV.

Today I'm joined by author Nathan O'Hagan as we discuss his new book, Succession: Colin Harvey and his Time as Everton Manager.

So Nathan, first thing really I wanted to ask you is, how on earth, regardless of, uh, Howard Kendall leaving and Colin Harvey coming in, but how on earth did Everton fall so quickly from being the champions of England to what we saw during the years under Colin Harvey as the Everton manager?

Like, obviously Liverpool, uh, Arsenal were becoming the force-

Yeah

... truly became a, a proper Evertonian.

Like, my first ever game was Howard Kendall's last season, our last championship.

So the time I started going more regularly was under Colin Harvey, so there's that sort of nostalgia, you know-

That's when I started going out, because everyone else was, and it was okay, too.

But the thing that was funny about having, when you were in the reserves, under, like, Graeme Smith and Terry Darrochot and Colin Harvey, as well, even, they tell you no drinking and live right and this, that, and the other.

It was only when, like, I would come back the second time, And then that's when I got in the first team.

Bump, it's all about timing, isn't it? But it's just non-stop booze and fucking, so everyone's coming in pissed.

I'm joined by Nathan O'Hagan, who is the author of the new book, Succession.

It's all about Colin Harvey's time as manager of Everton.

I thought this would be a brilliant time to have a chat with you about your shirt because, you know, look back at that era of everton not all these kits by the way are going to be that arable there's some crackers in there some

absolute crackers there's some my first ever everton top was the away kit from that first it's actually a picture of me standing awkwardly in front of me mantelpiece yeah in my mum and dad's house like you know they sort of insisted on taking a picture of me and i'm sort of like gripping onto the mantelpiece looking completely awkward and uncomfortable Yeah, there were some lovely kits.

Just instantly recognise, well, no one even asked it.

and quite young lads in New York as well a couple of lads walking around bouncing a basketball shouting across the road there you

go big thanks to Nathan his book is available now Succession all about Colin Harvey's time as manager of Evelyn Football Club if this is the first video you've seen with Nathan on today is a proper full interview with him about the book, why he read the book, and is he still depressed by writing the book.

There you go.

And I was a football reporter on the Post for a while, and, I mean, those days have changed, you know.

[laughs] Kenny Dalglish, uh, and Colin Harvey were the managers, and, uh, if he went off you, if you didn't toe the line, that was it.

Wouldn't speak to you.

Wouldn't speak to you again.