Joe Mercer

I was just going to say then, Tom, and you just got in there.

The people I feel sorry for are the likes of Mike Summerby, Colin Bell, Joe Mercer.

The people who've sort of built up Manchester City.

Even Joe Fagan.

And, uh, I said, "Well, let me speak..." So I spoke to, uh, Malcolm.

Um, and I spoke to Joe Mercer.

Uh, Joe Mercer wasn't as keen as Malcolm.

Um, but we eventually come round to an agreement, and, uh, I flew to Manchester and signed.

Yeah.

And he got into management.

And he ended up working alongside Joe Mercer at Manchester City.

And they did very well.

Yeah.

Yes.

So...

When he and Mercer, Joe Mercer, Mercer was very avuncular and sort of, you know, old-fashioned, played pre-war.

I mean, an excellent player pre-war.

Let me turn the conversation away slightly from Liverpool back towards Manchester, because this is a character who I've never lost my admiration for, even though it's tinged with a certain amount of skepticism because of what happened.

Malcolm Allison was, along with Joe Mercer, I can't separate the two, they just worked together brilliantly, the main spring of that City side of my youth.

When he came back, and they were doing quite well after he went.

Tony Book built a decent side with Dave Watson and the emergence of Peter Barnes, and there was Dennis Tuart, and there was Gary Owen, and Joe Royle came, and, and it was a very, very good and successful side.

I think that's a tongue in cheek though

is it you need a licence to take you to your seat Joe says don't fancy having pipes spilling all over me after the goal true Ian Mary says I voted yes having said that though can you imagine West Ham slash Millwall with ale do you reckon some games did that to say no once you've done it you've done it you know But, you know, I think you could take, like, for instance, maybe not everything, but one's, Like with Newcastle Sunderland when that got moved ages ago and they had to do it as early as possible just for the policing and all stuff like that.

Do you think then...

There's

Yeah.

David says not against it but don't think it's ideal seated so people get enough down for beer and toilets what about this trend to throw beer in the air so we can go on a boat Phil says Andy loves the sesh he was always in the south bar after the match until his job change

he's in the Joe Mercer at Goodison so yeah

blown dog Finn says as an Australian from Melbourne who's never been to the UK it's hard to comment what does an acceptance that the fault of a few don't represent the majority so drinking is fine yeah