Paul Power

And that quite clearly was not the case.

So when you think the team that won 86-87, you had Paul Power, who hadn't played in 84-85.

You had Ian Snowden.

You had Wayne Clark.

I mean, I think, you know, I know there's more travel than modern manager coach type things, person in charge these days but yeah he's incredibly young and also incredibly successful for somebody that age as well

yeah yeah yeah so as you mentioned he's obviously dealing with those with those those injuries um and i mean in terms of building a team or rebuilding a team capable of recapturing the title it's it's more of a patch-up job isn't it you know he's he bolsters the ranks with some promising youth in the form of kevin langley neil adams as you mentioned warren aspinall but then he makes one key veteran addition whose signing was a surprise to everyone, not least the player himself, the professor, as Zignev dubbed him.

Yeah, I mean, Paul Power turned out to be one of Howard Kendall's most inspirational signings.

And to be fair to Kendall, at that period, he just had a knack for spotting the right player to come in and give the team something that they were lacking.

And all of a sudden, Jerry Gow was just flown in and the colour drained from Arnold Muiron's socks.

like this is how it's going to be and suddenly like Muir and Tyson and they're good players just went I'm not sure I'm not sure and then Paul Power scored a free kick and we was in the whole end that day and I'd gone with lads who I knew from you know from a couple of years and And we'd had the night before in Birmingham and we was in the whole end.

And every single City fan would say, I was the first person who knew that ball was in.

Paul Cooper was in goal who went out to play for City.

What? The free...

Oh, Paul Power.

The only free kick he ever scored in his life.

Which I gave that away, but thanks a lot for that, Russell.

... very well with M- with Michaela and Simon, with, um, with Chris last week.

Uh, Michaela Lyons talking about her dad, Mike, and, um, Paul Power was there, who, who was part of Everton's 1986-

Of course

... '87 [chuckles] championship-winning team, who, who is, who is, uh, qualified in law and a former Manchester City player, of course.