Andy King - bubbly star who became fans' favourite
"THERE have only ever been three decent Cockneys in the history of the world. One of them was Andy King. The other two are Joe Brown and Cathy Burke."
Fans' internet message forums are the resting place of some of life's more extreme opinions, and this one was clearly formed before Graham Stuart signed for Everton.
But it underlined the affection that bubbly Londoner Andy King built up in the hearts of Evertonians during two spells in the 1970s and 1980s.
Now chief scout for Championship side Plymouth Argyle, King's latest assignment has just seen him return from Japan where international midfielder Akihiro Ienaga is currently on trial with the Pilgrims.
King was appointed Paul Sturrock's chief scout 12 months ago, after a short spell as boss at Grays Athletic.
"Andy King has been a very busy man taking in two games a day, but it is very difficult for a head scout to take over at a football club when he has not been a head scout before," explained Sturrock.
"He has to build up a dossier, so, so he is on catch-up at the moment. It is much easier for a man who has been a head scout to move because he takes a scouting system with him.."
Twelve months on, Plymouth appear to be benefiting from the system King has built up.
A goalscoring midfielder signed by Billy Bingham but who flourished under Gordon Lee, King is fondly remembered on the blue half of Merseyside - not least for his habit of scoring goals in Merseyside derby matches.
He spent two spells at Everton, the second under Howard Kendall, before being appointed player-manager of Irish side Waterford United in 1989.
He received his first managerial chance in England at Mansfield in 1993 and led them to the Third Division play-offs in 1995.
He joined Swindon as assistant to former Everton team-mate Colin Todd in 2000, taking over the reins when Todd quit to join Derby.
He was replaced by Roy Evans in 2001, but returned as manager a few months later when new owners took over at the County Ground.
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As a thirteen year old in 1978,Kingy never seemed that much older to me,a kid he was living all our dreams,played with such energy,and enthusiasm,and genuinely appeared to love EFC and us the fans,how I longed to be Andy King,especially after " that goal",I scored "that goal" in the playground with my red mates so many times in the weeks afterwards(complete with celebration,although I didn't have many kopites in the crowd to run over to!!) it must have sickened them!!
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