🎧 A-Z: Labone and Latchford

[Getty Images] In the latest episode of BBC Radio Merseyside's Everton A to Z, we have reached the letter L. Paul Salt and Mike Hughes discuss the late great Brian Labone and Everton legendary forward Bob Latchford in the A-Z of Merseyside Sport. Hughes speaking about Toffees legend Labone: "Brian Labone made his debut in 1958 and carried on playing until 1971, when it was an Achilles injury that did for him. Harry Catterick most famously coined the phrase referring to Labone as 'The Last of the Corinthians'. "He was talking about the quality, the hallmark of a footballer that Brian Labone was. Internationally, he won 26 England caps. Most famously, he played in the 1970 World Cup, but he pulled out of the 1966 World Cup because he was due to get married to his wife Pat. "Labone was such a good footballer, he had everything you need as a central defender. He was a leader and a captain of Everton when they won the cup in 1966." Hughes speaking about legendary goalscorer Latchford: "Bob Latchford is one of those players who had stardust sprinkled around him, in terms of his goalscoring capacity and he had a great relationship with the players. "He joined Everton in 1974 for a then British record transfer fee of £350,000. Birmingham only got £80,000. The rest of that was made up with Howard Kendall and Archie Styles moving to St. Andrews. "Latchford was Everton's top goalscorer for six seasons in a row. He was a terrific target man and could hold the ball up really well. He would hold the ball up and bring other players in - fantastic in the air. I think he had this remarkable capacity with near post runs, he was just unbeatable with his runs towards the near post." Listen to the full episode below or on BBC Sounds