Fans of Everton have been flocking to a club Twitter post which shared footage of the Toffees’ former player Andy Gray.
On Wednesday, the club’s official account shared interview footage with the 64-year-old Scotsman in which he discussed the club’s 1984/85 First Division title-winning season (per Everton), which had lots of fans commenting.
? l "We expected to win the title. That win against QPR just gave us confirmation that we were the best team in the country, by some distance."
?? Andy Gray
Watch as legends from the '85 squad review clinching #EFC's eighth top flight title ?
— Everton (@Everton) May 6, 2020
I was 13, great time to be a Evertonian, as it is always tbh.
— Mark R (@Roost96) May 6, 2020
Brilliant
— colin mckillen (@CMckillen) May 6, 2020
Even at 13 I never expected to see a team like that. Proud to say I witnessed them boys ? #COYB
— Ade Mackey GT3 ? (@Ademac1970) May 6, 2020
Do you think that Everton will be champions of England's top flight ever again?Yes, anything is possible
No, I can't see it sadly
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During his career, Gray spent just two seasons at Goodison Park, having arrived in 1983 from Wolverhampton Wanderers and departed after the title win in 1985 for Aston Villa (per Transfermarkt).
However, after the club shared the interview footage to social media (per Everton), fans continued airing their admiration for the season in question.
Brilliant.
— Michael Barber (@Michael93040452) May 7, 2020
I long for them days again, I was a naive kid who just thought us & liverpool won all the pots & enjoyed trips to wembley. As a grown man & with a kid of my own now it’s been too long
— Duncan Van Marle (@dvanmarle9) May 6, 2020
He’s not television here though is he. He was fantastic for Everton…… that’s all this clip is about. A successful team.
— Tomaselli.D (@DrTomaselli) May 6, 2020
Maybe one day us younger blues will get to see succes like this?
— Joseph Levey (@levey1878) May 6, 2020
What do we think?
As can be seen in the responses from these Everton supporters, they loved the interview footage of Andy Gray and enjoyed the trip down memory lane recalling the 1984/85 title-winning season.
With Gray having admitted that the Everton team at the time “expected to win the title” and then doing so was “confirmation that we [Everton] were the best team in the country, by some distance”, it is no surprise that fans loved the interview.