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THE RISE AND FALL OF TONY KAY David Docherty looks back at an infamous better scandal that rocked football in the 1960s…

LOOKING BACK

Before the storm: Tony Kay at Everton

TONY Kay will always be remembered as the man who threw away his career and the chance to play in a World Cup finals for just £100.
In 1963 he helped Everton to their first League championship win in nearly a quarter of a century. He also won his first full England cap that same year in an 8-1 win over Switzerland.
A combative red-haired midfielder in the mould of Billy Bremner, going into his second season with the Merseyside club he had settled in so well to his new surroundings that he was appointed team captain by manager Ha...

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