Everton Stories! Tony Kay (Full Narration)

Tonight on the channel I tell the fascinating and tragic story of Everton midfielder Tony Kay — one of the club’s brightest stars of the early 1960s. Kay played a huge role in Everton’s 1962/63 league title triumph, becoming one of the most admired midfielders in English football during his short time at Goodison Park. Tough, classy and influential, many believed he had the world at his feet. But everything changed when Tony Kay became embroiled in the British football betting scandal of 1964, receiving a lifetime ban from the game after betting against his own team. His Everton career — and football career — was over almost overnight. This video looks back at: Tony Kay’s rise at Everton His role in the 1963 title-winning side Why fans rated him so highly The betting scandal that ended it all What happened to him after football Narrated by me, Mark, as we revisit one of the most dramatic and heartbreaking stories in Everton history.