Leighton James suffers stroke.

[superlamb1971]

Apparently he's had a stroke and has a bleed on the brain doesn't sound good.
Good player remember him playing early 80s for the lads.

 

[nestegg]

Well past his best when we had him but still a great player.. played in the same team as Frank Worthington ..Saw him play cricket for Whitburn on a couple of occasions..

 

[safccfas]

Absolutely nowt going right for Everton at the moment

 

[pRICK]

Absolutely nowt going right for Everton at the moment

Erm

 

[Kenna]

Absolutely nowt going right for Everton at the moment

I'll admit I did read it incorrectly too.

 

[thamesvalleyman]

Apparently he's had a stroke and has a bleed on the brain doesn't sound good.
Good player remember him playing early 80s for the lads.

Sad to hear. He did a great job for us. Went from villain to hero. Can remember him playing for Derby against us and getting dogs abuse.

Wish him all the best, but agree, doesn't sound good.

 

[Vauxie]

Bad news, hope he pulls through

 

[Dredd]

Absolutely nowt going right for Everton at the moment

What

 

[hank williams]

Apparently he's had a stroke and has a bleed on the brain doesn't sound good.
Good player remember him playing early 80s for the lads.

my dad had one of those recently when we beat Blackburn actually

he’s back fighting fit now though luckily never had a stroke found him on the floor but he’s doing well

my dads 88 89 in March

hope Leighton recovers

 

[Kid Galahad]

Probably the slowest winger we've ever had but still skillful and put a lovely cross over, hopefully he gets better soon

 

[WildinHetton]

Hated Jessie playing when playing for other teams, loved him playing for us. What a mouthy bastard.

 

[Wrexham Mackem]

Ah I'm sorry to hear this, my best wishes for his recovery. He was great to watch when playing for us. I can remember him arguing with an opposition defender, pointing a jabbing finger, while actually still running full pelt down the wing.

 

[herra soul mob]

Agree with a lot of above , type of player hated when against you but thought had a touch of class in his brief spell with us.
Also alluded to was was lack of pace when played for us, reminded me of a left winger version of Nicky Summerbee, no real pace but couldn't half 'whip a cross in.

 

[spaniels lugs]

Agree with a lot of above , type of player hated when against you but thought had a touch of class in his brief spell with us.
Also alluded to was was lack of pace when played for us, reminded me of a left winger version of Nicky Summerbee, no real pace but couldn't half 'whip a cross in.

more of a jack clarke actually, cutting in on his right foot and shooting.....often in to the fulwell end like tbf

 

[BobSAFC]

Agree with a lot of above , type of player hated when against you but thought had a touch of class in his brief spell with us.
Also alluded to was was lack of pace when played for us, reminded me of a left winger version of Nicky Summerbee, no real pace but couldn't half 'whip a cross in.

Agree, he could put a great cross in. Liked him when he was at Sunderland.

Funnily enough he was in the Burnley side when we beat them with 9 men. They had Tony Morley on one wing, Leighton James on the other wing and we didn’t have any fullbacks. Both were very good wingers yet we managed to hang on for the win.

 

[Stortford]

I remember him torturing Ray Stewart who was established international player when we played West Ham. We still lost the game, think Swindlehurst scored for them.

 

[DaveH]

Hope he pulls through. Sometimes people can make a good recovery.

Looking at his wiki page, it was 84-85 he played for us. I remember the name, remember him being talked about but don't remember seeing him play. I started going in the old third division in 87 when I was 10 so he must have still been regularly talked about.

 

[Latka Gravas]

Hope he pulls through. Sometimes people can make a good recovery.

Looking at his wiki page, it was 84-85 he played for us. I remember the name, remember him being talked about but don't remember seeing him play. I started going in the old third division in 87 when I was 10 so he must have still been regularly talked about.

84-85 is incorrect, more like 83-84

 

[Tyrion Lannister]

Used to love watching him - he would stand virtually on the touchline at the other side of the pitch to where play was - like he was a substitute warming up. Then they would wang it across to him and he would run in a la Jack Clarke.

Wishing him a speedy recovery

 

[TB22]

Sad to hear that news. He lived next to me at Whitburn about the time of the miners strike . A nice fella always had a bit of banter with the neighbours. Burnley his adopted town . Get well Leighton lad.