sentences:  During this time he made 169 league appearances (+8 as sub), scored 4 goals, and in 1978 led the club to the top flight as champions of the old second division, after narrowly missing promotion the season before.In 1981, Walsh was snapped up by Howard Kendall at Everton for £90,000 plus Jim McDonagh.Walsh was one of Howard Kendall's famous 'magnificent seven' signings.