Old Everton Pictures

Stevie Nicks Bootleg said:
I have to say, when searching for old games and finally getting to see footage of old legends, some can disappoint and some can live up to expectations. Vernon is definitely in the latter category. He looks a magnificent player.
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he was very fast over 12 yards - if not for being a chain smoker - the GV reckons he would have been better than Law, & Greaves -
 

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John BCN said:
Interested to know more about kick off times pre 1970s. 3pm was standard when I started going the match (apart from during the 3 day week period). Was the 3.15 ko connected to people finishing morning shifts? Pre floodlights, did games start earlier in the winter?
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Yes a lot of games started at 2-15pm and 2-30pm in the winter time and 7-00pm for evening games, I reme the first time I saw the FA cup live, it was a Wednesday night game after Wolves won the FA cup on the Saturday in 1949, they brought the FA cup around the ground at half time, Everton the the match 1-0 with a goal from Tommy Eglington, as a young boy as I was made up Everton had just beat the cup holders.
 


Joey66 said:
Pre floodlight games must have kicked off earlier, 3pm was the standard kick-off time for all clubs after that ... never went to a 3-15pm kick off if my memory serves me right?
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My Dad always said the 3.15 kick off was to let the dockers finish their pints, Towel goes on at 3.00pm, 3.10 Everybody out & 5 mins to get in the
turnstile, I can remember loads of times blokes coming in stinking of ale a good 10 minutes late. Always remember 4.00pm half time, 4.10pm
second half kicks off, 4.55pm final whistle, and of course 5.00pm the Durham song on the radio.
 
McMagicT said:
My Dad always said the 3.15 kick off was to let the dockers finish their pints, Towel goes on at 3.00pm, 3.10 Everybody out & 5 mins to get in the
turnstile, I can remember loads of times blokes coming in stinking of ale a good 10 minutes late. Always remember 4.00pm half time, 4.10pm
second half kicks off, 4.55pm final whistle, and of course 5.00pm the Durham song on the radio.
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What about if you went to see the reserves and you waited with baited breath when you watched the man bring the half time scores round, and put them on numbered boards at the side of the pitch, and you saw if the first team was winning or not, I remember when he brought the half time score of the Spurs v Everton game in 1958, 6-1 to Spurs, the poor fella got a good round of booing while he walked back, the game finished 10-4, Jesus what a day that was, hardly anybody remembered that Jimmy Harris scored a hat trick that day,or even cared that he had!!
 

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