Goodison memories

[gianthogweed]

As a small child seeing the pitch the supporters the noise the atmosphere for the 1st time
all that stuff is inherited the good and bad that goes with it we have all shared that

 

[TommyDavo]

Three pages in, and nobody has mentioned this. I've seen us win trophies, beat Munich, Manure 5-0 and many others. But for a 17 year old, watching Clemence grasping at thin air as the ball sailed into the top corner, this remains my greatest moment watching the blues.

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Used to be a bookies at the top of Spellow and Goodison, it’s demolished and the burger van parks there now. Andy was a frequent visitor

 

[peteblue]

Three pages in, and nobody has mentioned this. I've seen us win trophies, beat Munich, Manure 5-0 and many others. But for a 17 year old, watching Clemence grasping at thin air as the ball sailed into the top corner, this remains my greatest moment watching the blues.

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I’d taken my RS brother in law to that match, I was ecstatic, he was miserable as sin…..

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Some of my own personal favourites (when I’ve been in the ground), just typing them in as they occur to me, and in no particular order would be…

• The 3-0 AJ derby.
• Osman vs Larissa.
• PL win over Bolton (the Okocha team) - 3-2 with Ferguson scoring the winner IIRC.
• 4-1 vs Wolsberg with De Bruyne playing for them and Lukaku and Eto’o playing for us.
• 2-0 Fiorentina, despite the shootout loss (never felt the old place shake as much as when Arteta scored).
• Big Dunc’s playing farewell with a scuffed penalty follow up to rescue a 2-2 draw.
• Mad 3-1 vs Birmingham. Heading for a draw until Carsley tw@tted one in in injury time, then James Vaughan rubbed it in with another.
• Fellaini bossing United in an evening season opener - chest control AOTS, and scored the only goal with a header.
• 6-1 vs Brann in the EL. IIRC, every single goal was top drawer.

 

[ADM320]

Lots of happy ones..

Sheedy’s disallowed free kick, retaken and scored in the other top corner.

Fiorentina game

Rooney’s ridiculous lob of Joe Hart(?) from about 40yds vs W Ham.

I hope the walk up to the new place has the same feeling as Goodison. The walk home of recent years I’m less keen to relive

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Thanks Dario, I’d be in good company then. I was seven when I watched that game with a few mates from town.

I read somewhere when Dave Hickson split his head open in that Man U game,after treatment the wound opened a second time,the ref wanted him to go off,Dave ,the ref and Peter Farrell I think our captain were stood in the centre circle questioning Daves sanity!!!he stayed on an bagged us the winner!!!what a fella

 

[blue61]

I’d taken my RS brother in law to that match, I was ecstatic, he was miserable as sin…..

I took a Manure fan to the 5-0, he was a broken man after that.

 

[sam domingo]

Some of my own personal favourites (when I’ve been in the ground), just typing them in as they occur to me, and in no particular order would be…

• The 3-0 AJ derby.
• Osman vs Larissa.
• PL win over Bolton (the Okocha team) - 3-2 with Ferguson scoring the winner IIRC.
• 4-1 vs Wolsberg with De Bruyne playing for them and Lukaku and Eto’o playing for us.
• 2-0 Fiorentina, despite the shootout loss (never felt the old place shake as much as when Arteta scored).
• Big Dunc’s playing farewell with a scuffed penalty follow up to rescue a 2-2 draw.
• Mad 3-1 vs Birmingham. Heading for a draw until Carsley tw@tted one in in injury time, then James Vaughan rubbed it in with another.
• Fellaini bossing United in an evening season opener - chest control AOTS, and scored the only goal with a header.
• 6-1 vs Brann in the EL. IIRC, every single goal was top drawer.

The Birmingham game was a good one, they equalised near the end,wasted time, and got sucker punched at the death by Carsley and Vaughan.

 

[TheFinnFan]

My highlight at Goodison Gerrard running through the pitch thinking he had scored the winner but it was an offside

 

[Ralphie Boy]

For me the best memories have to be from the season we finally went down at the end of the 2023/24 season.

Some good games and great atmosphere prior to moving to a new stadium but inevitably losing out to survival on goal difference.

Relying on Maupay as a back up to DCL and persisting with Keane was always going to cost us.

 

[Cameron Manning]

I read somewhere when Dave Hickson split his head open in that Man U game,after treatment the wound opened a second time,the ref wanted him to go off,Dave ,the ref and Peter Farrell I think our captain were stood in the centre circle questioning Daves sanity!!!he stayed on an bagged us the winner!!!what a fella

Not sure about that Dario but in the semi final that year versus Bolton the referee asked Dave to leave the field after a brief conversation with him and possibly Peter Farrell the captain, Davie was suffering from concussion and he did leave the field for a few minutes but came back on to try and help us get an equaliser.

We had left the field at half time losing 4-0 with Tommy Clinton miss a penalty just before the interval, we got three goals back with two goals from John Willie Parker and a free kick from Farrell.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Not sure about that Dario but in the semi final that year versus Bolton the referee asked Dave to leave the field after a brief conversation with him and possibly Peter Farrell the captain, Davie was suffering from concussion and he did leave the field for a few minutes but came back on to try and help us get an equaliser.

We had left the field at half time losing 4-0 with Tommy Clinton miss a penalty just before the interval, we got three goals back with two goals from John Willie Parker and a free kick from Farrell.

Yep heard all about that one Cameron,poor old Tommy Clinton!!my old fella always tells me his nickname was the bone crusher,used to put wingers on the old cinder track at will

 

[Cameron Manning]

Yep heard all about that one Cameron,poor old Tommy Clinton!!my old fella always tells me his nickname was the bone crusher,used to put wingers on the old cinder track at will

Yes Tommy was a no nonsense full back who let the opposition know he was there, one of the few Irishmen from Eire who performed for the Blues in the forties and fifties.happy days even if we never in the top half of the table before we finally dropped into the second division with a board of directors who never spent money!

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Yes Tommy was a no nonsense full back who let the opposition know he was there, one of the few Irishmen from Eire who performed for the Blues in the forties and fifties.happy days even if we never in the top half of the table before we finally dropped into the second division with a board of directors who never spent money!

Yes,same team for years,no transfers,same kit,players going in to the game on the bus with the fans,much more innocent times and better in a lot of ways some would say

 

[DavidH]

Some of my own personal favourites (when I’ve been in the ground), just typing them in as they occur to me, and in no particular order would be…

• The 3-0 AJ derby.
• Osman vs Larissa.
• PL win over Bolton (the Okocha team) - 3-2 with Ferguson scoring the winner IIRC.
• 4-1 vs Wolsberg with De Bruyne playing for them and Lukaku and Eto’o playing for us.
• 2-0 Fiorentina, despite the shootout loss (never felt the old place shake as much as when Arteta scored).
• Big Dunc’s playing farewell with a scuffed penalty follow up to rescue a 2-2 draw.
• Mad 3-1 vs Birmingham. Heading for a draw until Carsley tw@tted one in in injury time, then James Vaughan rubbed it in with another.
• Fellaini bossing United in an evening season opener - chest control AOTS, and scored the only goal with a header.
• 6-1 vs Brann in the EL. IIRC, every single goal was top drawer.

Fellaini was unreal that game against United