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I seem to remember reading that Don Revie was not against letting Bremner go, but Leeds had a run of games with a depleted squad so he was kept until after them. Apparently, Bremner played so well in them that any plan to release him was shelved.

The West Indies just managed to beat the lowest test match score of 26 all out by New Zealand vs England in 1955.

Not being allowed to go out and play football with my mates on a Sunday.

The Dalai Lama is 90 today.

Back in the 80s I managed to get to a schools football function at Goodison where Howard Kendall was the guest speaker. An old student friend who was then teaching in Merseyside got the tickets. I managed to say hello to Howard, then in the early days of managing Everton, but I remember access...

The Great Gatsby with Di Caprio - not quite as good as the Robert Redford version from the 1970s.

According to Opta stats, as cited on BBC website, Everton have the fourth most difficult run in first five games of the season and Liverpool have the fifth. Manchester United have the hardest run and Villa the easiest.

‘Of all the grounds in all the world.”

I did read that Channel 5 will be showing some games, but I could not summon the enthusiasm to research the matter any further so I may well be wrong.

Nottingham Forest at home as that was the first fixture at Goodson or Aston Villa as they were the first opponents in the inaugural league season, 1888-1889.

I wonder if any of those lads were in the trenches during the later years of World War One

Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.

Is it a coincidence that the Club AGM takes place tomorrow?

My last Derby win at Goodison was the 3-0 win in 2006. My last Derby was the 1-4 defeat in 2021.

I remember John Paul Kissock slightly; was he from Scotland?