All Our Yesterdays

[jaycee]

Old work boots

 

[jaycee]

How many can you name?

 

[jaycee]

Eusebio at Goodison

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Does anyone else remember "Ronnie Corbett" on the specials early 80s??

Still goes mate,see him a lot in the main stand,saw him at Wembley last season,don't think he goes to the aways these days though.

 

[The Esk]

The Holmesdale terrace (from where the pic is taken) ceased to exist in that form in 1994. For years I would stand with my late elder cousin to the left of the goal in line with the return of the penalty box about a third of the way down. Even though you could stand where you liked, we still found the same group of cynics, moaners and groaners around us each home game and we were occasionally disturbed by flying fists and crowd surges as yer man in the pic and his mates got a bit excitable. Not me guv. Never.

You've forgotten the burger van at the top of the terrace on the right hand side looking at the pitch lol

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Ronnie Corbett-the evidence!!He's still a blue!!

 

[bigjonny]

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@Alan Whittle this you ??

I remember standing on that vast terracing when we played Charlton late 1986, nice sunny day and my mates Reliant Robin broke down on the way back to his flat in Highbury.

 

[Alan Whittle]

You've forgotten the burger van at the top of the terrace on the right hand side looking at the pitch lol

With good reason. I also forgot the peanut seller that used to roam the Holmesdale pre game and during the first half hour or so of the game.

 

[Alan Whittle]

I remember standing on that vast terracing when we played Charlton late 1986, nice sunny day and my mates Reliant Robin broke down on the way back to his flat in Highbury.

Is your mate Del Trotter?(In the early series of "Only Fools & Horses" a Palace scarf could be seen hanging on the back of the hall door. In later series the scarf morphed into a Millwall scarf.)

 

[Alan Whittle]

Ronnie Corbett-the evidence!!He's still a blue!!

The late Ronnie Corbett lived in Shirley near Croydon and was a Palace fan. When we were ( not for the last time) skint and on the way to relegation manager Malcolm Allison fronted a "Bring a Pal for Mal" scheme and so Ronnie Corbett brought a slightly bemused Ronnie Barker. The photos periodically appear on various Palace forums.

 

[summerisle]

Peter Marinello

 

[summerisle]

*memo to EFC

 

[summerisle]

Weird nicknames.

 

[summerisle]

http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=9747

Classic Match Report: Everton v Arsenal 5 May 1928
Posted March 2, 2015 9:30am GMT by Andy Kelly
This classic match saw a record broken, but it wasn’t Arsenal who broke it. It was also the last game played by a legendary forward.

We don’t have a copy of the programme for this game, but there is one available on the excellent Everton Collection website. Click on the programme cover read it at the Everton Collection.

Programme cover


Date: Saturday 5 May 1928

Competition: Football League Division One

Location: Goodison Park

Attendance: 48,715

Referee: Mr W.F. Harper (Stourbridge)

Everton 3 Arsenal 3
Dean 5 mins, 7 penalty, 83 Shaw 3, 90, O’Donnell (own goal) 40

Line-ups:

Everton: A Davies, W Creswell, J O’Donnell, J Kelly, H Hart, A Virr, T Critchley G Martin, D Dean, T Weldon, A Troup.

Arsenal: B Paterson, T Parker, B John, A Baker, J Butler, B Blyth, J Hulme, C Buchan, J Shaw, J Brain, H Peel.

Everton came into this game having been crowned League champions three days earlier. However, one player still had plenty to play for as “Dixie” Dean, who had scored an incredible 57 goals in 38 league games, needed three more to beat George Camsell’s record.

Charlie Buchan won the toss and Dean kicked off for Everton. The Toffeemen wasted no time in trying to get the ball up to Dean, and Bob John had to be alert to clear.

It took just three minutes for the first goal to be scored but it was Arsenal who took the lead. An Everton attack was cleared and Jimmy Brain put through James Shaw who unexpectedly stopped 25 yards out and cracked in a low shot which Arthur Davies stooped to collect, but the custodian fumbled and the ball squirmed between his legs.

Everton were back on level terms within a minute. From the kick-off, they won a corner on the right which was taken by Ted Critchley. George Martin flicked it towards Dean who glanced it past Paterson.

The roar of the crowd had barely died down when, two minutes later, Dean was upended in the penalty area by John. Dixie dusted himself down and made no mistake with the spot-kick, equaling Camsell’s record.

By now, Everton fans must have been wondering not whether Dean could break the record but by how many he would beat it.

Everton launched attack after attack trying to feed Dean for his hat-trick but John was always equal to him, and the woodwork denied him when he did getter the better of the Arsenal defender.

Five minutes before half-time, Arsenal broke away with Buchan feeding Shaw who laid the ball off to Joe Hulme. As the mercurial winger was lining up a shot, Jack O’Donnell raced in to dispossess him but only managed to steer the ball into his own goal.

The second half continued in the same vein with Parker, John and Jack Butler constantly denying Dean. Paterson also got in on the act, punching away from Dixie twice in quick succession.

With just seven minutes remaining Everton won a corner, Troup took it and Dean rose above everyone to finally get the goal he so coveted. The crowd were delirious as Dean was mobbed by his team mates.

However, Arsenal had the final word in the dying seconds when Shaw took a fine pass from Harry Peel and easily beat Davies to level the scores.

Match related comments:

Before the game Charlie Buchan said: “Yes, this is my farewell appearance. It is my last football game, and I am pleased to play under such auspicious circumstances.”

Everton chairman W.C. Cuff congratulated his team for winning the League and described it as “the most wonderful season the game of football has ever known.”

Joe Hulme: “We were aiming to stop him [Dean], but that was easier said than done.”

Facts linked to the match or players:

Although Dean was known throughout the footballing world as “Dixie”, he actually disliked this nickname and preferred to be called Bill or Billy.

Towards the end of the season Charlie Buchan announced that he would retire and this would be his final game. It brought to a close a career that saw him score 258 goals in 472 league games. He was presented with a portfolio and gold-mounted fountain pen by Herbert Chapman on behalf of his teammates and the club.

The Football League trophy was presented to Everton captain Warney Cresswell by John McKenna, and was given three cheers by the crowd.

The rest of the season:

Arsenal finished 11th in the League and reached the FA Cup semi-final, narrowly losing to eventual winners Blackburn Rovers.

A week after the game, Arsenal set sail for Scandinavia where they played six games, winning all of them and scoring 18 goals.

Facts relating to the Season:

The two teams had also met in the FA Cup fourth round. Arsenal ran out 4-3 winners with Dean, inevitably, scoring twice. His final tally against Arsenal for the season was six.

Dean scored seven hat-tricks, including a four and a five, this season. He found the net in 29 of the 39 league games in which he played, and scored a total of 82 goals in all competitions. His record still stands today.

Tottenham were relegated with 38 points in a very tight campaign. It was so close that 10th place Birmingham had only 41 points.

Everton had narrowly avoided relegation the previous season, having finished one place above the drop zone.

Huddersfield were runners-up for the second consecutive season, completing a remarkable sequence of league finishing positions of 3rd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd. They were also losing finalists in the FA Cup.

 

[summerisle]

Pele rather annoyed, A C Milan 1963, Intercontinental Cup.