Hi everyone,
Just introducing myself, I'm nigh on 34 & from Cumbria but I live down in Reading now, I found GOT through the forum link on Toffeeweb, the Mailbag on there does my head in half the time but I check the site a few times a day without fail, anyone who uses the google chrome browser home page thingy knows that it's a bit like the prem, once you hit a site a few times it plants itself on your home page like the sky-4 plant themselves in the conciousness of many an opposing team and everyone else gets scared off.
I don't think I've ever told this story before because I think I have reservations that it makes me sound a bit less Evertonian if you know what I mean.. but...
I became an Evertonian on the yard of my primary school during a 'playtime' lol when I must have been about 8 years old. I'd recently moved house so joined a new school & I remember it more clearly than most memories from school. I was surrounded by 5 or 6 lads (there was only about 60 kids in our whole primary school) in a particularly tense moment and I was pressured there & then into nailing my colours to the mast. Prior to this I'd been playing football as much as a kid does but my father was a Publican (works weekends) & follower of country/blood sports so I'd not picked up any fervent interest in supporting football and as such I had little knowledge of the current state of the league or whatever else, I knew that Utd, Spurs, The [Poor language removed] etc were big teams but not much else. Anyway, the cool (hard as nails!) kid piped up and said, 'You're an Everton supporter right?' another kid who I was striking up a good friendship with agreed & the rest is history, call me impressionable...
That would have been late 1984 or early 85 as I remember it being cold! I would love to say that my first memory of anything Everton was Winning the League or the Cup Winners Cup but in reality I didn't start following results & watching games until I was hitting my teens in '89. On the day Hillsborough happened I was at a friends house who had moved from Newcastle, he was older than me & his reaction to the things that were happening on TV told me that this wasn't to be joked about, I think that day threw football into my consciousness & I had my local post office get hold of a copy of the programme for the final which I've still got. (Is this still possible from post offices?)
My Brother supported the [Poor language removed] back then (now & forever more Sheff Utd) & like many others I used to enjoy watching the football that they played.
I didn't buy newspapers when I was 13 & I've never knowingly bought a copy of the Sun since then, I try to avoid their website too, is that overkill? I don't know, I went to College in Liverpool (1/2 price season ticket holder 86-87) & my Bro married a Scouser so I think it's only right.
My all time favourite player is a tricky one, throughout the 90's I'd have to say Tony Cottee & Big Dunc, though I have a soft spot for Joe Parkinson & Anders Limpar was great to watch. From the current bunch I greatly admire Tim Cahill, I think the way he handles himself off the field & the respect he shows for the club is immense, I would say because of this Cahill is actually my all time favourite but if Rodwell stays for long enough that might change & Arteta is just gravy.
Pineapple on Pizza rulez ok.
Beyond the usual online annals my knowledge of Everton's history is pretty average, for the times I lived through I have a terrible memory.. I abused drugs in my early 20's
I would also like to find some things out about the times pre my football conciousness.
We all know that rationality & football don't often mix so it'll come as no surprise that I fell in love with Rapid Vienna last night & I want to know if that's acceptable & if it's common amongst Evertonians given our little slice of history together & if so are there any sort of supporters clubs or such like. I spent hours last night google translating Rapid Vienna fan sites, I learned about the replayed European match they had against Celtic.. man those Celtic fans really don't care much for Rapid Vienna.
Looking forward to it.
Arrold :blink:
Just introducing myself, I'm nigh on 34 & from Cumbria but I live down in Reading now, I found GOT through the forum link on Toffeeweb, the Mailbag on there does my head in half the time but I check the site a few times a day without fail, anyone who uses the google chrome browser home page thingy knows that it's a bit like the prem, once you hit a site a few times it plants itself on your home page like the sky-4 plant themselves in the conciousness of many an opposing team and everyone else gets scared off.
I don't think I've ever told this story before because I think I have reservations that it makes me sound a bit less Evertonian if you know what I mean.. but...
I became an Evertonian on the yard of my primary school during a 'playtime' lol when I must have been about 8 years old. I'd recently moved house so joined a new school & I remember it more clearly than most memories from school. I was surrounded by 5 or 6 lads (there was only about 60 kids in our whole primary school) in a particularly tense moment and I was pressured there & then into nailing my colours to the mast. Prior to this I'd been playing football as much as a kid does but my father was a Publican (works weekends) & follower of country/blood sports so I'd not picked up any fervent interest in supporting football and as such I had little knowledge of the current state of the league or whatever else, I knew that Utd, Spurs, The [Poor language removed] etc were big teams but not much else. Anyway, the cool (hard as nails!) kid piped up and said, 'You're an Everton supporter right?' another kid who I was striking up a good friendship with agreed & the rest is history, call me impressionable...
That would have been late 1984 or early 85 as I remember it being cold! I would love to say that my first memory of anything Everton was Winning the League or the Cup Winners Cup but in reality I didn't start following results & watching games until I was hitting my teens in '89. On the day Hillsborough happened I was at a friends house who had moved from Newcastle, he was older than me & his reaction to the things that were happening on TV told me that this wasn't to be joked about, I think that day threw football into my consciousness & I had my local post office get hold of a copy of the programme for the final which I've still got. (Is this still possible from post offices?)
My Brother supported the [Poor language removed] back then (now & forever more Sheff Utd) & like many others I used to enjoy watching the football that they played.
I didn't buy newspapers when I was 13 & I've never knowingly bought a copy of the Sun since then, I try to avoid their website too, is that overkill? I don't know, I went to College in Liverpool (1/2 price season ticket holder 86-87) & my Bro married a Scouser so I think it's only right.
My all time favourite player is a tricky one, throughout the 90's I'd have to say Tony Cottee & Big Dunc, though I have a soft spot for Joe Parkinson & Anders Limpar was great to watch. From the current bunch I greatly admire Tim Cahill, I think the way he handles himself off the field & the respect he shows for the club is immense, I would say because of this Cahill is actually my all time favourite but if Rodwell stays for long enough that might change & Arteta is just gravy.
Pineapple on Pizza rulez ok.
Beyond the usual online annals my knowledge of Everton's history is pretty average, for the times I lived through I have a terrible memory.. I abused drugs in my early 20's
I would also like to find some things out about the times pre my football conciousness. We all know that rationality & football don't often mix so it'll come as no surprise that I fell in love with Rapid Vienna last night & I want to know if that's acceptable & if it's common amongst Evertonians given our little slice of history together & if so are there any sort of supporters clubs or such like. I spent hours last night google translating Rapid Vienna fan sites, I learned about the replayed European match they had against Celtic.. man those Celtic fans really don't care much for Rapid Vienna.
Looking forward to it.
Arrold :blink:
