Everton Bygones

[summerisle]

A good watch this.

 

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[summerisle]

Anybody enter the lion's den ?

Only the strong survived: remembering the brutal Boys' Pen at Goodison Park in the 1960s

Between trying to set a policeman alight, robbery and dangerous projectiles, the Boys' Pen at Goodison Park was quite the experience

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[summerisle]

Harry Cooke – Dixie Dean’s Saviour

On 5th May 1928, Dixie Dean scored a hat-trick against Arsenal on the final day of the 1927/28 season. The last of those goals was Dixie’s 60th league goal of the season – a record in E…

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[summerisle]

Nice read, especially for those who didn't see him play.

 

[Bluebonic]

What a pl

Nice read, especially for those who didn't see him play.

What a great player he was, a genuinely world class full back and a lovely humble man

 

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[irishtony1878]

Anybody enter the lion's den ?

Only the strong survived: remembering the brutal Boys' Pen at Goodison Park in the 1960s

Between trying to set a policeman alight, robbery and dangerous projectiles, the Boys' Pen at Goodison Park was quite the experience

thesefootballtimes.co

I survived the boys pen, i was from a poor background and must have looked hard because i never got much grief to be fair.
I also watched the 1967 cup tie on the big screen at the pit in their boys pen and lived to tell the tale, i remember celebrating Bally's goal as well and taking the piss out of my cousin who was a RS and with me.
He literally cried all the way home

 

[everton78]

Goodison Park in 1938.