My thinking behind having a sort of farewell tournament would be an opportunity to make some extra money, give people an extra couple of chance to get to Goodison before the move, exactly what they were trying to do with these Gwladys Street events, except would probably attract much bigger crowds. They could still parade some of these "heroes" they were going to parade in the middle of October on a Wednesday night too.
I take your point but my first question would be where would these people be sitting ? Because it won’t be in my seat , not unless they’re a fair distance away from the stadium
They had one planned for October as well. Probably thought they could do this a few times again during the season until they saw how slow the take up was for the one in August.
I think thats totally wrong to be honest I don't really understand why people think having a won a medal with Everton would make you a better storyteller. I've been to loads of sportsmens dinners and some of the best speakers are lesser known people who've managed to make a career out of it because they're good at it instead of just because they're famous enough to keep getting booked.
That's so sad. I'm genuinely sad that that's all you take away from Goodison.
Well that and inviting players any of us actually care about.
You have a point, but it depends on whose organising it and at what price. I agree, you have players such as Tim Cahill, Howard, James Vaughan, Anichebe, Neville even somebody like Felaini who would be good to listen to, for different reasons. They didn't win anything at Everton, but you would still get something out of listening to them. This event just strikes at Everton trying to exploit our fans.
I guess the best memory was around '95 when our dad got us into the players' lounge and we were able to meet a fair few of the team; Matt Jackson, David Unsworth, Big Nev, Stuart, Rideout, Horne I recall all meeting. Sadly the two main players I really wanted to see, Duncan and Andrei, one was MOM and doing media duties, the other was injured and not there. I was 10 at the time so it felt quite magical and surreal - had my little EFC autograph book with me bought from the club shop and it was quite fantastic.
My point was more that Simon Davies being funny enough to make you laugh out loud and Steve Watson dishing some proper dirt on his old team mates and managers can be a lot more entertaining than Kevin sheedy telling us how great the team spirit was in the 80s and what a privilege it is to be at the club and about Howard Kendall opening the window at stoke so I don’t think whether the players won trophies is relevant to how good the night would be. I think it was a bad idea but not really for the reasons some people are saying.