Old Everton Pictures

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

I almost forgot about Roger Kenyon great bloke.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

I went to the infants school think it was Deyes Lane,my mum(knew nothing about footy,bless her!!) used to chat to a nice scottish bloke at the gates when it was hometime,one day my mum had a dentists appointment so my dad(a rabid blue!!)came to collect me,the scottish bloke turned out to be dear old Sandy Brown,my dad couldn't believe my old mum had been chatting to him for months and not known who he waslol

If I may be so bold what year was that. Some of the Blues hung out at St. Georges Park on Sundays. My Granddad pointed them out when I was a little tiddler.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

If I may be so bold what year was that. Some of the Blues hung out at St. Georges Park on Sundays. My Granddad pointed them out when I was a little tiddler.

I started school in September 1970 Mike.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

I spent most of the Catterick years at Hudson school. Then the Billy Bingham's years with Alan Harper and John Connolly at Deyes Lane.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

I spent most of the Catterick years at Hudson school. Then the Billy Bingham's years with Alan Harper and John Connolly at Deyes Lane.

Joe wasn't it Mike

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Joe wasn't it Mike

Yes your absolutely right. You noticed I didn't say Rod Belfitt.

 

[summerisle]

Yes your absolutely right. You noticed I didn't say Rod Belfitt.

It's almost like Rod Belfitt can be used as a swear word on here.
Poor Rod : ready, willing and unable.

 

[larrygobfiend]

 

[Toffeelover]

I went to the infants school think it was Deyes Lane,my mum(knew nothing about footy,bless her!!) used to chat to a nice scottish bloke at the gates when it was hometime,one day my mum had a dentists appointment so my dad(a rabid blue!!)came to collect me,the scottish bloke turned out to be dear old Sandy Brown,my dad couldn't believe my old mum had been chatting to him for months and not known who he waslol

Oh blimey, in the words of RM, that is incredible and a phenomenal experience. I think we are all green with envy now. At that time Maghull was the place to live for footballers. I think Labby's firm was there as well.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Oh blimey, in the words of RM, that is incredible and a phenomenal experience. I think we are all green with envy now. At that time Maghull was the place to live for footballers. I think Labby's firm was there as well.

yep,central heating business wasn't it?

 

[allezlesbleus]

yep,central heating business wasn't it?

Yep. He nearly retired from footy pre 1970 to work there!! My cousin worked there for a while after the family sold up I think.

 

[alan ball]

 

[summerisle]

I've spotted the ball. 2/6 postal order please.

 

[Joey66]

If your Big Bros was there perhaps, ask him about it. Sory to hear about your Da, mine passed away a long time ago as well, another rabid Everton fan going way back to the twenties.

Hi I spoke to my brother - I was right he was at that Derby game with my late father 73,000 He stated it was a good game end to end football the noise was tremendous, he would have been about 14 years old, but he was a tall lad for his age so he was in the Bullins road paddock with a good view of the game, even then the crowd would sway , and push- he told me the biggest crowd he ever witnessed was earlier when he was younger v Burnley Boxing Day - when Burnley were in no 1 spot 74,000 he said that was very packed where he was as once you put your hands in your pocket that was it no room to take them out, and he got lifted in the air as the crowd swayed forwards and urine just ran down the steps where you were standing - He thinks we got beat
He can remember also at Goodison park where it was one payment on the terraces to get in and you could walk to any spot from the park end to Goodison road into Glawdys street end so you could change ends at half time the paddock in the Bullins road was blocked off as it was more expensive to stand there so in effect you could choose thee sides of the ground to view the game standing!

Hope this give you an insight to the working mans game in that era where the players were not paid film stars wages!

Just looked my EFC bible, and my older brother got it one day out v Burnley in 1960/61 season We played them away on Boxing Day, and won 3-1! The very next day we played them again at home with an attendance of 74,867, and lost 3-0!
Then typical Everton lost the next 7 games on the bounce dropping from 3rd to 6th!

 

[mrb85]

Hi I spoke to my brother - I was right he was at that Derby game with my late father 73,000 He stated it was a good game end to end football the noise was tremendous, he would have been about 14 years old, but he was a tall lad for his age so he was in the Bullins road paddock with a good view of the game, even then the crowd would sway , and push- he told me the biggest crowd he ever witnessed was earlier when he was younger v Burnley Boxing Day - when Burnley were in no 1 spot 74,000 he said that was very packed where he was as once you put your hands in your pocket that was it no room to take them out, and he got lifted in the air as the crowd swayed forwards and urine just ran down the steps where you were standing - He thinks we got beat
He can remember also at Goodison park where it was one payment on the terraces to get in and you could walk to any spot from the park end to Goodison road into Glawdys street end so you could change ends at half time the paddock in the Bullins road was blocked off as it was more expensive to stand there so in effect you could choose thee sides of the ground to view the game standing!

Hope this give you an insight to the working mans game in that era where the players were not paid film stars wages!

Loads would switch ends at HT to get near the goal we were attacking in to. There was a pathway on the Goodison Rd terracing roughly about where the back óf the Enclosure is now, that allowed everyone to get from one end to the other without having to work your way through terracing.