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Dreadful referee, he allowed Leeds to get away with absolute murder that day. They continually fouled throughout the game and our ball players were given no protection at all. Remember it as if it was yesterday!About that infamous game, I was there.
Here is a little snippet. The part of the report about Temple and Bell is incorrect. In the 36 th minute Temple was chasing the ball from a past made to him. He was hit by a stomach high tackle from Bell and fell to the ground completely out cold. Bell was not out cold and was not dismissed. it was this that really incensed the crowd because the ref did nothing not Brown's red card. Do not know about coins as I was in the GSE stand but the pitch was covered in cushions. I liked Collins but he was wrong with that statement.
The Game.
The game was only seconds old when Everton centre-forward Fred Pickering was fouled
by Billy Bremner. Seconds later Jack Charlton suffered a similar fate at the hands (or feet, rather) of an opponent. That was that - the battle lines were drawn: this was going to be a tasty affair.
Rob Bagchi and Paul Rogerson: "Jack Archer of The People called it a 'spine chilling' game, one littered with a long procession of fouls, the type Charlton described as 'sneaky things - going in over the top, boots hanging in late'. In only the fourth minute Giles and Sandy Brown, the Everton left-back, had jumped into a tackle just outside the Everton penalty area. Brown, incensed by the vigour of Giles' challenge and subsequently complaining of 'stud marks in the chest', got up and threw a left hander at Giles and was predictably sent off. From then on the frenzied atmosphere saw both sets of players flying into tackles with the crowd baying for retribution."
Some extraordinary things went on that afternoon and there were no prisoners taken by either side. The temperature climbed in the white-hot cauldron of Goodison - professional footballers forgot this was a sport and instead pitched themselves into fully fledged combat.
Somewhere amidst the fearsome conflagration, though, there was actually a little football being played and after fifteen minutes Leeds took a priceless lead. They won a free kick far out on the right wing. Bobby Collins swung the ball high into the heart of the Everton goal area. Full-back Willie Bell came running up at speed from far out to find space in the box and met the ball perfectly. His header flashed into the net with the home defence helpless. It was a well-worked goal and evidence of the defender's willingness to supplement the attack.
The home crowd had been incensed by Brown's dismissal and now they became uncontrollable. Any Leeds player who was foolish enough to come within throwing distance ran the risk of being struck by missiles - for Gary Sprake there was no hiding place as his goal was pelted mercilessly by a hail of coins throughout the game.
Things came to a head after 36 minutes. Bell and Everton right winger Derek Temple were following the flight of the ball and seemingly unaware of each other. They collided at full speed, laying each other out. That was the signal for the crowd to get completely out of hand. While Bell and Temple were receiving attention, missiles rained down on the players and the trainers attending them. Les Cocker and referee Ken Stokes were struck by flying coins.
Nicer pictures spelling of mine was wrong stand corrected!
No white boots!!
Mick Ferguson
