Old Everton Pictures

[alan ball]

 

[alan ball]

 

[Wedgy01]

Everton's 3rd choice Keeper Geoff Barnett a youth player who won the FA Youth cup for us beaten her from the penalty spot v Leeds? also why are we playing in our away kit v looks like Leeds at home to me?
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Hi joey, it’s the 1971 fa cup semi replay, Greenhoff scoring for Stoke in a 1-2 defeat to Arsenal

 

[Wedgy01]

Hi joey, it’s the 1971 fa cup semi replay, Greenhoff scoring for Stoke in a 1-2 defeat to Arsenal

Sorry 1972, keep up the good work Joey, it’s a great thread

 

[Eggs]

....sadly, Lesley died at just 57 and Alan Ball was only 61. One of their daughters was also very ill with cancer.

 

[hallamblue]

Mick Buckley a player who almost made the grade -
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My sister's first crush. To be fair he did well to play after he had his right leg amputated at the knee!!

 

[mrb85]

That's the May 1973 Home International played at GP. One ex Blue and one soon-to-be Blue in the picture.
Stumbled across the programme for that game if anyone would like it. No charge. Just message me.

 

[Joey66]

My sister's first crush. To be fair he did well to play after he had his right leg amputated at the knee!!

It was a sad story he started very well with us then thing for him just went bad very sad .....

 

[Joey66]

A rare photo of the GV if I remember rightly maybe from when they mad the play about him 6 months before he became player Manager at Glentoran in Ireland -

 

[Joey66]

Peter Eastoe watching Imre Varadi look at the state of the Goodison pitch in those days -

 

[Eggs]

That's the May 1973 Home International played at GP. One ex Blue and one soon-to-be Blue in the picture.
Stumbled across the programme for that game if anyone would like it. No charge. Just message me.

...I remember going to that game. As well as Alan Ball and Bryan Hamilton, we had other interest with Dave Clement who scored a penalty and Tommy Jackson.

 

[klingklang]

Peter Eastoe watching Imre Varadi look at the state of the Goodison pitch in those days -
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Think that was the sitter Varadi missed in quarter final v City would have pit us 3-1 up with about 10mins to go

 

[Joey66]

Think that was the sitter Varadi missed in quarter final v City would have pit us 3-1 up with about 10mins to go

Seen him play as player manager for Matlock town nothing changed there either.....

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Think that was the sitter Varadi missed in quarter final v City would have pit us 3-1 up with about 10mins to go

Was just thinking that myself!!Moments later Paul Power equalised, christ it was a sitter too from what I recall

 

[klingklang]

Was just thinking that myself!!Moments later Paul Power equalised, christ it was a sitter too from what I recall

It was mate and then Ratcliffe got sent off for butting Tommy Hutchinson