Old Everton Pictures

tommytowne · March 22, 2023

patvandenhowdareyou said:
Recently been doing my family tree, and it turns out some of my relatives back in the day had an Everton forward lodging with them, Alex Latta - 70 goals in 148 appearances between 1889 - 1895. Seems like he was a bit of a player from what I've read, we brought him down from Dumbarton and he won the league in 1890/91. His strike partner Fred Geary (78 goals from 91 games) lived on the adjoining road (Thirlmere) and seemed to run a pub . My family who put Alex up lived on Ullswater St. Alex's occiptaion on the Census is Shipwright even though he was playing for Everton! How times have changedView attachment 207120 View attachment 207121

Well I had a totally random and unexpected encounter today with a gentleman living in Nottinghamshire.
As is usually the case when i'm picked up on my accent he said I suppose you're a Kopite aren't you. When I corrected him he smiled and informed me he's a long standing Blue. The conversation developed and it turned out he was the great, great grandson of one of the ministers of the running of St. Domingos football club and instrumental in the formation of our club.
How spooky is that?

Bluerover · March 22, 2023

Joey66 said:
For @Bluerover -The Blues team that took us back to the top division - 1954 -

Although Tony McNamara crossed the Park in 1957, he remained a Blue until his death in 2015 - travelling to the FAC SF and Final in 2009.

patvandenhowdareyou · March 22, 2023

tommytowne said:
Well I had a totally random and unexpected encounter today with a gentleman living in Nottinghamshire.
As is usually the case when i'm picked up on my accent he said I suppose you're a Kopite aren't you. When I corrected him he smiled and informed me he's a long standing Blue. The conversation developed and it turned out he was the great, great grandson of one of the ministers of the running of St. Domingos football club and instrumental in the formation of our club.
How spooky is that?

Yeah, I've been reading about this today:

"John Clarke, born in Amersham, lived in the village of Fiskerton in Nottinghamshire where he worked as a farmer. After he lost his wife Mary at a young age he moved in with his brothers and sister Elizabeth, who was licensee of the Waggon and Horses Inn. He clearly learned the trade, as by the late 1870s he had moved to Everton and was licensee, with his son John William, of the Queen’s Head Hotel in Village Street."

The Queens Head is where Everton FC was officially formed.