Old Everton Pictures

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On 8 August 2001 we played Everton at the JJB and Everton won 6-1
But we had played Everton in a friendly before. On 20 August 1982 Everton visited Springfield Park for a pre-season game. And they won that one 6-1

That was when some scallies chased wigan from that stand ?
Wigan ran on the pitch edge and got smashed by the police...needles to say it was Greater Manchester Police ...
Think we were supposed to go into an enclosure in front of the main stand but most just went in anywhere.
Terrible dated stadium, back then,I'm sure an old war bunker was a toilet in one corner.

 

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First time Everton made me cry

Me too !

 

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Me too !

My uncle went to that game, came home speechless -

 

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Ken Rogers - same Grandmother of my late father in law - My wife used to e mail him over the family tree of his family many years ago lost touch as his father became ill - alongside the great mike Lyons - - for @BigMick -

 

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Two great Evertonians Ronnie & Mike -

 

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Dixie Deans Medal -

 

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Harry Catterick -

 

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Harry Catterick centenary - Ken rogers with Derek Temple -

 

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Everton at Anfield -​

 

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Our club badge in those times -

 

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Despite the outstanding success of the team, disagreements about how the club was to progress began to have an impact on the management of the club. The membership of the club became increasingly larger which allowed for more voices of dissent. Gate receipts continued to improve, it had previously been agreed with Houlding that he receive £250 instead of the £100 a season rent he had begun with, in 1888-9 he received £240 and £250 for the 1889-90 season. The rent was settled annually, something that frustrated the Everton membership who wanted the security of a longer term commitment. -

 

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John Houlding exacerbated the unhappy situation at the end of 1891 by suggesting that Everton FC should become a public limited company, something that the majority of the Everton FC members did not agree with. Joseph Orrell’s Uncle, John Orrell, wanted to lay an access road on the strip of land he retained at the perimeter of the ground, something that would have caused significant disruption as standing enclosures had been built there. The solution John Houlding came up with was to form a limited company and by the sale of shares to purchase both John Orrell’s strip of land and John Houlding’s land, which was the main part of the ground. In the first instance at the committee meeting on 27thAugust 1891 this was agreed, but after further consideration at an extraordinary general meeting of members on 15thSeptember 1891 it was opposed. Both Houlding’s and Orrell’s land had by this time depreciated in value.

Everton FC’s executive committee had to ensure they could stay at the ground until the end of the season to preserve their Football League status so approached John Orrell directly and arranged a ten year lease for his strip of land for £120 per annum. At a special general meeting on 25thJanuary 1892 Everton FC offered to pay John Houlding £180 rental per annum for a ten year lease with a stipulation that he would not have a nominee on the committee. Predictably, Houlding refused, it would have resulted in both a financial loss and also remove his power in the governance of the club -

 

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