Old Everton Pictures

[dave abrahams]

Ha ha,my dads still a rabid blue,but like yourself would go and watch them,in fact I think the first goal he could recall was Albert Stubbins in the days when they were "Liddellpool"second division for them back then,oh well we can dream again eh?

Yes loads of us would go to Goodison Park one and to Anfield the next, it was affordable and to be honest red fans had
To go to Goodison if they wanted to see the top teams for the EIGHT years they were in the 2nd. Division.

 

[The Esk]

My old man used to tell me they would have midweek afternoon games around then which were for the "shopkeepers"as they would shut for the afternoon,I bet the schools would empty out as well

Midweek afternoon games on a Wednesday. Even up to the late 70's shops used to shut for half day trading on a Wednesday.

Anyone remember the early kick offs during the miners strikes in 74-5 due to power shortages?

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Midweek afternoon games on a Wednesday. Even up to the late 70's shops used to shut for half day trading on a Wednesday.

Anyone remember the early kick offs during the miners strikes in 74-5 due to power shortages?

Yep,I'm sure it was 73-74 though esk,I might be wrong though!

 

[The Esk]

Yep,I'm sure it was 73-74 though esk,I might be wrong though!

Just checked, you are correct industrial action was from mid 73 until March 74.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Just checked, you are correct industrial action was from mid 73 until March 74.

I remember going to my first Sunday game that season,FA cup v WBA,can't remember why it was switched,felt weird though!

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I remember going to my first Sunday game that season,FA cup v WBA,can't remember why it was switched,felt weird though!

My older cousin told me about that game years back. Said West Brom brought a really big crew up. And beat us 2-0 I think.

 

[allezlesbleus]

My older cousin told me about that game years back. Said West Brom brought a really big crew up. And beat us 2-0 I think.

They did. 0-0 at GP, knocked us out in replay. Grrrr WBA in Cup grrr. Not sure why it was Sunday. An experiment I think when RS were home also even though before and after that I think we both played at home if drawn at home. Expectation for the WBa game was high but we were toothless. Crowd got grumpy and we just never got hold of the game......not an unfamiliar story in mid 70s

 

[mrb85]

when RS were home also even though before and after that I think we both played at home if drawn at home.

The two clubs used to play on the same day but with kick offs staggered by 15 or 30 minutes.

 

[4737carlin]

Goodison was a pitiful place in them days, I went with me arl fella a few times when there was circa 15000 there and it was ghostly, you could hear lids on the other side of the ground open a bag of crisps. .

Was like that for the Hull match the other week!!

 

[alan ball]

They did. 0-0 at GP, knocked us out in replay. Grrrr WBA in Cup grrr. Not sure why it was Sunday. An experiment I think when RS were home also even though before and after that I think we both played at home if drawn at home. Expectation for the WBa game was high but we were toothless. Crowd got grumpy and we just never got hold of the game......not an unfamiliar story in mid 70s

The game was played on the Sunday with a 2pm kick off and the reason for it was due to the power cuts from what I can remember

 

[alan ball]

 

[edge]

Midweek afternoon games on a Wednesday. Even up to the late 70's shops used to shut for half day trading on a Wednesday.

Anyone remember the early kick offs during the miners strikes in 74-5 due to power shortages?

yes there were a few, i can recall liverpool playing arsenal in one and everybody ran up to anfield after school because bally was playing , he scored as well to the delight of the schoolboy everton fans on the kop.
we had one at goodison as well im sure during the week in the afternoon

 

[mrb85]

yes there were a few, i can recall liverpool playing arsenal in one and everybody ran up to anfield after school because bally was playing , he scored as well to the delight of the schoolboy everton fans on the kop.
we had one at goodison as well im sure during the week in the afternoon

Spurs?

 

[dave abrahams]

The two clubs used to play on the same day but with kick offs staggered by 15 or 30 minutes.

Yes, when Everton beat Man.Unt. In the FA cup in 1953 when Davie Hickson scored his famous goal with blood pouring
out of his head,Liverpool played at home to WBA in the league over 100,000 watched the two games,with over 75,000
at Goodison Park and over 28,000 at Anfield.

 

[arch stanton]

To be fair tho it wasn't easy to get cheap flights over from Scandinavia in them days hence the 28k only at the pit