Old Everton Pictures

[Ming the merciless]

7th October 1961 Roy Vernon leaps over the prostrate to slam home the Blue's sixth against Forest - in a 6-0 hammering for us - Fred Pickering's debut he grabbed a hat trick - for @roy vernon & co -

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That must be another game, Fred didn’t leave Rovers until March 1964.

 

[Joey66]

That must be another game, Fred didn’t leave Rovers until March 1964.

Coincidence then

 

[Ming the merciless]

Everton FC Firsts at Goodison Park -​

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• First club to construct a purpose built football stadium
• First club to have a four-sided stadium with two tier stands
• First club to have a stadium with a three tier stand
• First club to issue a regular match programme for home fixtures
• First club to stage an FA Cup final 1894, Notts County v Bolton Wanderers
• Founder members of the FA Premier League in 1992
• First club on Merseyside to win the FA Cup 1906
• First club to go on an overseas football tour
• First club to have a player (William Ralph Dean) score 60 league goals
• First club to wear numbered shirts from 1-11 (1933 FA Cup final)
• First club to have a church attached to its stadium
• First club to install dugouts
• First club to install undersoil heating
• First club to play 100 seasons in the top-flight
• First club to stage a World Cup semi-final in Britain
• First club to have scoreboard with half time/full time facility
• First club to win a European Cup penalty shoot out
• First club to have its own podcast
• First club to have its own online social networking site
• First club to sell tickets via text message

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Everton must be the only British club to stage a World Cup semi-final.

 

[Ming the merciless]

Coincidence then

Yeah, I bet Forest really looked forward to their trips to Goodson.

 

[Joey66]

Yeah, I bet Forest really looked forward to their trips to Goodson.

The days when we thumped teams ....

 

[Acrobat]

Pat Van Den Hauwe, Birmingham City before HK fetched to the Blues a vital signing for us -

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Such a brilliant signing, and outstanding player. One of my favorites from that team!

 

[ManxBrian]

It was 6-0 v Forest but not Fred's debut. The goals are : - 07.10.61 Gabriel v Forest (H) Jimmy Gabriel latches on to a Bobby Collins header to steer the ball past Peter Grummitt for the opener.

 

[ManxBrian]

07.10.61 Vernon v Forest (H) The diving Forest keeper, Peter Grummitt, fails to reach a shot from Roy Vernon for the Blues second

 

[ManxBrian]

07.10.61 Young v Forest (H) Alex Young's header gives Peter Grummitt no chance for the third goal

 

[ManxBrian]

07.10.61 Fell v Forest (H) Jimmy Fell beats Peter Grummitt from close range to scores the Blues fifth against Forest

 

[ManxBrian]

07.10.61 Vernon v Forest (H) Roy Vernon leaps over the prostrate Iley to slam home the Blues sixth against Forest

 

[April1970]

Sir John Moore's who in the 1960s gave us the title as the Mersey Millionaires - he was ruthless ran our club like his Littlewoods businesses - He also then sat on the LFC Board too which is illegal now - here he is in the 1980s as an EFC Board member - two sucessful decades with him at the realm more so influenced in the 1960s though - After 1963 our team was littered with home-grown talent with local players, plus youth players & key signings -

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I thought that Sydney Reakes was his representative on the Liverpool board so there was no obvious clash of interest. However, I could be completely wrong as I was too young to know about football in the early 60s.

 

[Joey66]

I thought that Sydney Reakes was his representative on the Liverpool board so there was no obvious clash of interest. However, I could be completely wrong as I was too young to know about football in the early 60s.

He was on the LFC board but with a representative yes - hence when Sir John died his son financed LFC

It would not be allowed today - Agent Johnson was financially involved with Tranmere Rovers - he was told if both of his teams met in any cup competitions both teams would ge eliminated.......

 

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