Old Everton Pictures

Bolton’s first game at The Reebok. 0-0 with Everton, even though Bolton forced the ball over the line at one point – not seen thankfully by referee Stephen Lodge. An incident that was to be extremely consequential come the season’s end -

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Oct 26, 1963 - Everton 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur. A huge crowd of 65,386 fans packed into Goodison to see the Champions beat Spurs, thanks to a goal from Derek Temple.

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I was booked on a coach trip to Blackpool early that evening so had to leave the match early (one of the only two games I left before the final whistle). As I started to leave I turned to look over my shoulder just in time to see Temple score.

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