Old Everton Pictures

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The old pavilion at Bellfield -
Trainers Tommy Eggleston, Les Shannon, and Gordon Watson in front of the old Bellefield pavilion c.1961 -

 

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Bellfield before redevelopment in the 1960s -

 

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Bellefield c.1961 Alex Parker, Alex Young, Roy Vernon, Billy Bingham, Bobby Collins, Jimmy Gabriel - for @roy vernon & co -

 

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1960s early at Belefield in the snow -Billy Bingham, Bobby Collins, Alex Young, Roy Vernon - for @roy vernon & co -

 

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The Harry Catterick belief youngsters were our future - in this era I watched this youth team in this youth cup run -

 

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The new Bellefield complex under construction in 1965 -

 

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One of the earliest photographs of players using the new Bellefield indoor hallFred Pickering, Alex Scott and Jimmy Husband
2 March 1966 - the other lot had Melwood & Shankly hit the roof when he saw their training facilities a field with a hosepipe on it - & little else when they were promoted ....in 1963/64 -

 

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Everton first used Bellefield for training 20 years ago, when they leased the ground. Before they decided to spend £100,000 on these improvements, they negotiated to buy Bellefield three years ago at a cost of £30,000. It is money well spent.”
England players used it -Workers on the new buildings at Bellefield stop work to take in the spectacle of the England squad training for their friendly with Poland, in their preparation for the forthcoming World Cup in July. Captain Bobby Moore is in the foreground, while Everton’s Ray Wilson is third from right in the line led by Nobby Stiles. Alan Ball, still a Blackpool player, is in the centre. The England manager Alf Ramsey later described the Bellefield training complex as “one of the finest I have seen anywhere in the world.” -

 

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Training in the new Sports Hall in May 1966 in preparation for the FA Cup Final – Jimmy Gabriel takes a shot (left) while Alex Scott (right) looks on -

 

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Trainers Ron Lewin (left) and Tom Eggleston (right foreground) led the Everton players on a run round the Bellefield pitch when they reported for training this morning’ –
Liverpool Echo, 16 July 1966
– the morning after Brazil were unceremoniously dumped out of the World Cup by Hungary at Goodison

 

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The new Bellefield complex. The dressing rooms were on ground level, the dining room on the first floor with the manager’s office beyond, overlooking the pitches -

 

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The completion of Bellefield -

 

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The Catt looks over his beloved Bellfield -