Captain Royston Vernon congratulates debutant Fred Pickering after a great debut with a hat trick v Notts Forest - in a 6-0 win - For @roy vernon & co - everyone thought the GV would make way for fred in fact eventually it was Roy the captain at the time who would be transferred to Stoke City - look at the playing conditions back then = a mud heap at home too! - also for @edge & co -
Jovial Joe Mercer 1945/6 just after the war - alas he could not stand the Manager Theo Kelly who fell out with a few stars TG Jones - Dixie Dean -& then Joe Mercer - who was going to pack football in, and pleaded the board to transfer him - Arsenal came in and that Everton That moment happened the same as TG Jones -
Theo Kelly took over as EFC first ever Manager - not well liked ...... dig our kit just after the war -
Jovial Joe always a blue really -
Everton players having a tour of the Camp Nou in Barcelona in May 1959. Among them are Dave Hickson, Jimmy Harris, Tommy Jones & Alex Parker. The stadium had been completed in 1957 -
Reidy in his England debut, who lost 1-0 -
Everton players having a tour of the Camp Nou in Barcelona in May 1959. Among them are Dave Hickson, Jimmy Harris, Tommy Jones & Alex Parker. The stadium had been completed in 1957 -
A fan tries to grab the ball of Graham Stewart - after the 3-2 win over Wimbledon that kept us up in dramatic fashion also thanks to Hans Sagers
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Brazil use Bellfield our training complex in 1966 - they were full of praise for that facilities & the gesture from our club -
HK about to tackle - Leeds Alan sniffer Clark - the brother of Wayne Clark who we signed -
