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1985 -
HK an inspired signing of Inchy -
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
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That fixture list is really fascinating. Not least because there is no distinction made between Football League games and other fixtures. This was the first season of the League, of course, and it took a while for people to appreciate what it was all about. Even the Football League themselves hadn't decided on the points system - it took until November for them to decide that a team would get two points for a win and one for a draw (they had rejected another option - points only being awarded for a victory).
I've underlined all the League fixtures in red. Notice that our League programme was due to finish in February! (in the end, the Blackburn Rovers game on January 5th was postponed and wasn't played until March 30th.
Those 'English Cup' dates had no relevance for Everton that season - the club forgot to apply for exemption from the Qualifying Rounds, and eventually decided to withdraw from the competition.
The game on January 19th was an historic occasion. 15,000 turned up at Anfield - the biggest League crowd on any ground so far - to watch the famous Preston Invincibles win 2-0. They had clinched the title two weeks earlier - less than two months after that points system had been announced.
No trophy was presented to the Champions in that first season, nor in the second season when Preston were champions again. That was when their chairman William Sudell suggested the idea of a League Championship Trophy. Ironically, Preston have never won it since. The first team to lift the trophy, in 1890/91, were Everton.
I've underlined all the League fixtures in red. Notice that our League programme was due to finish in February! (in the end, the Blackburn Rovers game on January 5th was postponed and wasn't played until March 30th.
Those 'English Cup' dates had no relevance for Everton that season - the club forgot to apply for exemption from the Qualifying Rounds, and eventually decided to withdraw from the competition.
The game on January 19th was an historic occasion. 15,000 turned up at Anfield - the biggest League crowd on any ground so far - to watch the famous Preston Invincibles win 2-0. They had clinched the title two weeks earlier - less than two months after that points system had been announced.
No trophy was presented to the Champions in that first season, nor in the second season when Preston were champions again. That was when their chairman William Sudell suggested the idea of a League Championship Trophy. Ironically, Preston have never won it since. The first team to lift the trophy, in 1890/91, were Everton.
Also note it was the rich Lancashire mill owners towns & cities who had board with investment from those industries N/E Lancashire clubs - Preston the later Blackburn - Burnley etc,etc, - Note Bootle was our Derby fixture our main rivals - we had not spawned the devil back then Anfield was built by our supporters & players But owned by the greedy John Holden the king of the breweries in the area - the Sandown pub was our changing rooms ..... he owned that too .... the rest is history
HK -
This youth player started as an inside forward then tried in midfield - then put at right back replacing Mick Meagan - a youth system that worked back then -
Bally -
Dave Hickson leaves Jimmy Armfield on the ground at Bloomfield Road October 1958 - in a 1-1 draw -
Brian Harris pictured leaving the pitch after the F A CUP Semi Final victory over Man Utd at Burnden Park, Bolton, 23rd April 1966 -
Two of the Trinity - HK & Bally at Leeds -
