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Everton FC letter headed paper from 1977. Rather than waste paper, Billy Bingham’s name was blanked out and replaced with that of his successor, Gordon Lee.

Duncan Ferguson and Andrei Kanchelskis in the Goodison Park tunnel

The Everton away shirt worn in 1994 through to 1996 featured in The League of Gentleman

For 102 years, Everton had never signed a player directly from Tottenham Hotspur until 1994, when Vinny Samways moved to Goodison Park in a £2.2m deal

For 113 years, no player for Newton Heath or Manchester United had been sent off at Goodison Park Then, in April 2005, as Everton claimed a famous 1-0 win, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes both saw red in the same game

Howard Kendall running onto the Goodison Park pitch as Everton player-manager in 1981

A car and van parked outside St Luke's Church on Gwladys Street in the 1960s and the same spot taken in 2016

Andrei Kanchelskis protects himself from the Goodison Park sprinklers under some Everton

Goodison Road in 1970 and 2013 Who remembers Fong's chippy? There is now a car park on the site of where the original houses and shops stood.

Goodison | ‘66

Peter Beardsley is chased down by Andrei Kanchelskis as Everton host Manchester United at Goodison Park in September 1992

“When the call came through (from Everton), I had to leave Germany quickly to get over to England and only stopped briefly in Amsterdam to pick up a few things. I was so excited that I left in such a hurry that I didn’t even have any clothes!”...

Peter Beardsley is unveiled as a new Everton player and poses for photos with manager Howard Kendall at Goodison Park in August 1991