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Another great musician gone. George Kooymans - guitarist with Golden Earring, died after suffering from a muscle wasting condition. Radar Love was one of the first 12” singles I bought as a kid. RIP https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/07/george-kooymans-co-founder-of-golden-earring-dies-aged-77/

Mick Ralphs Bad Company & Mott the Hoople https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-ralphs-guitarist-bad-company-mott-the-hoople-dead-1235370273/

Bob Andrews - musician and producer https://www.showbiz411.com/2025/06/06/rip-bob-andrews-75-founder-of-the-rumour-produced-the-las-there-she-goes-dozens-of-new-wave-classics

But the media know it mattered, as it had massive consequences for the English game (and in particular us), but choose to throw a Harry Potter cloak of invisibility over the whole thing. Obviously once the tragic events of Monday happened, any brave news outlet that were thinking of running a...

How many major U.K. news organisations reported this important anniversary?

Stay safe today fellow blues, I wouldn’t venture out unless it’s absolutely necessary. I’m sure there’ll be trouble somewhere today, but as usual the red media will sweep it under the ‘it means more’ rug. UTFT

Bet that's the Asda in High Wycombe or somewhere else down south!

The 8:0 win against Southampton in 1971 blew my 8 year old mind! The Keeley derby - Actually winning the FA Cup in ‘84 - found it hard to believe that after growing up in the 70’s that we’d finally won something! The FSW - probably the most mind blown I’d ever been as an Evertonian - a...

Surely our former chairman and board wouldn’t make something like that up? I’m pretty confident that Merseyside police are poised to arrest the culprit any day now!

Last headlock?

Evening lurkers! Any of you box-room boys looking for a nice few days away? Apparently, you can’t beat Brighton this time of year. YMCA

Watching those older players had me in bits, as life goes by in a flash, and those childhood hero’s brought back so many memories of GP as a kid with my dad. It’s sobering to see them as old men. 💙