Match Thread Everton 2-0 Southampton. Sun May 18th. 12 pm

Your Everton MOTM

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wembley84 said:
I reckon there was well more without tickets than with. I walked up from the black horse about 11am and the flow of people was 20 to one walking away from the ground than up to the ground. Took about 15 minutes just getting up Spellow Lane coz we were going against the tide.
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Deffo more in the stadium than the given attendance. Every stand looked absolutely rammed. Like a throwback to the 80s.
 
ste d' indica said:
Hard to even put into words yesterday - surreal, magical, heartwrenching, joyous. I might have a go later in the week.

I can say though, I went for a couple on Dale St in the evening, intending to stay out on the lash. It was terrific but I felt really weird, a bit disconnected. I just put it down to the emotion of the day, early start, travel etc. Got off about 9ish.

Then walking through town this morning, getting some brekky, going in E2 to pick up a copy of that farewell book before I caught a train back to Bristol, I just couldn't shake this really strange feeling. - For the first time ever, despite being born here, despite moving back for a while after a long time away, despite having a season ticket for nearly 10 years, despite coming back and forth from Briz every other weekend for the last 4 years... I felt like a stranger, like an alien, like a bloody tourist. It was so 'kin weird and I just couldn't figure out why.

Then walking to Liime St to get my train it hit me - that anchor that's pulled me back again and again for nearly 30 years has suddenly gone. It's like a tether in my life has just suddenly slipped away. It's the strangest feeling.
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Powerful that mate 💙
 

ste d' indica said:
Hard to even put into words yesterday - surreal, magical, heartwrenching, joyous. I might have a go later in the week.

I can say though, I went for a couple on Dale St in the evening, intending to stay out on the lash. It was terrific but I felt really weird, a bit disconnected. I just put it down to the emotion of the day, early start, travel etc. Got off about 9ish.

Then walking through town this morning, getting some brekky, going in E2 to pick up a copy of that farewell book before I caught a train back to Bristol, I just couldn't shake this really strange feeling. - For the first time ever, despite being born here, despite moving back for a while after a long time away, despite having a season ticket for nearly 10 years, despite coming back and forth from Briz every other weekend for the last 4 years... I felt like a stranger, like an alien, like a bloody tourist. It was so 'kin weird and I just couldn't figure out why.

Then walking to Liime St to get my train it hit me - that anchor that's pulled me back again and again for nearly 30 years has suddenly gone. It's like a tether in my life has just suddenly slipped away. It's the strangest feeling.
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Don't worry mate, I've felt very similar, a massive sense of loss, it's like losing someone close, very sad.

You're not alone in this.



Although I read this like a Tim Vine quip: "Then walking to Liime St to get my train it hit me"
 

Shevin Keedy said:
Don't worry mate, I've felt very similar, a massive sense of loss, it's like losing someone close, very sad.

You're not alone in this.



Although I read this like a Tim Vine quip: "Then walking to Liime St to get my train it hit me"
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Cheers fella, that's the strange thing though, I'm not dead upset or anything, I had a couple of wobbles in the ground but overall yesterday was a fantastic celebration.
But you're right, it's a feeling of loss, or maybe like a sense of massive and permanent change. We'll form new bonds soon but I guess we're all feeling a bit untethered for now.
 
Pootsy said:
Hanging like a bat today.

An odd feeling. Goodison isn't going anywhere, the ladies team will be playing there. But still, its where we all met to watch the match with after being server an over cooked pie and tepid beer. But we will miss her. Greatly.

But now we look forward to hearing the roar from the HD Stadium. Onwards and Upwards.
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I woke up this morning and I have come to the decision that I’ll probably never go back to Goodison, at least not to watch a game. I may never go back at all.

It’s nothing to do with the women playing there: I’ve taken my son and daughters many times to watch them. Instead, it's because it will no longer be my Goodison.

It won't have the same smells, feeling or textures. I won't be with the people I've sat with and became friends with for so long. It won't have the atmosphere.

My conclusion is that it's better to say goodbye and remember it as it was for so, so many fantastic years, rather than let those memories be altered.

Perhaps I'll change my mind in a year or two, especially if the Women's team have an important game and need our support, but in reality I think I'm now done.
 

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