What are your 'Mind blown' moments since you've been a blue?

[tommye]

Equal lowest point, actual Everton fans not only being happy with it, but digging into support him, as he set about destroying the club from the inside out.

Thats for them to live with that shame.
How any of them can still call themselves Evertonians baffles me.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Finding Billy Moore's videos for the first time...

 

[b-rad]

The season we finished 4th. 2004/05

The club was all doom and gloom after Rooney's departure and the players we'd signed didn't seem like good additions at the time.
We'd lost Gravesen in that bizarre move to Real Madrid as well.
We'd skirted with relegation the season before and we were odds on for a lot of people to go down.
Got hammered by Arsenal opening game of the season and things were looking bleak.

But then we started winning and winning and winning. Most were smash-and-grab 1-0's, but we were the talk of the Football world for a time.
It did peter out somewhat in the run in, we lost a fair few of our final ten games including a 7-0 shoeing to Arsenal, but we did enough to finish above that lot and gain a Champions League place.

What happened in that CL qualifier stitch-up against Villareal somewhat spoiled things for the following year.
It was clear UEFA didn't want 5 English clubs in the CL (That lot had finished 5th, but won the CL that year)
The fact we drew Villareal was suspect to begin with, then they brought Colina out of retirement to officiate (A lot of people who deny this was a stitch-up often forget that this guy had actually retired and came back for just 1 game, writing off a perfectly good goal, gifting them the momentum and the win, before heading back into retirement again)

It was a surreal time to be a blue to say the least.

To be fair, the Arsenal tonking was the game after we’d secured 4th, so I didn’t care at all about that one.

Not only did we draw Villareal, but before the RS were given their place I remember TNS ‘offering’ them to play a match to decide who can have TNS’s qualifier place. I guess TNS knew they’d never make it to the CL proper and a game against the RS brings in more money. Obviously UEFA says no as it’s up to them to decide.

Lo and behold they get drawn against TNS for their qualifier!

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

El Gordo.

Did they really do that to us? Sadly yes.


Now happily unemployed wanking off over daytime tv, the godawful warthog.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

As stated, Benitez. I was just stunned. It was utterly ridiculous.

Ah, you beat me to it!

 

[Nyhus]

Benitez

 

[BackRow PE6]

When they introduced Guinness machines in the Park End

When I habitually bobbed up to one, paid my money & it gave me a pint of Coors

 

[W84 Dum Freeze]

F..A. cup semi final at Villa Park 1980.

We were in the Witton End, Brian Kidd put us 1-0 up from a pen and then got sent off for fighting.

West Ham equalised and the match went to a replay.

We were heading back to another part of the Midlands that day, so there were the two of us and another Everton fan on a stationary train waiting to leave when the opposite platform at Witton Station filled with Hammers fans.

The other Everton fan on our train was a Skinhead, DM's tats the lot. He then totally nuts proceeded to pull the old fashioned window down on the train door and give it to what seemed like 3000 West Ham fans.

Luckily the train started to move shortly after and we looked at each other and thought phew we've just dodged one there !


Utterly mind blown by such idiocy !

 

[ChesterBlue]

As stated, Benitez. I was just stunned. It was utterly ridiculous.

I think if I was vaulted from that appointment you’d actually see me go through the 5 stages of grief.

What on Earth was Moshiri thinking

 

[Cels]

Not letting Big Sam see out his contract. Who knows what dizzy heights he would have elevated us to had he stayed.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Not letting Big Sam see out his contract. Who knows what dizzy heights he would have elevated us to had he stayed.

Gravy Boat Champions

 

[Exeter_Gently]

El Gordo.

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Did they really do that to us? Sadly yes.


Now happily unemployed wanking off over daytime tv, the godawful warthog.

This is what I'd imagine retirement is like...can't wait.

 

[BlueAmigo]

Kings dock fiasco. Was the time I cottoned on to the fact that "Mr Everton" and his ring fenced money schtick was the biggest blagger since Victor Lustig.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

This is what I'd imagine retirement is like...can't wait.

Sí, sí, es una buena vida.

 

[sw blue]

That Ossie goal in Europe from the Pienaar back heel. Surely not, but it went in. Brilliant.