Your Everton player stories


Literally bumped into Beto not long after he signed coming out of the bogs at Est in the Trafford centre. Not the most exciting really. I think he had chicken salad.

I was at a funeral yeaaaars ago at the Marriott in Worsley. It must have been a weekend, maybe a Friday and think it must have been about 1999.

Niall Quin, Peter Reid, Sam Allardyce and a few referees were all in having meetings and a few drinks. Absolutely mad. Always wondered what that was all about.

Anyway I got a few minutes with Reidy, great guy and Niall Quin was an absolute gent. I ignored Allardyce.

Think I've mentioned this before but my dad grew up on the same street as Alan Ball and reckons he was still playing footie in the street after winning the world cup. Madness. He'd show them the medal and they could touch it but he wouldn't let them hold it!
 
heatmeiser said:
Literally bumped into Beto not long after he signed coming out of the bogs at Est in the Trafford centre. Not the most exciting really. I think he had chicken salad.

I was at a funeral yeaaaars ago at the Marriott in Worsley. It must have been a weekend, maybe a Friday and think it must have been about 1999.

Niall Quin, Peter Reid, Sam Allardyce and a few referees were all in having meetings and a few drinks. Absolutely mad. Always wondered what that was all about.

Anyway I got a few minutes with Reidy, great guy and Niall Quin was an absolute gent. I ignored Allardyce.

Think I've mentioned this before but my dad grew up on the same street as Alan Ball and reckons he was still playing footie in the street after winning the world cup. Madness. He'd show them the medal and they could touch it but he wouldn't let them hold it!
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Chicken salad? Did you examine his stool to deduce this?
 

I was over for what i think was my second game and we were hanging around Goodison after hoping to meet some players but no joy, we missed them.

Standing on Goodison road with the rain pouring down hoping to get a taxi and a car pulls up and Davy Weir jumps out and asks what are we doing standing in the rain. We said we were hoping to meet some players. He told us everyone was away but he had to pop back in to grab something he forgot. Wait here he said.

Off he goes and 5 minutes later he re-appears and stood in the pouring rain taking pictures with us while i stood all over his shoes with my mucky trainers.
 
Met loads on the ex player nights at Segura.

Kev Campbell was brilliant. Would sit at your table for ages, answering everything with honesty. He had to be dragged out in the end because it got to about half 12 and he was still there singing his songs with the rest of us. Just a wonderful man.

Lee Carsley was great. We had second thoughts about going to this as he had just got the job with England and usually when ex players are in the game with a high profile job they can be a bit stand offish, but he was great. Really nice fella, who was taken aback when me and my mate told him he was our favourite player back in the day.

Graham Stuart was hilarious. He was bladdered by the end of the night, but loved mixing in with everyone.

Peter Reid is exactly how you'd imagine him to be. Feels like you're spending the night with some really sound arl fella. Apparently when asked to do these nights he asks if John Bailey can come and take most of the cut as he's now a full time carer for his sister.

Anders Limpar is the coolest guy I've met. Didn't realise how much of a massive blue he is. He sat with my mates dad for ages talking about the 70's and 80's, going through the matches he remembers watching back in Sweden.

Only bad experience was Gary Stevens. Just felt like he didn't want to be there and was quite short when answering questions.
 
Charro said:
Met loads on the ex player nights at Segura.

Kev Campbell was brilliant. Would sit at your table for ages, answering everything with honesty. He had to be dragged out in the end because it got to about half 12 and he was still there singing his songs with the rest of us. Just a wonderful man.

Lee Carsley was great. We had second thoughts about going to this as he had just got the job with England and usually when ex players are in the game with a high profile job they can be a bit stand offish, but he was great. Really nice fella, who was taken aback when me and my mate told him he was our favourite player back in the day.

Graham Stuart was hilarious. He was bladdered by the end of the night, but loved mixing in with everyone.

Peter Reid is exactly how you'd imagine him to be. Feels like you're spending the night with some really sound arl fella. Apparently when asked to do these nights he asks if John Bailey can come and take most of the cut as he's now a full time carer for his sister.

Anders Limpar is the coolest guy I've met. Didn't realise how much of a massive blue he is. He sat with my mates dad for ages talking about the 70's and 80's, going through the matches he remembers watching back in Sweden.

Only bad experience was Gary Stevens. Just felt like he didn't want to be there and was quite short when answering questions.
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Brilliant little note about Reidy, cheers for that.
 

When I was 10, Johnny Morrissey came to our house to say hello!

I used to go to the “Boys Club” in our local Church hall on a Friday night, 5 a side, table tennis etc! One particular Friday I couldn’t make it as had been in Walton Hospital for a dental operation and wasn’t feeling great at all! It happened to be the one Friday night that JM was visiting the club!

One of the blokes who ran the club told JM that I was a huge Evertonian and unfortunately wasn’t there that night and how gutted I was!

Once JM had finished at the club, he asked the organiser where I lived, which was about 200 yards from the hall.
Next thing JM and the organiser were knocking on our front door, came in and stayed for about 10 minutes. “Made up” doesn’t do it justice ;););), not sure who was happier me or my Dad!
 
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Charro said:
Met loads on the ex player nights at Segura.

Kev Campbell was brilliant. Would sit at your table for ages, answering everything with honesty. He had to be dragged out in the end because it got to about half 12 and he was still there singing his songs with the rest of us. Just a wonderful man.

Lee Carsley was great. We had second thoughts about going to this as he had just got the job with England and usually when ex players are in the game with a high profile job they can be a bit stand offish, but he was great. Really nice fella, who was taken aback when me and my mate told him he was our favourite player back in the day.

Graham Stuart was hilarious. He was bladdered by the end of the night, but loved mixing in with everyone.

Peter Reid is exactly how you'd imagine him to be. Feels like you're spending the night with some really sound arl fella. Apparently when asked to do these nights he asks if John Bailey can come and take most of the cut as he's now a full time carer for his sister.

Anders Limpar is the coolest guy I've met. Didn't realise how much of a massive blue he is. He sat with my mates dad for ages talking about the 70's and 80's, going through the matches he remembers watching back in Sweden.

Only bad experience was Gary Stevens. Just felt like he didn't want to be there and was quite short when answering questions.
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Having been to many after dinner events over the years, the four ex players who really stooddout for just being all round decent fellas, who`ve got time for everyone, were Kevin Campbell, Bob Latchford, Derek Mountfield and Graham Stuart.

You`re right about Gary Stevens too, Southall was another, who would immediately leave afterwards and never hung around to talk to anyone.
 
Two weeks before the FA Cup Final in 1995 I went to Bellefield training ground and was shown round by Ray Hall, we were in the canteen which was upstairs and heard this grunting as someone was running up the stairs. In walks Duncan Ferguson. I was 14 years old and to see my then hero stood in front of me was a memory I will never forget, it then gets better he then asked me if I wanted to have a kick about and we went outside onto the training pitch and kicked the ball at each other while chatting for a good 30mins, one of my best memories from childhood and then to win the cup 2 weeks later. What a time, here I am now 44 and not won a thing since.
 
Moomin said:
I can confirm that Gravensen and Radz lived in Beetham Plaza.

Years ago when i still lived in Liverpool I had a few mates who worked at Barclaycard and they would have a 6 a side game in Kirkby Stad one night in the week. Every now and then i would play to make up the numbers.

One of the lads lived in Beetham Plaza and they were short of numbers ( I never played but i wish i did that week ) and he bumped into Tommy and asked if he wanted a game to make up the numbers. All he asked for was a lift and he played by kicking the crap out of everyone. He gave no mercy to anyone but after the game was nice as pie to everyone.
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Thanks guys for the Mad Dog shouts . Had a bit of a miserable day but Tommy stories always cheer me up .
 

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