Catholic club?

[davek]

Exhibit A.

 

[chicoazul]

Exhibit A.

Ah. Ze good old days.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

which did the club have
a chaplain, c of e ?
or a priest ?


not that i think we were a proddy or a catholic team, the heirachy may have all been the same religion, but there was nothing like in glasgow in any way shape or form.

also, wasnt st.domingo's a methodist establishment

 

[chicoazul]

Religion has no place at this club.

GrandOldTeam - Everton Forum - Partisan Walton

Join us, comrades.

 

[DENNIS STEVENS]

The split was aways more about party political and moral issues than sectarian.

Houlding and his cronies were Tories and brewers, Mahon and the majority of the board were Liberals with heavy involvement in the Temperance movement, the rent issue was a factor, but it was more the catalyst to a bust up that was always brewing (pardon the pun).

Liverpool Echo.co.uk - Everton FC - News - Football historian Peter Lupson sheds light on 1892 Liverpool and Everton rent row

brief article runs through the salient points

This.

St. Domingos was a Methodist Church & the church at Goodison Park, St. Lukes, is also Anglican.

 

[monty]

Our club has its origins in the Methodist movement and is considered one of the original 'church teams' We had a huge influx of Irish catholic players who also attracted Catholic priests to watch the matches hence the claimed Catholic connection. As many have said society has long since moved on hence sectarian divides are not recognise these days 'thank God or who ever you worship.

Incidentally Liverpool gave tickets to Catholic priests in an effort to attract them, and their flocks, to Anfield. Their origins lie in a notorious slum landlord who paid back handers to get his evil way, something never change

 

[bigbadjeff]

Interested to see this thread,,,,

As I am from Northern Ireland which, unfortunately, has had more than its fare share of sectarianism over the past forty years. Growing up in Northern Ireland, Liverpool were viewed as the Protestant club in Liverpool whereas Everton were viewed as the Roman Catholic Club. This viewpoint was emphasised by the (and I know I am going to trample on a few toes here) Working class areas of Northern Ireland where the Liverpool/Rangers and Everton/Celtic bobble hats were worn not only to identify footy allegiance but also religious persuasion.
All you have to do is look at footage of the rioting to see the amount of footy scarves as above, worn to mask faces of the rioters.

On a personal note I have no time at all for sectarianism or bigotry in any way shape or form (aside from a pathalogical detestation, is that a word, of anything in red from over the park) LOL LOL LOL

 

[Philw]

The split was aways more about party political and moral issues than sectarian.

Houlding and his cronies were Tories and brewers, Mahon and the majority of the board were Liberals with heavy involvement in the Temperance movement, the rent issue was a factor, but it was more the catalyst to a bust up that was always brewing (pardon the pun).

Liverpool Echo.co.uk - Everton FC - News - Football historian Peter Lupson sheds light on 1892 Liverpool and Everton rent row

brief article runs through the salient points

Best bit is in the coments....

The irony is there could have been two Everton teams in the city, Everton and Everton Athletic. But the Football Association would not allow this, Everton Athletic had to change their name to Liverpool Football Club. Bill Shankly would have gone mad!

If only...

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Says here St. Lukes is a C of E church to confuse matters further

St Lukes C Of E Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, Goodison Road - Yahoo! Local UK

 

[Ezekiel]

Says here St. Lukes is a C of E church to confuse matters further

St Lukes C Of E Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, Goodison Road - Yahoo! Local UK

it was never a catholic church.

can't we take the barcelona 'motto' and twist it to suit everton.

'ONLY A CLUB'

**** the political, religious [Poor language removed].

 

[monty]

it was never a catholic church.

can't we take the barcelona 'motto' and twist it to suit everton.

'ONLY A CLUB'

**** the political, religious [Poor language removed].

if you did you'd be changing history, our roots are in a methodist cricket team and you can't change that

 

[chicoazul]

Sense of injustice driving force behind the Irish people's club - Other Sports, Sport - Independent.ie

Good article this, Neiler and dublin<toffee or blue here> will like and understand it.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

You got that the wrong way round mate..

We were catholic and them proddy.

There's a catholic church in the corner of our ground!!!

no there isn't, it's anglican... c of e, proddie.

you should be a spurs fan anyway.....drinking on a saturday ffs.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Our friends from glasgow, Celtic fans, ask me if Everton are a catholic based club with Irish links or a protestant if any at all. As Liverpool is very similar to glasgow, i.e big irish community (bigger than glasgow) and a big protestant community. So do the football clubs mirror the religions of this city.

No. Religion is gay.

 

[DENNIS STEVENS]

Football is quite superstitious enough without bringing religion (i.e. "organised superstition") into it as well!