Funny things that happened following the blues as a kid.

[Street end man]

Got some great memories of walking freezing through Anfield cemetery to the match with all the other blokes on a Saturday afternoon, paying respects to my Grandad en route, then grabbing me bag of chips in Goodison Road for the long walk back up Cherry Lane, then picking up the Footie Echo and locking myself in the bog with it before my old fella could read it.

One of the funniest incidents ever was walking up Cherry lane one day for the Derby. Me and my mate cringed when about 6 lads from our school overtook us.
All reds but from 2 and 3 years higher than us and bigger.
They were mainly studious tarts but for match day dressed up in their Airware boots, braces and jeans.
All about a foot bigger than us they started grappling us to the ground trying to nick our scarfs, no real heavy stuff and we knew they'd not put the boot in or anything as they'd pay for it back in school.

Anyway they were in the middle of their show with me and mate now getting frustrated and returning a bit of 11 year old fire by now.

Then a load of the most evil looking Everton lads I've seen appeared from nowhere and began laying in to them. They went the colour of boiled [Poor language removed] and were pleading for me and my mate to rescue them. Two of them had their Airware boots "confiscated" by my new blue mates and continued very sheepishly and avoiding dog turds to take their places up in the Park end in their socks
Some very funny times I've had following the blues....love to hear of some of yours.

 

[blue to the bone]

We won matches. And trophies..
Seems funny to think that actually happened

 

[LEONARD]

The football world respected us, and we could travel across the country with our heads held high.

Feel sorry for the little Toffee's today.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Me and me mates were in the Brick and Tim Howard walked in and the pub went silent and some old lad did a massive raspberry sound as he ordered a pint of Fosters and then the whole place started blowing raspberries and he had to leave red faced and then we chased him all the way to the ground, blowing raspberries. Must have been a hundred of us. Still laugh about it now

 

[BernieH]

Funniest thing was watching this great team who could have been potentially dominant get stopped in it's tracks, fun times.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

"Georgie,Georgie show us your "bottom"The Gwladys Street to Georgie Wood,and he used to oblige

 

[Eggs]

....getting my bobble hat whizzed off my head on a few occasions.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Remember going to analfield once and seen these young blues getting ruffed up by rs .
I was still at school myself but me ma could only afford black plimsolls for me and the rs had a lovely pair of airwear on (Ox blood )
Couldn't help myself.

 

[mawders]

Remember there used to be an atmosphere and the players used to actually get support

 

[tim gabbott]

Went to watch Barnet once as a young lad..had my everton top underneath a jumper.. 5 mins after walking in the ground they started singing everton everton everton I didn’t know weather to show my top to the crowd or not.... 30 mins later I worked out the referee name was everton

 

[Strikinglyhandsome1]

I used to watch ‘A’ team games at Bellefield. Seems funny now.

 

[Eggs]

I used to watch ‘A’ team games at Bellefield. Seems funny now.

....I was a regular there for many, many years but not as a kid.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Doing the Everton boot walk. Nice story Street End Man about what year are we talking about?

 

[Strikinglyhandsome1]

....I was a regular there for many, many years.

You could just walk in. I went because any first team players coming back from injury always started their return there. Strange watching a top flight player in that context.

 

[Muppet Basher]

I remember standing in piss in the boys pen with Bill Kenwright....... oh how we did laugh.