Happy Birthday Peter Eastoe 70 Years Old Today

[Khalekan]

​

I remember going to this match with my brother; cracking atmosphere.

​

It was a fantastic day.

Eastoe and Varadi was my favourite ever twin striker pairing.

Happy Birthday, Peter….

 

[LEONARD]

Did Dave Thomas also come from QPR around the same time?

 

[roy vernon]

Happy birthday mate. Peter was a very tidy footballer, he knew where the net was as well.

 

[Cels]

It was a fantastic day.

Eastoe and Varadi was my favourite ever twin striker pairing.

Happy Birthday, Peter….

Kevin Ratcliffe reminisces about the occasion

"We won 2-1 with Imre Varadi scoring our second goal and he celebrated by running straight over to the paddock at Goodison Park where the Evertonians would usually be. He didn’t realise that, because it was an FA Cup tie and Liverpool had been given more tickets than usual, the paddock had been given over to their fans.

He ran over to celebrate with who he thought were the Everton supporters, clenched his fists in front of the Liverpool supporters, and the next thing we know he’s been hit square in the face by a pie. Imagine the outcry if that happened now. It was funny at the time though. The atmosphere was incredible. There were 54,000 inside Goodison and it was a great win for us and Gordon Lee, our manager".

​

 

[Cels]

Did Dave Thomas also come from QPR around the same time?

Both came from QPR but I think Dave Thomas left us in 79 and Peter Eastoe joined us in 79. @Joey66 will probably know for sure.

 

[Joey66]

Both came from QPR but I think Dave Thomas left us in 79 and Peter Eastoe joined us in 79. @Joey66 will probably know for sure.

Different times -

 

[Khalekan]

Kevin Ratcliffe reminisces about the occasion

"We won 2-1 with Imre Varadi scoring our second goal and he celebrated by running straight over to the paddock at Goodison Park where the Evertonians would usually be. He didn’t realise that, because it was an FA Cup tie and Liverpool had been given more tickets than usual, the paddock had been given over to their fans.

He ran over to celebrate with who he thought were the Everton supporters, clenched his fists in front of the Liverpool supporters, and the next thing we know he’s been hit square in the face by a pie. Imagine the outcry if that happened now. It was funny at the time though. The atmosphere was incredible. There were 54,000 inside Goodison and it was a great win for us and Gordon Lee, our manager".

​

 

[Joey66]

I was in the bar & a load of red lot fans were moaning their heads off - who was that Varadi player - he tore us apart - I just shouted Varadi & coke please lol

 

[ultra]

I always thought Peter Eastoe was an average player at the time.

Through the prism of time and bearing in mind our recent striking problems, a modern version would walk into our current team and score plenty of goals too.

Just look at what we are stuck with now.

 

[Joey66]

Just found this -

 

[LEONARD]

I always thought Peter Eastoe was an average player at the time.

Through the prism of time and bearing in mind our recent striking problems, a modern version would walk into our current team and score plenty of goals too.

Just look at what we are stuck with now.

Fully agree, Peter was skilled at holding up the ball, bringing others into the game, and grabbing a few goals.

Far from some the attacking greats at Goodison, but a decent player who looked like he cared.

 

[Joey66]

 

[HappyJack]

I remember him scoring lots of goals in on the keeper. Very good finisher. My teenage years in the lower bullens ( used to get some free tickets from the newsagent i had a paper round with..)

 

[James Patrick]

Happy Birthday Peter but that's an Avi Cohen oggy.