How did you come to be an Evertonian?

[BornBlue76]

First match I saw was FA cup final in 85 and we lost :-(. Half my primary school were reds or blues, I chose blues and I’m from Wolverhampton

same story! Well ‘85 FA cup final bit! Plus Shoot annual 1984.. still have it on my bookshelf

 

[BlueDraka]

Was walking along the leeds-liverpool canal and the canal water parted so I could get to the other side. It was a miracle and promised that day to follow God's team. Been a blue ever since.

 

[collymcd]

I was born in 87 and named Colin. Doesn't take much to guess where my Dad got the name from. I suppose it went from there.

 

[the golden visionary]

My arl fella would have left me at an orphanage if id have

A went to the dark side
B not liked football

Ive basically been living with Stockholm syndrome for 30 + years

 

[jonesey10]

Born in Liverpool and my Nan and Grandad lived on Gwladys street, who else am I gonna support. My nan used to take me over with 20 minutes to go when I was really small to watch the game. all the stewards knew her. I've told this story before but walking up the steps holding my nans hand and seeing the green pitch. white nets and the blue and white shirts still brings a tear to my eye. some lad pulled me up onto the terrace to watch the rest of the game, we scored too, wow what a noise. is somebody chopping onions?

 

[trueblue84]

Must've been a brain injury suffered in childhood. Its the only thing I can think of seeing as I started watching Everton in the 90s.

 

[MisterJ]

1984 FA Cup Final. Best team I'd ever seen (I was 10 to be fair...)

 

[Bluebonic]

My da sat me down at the age of five and said “Son you can choose going to the match with your dad with jolly japes, hot dogs and lashings of Lemmo, or, I can beat you to death with this chair leg and dump your still twitching corpse over the sea wall at Otterspool prom.

 

[trueblue84]

My da sat me down at the age of five and said “Son you can choose going to the match with your dad with jolly japes, hot dogs and lashings of Lemmo, or, I can beat you to death with this chair leg and dump your still twitching corpse over the sea wall at Otterspool prom.

And now, watching gylfi trudge around the pitch and doing his best neville-pointing impersonation, I bet that chair leg option never looked so appealing.

 

[anton66]

My dad said “son I’m going to make a man of you” then thrown me into a caged pit full of animals. I ran the gauntlet and fought my corner with only a few punches to the head.
Welcome to Everton. This is the boys? Pen.

 

[Bluebonic]

And now, watching gylfi trudge around the pitch and doing his best neville-pointing impersonation, I bet that chair leg option never looked so appealing.

To be fair, I have flung myself over the sea wall at Otterspool more than once since that day

 

[edge]

Think I was cursed by gypsies when I was young.

 

[kev]

My da sat me down at the age of five and said “Son you can choose going to the match with your dad with jolly japes, hot dogs and lashings of Lemmo, or, I can beat you to death with this chair leg and dump your still twitching corpse over the sea wall at Otterspool prom.

Tough choice that like

 

[Death]

As a 6 year old I announced to my dad I support Liverpool like Uncle Jack. My Dad replied ‘No you don’t, you support Everton’

Hope they never left you in a room alone with uncle jack. Brainwashing danger.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Was walking along the leeds-liverpool canal and the canal water parted so I could get to the other side. It was a miracle and promised that day to follow God's team. Been a blue ever since.

As you were walking across you should have gathered all the broken bikes, prams and other scrap iron down there, you’d have made yourself a tidy few pound!!