February 1975, and Jim Pearson has just scored a late winner against Spurs, to keep the Blues top of the table. Mick Lyons and George Telfer celebrates -
Bally -
Trevor Stephen -
When you had to queue up early before Kick off in the 1960s in Bullins Road -
His Goodison Park career started brightly yet ended with disappointment but there's no denying that Fred Pickering was a centre-forward in the classic Everton mould.
Having been fortunate enough to meet Fred at Gwladys Street Hall of Fame dinners at the Adelphi Hotel I can attest that the quietly-spoken Lancastrian was one of football's gentlemen and by then with his silver hair and glasses he cut a rather different kind of figure to the hulking powerhouse who once terrorised the game's leading defences.
Given the crushing disappointment he suffered during his Blues career, Pickering could have been forgiven for shying away from such functions, but he remained very much part of the Everton family and would attend to meet up with old team-mates and speak to the fans, many of whom were too young to have watched him play, in his humble, down-to-earth manner -
Having been fortunate enough to meet Fred at Gwladys Street Hall of Fame dinners at the Adelphi Hotel I can attest that the quietly-spoken Lancastrian was one of football's gentlemen and by then with his silver hair and glasses he cut a rather different kind of figure to the hulking powerhouse who once terrorised the game's leading defences.
Given the crushing disappointment he suffered during his Blues career, Pickering could have been forgiven for shying away from such functions, but he remained very much part of the Everton family and would attend to meet up with old team-mates and speak to the fans, many of whom were too young to have watched him play, in his humble, down-to-earth manner -
Fred with his good lady -
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