BenGibbs8
Player Valuation: £50k
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Hi all,
Unfortunately, I'm a southerner. However, that doesn't make me any less of a blue! My mum's side of the family is from Merseyside and are all disgracefully kopites...I never liked any of them anyway! Dad's side of the family is from south London and support Palace through and through. Growing up, Palace were shocking and they had one player who I idolised as a kid, the bald legend that is Andy Johnson. When I was around 8 years old, he moved to Everton and I started keeping an eye out on him at Everton to the disgust of my family.
It wasn't until I went up to Merseyside to see my mum's incredibly annoying, Liverpool-supporting family that season that I properly pledged my allegiance to this club. Everton won 3-0 at home and my main man Andy Johnson scored a brace including the funniest goal in derby history (let's not talk about Origi...). After that day, 8 year old Ben's blood turned royal blue!
I, unfortunately, didn't attend many games at Goodison growing up and instead secretly attended games in the home sections of stadiums such as Selhurst Park, Madejski, White Hart Lane, Craven Cottage and the Emirates with an Everton shirt on. This was due to being young and broke, as well as having few fellow blues in my hometown of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
11 years of this passed and it came to the point in my life where I was wanting to go to university. I applied for 5 universities, all in the north so that I could get away from my [Poor language removed] town and be closer to Goodison. I ended up going to Manchester and am now in my third year. Pretty much all of my student loan in these three years has been spent on Everton tickets and I'm proud of that fact (despite living off baked beans)! It's safe to say that it's been the best 3 years of my life and despite all the ups and downs, I [Poor language removed] adore this club!
Ben.
Unfortunately, I'm a southerner. However, that doesn't make me any less of a blue! My mum's side of the family is from Merseyside and are all disgracefully kopites...I never liked any of them anyway! Dad's side of the family is from south London and support Palace through and through. Growing up, Palace were shocking and they had one player who I idolised as a kid, the bald legend that is Andy Johnson. When I was around 8 years old, he moved to Everton and I started keeping an eye out on him at Everton to the disgust of my family.
It wasn't until I went up to Merseyside to see my mum's incredibly annoying, Liverpool-supporting family that season that I properly pledged my allegiance to this club. Everton won 3-0 at home and my main man Andy Johnson scored a brace including the funniest goal in derby history (let's not talk about Origi...). After that day, 8 year old Ben's blood turned royal blue!
I, unfortunately, didn't attend many games at Goodison growing up and instead secretly attended games in the home sections of stadiums such as Selhurst Park, Madejski, White Hart Lane, Craven Cottage and the Emirates with an Everton shirt on. This was due to being young and broke, as well as having few fellow blues in my hometown of Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
11 years of this passed and it came to the point in my life where I was wanting to go to university. I applied for 5 universities, all in the north so that I could get away from my [Poor language removed] town and be closer to Goodison. I ended up going to Manchester and am now in my third year. Pretty much all of my student loan in these three years has been spent on Everton tickets and I'm proud of that fact (despite living off baked beans)! It's safe to say that it's been the best 3 years of my life and despite all the ups and downs, I [Poor language removed] adore this club!
Ben.
