School of Science??

Number_25 · December 28, 2008

Steve Bloomer once said

"We owe a great deal to Everton. No matter where they play, and no matter whether they are well or badly placed in the table in the League Table, they always manage to serve football football of the highest scientific order. Everton always worship at the shrine of craft and science and never do they forget the standard of play they set out to achieve."

Do we still employ this?

Discuss.

tezzathelezza · December 28, 2008

Erm....No. But its certainly better than the Mike Walker era

Goat · December 28, 2008

Whos Steve Bloomer?

BlackToffee · December 29, 2008

MikelsGoat said:
Whos Steve Bloomer?

Steve Bloomer, Derby County player (1930's I think) credited with creating the term "School of Science" about Everton's style of play at the time.

Whitebootman · December 29, 2008

"We owe a great deal to Everton. No matter where they play, and no matter whether they are well or badly placed in the table in the League Table, they always manage to serve football football of the highest scientific order. Everton always worship at the shrine of craft and science and never do they forget the standard of play they set out to achieve."

We still flirt with the idea of playing with craft and science, we have players capable of playing entertaining football. But mostly we now worship at the alter of results and of profit & loss. Call me old fashioned but I would love for football to be about skill and entertainment. Sadly we can't have that until the banks and the shareholders have their pound of flesh. I'll take a win for now and hope for a change in fortune that will enable us to reopen the School of Science. We are not as far away from it as we fear.