So, older fans tell us young'ns about the Everton history we can't find on the net

[Beagers]

Tottenham away 1985 for me,the night all the traumas of my schooldays ended,the night you knew the BIG one was ours!!

 

[Azzurri]

Tottenham away 1985 for me,the night all the traumas of my schooldays ended,the night you knew the BIG one was ours!!

My dad always tells me about this. He went to this game straight after a 10 hour shift which he went to straight from a party without any sleep.

Didn't we take 10,000 down there or something?

 

[FTY]

The fact my first Everton memory was Rooneys goal vs Arsenal shows how little i know ...

 

[Beagers]

Yeah the place was chocca,was their last chance saloon that night,we must have had about 8/10000 that night,amazing night,my abiding memory was not of Big Nev's miracle save but tricky trevs coolness to glide around ex RS Clemantine and roll it into the net in front of the Blue Boys!!Great night and up there with Bayern from that season for me!!

 

[johnnydawg68]

Can't remember much that the teachers taught me but as an eight year old i went to Goodison for the final home game of the 69-70 season.
I had a cut off ladder so i could see properly leaning against the fence at the bottom of Gwladys st and a brand new pair of shoes for school.
The capacity in them days was just under 60k and it was a full house.
Colin Harvey (seriously underrated player) and Alan Whittle scored the two goals that won us the championship.
At the end of the game the crowd were going balistic and my arl fella threw me over the fence onto the pitch to avoid the crush and i lost one of me shoes which my mother still hasn't forgiven me for,but standing there on the pitch watching goodison rock will live with me forever.
Atmosphere wise that and the Bayern game were the best for me and that includes derby matches, cup finals v watford and mufc and the 5-0 v mufc.
Memories are made of these things. coyb

Tottenham away 1985 for me,the night all the traumas of my schooldays ended,the night you knew the BIG one was ours!!

I wonder if I'll ever get to experience winning the Championship in my lifetime? Seriously jealous here.

 

[Cena]

That Spurs away must of been special. Imagine taking 10k midweek to more or less win the league. I kno we took 8k to Sunderland but that was to get to the semi.

 

[FTY]

That Spurs away must of been special. Imagine taking 10k midweek to more or less win the league. I kno we took 8k to Sunderland but that was to get to the semi.

That was a night, 8000 scousers bouncing up and down in the north-east cold... Jelavic... Jela Jelavic, nananana

 

[Beagers]

I remember at the time trying to capture those moments because I thought they would never happen after the traumatic 1970's cos I thought it may be another 14 years before we won anything again!!looking back now you felt it was forever,but I feel so very priviledged to have seen my beloved team as the very best in the land,and believe me that team would rank with any great side you would put them up against,I don't want to be the prophet of doom but I don't believe the title will return to GP in my lifetime the way things lie in football these days,but you never know,so keep the faith!!

 

[Azzurri]

I can't imagine Everton being boss.

Turning up to the match and expecting to win no matter who we were playing must be weird.

 

[Cena]

That was a night, 8000 scousers bouncing up and down in the north-east cold... Jelavic... Jela Jelavic, nananana

The strangest thing about that was 8k of us squeezed in going mad made it a comfortably mild night haha

I remember at the time trying to capture those moments because I thought they would never happen after the traumatic 1970's cos I thought it may be another 14 years before we won anything again!!looking back now you felt it was forever,but I feel so very priviledged to have seen my beloved team as the very best in the land,and believe me that team would rank with any great side you would put them up against,I don't want to be the prophet of doom but I don't believe the title will return to GP in my lifetime the way things lie in football these days,but you never know,so keep the faith!!

Im 25 mate and I don't think we'l win anything for another 10 years, let alone the league. Saying that, 10 years ago, if you'd of told a City fan they'd win the league in a decade's time they would of thought u wer mad

 

[chrismanduk]

I remember at the time trying to capture those moments because I thought they would never happen after the traumatic 1970's cos I thought it may be another 14 years before we won anything again!!looking back now you felt it was forever,but I feel so very priviledged to have seen my beloved team as the very best in the land,and believe me that team would rank with any great side you would put them up against,I don't want to be the prophet of doom but I don't believe the title will return to GP in my lifetime the way things lie in football these days,but you never know,so keep the faith!!

Agreed mate.Unless big money comes in i can't see us winning the league again.
Glad I've been fortunate enough to see the great times as well as suffering the bad and the real bad.
Thing is you don't really appreciate the best times if you haven't lived through the bad so here's hoping
coyb

 

[LTblue]

I will see Everton win the league and the Champions league, i'm positive, i'm only relatively young and I believe we'll find ourselves in a good position again in the not-too-distant future(5-10 years)

 

[Beagers]

The strangest thing about that was 8k of us squeezed in going mad made it a comfortably mild night haha



Im 25 mate and I don't think we'l win anything for another 10 years, let alone the league. Saying that, 10 years ago, if you'd of told a City fan they'd win the league in a decade's time they would of thought u wer mad

is right mate,I honestly think we will win a cup soon,but the title is way out of our stratosphere,unless something major happens,but always remember you are the real winner because you are a blue!!

 

[Cena]

I will see Everton win the league and the Champions league, i'm positive, i'm only relatively young and I believe we'll find ourselves in a good position again in the not-too-distant future(5-10 years)

I realy really hope your right mate, just can't see it myself.

 

[Azzurri]

I've witnessed nothing but misery as an Evertonian, so for that reason when we are successful it'll be 50 times better than anything a Man United or Chelsea fan could feel.