Some rare footage of Royston Vernon.........

[Dario Terracotta]

Steve that is true about the Inter game. I was right behind the goal that night in GSE, it was a good goal. Came out years later in the bribery scandal the ref was got at by Inter.

Typical of us,our first game in the old European Cup and we pulled out the best team in the bloody competitionlol

 

[Toffeelover]

Typical of us,our first game in the old European Cup and we pulled out the best team in the bloody competitionlol

At that time Inter were the equivalent of Barca and Real today. And boy back then the Eyties were noted for defending.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

At that time Inter were the equivalent of Barca and Real today. And boy back then the Eyties were noted for defending.

"Catenaccio" I think it was called,they were the masters at defending,and those two games were usually how they would progress,i.e. 1-0 on aggregate.

 

[Toffeelover]

Looked again at the vid, the two Alexs were there, plus Shirley,Labby, Meagan and Gabby also I think Stevens. The vid quality was not great.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Steve that is true about the Inter game. I was right behind the goal that night in GSE, it was a good goal. Came out years later in the bribery scandal the ref was got at by Inter.

From what I remember I was behind the cross as it went over and Vernon moved forward past the defenders and bungled it in the net. Would love to see some footage of that game. The trip to Italy was incredible. All I can remember about the stadium(San Siro?) was masses of concrete. We gave a good account of ourselves in completely alien conditions but were never going to get a result...for the reasons you mention above, no doubt.

 

[davids]

Went to that Charity Shield V Man U at Goodison,ran home after the match to tell my brother all the details,but the second half had been live on TV so he knew the score already.

 

[davids]

From what I remember I was behind the cross as it went over and Vernon moved forward past the defenders and bungled it in the net. Would love to see some footage of that game. The trip to Italy was incredible. All I can remember about the stadium(San Siro?) was masses of concrete. We gave a good account of ourselves in completely alien conditions but were never going to get a result...for the reasons you mention above, no doubt.

He was half a yard onside and as you say got between two defenders 62,000 plus in Goodison that night.I was sitting on a crash barrier in Goodison Rd and all feeling in my legs had gone way before kick-off

 

[degsy]

http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITN/1964/03/07/FS070364008/?s=everton 1964

Spurs v EFC 1964

won't play for me, says flash file not found...pity

 

[degsy]

Steve that is true about the Inter game. I was right behind the goal that night in GSE, it was a good goal. Came out years later in the bribery scandal the ref was got at by Inter.

I was there in the goodison rd paddock and I've seen footage of it, Vernon was not offside, but alex young probably was and the rules were tougher and more unforgiving in those day... you have to do a bit of stop frame and the angle changes but Alex was in an offside position at some part of the move.
In those days it was the exception if the eyeties weren't bribing some one
The Sunday Times guy Brian Glanville has written much about it over the years... but as ever nothing gets done

 

[Eggs]

Was that Alex Scott on the right wing? My abiding memory of Vernon is watching him many times stand on the edge of the penalty box, waiting to slot home a cut back from either wing. He was a top slotter. Catterick used to send someone to drag him out of the Royal Tiger(only oldies will remember !) on a Friday night. Roy would sit at the bar with an orange juice in front of him and his 'real' drink on a little ledge under the bar. We had an assortment of left wingers when Eglington went to Tranmere and the ones who played with Vernon...he made their lives a misery. One in particular, a young lad named Ray Veall, Vernon practically had him in tears complaining about his poor crosses and cut backs. And I still say he was wrongly given offside when we 'scored' against Inter...went to Milan for the second leg...Colin Harveys debut, and lost to a Jairzhino(?) goal. Drove there in a mini, three of us. Incredible !!

Assortment of left wingers in a few short years, if my memory serves me...Jimmy Fell, Bobby Laverick, Eddie OHara, Ray Veall, Mickey Lill etc.

......great memories, Steve. I thought you might have a good insight. I think it was Chico on the right wing, I remember him well but he looks a big strapping lad on that clip, much bigger than I recall.

 

[Steve Wigan]

......great memories, Steve. I thought you might have a good insight. I think it was Chico on the right wing, I remember him well but he looks a big strapping lad on that clip, much bigger than I recall.

Alex 'Chico' Scott was quite well built, from my memory. A bit of a 'get your head down and charge' type of winger but very good at that. We had alot of very good players in those days...Alex Parker the best full back in the League...brilliant at 'standing off' the winger and guiding him like a sheepdog into a corner were he had nowhere to go. A great tackler, but didn't have to tackle that much because of his superb positional play.You rarely see the like in the game today. Labby of course, and Young and Vernon. It was a mistake to move Bobby Collins on, but to my mind Dennis Stevens became an unsung hero, doing the graft and taking the knocks to allow the 'big names' to do their stuff. Does anyone else remember Bobby Collins backheeled goal at the Park End? Brilliant. Best individual goal I ever so at GP was Jimmy Haris...picked the ball up near the Park End corner flag(Paddock side) and ran the length of the pitch, beating everyone, before slotting in from the corner of the Street end penalty box. Would love to see footage of that...but in those days, you usually had to be at the game, because all you had afterwards was the memory.

 

[Toffeelover]

I was there in the goodison rd paddock and I've seen footage of it, Vernon was not offside, but alex young probably was and the rules were tougher and more unforgiving in those day... you have to do a bit of stop frame and the angle changes but Alex was in an offside position at some part of the move.
In those days it was the exception if the eyeties weren't bribing some one
The Sunday Times guy Brian Glanville has written much about it over the years... but as ever nothing gets done

Never sen any footage of it, do you have a link?

 

[Steve Wigan]

Does anyone else remember that brief shining moment, when Tommy Ring mesmerised everyone, for far too few games, until a broken leg at Chelsea broke the spell. For just a short while, Goodison Park was Camelot.

 

[Toffeelover]

Notyice not that many posting on this thread, just shows not many of us older supporters are on the forum.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Notyice not that many posting on this thread, just shows not many of us older supporters are on the forum.

Probably not around any more, not internet friendly, or still working at nearly 74, like me. Mind you, two or three days at home a week, car off the road till Thursday, so having a break! Would be interesting and enjoyable to get all these memories together at some point and publish...I might put that in my schedule for consideration.