Your own sentimental memories of Goodison.

[Dario Terracotta]

Can't see any thread on this,if so mods feel free to move!!just I thought as we run the clock down ever closer to our goodbye people might want to share,happy,sad,funny whatever types of memories from over the years!!!anyhow
what a place,so many,many, memories ingrained in the very fabric of our royal blue colosseum,great times,sad times,times you felt the world was falling apart but we always pull through don't we?,1994,1998 and more recently,times you thought might never happen,lifting league titles,shared together with Evertonians,the ghosts of all the fans,family and players from the past,Dixie,TG Jones,Hickson,The Golden Vision,Labby,Bally,Howie and the rest,my own biggest memories are as a little five year old boy who couldn't believe his eyes at how majestic the old girl was back in 1971,less than five years after being selected as the only domestic ground to host a world cup semi final along with Wembley it was that good,THE best in the land,oh and everyone lucky enough to be there like myself that night would say Bayern but for me it was 28/10/1978,Kingy derby,Goodison literally shook to its foundations that day,it's a wonderful place,our home and we will miss her so much,the new place will have to be something special and it will be,but there will only ever be one Goodison Park

 

[Timbucktoo]

Had some great days and many depressing days at Goodison. One that stands out was the cup game where Gosling scored late on. I was sitting in the top balcony and when the celebrations calmed down it was amazing to see two thirds of the Bullens road stand completely empty, as their lot did a disappearing act.

 

[Dddddd]

I once picked a bogey and wiped it on some woman’s head

 

[Vintage]

I once picked a bogey and wiped it on some woman’s head

You must also have sentimental memories of the Stadium of Light too

 

[canuckblue]

I will always be grateful my dad and I got to see a win over Boro in 2007 on what turned out to be his last trip back home.

 

[blue to the bone]

Once put our Ceo in a headlock

 

[Jacob]

Great idea DT....and a great opening post from the heart that will resonate with us all. Been thinking about all mine since but keep going off at tangents misty eyed, family, friends there gone now. I'll sieve the funny ones out I think ....

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

My ever lasting memory of Goodison is my first one. March 26th 1987 v Charlton. I was 4 sitting in the Upper Bullens, I didn’t watch much of the game because I was fixated by the swaying bodies in the lower Gwladys. By the time I got in there the terracing had gone and it was all seating. I’ve sat everywhere in that stadium, but the lower G will always be my first footballing love and my preferred destination for a match.

Another sentimental thought I have is regarding my cousin. Me and him where the only blues in our family so we spent our entire youth together at Goodison, grew up there, and became fathers and took our kids there.

He died last January, and the place where all my Everton memories are of him won’t be around for much longer neither.

 

[blue to the bone]

It's given me some of the best memories of my life.

 

[summerisle]

When I managed to throw my cushion onto the pitch - it felt like I scored the winning goal at the cup final.
* I was a little obnoxious runt at the time.

 

[goldfinchmule]

The QPR game 85 best ever for me,we are the champions.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

My ever lasting memory of Goodison is my first one. March 26th 1987 v Charlton. I was 4 sitting in the Upper Bullens, I didn’t watch much of the game because I was fixated by the swaying bodies in the lower Gwladys. By the time I got in there the terracing had gone and it was all seating. I’ve sat everywhere in that stadium, but the lower G will always be my first footballing love and my preferred destination for a match.

Another sentimental thought I have is regarding my cousin. Me and him where the only blues in our family so we spent our entire youth together at Goodison, grew up there, and became fathers and took our kids there.

He died last January, and the place where all my Everton memories are of him won’t be around for much longer neither.

So sorry for your loss mate,RIP

 

[Iceman11]

Me and my son both being mascots 30 years apart…me in the early 80s and him walking out with Baines in a game against Villa…Both got it by winning competitions and both only entered one competition….that has been the only Everton related luck we’ve ever had!

 

[Joey66]

Back in the 1960s - the refreshments sayer pies [I think} & a bottle of beer cheap as chips - no making a killing like now ....

It was that crowded on the terraces - the urine running down the steps on the terraces & The Toffee lady - some games it was packed so tight if you put your hands in your pockets they had to stay there -

Getting in the ground at least 1 hour before kick off to get your spec ....

Both sets of supporters chanting at each other for at least 1/2 an hour before kick off -

Plus, it was a case of how many were going to win by 99 % of the time .....

 

[KaiserEFC]

Just going there with my dad, eating in town before the game, walking round town etc.

I’ll be blunt without blue tinted specs, 90% of the games/football/results was crap and we went home disappointed and thinking it was a waste of time but the other stuff was great