johnh

Matt, I'm a bit slow. I assume it is Bill Kenwright you refer to? He's almost 10 years younger than me! Blue 250 It was a bugger getting to the toilets.

Mike, when you say 'hope you stick around' do you mean on the website or lifewise! Matt, how old is Bill?

Saw my first game at Goodison Park (v Liverpool) in the first season after the war. Was at Goodison (in the boys' pen) 1948/49 when Everton had their record crowd, over 78,000 also v Liverpool. Used to live on Walton Hall Avenue but moved to Leeds in 1951 when I was 15. Now live in Berkshire but still support Everton (as does my grandson Charlie who lives in Nottingham). I must also admit to supporting Leeds but only because I played for Leeds United Juniors for two seasons before doing my National Service in Singapore and Malaya. I think the current Everton side is the best for many years and can seriously compete with the supposed 'big clubs'. None bigger than Everton in my view. I can still remember the players when I watched in the 1940's: Sagar, Greenhalgh, Dugdale, Farrell, Tommy Jones, Lello, Corr, Wainwright, Dodds, Stevenson, Eglington, Boyes, Powell, Grant, Fielding. plus many I have forgotten.