First...
Everton 1-1 Middlesbrough
November 2008
Bullens Road
The Yak was fed by Arteta, and he duly obliged. This after Gary O'Neil had initially looked like he might spoil the party.
Beautiful crisp, sunny day. Met @Si outside, who looked after us kindly organising tickets, had a good chat, Si pointed out the sites, and amongst others, the giant John Ruddy walking down Goodison Road... thanks mate! The decades long wait to finally see a game, live, at Goodison, had finally arrived.
(Got to squeeze this in here, the only other ground I've been to, the Boelyn ground the week prior, and also now decommissioned, ...watched us come back from 1-0 down against the Hammers in the last 10 minutes, for us to score 3 in 4 minutes to do them 1-3! I have never seen such a wonderful euphoric, frothing, boiling, mess of berserkers in the away end, their energy was beyond description. Loved it.)
Last...
Everton 2 - 2 Man United
February 2025
Main Stand
Another beautiful crisp blue sky. We were robbed. As everyone said to us walking through town after the game. The main stand rose, as it had done a few times, blocking what was a definite penalty from our witness!
Another little Evertonian was made that day,... well, not in the
@Deano Blue Boy sense, but more in that Goodison was the beginning, the solidification, the awe, the excitement, the raw emotion... the passion. "
So this is what Dad has been on about"
Thanks Goodison, thanks Toffees!
