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Man Utd 0 - 2 Everton...

I distictly remember that my first ever Everton game was at Old Trafford with Howard Kendall as the manager. We won 2-0 with Sheedy and Peter Beagrie scoring, with the moustashioed winger doing his trademark somersault.

I thought it would be interesting to look up the details of the game and I've found two 2-0 victories in the rough era that it could have been. One in 1989 where Sharp scored twice and one in 1991 where Newell and Watson scored.

I remember that Kendall played 4-3-3 with Beagrie and Nevin (I was mesmerised by his keepy uppys during the warm up) either side of Sharp with Sheedy on the left of a three man midfield.

Confused, I've been going through the Everton archive and since Kendall was at the club between Nov 1990 and Dec 1993 in his second spell and Sharp left in March 1991, the game must have occured in those 5 months.

Sure enough, we did win 2-0 at Old Trafford in Mar 91 according to the Everton website, but the scorers were Watson and Newell!

Even more confusingly, this is the lineup: Southall, McDonald, Hinchcliffe, Watson, Ratcliffe, Keown, Nevin, McCall, Sharp, Newell, Ebbrell. Subs Cottee, Atteveld.

I thought I must have been mistaken about one of the details, so I went back as far as 1987 and forward to 1998 and those were the only 2-0 victories at Old Trafford during that time.

Does anyone else remember this match? It must have been in the 1990-91 season when I was about 14 or 15. I think Sheedy scored from a corner.

I surely can't have imagined this much detail?!! I think that my first ever game at Goodison was shortly afterwards against Sunderland and we won 2-0 again. I'll try and find that and see if it helps any.
Simon Birdsey, Northwich, Cheshire Posted 30/12/2007 at 04:24:30

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Peter Bell
1 Posted 30/12/2007 at 11:12:09

You are half right and half wrong.
The 2- 0 victory you refer to is the first home game after Howard Kendall returned for his second spell as manager in the 1990-91 season (probably about December).

The game was at Goodison not Old Trafford and was against Man City and not Man United. Check the records...

Simon Birdsey
2 Posted 30/12/2007 at 13:21:27

I’ve solved the riddle! Beagrie and Sheedy scored in the 2-0 win over Sunderland at Goodison, which means that it was the 2-0 win at Old Trafford in Mar 91 that was my first ever game.

Am I on crack?! You’re right, it does sound quite typical of a crack addict to want to reminisce about the first ever time they saw their team!

Alex May
3 Posted 30/12/2007 at 15:57:34

I was at that game. 2 goals in a couple of minutes into the Stretford End after spills by Les Sealey.

Interestingly, or not perhaps, it was Ryan Giggs debut.

Simon Birdsey
4 Posted 30/12/2007 at 16:32:08

Alex, really?!!

I definitely remember that the first home game and the first away game I saw both finished 2-0 to Everton and I thought that I was a lucky omen for the toffees! ;) That bubble soon burst when QPR came to Everton and Les Ferdinand banged 4 past us!

I could have sworn that Sheedy and Beagrie scored at Old Trafford, but it was 16 years ago.

Karl Masters
5 Posted 30/12/2007 at 17:57:57

With your memory I’m surprised you can find your way home every day!! :)

By the way the Les Ferdinand game was over 2 years later, in April 1993 so you had a decent run of over 2 years. That said all those early nineties seasons merge into one for me..... they were all crap, crowds were low, performances generally dire and it only improved when Joe Royle arrived in Nov 1994.