20 November 1971
EVERTON: 1. Gordon West; 2. Tommy Wright; 3. John McLaughlin; 4. Howard Kendall; 5. Roger Kenyon; 6. Peter Scott; 7. David Johnson; 8. Alan Ball; 9. Joe Royle; 10. John Hurst; 11. Alan Whittle; 12. Jimmy Husband
GOALS: Johnson (3) [13, 28, 85]; Royle (4) [16, 40, 60, 72]; Ball [44]

Seconds before the interval came Ball’s moment of brilliance. Scampering a full 60 yards upfield with Whittle alongside, the midfielder slid the ball past Martin to make it a nap hand at the end of 45 wonderful minutes for the Blues.

I saw it, didn't Joe Royle score 4 or 5? 1972 I think

We were stood in our usual spec in Gwladys St that afternoon, 2nd barrier behind the goal
It was played in a snowstorm all the game and hard to see the Park End most of the time - we only knew what was happening down there `cos of the cheers and the illuminated scoreboard

When we got into the Winslow and took our coats off we looked like woad-painted ancient Britons - so wet our coats had soaked though our lucky '66 Cup Winners shirts and dyed us all blue
Happy days

I remember it was the old scoreboard that gave the scorers shirt number rather than their name and the crowd shouting out each number as it came up, "7,9,7,9,8,9,9,7 !" I'm not sure what Johnsons number was, though Royle was 9 and Ball 8. A great day.

DIdn't we tonk them 6-1 in the mid 80's and 7-1 in the early 90's as well. Living in Hampshire growing up, it was always nice when we played them as we hardly ever lost.

Neil, I can't help you with details of the game but this game is my very first Everton memory. I was 5 years old, stood in the front room in our house watching the classified results on a black and white TV. I remember being told to shut up because I was making too much noise when the result came through!
The house was in a suburb of East Manchester and I remember going to school carrying my books in an Everton "adidas" bag. In fact, when I was old enough to go to grammar school I used to get the bus across town to Salford. Not that wearing a grammar school uniform and carrying an Everton bag would make you a target or anything. I think my Dad must have been trying to toughen me up!
It's not always easy being an Evertonian (as if you didn't already know)

I remember, as a 7-year-old, watching the scores come through on the old Grandstand teleprinter, and wondering who were this team "Soton" who Everton had beaten 8-0.

Anyone remember the mid 80s one where we let a 2-0 half time lead slip to end up 2-2? Unless it was against someone else.

Teleprinter

I prefer tittyprinter, Paul
sorry - made me smile

I was at Southampton in Autumn 68 (actually sitting next to Mrs J Gabriel, whose husband was adorned with blue scarfs on the pitch before kick-off by the travelling fans) and we were losing 1 - 0 or 2-1 (I think) at half-time

I was told by a mate who was at Anfield that a big roar went up there when the half-time score was known

Not so big at the end though, Southampton 2 Everton 5

David, we drew 2-2 in Sept 1984, Mountfield and Sharp.

David, I think we scored both goals in the first couple of minutes & the crowd were all saying that it would be another 8-0. Ho hum!

I was at this game - 4 for Royle.

After the match, walked with my (late) father back to my nan's in Tuebrook (Meade Rd) and had egg and chips, followed by a Topic and a big beaker of Alpine lemmo (this was my post-match routine from the age of about 7 until the discovery of the 'brown bitter' and The 'Hermie' in about 1976)

Days (back then) simply didn't get any better.

Actually, I'll leave it at that before I turn into Billy Butler and give it the full "Yeah we had lice, Rickets and TB but we were happier weren't we Wal"

I worked at the Ordnance Survey in Southampton when this game came around and travelled up with some mates (Saints supporters!) to Goodison. Boy, did I enjoy my day out - and certainly the trip back - they were still in shock or traumatised.

Was in the Winston pub (next road to my flat on Silverdale Road, 100 yards from the old Dell stadium - yes, a dump!) on the Sunday evening wearing my Everton scarf when this old Scots guy starts asking me about the match. He turned out to be be Jimmy Gabriel's dad, top guy, we got pissed together, with him telling me that his son really missed being back at Everton. Both true blues

One of my funniest memories of football occured during that game. As has been mentioned above, the weather was terrible. Gordon West hardly touched the ball at all during the game and must been frozen. So during the second half,someone ran onto the pitch down the Park End and gave him a cup of tea. Gordon was drinking the tea while the game was still going on.!

I was at this one, too. Probably still have the programme, come to think of it. Don't remember too many details - was in the upper Gwladys St, and you could barely make out the far end of the pitch for the freezing fog. I *do* remember not feeling the cold.

I took my Mrs to the match for her only game against Southampton the season after we put 7 past them to see us lose one nil to a Kevin Davies goal, she was banned from then on.

6-1 1986 (?) - Lineker hat-trick, Mountfield scored (handball I think) I can't remember the other scorers....
Not a bad first game to go to.

I had a season ticket and sat in the main stand with my Dad,Uncle John and two Cousins Alan and Malcolm,(all sadly passed away).Every home game we took turns to go for the pies & Bovrils before halftime,this game it was my turn and missed Bally's goal to make it 5-0,they were ribbing me saying I'd missed the best goal( buggers)It was an awful day weather wise,floodlights on from KO ,and remember ONLY 33,000 odd turned up,previous post was correct about the scoreboard only showing shirt numbers of the scorers.David Johnson wore 7 .The team was going through a bad patch at the time but tore Saints apart that day,think Jimmy Gabriel was in their line-up too.Happy Days though.

I remember the 7-1 in I think 95/96. Kanchelskis made Ulrich Van Gobbel look like... actually there are no words for what Kanchelskis did to Van Gobbel in that game.

The Southampton fans were class as well, singing various comedy songs, in particular referencing their 6-3 defeat of Man United a couple of weeks earlier.

Mention of the Gabriel family in a couple of these posts reminds me of my dad (who I think used to work with Gabriel senior) telling me that Jimmy was wanted by a few Lancashire clubs but Catterick didn't want a Blue legend plying his trade anywhere near Everton. So he touted him to a club as far from Goodison Park as possible -- Southampton.

The Soton goalie was Eric Martin, who also conceded a couple of 4s at Goodison and I think a 5 against us at The Dell. And he was a really good keeper!

Remember this game for 1 reason.
The weather was that bad me dad decided we wouldn't go. I have never let him forget it since.

I was at the 8-0 game in the snow. Fond memories are flooding back as I start my day looking out the window at the glorious weather here in sunny Los Angeles. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

It looks like I'll have to invest in a new calculator for Saturday's match.
I'm starting to feel sorry for our opponents already.
FEAR THE MIGHTY BLUES.

Brilliant comments guys, just the sort of things you don`t get from the record books, especially the Gordon West cup of tea story, made me smile, cos as people have mentioned it was a semi blizzard going on that day and I certainly couldn't've seen that from the Gwladys Street end.

Eugene (655) - You ever hear of Lucas Matthysse?

James - the fighter?

There's an Argentine boxer called Matthysse (possibly a welterweight) but don't know much about him.

Bally was going through a bad patch and was desperate to score. We all thought Johnno was the next best thing with his hat-trick but he never quite did it for us.

Alan Whittle – what a player he should have become for us!

John McLaughlin – who on earth ever thought he was a top class full back?

Back to Bally: it makes me smile when fans say Arteta is the best midfielder ever in an Everton shirt... Alan was in a class of his own and Silva, Gerrard, Scholes etc should never be mentioned in the same breath.

RIP Alan!

Thank you so much for posting this, Neil. This weekend's match against Southampton will be my first at Goodison. I'm heading over there from the USA for the weekend. I'll be sitting in the first row of section 3 in the Lower Gwladys. This post has got me thinking of the memories I'll be making this weekend. Match report to follow...

Pat (706) - make sure you do it right.

Before the game.

Curry and chips from here...

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Bet in here...

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Pint in here...

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Enjoy.

Eugene - I mentioned him because of you saying you were a fight fan. He's been fighting on Showtime and is in the Title mix now at 142 lbs, I believe. Anyway, around that weight.

Anyway, you see his name on upcoming fights, check him out. Fun to watch.

Will do James, cheers.

At the moment following Tony 'Bomber' Bellew (him being a blue and stuff).

VERY good wins for Burns over Mitchell at the weekend and for Barry McGuigan's young fighter (Carl Frampton) over former 2 time champ (Canadian) Molitor.

I usually check in with boxrec.com once a day (good forum - the TW of boxing).

Thanks for that, Eugene. The Winslow was in the plans already but I wouldn't have thought of curry and chips. As for betting, we'll see how light my wallet is after Friday in London.

Just looking at the program,jimmy gabriel,ron davies,mike shannon,john mcgrath,bobby stokes,terry paine, no slouches by today's standards.The next match away at Leicester(by Blue Streak coach)fare £1.50 included one packed lunch. The referee was Jack Taylor.
The magazine cost 7p(old money)

Gary Speed, scored a hatrick in the 7 - 1 in 1996.

Everton: Southall (46 Gerrard), Barrett, Hinchcliffe, Unsworth, Watson, Stuart, Speed, Barmby, Kanchelskis, Parkinson, Grant.

Scorers: Stuart 12, Kanchelskis 22,35, Speed 30,32,72, Barmby 57

I remember it well as I missed it all as I moved house that day.

I think it was quite a time to be an Evertonian attending Home matches as we beat Liverpool 1-0 at Goodison the week before and beat Man Utd 1-0 at Goodison a couple of weeks after that.

Stats show it was the highbpoint of a season in which we came 15th and only 2 years after winning the League we were already sinking to the epths of buying of Belfitt, Harper and Bernie the Bolt!

Luckily for me, I wasn't quite aware of Everton at the time, my first recollections are late 1973 and by then we were a pretty good team and should have won the League again in 1975 and could have done in 1978 with a decent defence.

Joe

4-6-0, years before Barca? Joe Royle ahead of his time.....

My first term at university, the first time I'd ever really spoken to fans of other clubs. There was such respect for EFC, for what we stood for and the way we played.
Remember that week well.....first visit home the week before, someone had got me a derby ticket. I think David Johnson scored in the Street end with a header.
Lad I was in digs with was a real Saints fan ( but a gold plated gobshite ). He went to the game and I didn't bother. We all gave him loads when he got back that night pissed wet through and his team hammered. It left me with an uneasy feeling though....at least he went to see his team that day, he'd made the effort. Like I said he got on my tits but he was a proper fan.
Wierd time....the transition from the footballing heights of 1968 - 69 and the glory of 1969-70 to the disintegration throughout the 1970's. Guess we all saw the writing on the wall that Xmas period end of 1971 with the departure of Bally. This continued with the swapping of Johnson for Belfitt. Unhappy times

This was my first game too. I was 8 years old and Everton scored 8. I was taken by my Dad and we were in the Upper Bullens near the Street End. I remember 5-0 at H-T and the scorers. I also seem to recall we could have had many more.

I don't remember there being snow on the pitch though. It was a great memory better than the one of us losing to an, I think already relegated So'ton, a few years later 0-3 at home last game of the season.

Dave #705. Can I just say that you are sooooooooooooooooo right. Alan Ball was the absolute best. I saw him sit on the ball with his arms folded across his chest once to goad a defender. I also saw him simulating the breast stroke as he slid head first on his chest on a rain soaked Goodison pitch.

I remember telling my dad that I would never forgive Harry Catterick for selling him. Of all the players I have seen at Goodison since my first game in 1959, he is THE epitome of an Everton player AND he loved us too. What a player in a superlative team that had skill, bite, desire, energy and characters.

I remember the day well, snowing like mad. Dave Williams, post 705 - Alan Ball was the best, the midfield trio of Kendall Ball and Harvey was the best I have ever seen before or since. personally the goal he scored against Liverpool in 4th rd of the FA Cup '68 at Goodison, when there was 40,000 at Anfield watching on TV screens, was the one I will remember.

Took possession from a dodgy back pass, around the flying pig, and knocked it in. Thank you very much Alan. Could you just imagine the sort of wages he could command today...

I remember the 1971 match very well, it was a week after the Derby match when David Johnson scored the winner for us. Me and my Dad had season tickets in what was then called Bullens Road Stand South End. I recall one of the blokes behind us saying at the end of the match that we had started the game with goals F-A 13-21 and now we are 21-21 !!!! Sadly we couldn't get anywhere near that level again that season - I think we only scored 16 more goals in the League for the remainder of the 1971-72 season. And it was in Feb/March time that we signed Bernie Wright !!!!!!

A word about Southampton - the following week they lost 2-5 at home to Man United. And it was around March time that they lost 0-7 away at Leeds United. The Elland Road game was on MoTD and I remember that Giles and Bremner started playing their back heels and other party pieces - much to the delight of the BBC commentator Barry Davies. As a 14 year old then I felt that it was not really good to make fun of your oppoonents like that. I can't recall Everton doing that to Southampton and to their credit I don't remember Southampton resorting to trying to kick us and that was when they had people like John McGrath!!! I reckon Southamptom must have conceded 90+ goals that season - but in spite of some heavy defeats I don't think their manager faced any threat of the sack.Didn't big Sam get the sack at Blackburn cos of that 7-1 defeat at Man United ?

I remember watching it in the company of 8 or 10 guys from St Ambrose Speke.The snow started slowly before the KO and just kept coming. I seem to remember we all went under the Old Goodison Rd stand, now I don't think they usually had the connecting gate open until 15 mis before the end and I can't see 10 of us bunking over the wall and around the fence with the obligatory copper always being there, so they must've opened it so we could all shelter.

We were all going on to little wadda's ( he was 6ft 7inches and called little coz his 2 brothers were even bigger than him) 21st after the game via an hour or 2 in the Fountains Abbey for chip sarnies and footie echos.The landlady had a standing order every week ( one week for the Blues and next week for the reds from St Ambrose ) to butter 2 loaves of bread, 4 loaves on Derby Days.

A number of us ( most ) had bought a bottle of spirits to take to the do and when Ball scored his wonder goal and our 5th before half time, well celebrations had to be in order didn't they.

One of the Sunday papers had the Headline ' Humbled Hero ' refering to Johnsons 1st Hatrick being Trumped by Royles 4.

Considering the state we must've been in by the time we got to the actual party it's a wonder I remember anything ( ah the resiliance of youth ).

As to Johnson and Whittle they were moved out pretty sharpish ( with a.n. other ) when the Holly Lodge School Girls scandal broke ( some people have all the luck, playing for the Blues and shaggin Skoolies )

Though tbh they we all over 16 and in the 6th form, but it beats working for a living.

Derek - at the time (November 1971) I would have been just down the road at St Christophers, Speke. Small world, eh?

Maybe I played against you in a Speke RC schools local derby? If so, you'll probably remember me: I was the 10/11 year old inside forward who dribbled to no real effect and spent a disproportionate amount of the game pulling up his socks.

Kev #811 I got Married at St Chrisies, Father Monty was supposed to do it but forgot it was a RS home Game ( I mean who gets married when the Blues are at home ) and baled out we got the young fella, forget his name.

So that was you eh, we still laugh about that game even now,,,,nah not guilty, my earlier years were in Garston.

Though Sunday night after Mass St Ambrose rocked, well the upstairs room did any way, down stairs was for the Arl arses with alf on the organ and Loggsie on the drums. Guinness bitter ( 15p ) with large sherry chasers ( 12.5p / half a crown )

Father Cunningham Derek?

yep that was the fella. I used to knock around with a guy called Charlie Hand but lost contact, ring any bells

I left Speke as a toddler, but used to go to St Chrissies a lot when we stayed with my Grandad. Don't know too many people outside the family to be honest.

Father Monty christened me in 1971 so I am maybe a few years behind you too

I had the pleasure of meeting Bally a couple of years before his sad death and he told me that his goal in the cup game against Liverpool (1967 I think, not 1968) was the best he ever scored.

For me the 25-yard screamer against Newcastle in 1968(?) was better.

I was 9 years old. My first year as a season ticket holder (Lower Bullens Road). The weather was awful and I recall my Dad suggesting we didn't make the trip into town given the weather. But I was having none of it!! Fortunately I managed to persuade him to take me — which he thanked me for!

Never forget that one, but I have to say having been at the Swansea game we had more chances on Saturday than we had that day in 1971! The weather was better too! I also have to say that 41 years later, I am struggling to recall a better all round performance than I saw on Saturday.

Dave, I think that 25-yard screamer against the Barcodes was in 1971... that same autumn that we've been talking about in fact.

The 1968 game saw him get an early bath. That game some hair gel company was giving out free samples and the pitch was inundated with them thrown by angry fans.

God how I loved that goal he scored against the Reds in that cup game in 1967. Happy days!

I was at this game with a mate from London who had never been to an Everton match before. I think Jimmy Gabriel was playing for Southampton which was ironic. He also got a fantastic welcome home from the fans. Great day and great football. real School of Science stuff. Forty seasons ago! "O would that I were young and strong as when we gathered to fight by the rapid river Celadon!"

All I remember about this game is that everytime we had the ball I thought we would score! My friend Drew won two season tickets for the front of the Bullens Road upper tier so we had a great view of the game. After watching the great 1970 team from the Gwladys Street end nearly every game, it just wasn't quite the same!

Derek & Kev,

Small world indeed, my other half was born in 63 and grew up and lived in Lovell Rd until she moved out around 85. Given her Irish Catholic mother she was a regular in St Chrisies, she even worked behind the bar in the club for a few years !!

John - I grew up on Damwood, just round the corner from Lovell. Used to walk down Lovell every day on my way to St Chrissie's school.

Funny story: when it was time to get "confirmed" (don't get me started on the RC church), I was asked what name I wanted. It had to be the name of a saint. I said "Christopher" but was told that officially there was no such Catholic saint. I pointed out - quite politely, as I was always a bit cheeky and wanted to avoid getting the ruler on my hand - that this very conversation was in fact taking place in St Christophers school. I was informed that the church had since decided that St Christopher was a bit of a myth. A bit rich, don't you think? I mean, it's all a bit of a myth, surely? Also, why didn't they change the name of the school and church and stop selling all those medallions depicting St Chrissie carrying Baby J across the river? Mad.

Anyway, Christopher was out the window, so I had to have a rethink. Man City were on the up at that time (late 60s), with a young Malcolm Allison backing up Joe Mercer and seeming a million times cooler than the usual manager type. So, ridiculously, I plumped for Malcolm as my confirmation name! However, I was told that HE wasn't a saint either. Thank the lord for that, it would have been a terrible blunder! Third time lucky, I opted for Stephen and was told that was OK - as long as I didn't spell it "Steven" because that wasn't the RC way to do it. What a palaver, what a palaver.

After tonight's poo-stained performance, it could be Everton 0-8 Southampton!

My first Goodison game was against Southampton but a couple of years after the 8-0.

We lost 3-0 and they were already relegated! My clearest memory of the game bizarrely is Mick Channon!

I do remember my Father telling me my all time favourite Joe Royle had scored four and then cutting the score out of the paper eventually losing it.

Talking of cutting out the scores (I don't know why I just did!), I had a cut out of the League Cup Quarterfinal result away to Man Utd: we won 3-0 (King 2, Dobson 1).

I remember a couple of years later looking at it and seeing on the other side there was the remnants of a story about Dixie Dean having his right leg amputated. Hell of a coincidence as the cutting was only a 1 cm high and 3 cm wide... I'm sure I still have that one somewhere.

I didn't go the Soton game, but me dad took me to the derby win the week before.

The next season, we went the Soton game, and as an expectant 10-year-old, I was dreaming of a repeat scoreline.... Saints won 1-0.

Nothing changes, does it?

I remember the Echo headline was something like Once in Royle David's city.

Happy Days.

October or November 1976 that game, Andrew Gilbert. I remember it as it was my first term at Uni, and I couldn't wait to get to the pub tv to see the highlights. Many miles from Liverpool and I think there were only two of us Blues there. Both teams were pretty crap then, mind you. Tommy Jackson, anybody?

I remember the 8-0 clearly, as it was one of the few highlights of my first season ticket (Gwladys St Stand, none of this 'Upper' and 'Lower' crap). £13 for the whole season, part of dad's redundo. I think the crowd was actually only 29,000 not the 33,000 mentioned above, but I could be wrong.

Bally's screamer v Newcastle was sometime that season, I think. It was on ITV on Sunday, but in all probability the tape at Granada will have been wiped.

Oh fuck, these nostalgia-fests ain't good for you.....

Yep, crowd v Southampton was 28,718 so my memory was not playing tricks.

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I can't recommend this site too highly - it answers just about every niggling question on individual games, scorers, crowds.

I have the copy of the Football Echo from that match. Given to me when I worked in Leeds by a colleague who is a Southampton supporter.

Many memories of the day. The foul weather so walking through the streets, mad dash up on into the wind, turn right, gentle stroll out of the bad weather, turn left another mad dash. Bally's goal. One from the by-line floated over the goalie by Joe Royle. Street end sheltering under the stand until about 5 minutes from the end then they stormed down to the wall around the pitch. And that we had been on a club tour the Thursday before and the club refused our request to walk on the pitch before every home match.