Everton take on Manchester City on Saturday and Goodison Park will host a celebration of the 1984-85 Champions; it is also close to the 40-year anniversary of the fantastic European Cup-Winners Cup Semi-Final win over Bayern Munich at Goodison Park on 24 April 1985.
In part of the celebrations, the fan zone will be handing out pin badges featuring some of the former players before the match, and the 1878 Originals will have a new banner in the Gwladys Street depicting those players, along with other banners to celebrate the occasion.
During half time, former players will take to the pitch with the 1985 Football League Champions trophy, and the European Cup-Winners Cup trophy. I am not aware how many of the former players will be there, but at a guess, I would say most of the squad. So, if you normally pop downstairs for a pie or a pint at half-time, I’m just giving you a heads-up as to what will be happening on the pitch that you might rather not miss!
So come on, come on, get down to Goodison Park — and enjoy the pre-match and half-time celebrations, and hopefully a performance befitting of that great team of 1984-85, with a nice 3 points against Man City.