http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/image001-3.jpg
Found this among my old pics, This was when Everton had to seperate the
crowd by a certain distance from the goalnets after a bit of trouble with objects being thrown .Their answer was a curved section behind the goals.
I`m not sure of the year sometime in the 70`s I think.
West is in goal ,you can see Kendall 4, Johnston 9,Mike Lyons 5
Taken with a tele lens from the crowd at the other end of the ground

The curved section behind the goals where put there for the World cup games in 1966

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/exactavarex/image001-3.jpg
Found this among my old pics, This was when Everton had to seperate the
crowd by a certain distance from the goalnets after a bit of trouble with objects being thrown .Their answer was a curved section behind the goals.
I`m not sure of the year sometime in the 70`s I think.
West is in goal ,you can see Kendall 4, Johnston 9,Mike Lyons 5
Taken with a tele lens from the crowd at the other end of the ground

It was like that for years, including the World Cup games in 1966.

Only the Gwladys St end though if I remember correctly.

The curved section behind the goals where put there for the World cup games in 1966

No. In the 1963/64 season a dart was thrown onto the pitch. well onto the grass near the pitch vs Spurs. The FA said do something, Everton put up scaffolding and wooden boards at both ends to take the crowd back away from the goal.. The next season the curved walls were erected at both ends to make it permanent and the fans referred to it as the "wall of shame". Many clubs copied Everton: Spurs, Burnley etc, but by using metal fencing, rather than a purpose built wall.

Liverpool disguised one by putting in an overlarge tunnel under the new Anfield Rd terracing in 1965, that ran right to the back of the goal at pitch level. It was putting one in by stealth.

I took this in 1973 before a reserve game on Grand National Day, having been to Anfield for a League game in the morning!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/georgec2008/Goodison1973a.jpg

... and a bit of goal-mouth action down the Gwladys Street end!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/georgec2008/Goodison1973b.jpg

... and a bit of goal-mouth action down the Gwladys Street end!


Notice the old floodlight pylons are still there and the new ones are actually being installed............by me :rolleyes:

Alright maybe not just by me but I worked on the new stand and the new floodlights as a sparky for McGoff & Vickers.

btw I'm going to keep those pictures and tell everyone that's what Everton's gates were like in the 70's.:unibrow:

Notice the old floodlight pylons are still there and the new ones are actually being installed............by me :rolleyes:

Alright maybe not just by me but I worked on the new stand and the new floodlights as a sparky for McGoff & Vickers.

btw I'm going to keep those pictures and tell everyone that's what Everton's gates were like in the 70's.:unibrow:

For some reason, one old floodlight pylon was left up for many years with no lights on it.. They were gigantic!!!

I took this in 1973 before a reserve game on Grand National Day, having been to Anfield for a League game in the morning!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/georgec2008/Goodison1973a.jpg

The goals stand was the first double deckered stand built in 1906 and demolished in 1994.

The side Bullens Rd stand was built in 1926 - still there exactly the same.

I know this is the Everton sub-group but I took these in 1973 too (Good Friday actually). Recognise it?

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/georgec2008/Prenton73a001.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj42/georgec2008/Prenton73b002.jpg

Not Runcorn by any chance (Canal Street)?

Nope

Prenton Park?

Correct - Tranmere v Shrewsbury.