I remarked to Jake that on my very first visit to Goodison Park, in March 1986, I was chased by some scallies from Lime Street to the National Express Coach Station just around the corner. We always raise our game at Old Trafford. Tim, Julie, Brian and Kev – the oft-mentioned “Bristol lot” – were stood behind us, and had parked-up near the cricket ground. Class act: Finney was the first player to win two Footballer of the Year Awards. I wondered how many residents were Chelsea fans today. There was also an appearance for Tariq Lampty replacing Pedro, who might have been playing his last game for us if his clapping of all four stands was anything to go by. The importance of this? He hit it alright. The consensus was certainly “fair result”. The single saloon was packed, and I would soon learn that it was packed with both Manchester United and Liverpool supporters, awaiting the start of the game from Old Trafford. Higuain was offside again. Who better than Sir Bobby to pick up the mantle of the greatest living Englishman from Mr Finney — the No 7 for the North End? With hindsight, a draw was a rather fanciful hope.

2019/20 : FA Cup Round Three – 5 January 2020. While Parky and PD made their way in to the stadium, topping up the three pints they enjoyed at a pub just off the M6 an hour earlier, I had my usual walk around the forecourt. After all, Goodison Park was the only stadium that my father had ever visited until I came along. But United had the best chance for the winner. And we know how that season ended-up; our first silverware for twenty-six years, our first FA Cup since 1970.

He was roundly booed every time he received the ball. Lampteys number “48” took up the entire back of his shirt.

It could easily have been a scene from 1982, 1985, 1988 or 1991. It’s not as stirring as “Z Cars” at old-style Goodison but it does have a certain charm. It was just what I wanted to see. Surprisingly, United didn’t take the game to us. "Sergio was injured yesterday (Thursday) and didn't train. And time each ball you see.

It would have felt right, in some ways, for Dad to encourage an Evertonian future for me. It was a day for jackets and jeans. A Palace fan chatted to us and wished us well on Wednesday. I wish we had seen him in his prime. This is certainly true of Liverpool, too. People started to leave. Of course, if I had any sense I would have made sure that we popped into “The Butcher’s Hook” on the club’s one-hundred and thirteenth birthday, to pay homage to where the club was formed. My grandfather wondered how the touts had managed to get their hands on these tickets. We had spoken about a pub crawl down the most famous street in Chelsea for years. That's the truth, but people will not say it loud. "It's not been so up and down. Compared to the sour-faced Mourinho – with that dismissive smirk never far away these days – our manager is a picture of positivity and light. The match began with us attacking the home fans at the northern end.

It would be another new ground for him.

PD alongside me was hurling abuse every thirty seconds. I like the fact that, in addition to the club’s official celebration of the 1970 victory in 2020, I am going to be having my own private centenary celebration of 1920 too. I didn't start many games. Andros Townsend fired over. Zouma and Rudiger coped with everything that was thrown at them, though Toni had a right old go at Kurt after the latter decided to head a deep cross out for a corner. The referee signalled a ludicrous seven extra minutes. The wounded Chelsea pensioners – that vivid splash of red – watching from the side of the pitch in antiquated wheelchairs, some without limbs, some without sight. From just after 11am to around 4.30pm, we visited a total of ten hostelries either along – or just off – the famous King’s Road. There was not a spare seat in the house. Kepa did well to block it, but Richarlison – until then, a spectator – turned the ball in. The large and imposing St. George’s Hall – images of Bill Shankly and his hubris back in 1974 and then the Hillsborough campaigners in more recent times – was floodlit in green for St. Patrick’s Day. We had been all over Everton like a rash. Within the first two minutes of the re-start, the mood of the game completely changed. Now then, anyone who has been reading these journals of my life on the road with Chelsea since 2008 will know how much I love – adore even – Goodison Park.



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