Everton Village & The Birth of Everton Football Club

[@eltel4397]

Once Everton touches you it’s never leaves you what a club what a fan base amazing club 57 years Everton fan love the club

[@holy_trinity_GP_legends]

Brilliant! I've been an Evertonian for 50+ years and never seen anything like this. Thank you very much gentlemen!

[@semicharmedlife311]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

Many thanks, much appreciated!

[@peterdawson5985]

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE ULSTER AND UNION FLAGS PUT UP BY THE LIVERPOOL PROVINCIAL ORANGE HALL AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD . EVERTON 1690 . 2

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

@@peterdawson5985 No, we didn’t. It wasn’t mentioned as it’s completely irrelevant to the subject. But thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@Guesswho-qk2kv]

God I love this club , I used to pass the tower on the number 25 bus from toxteth to county road on my way to the grand old lady Goodison Park for matches in the 70’s and 80’s .

[@RandomnessTube.]

I'm not an Everton fan but I've always had a soft spot for this club the history is amazing.

[@MickRussell-jr5rf]

Thank you, i to have been obsessed with My Everton for 55 years, and it breaks my blue heart to go from what we were to where we are now, i just know with our fan base and true understanding of the uniqueness ,loyalty and pride that we all have return to our rightful place at the top of the English game

[@pleasantville4529]

I hope so mate, but we currently don't fill the demographic. FFP, is crippling us. Think back a few years, to when Man City were spending billions. Now look at it now. City are European Champions, having been allowed to spend indiscriminately before FFP regulations arrived. The system is flawed, and is responsible for doing the opposite of what it was introduced to do. Get rid of FFP, and allow some competition.

[@Cynicus.]

Had the pleasure of going inside Prince Rupert's tower today and listening to a talk from Ken! Thanks to all at the Everton Heritage Society for organising it. UTT

[@stormytempest6521]

PRINCE RUPERTS CASTLE my friend ! 😉

[@Cynicus.]

@stormytempest6521 Both are valid nicknames my friend. 💙

[@BlueBren1]

A fantastic insight into our history. Great work.

[@conor85882]

Simply wonderful

[@briancorrigan120]

That was really intresting,what a great story and history of EFC,-and l,m a Birmingham fan,

[@anthonybardsley4985]

What amazing history ...also the advent of the new ground makes it more profound .

[@glennross2052]

Thank you so much. I am taking my grandson to these places in June, he is a 3rd generation blue nose and he needs to know his history!

[@55victorf]

Nice story like my club ( Sporting clube de Portugal ) and Everton is one of my favourite english football sides ( the others are Aston Villa and Tottenham ) ; cheers from Lisbon

[@3bebles]

Thank you. It had me welling up. Born in Rennie Street ... my spiritual home.

[@philtaylor1370]

Fascinating wee documentary. Thanks so much to all involved!

[@frankhornby6873]

Absolutely brilliant video!...I’ve been an Evertonian since 1955..💙...I thought I knew our history but this has took me back to the bare roots of our Magnificent Club...💙 it makes me even more proud to be Blue to the bone..💙..thank you...

[@anthonyscott4270]

I too was born in 1955 and was brought up in Everton between Heyworth Street and Netherfield Road. If I had my way I would put a sweet shop near to the new ground and name it after the toffee lady.

[@trin08201]

This was great. Thanks

[@uingaeoc3905]

Glad to have discovered this video. I lived in Brynford Heights, Conway Street, until 1983. Never been a soccer fan but Everton district had its own charm. I did not know it was possible to enter the Lock Up but am grateful to EFC for making contributions to its upkeep.

[@evilblumonkee959]

Fascinating! Thank you for posting - hindsight’s 20/20 vision isn’t it & it’s such a shame that such important & significant buildings were demolished or bulldozed.I love standing on Browside & village street just staring around going “wow that was there & that was over there, Molly Bushall would’ve walked here, Ben Chambers would’ve stood here, Theo Kelly………” amazing. Love the “then & now” pics - they’re always fascinating. NSNU UTB

[@declanoshaughnessy7733]

I Live in Galway Ireland have been an Everton fan for 40years it is so brilliant to see the club get their first brilliant win of the season away to Bournemouth the pride and passion is always will be great through thick and thin i love the toffees and always will be e.t.i.d nil Satis nisi optimum 1878💙💙💙💙 come on the toffees a beautiful documentary ♥️♥️

[@flashtheoriginal]

Brilliant. Real history. NSNO

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Loving this. It makes Everton such a special club, especially in this day and age of artificial storytelling.

[@semicharmedlife311]

We are the mighty, mighty Blues! 💙

[@oliverkent8429]

Great history. Supporter since 1968.

[@DistortionGallery]

Fascinating history, well-presented. Thank you guys!

[@stormytempest6521]

SUPERB VIDEO, EVERTON FC WILL RISE AGAIN.

[@PhilWalker-o2j]

Fantastic to be a toffee blue

[@tonynell4661]

What a history What a fantastic club The heart ♥ of Liverpool the heart ♥ of Everton long may be Bring back the glory days with our new home Up the Toffees 👍🏆

[@gearoidochorraigh3310]

Class documentary ..well done really enjoyed that ..COYBIB

[@simonmatthews7512]

Wonderful, as a fan of quite another football club this story was entirely new to me and it is told beautifully. All clubs should attempt something similar. Thank you.

[@robbiemcc4355]

Fantastic

[@Mike12849]

Fantastic. Thank you for putting this together. 💙

[@bluepeter1519]

Thanks gents,brilliant !

[@paulmcdivitt2890]

Best club in the world keep the faith everton fans 💙

[@geoffreyhodgson5017]

Fascinating documentary, subscribed and liked, look forward to your next one ! good luck and best wishes guys.

[@TheInsideVideo]

Such a shame you don't have a wider audience. Gonna like, sub, and share to help change that. 👍

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

Thank you, it's appreciated! KZbin is a brand new venture for us and this film (along with our piece on Thomas Keates) is just the beginning, we hope to reach many people as our portfolio grows.

[@JohnLovesSpain]

Brilliant video and insights about a great club's history. My team is Aston Villa, also a club with a fantastic history. The first time I saw Everton play was at Villa Park in an FA cup semi final against Man City which ended in a disappointing one nil win for Oil City in front of 63000. I've always been interested in Everton's fortunes since this game which was in 1969, I was 14 at the time. Our league cup final games were epic in the 70's. I went to Wembley and Hillsborough but was ill for the game at Old Trafford... DAMN! BTW, thank you for Ken McNaught and Derek Mountfield. The very best of luck for this season and the move to your new ground next year. Great result for you guys at Brentford yesterday ⚽⚽⚽ UTV

[@everton77100]

What a classy post. I, unfortunately, was at Old Trafford! Proper club Villa, on the up with a great gaffer. Best of luck for the season. Sadly your 'league cup' adventure for this season will be over in three days time, but you'll finish in a European spot.

[@eltel4397]

Brilliant thank you for kind words

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

Many thanks for your comments, much appreciated. Incidentally, Derek Mountfield is a frequent visitor to our base in St Luke’s church on match days, and he will feature in our next film on the history of the church and the society exhibitions.

[@toneclear1878]

When were not playing well, were in/been in relegation battles etc I watch this as it tugs at my heart and I thank god I'm an everton fan , blue and proud forever.... brilliant video 💙.... please let me and my son walk out of goodison on Saturday happy 😂🤞...

[@connormitchell6446]

Absolutely fantastic video. Would it be possible to do a video about the early history of Goodison Park in particular or Evertons time at Anfield?

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

We have released a film about ‘Goodison Memories’ and we hope to cover more of that early history in future projects.

[@johnomahonyelectrical867]

Superb Documentary. Became a fan in 79. At the age of 9. This video has motivated me to get my act together and call over asap. Call to a few relatives and visit my wonderland! Everton. 🤗🇮🇪🥶 And bring the kids. The Everton fans I made. Well did my bit anyways! 🧑🧑🧑🧒👧🧒

[@ianskeffington9003]

Excellent. Very Interesting and educational video. Well done to everyone involved. I speak as a Chelsea fan so have always favoured the Blue side of Liverpool!! ⚽️💙⚽️

[@eltel4397]

💙

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

Much appreciated, many thanks! 💙

[@davidgrundy1468]

Outstanding documentary. And if you know............................. Thanks guys

[@bijanbenjamin5427]

Great documentary 👏👏💯💯 very interesting

[@JoJo-yt1ys]

Very interesting. Im a red but love history like this. Great video guys!

[@fatwallet13]

What a history 😀👍💙

[@steveg3981]

Excellent video. I bet many Evertonians aren't aware of this history. Cant believe you only have 353 subscribers. I will try and spread the word. Thank you

[@grahambates2681]

A well presented, interesting & fascinating insight into the history of EFC.

[@slamdunkd12345]

Super interesting watch!

[@franciscouch8378]

What a brilliant channel this is...only just found it. Love it

[@zapre2284]

I've been lucky enough to have a tour around Everton Park with Ken.

[@gerrycoyle9151]

Need to get myself down to a game at Goodison before the move to the new ground. Everton has always been my second team--Hail Hail!

[@Guesswho-qk2kv]

A little bit of history on the name Prince Ruperts tower …. During the English civil and the siege of Liverpool castle , the royalist army had its headquarters on Everton brow , which is the highest point in Liverpool. He had an army of around 10,000 men ( the population of Liverpool was only 3000) they dug trenches and set up gun positions in the area to defend the area from the parliamentarian army advancing from Manchester and Wigan .

[@peterdawson5985]

THE HIGHEST POINT IN LIVERPOOL IS SAINT GEORGES C OF E CHURCH . EVERTON . OPPOSITE THE DERRY CLUB . MERE LANE . AND THATS A FACT

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

@@peterdawson5985 We were discussing Everton Beacon which was the highest point at the time. We included a painting from the Mersey to show this. The church did not exist. The beacon was taken down in 1803 and the church not completed (adjacent to the same site) until 12 years later. Only then did it become the highest point.

[@Guesswho-qk2kv]

@@peterdawson5985 oh okay Rafa the fact checker . No one mentioned the church, but it is on Everton brow isn’t it ?

[@peterdawson5985]

@@evertonfcheritagesociety my mistake . Thanks for the information

[@lennon1482]

@@peterdawson5985 I'd say the second is park rd and the corner of high park street, what's now cravens funeral directors you will see a balcony where they would look at the flags on incoming ships into the mersey through a telescope to send messages to the docks

[@Withtheghostoftomjoad]

Shocking architectural vandalism to knock all that heritage down in the 60's. Thanks gentlemen, fascinating stuff.

[@valeriejeandawson3523]

Nice to see my family history in the credits. My gran was a Royden!

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

In that case Valerie you are definitely related to Mike & Lewis as all Roydens on Merseyside/Wirral come from the same family line. Do get in touch if you want to confirm this. 😊

[@libertinoradio4597]

That was really interesting. I'd love to visit that tower along with that cricket ground in Glasgow, where the first international was played. Our early football heritage is very important to me. Very best wishes to all those at Everton FC Heritage Society, great work you are doing. Many thanks from a Darlington fan.

[@onlyforthecomments]

This is a great video and fascinating to see how much the area changed. Disappointing that they haven't been able to full remove the vandalism from the door lintel at the lockup though

[@yorkshirepudlian]

My Everton history recollection was a bit hazy. Thank you for making it a lot clearer! 💙⚽️ subbed!

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

Many thanks!

[@GazcoybUTFT]

As a evertonian i have lean't more on the history of everton fc and the history of the everton toffee thank you rob and ken now i have more knowledge to add to the my history of everton fc

[@Brave_Expanse]

I have lived and grown up for 50 years in the California Bay Area. Oakland A's fan of MLB all my life, Oakland was the less glamor town but being an East bay resident it was my team. American sports have changed and I have sworn against them for the rest of my life.......I chose Everton as my team last year, the one thing I did not want to be called was a band wagon fan.....I look for history and a great fanbase....true fanbase. I have watched the club closely for a year now and am looking forward to many more years.

[@johnpainter8621]

Pure class

[@stephenolney6942]

Very interesting thanks

[@lennon1482]

this was such a good watch

[@philocn]

loved that.

[@gjh997]

Huge change then from a prosperous village to what it is today. One of the poorest parts in the UK for a top flight football club

[@stephenmccluskie4762]

Everton Toffee is mentioned in Anthony Trollope’s novel Phineus Finn

[@francolive5718]

Always thought the badge resembled the top of a tall tower

[@harriethare4019]

Is the band going across the tower on the badge the brick wall that surrounds it?🔵⚪

[@StephenParker-qs9de]

Where did the staircase come from ?

[@glenysreynolds231]

It would be great for a replica of the tower could be placed at our new stadium to sell programmes perhaps or Everton Toffees

[@tulyar57]

Has anyone else twigged that perhaps Theo Kelly got his towers mixed up. Up to watching this film I didn't know that EFC had used the original Everton Beacon on its letterhead back in the 1890s When he designed the badge in 1938 Kelly referred to puzzling over the design for months and deciding on the 'beacon'. The lock up (Prince Pupert's tower) was never a beacon. Had he meant the original tower the emblem could have turned out very differently

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

The Everton Beacon was demolished in 1803, so Kelly never saw it. By 1938 the lock-up was a very familiar building to all in the area. So highly unlikely he mixed them up.

[@warrington-decorators7776]

If you know your history 💙

[@geoffjones4285]

so proud of the EFC badge thats is used everywhere now pity they never used it for 40 years on the shirt including FA Cup finals

[@EVERTON_BULGARIA]

Which date is the Everton Birthday?

[@teresataubman2860]

1878

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

I'm not a Everton Fan but this is a good watch & if anyone can help me I know a player who played for my club Stourbridge signed for Everton back in the mid 70s but you signed him from Hereford I think but I can't remember his name.

[@binosince76]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barton_(footballer,_born_1953)

[@binosince76]

John Barton. Looked a promising player, sadly suffered an horrific injury early in his everton career.

[@jimmy-stourbridge-fc8980]

@@binosince76 thought it was we have a picture of him in our club house in his Everton shirt.

[@philipmercer487]

The city originals NSNO 1878.

[@jintsfan]

I’m not an Evertonian, but enjoyed this, to the extent that I have to admit I dreaded to see what had become of Everton Village …. and wasn’t left disappointed at the municipal vandalism that occurred.

[@StephenParker-qs9de]

Stoke city FC where 15 years old then

[@stevetaylor172]

Brought up 100 yd behind that tower

[@rothschildspigeon6390]

I live opposite a cottage in a village near Huddersfield called Stocksmoor where a chap called Ben Swift Chambers was born. I was told he founded Everton FC. He’s buried in nearby Shepley. I’m guessing this story is false then.

[@tonynell4661]

💙💙💙💙💙😊

[@merseydave1]

I say this without any sarcasm ... the recognition of Anfield as your fist football ground is only mentioned in passing ... furthermore your original crest had a liverbird on it. Again I am NOT being sarcastic, as it should be Liverpool F.C. who came after you because of the rent increase

[@evertonfcheritagesociety]

We reply without a trace of sarcasm, just facts; Firstly, you need to check the name and theme of the film. It is about Everton Village. The toffee shops, village, beacon and lock up were in existence way before 1892, hence it was only ‘mentioned in passing.’ Nor was it our first ground. At the time of St Domingo/Everton FC, from formation into the 1880s, the club were playing on Stanley Park, Walton Stiles and Priory Road. What happened regarding the split, ‘rent increases’ and whatever was formed there in 1892 was not the feature of this film. Regarding the liver bird, it was used by EFC on medals, not as a club crest. Hope we have clarified that without any sarcasm whatsoever.

[@patwaine8946]

Name a club in a major city that was the first club in the city but called its club after a village in the city.

[@richardwhitfield6835]

Aston Villa

[@paddyowens4288]

Stealing the Celtic song aswell

[@kevinmyers6838]

Outstanding so proud to be a Blue.