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210. Tom. I am brand spanking new to this internet toy, having just purchased my first home PC, and now that I have tired of accessing "hot latino lovelies", I am picking up on my first true love which of course are the mighty Blues. I am living in the East Riding of Yorkshire where the oval ball seems to prevail, and for the past twenty years whilst I have lived here have only made (to my shame) a handful of treks over the Pennines. Possibly the reason for that could be that when I do come over, we usually get beat. So in seeing myself as a Jonah, I stay away to give the boys a chance.

As I said, I am just beginning to realise that the passion for the club is a strong as ever, as demonstrated by your site and of other similar sites.
It is reassuring to say the least, that people like yourselves keep the flag flying. Having supported the team since my late Uncle Bill took me to see us play Blackburn in the 1963/64 season, (got beat 4-2, can you see what I mean?) I have been on the roller coaster that was the mid to late sixties, when I was too young to really appreciate matters, the dreadful seventies, when as the only one of our bunch with a car, we were at all the grounds in the North and Midlands, and then of course the Blue Heaven that was the mid-eighties. Whereas I do not get to that many games, I die the proverbial thousand deaths every time we are playing. I reckon that makes me every bit a fan as a die-hard that does not miss a game home or away.

I have three grown up lads. The first was the result of a teenage dalliance, which meant that the shotgun marriage did not last for very long, his mother remarried and before I had a chance to have a say in the matter, "new dad" taught him about the dark side where he has remained ever since. Of my two other sons, the elder of them is a true blue and now that he is earning the cash, makes numerous journeys over to Goodison. He will well and truly stand his ground in his local when all the Hull kopites start giving him a hard time. He tells me he is always having vigorous debates on some web site or the other, might even be yours! He was 16 when we won the FA cup in 1995 and was able to see the passion for himself and yearns for a good successful team. The younger son is more interested in rugby league but deep down is a Blue. I will shut up now just in case I am I am talking to myself. Would appreciate some sort of response. (15/09/06)

209. Richard Bradley. I thought you might be interested to hear how a southern shandy drinker came to be a blue. Living in deepest Essex as a kid I can’t confess to know where Everton was let alone know they were the greatest team the world. My Brother had been supporting the blues for a few years by then - personally I think he had a crush on Alan Ball – so you can image the horror and disgust when his 5 year old brother asked him for a forest shirt for his birthday - at the time they were riding high in the league and going great guns in Europe. My brother simply kicked the living shite out of me for the best part of a week. With my resolve still not broken he said he would take me to see them play. We traveled to Liverpool by train and as soon as I set eyes on Goodison I was hooked. We went into Gwladys Street and as we walked into the ground the atmosphere was just fantastic. The blues beat stoke 4-0 and there was no turning back. I often travel to Goodison, I am a regular at most away games, and I have followed them in Europe. In over 28 years and a fair number of games I have never seen passion and pride from a group of supporters like it. Everton is a great club, it’s in a great city, and it is supported by the greatest people on earth however in 28 years I still haven’t seen the blues score 4 goals in a game again thought! (08/06/06)

208. Jenna Shields. I become one of the chosen ones through me dad. Fuck! I think it's the one thing we agree on. (08/06/06)

207. Leo Hansen. I was born in Aarhus Denmark july 17 1971 and 4 years later at football practice, we were having a penalty shootout, and the one prize was a Football scarf. I was lucky to win the shootout, and the scarf was an Everton scarf (thanks god for that). Now 31 years later, the scarf is the most important thing to me, and it is still in perfect shape! It's hard to be an Evertonian in Denmark. There aren't many of us, most redshite's and well it seems like every Dane's favorite English team is wearing a red shirt (LFC-ManU-Arsenal...etc), but I'm more than proud to have my beautiful Blue shirt on when I go to the local bar to see Football!

I have a little daughter. She is 2 years old and she can sing: "Everton Everton Everton..." Of course she has an Everton shirt. On her second birthday she got a shirt with her name Sofia and the number 2 at the back (like her age). I am planning to give her a shirt at her 3rd birthday with number 3 at the back, and so on until she maybe (hope not) doesn't think is fun! Greetings From Denmark with blue blood in the veins.(08/06/06)

206. Joe Murray. I was born. I’m sorry it’s not about going to a match, or any other thing really deep, it’s as simple as that, I was Born 100% Blue. (08/06/06)

205. Becky from Wirral. I'd just like to say that Everton are the most classiest team round the world. I am an Everton supporter for life, just like all of us on this site. Everton till I die. I can't wait to get my 1'st tattoo because its going to be of my beloved team, that I love for ever. (08/06/06)

204. Matty Searle from Grimsby. I have an interesting twist to becoming a blue, my uncle lives in Speke and he is a die hard Kopite, he at the age of four years old tried to lure me by giving me a signed poster of them and also a shirt but to no real avail did my passion flow for the red shi#e. It was a year later whist on a holiday in Blackpool that i kept nagging my mother for this blue and white flat cap with Everton flashed all over it, I loved the colours, I loved the hat there and then in Blackpool at the age of five years old did I associate myself as an Evertonian. I have been to Goodison hundreds of times and was an inaugural member of The Grimsby Supporters club, the highlight of joining the club was that we took on our towns inbred cousins in red at a game of association football and hammered them 7 goals to one, we came from a goal behind to tonk the bastards, what a feeling!!! (21/05/06)

203. Bill Fletcher, Ashby, W Australia. I've been a Blue since the first time my dad came home on leave during the second world war. He took me to my first game. This would have been a war time game. All I can remember about it is saying after about 20 minutes, "Is that half time dad?" The next game my mum went with us. We went in the stand & Everton won, beating Blackpool 7-1. Jock Dodds was centre forward for Blackpool, Everton signed him in the early 40s. I've been trying to find out, the exact year this game was played, then I will know the exact year I became a Blue. I was well informed by the time the war ended, & Derby County won the FA Cup beating Charlton 4-1. Everton's team, from my earliest memory, was, Burnett, Jackson, Greenalgh, Bentham, Humphries, Watson, Wainwright, Fielding, Catterick, Stevenson, Boyes. In the 50s I was in the Everton supporters club, & Mary, Everton's first 'Toffee lady' was a member. Thank's Bluekipper. (16/05/06)

202. Andy. It was Fa Cup final in 1995 against Man Utd i became an evertonian until now. My favourite player is Cahill. Because I think I am as handsome as him. (16/05/06)

201. Amanda Gill. When I was a Nipper, I always played football with the older lads. Every one had teams like scum, shite, gooners, chelsea and I hated the f,n lot. I used to get hammered around the park, most of the times in tears but still went back. No one knew what team I supported apart from my age group. When I got my first jersey I showed it off every time. The older lads didn't take to them to kindly, but I didn't give a toss. In my village I was one of the first to play at a higher level. I had 15yrs of great football showing off Everton shirts where ever I played. I live in Cornwall. It's alot of money from my part of the country to travel. I have 2 small girls. Ellie and Abi. Both in time will carry on the love of this great club. p.s. Abi is singing the tunes at 27 months old already. (16/05/06)

200. Jemma Ross. Hey blue kipper love your site. It is awesome. I am 12 years old and adore Everton. I have supported Everton since I was about 8 years old. I watched my first match with my step dad Rick. I love Everton and hate the red shite. I have learned that if I want to be a true supporter I must support Everton all my life which I am gonna do. And I want to go and see an Everton match. I love everton for eva and eva. And think that Everton have got the best supporters in the hole wide world. Thanks love true blue Jem xx. (16/03/06)

199. Richard Roberts. Ever since I can remember growing up in North Wales not far from Conwy, I was encouraged to be an everton fan. this was fine as my elder brother was and of course the old man was too. but the problem was that all my friends were liverpool fans, every single one of them!! Nobody supported United at the time cause they were wank. I remember saying to my old man "dad, I want to be a liverpool fan" and he said "liverpool fans go to bed with a smacked arse". I've never looked back since then. My first game was in 89 against Arsenal at home and we were beaten 3-1. I've seen some amazing games at Goodison, my first derby was when Beardsley scored the winner when we beat them 2-1. Then there was the 2-0 win over liverpool when Ferguson and Rideout scored. The best had to be the 1-0 win at Anfield when Campbell scored. I'll never go to anfield ever again!! I couldn't bear going there and seeing them win! it's great being an Everton fan in North Wales, There's a hell of a following over here even though everyone is usually a united fan or a liverpool fan. Everyone should be proud to be a BLUE!!! (16/03/06)

198. Andy Gray Swords. I was born on on the 6th april 1988 with the name Andy Gray Swords so being named after such a legend I was born into the greatest team of all. I was christened in Dover castle. I was told it would have been a good day but it was spoiled by another baby being christened with the name keneth daghlish which was a downer on the day so that's how I became an Evertonian. Good site boyz. Keep it up. (16/03/06)

197. David (Dav) Watts. Wallasey. I have endured a torrid time in my quest for atonement. I was born on the 10th May 1978 the day the shite won the Euro cup for 2nd year in a row. My dad and most of the family are lacking in intelligence and choose to support the muppets across the park, so in his infinite wisdom he chose to name me David Alan after David "ginger twat" Fairclough and Captain Scarlet (Alan Hansen). I was subjected to physical torture as a child, being paraded around in the cloth of Satan was not much fun I can tell you. But with the coming of age I stood up, shunned these pagan ways and declared my allegiance to Gods own team. This is story thanks for listening, hallelujah brothers. (07/03/06)

196. Armando Canevello. Genoa, Italy. Since I was very young I've been a football fan - I have always been and I presently am a strong Genoa cfc 1893 supporter and being my local team the first team established in Italy (1893) by English Gentlemen, we have a good tradition to follow and support English teams. In the 1984 I was watching the FA cup semi final between Everton, and if I remember correctly, Watford - Everton was winning and when few minutes to the end of the game lot of Evertonians were at the border singing and celebrating the victory. I decided to be an Evertonian (and then, as you all perfectly know, We won the cup) Since then I have always followed Everton during these 22 years and I am so proud of my team. Most exciting moment, the European Cup winning at Rotterdam in 1985 also because it was the first match I could watching "live" of my beloved Everton on the Italian television. Now I have 2 daughters and they are singing "Everton" to everyone at school or at the park. (09/01/06)

195. C. Mckean. My dad, granddad, greatgrandad and so on have all supported Everton my older brothers have always supported Everton, so naturally I was to support Everton but I wouldn’t have it any other way!! I would do anything for the club cos I love them so much, I go on the kipper every day in college and get stick from every one but I love Everton so much I don’t care, I came out the womb wearing an Everton scarf and I've never took it off since I am such an evertonian I would rather die then have anything to do with the shite!!!!! (06/11/05)

194. Maca (Stalybridge). Well there are two types of Blue in my opinion. Those who are born a blue and those who fall in love with the club and become a blue. The one thing they both have in common is once a blue always a blue. My father is a red and used to take me to Analfield when I was about 5 (approx 1974) to watch the red shite, but one day in about '78/'79 my uncle Mick took me to my first game at Goodison a UEFA cup game against Finn Harps. Everton won 5-0 Andy King netting 2. The atmosphere was fantastic the support amazing, a night I will never forget. It was a night that changed my life forever. My dad tried to take me to see the red shite again and I refused to go and I have only set foot back in Analfield once since the 70's and that was to watch us beat the red shite 1-0. Thanks Uncle Mick I will always be grateful for what you did, and I know you are looking down watching the blues from Heaven. (04/10/05)

193. Ingo Nachbaur, Austria. To be honest, before I came to Liverpool I was a supporter of the Premier League in general but not a particular club. When I decided to come here about a year ago I thought this is the chance of a lifetime to get an insight view of the Premier League through buying a season ticket. I have to admit (and a lot of Evertonians will probably hate me for this), first of all I checked the Liverpool FC website. Soon I realized that it¹s impossible to get a season ticket there so I turned to the Blues. Now looking back, probably one of the best decisions in my life.

I read all those pre-season stories about the club (relegation candidate) but nevertheless I applied for a ticket. Apart from all negative headlines, one day I read this article about the small size of the squad. I can't remember where I read this but the author emphasised the excellent team spirit and he trusted Everton to do quite well. This made me hope that things wouldn't be as bad as most journalists and so-called experts
predicted. When I was finally allocated a ticket I almost couldn't believe it. I knew it's going to be easier to get a ticket for Everton than Liverpool but yet I was very surprised.

For the first game against Arsenal in August I had to travel from Austria because University started in September and so I just came for the game. Of course, I thought I couldn't miss one of the highlights of the season. It turned out to be a real highlight and I don¹t mean this in an ironical sense. What I experienced was amazing. First of all, I soon realized that most of the people in the area where I had my seat (Upper Bullens) were season ticket holders. They are like a big family and especially the lady next to me welcomed me very warmly and has been a lovely companion throughout the season.

What about the game? Well, in my point of view the players and the supporters had a lot of respect for Arsenal. Arsenal was simply better that
day but what was really fascinating was the fact that the crowd didn't get upset or anything. On the one hand, people just recognised the fact that Arsenal was better but on the other hand they also appreciated the spirit of Everton, who didn't give up but fought until the end. After the game I heard one man say: "For Everton, the season starts now!" Looking back today, no one could've said it better and of course it kept me optimistic about the things to come. So what else have I learnt from the first game? There was not only a strong spirit within the team but also within the supporters, what turned out to be a major contribution towards Everton's success.

I don't want to go into detail what happened next. Everyone knows about the amazing success story that followed. But at least I'd like to mention my classmates who in the beginning laughed at me when I told them that I was an Evertonian. You should've seen their faces when Everton beat Liverpool in the derby!

Some may argue that I'm not a real Evertonian because I came to the club by accident and rather late. Of course, one cannot compare my short spell at Everton to the commitment and dedication of a lifetime supporter. Anyway, Everton will always have a special place in my heart and in my point of few that's what really counts. (04/10/05)

192. Phonic. I was in JJB shortly after my seventh birthday (ish) with my deranged brother trying to get me to spend my money on some rather over-priced carlsberg sponsored toilet roll and my sister showing me the true way of blue. Thankfully she won and I became a fanatic ( I now have three Everton tattoos and counting). One of my first games was in 1994 when we came back to beat Wimbledon 3-2 and avoid the drop. Superb match, I have still got my ticket, and the love affair began. (19/06/05)

191. Jim Hillier, Kent. I might have the daftest reason for becoming an Evertonian. We moved out of north London in '67 to just outside Bedford. By rights, I should have been a Gooner, but I had other ideas when I saw a local road sign pointing to Everton. Little did I know at age 7 that the little village near the A1 had nothing in common with Goodison Park, but my mind was made up and I have stuck with the Blues ever since. (19/06/05)

190. Stewart (Scoobyblue) from Aylesbury. As a 7 year old I wanted a team to support and asked my Dad for guidance whilst reading through my Goal Annual of 1970. He’s Irish and had lived in digs all over the North of England for several years from the age of 19. His words of wisdom were, “You can support any team you like so long as it’s not a London one” (I guess it was his Northern influence back in the 50’s where he developed a dislike for London clubs – unfortunately he’s a Manure fan, so how good of him not to inflict that on me!). I still have that Goal Annual with Everton at the top of the league, underlined by my finger nail 35 years ago (am I glad we pipped Leeds that year!), so from that moment on when my Dad confirmed Everton were not a London club I was as Blue as I could be without a Scouse accent. I, like all Evertonians, didn’t expect the League Champions & Mersey Millionaires to then struggle for most of the next 14 years. As soon as I left school I regularly went Home & Away, but started a mobile disco in the 83/84 season and didn’t get to any games again until the 90’s – what bad timing that was!! This season, 2004/05, saw my eldest (Ryan, 8yrs) first visit to Goodison (3-2 win vs Bolton) and on the Tuesday after we qualified for the Champions League I played 90mins in a charity game at Goodison organised by Football Aid. So although I got to less games than I normally would, something had to give after winning the auction for the #9 shirt, it has been a truly memorable season. Here’s to a successful forthcoming campaign that will reinforce our position as a Top 6 side once again, as it’s been far too long. Wasn’t born a Blue, but I’ll die a Blue - Blue 4 ever. (19/06/05)

189. Andy, Blackpool. Blue scarf round the neck while the umbilical was cut. Nurse called me dad an idiot, me dad called the nurse a stuck up tart. Never wavered, never will. Blue is for life, redshite are redshite. Pity Shrek didn't follow the code. (19/06/05)

188. Paul in Harlingen, Texas. Luckily, I was born an Evertonian. My mum is English and my dad American.... Anyway, my mom's dad was from Liverpool and was a True-Blue Evertonian. I never knew him because he died before he was born. But, my mom told me he was an Evertonian when I was about Six, which was back in 1963....So, I was lucky enough to have it passed down by bloodlines. I drove about 600 miles round trip last summer 2004 to go to Houston to see the game against Pachuca. I live about 25 miles from the Mexican border..and I'm a "journo" and whenever there's football to be covered...I always get the job. (19/06/05)

187. Graham Wilks, Leeds. My Dad was in the R.A.F. when I was born, and we were stationed in Germany for the early part of my life. Being as we never lived near a city when I was growing up, I didn't have a local team to follow. When I was 4, I was watching the tv and I saw my first match. It was a red team (the shite) vs a blue team. Being a young man with very good taste, I chose the blue team, and stuck with them even though they lost! It wasn't until I was 15 that I was able to earn enough money to regularly pay for my travel and ticket to matches, so I became a proper Evertonian then. My first game was 2 years earlier, when I saw Man Ure beat us 1-0 at Goodison, Mark Hughes scored. I'm not lucky enough to be a scouser, but I am an Evertonian. (15/06/05)

186. Terence Ward. I caught the Faith in September 1962. Young, Vernon, Labone, West...well you know the story. I was born in the little town of Doncaster and came to the U of L, totally unprepared for the passion, class and inevitable life long commitment to the Royal Blue Jersey. The Faith remains. I live in Canada. My children and I rejoice in the Lads, win or lose. I could talk about Kant, Sophocles, Hegel even Camus, but why bother ? Everton is about plastic beauty and wish fulfilment. Remember. Nothing is enough......(15/06/05)

185. Tommy Dumbell, Frodsham. Being born in the eighties when we were (and still are) the best team in the world, and my dad being a big Everton fan following them all over the world to watch nearly every trophy winning campaign since the 70’s it was inevitable that I would be a blue. I went to my first game when I was about 6 or 7 and it was against Palace and we beat them 3-2, i never really used to get to the matches but I was the biggest everton supporter when I was a kid, I used to spend all my birthday and Christmas money on anything to do with the blues. When I got older, about 13 I got my first season ticket and stared following the blues everywhere in the FA and League cup. During my time as a blue I have not seen many happy moments apart from the FA cup win in ’95 but lets hope that all changes now and we see the boys in the same position where we deserve to be from now on. Come on the blues. Keep da faith. ONCE A BLUE ALWAYS A BLUE. (06/05/05)

184. Damascene Taylor. 1984 - Everyone was backing the mancs to win @ Wembley. Me being the contrarian decided to pick the underdog, watched the demolition of Rapid Vienna and I was hooked. 20 years later still worth being a bluenose and walking around with quiet dignity (especially when we stuff the shite). (06/05/05)

183. STUTHEBLU4FOREVER. My ma an pa are big Man ure fans and me and our kid nearly strayed to that side, but Evertonians are born and blue blood runs through my veins. My first match was 1979 with a mate from school. My dad was a copper at the match so we got in for free and i was over the moon. I remember thinking at the time how cool it was listening to scousers ( I still had my manc accent) and didn't say very much, my school chum was a local lad and constantly tried to drop me in it... I loved every minute and even if some blues turned on me, i was in my second home and i been season ticket holder ever since. (06/05/05)

182. Mick. Perth WA. I spent the first 3 years of my life telling people my name was Alan Ball. The kids used to come knocking at the door for "Alan". Emigrated to Perth western australia when i was 6...BUT that Blue blood does not wash out...spent the seventies in depression....the eighties in sheer joy....and waiting for those glory days to come bouncing back our way. FOREVER BLUE FOREVER TRUE. WE DONT CARE WOT THE REDSHITE SAY. (25/04/05)

181. Tommy from Lincoln. It was the day before the 1968 F.A. Cup Final against W.B.A. and me and my best mate Sam were sat at our desks at primary skool and bet our pocket money on the result. The wager was 3d ( those little funny shaped coins ) – he chose the Baggies and I chose The Blues. To this day I am an Evertonian thro’ and thro’ and regularly travel from Lincoln to Goodison . And my mate Sam , well he still supports the Albion and goes to the Hawthorns as well. (25/04/05)

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