Geoff grew up about a mile from Goodison Park in nearby Bootle in the early 1960s. He used to ask for the back kitchen door to be left ajar so he was able to hear the cheers and groans from the Everton crowd. When Liverpool were playing the door remained firmly shut. His first match was a 3-0 victory against Sunderland in the successful 1966 FA Cup run and he attended games regularly in the following years. Although lucky enough to have seen many successful teams such as the mid 80s teams under Howard Kendall his favourite time was and remains the teams over the years 1968 to 1970 with the magnificent midfield trio of Kendall the player, Alan Ball and Colin Harvey. Kendall was his favourite player followed by the short lived but explosive forward play of Alan Whittle (uncle of current player Tom Davies). Football is in his blood albeit distantly as 2 of his great uncles were professional footballers, one of them, Billy Blunt, was top goalscorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers a long long time ago! Geoff lives near Blackpool now but gets to the game at Goodison as often as he can. When not supporting or writing about his beloved Blues he is either walking his 2 Cyprus rescue dogs Grace and Doris or playing bass with his rock covers band SKRATCH or holidaying in the UK or Europe.
Everton Under 23s survive the drop despite big drubbing
Champions Manchester City celebrate by destroying young Blues 7-0
Bizarre refereeing sees Under-23s lose and face same fate as Everton senior team
Double drop still a possibility for the young Blues and the first team
Everton Podcast - School of Science Radio | Everton - bad at Burnley, great at Goodison
Geno, Geoff & Brian recap the loss at the topsy-turvy couple of weeks for Everton
New era for Everton Under-23s starts with a good win
Ebbrell, Baxter and Baines take charge after the departure of Unsworth
Looking back at David Unsworth’s three decades at Everton
A man of many talents, ‘Rhino’ will be leaving the club to pursue his managerial ambitions
Goals also hard to come by for Everton U23s and U18s
Both teams in action this last week - what positives can we take?
Alex Iwobi was not why Everton lost to West Ham
The player has come in for some undue criticism following the loss in London
Will Irish eyes be smiling for Everton youngster Sean McAllister?
Young Northern Irish midfielder reportedly trained with the Toffees first team squad
Remembering former Everton player and coach Terry Darracott
A blue through and through
Everton Podcast - School of Science Radio | The Everton Rollercoaster Continues
Geno, Calvin & Adam review the City loss, talk about the new DOF and preview the FA Cup game