Toffee Time Machine: John Wharton - Greatest Night, Title Clincher & the Strangest Game at Goodison
The Blue Room - Everton FC PodcastShow Notes
Three matches, one league, one cup, and one completely random. On this episode of Toffee Time Machine, John takes Dave P back to the golden era of Everton FC, 1984–85.
🏆 The Cup: Everton v Bayern Munich, 1985. The Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final many Blues still call Goodison’s greatest night. One down to Bayern, the Old Lady roaring, and Howard Kendall’s side came back to win 3–1 and book a place in the final in Rotterdam.
🔵 The League: Everton v QPR, 1985. The afternoon the title came home to Goodison Park. We relive the match that confirmed Everton as champions of England.
🎲 The Random: Mark Higgins Testimonial, 16 December 1984. Merseyside 7–6 Manchester. Everton and Liverpool players on the same side at Goodison: Southall, Ratcliffe, Reid and Sharp alongside Rush, Neal, Whelan and Mølby, against a Manchester XI featuring Mark Hughes. About 16,000 fans turned out, reportedly more than the first-team league game the day before. We also tell the story of Mark Higgins, the former Everton captain whose career seemed over at 26 with a pelvic injury, just before the club’s greatest success. Then came his remarkable comeback with Manchester United, Bury and Stoke.
Strap in, set the dial, and let’s go back in time to when Everton conquered all.
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