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Trevor Powell
20/05/2025 10:56:29
Would love to have been there! Excellent and moving account! I sat listening on the radio, I was lost in a world where My Dad took me for my first game versus Ipswich Town when I was nine in 1961. I remember, we were half way back in the old Paddock before they put in the Lower Bullens seats. It just so happened that My Mother came from Ipswich to life in Huyton, so it only seemed appropriate for this to be my first experience.
My biggest memory was that My Dad bought a big bag of Barker & Dobson Everton Mints. When My Dad unwrapped his, he carefully folded his wrapper into a flickable missile. He would point out the back of someone's head as his target further down the terrace! Big flick, target struck and plenty of giggling and enjoying seeing my Dad look so relaxed and mischievous!
To others, it seemed silly and pointless but to me a hero in action!
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Dean Johnson
22/05/2025 13:54:12
Lovely account of the day, thanks Paul
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20/05/2025 10:56:29
Would love to have been there! Excellent and moving account! I sat listening on the radio, I was lost in a world where My Dad took me for my first game versus Ipswich Town when I was nine in 1961. I remember, we were half way back in the old Paddock before they put in the Lower Bullens seats. It just so happened that My Mother came from Ipswich to life in Huyton, so it only seemed appropriate for this to be my first experience.
My biggest memory was that My Dad bought a big bag of Barker & Dobson Everton Mints. When My Dad unwrapped his, he carefully folded his wrapper into a flickable missile. He would point out the back of someone's head as his target further down the terrace! Big flick, target struck and plenty of giggling and enjoying seeing my Dad look so relaxed and mischievous!
To others, it seemed silly and pointless but to me a hero in action!