MERSEYSIDE CLUB CHIEFS COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF SUMMER FOOTBALL
Monday, January 1, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
The old year could hardly have gone out on a more challenging note, with football reeling under its most devastating blow from the weather and with everybody agreed that the game is facing a crisis of such proportions that thoughts of changes occure in the highest quarters. What is the solution? Has the time arrived to turn to summer football, with a consequent independence of the weather? Must we now admit that soccer is no longer a winter game and that spectators are entitled to watch their sport in the pleasantest conditions instead of qualifying as heroes of repeated climatic storms? Mr. Harry Catterick, manager of Everton, and Mr. Bill Shankly, manager of Liverpool are come out in open support for as summer trial. Mr. Catterick told me; "I think our season should open at the beginning of March and continue until the beginning of December leaving the ice, frost and snow of the winter for those who can make use of it. Such a switch equality with our foreign rivals, who play so much of their programme under the warm.
EVERTON PROGRESS
That Everton are still third and very nicely placed too, despite that early injury-inspired slump must make Mr. Catterick pleased, if not entirely satisfied with the way things have gone. What have he and Everton accomplished? Last season they conceded an uncomplimentary sixty-nine goals. This season twenty-six goals have gone into their net in twenty-four games, eighteen of them in the opening ten matches. That surely is spectacular progress, inspiring enough to keep hope burning brightly of Cup and League achievements, Mr. Catterick is the first to admit that he has not a yet assembled the ideal side. He would remedy what he considers to be the weaknesses immediately, if only the solution were at hand. He knows what he wants and the players he would like. That is one thing. Having them on the Everton register is another but because Everton officially are not encouraging any gossip of their intentions that does not mean to say they are sitting back in any spirit of self-satisfaction. Don't expect Everton to advertise their movements. Their aim to be the country's outstanding team has not been revised in any way. Rest content that if enterprise and initiative can apply the finishing cost of success, Everton will be ever ready to apply it.

SKIDS AND SLIDES
Monday, January 2, 1961 The Liverpool Daily Post
Everton refused to be completely beaten by the weather for they retired to their practice pitch at Goodison Park and enjoyed an hour and a half's training session on Saturday morning. "Enjoyed" is the word too, for the players had many a laugh at the skids and slides the bumps and then bruises, mainly because the six-aside math was of no consequence, except as a pipe-loosener. The thought of serious footballer under such conditions was hardly one they dared think about, and if spectators were in any way disappointed at the lock-out, that disappointment did not spread to the players.

SAY, WHACKER, WHAT MAKES YOUN RED OR BLUE?
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 02 January 1962
What makes an Evertonian an Evertonian? And a Liverpudlian a Liverpudlian? The answer is probably the same in each case. Here reader David Darley gives his view... It is significant that be remains puzzled over the defection, to the 'enemy', of two young members of his family. How does one become an ardent "Red" or "Blue"? Whence comes his fierce attachment to Everton or Liverpool —or indeed to United or City—to Villa or Birmingham? Logically it, cannot be based on footballing merit because this is a variable factor which changes from week to week, month to month, and season to season. Nor can it be based uponthe results of matches between the teams concerned, because invariably the under - dogs" at the time of meeting play above themselves to the delight of their supporters and the chagrin of the opposition, a classic example of this being the 4-0 defeat of Everton at Goodison Park or by the recently-relegated Liverpool a few years ago in a Cup-tie. Clearly, too it has little to do with the proximity of one's home to either club's ground, for we know of fans who dwell in the shadow of Anfield who would not be seen dead there and the same applies to Goodison Park ! Having been puzzled by this problem for years I have made exhaustive inquiries, and have arrived at certain conclusions. Without any doubt we find that the attachment is formed at a tender age but once, formed it is there for all time. True, it may wane over the years for business or domestic reasons, but it is there just the same, and this is a point of which both clubs should take note. The young 'uns cannot be wooed too strongly.
NETLESS DAYS
Looking deep into my heart I find that my personal fixation was founded upon that of an elder and respected brother long before either of us had actually seen our idols of the day in action. His choice, I recall, followed the bent of a favourite and generous uncle, who I believe followed in the wake of his elder brother. As this takes us back to the days before goals nets were devised, further I cannot go with any accuracy. But ask any honest devotee of your acquaintance and you will probably get a similar reply. Going even deeper into the question, we find that the serious fan is not so much Pro-Red or Blue as Anti-Blue or Red, as the case may be. Just as keen delight is taken in the downfall of the "opposing" faction as in the success of their own team; hence we often find that after a dull or unsatisfactory game at either ground the biggest cheerof the day is reserved for the announcement of the defeat of the other locals. A strange point which only a pretty good psychologist could hope... Very annoyingly we ourselves are not of this school and derive no satisfaction at lapses from grace of the rival club except when in opposition to our own. Indeed, the result of their gamecauses us as little concern as do those of Arsenal or Accrington Stanley, but in this respect it is admitted that we are an oddities and have often been admonished for our heretical views.
NEVER STOPS ANYTHING
To complicate the issue further it must go on record that my own two male offspring (of nine and ten years respectively) have taken a deep devotion to those other so-and-so's across the part. The house is strewn with colourful pictures in gaudy water-colours of their power-packed supermenbelting shots past an agonized, and seemingly inept, goalkeeper who never stops anything. Naturally this unfortunate goalkeeper is invariably-according to the artist's caption—yes! You'veguessed it—the same stalwart whose efforts we ourselves rejoice in applauding every other Saturday. The unkindest cut of all was when I was requested to rig the boys out, as Christmas gifts, in a complete strip of the same (to us) lack-lustre, hue as that of their heroes. I obliged, of course, gladly, because I am only too pleased that they take a keen interest in the "game of games" which I know will bring them many healthy and thrilling hours of pleasure and interest. But it's strange how they came to cross the park. Another hot one I suppose for the psychologists to sort out.

HARRIS IS BACK
Wednesday, January 3, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Brian Harris joined the rest of his colleagues for a work-out at Goodison Park yesterday and that there are no team problems, meanwhile Everton's opponents, King's Lynn, on their sherry and eggs diet, were in full professional style training in the deep snow.
ACCORDING TO PLAN
Manager Harry Catterick told me that while the weather conditions had made it more difficult for Everton to carry through their training schedules, everybody they had planned to do had been done, and their would be further preparation daily, with a winding-up session on the morning of the match. "We have the King's Lynn watched on one occasion only, said Mr. Catterick. "I always take the view that it does no harm to know something about your opponents. "Had we been playing a First Division team that I had seen several times this season, we would not have bothered taking a special look. "With a lesser known non-League club it is different. Nobody can afford to underrate them, but our peep has given us some idea of their strength or weaknesses. They are no longer just a group of names. We know who the players are. "The fact that King's Lynn are at the foot of the Southern League (Premier Division) does not affect our assessment of them at all. They have reached the third round of the Cup and must be treated accordingly. "I have been in the game long enough to know that what goes on in League games is no sort of guarantee that the same thing can be expected in Cup-ties. To them this is their hour of opportunity and we know how they will try to make the most of it."
PITCH PROBLEMS
Nothing has been done to the pitches at Goodison Park or Anfield since the week-end, although steps have been taken to secure that the terraces will be clear for spectators. The groundsmen have a mutual problem. If a decision is taken now to remove the snow from the pitch and the thaw arrives the ground will obviously be less heavy and more favorable for good football. On the other hand, if the snow is left and cold weather persists, it may be possible to roll out the snow into a playable surface. The running track alongside the Goodison pitch has been cleared for training purposes.

FROM THE MANAGERIAL CHAIR
Wednesday, January 3, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
IT IS EASY TO FALL INTO THIS TRAP
By Harry Catterick
Every footballer engaged in the F.A Cup on Saturday will be seeing double. He'll have the famous twin towers of Wembley in his vision. Somewhere among the thirty two ties I have no doubt there will be a "giant-killer." There always is. I only hope that King's Lynn are not favoured this year! One thing I shall be stressing to my lads all this week is that they must not take the opposition too lightly. Having been a professional footballer myself I can readily understand how easy it is to fall into this trap. Although our visitors have not been doing particularly well in their League we must always remember that the Cup is a different proposition altogether. The fact remains that King's Lynn have battled their way through the early rounds of the competition to reach this stage. That proves that they have football ability and determination. I am sure that all of us at Goodison Park will treat them with respect. As for the other ties, there used to be a saying that the Cup holders went out at the first hurdle the following year. But Tottenham Hotspur, with last season's proud record readily remembered will not be expecting defeat at the hands of Birmingham City.
POWERFUL SIDE
The Blues, however, are a pretty powerful side at St. Andrew's and the Cup holders will do well to recall that their recent signing, Ken Leek scored in all the rounds up to the final for Leicester City last year. Another coincidence often repeated is of the beaten finalists to return to Wembley a year later. But Leicester City this year have an unexpected tough task even at home. Their visitors are Stoke City who have had a remarkable run since Stanley Matthews returned to assist his original club. The Potteries are on the crest of a wave at the moment and the Matthews wand is still not shorn of tits magic despite the maestro's long association with the game. Climbing the League rapidly Stoke will need a deal of containing even by a defence as efficient and well-drilled as Leicester City's. Burnley have been a strong early tip for the last four seasons, especially at this stage of the proceedings. With Queen's Park Rangers as the opposition they will expect to progress through to the next round. No doubt like myself, Burnley's manager Harry Potts will be stressing the need to treat the Rangers with the respect one would give to a First Division side. Cup finalists of not so long ago, Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers will be a rare tit-bit. We have reason to appreciate the excellent covering system adopted by the Bolton defence and with United showing a welcome return to form this could be a tie of thrills.
GOOD RESULTS
Strangely, Bolton have never been over-awed by the United not even when the Red devils had that great pre-Munich side. Bolton have had some good results against them in the past and may continue the good work. Just across the road our neighbours have a really attractive feature with Chelsea giving a preview of First Division football once again at Anfield. But Chelsea have been doing rather well recently and are certainly a much improved side. With the Welsh international Graham Moore to lead the forwards the magnificent Liverpool defence will need to be in top form to withstand the challenge of the new Chelsea. Poor old Leeds United have not gone past the third round for far more years than they care to remember. Such a record must surely be due to be broken. Yet Derby County are such a good all-round side these days that they will have their work cut out to experience the thrill of going into the fourth round hat. Generally speaking though the draw was not very kind to the lowly-placed clubs. The big boys came out of it rather well but football is a strange game and it could well be the favourites who will be drawn away from home next time. That is why we all have to make the best of the present draw. You never know what is waiting around the corner. The Yeovil's and the York's are deeply respected because of their Cup efforts at the expense of League clubs. There are sure to be other similar ambitions. That what makes the Cup so attractive.

GRADUAL THAW BEST
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 03 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
At Anfield and Goodison Park groundsmen are now waiting to see whether the forecast thaw develops. And whether, if it does, there is a chance of it being followed by a return of the intense cold. A gradual thaw, not leaving grounds waterlogged, is the thing they want most. If the two inches of snow lying on both pitches were removed and frost returned they would be converted, in a night, into ice rinks. Assuming the thaw came to stay either pitch might be cleared of snow before the big games on Saturday—Chelsea at Anfield and King's Lynn at Goodison Park. One man sure not to miss any facet of the Liverpool game is Mr. B. Howard Baker, all-rounder extraordinary, whose accomplishments included playing for Chelsea and England (a full cap) as an amateur; high-jumping in the Olympics, water-polo (again for England), and lawn tennis to county standard. And, I am glad to report, he is as fit, and handsome, as ever, although he's a grandfather many times over. Strange, isn t it, that memory of Cup-ties of the past always seems to centre on defeat? For every Cup game won by Everton or Liverpool I remember half a down lost! On reflection, this fixation is not, perhaps, so unaccountable. In 40 years of watching and waiting for our two senior teams to win the trophy there has been only one success— Everton's in 1933. Yet of semi-finals we have had many. Everton against West Bromwich at Old Trafford; Everton against Liverpool (and Bolton Wanderers), at Maine Road; Liverpool against Burnley at Ewood Park, and, when that game was drawn, at Maine Road. Truly, Manchester has been our Cup graveyard too often, and that is not taking into account the number of times Manchester City or Manchester United have ended our interest here or, almost inevitably, at their own grounds. Never having won the Cup (but why bring that up?), although they have twice reached the final, Liverpool are almost used to the sting of defeat. In the early 1920's West Bromwich Albion came to Anfield and won by a Stanley Davies goal. There seems to have been no let-up since in the sorry story of Liverpool's failure. Some of their outgoings, notably at Gateshead, Norwich and Worcester, have been as hard to bear as they have been unexpected. Everton, too, have gone out to nonentities—Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient, at Goodison Park, and Bradford City, not so long ago, in Bradford. Surely it is time one or other of our sides reached Wembley again? The luck of the draw means a lot, but if League form this season means anything we have a couple of live hopes.

WREXHAM COULD BECOME CUP GIANT KILLERS
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 03 January 1962
Say Everton's Alex Young
Just three days to go weather permitting, of course-to the third round of the Football Association Cup, and one need not be a student in the history of England's premier soccer knock-out competition to know that this is the round which produces an annual crop of surprise results. The draw this year has favored the big clubs, so much so that if one glances at Saturday's matches the results of the majority of them appear quite easy to forecast. This, however, is a situation which delights the "little fellow." The bigger they are,' the harder they fall seems to be his motto, and the senior clubs must heed the warning and realise that nothing short of an all-out effort will ensure victory, Fate has decided this year that we at Everton, third from top of the First Division of entertain Football League , should entertain King's Lynn, who although scorers of a creditable triumph at Coventry in the last round, cannot disguise the fact that they at present occupy bottom position in the Southern League (Premier Division). We are determined, however, that there should be no semblance of a surprise at Goodison Park on Saturday. The Everton fans lost interest in the Cup far too early last season—we were beaten 1-0 by Sheffield United in the third round—and we are going to do our best to put matters, right this time.
LUCK NEEDED
Given reasonable luck—and a lot depends on luck in a knock-out competition -I think we can go a long way. We fear no one on our own "park" and I am confident a change in our away fortunes is forthcoming in 1962. In last season's third round you will remember, the biggest shock was Crewe's 2-1 win at Chelsea, Liverpool only managed to beat Coventry 3-2 at Anfield, while Lincoln knocked out West Bromwich and West Ham went down to Stoke in a replay. Ipswich also got a shock in the form of a 7-1 hiding at Southampton. What of this year's third round ? I usually leave the crystal gazing to those better qualified, but the magic of the Cup tempts me to stick my neck out and try and name one or two sides which may make the headlines on Saturday evening . Firstly, what about Wrexham, ten times winners away in Fourth Division games this season? They may do a giant killing act themselves against those famous giant killers, Norwich City. Then Notts County, in the bottom half of the Third Division solely because of a shocking away record, could account for much - troubled Manchester City. Getting a little bolder, may I suggest inconsistent Bury to pull one out of the bag against Sheffield United ; with Peterborough as likely winners in the clash of Cup fighters at Newcastle, and West Ham going out in the third round for the second successive year by losing at Plymouth. Last but not least. Pay no attention to this column when filling in your coupon!
MATCH OFF
There were no tears shed by the Everton players when last Saturday's match against Bolton was called off. Although we are paid for doing a job and must be prepared to do it in almost any weather, like people in other walks of life we consider our output is of a better standard when the working conditions are good. They were very far from that on Saturday. I see these postponements have brought forward a lot of support for the idea of having a break in the football season during mid-winter. If this is not possible, surely the Football League could be empowered—in weather conditions similar to those of last week to call off the whole programme for one day and extend the season by a week, to accommodate it. By taking this step on Thursday evening. or first thing Friday morning, the League would save referees wasted journeys and overnight stays, away clubs the inconvenience of having to revise travelling arrangements at the last minute, and ground staffs a lot of unnecessary work. In common with most sports fans, I suppose, the only football I saw on Saturday—apart from during our training session at Goodison in the morning -was on TV in the evening. An exempt from the Tottenham v. Chelsea match made me feel confident that I am not going to be far out in prediction that my prediction that Jimmy Greaves will make a tremendous difference to the Spurt team. Jimmy had quite an ordinary game, but I noticed that every time the ball went near him he drew two or three of Chelsea defenders out of position and the other Spurs forwards, particularly Jones, made the most of the gaps left as a result. One incident in the excerpt from another match Kilmarnock v. Rangers, showed, I thought, just how silly it is to play soccer on bone-hard pitches. Ritchie, in the Rangers' goal, advanced to take a crossed ball which, however, bounced almost twice as high as it would normal pitch. Ritchie had to fling himself backwards to turn the ball over the bar- a magnificent save-but in doing so he overbalanced and fell against the right hand upright. His shoulder struck the post, but luckily not with his full weight behind it and he was able to pick himself up and play on. Had Ritchie not possessed such quick reflexes, it could easily have been a lucky goal for Kilmarnock. Had the goalkeeper fallen more heavily against the upright, he might easily have broken a bone. Surely this shows that if we play football on unsuitable pitches, the team which enjoys the greater share of luck is going to carry off the championships, irrespective of whether it is the best in the league or not? Four points from two matches made it a happy Christmas for us at Goodison, but it was sad to see Liverpool's lead in the Second Division cut to two points, particularly as the state of the ground seems to have had a lot to do with their two defeats. I don't think Liverpool supporters need worry unduly though, for they still have the side which was being tipped by practically everybody a few months ago as winners of promotion by a big margin. There is no reason why this should not still be so. We are full of confidence at Goodison, too, although things are no close at the top of Division One that two successive defeats could put any one of the top five clubs almost out of the reckoning. Let's start 1962 in confident mood then, with every hope of a successful end to the season for both Everton and Liverpool- not forgetting the Fourth Division championship for Ken Barnes and his Wrexham men.

CUP PITCH PROBLEMS FOR LOCAL CLUBS
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 03 January 1962
SHOULD SNOW BE CLEANRED?
EVERTON WAIT
By Leslie Edwards
Everton and Liverpool are in something of a dilemma about their pitches for the Cup games here on Saturday. If they clear the two inches of snow covering them and the frost comes back, the ties against King's Lynn and Chelsea, respectively, would be off, if they leave the snow, a quick thaw would make then waterlogged. At Everton, the decision is to wait and see. Then if the thaw looks like being permanent, the snow will be cleared in double quick time. Len Richley, manager of non-League King's Lynn hopes the snow will be left. "It will make the game much more certain," he said today. "Have you any worries?" I asked. He answered "None at all. We are leaving all the worrying to Harry Catterick. Our only worry is whether the weather is going to affect the size of the cheque we are going to get!"
Half-back Nick Johnson and forwards Bobby Brennan and Tony Chileystone (an appropriate name) will accompany the normal Lynn team. Which of them plays depends on the pitch conditions. Mr. Richley will be over on Saturday morning to inspect the pitch at Goodison Park and see what sort of studding will be most effective. That decided he will go back to his players who will be staying overnight in Southport. Mick Manning, the King's Lynn goalkeeper, a linotype operator with the local newspaper, has been given leave of absence as from today, Everton trained at Bellefield today.

EVERTON AND LIVERPOOL CUP GAMES SAFE-UNLESS THERE IS SNOW
Thursday, January 4, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Unless there is heavy fall of snow between now and Saturday it seems fairly certain that the third round F.A Cup games at Goodison Park and Anfield will be played as planned. This was the opinion given to me last night by Mr. Harry Catterick and Mr. Bill Shankley, the respective club managers, "If our game were arranged for tomorrow," said Mr. Catterick," I would say without any fear that it would be played." Apparently neither club is afraid of further frost. The Everton chief went on to say; "The cushion of snow has been reduced by today's thaw and we are now down to a playable thickness. In present circumstances we do not intend to remove any of the snow. That seems to be our insurance policy." While the pitches have been left alone, the groundsmen and maintenance men have done a wonderful job in ensuring that the rest of the ground will be very much as usual when the spectators file through the turnstiles on Saturday.
EARLY INSPECTION
Both clubs have arranged with the referees concerned to make an early inspection on Friday; confident of the out-come. All the Liverpool players have had anti-flu injections, but at Goodison, where the players decided for themselves whether or not to be inoculated about sixty per cent, of the staff was treated. Mr. Catterick, however is taking positive safeguards against the risks. "Whenever I have been I have always insisted that the players should gargle before and after training," he said. "There is a medicated spray in the dressing-room and this is used frequently. "I feel sure this does help to keep down infection and obviously prevention is always preferable to a cure." Mailey, the young reserve goalkeeper, who fractured a leg in a Central League game against Sheffield Wednesday a fortnight ago, has been discharged from the nursing home isgetting about quiet well on crutches. He is looked forward to watching Saturday's game from a stand seat.

EVERTON WAIT
Liverpool Echo –Thursday, January 4, 1962
By Leslie Edwards
KINGS LYNN
Len Richley, manager of King's Lynn, today named his side for the match against Everton. The team shows one change in personnel from that which beat Coventry 2-1 in the last round. Johnson, a last minute substitute for the game, drops out and Sharp is chosen as outside-left, with a rearrangement of the inside positions. King's Lynn will leave by coach early tomorrow and stay at Southport overnight. Everton will not announce their team until tomorrow. King's Lynn; Manning; Mackay, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sanchez; Bacon, Wright, Dixon, Lumley, Sharp.

ROY VERNON SAYS…
Friday, January 5, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
TRAINING BURST MIGHT WELL HARM KING'S LYNN
A new name goes into the Everton Cup-fighting records tomorrow-King's Lynn. Let us hope it is merely a fleeting reference in our passenger into round four. I know there are some people who state a preference for a club of which they have knowledge, like a First Division side with whom they are accustomed to meeting twice in a season. That is not my view, I take Cup luck as it comes and if it comes and if it offers one of the smaller fry with ground advantage thrown in, I thank my lucky stars and accept the break gratefully. That may be because I have had no previous experience of meeting a non-League side in the F.A Cup, but I fail to see how one can be despondent about having to face up to King's Lynn instead of say-Burnley. Obviously the lesser lights will fight to their last gasp, for the overthrow of Everton would put them into the sort of headlines generally reserved to denote some national catastrophe. If we go down, then I say we deserve it not that the medicine would be pleasant but at least we would know that it was a fate brought on ourselves. I have noted with some interest that King's Lynn have switched to full-time training this week. Undoubtedly this is with the best of intentions, but it is, I wonder, really wise? If they could have done this a couple of months ago obviously the advantages would have been tremendous, but to fling it at them at the last minute could easily do them more harm than good. Some folks are always ready to tell you what a cushy sort of life professional footballers lead. How often have you heard it said. "They don't train more than a couple of hours a day?" What they don't say is what is crowded into those couple of hours. I honestly believe that for much of way our preparation is so concentrated that until we are attuned to it, we are as physically tired at the end of a day as most men who have done a hard day's manual labour. We feel very sorry for ourselves early in the season when this hard labour is flung at us and I can tell you there are times when all we want to do at night is sit at home and relax. These King's Lynn players have been in training for quite a time, I know, but suddenly to step up the demands on their physical resource could take off the edge-rather than sharpen it up. Professionals, I contend, start with a tremendous advantage physically. I don't say outright that I believe Everton will win the Cup this season, because I do not know what lies in store for us from the draw point of view. If, for example, we were called on to visit Tottenham in round four Burnley in round five, and Sheffield Wednesday in round six, which player in any team could place his hand on his heart and say, "We will beat the lot?"
DIFFERENT PICTURE
But, send any of them to Goodison Park, and the picture is immediately different. I believe there is not a team in the land we cannot face with confidence on our own pitch. We have the best defence in the First Division. "What about the goals for?" I can hear you asking. I would like to be able to laugh that off, but I can't! It has caused as much concern to us as it has to you, but we are not despondent. We know we have the men to get the goals and when we drop into the rhythm the goals will come. Do you need reminding that Billy Bingham, when with Luton Town, scored in every round of the Cup until his team were beaten at Wembley? Imagine what a topic another run like that would be for us-and for him. I would wish him a repeat performance this time round –with one exception. That this time he scores at Wembley-and the winning goal. I have played at Wembley, but I have never been there to see a Cup final, although naturally I have seen several on TV. It has been a secret resolve of mine that when I see a Cup final I would play in it. It is a wonderful ambition and when one is lucky enough to be with a club like Everton, who can say that I am dreaming dreams which can never materialize?
MINNOWS ALLY
I should imagine the minnows of the competition will be praying that the hard weather will be maintained for with conditions as difficult as they can be obviously this is the biggest ally they could have. Many of you will remember how Worchester City ousted Liverpool in round three two of three seasons ago. Even though Worcester were at home it was expected that Liverpool would win by two of three clear goals. Yet they were beaten, and the conditions underfoot were similar to those we would have had if our games had been played last Saturday. I would like to wish Liverpool the best of luck for their game with Chelsea. If their survival means meeting us further along the road to Wembley we will be ready and, I expect so will they, I admit I have a sneaking fancy for a Cup meeting with the Reds. Then it would be a true test of strength-and, if I may say so, what a test!

EVERTON NEWS
Friday, January 5, 1962. The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Although Mr. Harry Catterick, the Everton manager, will not announce his team until today, nobody suspects he has any surprise changes up his sleeve, and with the recovery of Brian Harris the side will almost certainly be back to normal. Mr. Len Ritchley, King's Lynn manager, makes one player change from the team which beat Coventry in round two, Johnson, who was a last minute substitute for that match, drops out, Sharp is at outside left, and there is a switch in the inside forward positions. King's Lynn will be travelling by coach, and expect to have more than 1,000 supporters. The team will make their overnight stay at Southport. In the earlier rounds King's Lynn beat Dulwich Hamlet and Chelsmford by two goals to one, so that this has been the score in each of their three Cup games to date. King's Lynn; Manning; Mackay, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sanchez; Bacon, Wright, Dixon, Lumley, Sharp, Reserve Chilletstone.

EVERTON-DON'T DILLY DALLY ON THE WAY…
Liverpool Echo - Friday 05 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
All going well the city will house tomorrow for the second time successively, two important Cup ties. The loyalty of the hard core of football lovers will be divided. Those usually found at both grounds in turn must choose whether they will go to Goodison Park for the Everton v. King's Lynn match or to the counter-attraction across the Park, Liverpool v. Chelsea. My experience of fans of our teams suggests that no Evertonian will miss the King's Lynn match merely because the other game is, on paper, likely to be the closer-fought. Nor will any Liverpudlian go to the Everton ground for the thousand-to-one chance of seeing King's Lynn win—or draw. A useful innovation on such an occasion would be an exchange, per the public-address system, of a two-minutes commentary of both games up to the interval, but the possibility of this sort of spectator-service has not percolated through to authority . . . Providing the weather is reasonable and there is no doubt about either match there should be some 30,000 at Everton and, perhaps, 40,000 at Anfield. Time was when we could muster more than 100,000 on the day of a dual Cup attraction. Not now. It would be unfortunate, to put it mildly, if one match were on and the other off, there being little more than a half-mile between the two grounds, but it has happened before. And when it did Everton drew, the following Wednesday, under lights, 75.000 to see the tie against Blackburn Rovers. At the moment the chances of play at both venues are very good. It is a long time since Everton faced, in a home tie, a club as small as King's Lynn. On the face of it Everton should win handsomely, but it is never wise to be dogmatic. The worse the underfoot renditions the better the chance of The Linnets. I hope they are not going to rate headlines as Cock Linnets and that Everton, in the words of that famous old song, are not going to dilly and daily and daily and dilly and lose their way and don't know where to They would never hear the end of it if they did !
START WILL TEST THEM
King's Lynn will arrive full of fight (and eggs and sherry) with all to gain, nothing to lose. Their most testing minutes will be the first fifteen in that size of the stadium and the intensity of encouragement to Everton will almost certainly give our opponents the impression they are being fed to the lions. If they can survive the white-heat of Everton's start they will have gone far towards earning credit headlines, whatever the result. Few of the King's Lynn players ever appeared at Goodison Park before. Most of them are fairly experienced professionals who have figured in League teams in the Second, Third and Fourth Divisions. On paper the result is almost a formality; but matches are not played on paper, or even on black-boards. It is still eleven men versus eleven from a scratch start and with League positions or status counting for nothing. King's Lynn-Manning; Mackay, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sanchez; Bacon, Wright, Dixon, Lumley, Sharp.

GOODISON AND ANFIELD BOTH PLAYABLE
Liverpool Echo - Friday 05 January 1962
INSPECTION BY LOCAL REFEREE
REPORT TO F.A.
The Everton and Liverpool pitches were both playable to-day. That was the report to the Football Association by Liverpool referee, Mr. Fred Stringer, at 9 a.m. Only a very severe frost overnight—and this is most unlikely would prevent, says Mr. Stringer, the Everton v. King's Lynn and Liverpool v. Chelsea Cup-ties being played to-morrow. The Football Association phoned Mr. Stringer yesterday asking him to inspect both pitches and report to them early enough to prevent King's Lynn and the Chelsen official party having a wasted journey. Mr. Stringer, a production manager with a Garston Tannery, was up before dawn; put his studded boots on at Goodison Park and ran the full length of the pitch at top speed. "I did it quite safely, so there should be no doubt of trained professionals being able to keep their balance." he said. "There is some ice where the snow has been removed in the goal areas, but braziers will be put on this part of the ground to-morrow and when the ice has been removed sand will be scattered to give a betted foothold."
The King's Lynn players left Norfolk for their head-quarters at Southport immediately they heard from Everton that chances of playing the match were good. Everton will field their usual team; Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell.
Coaches or the Everton game will be directed to park in Priory Road, and for the Liverpool game, in Pinehurst Avenue.

TOUGH FOR LIVERPOOL-BUT EVERTON COULD BE TOP SCORERS OF THIRD ROUND TIES
Saturday, January 6, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Beyond any doubt, in view of the continuing thaw, the Goodison Park and Anfield pitches will be fit for play for the F.A Cup third round ties today, but that does not mean they will be in perfect condition for football. The grounds could in fact, place a bigger stress on the resources of the players than at any previous time this season. Mr. Harry Catterick, the Everton manager, considers Goodison Park will have a treacherous rather than heavy pitch. "It is soft for about half an inch and then very hard underneath," he said. Everton's opponents, King's Lynn are hardly likely to forget their Cup experience, for as if it were not enough to be drawn against a club of Everton's standing, they had a stop-start journey to Southport yesterday. Travelling by coach they were halted six times between Nottingham and Derby due to engine failures, probably caused by melting ice in the fuel tank. In desperation they had an change coaches at Derby to complete their journey, but it meant a complete rearrangement of plans. Gone was their opportunity to see the pantomime. "Humpty Dumpty" in Southport, for all the King's horses and all the king's men couldn't get their coach moving again.
RUN OF SANDS
Arriving in Derby 40 minutes late, the players had to walk around for several hours while fitters went to work on the coach, which continued to shy every time it was tested on a hill. Manager Len Richley said; "I wanted to take the lads to the panto to take their minds off the match, but in the end we had to settle for a meal and an early night in bed. "I want them up early in the morning for a run on the sands, I am glad to say that none of them appear to have taken these mishaps as a bad omen at all. Luckily our club works on the motto that what is bad luck today is good luck tomorrow-and I reckon we might even beat Everton now!" Skipper Gerry Mackay added "This has been a welcome relaxation for our nerves and now nobody is worried at all about anything Everton have to offer. "We will just go out there and shake them rigid." King's Lynn reached Southport at 9.30 p.m., twelve hours after starting out. If King's Lynn approach is anything nearly as courageous as that prophecy, somebody is going t be shocked. I might advise these gay adventurers that while Everton have not been bursting nets with the weight of goals this season, it is a mark of the confidence of their followers that King's Lynn are cheerfully being conceded five goals start.
DAYS TOP SCORERS?
A defence which has not been beaten in eight of its last thirteen games against First Division opponents can hardly be expected to go to pieces against this new challenge Ground conditions may cause some worry, but Everton could easily be the day's top scorers. The team is unchanged for the seventh successes game, in the last five of which Everton have been unbeaten, scoring ten goals against two. Figures may not score King's Lynn but it all points one way-a weighty termination to their Cup ambitions. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. King's Lynn; Manning, Mackey, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sanchez, Bacon, Wright, Dixon, Lumley, Sharp.

LINNETS IN FULL SONG GAVE EVERTON HARD MATCH
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 06 January 1962
EVERTON 4, KING'S LYNN 0
By Leslie Edwards
Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. King's Lynn; Manning; Mackay, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sanchez; Bacon, Lumley, Dixon, Wright, Sharp. Referee; Mr. J. Powell, of Rotherham.
Everton's kick-in showed that the pitch played reasonably well but on the dead aide. The lights were on for the start, and whatever their league record King's Lynn at least looked sizeable, particularly center half Hindle—a giant of a man. King's Lynn won the toss and elected to play into the Stanley Park end.
THE FIRST ATTACK
The minor side, however, started quite menacingly, Bingham was unlucky to find Manning stepping in to pick up the ball after he had half-killed it from a pass by Collins in Everton's first attack. The King's Lynn side, a whole, showed no sign of nerves, but they were lucky to escape a goal when Young, picking up a clearance from hand by Dunlop, beat Hindle and Wilson, and went on to make a useful low shot, which Manning did well to save.
SWZIIVING SHOT
Lumley, who looked very much like a Jimmy Melia at inside left, showed that he could beat his man efficiently, and then Fell hit a swerving shotjust wide from a cross pass by Young. King's Lynn were battling all defensively, and their eagerness to be on the ball was typified by one instance than when no fewer than three of them were on the spot, with not an Everton player within twenty yards.
EVERTON UNLUCKY
Everton were unlucky note to get a goal when a through pass by Vernon put through Bingham, whose shot was deflected over the bar by inches-and not by the goalkeeper's hands. Manning made a good punch from a corner from the right, and it took both Mackay and Hindle all their time hereabouts to concede a corner, rather than let Young go up the by-line.
ASTOUNDING SAVE
King's Lynn were spoiling Everton with good effect, but they had a tremendous escape when Parker came up field and lashed in a shot-cum-centre which Hindle inadvertently turned straight towards his own net. The ball was travelling like a rocket, but Manning, the Linotype operator, sprang to it with remarkable speed and brought off an astounding save. The difficulties of the pitch were demonstrated when Vernon beat three men in a row, and then found the ball dragging badly and causing him to lose possession. Vernon hit a long-range shot just wide of the upright from a pass by Harris, but there was no indication so far of an Everton goal deluge. Manning kept earning applause from the crowd for his excellent goalkeeping. So far he had played with the phlegm of an international.
BINGHAM'S FREE KICK
Mist now enveloped a corner of the ground, but it was not thick enough for the moment to menace what promised to be a great battle between the Everton attack and a sturdy, steady, King's Lynn defence. Everton went one up at 20 minutes from a free-kick on the right. Bingham placed the ball for it too near goal, and was moved back two or three yards by the linesman. Standing in the thickest of the gloom he may have profited from being placed further out, in that when he crossed the ball it flew straightinto the net without head or foot to speed it on its way, or without Manning moving to it. DUNLOP'S FIRST SAVE
Dixon all but put the ball on the feet of Lumley standing inside the penalty spot, and then Dunlop did his first work catching as he fell a good length centre by Dixon from the right wing. Half-time. Everton 1, King's Lynn nil. During the interval we had the slow moving "Midnightin Moscow " and it was very nearly midnight on Merseyside as well judge by the murk and mist. Labone beat both Sharp and Dixon to the ball when it was put up the left wing and the three of them chased hard and long on a pitch which must have taken toll of every inchof stamina. Everton got a penalty with second half three minutes old. Young attempted todart between Wilson and Sambas and Sanchez'swas the foot which brought him down just inside the box.
VERNON'S CLASH
The referee was unhesitating about the decision and VERNON scored with a low shot to virtually steal the match. Vernon was Involved a moment later in a clash with goalkeeper Manning, and the result of that was that King's Lynngot a free kick and the referee spoke to Vernon and Hindle.
FOG REPLAY HOPE
They were still getting applause from the crowd, and, looking at the weather, they must have realized that their big chance was the possibility of the game being fogged off and replayed before another greet attendance. Right back Mackay started a move which might well have given his side agoal, but when the ball come from the right to Sharp he mistimed it completely. The visibility from the stands was now abysmal and all the power of the floodlights scarcely penetrated it. Collins and inside left Lumley now got at cross purposes, and Collins was fortunate I think, not to receive some warning for a foul he committed at this stage, with the ball far away. The most inept bit of refereeing I have seen all season allowed Collins and Lumley to maintain a running battle of kicks and charges with the ball nowhere In the neighbourhood. Bingham, with delicious back heel hitch beat Wilson and went on to cross the ball beyond the far post where Fell drifted it in for a third goal, at 62 minutes. Collins scored a fourth afterBinghamstruck the post at 72 minutes. Straight away King's Lynn countered with a move in which Bacon with a cross shot had Dunlop at full stretch to put the ball away for a corner. Bacon's corner kick appeared to contact the face of the crossbar, so all told King's Lynn were dying with their shooting boots on. Young, picking up a pass from Fell, nodded the ball over the line and weresomehow given offside by a referee who was at least on the spot.
GLORIOUS SAVE
Manning brought off a glorious save from a cannonball shot by Young, and Bacon went on after the whistle had gone for offside to hammer the ball into the Everton net. The save of the season now came from Manning who flung himself yards to a swerving bullet of a shot by Collins to bring down the house. If this man can set copy as well as he can keep goal, he will be an overseer in no time! Only one sentence sums up this game - a most praiseworthy performance by King's Lynn. Final; Everton 4, King's Lynn nil.

EVERTON B v. TRANMERE A
The Liverpool Echo-Saturday, January 6, 1962
Rees was unfortunate when his shot hit the Tranmere bar and dropped on to the goal-line, but Humphreys made no mistake to score from the clearance in the 25th minute. Half-time —Everton B 1, Tranmere Rovers A nil.

IS THERE A SOLUTION TO FREEZE?
The Liverpool Echo-Saturday, January 6, 1962
ALEX PARKER GIVES THE PLAYERS' VIEWPOINT
I like to think that nobody enjoys playing football more than I do, but the best piece of news I have heard for a long time was at 11.45 last Saturday morning when I was told: "The game at Bolton is off." Normally I look forward all week to our game on Saturday, but the prospect of playing on a bone-hard, ice-bound pitch didn't thrill me at all. And I am certain I speak for every professional footballer. Under such conditions what skill one may be lucky to possess becomes worthless. And then there is the bitter cold, not to mention the danger of falling awkwardly. In view of the present weather, many people have been coming forward with suggestions for the protection of soccer pitches. Difficult problem though it is there is certainly no shortage of ideas. From what I can see, each plan seems to have as many snags as it has advantages. In fact, in some cases the bad points appear to outweigh the good ones. I don't profess to have found a solution, although I feel that the Everton idea of soil-warming is as good as any if only somebody can solve the draining problem. No doubt one day somebody will hit on the answer and do football a great service. But until that happens I, for one, will not always be grateful for nor having to play on pitches where conditions and play, make for no interest or entertainment for either the footballer or the fan.
OUT TRAINING
We were supposed to report to Goodison at 12 o'clock for the journey to Burnden Park, and I arrived with Jimmy Gabriel 15 minutes early. We couldn't see any of the other players about and were feeling quite pleased with ourselves at being first to arrive. So when we were told "The match is off and the rest of our Players are out training." we thought we were having our legs pulled. But when we went into the dressing room we knew the news was correct, for the other boys' clothes were hanging up. What had happened was that as soon the club heard that there was no match they had immediately contacted the player by phone and brought them in for training. But they couldn't tell Jimmy and I as we are not on the phone. So we both got changed and went to join the others on the small training pitch in the Bullens road corner of Goodison.
PERFECT
This week we have been training at Bellfield and it will probably come surprise when I say that training conditions have been perfect. The first day we went there was an undisturbed two-inch carpet of crisp snow, which was Ideal. As we had disturbed it more than somewhat, we did not expect conditions to be so good for our second trip. But we were given a pleasant surprise as groundsman Duggie Rose and his assistant had rolled it flat for us and we were able to carry on as normal have not done any special Cup training, but thanks to our groundsman's efforts we have been able to do our regular stints as for League matches, Still, it hasn't been a week of good news altogether. Every Christmas the players organize a snooker handicap and by some wonderful cuemanship, and the help of the biggest handicap, managed to reach the final with Mike Gannon, our reserve wing half. As Mike is quite a useful player, I thought I had done well to keep him to a 2-0 lead until somebody pointed out that we were only playing the best of three, and at that stage decided that my chances of winning were rather slim, so I conceded the match. And that is how Mike became uncrowned snooker king of Goodison.
GOOD START
The other week I printed a letter I had received from John Faulkner, of Green Lane, Liverpool 18, who wanted to know if I could help in finding fixtures for his football team. Well, I have just had another letter from him and he tells me they are now members of the Kirkby Youth Service League and at the time of writing had won two games, drawn one and lost one. That's quite a useful start, John, and you must tell the lads to keep it up for my sake. As you will know, Willie Mailey our reserve goalkeeper, broke a leg in a Central League match the other week, which was terrible luck for such a promising player. He is coming along quite well and everybody at the club hopes that he keeps improving and will soon be back in action.

MAN CITY RES V EVERTON RES
The Liverpool Echo- Saturday, January 6, 1962
Manchester City Res; Dowd; McDonald; Gummersall; Benson, Plenderleigh, Barlow, Aimson, Pardoe, Shawcross, Colbridge. Everton Res; Rankin; Gannon, Green; Sharples, Gorrie, Meagan, Lill, Wignall, Webber, Temple, Veall. Referee; Mr. A. Hirst (Nottingham). Everton Reserves had the better of the opening exchanges. Left back Green was constantly forcing his side on to the attack from the early stages. The Everton attack continued, and rarely did play go into the City half. Temple tried a shot which was wide. At the other end Rankin cut off Collbridge's final effort. Everton continued to be ascendant and Dowd had to save from Lill. Just before the interval City had a chance to go ahead, but Shawcross was too direct with his free kick. Half-time-Manchester City Res nil, Everton Res nil.

£4,000MEMORY OF KING'S LYNN CUP VENTURE
Monday, January 8, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON 4, KING'S LYNN 0
By Jack Rowe
All ended well at Goodison Park. Collins and Lumley shook hands and King's Lynn having fulfilled the dream of every Non-League club, came off to the cheers and applause of the crowd and the Everton players. Afterwards their treasurer could not hide his joy at the prospect of a near £4,000 cheque, with the consequent wiping out of debt and a healthy balance. I think King's Lynn earned, the crowd's appreciation for their gallantry, especially in defence, and if they were often lucky to escape they are entitled to their claim that they held one of the top teams to four goals. There was never the slightest danger of Everton losing and it was only a matter of time before they imposed their undoubted class and superiority. It was a pity Collins and Vernon did not use their experience to keep out of trouble, and it was not nice to see the Everton captain and King's Lynn inside left Lumley indulging in their own private war with the ball nowhere near.
CUP-TIE TENSION
Vernon clashed with goalkeeper Manning, and then with another defender, but there has never been a Cup-tie without tension, and from Everton's point of view the day was one from which they had nothing to gain in victory prestige. Temperaments are always likely to play a part in these situations and the climax to any contention was that. Gabriel rather undeservedly came in for the strictures of the referee, when they should have been directed elsewhere. Thomson had to go off five minutes from the finish with ligament trouble behind the knee, an injury which can take time to heal. By then, the match was sewn up, and long before it happened, there was much more interest in the events at Anfield when news of Chelsea's fight back came through.
GALLANT FIGHT
King's Lynn fought as gallantly as they could and played as much football as they were able on a heavy pitch. Apart from this they had nothing to offer as a serious threat. Everton defence can scarcely have had an easier day. Labone was so much in control that Gabriel and Harris did more attacking and Parker was often up with the forwards. Once only did I see Labone break into anything more than a trot- early in the second half when he went to the wing to snuff out a rare attack. Everton got four goals when they might have had a dozen and King's Lynn did not get a shot on target until the score was 4-0. Then right winger Bacon hit a couple, which Dunlop saved expertly. Manning in the King's Lynn goal, played well and if he knew little about a Bingham shot which flew over from his body or shots from Vernon. Fell and Collins which left him stranded as they missed these was nothing fortunate about the manner he dealt with drivers from Young and Collins or a flashing deflection from his centre half Hindle.
INDIVIDUALISM
Everton would have won more heavily if there had been less individualism, but this did not matter greatly in the circumstances. Perhaps it is better to give King's Lynn credit for keeping the score down rather than Everton court criticism for rubbing it in. King's Lynn's defence was the best part of the team and will have a pleasant memory recalling that it was thirty minutes before Everton got a goal, although they could have had four in five minutes. It came from a free kick on the right, when Bingham hit shot which must have swerved into the net. Four minutes after half-time Young was sandwiched and tripped in the area by Wilson and Sanchez and Vernon scored from the penalty, while in sixty-three minutes Bingham beat the defence with a lovely back heel and centred low to Fell to turn the ball through. Collins made it four in seventy-one minutes after Bingham had struck a post and King's Lynn were played out in the last twenty minutes. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Thomson; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. King's Lynn; Manning; Mackey, Wilson; Dunn, Hindle, Sachez, Bacon, Wright, Dixon, Lumley, Sharp. Referee; Mr. J. Powell (Rotherham). Attendance 44,916 Receipts £8,793.

EVERTON RES UNLUCKY
Monday, January 8, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
MANCHESTER CITY RES 1, EVERTON RES 0
It must have been a disappointed Everton Reserves party who journey back to Liverpool from Manchester on Saturday. They had sufficient of the play to win their Central League game against Manchester City and were unlucky to see both points snatched away with a sixty-fifth minute goal. It was in the scoring of goals that both sides were amiss. But the Manchester goalkeeper was forced to far greater efforts than was Rankin, and Temple, Webber, and Lill were constantly probing. Gannon and Green were two grand Everton full backs in front of a great goalkeeper in Rankin, while forward the two wingers Lill and Veall made countless goal-scoring chances which inside forwards ignored.

GOODISON CROWD ASSESSOR
Monday, January 8, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
CUP GAMES WILL BE FIRST BIG TEST
By Horace Yates
How many spectators will Goodison Park hold, while fulfilling the modern, revised safety conditions? The ground record stands at 78,299 for the Liverpool match in 1948 and Saturday, January 27 will probably answer the oft repeated question, will that record ever be broken? The visit of Manchester City in round four of the F.A Cup will also provide the first real testing of Goodison Park's automatic crowd calculator. The mechanism was installed last season following the complaints of overcrowding which arose at the game with Burnley on December 27 and the position now is that as soon as the indicators show that the different parts of the ground are filling up, officials can be ready with instructions to close the necessary turnstiles in time to prevent jamming. There has so far been no fair test of the arrangement for since the Burnley game the biggest attendance has been 59,304 for the Floodlit Cup match with Liverpool on October 18.
NOT ALL-TICKET
The decision not to make the match all-ticket is bound to receive a mixed reception, but I suspect that most people are happier to do their queuing on the day of the game rather than have to queue for a ticket in advance and then queue again to get in. If Goodison were not such a vast ground it would be easier to sympathise with those who fear they may not gain admission. Tickets will be issued for stand seats some of which will be available to the general public, but only postal applications will be considered.
Everton's George Thomson is receiving treatment for the leg injury he received against King's Lynn.

MANCHESTER CITY AT GOODISON PARK IN ROUND 4
Liverpool Echo - Monday 08 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
It was Manchester City (with Matt Busby at half-back) who lost to Everton at Wembley when last Everton won the Cup in 1933. It was Manchester City who went on to Wembley for the second year running in 1956 and won after they had beaten Liverpool in a replay at Anfield (Liddle's "extra time@ goal did not count) and Everton in great Cup games of the season. City are one of the few teams who have won at Goodison Park this season. They beat Everton 2-0 at Goodison when Everton forces were weakened by injury and then Everton went to Maine Road and returned the compliment by 3-1. N 1949 City came to Everton in the third round of the competition and lost 1-0. The fourth round tie at the Everton ground should draw the day's biggest attendance. Manchester will contribute thousands of City fans. It would not surprise me if the gate reached 75,000.

A WARM WELCOME –IN TWO SENSES
Liverpool Echo- Monday, January 8 1962
By Leslie Edwards
What a heart-warming thing it was to hear followers of Everton giving King's Lynn players the acknowledgment they deserved. How heartwarming, too, to hear Everton fans greet the result of the Liverpool match with a cheer which must almost have been heard at Anfield. The greeting of King's Lynn by Everton folk was anticipated in the programme. The beaten non-Football League club were given o "warm" reception by certain Everton players, also, but it was warmth they could have done without! The control of this match by Mr. Powell (Rotherham) was, to me, inexcusably lax, since there were times when he and his linesmen did not see (or chose not to see running legs, arms and boomps-a-daisy vendetta between Collins and Lumley. Eventually the referee took the name of Gabriel. There were some offences about which I would have warned others and some which merited a walk to the dressing-room. There was deliberation about offences which defied explanation. As I saw it, Everton, who should know better, became piqued when they found themselves having to struggle where they may well have expected to stroll to victory, unopposed. With a two-goals' lead and the match all but won they tried a bit of "micky-taking." and when they became "mickey-taking victims (often losing the hall on a pitch on which doing that was easy) they turned "nowty enough to make more than one of their loyal following seem shame-faced. This aspect of the game transcended the importance of victory, because if Everton are going to cut-up nasty whenever some club they should beat comfortably take the ball from them they are in for a hard and not prolonged Cup season.
Lost breth—and temper
No one, least of all me. would have held it against Everton if they had not won by more than a goal or so, but the impression was created by some players that they felt they had to make a meal of their allegedly weak opponents, and because they were not doing just that they lost breath and temper and made exhibitions of themselves. Mr. Powell's handling of the match allowed many offences which should have been severely dealt with. The salient credit of the game went to King's Lynn for playing better than defeat by 4-0 indicates and for taking, with sportsmanship, misfortune which ought never to be inflicted on the minor side. They played courageously, competently, and lost with good grace. Three of the four goals were unusual, to put it mildly, but it did not disturb the aide which conceded them. They wound up as strong physically as Everton and forced Dunlop to three saves which would have been considered without parallel had it not been for the exceptional work, in the other goal, of Manning. He is the best non-League goalkeeper I ever saw. His save from his own centre half back, Hindle, in the first half and the corkscrew dive he made to catch a full-blooded shot from Collins near the end will remain in memory as the high-lights of a game which never flagged, never lost its pull, despite the sudden surge of three Everton goals in the second half. A pity all Everton players must accept the reputation of the few, because there are so many in the team—you know them as well as I do—whose play is scrupulously fair. To see Everton men misbehaving (and again that is putting it mildly) when the side were far in front and against a team whose very status gave them nest to no chance of winning was a poor show and not the thing the good, loyal follower of Everton wants to see
GOAL OUT OF THE MIST
With perfect ground conditions Everton would probably have won by eight. But the heavily sanded centre of the pitch, freed from frost, became so miry King's Lynn defenders who chased back had an even money chance of gaining possession. They did this so well Everton were denied a goal for half an hour. But it also took the remarkable goalkeeping of Manning to complete Everton's ineffectiveness. I gained the impression until Everton scored that the crowd were not happy with all their attempts to break through. The mist, or a deflection, may well have caused Manning and others to misjudge the flight of Bingham's free-kick which found the net from an almost "impossible" angle at a time when visibility in that part of the ground was very poor. To be down only by a goal after 45 minutes against the Bank of England team was, for King's Lynn,credit that subsequent goals could not alter. The penalty decision against Sanchez—and I don't think his trip was premeditated—when he and Wilson tended to sandwich Young at the edge of the penalty area produced a goal for Vernon from the spot. Bingham,with a back-heel touch of characteristic unexpectedness, opened up a way to goal, and after his shot had been badly pulled across goal Fell, with the side of his foot calmly slotted the ball for the third. Collins scored the fourth when the ball rebounded off a post from a shot by Bingham. Only then, and notably through right winger Bacon, did the King's Lynn attack really get going. Dunlop needed to be at peak to prevent them "coming back" as Chelsea had at Anfield. There was one case when an Everton defender, by a round-the-waist clasp, stopped his man who seemed destined to give King's Lynn the reward they deserved.
TOO OLD, TOO GREAT
Like the best referees, good players are rarely observed. They do their jobs unostentatiously and well. We observed all too much of Mr. Powell and too much that was not football and, indeed, not cricket either. No one likes to see our clubs win more than I do. It makes life easy and it is grand to be able to praise. But I fear my enthusiasm for this Everton win was soured. They are too old a club, too great club to be involved, however mildly, in anything which savours of sharp practice—and especially against a team who were nonentities so far as repute is concerned. I give King's Lynn top marks for making such a match of it. They did wonderfully well when every contingency was against them. I hope their share of the receipts solves any feelings they may have that were given something of a rough ride. I would sign their goalkeeper to-morrow and rest content for the nest five rears that I had as good a man between the sticks as there is at any club in England. I hope the splendid reception they received from the Everton crowd convinced them that we know gallant Cup fighters when we see them and that a city which can produce 93,000-odd spectators for two matches on the same day not only knows how to support its clubs but the difference between a first-class Cup victory and one which has to be taken with one or two important reservations.

UNBELIEVABLE STORY IF IT WERE NOT TRUE
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 09 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
The man Everton must beat, in the final analysis, if they are to reach the last 16 for the Cup on January 27, Bert Trauntmann, the Manchester City goalkeeper, has a life story which would be considered unbelievable if it were not true. Luke Max Schmeling, the boxer, whom I met at Hamburg a few days after the War, he was a paratroop; unlike the one-time world German world heavyweight Trauntmann went "into the bag" and eventually found himself at a P.O.W camp at Huyton. Here he picked up a Lancashire accent; a liking for the job between the sticks and a few friendly fixtures against the local boys team of which Tom Jones, of Everton was a member. Tom told me that he had scored penalties against Trautmann, but I doubt whether he could do it now. St. Helens Town, first to sense Trauntmann's potential got him to play for him. In an F.A Cup-tie at Hoylake the German beat the other side almost on his own. His performance was so outstanding spectators of the beaten club "chaired" him off. By this time Manchester City were hearing stories of his greatness. Liverpool, too, were interested, but had doubts about asking a German to play for them within half a mile or so of where other Germans had raised a wartime holocaust, so they left the field clear for Manchester City. Among City followers were many Jews, who said they'd boycott the club if Trautmann played for it. City, knowing how short public memory is, went ahead and signed Trauntmann. He has remained in their team ever since, except for injury, and has come to be as much a part of the football backcloth in this country as Matthews himself.
IMPECCABLE BEHAVIOUR
If Trauntmann had not behaved impeccably throughout in Britain he would long ago have been back in Hamburg, where he was born. It says much for the good sense of behind-the-goal fans that Trauntmann has never been in trouble. At Goodison Park, in icy conditions two or three seasons ago, he gave a magnificent performance, although early injury had given him an almost one-legged stance. At Wembley, in one of two successive finals, Trauntmann broke his neck and played on. For courage and ability he is hard to beat. His best save? The one he made from an A'Court shot in Eddie Spicer's benefit at Anfield. That, I think, was the most breath-taking save I ever saw. The clash of colours between Clubs-City's is more a powder blue-will mean yet another change for Everton. Meanwhile, we have great interest in other matters, Everton go to their manager's former club, Sheffield Wednesday, on Saturday, where it will be diamond cut diamond. The Everton manager, Mr. Catterick, was not available for comment on his side's Cup prospects yesterday. He was at Southport a week last Saturday, where Oldham played a League game, and so was Everton chief scout, Harry Cook, Junr. One of the players who impressed them, I gather, was Frizzell, the Oldham inside forward, who played last night in the Cup game against Bristol Rovers. Everton made no secret of their liking for the giant King's Lynn centre half, Hindle, whose long legs and football acumen meant that Alex Young was not nearly as much in the picture as usual. Everton avowed intention of signing some reserves ties up with both Frizzell and Hindle, and if they were to need a second string goalkeeper quickly- but not for Cup-ties- Manning, if King's Lynn, would make a splendid deputy.

CUP-TIE NOT ALL-TICKET
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 09 January 1962
EVERTON-CITY MATCH PLAN
By Leslie Edwards
The Everton-Manchester City Cup-tie at Goodison Park on January 27 will not be all-ticket. The paddock will be bookable, but details of the method of distribution will be given later. No postal or personal applications will be entertained for paddock tickets. Stand ticket arrangements are as follows: Reserved stand seats will bel available at 10s for the Goodison Road and Bullens Road stands and at 8s for the Gwladys Street stand and the Stanley Park goal stand. Shareholders will be entitled to two tickets each and stand season ticket holders to one ticket each. These must be applied for by post before January 18 enclosing correct remittance, fourth round Cup-tie voucher from the season-ticket and a stamped addressed envelope. The outside of the envelope containing the application should be marked "Shareholder" or "Season-ticket holder" as the case may be and also "Manchester City." Extra tickets must not be applied for with these applications. As the visiting club take a quota from all sections of the stand there is no guarantee that all ticketholders will be allocated seats in their usual section. A limited number of stand tickets will be available to the general public, the majority of which will be at 8s each, and these must alien be applied for by post enclosing remittance and a stamped, addressed envelope and the outside of the envelope should be marked " Manchester City." No personal application for stand tickets will be entertained.

FROM THE MANAGERIAL CHAIR
Wednesday, January 10, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
There must have been quite a number of very disappointed people last Saturday. Though the vagaries of the English winter, the postponents spoiled the shock impact of some of the results. Conditions have been grim for a fortnight and there are so many aspects to consider that I hope you will hear with me as I try to recount some of them. Several Fourth Division clubs, for instance, have now been without a game for two weeks. No money has been coming in, but wages and over heads have still had to be met. A could draught has been felt, not only because of the weather. We remain the only country in the world to attempt to play football under these conditions. I feel that a complete re-thinking must take place without further delay. Sure, we have been talking about a midwinter close down and a re-arrangement of the playing season, for quite a long time, but speech and action haven't yet been synchronized. It's high time they were.
ODDS FARCICAL
Like all ball games, football is subject to luck. The bounce of the ball can sometimes give victory to the inferior team. That's all in the game and just one of the reasons why it is possible to win thousands of pounds on the pools! When this is added to uncertain conditions underfoot the odds become farcical. For one thing, the spectator doesn't see the game to which he is entitled. Clever ball play, methodical team work, skill all come to nothing when it is quite obvious that it may be as rewarding to hit a ball haphazardly in the direction of the opponents goal and chase it. The true supporters doesn't want to see that sort of thing. Farce is accepted in its place –and that is not on football pitches. Yet we continue to go along in the old sweet way and endeavour to play some of our most important matches in the middle of winter, it simply does not make sense to me, or to a lot of other people. My playing days are not so long behind me that I cannot recall just how I felt in similar circumstances. More over with matches postponed it makes things very difficult for the trainers to keep players at peak fitness and to maintain the rhythm needed for a ninety-minutes game of League or Cup soccer. Our grounds, too, are hardly adapted for Arctic-like conditions. No amount of cover can withstand such as we have had in the past two weeks. I doff my cap to any supporter who braves the elements to stand-even sit –and watch his favourite team in zero-like temperatures. Take a look at any drawing or photograph you can get of the main football stadium abroad. You will not see a roof in sight! They play in more normal conditions although, at times, I agree the weather is just a wee bit too hot for soccer. In this country, May can present quite a nip in the air particularly in the evening. Yet we don't take advantage of this type of invigorating evening. As we are now it appears that the League will have to apply for an extension of the season. This is not without precedent, and shortly after the war Charlton Athletic were still playing League matches at the end of May to catch up with their fixtures. Certainly if we are to start in August and have a mid-season break we could if the clerk of the weather is unkind, be in even more trouble. For instance if we had a December-January close down and those two months were reasonable we may find November and February providing the bad weather. It is terribly difficult in these islands to make certain plans. Look how we all try to chase the sun for our summer vacations and how few of us in the past year or two have been successful in catching it. Somehow or other we must do something. The spectator is already more difficult to entice to football grounds. He has many more interests many more opportunities with which to occupy his spare time. Football is not going to attract him unless the game is skillful, the players enthusiastic and the conditions reasonable and football, with its mounting overheads has to consider the customer more than ever before. There is no reason for complacency in football today, we must be bold and imaginative and if this last example of the chaos that can be brought to organized soccer is not learned speedily then we shall no longer be the masters of our fate.

SPRINGETT, BANKS, THEN TRAUNTMANN –
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 10 January 1962
A GOALKEEPING TREBLE WHICH GIVES FEW CHANCES
By Everton's Alex Young
I don't think you can say fate was unkind to us when draw for the fourth round of the F.A. Cup was made on Monday and there seems to be every reason to look forward to our forthcoming clash with Manchester City with a degree of confidence. There are probably some who think it would have been better had we kept away from First Division opposition for a little longer, but I would point out that a home draw means a lot in the Cup and anyway there is much truth in the saving that the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. We have already met Manchester City twice in League matches this season, losing; 2-nil at Goodison and winning 3-1 at Maine Road, so we know their style and tactics pretty thoroughly. As I remember our home mid-week clash with City, it was only unsatisfactory in as much as we were beaten. Territorially we held the advantage for long spells, but it was one of those nights when we could not turn superiorityinto goals. Then at Manchester, despite being below strength through injury we ran out winners in a most thrilling game. Judging by Saturday's reports, City were fortunate to win their away third round encounter with Notts County, so, even though our own victory over King's Lynn was not as emphatic as we would have liked, there seems no reason why we should not feel confident about the outcome of our next cup-tie. A coincidence, by the way, was that while City and ourselves were engaged in the third round cup games, our reserve sides were meeting in a Central League fixture at Maine Road. City won 1-nil, but I don't intend to regard that as an ill omen as I am told we finished the game with only eight fully fit men. One obvious obstacle in our forthcoming Cup battle, however, will be Bert Trautmann, City's German-born goalkeeper who always seems to distinguish himself when he visits Goodison Park. In fact, for the rest of January, goalkeepers it appears are going to set us something of a problem. This week-end, at Sheffield Wednesday, we will be up against England's Ron Springett: the following Saturday, Leicester and their England under-23 custodian Gordon Banks visit Goodison: then a week later we have Trautmann to contend with. By another coincidence (that's the second one this week) in September last year we faced Messrs, Springett, Trautmann and Banks in successive matches and-whisper it—we didn't manage to score against any of them! When Kings Lynn trooped off Goodison Park on Saturday evening thy left us with a high regard for the standard of play in the Southern League. Sufficient to say that we would not have relished an away tussle with their League colleagues, Weymouth, in round four. One of the things which impressed me most about the Linnets was their tremendous fitness. It paid great tribute to their devotion to training- it takes more than a diet of sherry and eggs to attain that standard—that they showed little signs of tiring in the closing stages, even though 4-0 down PLAN FAILED
Our plan for the match was to go all-out for the first 20 minutes in an endeavour to break the non-Leaguers' confidence. However, they showed no sign of the Cup nerves we expected and when after about five minutes they were able to take the ball into our half and keep it there for a short time, the pre-match plan was doomed to fall. At half-time we realizedit had been a mistake to keep the ball close in the heavy conditions, so we decided to open out the game and it paid off. I thought inside left Bobby Lumley was the outstanding King's Lynn player. Formerly with Charlton, Hartlepools and Chesterfield, he demonstrated that an intelligent ball-playing inside forward is still one of football's most valuable assets, even in what we regard as the super-soccer era.
My congratulations, however, to all the Lynn team, who made sure our task was never easy and tackled as strongly as most of the First Division sides we have faced this season.
HOT-BED OF SOCCER
The North-East of England used to be regarded as the hot-bed of soccer, but this week I'm claiming the title for Merseyside and advancing 93,371 reasons for doing so. Yes, that was the total attendance at the two Cup-ties in Liverpool on Saturday, and taking into consideration that both visiting sides had some distance to travel and therefore could not have brought a lot of support with them, it makes one wonder just what would happen if Liverpool and Everton were to meet at a later stage of the competition. Who said the fans would not return to watch football again if the game had a mid-winter break? The majority of those 93,000 were probably sitting comfortably at home on the previous Saturday when the weather caused wholesale postponements, but offer them the kind of football they want the next Saturday and the comfort of the armchair are soon forgotten. Incidentally, did you notice that the 48,455 gate at Anfield and the 44,916 attendance at Goodison were both higher than the 42,202 at Old Trafford for the clash between Manchester United and their near-neighbours, Bolton Wanderers? I think that is one score over their Manchester rivals of which Liverpool's sportsmen can be justly proud.

BACK CAME THE MEMORIES
Liverpool Echo- Thursday, January 11, 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton's tie against Manchester City a fortnight on Saturday brings back memories to those who saw the teams meet at Wembley in 1933. One of them, J.E. Sharratt, from Stalmine Road, who was a haulage contractor at the time, arranged to take a load to Wolverhampton on the eve of the final. He delivered it in the middle of the night and then went on to Wembley in time for the kick-off. Under the tarpaulins of his lorry were eight other Everton fans! Mr. Sharratt and company came across a motor cyclist, with sidecar, in trouble outside Stafford. It turned out that the young man driving was the late Frank Swift, then a goalkeeper with Fleetwood. Exactly twelve months later he was keeping goal for Manchester City in their second successive final. No wonder he fainted from excitement! Mr. Sharratt believes that if you want to get ahead get a hat. He says all the Everton team of that last Cup-winning season wore bowlers or trilbies ad suggests the present eleven should, too. He hopes, all going well, to be at Wembley in May to see Everton for the third time in the final, his first trip being to Crystal Palace in 1906. Some people disagree with my "reading" of the King's Lynn match and with letters which supported me. Unhappily, some disagreeing letters bear only names; others only addresses. A few ask that their names should not be mentioned.
Jack Phillips of St. Winifred's Hotel, says he thinks I must have been born in King's Lynn and that the game was a one-horse race with King's Lynn spoiling it with continuous body-checking and clear-at-any-cost tactics.
R. Proctor (57 Claudia Street) asks "Why is it wrong for Everton to return what they are given? I have in the past seen matches where the opposing team have played roughly and Everton have played cleanly and what happened? Everton usually lost or ended up with players injured."
T.H. Bushell (36 Loudon Grove, Liverpool 8) thinks the present Everton team, thanks to Mr. Catterick are a match for any team in the land. A team which can match football with football and power with power.
"No sir" he ends, "Whether it is King's Lynn or the Back Entry Diddlers-if they come to Goodison Park and expect to be met with old world charm they are sadly mistaken. The modern Everton go out to win. More power to Mr. Catterick and his staff.
F.C Adams (Mather Road, Wallasey) thinks differently. "How much longer" he asks "must we be subjected to the jibes of friends through the tactics of certain players? We get bad reports of our away games and on Saturday what we saw was undeniable. These things bring nothing but disrepute to the Everton club."
EVERTON SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
Everton Shareholders' Association are holding their annual general meeting next Monday at the Stork Hotel (7-30 p.m). All Everton shareholders are cordially invited.

GEORGE THOMSON VERY DOUBTFUL
Friday, January 12, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON DROP FELL- KEEP FORWARD LINE-UP A CLOSE SECRET
By Horace Yates
Everton who received their biggest thrashing of the season at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison Park in September, when they lost 4-0 and helped to make Sheffield Wednesday look a first-class championship proposition, may keep their opponents guessing as to their forward line-up, until just before tomorrow's return game at Hillsbrough begins. The one certainty is that Jimmy Fell will not play. He loses his place at outside left after an unbroken run of eighteen games since regaining his position on September 16, but who will take his place is one of the secrets manager Harry Catterick will keep to himself until after he has seen the state of the going at Sheffield. Mr. Catterick announces that the following forwards will play, and that is the order in which he named them to me last night. Young Bingham, Collins, Wignall, Vernon. I don't think there is the slightest chance of the players lining up in that order. It is just part of the Everton smokescreen to disguise intentions. There are all sorts of permutations Mr. Catterick could work with the five players named. For example, Young could switch to outside-right, with Bingham crossing over to the left, unaccustomed position though this is for him, and Wignall could take over the leadership from Young the only forward not to score against King's Lynn. Young, in fact, has struck a very lean spell in the scoring line for starting on October 21 he has played in twelve successive matches with only the goal. It looks to me that Collins and Vernon will keep the inside-forward positions with the three slotting into place, according to the manager's idea, but Collins as a winger cannot be ruled out for certain. Alternatively Young at outside-left is another possibility. Actually this could easily have been the game for Ray Veall, the outside-left signed earlier in the season from Doncaster Rovers to make his debut, for with Fell out the way was clear, although that would have meant the omission of either Wignall or Young. Veall, however, is unfit because of an ankle injury received last week at Manchester. He is gaining most encouraging reports with some consistency and his rating in the Manchester City match was quite high.
WIGNAALL'S GOALS
One can understand the desire of Mr. Catterick to have Wignall in his forward line against the manager's old club, Sheffield Wednesday. It was to Sheffield last season that Mr. Catterick made his first trip as manager of Everton, and the team came back with a resounding 2-1 victory with Wignall, at centre forward scorer of both goals. George Thomson, who pulled a muscle behind the knee in the King's Lynn Cup-tie, is still under treatment and is officially rated "a very doubtful starter." Colin Green has been playing in the left back position during the week and if Thomson is finally ruled out as appears inevitable in will go Green. This 19-years-old Welsh international left back has won a reputation as Everton's mascot. Since he was introduced for his first League game to end Everton's long run, of away matches without a victory, in September last season, he has never figured on the losing side in first team football. In the interim he has taken part in nine League games, one friendly with Kiev Dynamo and one Football League Cup-tie. Eight have been won and three drawn. Tomorrow stretch his reputation as club mascot to the limit and if he can still boast an unbeaten record after this match there will not be any dismay in the Everton camp for only Bolton Wanderers have won there. Thomson was one of the remaining three ever-presents in the side, and it looks now as though he will leave Dunlop and Gabriel as the only players with an unbroken run. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Young, Bingham, Collins, Wignall, Vernon, (not in positional order).

NO SOUNDER OUTFIT IN GAME
Friday, January 12, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
IDEA IS GROWING-THIS COULD BE OUR CUP YEAR
By Roy Vernon
There is still a long way to go to Wembley, but if the jugglers with our fate continue to pull us out of the hat in front of our opponents I can see those twin towers coming nearer all the time. "Who would you have liked for your opponents"? I was asked. We have no right to expect anything but you won't get a single bleat out of me, no matter who our foes may be if they have to come to Goodison. Don't get the idea that we would be despondent if we were asked to travel. Far from it, but it is so much more comfortable to think it is your opponents who have to do the travelling. I would not agree all the way with those who say ground advantage is as good as a goal start. That is absurd, but for all that there's still no place like home. Everton have blended into a formidable combination just at the right time for the Cup I don't think there is a sounder outfit in the game and although it is wrong to begin to get idea on the strength of one victory over a non-League side, there is no doubt the idea is growing that this indeed, could be Everton's year. Manchester City's Maine Road ground is a vast stadium so that they will be less overawed than others by the size of Goodison Park.
FULL-THROATED ROAR
What will be more difficult to reconcile themselves with will be the full throated Goodison roar that is sweeping us forward. When I was a youngster playing with Blackburn Rovers, I came to Goodison Park in a Cup match in which we beat Everton before a crowd of over 70,000. It is several years now, but the memory of the occasion lingers, for I could not help being struck by the fact that a team with such massive support could ever go down. We have completed our League fixtures with each other and the outcome has been one win each -3-0 for City at Goodison and 3-1 for Everton at Maine Road. When City beat us they were right on top of the League. We were fifth from the bottom. When we turned the tables City slipped to third place and we were approaching the half way mark. Today we are third, and City are third from the bottom. If League positions count for anything the omens are distinctly in our favour, but of course, they don't. The Cup competition laughs at tables from time to time and even the fact that a club is relegation-conscious, as Manchester City must be today, cannot kill Wembley hopes. How many times have we seen a club begin a successful Cup run from a lowly position, and gather League strength with Cup victories and climb to safety? On the other hand, teams successful in the Cup have gone on pieces in the League with the Cup Final in sight. There is no accounting for these things. That is why I think we are right at Goodison Park to take each match as it comes and let other people do the worrying about what lies further ahead. I remember what wonderful exhibitions of football we have seen from Everton-City meetings at Goodison. The last two games here were among the most spectacular I can recall.
TREAT IN STORE
If the Cup-tie is in keeping with that standard what a treat lies in store for the crowd, which might easily approach a ground record. It seems a safe bet that our gate will be the country's biggest of round four, Everton have come in for criticism following the King's Lynn game. I wonder why. Maybe because we did not run riot and send our goals total into double figures, nobody seemed particularly impressed, but in these meetings it is always the big club that is on a hiding to nothing. For my part I always feel better opposing the big names, I think it brings the best out of a good team, while more lowly opposition is liable to drag standards down to their own level. Saturday was the first time I can remember having to operate on a very soft surface this season. I have no doubt that this affected our combination more than some are prepared to admit. It was a valuable experience however, for we made our mistakes and were able to get away with them. If the conditions are repeated against better class opposition we shall be forearmed. One thing I always like to have in a Cup tie more so than a League game and that is the first goal. It is a tremendous spirit booster for it means that the opposition have to score twice to get ahead and against a worthy defence this can be anything but easy. One very pleasing development on our game with King's Lynn was that Billy Bingham led off the scoring for us. Billy is resolved to repeat his Luton Town feat of a goal in every round to the final. There will be no complaints from us if he goes on as he has started.

EVERTON AT SHEFFIELD
Liverpool Echo - Friday 12 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Sheffield Wednesday, one of the few sides this season who have won at Goodison Park, now tackle Everton on their own ground. Like Norwich they had a pretty tough mid-week Cup-tie and Swansea Town, like Wrexham, seem to have been a little unfortunate to have been beaten so narrowly. Everton are stronger now than they were when Wednesday beat them earlier in the season and it will be interesting to see what the effect of the return of players absent from the corresponding fixture will have. It should be a very tough game and one not lacking anything in excitement. One of the many people surprised by the size of the Everton-King's Lynn gate was a Mr. Roughley, from 28 Aitken St. A season-ticket holder, he thought he would be able to stroll in almost whenever he chose. He discovered otherwise. That is why he writes;-
"Why was the especial turnstile for season-ticket holders kept closed? I got to the ground 15 minutes before kick-off and had to fight my way in and missed nearly ten minutes' play. What chance are we going to have if the same thing happens at the Manchester City game? Perhaps the club did not anticipate a gate as big as they got! I hope you will bring this matter to the attention of the club."
Everton say; "The matter has been considered. The gate will open for the game against City."

DRINKS BEFOREGAME AT GOODISON
Liverpool Echo - Friday 12 January 1962
Nine Bars To Be Licensed
CONDITIONS
Spectators attending Everton matches at Goodison Park will soon be able to get an intoxicating drink inside the ground before the match. But when the whistle blows for the game to start the bars will be closed and they will not be opened again that day. This was revealed at Liverpool adjourned licensing sessions yesterday, when the " magistrates granted the club permission for nine new licensed bars—three at ground level and six higher up in the stands. Making the application on behalf of Mr. William Kenneth Davies, the proposed licensee. Mr. Holland Hughes said they wanted to provide greater amenity for the spectators, and to avoid the last-minute rush which always occurred after closing time in the nearby public houses.
OTHER GROUNDS
Although this application was a novelty in the city of Liverpool, said Mr. Hughes, there were twenty clubs which already had these licenses, including Tottenham. Mr. Davies said that draught and bottled beer would be served in beakers, but no bottles would be handed over the counter. Mr. A. Booth opposing the application on behalf of Liverpool LicensedVirtuallers Association, said that there had been no specific evidence about demand or evidence from other clubs. The magistrates granted the application, but imposed conditions that no liquor be sold after the 3.p.m break, or before the 5.30 p.m, opening, or after a game had begun. Mr. George A. Richards, a director of Liverpool F.C., said last night that the club had not made an application to sell drinks inside their ground. "We shall not do anything about it this season. We may make an application in September after we have seen how Everton go on."
EVERTON AT SHEFFIELD
Everton have dropped left-winger Fell for the game at Sheffield Wednesday. The forward line will be chosen from Bingham, Collins, Wignall, Young, Vernon-but not necessarily in that order. Sheffield Wednesday; Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnearney, Swan, Kay; Finney, Criag, Ellis, Fantham, Dobson.

POINT SNATCHERS
Saturday, January 13, 1961 The Liverpool Daily
By Horace Yates
Everton will not be the least dismayed by those who tell them that only Bolton Wanderers have won at Hillsborough this season, for they were told a similar story last season except that Aston Villa took the place of Bolton as point snatchers and if you remember the season had almost run its course when Everton last went to Hillsborough. This time there is still plenty of opportunity for that Wednesday record to be dented further. Possibly the fact that Wignall will be playing in one position or another today and my guess is that if he does not wear the No 9 jersey he will still be leading the attack for most of the game, may not be unconnected with his habit of getting goals away from home. Five of his eight in fifteen matches last season were on opponents grounds. In his eight appearances this season one of his three goals was away from Goodison. There may be nothing to set the world on fire in figures of that sort, but compare it with the record of other and more regular members of the attack and Wignall's away record assumes a different perspective. Wednesday have a change at centre forward where the rangy Keith Ellis scorer of one of the Goodison goals, returns to place of Gerry Young, who had to miss the Swansea Cup-tie because of a pulled hamstring. Sheffield had hoped he would be fit for today but a fitness test showed the optimism to be unfounded and he has to stand down. Ellis may not be everybody's ideal centre forward, but he can be a terribly dangerous customer with his head. Still I have every confidence in Brian Labone's ability to keep him in his place and I expect to see Everton earn a point. Sheffield Wednesday; Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnearney, Swan, Kay; Finney, Criag, Ellis, Fantham, Dobson. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Young, Bingham, Collins, Wignall, Vernon, (not positional).

DOBSON'S GOAL BURST FOILS EVERTON FIGHT BACK
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 13 January 1962
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3, EVERTON 1
By Horace Yates
Sheffield Wednesday; Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnerney, Swan, Kay (captain); Finney, Craig, Ellis, Fantham, Dobson. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Wignall, Young, Vernon, Collins (captain). Referee; Mr. T.W. Dawes (Norwich). Everton solved their forward line problem by substituting Collins for Fell at outside left and playing Wignall at inside right. A seemingly harmless position was transformed into acute danger for Everton when Kay, anticipating Harris push back to Dunlop, raced in at top speed and only just failed to intercept as Dunlop flung himself onto the ball. Everton hit back through Bingham, who cleverly hooked the ball from the touch line to Vernon, standing in the centre forward position. Vernon beat two defenders, but his deliberate shot passed just wide of the post. Vernon was wide again after Collins and Harris had laid on an opportunity, and Everton appeared to be settling down until Vernon was spoken to by the referee and soundly booed by the crowd for a tackle on Finney. Undoubtedly, Vernon went for the ball, and Finney appeared to trip over Vernon's leg. Everton were a goal down in eight minutes and Vernon could hardly avoid responsibility for it. He took the ball from the right to the centre of the field, cut back, and lost it to Fatham's pass found Ellis beautifully placed to shoot beyond Dunlop into the corner of the net. Everton might well have been another goal down in 12 minutes for when McAnearney invited Kay to run on to his pass, Wednesday's skipper did so and hit a beautiful shot which had Dunlop beaten but hit the top of the bar.
EVERTON REPLY
Everton were stung into a reply which came when Vernon sent the ball down the middle for Wignall, only to find Johnson cutting it off before Wignall could reach it. Everton had to pay for their mistake, but Wednesday got away scot free when a slip by Megson left Bingham in possession. He crossed the ball almost perfectly and Young failed to the barest of margins to get his head to the ball when a score would have been inevitable.
VERNON UNLUCKY
Everton were unlucky not to draw level in 24 minutes. From a free kick Vernon sent the ball to Bingham and when the return came from the corner flag Swan failed to kill it, and Vernon smashed in a first time shot which would have beaten Springett had it not been deflected. Only rarely was Collins appearing on the attacking scene, but when he did pop up at the angle of the penalty area he released a fierce drive which slipped out of Springett's grasp and passed only a foot or two wide of goal. Everton got on terms through Vernon, the forward who had undoubtedly been the most dangerous member of their line. In 25 minutes a corner kick was only partially cleared and the ball went to Vernon, who hit it without a moment's hesitation and the shot, caught by the wind, swerved into the net. Everton's goal had undoubtedly put spirit into them and they looked a more solid opposition to Wednesday now. A series of free kicks were made to appear far more serious by the crowd reaction than they were. The spectators took exception to almost every charge, but, fortunately, Everton were not put out of their stride by the reception. Collins had his legs whipped from under him but the free kick came to nothing. Much of Wednesday's composure had deserved them and it was easy to see that they could be rattled without a lot of difficulty. Half-time.—Sheffield W. 1, Everton 1. The second half opened with' Key being spoken to for a foul on Vernon. Collins had stabbed the ball up the middlebeautifully and Vernon had just fastened on to it when he found his leg caught from behind and down he went.
KAY BOOKED
The referee had shown the utmost toleration in incidents, but he showed no hesitation in taking Kay's name when he took Vernon's leg, from under him. Plainly thought himself badly done to but that was hardly the impression created elsewhere. There was an amusing incident when the ball crossed the touchline and Vernon picked it up. The crowd demonstrated because he presumably did not give to a Sheffield Wednesday player and Vernon retaliated by good-naturedly tossing the ball into the crowd. Then Wednesday crowded on two goals in a minute, both scored by Dobson. The first came after 58 minutes when Finney came in from the right and let a shot which struck Gabriel. The ball rolled on to Dobson, who shot past Dunlop. Right from the kick-off Fantham raced down the left wing, beat both Harris and Parker and centred to Dobson. Again the winger's shot hit the back of the net although deflected on route. These were cruel blows against an Everton who were coming into their own. Craig was penalized for a foul on Vernon and showed the strongest dissent, with the result that the ref called him over and took his name.
CROWD TO BLAME
If this game were to get out of control undoubtedly the crowd would take greatest blame. They were demonstrating booing and gesticulating time and again over the utmost trivialities. To their credit Everton were hitting back with everything they had in an effort to reduce the arrears, but Wednesday had become a side transformed by the one minute break which had established them in a seemingly impregnable position. Green's reputation as an Everton mascot (he has never been on the losing side when playing for the first team) will now in serious jeopardy. The tide was flowing strongly in Wednesday's favour and Ellie leaped high to reach a free-kick, but his bullet-like header went over the bar. With ten minutes to go Finney beat Dunlop, but there was Parker on the line to head to safety. Sheffield Wednesday last season beaten twice by Everton, were poised to take a complete revenge by being the first this season to beat Everton twice, In the later stages of the game Sheffield were completely on top and Everton's retaliation had lost its former punch.
DOBSON'S MISS
With his hat-trick staring him in the face Dobson chased a Ball from McAnearney with only Dunlop to beat, he tapped the ball just a shade too far and Dunlop gratefully dived at his feet to save what appeared to be a certain score. Final: - Sheffield Wednesday 3, Everton 1. Official attendance 32,130.

EVERTON A V BLACKBURN A
Liverpool Football Echo –Saturday January 13, 1962
Brennan put Blackburn ahead after 25 minutes with a header. Ten minutes later Ratcliffe added another with a penalty shot. Seconds later Shaw went through to reduce the Everton arrears. Half-time; Everton A 1, Blackburn A 2.

IF JIM SAYS SO, WE'RE THERE!
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 13 January 1962
By Alex Parker
This Is Everton's Cup year. Who says so? Jimmy Gabriel. As we were getting changed after last week's win over King's Lynn, Jimmy said; "That's the first time I have ever got further than the first hurdle of a Cup competition. And I've always believed that when that happened I would go on and win a medal." Jimmy explained that when he was with Dundee they just could not win a cup match. "Yet there was one time we were lucky." He said. "We were drawn away at Frazerburgh, which gave us just about the easiest tie of the round." We Scots had to explain that Frazerburgh is a small place in the North of Scotland, and being drawn to meet Dundee was comparable to Everton meeting King's Lynn. As everybody was feeling rather sorry for Jimmy by now in view of his terrible luck in the Cup, somebody thought they would give him his moment of glory by asking how the match ended: "We lost 1-0 he replied. Anyway, I only hope his belief that our win over King's Lynn means a Wembley trip proves right. I heard the Cup draw on the radio and was quite relieved to learn we had drawn a First Division side.
KEYED UP
I think you will find that in the Cup most teams prefer to meet a side from their own division of the League. This is particularly true of Division One teams. Players are more keyed up knowing they have got a tough match, and have the consolation of knowing that there is no disgrace in being beaten. Against a smaller club you are undoubtedly on a hiding to nothing. I am not saying that I would like to see Everton drawn away at Burnley, Tottenham or some other top team every time, but with our home record being what it is we feel we should be capable of beating most Division One teams at Goodison. Another advantage is that a top team ensures a big gate, which always gives a game atmosphere and makes it more enjoyable. Going back to last week's match, it is only fair to say that King's Lynn surprised us. They were a much better team than anybody could have expected. They played very hard, and were remarkably fit, although I thought that, quite understandably for part-timers, they tired a little in the second half.
FELLOW SCOT
Obviously their manager was pleased with their showing, for I saw him shake hands with every one of his players as they came off after the final whistle. I only hope that now manage to climb away from the foot of the Southern League table. They certainly don't deserve to be down there. Before the match I thought that I did not know any of the Norfolk side, but after only a few minutes play their outside left, Ronnie Sharp, said to me. "How are you getting along?" And he said it in a broad Scottish accent! We had quite a little chat and it turned out he comes from Dunfermline, which is not far from Falkirk, and he told me he used to watch me when I played for them. He said he didn't think then that in a few years' time he would be playing against me in a third round F. A. Cup-tie at Goodison Park. I didn't either. Immediately after the game, all the Everton players were anxious to know how Liverpool had got on, and although surprised that Chelsea had pulled back to 3-4, we were pleased the Reds had won.
ANFIELD CHAT
Incidentally on the Friday before the Cup-ties I was at Anfield and spent an hour and a half in manager Bill Shankly's office. Before anybody thinks there might be a transfer in the offing I had better explain. I went to the ground to get a couple of tickets for a friend of mine and bumped into the Liverpool manager by accident. We got talking about football, as is only to be expected when two Scots meet, particularly when one of them is Bill Shankly. Bill has the reputation of being the most dedicated man in soccer, andafter my"little" chat with him it would be difficult to deny it. He can talk about the game for hours, always with something interesting and new to say. It would be Impossible to imagine that a man so keen on the game could fail. That is probably the main reason why he never has, and why I feel Liverpool won't this season.

EVERTON RES V HUDDERSFIELD RES
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 13 January 1962
Everton Reserves; Rankin; Gannon, Parnell; Sharples, Gorrie, Meagan; Humphries, Tyrer, Webber, Temple, Lill. Huddersfield Town Reserves; Wood; Gibson, Turner; Milner, Taylor, McNab; Conmy, Balderstone, Gilliver, McCann, Ledger. Referee; Mr. J. Fletcher (Royton). Lill scored for Everton after seven minutes when he screwed his shot into the corner of the net, with Wood going the wrong way. Webber was injured and, returning five minutes later, went to outside left, where he was limping badly. Lill went into the middle. Balderstone had one good effort only inches off the mark. Gilliver equalized after 20 minutes. Webber returned to the centre forward berth shortly before the interval, but could only move at half-speed. Ledger and McCann engineering some promising moves for Huddersfield, but their shooting also was erratic. Half-time; Everton Res 1, Huddersfield Res 1.

WEDNESDAY SURVIVE SATURDAY BATTLE
Monday, January 15, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON ATTACK SWITCH NOT THE REAL SOLUTION
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3, EVERTON 1
By Horace Yates
Sheffield Wednesday duly accomplished the double, the first and maybe the only club to do it this season, and in so doing put seven goals past Dunlop, while Springett was conceding only one. I did not take the score in free kicks, but the easier task of recording names booked by the referee, left Wednesday winners (?) again by two to none (Kay and Craig). First and foremost I should begin by admitting quite freely that Everton's victory opportunity having come and gone, there was not the slightest doubt, long before the end that Wednesday were worthy winners. It would be pleasant to begin and conclude on such a happy sporting note, but it would not adequately reflect all that went on between. For such a match as this, an obvious battle before the team took the field it did not seem unreasonable to assume that one of the strongest referees on the list would be selected to ensure law and order, but if that was the intention when Mr. Peter Bye (Bedford) was given the appointment as substitute for Mr. T. W. Dawes (Norwich) that was hardly the way events worked out. One was never given the impression that he was the undisputed master, the man in the middle to see fair play of know the reason why. Fouls there were in profusion. Some were accidental, some innocuous and others less so, I find it difficult indeed to exonerate the behavior of the crowd as a major contributing factor to some of the unpleasantness.
SEIZED OF TRIFLES
They seized on the merest trifles and blew them up to outrageous proportions by hysterical demonstrations, that could hardly fail to increase tension. So long as the Wednesday crowd behave like this they will get the sort of games they deserve! Manager Harry Catterick's plan of not finalizing his forward line until the last minute was carried through but I doubt if his solution brought him any real satisfaction. It was not that Collins was any inferior to Fell, but that Everton cannot afford to lose his aggressive and constructive effort wide. Plainly this was not the day on which one could hand out bouquets to the wing halves, Gabriel and Harris, for by comparison with the power stations of the Sheffield side, Kay and McAnearney the Goodison men were right off colour. The link to the forwards was for the most part non-existent, except for a fleeting period in the second half when Everton dropped into their more customary style and Wednesday began to reel back, with defeat more than a possibility. To put all the blame on the halves would be both wrong and unfair for while Collins was a winger misfit only Vernon of the rest approached normality. I admired the resolution of Alex Young, for I find it hard to remember a more determined effort by him, but starved of real opportunity Wignall did not make the attacking impact hoped for, and Bingham's effectiveness was reduced when he pulled a muscle at the back of the thigh after only a quarter of an hour.
UNHAPPY LINE
Everton cannot be happy with the forward line. To tear it apart with criticism is one thing, but to restore its power and flow with constructive suggestion is infinitely more difficult. I believe Everton have need of Wignall's height, weight and punch and if Bingham's injury is such that is ruled out of Saturday's game there may be less obvious solutions then asking Young to wear the No. 7 jersey. Colin Green can no longer boast a freedom from defeat in his senior outings, but I would not saddle him with any weight of responsibility for the reverse. He gave all he had, but for Parker this could hardly be counted one of the most successful outings. Dobson worried him quite a lot and as the winger collected two of the goals inside a minute (58) after Vernon had restored equality (29) for Ellis's opening goal (8)that third goal which completely deflated Everton, came with a suddenness which appeared to catch the defence only half prepared and there was no man on the field more capable of taking advantage of such a situation than the mobile Fantham. He had to beat both Gabriel and Parker to get the ball across to Dobson, but this was no insuperable obstacle to him. How he achieved it must still be a source of worry and embarrassment to both defenders. Similarly Vernon could not avoid responsibility for conceding the first goal. Here again it was the lively Fantham who taught Vernon the error of his ways, in holding to the ball seemingly interminably. Fantham took the ball and streaked away. Admittedly it still required an angled shot from Ellis of the sort that will miss nine times out of ten, but this was the tenth. Sheffield Wednesday; Springett; Johnson, Megson; McAnearney, Swan, Kay; Finney, Craig, Ellis, Fanham, Dobson. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Wignall, Young, Vernon, Collins. Referee Mr. P Bye (Bedford). Attendance 32,130

EVERTON RES 2, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN RES 2
Monday, January 15, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
The finishing on both sides was poor in this Central League game at Goodison Park, otherwise there would have been a glut of goals. Everton enjoyed most of the play, but rarely gave the visiting goalkeeper any difficult shots to handle. Twice the home side were in front, through Lill at the seventh minute and Webber on the hour, but Huddersfield fought back doggedly and leveled the scores through Gilliver (20 minutes) and McCann (66minutes) Webber was handicapped by a knee injury early on and though he returned to the middle after a spell on the wing, he was unable to move at top speed. Lill was Everton's most enterprising forward but Temple spoiled his display by erratic shooting. Humphreys looked reasonably promising for a debutant.

EVERTON'S RE-SHUFFED ATTACKSOLVED NO PROBLEMS
Liverpool Echo - Monday 15 January 1962
By Horace Yates
Nobody could pretend that Hillsborough was the perfect setting for expressions of goodwill and friendship on Saturday and there were more fouls in ninety minutes than one might wish to see, even in a head- on clash between determined rivals, to whom the result was of paramount importance, but if the match could have been removed from the inflamed atmosphere provided by spectators who exaggerated trivialities into major offences, feeling would hardly have run so high. A really tough, no nonsense referee, could have salvaged something in spite of anything the crowd might have done, but a failure to clamp down, good and hard, on the first signs of petulance or overenthusiasm left the way open to further waywardness. Mind you, the Incident which could reasonably be termed vicious were few and far between and petty offences or even mistimed tackles and Involuntary fouls, were given an importance not merited by the hysterical, reaction of the spectators, who saw venom where there was none, and yet strange whitewashed their Sheffield heroes. In the event, only two names were taken inthis welter of free kicks - Tony Kay, the Wednesday captain, and inside forward, Bobby Craig.
NO BACK-PEDALLING
Colin Green, the young Everton back, was the only player who had to retire with an injury, a kick on the foot, although he was soon back in action, and the one player who limped through three-quarters of the game was Billy Bingham, Everton's outside-right. True, he pulled a muscle at the back of the thigh and no-one would suggest that this was the product of the storm on field. The course the game took did nothing to improve Everton's chances, although in fairness not one of the players could be accused of back-pedaling in the heat of battle. To lose 3-1 appears decisive enough and yet it was Everton who looked the more likely winners until Wednesday claimed two goals within a minute, both by Dobson, when the home team was making, heavy weather of the exchanges. It was perhaps a cruel fate for manager Harry Catterick that his team should be torpedoed by Dobson, a youngster he had himself signed during his period of office at Hillsborough. Centre forward Keith Ellis, renowned more for his accuracy and devastation caused by his heading rather than his shooting, produced the shot of a lifetime to send Wednesday into an minute lead. Such an angled shot as Ellis contributed had to be 100 per cent, accurate to hit its target. This one was, and if Albert Dunlop should meet criticism for not Intercepting it, he might well reply, that Springett had an even better view, with longer time in which to keep Roy Vernon's '29th minute equaliser out of goal, and yet he too, failed. Both were remarkable volleys and richly deserved scores
UNSOLVED PROBLEM
Only after their goal did a disappointing Everton side begin to draw about them something of their old cloak of accomplishment, and it must have been a tremendous relief to Wednesday to see those Dobson goals turn the game upside down. I feel that Mr. Catterick has not solved the problem of his forward line by temporarily converting Bobby Collins into a make-shift winger. For too much of the time he was out of action and Vernon, well though he played,despite some show of temperament (at times with excuse) missed that combination with Collins which makes this pair such a devastating link in the Everton strategy. My recollection of Everton's most brilliant performances in recent times have almost invariably been sparked off by the educated feet and football intelligence of these! two in combination. Filling that left wing gap is a thorny problem, but if experiments are called for I would hesitate to uproot these Collins, Vernon foundations. Disappointing in the extreme is the continued failure of Alex Young to score goals, although I give him full marks for the effort he put into his work at Hillsborough, and though on his true form Young can be the ideal third man in the inside triangle, form is temporarily eluding him. For sheer effort Bingham can never he faulted, and even with a pulled muscle he spared himself nothing,without accomplishing anything sensational. One of the biggest disappointments of the afternoon was the complete failure of the wing halves Gabriel and Harris to maintain their attacking link. This naturally did nothing to help the forwards and Wignall spent an afternoon almost completely devoid of hope or opportunity to prove he has the power and marksmanship needed to restore Everton's scoring qualities. Parker also fell below his normal high standard, and although Green was not 100 per cent, reliable, no youngster could have put more effort into his work. Everton looked with envy at the performance of Fantham, and if Kay and McAnearney had been rivalled by Harris and Gabriel that uneasy crowd might have been subjected to more nerve shattering tension.

VERNON AND BINGHAM DOUBTFUL
Tuesday, January 16, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Roy Vernon and Billy Bingham and doubtful for Everton's home match against Leicester City on Saturday. Vernon has bruised legs and Bingham a pulled thigh muscle. In addition George Thomson is still under treatment for his knee injury and reserve players Keith Webber and Alan Tyrer, and also injured.
McCANN DENIAL
Mr. Harry Catterick said last night; "I cannot say at this stage that I will be able to call on any of them." Mr. Catterick also said that Everton were not interested in Motherwell and Scotland wing half McCann.

EVERTON CUP-TIE TICKETS
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 16 January 1962
PLAN FOR PADDOCK DISTRIBUTION
By Leslie Edwards
For the Everton-Manchester City Cup-tie, paddock tickets (4s 6d) will be issued. There will be sold only at the paddock entrances at the match versus Leicester City on Saturday, sales starting at 1.30 p.m. there will not be sufficient tickets for everyone, as the visiting club take a share. Sale will continue as long as tickets are available. The combined price for admission to the Leicester match and for the cup-tie will be 8s 6d and it will be helpful if spectators have ready money available. No postal or personal applications will be entertained. No pass-out will be available between 1.30 and 3.p.m. paddock season-ticket holders will not need to purchase a ticket, as arrangements will be made for the special season-ticket entrances for ground and paddock season-ticket holders to be open for their exclusive use. It will be necessary to present the 4th round Cup-tie voucher and the requisite admission price 3s for the ground and 42 6d for the paddock.

FROM THE MANAGERIAL CHAIR
Wednesday, January 17, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
CITY CAN RISE TO THE BIG OCCASION
By Harry Catterick
Luck is the unknown factor in football. At the start of the season it seemed that nothing could go right in the injury room at Goodison Park. As soon as the treatment bench was vacated there was another player waiting to go on it. It had a great deal to do with our disappointing start to the season, and culminated with the fracture sustained by Tommy Jones, at Barnsley, in a Central league game. But none of us can have any quibbles at the way it has treated us in the F.A Cup. Another home draw, this time against Manchester City, can only be regarded as highly satisfactorily. I might add here that I was extremely pleased with the number of supporters who attended our third round tie with King's Lynn. Despite the counter-attraction of First Division opponents at Anfield our 40,000 plus was very encouraging both vocally and financially. Moreover it was good to hand our non-League opponents a sizeable cheque to brighten their return journey. We are all aware that Manchester City are no push-overs. They beat us at home early in the season, but this was offset by the fact that our win at Maine Road in the return match more or less set us off on our climb up the table.
HONOURS EVEN
So, with honours even on this season's matching, we can expect a highly interesting tie. City may not be exactly justifying their early season expectations at the moment but they are a side that can rise to the big occasion and have always been a club to keep an eye on as soon as the Cup comes round. Much is made of the F.A Cup competition itself and it is wonderful how the spectators rally around once a club starts off on the Wembley trek. The gates at the ties clearly reveal the great interest there is in a sudden death competition. But behind the scenes, too, the Cup provides its little incidents that lift it above the ordinary. For instance during the close season Preston North End allowed wing-half Frank O'Farrell o more without fetters to Weymouth as the Southern League club's player-manager. When they were drawn at Morecambe his former club-mates sent a good wishes telegram for continued success in the Cup. But that little imp of mischief that seems to creep in the bag at the time of drawing immediately drew Frank's team back to his old club Preston! Preston players would have been delighted to see their former colleague's side in a giant-killer role, but not, I'm sure, at their own expense!
SPECIAL PLANS
In the summer Manchester United paid Arsenal £40,000 for David Herd. Now David finds himself ranged against his former team in the next round, Arsenal will be well aware of Herd's ability as a sharp-shooter and will, no doubt, lay special plans to keep their former player in check. But I suppose there is no club rubbing is hands more gleefully than Oldham Athletic. By winning their replay against Bristol Rovers, Oldham are to entertain Liverpool. And if this doesn't cause Boundary Park to burst its sides then nothing will. The 'Latics have a proud past. They were once a successful First Division team, but the depression, affecting the cotton industry as it did of which Oldham was an important centre, had lasting effects on the club. Over the past two seasons they have made truly great efforts to regain some of their former glory. Today their gates are by far the highest in the Fourth Division and quite often their support makes even First Division clubs envious. Now with a big-money gate ahead of them and enthusiasm at peak, the Oldham public have never quite had it so good. Liverpool, too, are on the crest of a wave and are sure to take their full complement of support with them. Thinking back, there's one consolation about our game- neither of us are in any danger of being put out of it by a recently transferred player. So we will not have to go around with red faces afterwards.

MAKING CHANCES IS MY "GOAL" IN FOOTBALL
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 17 January 1962
Says, Everton's Alex Young
Several readers have been kind enough to write expressing sympathy with me at not figuring among the Everton goal scorers more often in recent months, and asking whether it worries a player when he goes through a goalless patch as I am at the moment. I hope therefore you will forgive me taking a little space this week to give my views on the matter. To a player who goes out onto the pitch with goal scoring as the only satisfaction he get out of his football, a lean spell will almost certainly cause concern. By nature, however, I am not that type. When I play football, it is the team which comes first, and if they win -here I first find myself in complete agreement with Liverpool's manager, Mr. Bill Shankly -it doesn't matter one iota who gets the goals. I never have been - and never will be —a high scorer. When I see my side get a goal, it is satisfying enough to me to know that somewhere in that phase of play which is known as the build-up." I have played my part. If it has been a vital part, then naturally my satisfaction is greater.
WORTHWHILE
Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Mcllroy, John White and nearer home, Jimmy Melia have all made their mark in football without their beingprolific scorers. If sometime in the future it is said that I did as much for Everton as these four have done for their clubs, then I will know that my football career has been worthwhile - and this would mean far more to me than scoring a hat-trick in the Cup Final at Wembley. I couldn't help feeling as our coach made its way back over the Pennines following our defeat at Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday, that it was a pity some of those who criticized the play in recent Everton home games, don't see what goes on when we are away. Competition in the First Division this season is much keener than last, and teams seem to be fighting tooth and nail to avoid defeat in front of their own fans. Obviously, if we are going to maintain a reasonably high standard of football, some action is required. It is no use passing the buck from one section to another, for obviously players, referees, the League and even the onlookers must share a part of the blame. As a remedy, why not introduce the Italian system of fining players? I don't expect this will be popular with the players, but let's face it, it is a workable solution. Then, how about introducing a "star" class for referees? A committee made up of retired referees, players, managers and representatives of the Football league and F.A., could be formed to select a list of star officials. This done, they could meet every six months to study the weekly reports sent in by clubs and add to or subtract from the list. If these star officials were paid double the fee of a first class referee it would act as an incentive to young referees to work harder and try to get to the top of the tree, at the same time raising the standard of refereeing in the lower divisions and leagues. The top referees would then have the option of either showing the players who is in charge and keeping a firm hand on their matches, or finding themselves downgraded with their match fee cut by half. I don't want to give the impression that I blame the latest outbreak of "tough" play entirely on the referees, but a better standard is desperately needed. It is difficult to imaginegreat referees like Arthur Ellis, Halifax, or Jack Mowatt,of Scotland, standing for some of the nonsense I have witnessed this season. On the other hand, we should not lose sight of the fact that football is a man's game. On Saturday I think we hadour toughest match this season, but afterwards the 22 players chatted together in an atmosphere of friendship. We have got a chip on our shoulder this week, haven't we? So let's forget the past now and look forward to Saturday and the visit of Leicester City. At Leicester earlier in the season we were below strength and went down 2-0, so we will be trying doubly hard to show the Filbert Street boys what we can really do, and at the same time try and work into top gear for the Cup-tie a week later.
OLD SCHOOL PAL
Ian King, Leicester's centre half, is a great friend of mine, as we attended the same school in Lonehead. Ian played with Bert Slater and myself in the East Midlothian Boys team and went on to become a Scottish schools' international. As you know, most school footballers are on the tall side, so Bert and I were considered too small for international honours. That's our story, anyway. The other day I had a chat with our reserve goalkeeper, Willie Mailey, who broke a leg a short while ago in a reserve game. Willie tells me the break is a clean one and should cause him no problems. We all wish him a speedy recovery. Our other major casualty, tom Jones is also making good progress.

EVERTON MAY BE FIRST TO SEE LEICESTER'S NEW ENTERPRISE
Friday, January 19, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Leicester City, Everton's visitors tomorrow, smarting under the F.A Cup reverse against Stoke City, have followed up their £25,000 capture of Mike Stringfellow, nineteen-year-old winger from Mansfield Town, by negotiating a deal with Hibernian for the transfer of inside forward Davie Gibson, at a similar fee, and the player's decision is awaited. Gibson is serving in the Army, in or around Edinburgh, and if he signs and is able to obtain the necessary leave, the odds are that Goodison Park will be the shop window for the first sight of these players in their debut's for Leicester. Stringfellow, I am told, is certain to be at outside-left. Gibson, a very clever player has been watched and admired by several clubs and only a few days ago Hibernain stated they were not prepared to release him.
COLLINS IMPROVEMENT
Goodison Park was a slightly more optimistic ground yesterday when Bobby Collins was able to report for training and I am told there is quite a fair chance that he will have recovered sufficiently from his cold to be able to play and a further improvement in Bingham's condition suggests that he too may be available. Still very doubtful however, says manager Harry Catterick, is full back George Thomson.

THAT MATCH AT SHEFFIELD
Friday, January 19, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
CROWD CREATED A FALSE IMPRESSION
By Roy Vernon
Judging by some of the views expressed on Everton's match with Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday, this was one of the roughest, unsporting and unsatisfactory games for a long time. If you want my opinion it was nothing of the sort. That it was keen I will not attempt to deny, but then when a game is played between two sides still hoping to achieve League honours, how could it be other than keen. I have played in many a worse game than this and have still been alive to tell the tale. What happened when this supposedly private battle, with more than 30,000 onlookers came to a close? If you weren't there, I'll tell you. There were handshakes all round and not a cross word between the lot of us as we walked off the field. The crowd obviously got more excited than the players and I maintain it was the "noises off" provided by the shrieking spectators which created an entirely false impression. I don't know if anybody did take a note of the number of fouls, against when they were awarded and for what reason, but I do suggest it would have been very illuminating. Not because it would have confirmed the undeclared war theme but because it would have debunked it completely. I think I am right in saying that the vast majority of the players of both Sheffield Wednesday and Everton, were not even involved in free kick awards.
RAISE A LAUGH
Some criticism has come my way because I tossed the ball back into the crowd, but honestly, I only did it thinking it would raise a laugh and help to reduce the tension on the other side of the rails. They were yelling their heads off at me and I thought they would see the funny side of it if I gave them the ball to see what they would do with it. My plan misfired. It only made them howl at me twice as hard, still I tried and now I know peacemaking is no role for me. I think we were beaten by a more deserving side on the day, but nothing will convince me that they were wobbling and almost prepared to go down when they got that second and third goal revitaliser. The third did not matter. It was the second that decided the game. If we had got the second, it could just have been as final. That is the way it goes. I could not help laughing to myself when I read the comment of Liverpool's Ian St. John that Liverpool were now only on a par with Everton. My, how I bet he wishes they were! For all their lording it at the top of the Second Division, still make it that they are about nineteen positions below us. Did any of you notice, I wonder, the similarity about our defeat at Sheffield and that at West Ham? In both instances our hopes were shattered by two goals scored within a minute. I have heard it suggested that so few goals do we concede to opposing sides that when a team puts one past us we are taken by surprises and thrown off balance for a minute or two. Of course, it is not true. The similarity is purely accidental.
KILLER INSTINCT
It seems to me that we are a trifle lacking in the killer instinct-no matter what anybody may say to the contrary. More than once this season- West ham and Sheffield are cases in point-we have had our position opposition tottering, without being able to administer the knock out and unfortunately for us soccer games are not decided on point'sverdicts. Now that the soft grounds appear to be with us to stay for a spell, I think we could well have approached the vital stage of the season. The club which can adapt itself will be well on the way to winning the tile and if you look for the bigger sides I don't think you will find they will be at any disadvantage. We have been getting a reputation lately of being slow starters. Don't ask me why and people have told me that there have been matches in which we have had fewer than ten shots at goal in the whole of the game. This really is mystifying, for we have target practice daily and if you saw the way the ball flies into the net you would imagine we had the greatest firing line outside the Royal Artillery. Some forwards may have greater reputations than others as sharp-shooters, but if you were to form your opinion on what goes on at the practice ground you might find that assessment completely upset.

EVERTON WILL WELCOME THE HOMELY TOUCH
Liverpool Echo - Friday 19 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton will doubtless be glad to feel the homely atmosphere of Goodison Park again to-morrow when Leicester City, knuts from Filbert Street, come to try to repeat their victory of last September. The Everton team has been in doubt all week owing to players needing attention for this or that injury, but if the eleven is anything like the regular one their long home run without defeat is likely to be maintained. Leicester's defeat in mid-week by Stoke City (and Matthews) has brought gloom to the club. Their League position is poor. People are wondering whether Matt Gillies, once a famous Bolton half-back, is going to be the umpteenth Leicester City manager to depart. Management to-day is often dependent on the turn of a match result or two. In September when they lost at Leicester Everton included Meagan at half-back and the attack read; Bingham, Young, Wignall, Temple, Lill. The established Everton which has lost only at Sheffield Wednesday in recent times,is a different, more formidable proposition. I understand Everton Manager Harry Catterick will give, in to-morrow's programme, his version of the controversy which developed after the Sheffield game on the publication, or non-publication, of the Everton team that day. Everton fans will be anxious to see their side touching their best and most satisfying form, leaving us in no doubt that they are legitimately in the class of Spurs and Burnley and other great sides whose fame derives from their successes and the ease with which they gain them.

FELL BACK IN EVERTON ATTACK
Liverpool Echo - Friday 19 January 1962
Wignall Drops Out
THOMSON UNFIT
By Leslie Edwards
Everton revert to their old (and tested) forward formation for the match at Goodison Park tomorrow against Leicester City. This means that Wignall goes out and Fell comes back. In the defence Wrexham boy, Green, deputises again at full back for the injured Thomson. Leicester play their 25,000 pounds signing from Mansfield, Stringfellow at outside - left. Gibson, the Scot Manager Matt Gillies is trying to secure will NOT be signed in time to play to-morrow. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. Leicester City; Banks; Chalmers, Norman; McLintock, King, Appleton; Riley, Walsh, Heyworth, Cheeseborough, Stringfellow.

FELL BACK FOR EVERTON
Saturday, January 20, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
THE PADDOCK SHOULD BE GOODISON PARK TARGET TODAY
By Horace Yates
There will be no prizefor guessing that the paddock will be the first part of Goodison Park to fill up today, for Cup-tie tickets for the Manchester City fourth round tie next Saturday will be on sale. Not everybody in the paddock will be lucky however, for Manchester City have claimed their share. So that 'no one can collect two tickets, spectators entering the ground will not be allowed to leave until after the match has started. The combined price for admission to the Leicester game and a Cup ticket is 8s 6d and the sale will begin at 1.30 p.m.
WORRYING TIME
Everton fear that they would only be able to field a scratch forward line have happily not materialized and the infusion of new blood into the Leicester attack by the signing of outside left Stringfellow will add a new interest and attraction to the meeting. It is a curious fact that on paper Everton possess one of the most prolific scoring lines in their home games, despite any poverty stricken look there may appear from time to time away from home. Burnley owe their lead to the ability of the team to score as many goals on opponents grounds as they get a Turf Moor, while only Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Cardiff City and Manchester United have a power yield than Everton away from home.
WORRYING TIME
Still with a record of four on, three, five in their latest four outings at Goodison Park, there seems little reason to expect the crowd to complain of goal starvation today particularly as Leicester's defence is scarcely one of the most watertight, plus the fact that they are going through a particularly worrying time just now with no more than a single win from their last eight matches and they have to go back to October 14 for their last away victory (3-1 at Chelsea). What a difference from this time last season when they were embarking on a wonderful unbeaten run which included a passage to Wembley!
While Vernon it Everton's undisputed leading scorer, it is noteworthy that in the last five outings Bobby Collins tops the bill with four goals. Manager Harry Catterick has recalled Fell to the leftwing and Collins plays at inside right. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. Leicester City; Banks; Chalmers, Norman; McLintock, King, Appleton; Riley, Walsh, Keyworth, Cheesebrough, Stringfellow.

STRINGFELLOW'S DEBUT FOR LECIESTER
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 20 January 1962
EVERTON REVERT TO "OLD FOIRM" ATATCK
By Leslie Edwards
Leicester City's signing, at 25,000 pounds from Mansfield, Mike Stringfellow, makes his debut to-day at Goodison Park at outside-left. Leicester had hopes to have another new forward, the Scot, Gibson In their attack, but former Bolton halfback Matt Gillies, now manager at Leicester, explained that there were a few snags to be unraveled about Gibson—who is still in the Army—and he would not be signed in time to take his place against Everton to-day. Gillies confided that he nearly became an Everton and not a Bolton player. Our loss was Bolton's gain. Among players he has on the staff at FilbertStreet are those found and developed by the old Leicester chief scout, the late Tom Bromilow, I who was as well-liked at Leicester as he was on Merseyside? Everton have reverted to the old firm so far as their attack is concerned. I doubt if they have a better. They have at least proved that they can help to win home matches. Everton fans complain at times that there does not seem to be sufficient punch in the line, but their record of success once the bane of injuries was overcome is very good indeed and so long as someone gets the goals does it matter that Young gets so few? Leicester goalkeeper Banks usually plays well here and games between the clubs havemostly been entertaining and sporting. Everton fans willbe looking for a specially satisfying show from their side and if the lessons off Sheffield last week have been absorbed then I think they will get one. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. Leicester City; Banks; Chalmers, Norman; McLintock, King, Appleton; Riley, Walsh, Keyworth, Cheeseborough, Stringfellow.

THRILLS GALORE IN GREAT CLASH AT GOODISON
Liverpool Echo- Saturday, January 20, 1962
FULL-BACK GREEN HITS A WINNER
EVERTON 3, LECIESTER 2
By Michael Charters
Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bngham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. Leicester City; Banks; Chalmers, Norman; McLintock, King, Appleton; Riley, Walsh, Keyworth, Cheesbrough, Stringfellow. Referee; Mr. K. Howley (Middlesbrough).
The ball was holding a little on the sticky surface and Leicester almost took a sensational lead in the opening minutes as Cheesebrough headed the ball down to Walsh and it took a brave interception by Dunlop to whip the ball away. Then Collins, with a superb down-the-middle pass found the unmarked Vernon who mistimed his shot, enabling Banks to push the ball away for a corner
LEAD IN FOUR MINUTES
But in their next attack, Leicester took the lead after four minutes with almost a, carbon copy of their original move. Chalmers came up to collect a loose ball Just outside Everton's penalty-box and put it across to Cheesehrough, who flicked it further across for Walsh to wheel round and hit it firmly into the net from close range. Leicester were playing very well and Walsh was unlucky with a fine header from Riley's centre, which Everton scrambled away after the ball had come out to Stringfellow.
A long clearance by Gabriel found Vernon, who tried a shot from 20 yards, which flew wide of the far post.
BRILLIANT PLAY
Young was playing brilliantly in leading Everton's forwards in a series of fast- moving raids, and he collected the ball from Chalmers deep on the right to weave past the full back and push the ball inside for Fell. The winger mistimed his shot and the ball ran out to Vernon, whose shot was turned over for a corner by Norman. Banks failed to hold a centre by Bingham and the ball ran out only a foot away from Young as King moved in to clear.
WOEFUL MISS
Young missed one of the easiest chances I have seen for some time after a brilliant Everton move between Vernon and Collins put the ball at the centre-forward's feet only a few yards from goal, with Banks lying stranded. Young, I think tried to dribble the ball around the goalkeeper and only succeeded in hitting Bank's body. The ball rebounded and Collins hit it on the volley but put his shot hide and wide.
SLACK DEFENCE
Leicester only had one attack to six by Everton, but they always contrived to look very dangerous when they did. Cheesebrough missed almost as easy a chance as Young had at the other end when he failed to put Kenworth's, centre past Dunlop. Everton's defence looked slack as Keyworth put the ballover with not an Everton man in sight in the centre but Cheesebrough slashed the ball wide. Vernon, with a magnificent run over half the length of the field worked a wonderful opening by his speed on the ball and when he passed to Collins the Leicester defence and was wide open. The ball moved out to Bingham and across to Young whose shot was again charged down, the ball running out to Fell whose fierce angled shot was cleared off the line by Norman. And before the excitement had ended over these series of thrills Harris came stormingup to hit his shot a foot wideof the post.
MANY CHANCES
Everton had had enoughchances to have scored five goals but at the same time their shooting had been unlucky in that the Leicester defenders were interposing their bodies most fortunately, and Banks therefore, had been saved an overtime stint. One of the few Everton shots to get through to Banks wasfrom Vernon, but it went straight to the goalkeeper,and atother end Parker cut off Stringfellow's centre, andso far had had Leicester's new man under complete control. Banks made an untidy punch away from Harris's free kick and the ball went out to Bingham who flicked it forward for Young to try a hooked shot, very well taken, but again straight at the goalkeeper. Leicester's defence was covering really well against some sharp Everton attacks which invariably had Vernon playing a vital part. Vernon's' speed off the mark and in possession was remarkable Half-time Everton nil Leicester City 1
THE EQUALISER
Six minutes after half-time Everton equalized through Vernon, and I thought Banks might well have saved his angled shot. The ball came from a long clearance by Dunlop with Young flicking it on toBingham, who headed it forward to Vernon, who took the ball out and then beat Banks with a slow shot just inside the upright. This goal set Everton and their supporters alight in real style. They launched attack after attack which had Leicester hard pressed but never panicking.
NEVER ON TOP
This had been one of the most entertaining games seen at the ground this season, for although Everton had had more of the play they had never got completely on top of Leicester's defence which had played really well. King and his wing half backs had been the strong points. Vernon, too, has rarely having an off day and Bingham, hard as he tried, was not getting much change out of Norman. Collins put Everton ahead for the first time after 63 minutes with a brilliant piece of quick-thinking football. Banks came leisurely out of his goalmouth to throw the ball upfield to McLintock, who lost possession to Collins, and Everton's captain, seeing Banks way out of goal, hit the ball quickly and although Banks dived and got his hands to it he could not stop the ball rolling over the line.
DlSPUTED PENALTY
Two minutes later Leicesterwere level again through a penalty taken by Riley. The award was given for a foul Collins by Labone on Walsh, and every Everton player protested that Labone had made a fair tackle on the Leicester captain as he wasabout to shooted. Whatever the merits of the award. Riley made no mistake from the spot. The game had really hotted up now and no mistake, Bingham hit a tremendous angled shot which Banks saved near the upright, and both sides were going all out for a leading goal.
EXCITING EXCHANGES
Norman was spoken to by the referee for a foul on Young and the excitement from the crowd was mounting every second. Walsh missed a grand chance for Leicester after Keyworth had lobbed the ballthrough. He only needed to touch it to divert it past Dunlop but missed the ball completely. This had been a really hard-fought game, with the major issue being whether Leicester's defence could hold out against the Everton attack. There was no doubt thatEverton held the upper hand almost continually but Leicester were holding out brilliantly. Twice at this stage Vernon tried shots from outside the box but put them wide each time. After 78 minutes Everton went into the lead for the second time with a 30 yard shot from the young full back Green- his first goal for the club. A Young centre had been headed over a corner by Chalmers and from Fell's kick the ball came bounding out to Green. He hit it with his right foot over the heads of a crowd of players and it slipped into the net just under the bar.
MOBBED BY TEAM-MATES
Green was mobbed by histeam-mates for it had looked as though Everton would not score again by more orthodox means. Harris, who had had a splendid game next burst through on his own and tried a shot from 25 yards which Banks saved at full stretch,. Everton maintained their pressure in the closing minutes of a grand match in which both teams had gone all out from start to finish and there had been some delightful football allied to power play in the right proportions. Final; Everton 3, Leicester City 2.

FANS PLAN SHOT FOR HARRY COOKE
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 20 January 1962
By Alex Parker
Among the many names associated with Everton F.C. over the years. I don't think anybody will argue when I say that the most famous is Harry Cooke, our former head trainer who retired early this season after over 50 years' service to the club. Although Harry is no longer connected with the club he lives quite near the ground and lost Saturday I stumbled on to a secret which, until now, has been shared by only a few people. When we arrived back from Sheffield by coach last Saturday, I went to collect my car, which was parked outside Harry's house, and saw him talking to a man and woman whom I recognized as belonging to Everton Supporters' Club. The four of us started chatting, and I learned that they had been to see Harry about putting on a show at the club headquarters to honour his services to Everton. Harry, who is one of the most unassuming people you could meet, did not appear to be too keen on having such a fuss made of him, but after the three of us had had a talk to him, we left him promising that he would think it over. What a great night it would be. I would certainly make sure I was there, and after mentioning it to the rest of the team, they also said they would go. The word would soon get round, of course, and I can imagine that many of the players who have been treated by Harry over the years would want to be there as well. The supporters' Club are hoping that that other famous Everton name and Harry's biggest hero, Dixie Dean, will also be able to make it. All it needs now is the O.K. from Harry. Like many other people I am hoping he will say "Yes." It will be a great night for him, and a great night for many others, too.
ON THE TABLE
Talking of trainers reminds me that Goodison has had that old "battle ground" look again this week. Roy Vernon, Billy Bingham, George Thomson, Ray Veall, Keith Webber, Tommy Jones and Willie Mailey have all been on the treatmenttable. And that list does not include the players suffering from the normal bumps and bruises all footballers have. Looking round the treatment room the other day, somebodysaid: "We must be the unluckiest club in the country as far as injuries" I don't think he's far wrong. While we were disappointed at being beaten at Hillsborough last week, we gained some consolation from the fact that we realize that it is really no disgrace to lose to Wednesday on the form they showed. Up till Colin Dobson bangedin two goals in two minutes in the second half, we were holding our own, and for a time just before the goals, had been on top. Yes, it will take a very good team to beat Wednesday. Last Saturday we just weren't good enough. Next week, of course, we play Manchester City in the Cup. Recently I said I would prefer to meet a First Division team, so now I have my wish. Naturally, we are all hoping for a good Cup run this season, and feel that we will still be there when the fifth round draw is made. But a long run in the Cup can have its problems, too. Many people seem to think that footballers get unlimited supplies of tickets for these games, I, for one, wish we did. Unfortunately, we don't, and consequently I reckon that I will be disappointing about 99 per cent, of the people who have asked me for them for the City game. If I can make my supply spin out to suit my immediate friends and relatives, I shall be happy. But I am even doubtful about doing that. I shall give one or two examples of my own recent experiences over tickets, and I am certain other players are in a similar position. Within hours of the draw being made, I was asked for one lot of 25 tickets, one 20, three 12's and one 10. That's 91 to start with.
STRANGERS
Since then, never a day has gone by without somebody has asked me for tickets. And most of them have been good friends, too. In addition, I have had literally dozens of letters from Evertonians up and down the country, asking for 'Just two" or "Just four." It is no exaggeration to say I could quite easily have got rid of 250 to strangers this way. I'm thankful the Post Office have been working to rule. It's probably slowed the demand down a little. I hope all those people who have written will take this as my reason for not being able to oblige. It's just impossible. If Everton F.C. cannot supply all those who want tickets, what chance has Alex Parker? I remember when I was just starting out on my career, an old professional player was watching me counting my allocation of tickets for a cup match. He must have seen thedelighted look on my face, for he said: "Ay, Alex, it's very nice to be in a position to give people tickets for big matches. But mark my words. You'll find they will lose more friends than they will gain for you. "For every person you give a ticket to, you will disappoint a dozen." You know something. I've got a terrible feeling that he's right.

BURNLEY RES V EVERTON RES
Liverpool Echo- Saturday, January 20, 1962
Burnley Res; Thomson; Smith, Marshall; Walker, Talbut, Simpson; Morgan, Lawson, Lochhead, Fenton, Meredith. Everton Res; Rankin; Common, Parnell; Sharples, Pendleton, Meagan; Humphries, Tyrer, Wignall, Temple, Lill. Referee; Mr. L. Seddon (Leyland). After breaking up several dangerous Burnley raids, Everton took the lead in the fifth minute with a picture goal from Temple. Wignall paved the way with a neat flick, and the inside left scored from the edge of the penalty area. Wignall again opened up the game with a shrewd pass t0o Humphries, but Thomson reached the ball first. Burnley's best move of the match saw Rankin turning a Meredith shot for a corner in great style. Everton were thwarted when Thomson saved from Temple and then Rankin pulled off two superb saves from Fenton and Lochhead. Burnley fought hard for an equalizer but Everton's defence, with Pendleton outstanding, looked very sound. Half-time; Burnley Res 0, Everton Res 1.

EVERTON TAKE A TURN WITH THE THRILLS
Monday, January 22, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON 3, LECIESTER CITY 2
By Jack Rowe
A corker, with Leicester perhaps surprisingly, often matching Everton in the quality of their football, both sides fighting back from behind and a cracking finale from young full-back Colin Green-a twenty-five yards volley into the roof of the net-which gave Everton the points I think they deserved. For the second week in the city we had a thriller and if the gate at Goodison was low by Everton standards, no one could complain that they had not seen ninety minutes of entertainment and thrills, cleanly fought and the only big contention, the decision of Referee Ken Howley which gave Leicester a penalty and their second goal.
LEICESTER SURPRISE
Leicester surprised more than a few by their play, especially in midfield. In the first twenty minutes they were, if anything better than Everton in the use of the ball and the challenge. They scored early on and should have had another long before Everton reached equality and it was understandable that there should be views that they did not deserve to come out of such a fine match without reward. In the end, Leicester's strong point was their defence. For all the nice stuff in midfield they were not as capable of making the openings as were Everton and while Leicester scored twice from about for chances Everton missed at least half a dozen easier opportunities than those from which they scored. Young, Vernon, Young again, Collins and Fell, all failed to score when it seemed incredible they should miss, none more amazing than Young's when he could not score with Banks on the ground and even when the centre forward recovered and slipped the ball to Collins the Everton captain from six yards, put it high over.
SPIRITED BATTLE
This was the measure of Everton's chance-making superiority for against it Cheeseborough failed once for Leicester, whose defence, if occasionally lucky, had to battle with spirit to survive. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time and their propensity for keeping out the ball- Norman did it twice on the line- made one wonder whether we were to have a day on which Everton would never score. Young headed against the bar and it was six minutes after the interval before Everton could pull back the Leicester lead. Suitably, it was Vernon who scored, aided by Young and Bingham, for he was the power in the Everton attack, with speedy runs and superb body swerves, which left defenders floundering. Two minutes afterwards came the Leicester penalty -Walsh was ideally placed when Labone tackled him from behind and it looked as though the centre half came away with the ball, but Mr. Howley was in no doubt and Riley blasted home the kick. Leicester fought grimly to hang on as Everton began to establish supremacy, and there was prospect of them succeeding until the seventy-eight minutes gave Green his big moment.
VALUABLE GOAL
The youngster had battled gamely as Thomson's deputy without really reaching the Everton defensive standard, but there was no doubt about the value of his goal. He was twenty-five yards out when he got the ball from an Everton corner. Without hesitation he hit it with his right foot and the drive flew into the net. At the finish the crowd were rightly appreciative of what they had seen and even if Mr. Howley had been mildly booed after the penalty, his strength of decision all through had been a big contribution. The vital difference between the sides was in attack for Leicester had no-one to compare with Vernon, Young and Collins-still a great general-and if only half had been utilized how different the score line would have read. Fell was patchy, but improved in the second half without convincing that he can remove any qualms about the position. Bingham was not wholly effective, but Leicester had two fine full backs in Chalmers and Norman. Walsh scored for Leicester in four minutes when he hooked the ball in from close range when it ran loose to him. Vernon's equalizer was well taken from an angle and I don't blame Banks, even though he got his hands to it. The goalkeeper was not faultless when Collins put Everton ahead in sixty-three minutes. He threw the ball out did not recover his line, and when McLintock lost possession Collins shot first time. Banks had the ball in his hands lost it and it rolled into the net. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Fell. Leicester City; Banks; Chalmers, Norman; McLintock, King, Appleton, Riley, Walsh, Keyworth, Cheesbrough, Stringfellow. Referee; Mr. K. Howley (Middlesbrough) Attendance 33,984.

PROMISING EVERTON YOUNGSTERS
Monday, January 22, 1962 Liverpool Daily Post
BURNLEY RES 1, EVERTON RES 1
Although Everton Reserves left Burnley unlucky not to have collected both points they certainly departed happy about the performances of three of their up-and-coming young stars. Amateur centre-half Pendleton made an outstanding Central League debut, and there were impressive displays by inside forward Shaw and fifteen-years-old Welsh schoolboy international winger Humphries. Everton's biggest threat, however, stemmed from the experienced Lill and Temple, who scored in the fifth minute,. Goalkeeper Rankin brilliantly thwarted Burnley on numerous occasions, and even came close to stopping Fenton's penalty goal.

EVERTON'S MASCOT HIT THE DECISIVE VOLLEY
Liverpool Echo-Monday January 22 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Everton F.C. have a mascot. No, not the Mother Noblett who dispenses toffee to the boys, but a player who almost invariably finishes on the winning side whenever he gets a show in the first team. His name is Colin Green. He's fresh complexioned, a full-back and a son of Wrexham, for its size the most prolific soccer nursery in the Principality. Green has had about a dozen first-team chances this season and last and only a week ago, at, Sheffield, did he fail to draw bonus for the first time. He may have had thoughts that the bonus wasn't going to be his on Saturday mid-way through the second half when Everton and Leicester City were locked at 2-2 and seemed likely to stay that way. But a corner kick half-cleared gave him his chance. The ball was dropping some ten yards outside the penalty-box when he decided to volley it. He hit a shot so true, so unexpected the goalkeeper was beaten from the moment boot contacted ball. Goodison Park erupted with joy, partly from surprise, partly from delight. Green was weighed down with the acclaim of his team-mates. It was the sort of hit-or-miss shot which often finishes in the top tier of spectators behind goal; the hundred-to-one against chance. Green brought it off and with it the victory Everton just deserved if only for their luckless and sometimes feckless finishing in a first half in which Young, alone, had two openings of the sort forwards dream of. Leicester led by an early goal: went 2-1 down: drew level from a theatrical, but probably justified penalty decision and then went pointless away as a result of Green a fine timing and sense of direction when most backs would have " killed " the ball and drifted it in. not as a shot, but as a centre.
Ten in a row
Everton's extraordinary run of home successes thus continues. They went in this game to their tenth consecutive victory in League matches at Goodison Park this season. During this spell they have scored twenty-nine goals against only four. But they will not win the championship unless they show commensurate ability away and they will not show that until they concentrate on playing football and less on trying to match power by power. The Leicester game. I am glad to report, helped to rub out some of the taunts levelled it Everton last week It was a pleasure to see two good sides playing hard, fairly and spiritedly with never an unlovely moment of the sort we were getting rather frequently Leicester shaped better than their record suggested they might. They had a good defence and particularly good wing half-backs and Everton had to struggle hard to keep level and ultimately to win narrowly. My impression was that Everton kept the ball too close at the finish of their many attacks in the first half. There were some blatant misses and when a goal seemed "on" Banks, aided by luck, denied his opponents in the most tantalizing way. It took Everton some time to recover from a grand goal by Walsh in three minutes and there was a particularly "sticky" moment not long afterwards when Cheeseborough capped all misses by failing, although getting his foot to the ball, from little more than a couple of yards as the ball floated to him from Keyworth. If he had scored, Everton's position at 0-2 down would have been pretty desperate. Fortunately Bingham provided Vernon early in the second-half with opportunity to equalize. Vernon is quick and sure at this range. Banks got his hands to the ball, but could not stop it rolling over the line just inside the far post.
Presence of mind
It isn't often a goal comes almost direct from a goalkeeper's throw, as Collins' did, but Banks was inclined to throw straight down the pitch rather than to the wings, and when McLintock failed to take the ball some thirty yards from goal Collins seized on it and had sufficient presence of mind to bang it straight at goal knowing Banks could not possibly be "at home." Again the goalkeeper got hands on the shot, - again it passed on into the net. Whether Walsh fell or was tripped or pushed when Mr. Howley gave Leicester a penalty I would not be certain. But he had the ball at his feet and was not five yards from goal when he went down—and stayed down—and it would have been a heartless referee who would have refused a penalty in those circumstances. Riley silenced the jeering crowd with a cannonading shot which left Dunlop standing. It would be wrong to suggest that Everton were completely satisfying. The attack, as a line, was not good, don't think Collins relishes the heavier going. Young had moments of brilliance which should have produced goals for others but did not, but he wasted some passes near goal—and that is not like him. Fell, restored to the side, was keen enough to show he has what it takes, but his unvarying holding of the ball and weaving with it was not calculated to succeed and did not. A most unhappy day for a man who was clearly keener than ever to do his stuff. Riley showed signs of leading Green a dance, but the boy played better and better as the game progressed. Harris, full of fire and an occasional shot and working hard all through, covered Green's inexperience expertly, and Labone could scarcely have done better. But the outstanding player of all for me, in spite of the excellence of the speeding Vernon and ever -ready Bingham was Walsh of Leicester. And if Alex Parker has ever faced a more troublesome, courageous young debutant than Stringfellow I shall be very surprised.

SCOTTISH SELECTOR AT GOODISON PARK
Liverpool Echo - Monday 22 January 1962
Chances For Trial Game.
By Leslie Edwards
Scottish selector, Mr. Bob Thyne visited Goodison Park on Saturday to see the play of Scots in the Everton and Leicester City teams. He will be reporting to the Scottish F.A. on Friday morning when the Scottish side to face the Scottish League team in an international trial at Hampden Park on February 5 will be chosen. It is felt that Alex Parker, Jimmy Gabriel and Alex Young of Everton may regain their places in the national eleven.
The situation at Goodison Park is that George Thomson is extremely doubtful for the Cup game against Manchester City; He is suffering from a pulled muscle behind his left knee. If he is not available, Colin Green, the Wrexham boy, whose volleyed shot gave Everton victory against Leicester, will continue at left back.

THOMSON'S KNEE
Tuesday, January 23, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON WAITING FOR REPORT
George Thomson, the Everton full back, who injured a knee ligament against King's Lynn in the last round of the F.A Cup is still doubtful for Saturday's fourth round tie with Manchester City at Goodison Park on Saturday. Manager Harry Catterick said last night that he was awaiting a doctor's report on Thomson, but apart from him the players who beat Leicester City last Saturday are all fit.

YOUNG CAN CRACK 'EM WITH THE BEST
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 23 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Someone has suggested Everton should sign Joe Baker and thus give their line more punch. Recent reports from Italy suggest that he could certainly supply it! The Everton manager, no doubt following the sensible lead of his predecessor, says simply: "Bakeris the signed player of another club. We are interested in all sorts of players, sometimes as many as the 40 our scouts report to us, but whether we sign any of them as a different matter." From what I saw, on Television, of Derek Kevan's performance against Burnley he should be the most sought player in the game. The money Leicester City paid for Stringfellow may prove well spent if his promise against Everton is any guide. For a boy of 18 playing his first First Division match he showed no lack of pluck and all told did as well as many wingers do against Alex Parker. This brings me to another famous Scot whose non-scoring spell is concerning certain Everton critics. I refer to Alex Young. The odd thing is that in training he can hit the ball harder and more accurately than any of his co-forwards-and with either foot! Yet when the game's on he only occasionally lets fly outside the penalty box, although I'm told he goes out with the intention of doing just that . . . My view of Young is that he lays on so many chances for others' goals from him are not always necessary. If he ever starts to crack the ball at goal on the slightest pretext he should get some in and prove he is not only a man who can inch his way like a magician through a defence but is one who possess a lethal shot. Everton announce that because they did not sell, on Saturday, all the paddock tickets available for their cup- tie and because Manchester City, too, did not dispose of their quota-in all quite a number of tickets-the sale of the remainder will take place from the Bullens Road turn-stiles to-morrow evening, starting at 5.30. No applications to the club other than these will be considered. No one, so far, has been able to solve the mystery of why paddock spectators did not take their first opportunity Saturday…
TOO ORDINARY, TOO COMMONPLACE
An Ormskirk reader writes;-
"Often at away matches I begin to shout "Up the Bl-and the words chock back as I realize that in my excitement I have forgotten that the opposition are in blue and Everton in their away strip! Recently there were no Blue cheer, so this seems a good time to invite Evertonians to repopularise the cry, 'Up the Toffees." "Consider for a moment how ordinary and common- place 'Up the Blues ' sounds. While it can easily be applied dozens of League clubs, ' Toffees' can mean one side and only one side, regardless of colour clashes. The same applies to many other tags; e.g., " The United ' can mean Rotherham, Sheffield, Manchester and others, although recently a paper announcing the Irish team listed players and clubs, one of which was 'of United,' which I thought rather presumptuous. Might I suggest that Liverpool, whose 'Up the Reds' obviously falls into the same over-common category, might standardize their own nickname, perhaps Whackers, Dicky Sams, Scousers? "Their supporters' club might solve this one. " But to revert to my first love, Everton, may we the old war cry once again for all the Saturdays to come, home and away, for with the return of the old cry perhaps we might witness the return of some of the old glory?"
BETTS DOUBTFUL
CITY SKIPPER MAY MISS EVERTON CUP-TIE
It is doubtful whether skipper and right back Barry Betts will be fit to return to Manchester City's team for the cup-tie at Everton this week-end. He has done some light training but his chances are only regarded as fifty-fifty.

FROM THE MANAGERIAL CHAIR
Wednesday, January 24, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
STOKE CHIEF ALWAYS KEEN ON MATTHEWS
By Harry Catterick
A real life story is being enacted North of the Trent, which deserves to start off "once upon a time." It is, of course, the story of Stanley Matthews, whose career appears to be beginning anew at the age of 46, when most of his compatriots spent their Saturday afternoon watching football. But Matthews goes on and on. A tribute to his personal fitness, the strict self-discipline to which he has always subjected himself, and a model for any youngster coming into a game at a time when the blades of grass are tipped with gold. Stoke City have played fourteen League games since they signed the Wizard of Dribble in October. They have lost only two of them and drawn two. Additionally they drew at Leicester is the third round of the Cup and won the replay from last year's finalists in splendid fashion. The more presence of Matthews seems to have given the other players, added zip and confidence and for Stoke City it has meant trebled gates and a renewed onlook.
RECORD FEE
Only last week they went out and paid their record fee for Manchester United's English international inside-forward Denis Violett. In four short months Stoke has been transformed and enthusiasm in the town has mounted I believe that Tony Waddlington the Stoke manager had tried to set Matthews back since he was appointed manager of the club. I know Tom well as he was my right-half when I was managing Crewe Alexandra and I applaud his foresight and the way in which he kept at his objective until he was successful. Lost supporters of other struggling clubs are asking the pertinent question, "Why didn't we sign Stanley Matthews" I think a few points should be considered.
1. I don't think Blackpool would have agreed to Matthews going to any other club.
2. I don't think Stan would have wanted to join any other club at this stage
3. I don't think the success story need necessarily have been repeated elsewhere
GIANT PETITION
It must be remembered that in returning to Stoke, Stan was going home. It will be recalled that when a transfer for him was first mooted before the war the town staged a giant petition urging the club to keep him. They did. After all no supporter likes to see a good player leave. His return was welcomed throughout the Potteries as the tremendous upsurge in gates has revealed. It has given a tremendous fillip to football in the Midlands for Stan was going back home. Great though his name is throughout the world of football there is nowhere it is greater respected and appreciated than in the distress of Stoke-on-Trent. I suspect too that it has given the player himself a new lapse of life if one dare suggest that he ever needed it. Why he has already scored two goals since his return, he was unable to find the net once in twenty-seven matches for Blackpool last season. All Stan's football previous to his joining Stoke had been played in the First Division. Many Second Division crowds have never seen him in person, except perhaps on international occasions.
STILL A FEW
Soccer is devoid of personalities. When Tom Finney retired it meant that Matthews alone of the older and accepted crowd-pullers remained. It is something of which the holders, streamlined age has deprived us. There are still a few of course, but none can ever achieve the unbounded enthusiasm of a forward personality. One of the younger players building up into this sort of attraction a Bobby Charlton. But his main attraction for the paying public in his whiz-bang shot. The crowd essentially pay to see goals which after all is the main object of the game. Jimmy Greaves is another who has that personal magnetism. Would that there were more. The public want thrills excitement and goals. They seem to be getting all three from Stoke City. Good luck to em. May if long continue.

EVERTON NEED FORWARD-BUT NOT JOE BAKER
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 24 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Readers commandeer space to-day with a variety of comment on many topics. Some letters I have had to telescope—writers of them may prefer word microscope but I have done my best for them all. "Although Everton managed to get both points against Leicester, their forward weaknesses remain. The left wing is weak and has been for some time. "I read with little enthusiasm that Everton are interested in Joe Baker. Although a great centre-forward. I feel this type of player, remembering his conduct on and off the field, is not what is required at Goodison Park. "The Everton defence has performed well all season. In Sharples and Green they have promising reserves. In order that the club may have a long Cup run and make a spirited fight for the championship the forward weaknesses need remedying quickly"—David Coffin. 113 Hebdeo Road, West Derby. Liverpool 11.
I suggest Everton should engage a brass band for the big Cup match. That is the right kind of music for football, not the stuff we get through the loud speakers. Everton seem to have adopted one commercial record as their signing tune. Given a fine day there will be 78,000 spectators and I think many of them standing for an hour or more before the kick-off should real connected with the loud speaker system so that it can be heard all round the ground." -H. Bostock, 8 Weardale Road, Wavertree.

POSITIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE CITY'S LAST VISIT
Liverpool Echo-Wednesday, January 24, 1962
Says Everton's Alex Young
I heard Eddie Baily, the Leyton Orient coach, remark during a recent TV interview that football was like the English weather—one day the sun shines, the next day it pours. Of course, as during his playing days with Tottenham, Eddie was right on the ball." As an illustration of what Eddie meant, one has to look no further than Manchester City, our opponents in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup next Saturday. Few of City's players and supporters could have foreseen when they visited Goodison on September 6 to play their sixth match of the 1961 season; beat us 2-0, and; go to the top of the First Division, that they would be back at the beginning of 1962 for an F.A. Cup-tie at a time when they were only two points away from the bottom of the table. Fortunes change quickly in soccer. On September 6 it was Everton, after playing six matches for four points, who were just two points ahead of the bottom club in the First Division! Since then City have played another 20 League fixtures and collected only 11 points. From our last 20 matches we have a credit of 28 points.
FAVOURITES
You don't have to study form closely to see who will start favorites on Saturday afternoon, but although, as I have said before, we are brimful of confidence-this isa Cup-tie, and League form counts for very little. I noticed at week-end one newspaper carried a headline "You never can tell with City." Perhaps it was a warning. The Manchester club appears to have thoroughly deserved their 3-2 home success against Arsenal last week-end and it may be that their luck is changing. Their new-look forward line with two speed youngsters in Young and Wagstaffson wings and the experience of Hannah, Hayes and Dobing inside, appears to have possibilities. I hope it won't be good enough to keep City in the F.A. Cup, but it might save them from dropping into the Second Division. Despite their low League position I don't expect the Manchester team to go down without a fight, so everything points to a match equally as good as when our two clubs met in September. You can't convince me, however, that it won't be the name Everton which goes into the hat for the fifth round draw on Monday.
JOHNSTONE DANGER
I don't think we will be the only Merseyside team, either, for I'm looking forward to seeing Liverpool there too. No away Cup-tie is easy. But I think they can beat Oldham, although they will have to keep a vary eye that canny Scot Bobby Johnstone. Last week I wrote that I considered myself a goal-maker rather than a goal-taker. On Saturday afternoon I would rather have been a member of the Magic Circle. Believe me, when I missed that scoring chance from four yards out with only Gordon Banks in the Leicester goal to beat, I would have given anything to have been le to perform a disappearing act. The ball, it seems, just will not go in the net for me at the moment, as apart from that miss I had three of four shots heading goal wards which were deflected by unsuspecting defenders. I think Leicester had their gremlins out in force andgiven a little more luck with our shooting we could have had a packet of goals.
GREEN'S GOAL
As it was full back Colin Green had to come up and score the winning goal for us. Congratulations, Colin, it was a really great shot and must have been ample compensation for losing your unbeaten" record at Sheffield Wednesday. In case you didn't know, when we lost at Sheffield it was the first occasion the Everton League side had been beaten while Colin was playing in it. Incidentally, who would have thought that Alex Parker, originator of the "attacking" game amongst our full backs, would see both George Thomson and Colin putting their names on the scoring sheet before his? I know I'm not expert on goal scoring at the moment, but how about putting matters right, Alex? Sitting in the stands at Goodison on Saturday, as a guest of Leicester City, was Dave Gibson, the Hibernian inside forward, who is expected to sign for the Filbert Street club this week. Although Dave does not command a regular place in the Hibs first eleven at the moment, my Scottish pals tell me he shows great promise and is one of the cleverest ball players seen North of the Border this season.
MATTHEWS PRAISED
When a team is knocked out of the Cup one quite often finds them looking for excuses, but this is not the case with Leicester. They cannot praise Stanley Matthews and his Stoke colleagues too highly. That the " Maestro" is still very much a force in top class I football was evident when I chatted with the Leicester boys and heard one or two of them and only half Stan's age at that admitting that when Matthews nipped through to score, they just didn't have the speed to catch him. Before the third round cup-ties I tried my hand at forecasting surprise results with more success than I had expected but I don't think I'll push my luck and have another go. I can tell you, however, that Ian King, the Leicester centre half, is convinced Stoke will beat Blackburn. A reader signing himself Corinthia would like to know in how many positions I have played for Hearts and Scotland. The answer is that I played in all five forward berths while at Hearts and have occupied the three inside positions during my seven appearances in the Scottish international side.

NEW SOCCER PROPOSALS
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 24 January 1962
EVERTON CHAIRMAN COMMENTS
By Leslie Edwards
The football League's proposals for the future-five divisions of 20 clubs: four up four down promotion and relegation: a League Cup on Scottish League Cup lines, and an extension of the season to the end of May—is characterized as bold and Imaginative by Everton chairman. Mr. John Moores. Everton have had the proposals for some days and have already met to discuss them. There will be a further meeting on the matter next week, each director having been given a copy of the plan to consider at his leisure. Mr. Moores said: "The League has done a good job in their effort to bring football up to date. It's a bold scheme and an imaginative one. I want to go into it more carefully before I say more. "A great number of matches, some 60, would be on the fixture list if the plan were implemented. I don't know how that would fit in with the club summer tours, World Cup commitments in which players would be required or international matches. My view is that players cannot play and train all the year round. They must have a period of time for rest and recuperation..."
GOODISON CUP-TIE LIMIT OF 72,000
Electronic Counting
BOARD DECISION
Everton directors have decided to limit the attendance for their fourth - round Cup - tie against Manchester City on Saturday to 72,000. Goodison Park capacity is 78,000. The limit has been imposed so that everyone in the ground can watch the match in as much comfort aspossible. Any gate of 78,000 at the ground is bound to lead to, some crushing due to poor packing. The club's decision. taken without the advice of the police, will be welcomed. Stand and paddock tickets have been issued; entrances to the terraces on the popular sides will be closed when 46,000 have paid on the day." Electronic counting machines have been installed for some months. The cup-tie against Manchester City will give them their first real use this season. The special turnstiles for ground and paddock season ticket-holders will be opened for their exclusive use. They should present their 4th round Cup voucher, plus the remittance.
LILL OFF LIST
Mickey Lill, Everton's winger, taken off transfer list at own request.

VERNON HAS FIBROSITIS BUT MANAGER CATTERICK TAKES A HOPEFUL VIEW
Thursday, January 25, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
With George Thomson almost certainly out of the Everton team for Saturday's F.A Cup fourth round tie with Manchester City at Goodison Park, a new worry was tossed into Everton's lap yesterday when Roy Vernon, the leading scorer, reported an attack of fibrositis in the neck and right shoulder. He was given treatment both morning and afternoon, but Mr. Harry Catterick, club manager, takes a hopeful view. He told me last night he is expecting Vernon to be fit enough to train today and said; "If you want my opinion it is that Vernon is certain to be fit for Saturday's game. "I hope Mr. Catterick is right, for in many of their matches Everton have replied heavy on the marksmanship of the Welsh international, and without his punch the handicap would be obvious. This is not the first time Vernon has been afflicted with fibrositis and it is encouraging that on the previous occasions the trouble has not persisted beyond a few days.
NO TALA BLOW
Although Everton are not singing out their intentions to the world, I don't think I would be betraying any confidences if I were to tell you that the players are aiming very high this season. They will be disappointed if, at least, they do not have a good Cup run, and while the absence of Thomson would be a blow against City, it should not be a fatal wound. Those who study statistics will tell you that Thomson has missed two games- against Sheffield Wednesday and Leicester City-and in them Everton have conceded five goals, which is hardly in keeping with the reputation Everton have been gaining as having the toughest defence in the division. It would be unfair, of course to suggest that Green's presence has been the weak link, but so much progress has Thomson made this season that his absence is bound to be felt. When I asked Mr. Catterick how he felt about the tie, he said; "Nine out of ten managers refuse to make any forecast about the outcome of Cup-ties, I am one of the nine. "If you were to ask the Everton players if there had been anything special laid on for this match with City they would almost certainly say no, but if a stranger had watched their preparation I think he would have formed the view that the players were going through the hoop. "The explanation is that we cannot train any harder than we do, week and week out, and I think you might say we have special Cup training every week.
PADDOCK TICKETS LEFT
The lads are used to it now, but it is a rigorous preparation all the same and we have no doubts about our fitness. We play to win every match- Cup-ties, included-and the players are confident if they get the run of the ball that they will still have an interest in the draw for the next round. "For my part I take not the slightest heed of Manchester City's lowly position, for everyone knows that in Cup-ties anything can happen, and so often does." Everton last night disposed of a large number of tickets for the paddock but I understand that several hundred still remain and these can be obtained by personal applicants at the clubs officers from ten a.m today. In fixing a ground limit of 72,000 Everton take the view 72,000 that comfort is preferable to cash. The apparent lack of demand for the paddock tickets both in Manchester and Liverpool is puzzling and suggests that the "ground full" notices may be reserved for another day and that there will be room for all, with some to spare.

CUP REPLAY PLANS
Liverpool Echo - Thursday 25 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Should a replay be necessary in the Everton Cup tie v. Manchester City, this will be played on Wednesday, January 31, at Maine Road. Manchester (7.30 p.m). This will not be an all-ticket match and admission to the enclosure and terraces will be by payment of cash at the turnstiles on the evening of the match. Stand tickets will be limited and will be available only to shareholders, one ticket each in exchange for spare coupon No. 45 from the self-season ticket, and some stand season ticket holders. Stand season-ticket holders will be entitled to apply for a stand ticket, as long as tickets are available, in exchange for spare coupon No. 45, providing the serial number on the voucher ends with a 2, 8 or 9. It must be emphasized that there may not be enough tickets for all in this category and will only be available as long as supplies last. Prices are 9s. 7s and 6s 8d, and will be sold on Sunday, from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Gwladys Street. Owing to lack of time, no postal applications can be considered.
F. S. Jallard, from 3 Halsbury Road, Wallasey, Is infuriated with what he terms my pro-Everton comments! He says I should have been at Anfield for the Chelsea Cup-tie because it was obviously the more attractive match. He feels I have not given due attention to Liverpool's unbeaten home record this season, and that Liverpool are unpopular with me because Dave Hickson left "the holy ground of Everton to play at pagan Anfield." It is kind of Mr. Jallard to add that my actual reporting of a game is second to none. It is good to know that I please him in any respect...
The penalty decision given against Brian Labone last Saturday produces letters from two followers of Everton. The first. Mr. F. P. Henley, of Druidsville Road, Liverpool 18. Says: "I was within 20 yards of the incident with a better view than the referee who was on the blind side of the tackle. I have no hesitation in saying the tackle was fair, the proof being that Labone came out cleanly with the ball. Criticism of the referee is not implied. I know from my own experience that no referee is endowed with X-ray eyes. I would like to say how much enjoyed the sporting spirit in which the game was played and the excellent manner in which the referee handled the match"
J. D. Morgan. 49 Elstow Street. Liverpool 5, says he must take me to task. He continues: "You claim to have seen the so-called foul tactics on a foggy day from a seat high in the stand. Yet on such a clear day as Saturday you are not so emphatic regarding the penalty awarded to Leicester. In my opinion, it was a fair tackle, and Walsh was being theatrical when he went down and stayed down. I did not see the penalty converted, as I was watching a player doing a war dance—the one who a minute before was suffering unimaginable injuries from being brought down!"

EVERTON WILL BE IN SOLD GOLD FOR MANCHESTER CITY CUP CLASH
Friday, January 26, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
A word of advice to those Everton supporters who may be busily engaged dusting their favours and painting their rattles in readiness for tomorrow's clash with Manchester City in the fourth round of the F.A. Cup at Goodison Park, is-take your time. Because of the colour clash, Everton have agreed to play in their old goal and black shirts, and City will have the narrow blue and white stripes. There was a big improvement yesterday in the condition of Roy Vernon, Everton's Welsh international inside forward, who was able to join in training and after treatment for his still neck and right shoulder, was a very much happier man. Mr. Harry Catterick, the Everton manager, told me last night; "Vernon is certain to play." In the event of Everton and Liverpool drawing their ties, the replay, in case will be on Wednesday next, with an Anfield kick off time of 7.15 p.m.

ROY VERNON SAYS…
Friday, January 26, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
GOALS GALORE DO NOT LWAYS SATISFY FANS
Where there are goals there is excitement, and I thought that was one of the chief ingredients spectators required to make their Saturday afternoon dish appetizing and satisfying. No I am not to sure, for it seems there are some who are only happy when all the goals are going in at or opponents end. I confess to some surprise that our game with Leicester City left some of the crowd dissatisfied, for I thought it a great game. It was a fine match to play in and I would have thought the excitement we felt would have been shared by the crowd, for their was the ebb and flow scoring and in the end a winner from a most unusual position- full back. Now if the winner had gone the other way disappointment would have been more understandable, for victory at Goodison has come to be regarded as a right these days. I would like to think we could go on guaranteeing this invincibility. I can imagine how delighted Colin Green was to see the ball fit home, for I am not so old that I still do not thrill to the memory of my own first goal.
SAVING GOALS…
Some full backs almost go through a career without a goal (for) to their name, although many of them will not boast the one or two that got away. Colin has still only played a handful of matches. He can boast that if he gets another goal tomorrow he may be disputed second top scorer of the back division, for at the moment he shares the distinction with the players for whom he is deputizing, George Thomson, and they are both two behind Jimmy Gabriel. Jimmy has not scored since his score-a-match for three successive matches against Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Wolves, and of course his story is that he is saving his goals for when we need them! The fact that Everton have not so far followed the example of other clubs in spending a few days by the seaside prior to the F.A. Cup competition does not mean that we regard the competition with any less importance. Actually different players have different views on the desirability of being plucked from their home surroundings and you would be surprised how many believe in the theory there's no place like home. I think that if a team is good enough it will win its matches. If it is not good enough, every other week-end at the seaside would make no difference. I know it is said that a change is as good as a rest, but I should say the timing of such a change is all-important.
BLOND GIANT
If there has been any departure from normal in our preparation this week it has been only the placing of greater emphasis on the importance of finishing, but probably this would have come about anyway. Cup-tie or not, for none of us can claim to be as deadly with our shooting as we would like to be. Shooting of course, is doubly important against a team like Manchester City, not so much because they have super defence as the fact that the blond giant by the name of Trauntmann who patrols their goal area is just about the most formidable goalkeeper in league soccer today. The man I have found it hardest to beat has been Gill Merrick of Birmingham and because of that I always award him the crown, but if a man runs him close it is Trauntmann. He has such a long reach that when he stretches out his arms there seems no place left to shoot! I doubt if anybody has a greater sense of anticipation. He makes a point of moving in the direction in which you are shooting almost before the ball leaves the foot, so that he makes impossible saves look easy. Moreover, for a big man he is remarkably agile, and even, shots on the ground present little problem. On one occasion I scored a goal against him and I chuckle every time I think of it. I had intended to crack the ball so hard that even Trauntmann would have no chance of intercepting it. True to form Trauntmann leapt sideways in anticipation, but I completely miscued and the ball almost trickled in the opposite direction-and the goalkeeper was beaten.
GIVEN CREDIT!
I was given a lot of credit for that goal. Quick thinking it was termed, but as I have said before the onlookers does not see everything. For all that, I expect to see Bert beaten often enough tomorrow to ensure that he will find no occasion to include this season's Cup competition in any memoirs he may be writing. Any team which possesses strong fast raiding wingers must count themselves fortunate, for I have found there is nothing liable to tear defence apart so completely as able wingers. I am told that City have two such wingers. Still to be fore-warned is to be fore-armed. They are not the first team we have met with wing stars, and I think we have managed all right up to now.

CRYSTAL-BALL CLEAR –ON PAPER
Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Hardly any use trying to weigh Everton chances against Manchester City when we have already been told "Everton will win 3-0." I have always envied the impudence, if not imprudence, of writers who not only decide which side is going to win, but the margin. Short of providing the interval score and anyone who can visualize victory by three goals might easily visualizewhich halves they came in—there's nothing left to say! Unfortunately, Cup matches are never won on paper, but only on the field. And there, as players of Everton and Manchester City know well enough, the chances are fifty-fifty, or thereabouts, with any little fortune, good or bad, turning the game. Everton's long run of success on their own ground: Manchester City's comparative failure this season are best forgotten. That is so much League history. This is the Cup—do or die. - If Everton get down to the business of playing effective football—and it seems authority has impressed the necessity for that—all should be well. The one man who could save Manchester City is the one who stands between the sticks—Trautmann. He can be almost a team in himself. I don't see the Everton attack beating him easily: I don't see them beating him at all with shots from the outfield, but most of the men in the Everton attack have power enough to beat him close-in. Everton's wisdom in limiting the crowd to 72,000 should pay. If the attendance had not been kept to that figure, many might have stayed away. I don't suppose 72,000 will be present, but the club will get nearer that mark than they would have if they had not taken such a sensible precaution. Much will depend on how Colin Green, in his first Cup game, settles down. He will have, as last week, admirable cover from the man in front, Brian Harris, who played outstandingly against Leicester. Evertonians demand a good, entertaining game and victory—and I think they will get it. But the best Cup bet of all, prior to kickoff, will be the eight-page super special Cup edition produced by the Echo for Everton and Liverpool fans, with colour pictures, match reviews and all the interesting detail of both games to help fans pass the waiting hour ... or hours. This will be on sale in good time in the morning.

LILL BACK ON EVERTON LEFT-WING
Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 January 1962
FELL DROPPED; GREEEN STAYS
CITY TEAM
By Leslie Edwards
Everton make one change for the tie against Manchester City at Goodison Park, Mickey Lill, taken off the transfer list at his own request, comes in at outside left in place of Fell. Lill, a Londoner, joined Everton from Wolves, and was a first team fixture until he developed cartilage trouble last season. This necessitated two operations. He has played on either wing fir the first team earlier this season. Colin Green, continues at left back, where injured George Thomson is still not available. Manchester City have lost the race to get skipper Barrie Betts fit. Manager McDowell said today; "We have been hoping that Betts would be able to make it, and he has been having spells of training this week, but this morning we had to rule him out. Both McDonald will continue at right back in an unchanged team." Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young, Vernon, Lill. Manchester City; Trauntmann; McDonald, Sear; Cheetham, Leivers, Kennedy; Young, Hannah, Dobing, Hayes, Wagstaffe.
DIVERSIONS PLANNED
Liverpool City Police are taking every precaution to ensure no traffic jams at the approaches to Goodison Park for the cup-tie between Everton and ManchesterCity to-morrow. Mr. J. W. T. Smith (Chief Constable) told the Echo: "If ' drivers of cars and coaches, which will be signposted in East Lancashire Road A 580), East Prescot Road (A 57), Queens Drive, and the Aintree Road and Rice Lane (A59) there should be no congestion and no trouble. "We expect most of the Manchester traffic to come along the East Lancashire Road, but some will also come via Prescot. If all drivers act according to the sign-posts they will assist themselves and the police. As usual there will be a diversion for through-traffic to take it off County Road and Walton Road. For traffic coming from the north into Liverpool, the route will be Hornby Road, Southport Road, Brewster Street and Westminster Road. The route for north-bound traffic will be: Scotland Road, Stanley Road, Melrose Road, Westminster Road, and Smith Street or Brewster Street.
ONE-WAY
"Priory Road will be one-way North before the game, and one-way South afterwards. "Coaches will be parked in Priory Road, and the overflow in Pinehurst Avenue." Mr. Smith further stated that extra police will be on duty at the main traffic points in the city and districts to help the even flow of traffic. A walkie-talkie control point will be set up at Goodison Park, and walkie-talkie policemen and cadets outside the ground and at the principal approaches will be in constant link with it.
TUNNEL PLAN
Mr. A. McFarlin (Mersey Tunnel Traffic Manager) stated that if the traffic from the Birkenhead side warrants it, he will delay the re-opening of the Rendal Street Dock Branch, which normally comes into operation after the Saturday mid-day peak at 1.45 p.m. "Our aim is to give all vehicles going to the cup-tie as speedy a passenger as possible through the tunnel, and if we find it necessary the re-opening of the Dock Branch will be delayed until the football rush is over."

LILL'S FUTURE CAN BE RE-SHAPED BY FIRST EVERTON CUP GAME
Saturday, January 27,1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
By Horace Yates
Football's greatest adventure, the F.A. Cup competition, famous for moments of unrivalled joy and just as notorious for its heartbreak, finds Everton and Liverpool deeply involved in today's fourth round. What their lot will be, who can say." The managers of both clubs very wisely avoid speculation in any shape or form. Both appreciate that if the ball runs for their team, victory will be their portion. Taking form as their guide, they could if they so wished, build up a convincing argument for their inclusion in round five, but because the Cup laughs at logic, how much better is it to allow events to speak for themselves? On the one hand, Everton could point to their third position in the League compared with City's place three from the bottom, and add an advantage of eleven points from the same number of games, as good measure. They could argue that defence are of vital importance in clashes such as this, and that City's concession of thirty-seven goals in away games gives them the worse record of any club bar Chelsea, but immediately would come the Manchester rejoinder that Everton had conceded five in their last two matches, conveniently forgetting that in the same period eight have gone into their own net. Only two clubs have beaten Everton goal-less at Goodison Park this term-and City are one of them. "What we have done we can do again," is their battle cry, can they? The Everton of the depressing early days of September and of today are hardly comparable and in any event, Everton evened the position with a 3-1 victory at Maine Road only a fortnight after the reverse. Trauntmann has been both headache and heartache to Everton forwards in the past, but while admitting that he has not been on hand when City have conceded all their goals, he has been beaten often enough to give heart to Vernon and company.
OWN GOALS
It is curious fact that of Everton's scorers against City, only Young plays again today (Temple and Wignall were the other scorers) and similarly, Hayes is Manchester's only representative to have registered in those two meetings. Baker is no, longer with them, and the other was debited as an own goal against Tommy Jones. Writing of own goals reminds me that City have a reputation as probably the most generous club in its concession of own goals for so far the tally against them is sever with three from Ewing and one each from Oakes, Betts and Sear. Sear alone survives today, with Betts unfit. A measure of manager Harry Catterick's concern over the outside left position, is that Mickey Lill, out of the team since October, is recalled. He will be the third player to have occupied this role in successive games, following on when Fell and Collins left off. Although he has only seven appearances to his name this season, curiously enough he will be one of today's team playing in his third game against City. What a chance this is for Lill. It is his first Cup-tie for Everton and the obvious invitation to him is show you are worthy of it and the job is yours. He has yet to prove that he is still as good now as he was before his operations and obviously, it is all a matter of confidence. If Lill comes back like a lion, a new future opens up before him. The absence of the strong tackling Thomson cannot lightly be brushed aside, but Green has the courage youth to steer him through his Cup baptism. In successive seasons the Everton-City meetings have earned most of the superlatives. We have not had so much good football that an encore will lead to complaints of a surfeit. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Greens; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young Vernon, Lill. Manchester City; Trauntmann; McDonald, Sear; Cheetham, Leivers, Kennedy, Young; Hannah, Dobing, Hayes, Wagstaffe.

EVERTON TO WIN AT FIRST ATTEMPT
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 January 1962
CITY NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE AN UPSET AT GOODISON PARK
By Leslie Edwards
Everton to reach the last 16 at the first time of asking. That is the way it looks to me. Manchester City and Bert Trautmann may prove me wrong, and if they did they would be confirming the League win they scored on the same ground last September. But Everton that day were not half the team they are now. They've won all along the line at home, but forgetting their Cup game against King's Lynn, in the past three months and a City team that has done only moderately this season does not seem likely to cause an upset. The trump card, if City create a surprise, is likely to be Trautmann, always a fine goalkeeper, and on his day. Everton's one suspect spot, in defence, could be young Colin Green, the Wrexham boy who take the place of the injured George Thomson. But I don't think it will be. I bank on him to continue as an Everton mascot -he has been on the losing side only once in his many first-team' appearances -and to keep his head in a battle which must test him physically and psychologically. CLASS AND ABILITY
The rest of the Everton team are all experienced players who have been in the fire and fury of Cup competition often before. They would not be winning the Cup out of turn if they did so this season. They have class, the power and ability to beat City and go to Wembley. Why this game should not seem attractive enough to Merseyside fans to justify them buying, at first opportunity, all the tickets available is a mystery. Last season when City came to Goodison Park the game was reckoned one of the best seen for years at the ground. Everton have set a limit of 72,000 for to-day's attendance. It could be that they will be able to keep the doors open long after kick-off, but why the game has not caught the Imagination of the public puzzling. Even though most of the City side has been here many times in the past it remains, in prospect, one of the best Cup games of the day. Maybe, as In the case of the last round, people still become more interested after having second thoughts.
NON-STOP THREAT
Ironically, both left backs will be Welsh and from the same area, both sides have their Youngs, also. Ours, Alex, is a Scot; City's, Neil, is only 17 years of age and is from Manchester. The man who will be trying, harder than ever to stop Everton's Wembley gallop, will be one of the many Liverpudlians (in a civic sense) who had to leave his native city to find fun. George Hannah He was once on Everton's books as an amateur. George Is small and lightly built, but his football brain is outsize. He could be a nonstop threat to the Everton defence. The other City inside forward, Hayes, is well remembered here for his work against both Everton and Liverpool an f seasons ago when the Bobby Johnstone Liverpool face at Oldham "made victory for City against our senior team
TRAMWORINATION
The tie at Anfield will never be forgotten because: Billy Liddell scored. A second or two after the referee had blown "time". (I was among thousands who did not hear it) the "goal" which, if it had counted, could have meant extra time. When last they came here Manchester City were top of 'the first Division and Everton, suffering the absence of several of their best players, not far removed from' bottom place. There has been transformation at both clubs meanwhile. But City are such a good Cup side, traditionally, the fear persists that it may not be all that easy for the team which seems, on the evidence so far, to have all the advantages. Of one thing I am certain. Everton will be advised to concentrate on football and forget any ideas they have about being tough. They are not built for that sort of thing and certainly they weren't bought for it. The vast majority of followers of the club go expecting to see top-class soccer. They are not interested in victory at almost any price. The Leicester game showed what Everton can do by way of offering entertainment and success. That is all we ask this afternoon.
LILL RECALLED
City's side will be unchanged, skipper Barry Betts failing at the last moment a test of injuries which have kept him out of the team since the last tie. Thus McDonald, who has been deputising, makes his Cup debut. Everton make one change— Mickey Lill for Fell at outside left.... Lill, taken off the transfer list at his own request during the week, has played on right and left wing for the club earlier this season. He is a great club man and having this opportunity to re-establish himself in the first team will take it with both hands-both feet. The leaving out of Fell is not very surprising. He has struck a bad patch in which, try as he will, he cannot find his real form.

LILL COMES BACK WITH A DECISIVE CUP GOAL
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 January 1962
EVERTON 2, MANCHESTER CITY 0
By Leslie Edwards

Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, Young (A), Vernon, Lill. Manchester City; Trauntmann; McDonald, Sear; Cheetham, Leivers, Kennedy; Young (N), Hannah, Dobing, Hayes, Wagstaffe. Referee; Mr. A.W. Luty (Leeds).
The curtain of mist which came down suddenly in parts of Merseyside in mid-morning, blotting out brilliant sunshine, seemed to have had little effect on the gate at Goodison Park, where Everton faced Manchester City In a fourth-round F.A. Cup-tie. Cheetham was guilty of a bad foul on Vernon and Leivers was similarly harsh on Young. Referee Luty had no hesitation in meting out punishment without delay. Everton were on top in these early minutes, and twice. Trautmann had to make secure catches when striding out through the ruck. City had the chance of the match so tar when Dobing went to the right wing and pulled the ball back squarely for the tall Neil Young, who completely mistimed what should have been an easy conversion.
BRILLIANT SAVE
Both Collins and Alex Young missed a grand centre by Bingham but the ball went on to Lill whose close in hook shot Trautmann saved brilliantly. A moment later the busy Hayes, figuring for the moment at inside right, weaved his way to a shooting position and then hit the ball outside the upright. A lovely flick by Alex Young put in Lill, who was then outnumbered and further fouls, one by Vernon and another by Sear, without any great protestations from Mr. Luty, suggested that the game might get tougher and tougher if the trouble were not checked. Vernon looked all over a scorer when Kennedy inadvertently headed on to him a clearance from hand by Dunlop, but after closing in he found Trautmann on the right spot to bring off another excellent save. Trautmann saved with an outstretched foot when Vernon came along the byline and the result was a corner, when a goal had seemed likely. Young kicked away when Dobing crossed the ball to an almost empty goal and before this move was finished. Hannah fired in a tremendous shot which Dunlop put away brilliantly for a corner. Again Neil Young missed a big chance this time when Wagstaffe's corner kick flashed across the face of the goal to him and he struck his shot so inaccurately the ball finished up at the feet of Wagstaffe at the corner flag.
PENALTY APPEALS
Everton claimed a penalty when Leavers shouldered Alex Young off and tapped the ball, to Trumann, but the referee had no doubts that the charge had been made to the shoulder. Leavers had the same experience with Alex Young a moment later after Young had been clean through. Again the ball finished in Trautmann's hands, with the crowd protesting with all their power that this at least merited a penalty. It was rather ragged football, but inordinately hard. Hayes, dangerous as ever, now crossed the ball, with Dunlop having too full length to field it. City were playing much better, with their wing-halves generating many attacks and the forward line as a whole showing that they could beat the defence and also that they knew were the goal was.
EVERTON AHEAD
McDonald denied Lill a scoring chance when Bingham centred, and then Everton went ahead at 31 minutes through Vernon. Trautmann saved brilliantly at close range from Collins, the ball rebounded, was shot towards the line again, and once more Trautmann got his body in the line of flight. Eventually, however, with the City defence all at seas Vernon picking up another rebound, fairly hammered the ball in from the edge of the box.
VERNON'S RUN
Vernon almost brought down the house with a run from his own half at near top speed, to finish with a scorching shot that must have nearly burned the top of the bar as it skimmed it. That any player should stride through as unopposed as was Vernon was an indictment of the opposing defence. Everton's second goal at 40 minutes was a beauty, Harris's free kick led to Collins shooting as he fell, with Trautmann saving brilliantly once again, but he could only turn the ball away to the right, and Lill got up high to nod it fast under the bar with a City defender vainly trying to keep it out with a header which really turned the ball still further into the net. Centre half Leivers slammed a big shot narrowly wide following a free kick immediately the game restarted, but most timely goal by Lill, brought back to play out of position In this critical match, looked a decisive blow. Half-time.—Everton 2. Manchester City nil. Trautmann now produced the save of the match from Vernon turning the ball for a corner when the chances were 10 to one on Vernon's beating him. The light had deteriorated very little and now there seemed every chance of its being completed. Although two goals down City were not out of it on the evidence of the first quarter of an hour's play in the second half. Hannah was very neat and good in all his work and it was no fault of his the City attack had not produced results so far. City would have been three goals down as a result of a glorious pass by Vernon if Lill, having picked up the ball close in, had not edged it just across goal instead of over the line. Hayes at this point sailed down the center and hit a shot hard, but unluckily against the foot of the post, from which the ball rebounded away to safety. Dobing had the ball in the net from an off side position, and then Dobing made a hash of a glorious through pass by Hannah otherwise the score must have been 2-1.
PENALTY MISSED
City produced the best move of the day and Hannah was left with an open goal, Green was forced to handle blatantly to save the situation. Inevitably it was penalty. Leivers placed the ball carefully, rammed in a storming shot low, and towards the right hand post, where Dunlop, moving with wonderful speed, clutched the ball to his body to make one of the most momentous saves of his life. Hayes was the unluckiest man in the world to be denied by yet another Dunlop save after starting a movement well in his own half and all but, completing it with a close in shot which seemed destined, for the back of the net until Dunlop did his stuff. The City forwards were now playing some rare stuff, with Hannah playing his part gallantly and well. I have yet to see a better young winger than Wagstaffe. Final: - Everton 2, Manchester City 1, attendance: 57,762. Receipts: £13,600.

LAST SATURDAY
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 January 1962
PARKER SAYS
It seemed to be generally agreed that our game against Leicester City last week was a good one, and I don't think it was coincidence that it was controlled by a referee who, in my opinion, is one of the best in the business —Mr. Kevin Howley, of Middlesbrough. Many of you may not even have noticed him-which is always a sign that a referee is having a good game. He made what I thought were many good decisions, but the one I remember most is that which gave Bobby Collins his goal to put us 2-1 in front. Gordon Banks, the Leicester goalkeeper, had caught a centre, run to the edge of his penalty area and thrown it to Frank McLintock, his right half. Quick a flash Bobby nipped in, took the ball off McLintock and, realizing that Banks would still be out of his goal, let fly from about 25 yards. The goalkeeper got his hands to the shot but the ball rolled over the line. Those of you who were there will remember that immediately a linesman held his flag up and Mr. Howley went over to speak to him before awarding a goal. As Bobby shot, Alec Young was in an offside position and that was why, quite rightly, the linesman flagged. The referee went over to him, and then obviously decided that although Alec as offside he was not interfering with play and let the goal stand. In addition to being a good decision for us. I thought it was also a very sensible one.
COLIN GREEN TOOK HIS WINNING GOAL SO QUIETLY
Only two minutes after Bobby's goal. Mr. Howie, awarded a penalty against us after Jimmy Walsh had been brought down from behind in a tackle by Brian Labone. I was quite near the incident, and while I thought the decision a little harsh at the time, it was such a near thing that I could well understand Mr. Howley deciding to give Leicester a penalty. What I could not understand was why many people, at the other end of the ground, decided to boo the referee when it was impossible for them to have seen clearly what happened. Happily for us, young Colin Green came up to hit the winner and gain some compensation for having lost his "lucky mascot" tag the previous week. Although Colin was obviously excited about it on the pitch, he did not mention it once we got into the dressing room. He is a very quiet chap and, watching him sitting down to take off his boots, you would have thought it was just another day. Still it shows there is no risk of his head getting too big. Before the game, Bobby Collins was talking to Leicester inside right Jimmy Walsh about the days they played together for Celtic. He also met the Leicester trainer, who was formerly Celtic's and Scotland's man with the sponge. After the match I was talking to Dave Gibson, the Hibs, inside forward who has just signed for Leicester. He told me how impressed he was with the standard of football and the wonderful reactions of the crowds here compared to those in Scotland. Peter Farrell called in at Goodison this week for a chat with some of his old friends. Peter is now Player-manager of Holyhead, the Welsh club, and plays in front of Jimmy Tansey, another ex-Everton favourite. Peter was sporting cut, complete with four stitches, over his eye, and when somebody asked how he came by it he jokingly replied:" Oh it was a bad pass from Jimmy Tansey." Actually, I heard afterwards he got it in a heading duel—and it wasn't with Jimmy either. Last week, I wrote of the show the Everton Supporters' club are putting on for Harry Cooke. It has now been definitely fixed for February 28, which will give me a good chance of celebrating my wedding anniversary Gordon Watson, who is on the football committee of the Supporters' Club, was telling me that the organisation was well under way, including the sending of invitations to former Everton players. Gordon was saying how much he was looking forward to it as it would give him a chance of meeting many of his old colleagues. He said: "Yes, I'll be able to see old interrupted him then: "Careful now, Gordon." Said, "You'll be giving your age away." Funnily enough, he didn't say any more.

WEST BROM RES V EVERTON RES
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 27 January 1962
West Bromwich Albion Reserves; Potter; Cram, Williams (G); Murray, Bradley, Bannister; Macready, Foggo, Lovett, Hope, Carter. Everton Res; Rankin; Gannon, Parnell; Sharples, Gorrie, Humphreies, Morton, Wignall, Temple, Veall. Referee; Mr. H. Davey (Mansfield). Everton were on the defensive right from the start and should have been behind in the openings seconds when Hope missed the easiest of chances right in front of an empty goal. Everton could not settle down and Hope atoned for his earlier miss in the 11th minute with a 15 yards drive into the corner of the net from Lovatt's pass. In Everton's first real attack Wignall was clean through but was bundled off the ball by Bradley and Everton's appeals for a penalty were turned down. Wignall later forced a brilliant save from Potter. Rankin was in fine form in the Everton goal and saved brilliantly from Foggo. Then Hope, clean through, lobbed the ball over the bar to miss another simple chance. Wignall raced through Albion's defence and beat Potters with a fine low drive but his shot bounced to safely off an upright. In the 44th minute Lovatt beat Rankin in a race for possession and increased Albion's lead. Half-time; West Bromwich Res 2, Everton Res nil
EVERTON A V MANCHESTER CITY A
Manchester were quicker on the ball and had the best of the early exchanges, but after 15 minutes Rees gave Everton the lead from a penalty shot. Half-time; Everton A 1, Manchester City A nil.
EVERTON B V OLDHAM A
After five minutes Oldham took the lead through Lawless. Four minutes later Lawless increased the lead when he headed in a corner from Smith. Half-time-Everton B nil, Oldham A 2

A SUB-NORMAL EVERTON ARE STILL TOO GOOD FOR MANCHESTER CITY
Monday, January 29, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
EVERTON 2, MANCHESTER CITY 0
By Horace Yates
There was probably more excitement in the Manchester City dressing room after the fourth round F.A Cup-tie at Goodison Park, where players reflected on the missed penalty kick by Leivers and contended that Vernon would never have scored Everton's first goal had goalkeeper Trauntmann not been held down by Collins, after two shots had been charged down, following a centre by Lill from an offside position. All of which, if you have followed the reasoning might have left City with a 1-1 draw, a verdict I gather, with the justice of which City would not have disagreed. I admit to seeing an instantaneous appeal for offside as Lill went down the touch line, but I also saw the referee wave protestations aside and signal Lill on so confident was he that all was in order. If City were caught off guard by this decision, they can blame only themselves. Trauntmann was certainly down as Vernon hammered the ball into goal with a shot which seemed strong enough to tear through the netting, but I was in no position to confirm or deny Trauntmann's allegation. Nothing that happened in this game caused the Everton players to change their belief that they can get to Wembley this year, for if stronger opponents remain in the competition than Manchester City, Everton can say without any fear of contradiction that they won through t round five with form that was definitely subnormal. Maybe they are saving their best for more worthy occasions!
VICTORY DESERVED
That Everton deserved to with I have not the slightest doubt, for this Manchester City display advertised to the football world that they are where they are in the League table because strength and accuracy of shot, as well as inclination, are hardly the qualities which earn them top marks. On the other hand Everton gave Trauntmann the opportunity to show that the passing of the years has done little to dim his reputation as one of the most agile and spectacularly capable goalkeepers, for a lesser player might have conceded four or five goals without risk of blame. Dunlop, with far less to do than Trauntmann, could point to a flawless afternoon's work and when he comes to list the outstanding saves he has made, no doubt that from Leiver's penalty kick will be included. A goal then might have galvanized this City attack into renewed effort, for it was a chance that dropped to them from the skies. Green, playing in his first Cup-tie, had developed a wholesome respect for that most able winger Wagstaffe, who had switched flanks in the second half, presumably to exploit Green's inexperience, and when he saw the ball passing over his shoulder, beyond his ability to control, Green could have imagined Wagstaffe waiting to bang the ball into the net, or alternatively that the ball would have passed into goal without further aid. Up went Green's hands and, of course, it was a penalty without a doubt. Ironically, had Green allowed evens to take their course, the ball would definitely have passed harmlessly out of play. Although Dunlop's was a magnificent save, Lievers slipped up by so placing the ball that a retrieving dive became possible.
TEN MINUTES DECIDE
Everton won the tie in ten minutes of the first half, Vernon scored in 33 minutes when he fastened on to a Collins rebound and in 42 minutes, after a miracle Trauntmann save had further extended Young's spell of matches without a goal, Bingham collected the ball and crossed it to Lill, who proved once again that a fallen Trauntmann is human after all. Those two goals were just too much for City, and while Everton mistakenly surrendered the attacking initiative, confident that safely lay in their margin, they were lucky it should be a relaxation without penalty. I should imagine the performance of the strong and mobile Wagsfatte turned manager Harry Catterick green with envy, for this youngster is without a doubt an outstanding outside left prospect and Young, on the right wing, is no laggard either. Defensively I believe Everton are equipped to deal with almost any situation, particularly when Thomson returns to left back, for they are playing beautifully together as a team; covering splendidly and tackling with timing and power that will discourage most foes, and now that Dunlop has completely recovered his composure I don't think the Everton challenge will fall down for lack of resistance. Labone, startling just a trifle hesitantly rallied to become a most formidable barrier in the middle, without finding it necessary to resort to the vigour which Leivers reserved for the discomfiture of Alex Young. To his credit, Young never shirked a challenge and although his supporters twice claimed he deserved a penalty award, I was with the referee on both counts.
SUPERB HARRIS
Harris, I thought, played a superb game. His tackling and covering alike were most impressive and if he maintains this standard those who are still inclined to underrate him, must change their opinion. In these days of forward doubt and difficulty how fortunate are Everton to have Roy Vernon in such consistent and magnificent attacking form. There is no finer sight these days than to see the long-striding ground-eating Vernon, with the ball at his feet, tearing through the defence. One such move, which carried him from inside his own half and ended in his delivering a screaming shot from 25 yards, would have produced the roar of the day had it been just that shade lower enough to have counted. The danger is that Everton are inclined to lean too heavily on Vernon as their main artillery, for devastating though he can be, his scope would be improved if it were not so apparent to opponents that here is the man to stop. Collins has never worked harder, but he is finding it more and more difficult to take a game in his grasp and mould it to his will. To have scored a goal and laid on the cross which produced the other, on return to senior football, must surely have brought some satisfaction to Lill and Everton, but with the best will in the world, we would deceive ourselves to pretend that this display has shown there is no longer any weaknesses at outside left. Lill proved what we already know-that he is a rare opportunist, with a happy knack of placing himself where he can inflict the greatest damage. If much of the later play disappeared in the mist, City's challenge had petered out sufficiently to leave no one worrying unduly. Everton; Dunlop; Parker, Green; Gabriel, Labone, Harris; Bingham, Collins, A. Young, Vernon, Lill. Manchester City; Trauntmann; McDonald, Sear; Cheetham, Leivers, Kennedy. N. Young, Hannah, Dobing, Hayes, Wagstaffe. Referee; Mr. A.W Luty (Leeds). Attendance 57,762 (receipts £13,678).

OVERWORKED DEFENCE CRACKED
Monday, January 29, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
WEST BROMW A RES 6, EVERTON RES 1
Everton Reserves were out-played in this Central League game at the Hawthorns by a young promising Albion Reserves side who have lost only one of their last eight games. But for a host of mischance's and a brilliant display by Rankin in the Everton goal, Albion must surely have reached double figures. Everton's attack offered little threat and the over-worked defence cracked in the second half when four of the goals were scored. Centre forward Lovatt, who gave Pendleton a trying afternoon, scored a hat-trick and the other goals came from Hope, Macreadle and Foggo. Centre forward Wignall was Everton's only enterprising forward and after hitting an upright in the first half he gained die reward with a consolation goal in the sixty-third minute.

SOME OF THE 57,000 SAW NO GOALS
Liverpool Echo - Monday 29 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
Some of the 57,000 people who nearly saw Everton beat Manchester City by 2-0 had to buy a paper to discover who had scored! Their view from 10s seats at the Gwladys Street end of Bullens Road stand was so affected by the thickening mist they saw little of play at the other end of the field and nothing of the goals scored first by Vernon and then by Lill. They missed, also the award to Manchester City of a penalty and saw nothing of Dunlop's magnificent save from Leivers. News of the penalty filtered to them, of course. Only when the ball was not brought back to the centre of the field did they appreciate that no goal had come from it. For people situated more centrally on the ground visibility was fairly good until the final ten minutes. We seem fated to be dogged on the big occasion by poor conditions. The Tottenham game a season ago was ruined by fog; this fourth-round Cup-tie which gave Everton, like Liverpool, a place in the last sixteen of the competition would have been a better spectacle if the morning sunshine had not been veiled, as by a curtain, by fog which threatened the start of proceedings. much less the finish.
Bewitching switch
In the book a 2-0 win gives the impression that victory was gained decisively. There were moments when Everton appeared likely to win by a wider margin, but early in the second half, when the Manchester wingers changed places, the initiative swung to them. From that period the probability was that the lead would be reduced. And if Dunlop had not dived yards to drop on Leivers penalty kick as the ball sped towards goal just inside the upright, we might not today have been writing this happy Everton story. The move which produced the penalty was certainly the best-contrived one of the game. And one of the few Manchester completed effectively. After a quick and expert round of passing Hannah was given a gilt-edged invitation to score. He would have succeeded if Green had not come to his side's aid with a save of which even Dunlop would have been proud. For a moment it looked as though Mr. Luty, the referee, might have missed the offence, but the agony of the appealing side was soon ended I don't blame Leivers for missing. He hit the ball true and low and placed it well. Dunlop, who must have made up his mind where he had to be, has never done his side better service. Except when beaten when a shot from Hayes struck the foot of the post he played faultlessly. And his job, because there were greater intervals between his work, was just as difficult as Trautmann.
No formality
There was one short spell in which the losers looked more than promising in the first half. Everton then showed themselves to be the more practical, in front of goal, and gave Trautmann and company a real tousing." But only when Vernon, with a venomous shot and Lill with a header got goals within the space of fifteen minutes before the interval did Everton capitalize on their command. Then, for five minutes or so in the second half the game seemed almost a formality. It proved anything but that. The switching of Neil Young and Wagstaffe "did something ' to the City attack and to the Everton defence. Wagstaffe, one of the finest young wingers I have seen, showed he could not only beat Green as he pleased, but other defenders, too. If City had not tended to crowd one another in attack and the Everton defence had been less resolute against some quick, judicious passing the game might easily have gone the other way. As it was City, besides missing a penalty, had the ball in the net on two other occasions from moves in which the last player but one to touch the ball had been offside by the narrowest margin. These disallowed goals counted for nought, but they did indicate the effectiveness with which City could finish a move when the mood was on them.
Always hard fought
It may never have been a great match the big rewards for the players and the general do-or-die atmosphere of a Cup-tie had their effect—but it was always a very hard-fought one. The crowd, rightly I thought on one occasion, demanded the head of Leivers when he twice jockeyed Alex Young out of possession from behind when the odds were on the Everton forward scoring. Mr. Luty, who was in no mood, it seemed, to offer lectures meted justice to come fierce and not always fair tackling and held the game, I thought, on rather loose reins at the very time when it was most necessary to be severe. But the further it went, the more satisfactory it became. City slipped the ball cleverly from some scything tackles: maneuvered neatly with it and in my book, at least, had the honours of the second half without even getting a goal for their trouble. Trautmann, significantly enough, was beaten on the rebound, as it were, for both Everton scores. Some of his saves were remarkable. It looked, for a time, as though he might hold off Everton single-handed. But the way Vernon sped from his own half and all but scored fifty yards further on was a reproach to the City defence as a whole. Not once was he tackled, not once was he in danger of being tackled.
Top goalkeepers
The day's outstanding contributions, for me, came from the goalkeepers Wagstaffe came next in my honours list. The goal by Lill gave me special pleasure because it is always good to see a good man come back and succeed. After two cartilage operations in close season Lill's career, except for his enthusiasm and will to come back, might easily have been written off. That Everton deserved to go further, though maybe not by two goals to nil, is probably the view of many fans. If Trautmann had not been in the City goal the probability is that this match (and City) would have been sewn up long before the final whistle. If I were naming a side with a future I should plump for City: If I were naming a side of the present what better prospect than Everton now they are giving themselves every chance by concentrating purely on football arts.

GREAT BATTLE IN SIGHT AS EVERTON'S LUCK CHANGES
Liverpool Echo - Monday 29 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
By Leslie Edwards
Ties to be played on Saturday, February 17 (kick-off 3 p.m.). Replays on or before following Thursday. Kick-off 2.45 or not later than 7.30 If under floodlights.
A most intriguing draw with Liverpool and Everton hanging anxiously on the results of the Preston v Weymouth "replay" to-night and on the result of the postponed tie between Burnley and Leyton Orient at Turf Moor to-morrow evening. Liverpool have been given a wonderful chance to reach the last eight Preston, managed until this season by one-time Everton manager. Cliff Britton, are a moderate Division side and there's always the possibility that the only non-League side left in the competition. Weymouth, might win through this evening.
THE GREATEST
The greatest tie of the round in every way, could be the Everton one, whichever way the Burnley-Leyton battle goes Burnley. League leaders and hard pressed by several clubs including Everton, are managed by the old Everton forward. Harry Potts. Turf Moor - would not hold half the people who would want to see this battle of two of the finest aides in Britain, both of whom have represented English football in the New York close-season tournament. In the League, Burnley beat Everton 2-1 at Turf Moor last September. If Burnley beat Leyton tomorrow they will meet Everton on successive Saturdays they are due at Goodison Park on February 10. So if the Cup battle comes off, it be a quirk return match. Many people think Burnley will do well to beat Leyton Orient now under the management of John Carey and a great side as Liverpool followers saw when they came to Anfield this season Mr. Carey, whose contract at Everton was terminated abruptly a few weeks before the end of last season, said last week that his football aim, for the moment, was promotion and a League fixture at Goodison Park next season. Well, his team has chances to face his old club on their own ground at Leyton, where a capacity crowd would number something less than 30.000.
ATTRACTIVE
If Everton face Leyton they will be looking to wipe out the indignity of a 3-1 defeat at Goodison Park in a Cup replay in 1952. The sides had been goalless on the previous Saturday. Leyton were then a Third Division Southern Section' team and included Woan, a forward who learned his football in this city. Said Mr. Carey: "It is a good draw, of course. Any First Division club is. Everton are an attractive side. Just like the Spurs or Arsenal, and it is a wonderful incentive for us to try to beat Burnley. But let's overcome that hurdle first "The draw has been remarkably kind to senior clubs. Only Liverpool, of the clubs other than First Division clubs, have been drawn at home! Lancashire could have four big ties.

COLIN GREEN CAP AGAIN
Tuesday, January 30, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
Notes only
Colin Green the Everton full back, kept his place, against Ireland at Belfast on February 7, ex-Everton Brian Godfrey the twenty-year-old Scunthorpe United inside forward gets his first chance in the Wales Under-23.

IT DIDN'T MATERIALISE THIS TIME BUT IT MAY
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 30 January 1962
By Leslie Edwards
The anticipation that Everton and Liverpool might meet in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup set me searching the records for past Cup battles between our sides. And because the possibility that they may still meet as live last-eight candidates here is the remarkable sequence of games in which they have faced each other: Starting in 1902 Liverpool got a 2-2 draw at Goodson Park and won on their own ground by 2-0. In 1905 the sides drew at Goodison Park and Everton won the replay 2-1. A year later they met again, in a semi-final, at the Aston Villa ground. Everton won 2-0 and went on to Crystal Palace, where they heat Newcastle United 1-0 (Sandy Young's goal). Everton won 2-1 at Goodison Park in 1911. There was no further Cup meeting until 1932 when Liverpool won at their opponents' ground by 2-1. Disregarding War-time Cup football, mostly on the basis of two-legged ties, the sides did not meet again in the Cup until the never-to-be forgotten semifinal (and after effects) at Maine Road, the day Freebooter won the National in 1950. Liverpool won 2-0, the only time, in my recollection when Manchester has not been a graveyard to all our Cup hopes. Liverpool were beaten 2-0 (goals by Lewis) by Arsenal in the Wembley final of that year. Of matches between the sides which most people can remember none was more startling than the one which Liverpool won 4-0 at Goodison Park in 1955—and they were a Second Division team then, too. Catch bet Cup query arising out of F.A. Cup games in this city is "When did Liverpool lose a tie 3-0 at Goodison Park—and they were not playing Everton. The answer is "In 1948 when Manchester United whose ground had been blitzed and still was not playable, waived their rights as a home team and came to " neutral" Goodison Park because Manchester City (whose ground they had been sharing) also had a home tie.
Break in routine
Everton will decide, within a day or so, whether to stay in the South following their League game at Ipswich on Saturday. The players, unlike Liverpool's, have had no break this season, following their busy close season in America and Canada. With Cup and League chances standing it may be that the club will give their team a break in training by a trip to the South coast where there is more likelihood at this time of the year of a bit of warming sunshine. Mickey Lill's re-emergence as a first team proposition (with an invaluable goal to mark the occasion) means that Everton's main problem for the moment is eased. A man, who might have been considered for the outside left position, if he had been fit, is Mr. Catterick's only signing of note since he re-joined Everton --young Ray Veale from Doncaster. But he damaged an ankle three weeks ago and when he played in the Reserve team on Saturday, broke down a second time. He saw an orthopedic specialist yesterday. Everton will get the results of the examination in a few days' time. Meagan, Thomson, Webber and Tyrer are others still unfit—a particularly unhappy situation with the possibility of two games against Burnley. Assuming Burnley beat Leyton to-night (and this is surely no certainty) League and Cup honours this season would he markedly influenced by the two meetings of Everton and Burnley in successive Saturdays.

FROM THE MANAGERIAL CHAIR
Wednesday, January 31, 1962 The Liverpool Daily Post
GREAT CHANCES IN OUR SOCCER ARE COMING
By Harry Catterick
A wind of change is blowing around League football in this country. The proposals of the Football League, published last week, indicate that the whole structure of football as it has been known since the early 1920's is to be thoroughly investigated. No doubt football club boards all over the country will be giving very serious thought and discussion to these proposal before making their recommendations upon them. But no matter what the outcome of these proposals may be I am convinced that very great changes in the clubs themselves will take place in the immediate future. Football has become big business. Bigger, perhaps, than any of us, anticipated. Yet, although this country is the natural home of Association football the pattern that I feel we are about to follow has Continental origins. In Italy and Spain, for instance, the big clubs are run by the heads of large industrial concerns. Their chairmen are very wealthy men indeed and, by virtue of this, enter the world of football with the welfare of the game itself at heart.
A TRIBUTE
Their magnificent stadiums are a tribute to the fore-thought, know-how and money they have been able to put into the game as a business proposition. In this country, for instance most grounds are in need of improved facilities for spectators that cannot hope to be complete in umpteen years if the money has to be found out of the gates. These can only be done in the immediate future if the money is guaranteed to enable work to be started right away. Moreover, at times goes on, so the cost of improvements soar making luxury stadiums more of a pipe dream than ever. Big businessmen, at the head of big business firms conditions to think big, are the people to whom football must look if it is to gain the momentum needed to rekindle the public's enthusiasm for the sport. Wages, travelling expenses, overheads (lighting, heating, &c), kit, medical expenses have all increased far beyond the cost to the spectator. If in the future a Super-League is to come into being, then it can only be made up of super clubs. Not only must there be a super team, but an organization and ground in keeping with the highest standards. Some of the Communist countries, with a low living standard, have some of the finest stadiums in the world. Certainly they are State-controlled, but they are magnificently equipped. The Italians and the Spaniards have been able to entice the best players to their teams because of the wages and fees they are able to offer.
ENORMOUS PROFITS
That is because they are backed by large industrial concerns who consider sport in all its form as an essential form of entertainment for the working population. With the enormous profits they make they are able to back methods to improve conditions for players and spectators with the result as we have seen in international matches and World Cup tournaments, that their standards of play have improved tremendously. Nobody is more aware than myself of the service the smaller clubs, who struggle along hoping to sell a player a season to help to make ends meet, have given to the game. After all I spent five extremely happy years with Rochdale a club whose outlook has always been sensible and progressive. But unfortunately, for one of the most sporting boards of directors in the game, the encouragement through the gate has not matched the enthusiasm and effort from those in control. But these clubs have little chance of living on their gates alone. Attendances very often do not cover the wages and, remember there is a three month period when nothing is coming in. But the salaries still have to be paid. There is no point in blaming football clubs for lack of foresight between the wars. We suffered grave periods of industrial depression. Now we hope, those days are gone for ever. More than ever it appears that football is going to be a case of the survival of the fittest. And the fittest is pretty certain to be the wealthiest.

SOLE SURVIVOR OF 1897 FINAL
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 31 January 1962
From colleague Stan Leary, comes a cutting recalling the only survivor of the Aston Villa and Everton Cup Final teams which played in 1897 at Crystal Palace. He is Albert Evans, now 85, and living in Coventry. Evans was the Villa left back against an Everton team which read Menham: Meecham, Storrier; Boyle. Holt, Stewart: Taylor, Bell, Hartley. Chadwick, Milward. Villa won 3-2. Villa still look after their old servant. He gets a cheque from them every month. Who says sentiment is dead in present-day football' Another old-timer still fit and Interested in the game is Joe McCall, Preston North End's half-back for 19 long-ago seasons. He has just had his 75th birthday at his home in Wrea Green, near Kirkham, Lancashire.

BURNLEY OR LEYTON, IT WON’T BE EASY
Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 31 January 1962
Says Everton’s Alex Young
Probably like most people with an interest in the fifth round of the F.A. Cup, I found the 40-odd hours between the final whistle at the end of Saturday’s fourth round tie and Monday's draw for the  fifth round seemed an eternity.  Some question whether this waiting period is really necessary and ask why the draw cannot be made on the Saturday evening following each round, as they do in they Rugby League Cup. My view is that although waiting for the draw can be almost as nerve - wracking as waiting for the match itself, it adds extra suspense to an already thrilling knock-out tournament.  Then when the draw was made we at Everton had to wait a little longer to know our opponents in round five.  An away tie it was, but would it be against Burnley or Leyton Orient?  We thought the answer would be known last night, but now we have to wait until next Tuesday for it. But whether we eventually meet Burnley or Leyton, our task will not be an easy one.  Burnley point to a 2-1 League success against us at Turf Moor last September as grounds for their belief that they will be going into the hat for the sixth round draw on Monday. February 19— providing they beat Leyton- but I can respond as confidently in defence of Everton’s chances.   And I mean defence. The Everton defence at the moment has few, if any, equals and to support this view I'll give Burnley fans a few simple figures.  When we left Turf Moor after playing our tenth League game of the season, our goals against thus far were 18. Since then we have played a further 18 League and Cup matches during which Albert Dunlop has only been called upon to retrieve the ball from the net on 13 occasions. 
IF IT'S LEYTON 
If Orient are the eventual winners, then we must treat our visit there with equal care.  I heard enough from the Liverpool players following Leyton’s visit to Anfield to know that beating them will be no easy task.  It would probably be one of those games where a solitary goal does the trick. Leyton have conceded only 25 goals In 26 Second Division matches.  Their forwards have netted 52 goals, which is only two more than our total from the same number of fixtures.  Yes. If we eventually visit Orient, it looks like a close match, with the attack producing the better form on the day probably clinching the issue. 
FATHER v. SON 
Having beaten Preston already away from home, Liverpool must be approaching their home tie with Preston with some confidence.  Here we have a strange situation:  a father (Mr. Jimmy Milne, the Preston manager) who will be doing his utmost to see that his son (Gordon, ‘the Liverpool right half) does not get a Cup winners medal!  I forecast our fourth round  tie against Manchester City  last Saturday might not be  as easy as It appeared on  paper, and as I hauled my  aching body—it felt as if I  had been thrown through a  brick wall backwards—into  bed on Saturday night. I realised how right I had been.  It was a tough game, but I think we made things harder for ourselves by unconsciously easing off after half time.  You may be one of those  who thinks that if Bill'  Leivers had not missed from  the penalty spot, City might  have been able to force a  draw, but to my mind the  Manchester club's real hope  of forcing a draw was  thwarted a little earlier when  Albert Dunlop made a superb  save from a close-in shot by  Joe Hayes. I think this save was better than Albert's later one from the spot kick and superior to anything Bert.  Now to our two goals, I see City are reported to have claimed that Trauntmann was impeded by Bobby Collins when Roy Vernon netted the first.  As I saw the incident.  Bobby may have stumbled as he was picking himself up, but there was no deliberate attempt to get in Bert's way.  If there was any accidental interference with the goalkeeper, however, I feel it was of little consequence as he could not possibly have recovered from his first save in time to stop Roy's shot. 
A DESERVED GOAL 
Mickey Lill's header going into the net was a happy sight, not because it was a decisive blow for us, but because I felt it was a thoroughly deserved goal.  Mickey has had a long uphill fight since cartilage trouble and things have not always gone too well for him.  That goal may be just the  thing to change his luck and  help to put him back where  he belongs—among the most feared  wingers in the country.  City's David Wagstaffe, I feel, is already heading for this bracket. He and Joe Hayes were the pair. I  thought, who seemed likely to  turn the game City's way on  Saturday, and that they did  not do so reflects great credit  on our defence, particularly  reserve full back Colin Green.  On Saturday we travel to Ipswich in search of our first double this season. We had a comfortable victory earlier at Goodison, but I notice Ipswich have only dropped four points at home so far.  They had a tough Cup replay against Norwich last night so we may be able to nip in and add a couple of points to our unattractive away record.  Here's hoping. 
A REST IN BRIGHTON 
The thought of playing Ipswich (away), Burnley (home) and then a cup-tie (away) is enough to make you want to take a rest, and that is just what we are going to do. Following the Ipswich game the club has arranged for us to spend three days In Brighton, just sitting in the sunshine (hope) and breathing in the fresh air (fog permitting).  If we can return home and beat Burnley at Goodison, then follow up with a Cup victory the following week, am sure everyone will think our Brighton visit worthwhile.  Finally, congratulations to Ian St. John on being picked for the Scottish trial next Monday. Ian thoroughly deserves his place, but once again I must go down on the record as a Scotsman snot for personal reasons) who is not quite satisfied with the selectors’ choice.