IT’S rude to ask a lady her age.
But when you’re a Grand Old Lady like Goodison Park, certain milestones should be celebrated, and the Everton Heritage Society is helping to celebrate 120 years of Goodison Park this weekend.
In partnership with the Everton Heritage Society, the National Football Museum and Everton in the Community, the Museum of Liverpool will be hosting events dedicated to celebrating The Glory of Goodison on Saturday and Sunday.
Since it opened in 1892, Goodison has encountered bomb damage, the deaths of Dixie Dean and Harry Catterick, played host to a World Cup semi-final and more top-flight games than any other stadium in England.
It was the world’s first four-sided double-decker stadium, and the first football ground in England to have dug-outs, fit a scoreboard and install under soil heating.
Events at the Museum of Liverpool will include a programme of talks covering the legendary Dixie Dean and other great Everton centre-forwards, the history of the Toffee Lady, Everton’s tour of South America in 1909, the close links between Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs, the invention of goal nets, the 1933 FA Cup final ball and the great TG Jones, the ‘Prince of Centre Halves’.
There will also be Museum tours, object handling sessions, footie-themed craft, children’s stories, and the Liverpool Shanty Kings singing Everton Songs.
The Toffee Ladies will also be on hand to make sure there’s Everton fun for all the family and visitors of all football allegiances.
The Museum of Liverpool also has a ‘Wondrous Place’ gallery, which explores sport and creativity in the city. Vvisitors can learn about the history of football on Merseyside, and experience Kicking and Screaming, a 360 degree film exploring Liverpool's passion for football and the unique rivalry and success of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs.
The museum, on the waterfront, is open from 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
