The Blues take the high road to Scotland again.
The Everton mad site will keep you up to date with the kick-off times, prices and need to know information about these fixtures over the coming weeks as well as all other Everton news. Indeed like all the players in the World Cup I will not get a summer break!
First of all lets get the small matter of the youth cup final second leg out of the way. The young Blues won 1-0 with a goal from England International Scot Brown. Everton were the better side on the day and this performance salvaged some pride after the first leg. Wayne Rooney was awarded the man of the final and quite rightly so.
With a bit of luck he could have had a hat trick in both games, unlucky lads. Now for a look forward to our first pre-season match in Scotland Queen's Park.
The fortunate thing about this match is that I also work at Hampden at the weekends so I can tell you Evertonians all about Queen's Park and the National Stadium.
Within the stadium itself we have the Scottish Football Museum, and this place is worthwhile seeing trust me. If any Everton fans are coming up for the week or even just for the Queen's Park match let me know and I will get in touch with the Museum to get you fixed up with tours etc and also any information you will need for traveling etc. The staff at the Museum are very friendly and would be only too happy to accommodate any Everton fans traveling for the game.
The Museum is open seven days so there is no excuse for not getting along to it. The only problem is on match days there are no tours of the stadium but the museum is still open.
What about our opponents?
Queen's Park are a staunchly amateur club and play their games at the
National stadium, Hampden Park. The first International meeting between Scotland and England on 30th November 1872,the Scotland team was made up of 11 Queen's Park players. Although the club languishes in the Third division the importance of their existence is not lost on the true Scottish and football fans. The score on that day was 0-0 and the match was played in front of 4000 spectators.
The club have played in the FA cup playing against public school side Wanderers, the game ended goalless. They were also runners up on two occasions in 1884 when they scored 32 goals and conceding one on route to the final where they lost 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers and the following year they lost 2-0 to Blackburn once more.
The club has had some great players and names that people will remember for various reasons but the biggest name must be Sir Alex Ferguson. He played for the Spiders before moving on to bigger and better things with his playing days with Rangers and Dunfermline then his managing of St.Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United.
National stadium, Hampden Park. The first International meeting between Scotland and England on 30th November 1872,the Scotland team was made up of 11 Queen's Park players. Although the club languishes in the Third division the importance of their existence is not lost on the true Scottish and football fans. The score on that day was 0-0 and the match was played in front of 4000 spectators.
The club have played in the FA cup playing against public school side Wanderers, the game ended goalless. They were also runners up on two occasions in 1884 when they scored 32 goals and conceding one on route to the final where they lost 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers and the following year they lost 2-0 to Blackburn once more.
The club has had some great players and names that people will remember for various reasons but the biggest name must be Sir Alex Ferguson. He played for the Spiders before moving on to bigger and better things with his playing days with Rangers and Dunfermline then his managing of St.Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United.
Although most folk thought our friendly would be against one of the bigger Glasgow clubs I think the Blues fans will still enjoy their visit to the national stadium and their game v Queen's Park.
Their club motto is "Ludere causa ludendi"-to play for the sake of playing. So Before I sign off for this part of my pre-season build up I will give you some more info on the museum and why you should come along and see it, don't forget if anyone wants anymore info just e-mail me and I will help you with anything I can.
What does the Museum have?
Well apart from really nice and helpful staff we have the following
The Actual Scottish Cup The oldest ticket in the world The Wembley wizards ball from 1928 The Home nations trophy John Collins World Cup boots -that he scored against Brazil, Mo Johnston's Rangers jersey Willie Miller's collection of medals including his two European medals and much much more.
The Actual Scottish Cup The oldest ticket in the world The Wembley wizards ball from 1928 The Home nations trophy John Collins World Cup boots -that he scored against Brazil, Mo Johnston's Rangers jersey Willie Miller's collection of medals including his two European medals and much much more.
Museum entrance
Adults £5.00 Kids £2.50
Stadium Tours
Adults £2.50 Kids£1.25
Open seven days Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Sun 11am-5pm
Look forward to seeing many Evertonians at the Museum and in Scotland. I am sure that you all will have a great time in Scotland and no doubt James, Tommy and Andrew will be organising a few buses for the lads.
Adults £5.00 Kids £2.50
Stadium Tours
Adults £2.50 Kids£1.25
Open seven days Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Sun 11am-5pm
Look forward to seeing many Evertonians at the Museum and in Scotland. I am sure that you all will have a great time in Scotland and no doubt James, Tommy and Andrew will be organising a few buses for the lads.
Before I go I must mention that I am playing in a Tourney in honour of a man who was more that just a news journalist for the BBC and that man is Kenny MacIntyre. Kenny unfortunately passed away a few years ago and we have played in this tourney for the past few years in honour of the man we all knew and loved and still miss.