New Posts For Thread: Forty years ago todayhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-todayOn 15th May 1985, Everton FC played in their first (and to date only) major European final. They lifted the Cup Winners Cup in Rotterdam by way of a 3-1win against Rapid Vienna. It was a stylish and dominant display and the final score flattered theWD, Do you know why Pete Feely only played 41 games for the Gills ? Must have been injuries i suppose. he actually scored 22 goals which is a pretty good return.Also, did you know he became a multi millionaire after his football days were over ?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564735267#564735267WD, Do you know why Pete Feely only played 41 games for the Gills ? Must have been injuries i suppose. he actually scored 22 goals which is a pretty good return.Also, did you know he became a multi millionaire after his football days were over ?Sun, 18 May 2025 13:28:11 -0500Funny I do remember David Fry, just such a long time ago!I was in the Gillingham End so did not feel the cold, just could not understand why he kept booting it off the end.Pete Feely, Danny Westwood, Damien Richardson…. Wot a front three with due rhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564734729#564734729Funny I do remember David Fry, just such a long time ago!I was in the Gillingham End so did not feel the cold, just could not understand why he kept booting it off the end.Pete Feely, Danny Westwood, Damien Richardson…. Wot a front three with due rSun, 18 May 2025 10:00:06 -0500WD - in November 1975 Gills played Weymouth away in the FA Cup first round. They won 2-0 with our fav Damien Richardson scoring both goals and Ron Hillyard playing a blinder in goal. But who was in goal for Weymouth that day, well none other than thehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564734701#564734701WD - in November 1975 Gills played Weymouth away in the FA Cup first round. They won 2-0 with our fav Damien Richardson scoring both goals and Ron Hillyard playing a blinder in goal. But who was in goal for Weymouth that day, well none other than theSun, 18 May 2025 09:50:43 -0500tobermory, you make some fair points. A lot of it was to do with timing as even though Everton had just won the title, clubs like Liverpool for instance were still seen as the more attractive option for the better players (such as Barnes and Beardslhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564733949#564733949tobermory, you make some fair points. A lot of it was to do with timing as even though Everton had just won the title, clubs like Liverpool for instance were still seen as the more attractive option for the better players (such as Barnes and BeardslSat, 17 May 2025 18:33:49 -0500Everton definitely suffered most from the Euro ban, in terms of the difference it could have meant to their history.Liverpool did miss 3 European Cups after winning titles (though maybe more that they would have played in as holders) but they alreadyhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564733817#564733817Everton definitely suffered most from the Euro ban, in terms of the difference it could have meant to their history.Liverpool did miss 3 European Cups after winning titles (though maybe more that they would have played in as holders) but they alreadySat, 17 May 2025 17:37:40 -0500Hello to all who posted today and thanks for your comments, bit late replying, been otherwise engaged.PoP - i don't think we'll ever see eye to eye on this one so lets call a truce, agree Everton and Liverpool were both great sides in the 80s and thahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564733679#564733679Hello to all who posted today and thanks for your comments, bit late replying, been otherwise engaged.PoP - i don't think we'll ever see eye to eye on this one so lets call a truce, agree Everton and Liverpool were both great sides in the 80s and thaSat, 17 May 2025 16:39:25 -0500I always liked the Cup winners Cup before it became dated, earliest memories of Arsenal in Europe was in this competition, Alan Smith scored the winner in the final against Parma in 94 with a team that had Zola and Asprilla, we then lost the Super Cuhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564733511#564733511I always liked the Cup winners Cup before it became dated, earliest memories of Arsenal in Europe was in this competition, Alan Smith scored the winner in the final against Parma in 94 with a team that had Zola and Asprilla, we then lost the Super CuSat, 17 May 2025 15:26:21 -0500Only just spotted this Fred.. This is the only match that I have ever been to that wasn't a Wolves match. I worked with a scouse bloke, he was a big Everton fan and he'd got a spare ticket for Rotterdam. I had just split with a long time girlfriend shttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564733413#564733413Only just spotted this Fred.. This is the only match that I have ever been to that wasn't a Wolves match. I worked with a scouse bloke, he was a big Everton fan and he'd got a spare ticket for Rotterdam. I had just split with a long time girlfriend sSat, 17 May 2025 15:05:04 -0500Agree 100% with this.There were 2-3 years when they were better than Liverpool and they'd have had a good chance of winning the big one.From a selfish point of view, I'd have loved to see Kenny's late-80's team in there. Imagine seeing Barnes-Aldridghttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564731413#564731413Agree 100% with this.There were 2-3 years when they were better than Liverpool and they'd have had a good chance of winning the big one.From a selfish point of view, I'd have loved to see Kenny's late-80's team in there. Imagine seeing Barnes-AldridgSat, 17 May 2025 05:53:47 -0500Also did they play Z Cars at Gillingham pre match? I think they did.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31874305/forty-years-ago-today?post_id=564731387#564731387Also did they play Z Cars at Gillingham pre match? I think they did.Sat, 17 May 2025 05:45:38 -0500