Match by Match Reports

1^st December 1970

2^nd Round – Away at Manchester City

Drew 2-2

Scorers – Mick Buckley, Ronnie Goodlass

 

Match Preview The Liverpool Echo

 

EVERTON’S SQUAD FOR YOUTH TIE

1^st DECEMBER 1970

Although Everton will take a party of 1t with them for to-night’s F.A. Youth Cup second round tie at Manchester City, the players likely to to form the team came through Saturday’s junior games without injury (writes Mike Charters).

The team is likely to be:

Williams: Armstrong, Graham: Smith, Scott, Pitchard: McEwan, Bacon, Wilson, Buckley, Goodlass.

Two of this season’s apprentices, Jimmy Burns and George Telfer, are in the squad, plus three amateurs – Gerry Bennett, Jimmy Williams and Frank Gorman.

Bennett is the younger brother of Everton’s reserve defender Harry Bennett. Williams was the deputy for Goodlass in the Liverpool Boys team of his year, while Gorman is reserve goalkeeper to Keith Williams.

 

No Match report in Liverpool Echo

 

8^th December 1970

2^nd Round Replay – Home to Manchester City

Lost 0-1

 

Match report from the Liverpool Echo

 

IT JUST WASN’T EVERTON’S NIGHT

9^th DECEMBER 1970

BY PAUL O’BRIEN

Manchester City ended Everton’s F.A. Youth Cup hopes with a 1-0 victory in the second round replay at Goodison Park last night, but if the sides met again another half dozen times I doubt if City could repeat the success.

There was only one word to describe Everton – unlucky.

When Alan Wilson nodded the ball against the bar after barely 10 minutes with David Cross, the City goalkeeper, beaten, and then Referee Barker, of Crewe, awarded a free kick against Everton it set the pattern for the rest of the match.

During the next 80 minutes Wilson and three other Everton players, Ron Goodlass, Paul McEwan and Mick Buckley, saw shots or headers rebound from the woodwork, while the Everton fans have left Mr. Barker in no doubt that he would not be on their Christmas card lists.

McEwan also had the misfortune to see a shot scrambled from the line at the last possible moment by City inside right Paul Smith, but in between all this – at the 22^nd minute, in fact – City snatched the winning goal.

HEADED ON

It came from centre forward Gary Clarke, after a right wing corner had been headed on to him by outside left George McBeth and left half Paul McMahon.

Apart from two shots by inside left Steve Carter, their outstanding forward – one hit an upright and the other was cleverly saved – City only really worried the Everton defence from corner kicks.

Two City players, left back Hughie McCrory and outside right Paul Henson were booked.

Apart from hitting the woodwork, Everton did have two or three chances they should not have missed, and if their final passes had matches some of the approach play then City – no matter which way the luck had gone – would have taken a hammering.

If there had been any justice for Everton then the power would have been cut off, forcing the game to be replayed. But then – it just wasn’t their night.