Match by Match Reports

1^st December 1971

2^nd Round – Away at Manchester United

Drew 1-1

Scorer – Ronnie Goodlass

 

Match report from The Liverpool Echo

 

YOUNG BLUES’ FINE DISPLAY

2^nd DECEMBER 1971

BY PAUL O’BRIEN

A brilliant goal by outside right Ron Goodlass earned Everton a replay at Old Trafford last night when the blues held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw in the second round of the F.A. Youth Cup.

And they thoroughly deserved a second chance, for they displayed more skill and speed than United.

Everton went behind after a quarter of an hour, when Sammy McIlroy, Old Trafford’s latest sensation, provided the pass which saw Frank McGiven beat Brian Parkinson from close range.

But Mick Buckley, a former Manchester Schools player, rallied Everton with some splendid runs.

It was Buckley who set up the goal for Goodlass on 37 minutes. He fought his way out of three tackles in a 40 yard run then laid on a fine pass for Goodlass to score with a tremendous left-foot drive.

In the second half Everton wilted, but Parkinson made many fine saves. United were over-generous when Ken Ayres missed two great chances from six yards.

The speed of Everton’s Cliff Marshall and the industry of Buckley were prime factors in earning the replay.

 

7^th December 1971

2^nd Round Replay – Home to Manchester United

Won 2-1

Scorers – George Telfer, Ian Bacon

 

Match preview from The Liverpool Echo

 

YOUNG BLUES’ TOUGH REPLAY

7^th DECEMBER 1971

Everton field an unchanged team for their second round F.A. Youth Cup replay against Manchester United at Goodison to-night (7:30), writes Mike Charters.

Supporters have the chance of seeing the club’s young talent in a hard competitive match against a club with a history of producing young stars.

None of the Everton youngsters has yet aspired to first team status but United have Sammy McIlroy, who has made something of a sensational debut in the League as deputy for the injured Dennis Law this season.

Five of Everton’s team are former schoolboy internationals – Buckley, McNaught, Marshall, Pritchard and Goodlass.

Buckley, who has been named in the first-team squad several times this season without getting a game, had an outstanding match at Old Trafford last week and is rated a midfield player of the highest potential.

EVERTON: Parkinson; McEwan, Kenny; Buckley, McNaught, Tobin; Marshall, Bacon, Telfer, Pritchard, Goodlass.

UNITED: Wylie; Jones, Wardrop; Norton, Griffiths, Prophet; McGiven, McIlroy, Feltcher, Ayres, Healey.

 

YOUTH CUP DRAW

The draw for the third round of the F.A. Youth Cup includes Manchester United or Everton v Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United v Wrexham or Liverpool. Ties to be played by January 1.

 

Match report from the Liverpool Echo

 

EVERTON BOUNCE BACK TO CRUSH UNITED

9^th DECEMBER 1971

BY PAUL O’BRIEN

What a difference an hour can make. At ten past eight last night at Goodison Park, Everton looked like a group of individuals destined to make an early exit from this year’s F.A. Youth Cup at the hands of Manchester United.

By ten past nine, it was a leg weary United who staggered off the pitch, beaten 2-1 in this second round replay by a transformed Everton team that looked capable of going a very long way in the competition.

In the first half Everton, apart from some fine play from Buckley, had left midfield to United, with the result that Old Trafford’s latest star, Sammy McIlroy, did pretty much as he pleased.

25-YARDS GOAL

The ease with which McIlroy put United in front after nine minutes illustrated this, for no one in a blue shirt challenged when the inside right collected the ball 25 yards from the Everton goal.

McIlroy put the ball on his left foot, transferred it to his right, and then placed it cooly into the far top corner of the net, giving Parkinson, in the Everton goal, little or no chance.

One of Everton’s best moves in the first half saw Buckley split the United defence with a long pass. Outside left Ron Goodlass raced on to the ball and beat Mike Wylie, the United goalkeeper, with a tremendous shot, but left back Mike Wardrop hooked the ball to safety.

Everton were decidedly unlucky not to get a penalty just before half time when Roy Morton handled, but the first half belonged to United, and particularly McIlroy, who saw another of his shots strike the crossbar.

How different things were after that. In Buckley and Ian Bacon Everton had two players working with the enthusiasm of Alan Ball.

Ray Pritchard, always a tower of strength received full support from Ken McNaught in closing up the middle of defence, and George Telfer found some of his enthusiasm rubbing off on his co-forwards.

It was centre forward Telfer who got Everton’s equaliser at the 50^th minute – McIlroy appearing to be booked for something he said to the referee as the build-up was going on – and Bacon settled the issue with a second goal at the 63^rd minute.

INSPIRATION

There were flashes of inspiration for United from McIlroy after this, but it was always Everton who looked the more likely to score.

After a game that exceeded all expectations, both in standard of play and entertainment, the teams received a standing ovation from the 7,051 spectators.

And Everton formed up in two lines to clap the exhausted United side off the pitch, surely knowing that there will be another big crowd behind them when they tackle Sheffield Wednesday at home in round 3.

 

22^nd December 1971

3^rd Round – Home to Sheffield Wednesday

Won 3-2

Scorers – Ian Bacon, George Telfer, Own Goal

 

Match report from the Liverpool Echo

 

YOUNG BLUES FIGHT OFF LATE SHEFFIELD RALLY

23^rd DECEMBER 1971

BY PAUL O’BRIEN

Everton seemed to be coasting to victory in last night’s F.A. Youth Cup, third round tie at Goodison Park, but during their defence presented Sheffield Wednesday with two goals and the Blues ran out winners by 3-2 – a margin that hardly seemed likely before half time.

It was a match on a soft, greasy surface, with more ball control and clever football that one expects in these conditions and one or two mistakes that it is hard to pardon in any circumstances.

Everton, for example, pushed long balls forward intelligent and switched the direction of play quickly – just the right thing when defenders are finding it difficult to turn.

But against this, they wasted a lot of well-created openings and their covering, particularly in the second half, left something to be desired.

Everton were at their best as a team in the opening 40 minutes when well directed long clearance, particularly by McEwan and Pritchard, had Fuller and Peters, in the centre of the Wednesday back four, in all kinds of trouble.

CLEVER APPROACH

Telfer lead the Everton attack well in the first half, while Goodlass, on the left wing, had Wednesday running round in circles at times and should have seen more of his clever approach play turned into goals.

A superb 50 yards pass from McEwan to Telfer opened the way for Bacon to score Everton’s first goal after 28 minutes, and two minutes later Everton could have gone further ahead.

They were prevented from doing so by Barrett, the Wednesday goalkeeper, who flung himself to his right to fingertip away a penalty kick taken by Everton’s skipper Mick Buckley.

Telfer who had earlier been unluckly not to score on two occasions when his speed enabled him to get in shots from what were barely half chances, scored Everton’s second goal after 37 minutes.

Tobin, aided in the move by Goodlass, crossed the ball and Telfer rose to head it against an upright. As goalkeepeer Barrett lay helpless on the floor, Telfer calmly tapped the rebound into an empty net.

PROBLEMS

Hall, Musson and Wylde had posed some problems for Everton in Wednesday attacks, but it was Hull, who had been quietly getting through a lot of midfield work, who moved up to put the visitors back in the game five minutes after half time.

The chance was not really on until Hull saw two Everton defenders hesitate in the penalty area and slid in to guide the ball wide of Parkinson, the Everton keeper.

Wednesday’s luck was really out at the 55^th minute when Peters tried to head clear a long free kick by Everton’s centre half, McNaught, and only suceeded in glancing the ball into the top of his own net.

Herbert, substituted for righht winger Liddle in the 61^st minute, made a tremendous difference and it was he who got Wednesday’s second goal eight minutes from time.

Skipper Gordon Byron, a former Huyton Boys player, worked hard for Wednesday, for whom Musson and Hall always looked capable for pulling out something special.

EVERTON: Parkinson; McEwan, Kenny; Buckley, McNaught, Tobin; Marshall, Bacon, Telfer, Pritchard, Goodlass.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Barrett; Cameron, Smith; Byron, Fuller, Peters; Liddle (Herbert, 61 minutes), Hull, Wylde, Musson, Hall.

Attendance: 6,249

 

24^th January 1972

4^th Round – Away to Liverpool

Lost 2-3

Scorers – Cliff Marshall, Ronnie Goodlass

 

 

Match preview from the Liverpool Echo

 

YOUTHS BATTLE FOR CUP GLORY

24^th JANUARY 1972

The cream of Merseyside’s young football talent goes on display tonight as the youth teams of Everton and Liverpool battle it out an Anfield for the right to go through to the last eight of the F.A. Youth Cup, writes Chris James.

It looks to be an intriguing match ans there is almost certain to be a five-figure attendance as Merseyside’s soccer followers show once again they appreciate the efforts, class and skill of the young players.

On paper, Everton appear to have the stronger team with five former schoolboy internationals.

But that does not tell the story because four of the Liverpool squad were not eligible for their local schoolboy teams because they went to grammar schools.

Those four were goalkeeper Steve Jameson (Lancaster College), John Hingham (Liverpool Institute), Bob Johnson (Salieson College) and Derek Brownbill (St. Francis Xavier). All four are now 17 with Johnson a full-time professional, Higham an apprentice, and the other two amateurs.

Also included in the side is Tommy Tynan, a sixteen years-old who was discovered in the Echo’s Search for a Star and who has now signed apprentice professional forms at Anfield.

The only internationals in the Liverpool side are Tommy McGuire, who has played for the Eire youth team, and Thompson, who is in the England squad.

Everton have only two non-Merseyside boys in their probable side. Mick Buckley (Manchester) and Ken McNaught (Kirkcaldy), though they have four ex-England schoolboy internationals in Mick Buckley, Cliff Marshall, Ray Pritchard and Ron Goodlass, while McNaught represented Scotland.

LIVERPOOL: (from) Jameson; Kettle, Higham; James, Johnson, Thompson; Kewley, Gore, Tynan, Brownhill, Singleton, Jones, McGuire.

EVERTON: (probable) Parkinson; McEwan, Kenny; Buckley, McNaught, Tobin; Marshall, Bacon, Telfer, Pritchard, Goodlass.

 

LIVERPOOL SILENCE THE MIGHTY KOP

Anfield’s mighty Kop will be silenced to-night during the F.A. Youth Cup derby between Liverpool and Everton. For Liverpool have decided to close the Kop for the match, but all other parts of the ground will be in use.

In a bid to encourage the fans to use the stands, Liverpool are charging only 30p for seats in the main and Kemlyn Road stands. The paddock will be 25p and the ground 20p. Kick-off is at 7:30p.m.

 

Match report from the Liverpool Echo

 

SHANKLY’s BRIGHT BOYS WIN A THRILLER

25^th JANUARY 1972

BY PAUL O’BRIEN

The F.A. Youth Cup could be on its way to Anfield for the first time, for the Liverpool youngsters, after starting among the outsiders, have improved so much during the season that they are now among the favourites.

Bill Shankly must have been delighted with the result of last night’s fourth round tie at Anfield, not only for the scoreline – Liverpool 3, Everton 2 – but the way it was achieved.

On paper Everton, conquerors of the mighty Manchester United, were favourites, but it was Liverpool who for long periods dictated the way the game would be played. It was Liverpool’s number four, Phil Thompson, and not his opposite number, Mick Buckley, who took control in midfield.

True, Buckley showed his undoubted class when he could, but Thompson was never out of the game.

Like all derby matches, this one produced a controversial point. It revolved around the goal that Tommy Tynan, after 61 minutes, which put Liverpool into a 3-1 lead.

Ken McNaught, the Everton centre half, clearly felt he had been fouled when Tynan, who collected a pass from Brian Kettle, rounded him, drew Brian Parkinson out of his goal, then slipped the ball into the net from a narrow angle.

Centre forward Brian Brownbill, one of Liverpool’s outstanding successes, had put them ahead after 11 minutes with a spectacular angled shot from out on the right, which could well have been intended as a centre.

After a tremendous goalmouth scramble in which a header by McNaught rebounded from the bar and two other shots were blocked on the line, Everton drew level through Cliff Marshall.

But their joy was short-lived, for 90 seconds later Parkinson lost his grip on the ball in the goalmouth and centre half John Higham forced it over the line.

After neglecting Ron Goodlass for long periods in the first half, Everton seemed to be looking to their outside left to do a “George Best” for them after the interval.

Goodlass did not succeed, thanks mainly to the cool head of Liverpool full back Brian Kettle who stuck to his task gamely, but he did score direct from a corner nine minutes from time, to raise Everton’s hopes.

But goalkeeper Steve Jameson, who made the save of the match during the second half from Everton’s George Telfer, and Liverpool’s solid back four, among whom John Higham played a starring role at centre half, were never really troubled again.

For Liverpool, Keeley – booked for a foul in the second half – game Thompson fine support in midfield, while McEwan had a successful match at right back for Everton and Pritchard often saved the day with timely tackles. But why didn’t they give the clever Goodlass more of the ball?

LIVERPOOL: Jameson; Kettle, Johnson; Thompson, Higham, Kewley; Gore, Tynan, Brownbill, James, Singleton.

EVERTON: Parkinson; McEwan, Kenny; Buckley, McNaught, Tobin (Hogan); Marshall, Bacon, Telfer, Pritchard, Goodlass.

Attendance: 17,724