Everton Heritage Social/Talks Evenings – A Successful Launch!
We are pleased to announce our new Spring series of social evenings featuring a talk or event related to our club’s history, heritage, culture and community. This new initiative has been introduced by members of the Everton FC Heritage Society, and in a full season will run from September to May on the first Thursday of every month in the downstairs function room of The Denbigh Castle, in Hackins Hey (off Dale Street), Liverpool.
The first season at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and our new Heritage Centre at The Bluehouse has witnessed the launch of our match day Everton Heritage Show, filmed and recorded while fans are in the venue, so they can watch in the same room. Produced and presented by Lewis Royden, our first guests were well known members of the society, our chairman Ken Rogers, and author Rob Sawyer. Follow up shows have featured former players, EFC press officers, the club Chaplain, Everton Women at HDS, the work of Everton FC Heritage Society, and our numerous authors and expert researchers.
‘This Prince of Goalkeepers’ – Lance CorporalLeigh Richmond Roose MM.
Our series of films about the Fallen of Everton FC continues with this extended documentary on the enigmatic goalkeeper Leigh Roose. He played for several clubs as an amateur, including Stoke, Sunderland, and Arsenal, while his career at Everton came during the 1904-05 season. A Welsh international, he was a renowned eligible bachelor and playboy of his day, while his antics on the football field brought him legendary status. What happened to him during the war however, was an unsolved mystery for over a century.
Goodbye To Goodison – Contributions by the Everton FC Heritage Society to the final few weeks at Goodison
The Society experienced its busiest time so far in its existence. We were flooded with enquiries, mainly from the media, usually requesting help concerning the history of Goodison.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of experts in the Society, and numerous members helped out to meet the demand. Click image for more detail
Presented by Chris Beesley/ Filmed and edited by Lewis Royden
Perhaps best known for The Everton Collection, David is the founder and driving force behind numerous initiatives related to Everton Football Club. All are discussed here in fascinating detail, in a corner of that famous Goodison Road watering hole, the WinslowHotel.
Queen’s Head Hotel Archaeological Excavations – Ken Rogers
The Queen’s Head Hotel has become part of Everton folklore regarding the events that took place within its walls and the decisions made that laid down the foundation of Everton Football Club. This historic venue is where St Domingo’s Football Club became Everton Football Club in November 1879, and in 2015 a site was uncovered for the first time in almost half-a-century.
Ken Rogers, former Sports Editor of the Liverpool Echo, and member of Everton FC Heritage Society, was determined to discover more more about the site, and to see if an excavation could be organised to reveal more of the history of the Queen’s Head Hotel.
After vacating their Stanley Park ground, Everton FC relocated – just for one season – across the road to a pitch on Priory Road, before their move to Anfield the following season.
Mike Royden, and experienced landscape and social historian, takes us on a journey delving into the circumstances that led to both moves, and the precise site of the Priory Road pitch. Illustrated throughout.
