Column 12comments | Jump to last This article may have been recategorised and is therefore no longer available at this URL. You can try to find the updated link in the article archive. Share article: Reader Comments (12) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Peter Mills 1 Posted 31/12/2013 at 00:32:09 Brilliant stuff Tony. I travel around Lancashire quite a lot for work purposes, I think I need to make a few pilgrimages to some of the venues you refer to. Let this be a lesson to all those TW managers out there - a 2-2-6 formation may look an attacking proposition but it lacks balance and ends in a 3-1 defeat! Ross Kerry 2 Posted 31/12/2013 at 01:05:16 Fabulous information. David Ellis 3 Posted 31/12/2013 at 02:16:32 Great stuff David Midgley 4 Posted 31/12/2013 at 09:59:58 It's in your heart. It's in your soul. Once you've been touched by Everton. David Midgley 5 Posted 31/12/2013 at 10:21:05 Tony, absorbing article. I am rather curious about something: What were the colours of the team strips?If their colours clashed, did we have an away strip and, if so, what was it? Would Everton have known their opponents' colours considering that football was in it's relative infancy? Barry Rathbone 6 Posted 31/12/2013 at 12:29:55 I bet Turton were right dirty so and so's - certainly sound like it - grim cotton workers hiding in the jigger by the station threatening our boys with large black puddings and stale eccles cakes.We don't know we're born. Seb Niemand 7 Posted 31/12/2013 at 14:41:50 Fascinating article. In non-Everton related news. it was bad round for both clubs in the proud footballing town of Clitheroe. That said, I bet that the big Clitheroe derby was a real barn burner back in the day! Danny Kewley 8 Posted 31/12/2013 at 18:40:21 Very nice journey on the old time machine there Tony! I noticed on the full round results sheet Great Lever beat Liverpool also 3-1. Considering our rivals were not yet founded (1892) who were they? Happy new year to all Evertonians-----Lets hope its a good one! Tony Onslow 9 Posted 31/12/2013 at 19:59:27 Dave M. Everton had, at the start of the season, dyed their previously assorted set of jerseys black and, to kill the drabness, added a red sash the ran at 45 % across the body. With regards to Turton, well they played in same colours as the present day Bolton Wanderers. It was considered polite, in Victorian society, for the home team, should their colours clash with those of their guests, to change in to their 2nd strip. Barry R. Great piece of humorous imagination. Keep it up mate the nation is running desperately short of good comedy writers Danny K The Liverpool Association, who played Great Lever, were formed by a visionary local solicitor named Edwin Barry. He later played for Everton but decided to remain at Anfield when we moved to Goodison. Phil Traynor 10 Posted 02/01/2014 at 08:26:02 Being an ex-Kirkby boy who moved to Sheffield in 1986, I am aware that Hallam FC (Crosspool, Sheffield) claim to have the oldest football ground in the world. As Hallam FC have played at Sandygate Road since 1860 and Turton FC weren't formed until 1871, I suspect this is true.Wikipedia advises, "Hallam still play on their original ground, Sandygate Road, which is officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as "The Oldest Ground in the World". Sandygate is in Crosspool in western Sheffield. In 1860 Hallam first played Sheffield in a local derby which is still contested today. This 'Rules derby' is considered the oldest still-contested derby of any football code in the world, and is probably one of the oldest organised team-sport derbies in the world, besides those found in cricket".Great articles, Tony. More please! David Ellis 11 Posted 02/01/2014 at 10:58:22 Just wondering what happened to the Lancashire Cup as a trophy? Do amateur clubs still play for it or did it die out completely and if so when? Tony Onslow 12 Posted 03/01/2014 at 20:41:56 Phil. I can't argue with GBRDave. Lancashire Cup, still in existence, is at present held by Man Utd. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads © ToffeeWeb