Chosen by Everton

Born a mile from Goodison, I have lived in many countries across the globe, in each and every one, no matter where, no matter when, I would find ways of following the Blues on a matchday.

I was privileged to have known I was a blue from my first game as a 4-year-old, where the crowds stood and regularly had 50k or 60k in attendance. I stood on the Gwladys Street terrace on my wedding day, watching the Blues defeat Man Utd 2 - 0, George Best and all...

The family you have been adopted by are some of the most knowledgable, funny, passionate people you could ever wish to meet.

We can laugh at ourselves because sometimes life can hit so hard it's funny, you have to laugh, though the past years have been hard, the future in the new stadium is going to be fantastic.

The likes of Goodison Park will never be seen again, the love of so many, the dreams and hopes of millions... even the players know, Everton are something special.

Welcome James. :-)

We are unique as a fanbase. We discuss, debate, get very passionate, get frustrated and even argue. As my brother once said in a heated discussion between us, we argue about the one thing we agree on!! There is no logic to it, just sheer passion.

I so admire our supporters across the globe who really have no affiliation to the club by birth, by family. Amazing!

These boys and girls deserve all our respect, they really do.

Easy for me. Born and brought up in Everton. Family all blue. Walk to the game – via every ale house along Greatie!

Reading and hearing stories such as James's is truly inspiring. Well done to all our Blue family members.

My dad was born in Tuebrook and walked to Goodison Park. Some of my fondest memories are from walking to the ground with him and "going the match" with him. He was a Blue like his Liverpool-born dad was, like I am and my kids are.

Sad to think I will now not get to the new ground with him and he'll never get to see it completed.

Welcome to the big Blue family, James!

So sorry to hear about your Dad mate. Best wishes to you and your family of Evertonians.

As well as my brother in law recovering from serious heart surgery, we lost a family member and Evertonian this week.

They are now with the big Evertonian in the sky looking down on us.

God bless.

James, great story, welcome to the greatest club in the world!

I'm in my 86th year, and able to attend games together with my Grandson Josh, who has been a season ticket holder since he was 6 years old, he's now a 19-year-old season ticket holder.

I feel sorry for fans who have been loyal to the club, but unfortunately have never seen success. Fans of my age have suffered relegation, followed by League titles and FA Cup victories.

Hi Benjamin [5] sincere sympathy to you and your family, it's at times like this, that we can appreciate that there are more important things than football. Once again, sincere sympathy.

Once you're in, you're in.

Don't I know it.

I'm waiting for an anti-Everton drug because supporting this carcass of a club has developed into a mental condition.

Bet he wishes his twitter name was @Erling Ha instead now!!

Imagine being introduced to the Premier League aged 50!! The questions you'll have!!

Why are they getting paid £200k a week while injured?
Are they allowed to give penalties at Old Trafford?
Who's this Dele fella?
Do Man City win every year?
Why can Chelsea spend £1bn but Everton have to sell every decent player?
What do they grow at Finch Farm?
Is Haaland a real human????

We've been doing it for years.

For those who witnessed success it is very frustrating. For those who haven't. Total respect. Keep believing.

Us supporters and those loyal Blues that show up tomorrow, never stop believing. Ever. Forever.

Same for us all.

There is a holy beauty in our persistence, despite it all.

I'm with you. Extremely sceptical of this 'higher power' bollocks. I'm not a believer in any of it. What good has ever come of it?

As so many on here seem so keen to follow the example set by our loveable cousins, surely there's an open & shut case to be made for switching immediately to full-on Devil Worship, Satanic Rituals and all that goes with, instead of all the pseudo-religious bollocks we seem to pride ourselves on.

You don't believe in a higher power, that's fine, I do but never preach. You must believe that a man named Jesus Christ was born and lived amongst us?

Don't you think if people followed and practiced his teachings, the world would be a much better place?

Very true.

I sometimes adopt an out of body experience to look in on myself ask "why?". Everything else I do is governed by sensible decisions leading to life fulfillment but this Everton thing. Well, it defies rational thought.

Easy to see how religious fundamentalists and cult extremists evolve.

A massive can of worms to send this thread seriously off track…

You must believe that a man named Jesus Christ was born and lived amongst us?

The key word you use there is 'believe'. If you look beyond the self-serving mass of Christian literature, the independent factual evidence is a bit sketchy, to say the least. One author who has looked into this cites a list of no less than 41 contemporary writers living around that time, and concludes:

“Enough of the writings of the authors named in the foregoing list remains to form a library. Yet in this mass of Jewish and Pagan literature, aside from two forged passages in the works of a Jewish author, and two disputed passages in the works of Roman writers, there is to be found no mention of Jesus Christ.”

And on your last point, so many examples, but I'll just cite just one that I did witness: so-called Christians in Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles' following and practising his teachings to the extreme. What a wonderful world that was!

As for those redshite scum, they're all a bunch of Tory voting heathens.

A funny coincidence nonetheless.

Like most of us, we are brought up blue as a coincidence of either fathers, families & friends initiating us into supporting a club, which is only the culmination of previous coincidences.

If my mother had married a kopite… who knows???

Tony (26) I don't think Michael would say that, he might be agnostic but he has the manners of a Christian!!