‘Everton Free WiFi’ at the Hill Dickinson Stadium

In fact... I think they're really missing a trick to milk everyone and their mother! I mean, I seem to pay through the nose wherever I happen to want 'connectivity'.

I'm not sure which network Sky Mobile uses but it seems problematic in most places I find myself. But I bought a dandy little Vodaphone MoFi dongle thingy years ago and that is usually brilliant and gives me WiFi almost anywhere, still going strong!

He'll wanna know if there's somewhere he can plug in his steam radio!

That will generate some revenue.

They could send you free adverts that pop up every 5 minutes with a catchy Tik-Tok video, or a 'starting gift' at Free Bets R Us.

There are not many places that charge for WiFi now. Some can be a bit iffy, depending on how many people join it, which creates a capacity issue and could be a problem in the stadium.

Even a lot of the train providers have improved. Avanti West Coast is really good. Just a shame they always go on strike or there are engineering works, especially for Sunday matches.

The days of two or three blokes in the Lower Gwladys with a transistor radio shouting out scores relevant to us!!!

Now, most have a smartphone and are calling out the scores left, right and centre. I don't want to know. Mine goes in my pocket and doesn't come out until after the match.

If you don't see the cash leaving your hands, you are likely to spend more. Method in the madness here, make people think they are being given a favour or something for nothing. It's never what you think.

Eventually, if you try to pay with cash, you can't. A cashless stadium will need WiFi across the board, drinks, food, tickets, shirts, even using the toilet, smartphones, bank details, photo identification.

And don't give me the old, "Oh, they are all doing it now." That proves my point then, doesn't it? Next you will have to buy Everton cash cards that can only be used at the new stadium. You are being suckered in.

Me, I'll stick to cash and Dave Abrahams's steam radio.😁

We are all being pushed into a cashless society if you want to or no. It's so governments can see what you're spending.

The world's turning horrible.

It's contactless payment throughout… as is every stadium in the Premier League.

And just my luck, I've just broken my wind-up radio – me handles fell off! 😕

It doesn't sit with everyone, but I prefer it. If anything, it's better as you're only spending what's charged as opposed to taking out, let's say £100, that you won't use.

I suppose it's what you get used to.

I've seen the club card system work on the continent. You load it up and then use it to buy drinks and food on the concourses. I have one for Schalke.

You are there to watch a match with other fans, for heavens sake. I never can understand why people zombify themselves with technology… and I await with pleasure the day a solar flare melts the lot.

If I'm listening to a match on steam radio and there's a goal etc I have time to go and see it happen on TV. Unfortunately, there's not enough time to put a bet on and make a killing!!

Absolutely spot on.

Now you’ve got the Telly and an absolute load of pure bleedin’ shite——Reality shows, Soaps etc etc, mind you the old black and white films are practically unbeatable.

See what you’ve started Paul ——I was in a smashing mood before I read your post!

Listening to sports on the radio was great. Much better than watching it on the box.

What about the Whiffy coming from next door ? What are they doing about that ?

I've always hated listening on the radio.

If I can't be at the match, then I'll watch on TV, but if radio is only option, then I go for a walk.

This will sound stupid, but even though it makes no difference, I feel like I have no control when I can't see what's going on. I know, I don't have when I am watching, but that's my logic.

I think investing in private psychiatric hospitals is a safe bet, they are certain to prosper.

Listening to football on the radio is certainly a marmite experience...

Also the cash thing. I couldn't care less about my identity and all that. I'm not that egotistical or interesting to think I matter enough to the system. They can have my face if they want it, getting cash out all the time used to be a pain in the arse.

Anyway back to the wireless and you had to wait for the late results mid week, I remember in our promotion year waiting for the score from Notts County away at the end of the news, Inwas in my Aunties and was a minute or two from getting the results when my Uncle came in with a couple over the eight and a row kicked off and I missed the bleedin’ score! Had to wait ‘til the next morning going to school, alls well that ends well we won 2-0 so that was an early season double, we had beat them 3-2 at Goodison the week before.

Peter (24) That Barton wasn’t too bad, was he a Brummie? John was his name but you’re correct he didn’t last very long.

We struggled at right back in the late 70s/early 80s, playing Colin Todd out of position, Barton, Neil Robinson, Billy Wright, I think Trevor Ross had a spell there. We eventually got John Gidman, who I always thought was an excellent player.

My mum seemed more worried about my socks than my legs!

Yes, it's easy to forget when football wasn't 24/7 and all we had was just a second half radio commentary on ONE game every Saturday afternoon. Even then you didn't know which game it would be because the FA/Football League feared it would affect the attendance if fans knew it was their side.

The only clue was in the Radio Times. If it said it was a game between clubs in the SE and NW and we were away in London you hoped it would be us.

True story he went for a meal with John Bailey while he was at Everton and John brought his brother Tony with him and I think Gidman lacked a bit of tact because it was on an afternoon and Gidman asked Tony what day he signed on, meaning the dole, Tony was a hard working lad and his brother had to hold him back when he heard that remark, John ( Gidman) had to take seconds and apologise. Sadly Tony died a very young man, he was a cracking fella except he was a Red fan but a very genuine lad who was good company like John, Bailey that is!

Yes, that 10-4 defeat stopped us from going on at Liverpool's 9-1 loss to Birmingham, in a second division game, about four years before our calamity collapse at Spurs!

They had no sign for 10. So they tried to squeeze a 1 and a 0 into the space allocated for one figure. So you couldn't see either figure clearly. The fans around me thought that Everton had won 1-4.