Graham Stuart and James Beattie joined the East Midlands and Aintree branches of the official Everton Fan Club on Tuesday for a virtual match.
Diamond and Beats chatted with members of both clubs for about an hour, Zoom, and covered a wide variety of tracks.
Beattie, who joined the Southampton Blues in 2005, spoke of the big reception he receives every time he returns to Goodison, assessed the shape of Dominic Calvert-Lewin this season, and then spoke of the risks and a laugh of running the league decline. clubs like Accrington Stanley.
“I had to convince my old school to lend us a box to train, I had to buy water for education at the supermarket every night and I had to leave the conversion rooms blank … but I enjoyed it,” he says.
Stuart, an ambassador for the club, revealed which current member of the team he would have liked to play with, explained why he would have liked a manager after hanging up his boots and (of course!) He talked about that Wimbledon adjustment. 1994.
“No, I don’t think Wimbledon was looking to lose that match,” he insisted. “If they had, Dean Holdsworth would have missed his penalty and Hans Segers wouldn’t have made me a big stop.”
The occasion was arranged through Darren Griffiths and if official fan clubs wanted to get involved, email [email protected].