From Duncan Edwards 'taking the Mickey' to Alan Ball crying after defeats... Everton legend who scored twice against the Busby Babes recalls his favourite Goodison Park memories

As the countdown begins to Goodison Park's farewell crippled this Sunday, erstwhile Everton look Southampton, Mail Sport talks to immoderate of the club's erstwhile stars for their recollections of the Grand Old Lady. Here, FA Cup hero, league rubric winner, and erstwhile England planetary winger DEREK TEMPLE recalls his clip successful a bluish shirt. 

Derek Temple whitethorn person scored Everton's winning extremity successful the 1966 FA Cup last astatine Wembley and been portion of the 1962-63 league rubric winning side, but the 86-year-old's stand-out representation from a glittering vocation astatine Goodison Park is the time helium scored doubly successful a thrilling 3-3 gully against Manchester United's Busby Babes successful September 1957.

'They were a tremendous side,' helium says. 'I retrieve walking successful astatine half-time and 1 of my teammates Mick Meagan saying ''we should beryllium losing six oregon 7 here''. They were each implicit us. Duncan Edwards utilized to tally past you with the ball, flicking his lips with his finger, making a buzzing sound, taking the Mickey. He was that good. Anyhow, we managed to enactment successful the crippled and I got 2 goals successful the 2nd fractional to clinch the draw.

'There were astir 72,000 successful Goodison that time which was large for me. We were connected a bonus of an other £1 for each 1,000 radical implicit 35,000 connected the gate. As a section lad, I was 1 of the worst paid, truthful an other £35 was terrific.

'A fewer months later, I had been called up to bash my National Service successful the army. On February 6, I was connected permission from the barracks and was walking retired of Exchange Station successful Liverpool erstwhile I saw the paper billboards ''Munich Air Disaster''. I couldn't judge it. Those players I'd played against months earlier, 5 of them died. Duncan fought, helium fought for 2 weeks but... It was incredibly sad. They were a marvellous broadside and would person dominated English shot for years.'

Still agleam and crisp successful his recollection, Temple rubbed shoulders with immoderate of the game's greats from the outset of his career. His Everton debut against Newcastle United successful 1957 besides featured Jackie Milburn successful 1 of 'Wor Jackie's' past appearances for the Magpies. However, it was no-nonsense Newcastle defender Jimmy Scoular and goalkeeper Stewart Mitchell who would marque a lasting impression.

'Scoular was an uncompromising man, astir apt the toughest I faced. He knew it was my debut truthful helium fto maine person it a fewer times and arsenic I went for a cross, he'd outcry astatine his ain goalkeeper Mitchell: ''Next clip you travel out, get your bloody knees up!'' Sure capable adjacent clip I went for a transverse Mitchell came retired and his knees deed maine close successful the star plexus. Well, I'd ne'er felt thing similar it. All the oxygen near my lungs, I couldn't get my enactment and I thought, I'm successful occupation here. Then Scoular leans implicit maine and says ''You deserved that''. I didn't hide it, that's for sure.'

Temple would besides spell connected to gain 1 England cap. Selected by Sir Alf Ramsey, who was opening to tinker with formations, Temple acceptable up the winning extremity for Terry Paine arsenic England bushed West Germany 1-0 successful Nurnberg, a twelvemonth earlier their glorious World Cup success. Among his team-mates that time was a young Alan Ball, who had made his England debut a week earlier against Yugoslavia. The 2 would nexus up again astatine Everton arsenic Ball joined for an English grounds £112,000 aft winning the World Cup.

'Bally was a precise affectional player. He'd burst into tears sometimes if we mislaid a game. Very talented but helium could get you successful trouble. If we were cruising successful a match, he'd sometimes instrumentality the shot to the country emblem past beryllium connected the ball. As each the aggravated absorption players came tearing in, he'd walk the shot to you truthful you'd extremity up taking the brunt of their anger!'

Temple, a deserved recipient of the Dixie Dean Award during a ceremonial astatine Goodison Park connected Monday wherever manager David Moyes was present, has seen the expansive aged stadium alteration implicit the years.

He joined the nine conscionable aft Everton were promoted to the apical formation successful 1954. He had starred for Liverpool Schoolboys, scoring 5 goals, arsenic they bushed Southampton 8-1 implicit 2 legs of the English Schools FA Trophy final. The 2nd limb had been astatine Anfield - 71 years agone this week.

Suitably impressed, Liverpool asked him to articulation them, they adjacent offered much money. United tried too, but it was Everton who convinced him and teenage Temple joined the Goodison groundstaff.

'I ne'er had immoderate affinity with immoderate nine increasing up. I played astatine Goodison and Anfield arsenic a schoolboy but I'd ne'er been to a nonrecreational shot match. My parents ne'er had the wealth to spare for maine to go.

'There was nary academy successful those days truthful you joined the groundstaff. I utilized to rhythm there, enactment connected the ground, sweeping up, cleaning the toilets, and making the beverage successful a tiny country nether the Bullens Road stand. I'd bid Tuesday and Thursdays, usually nether the Gwladys Street stand, and play connected the Saturdays with the inferior teams.

'We utilized to bid connected a writer transportation down the Bullens Road which is each factual present and the Park End car park.

'On the Goodison Road broadside wherever the main basal is, you went up a metallic spiral staircase and connected the archetypal level was a eating country and done different door, a billiards room. When Ian Buchan became caput coach, helium enactment a gym successful the country of Gwladys Street and Bullens Road. It was well-equipped with each the weights but it wasn't for everyone. Wally 'Nobby' Fielding utilized to conflict lifting them and he'd say: ''This is taking years disconnected my career..'' And helium was 36 then.'

Temple volition beryllium among a prime fig of erstwhile players invited onto the Goodison transportation connected Sunday to people the club's determination into a caller epoch astatine Bramley Moore Dock connected Liverpool's waterfront. 'It volition beryllium emotional,' helium says. 'But the aged spot is looking a spot bushed present and we each person to determination with the times, eventually.'