Everton v Bayern Munich: 40 years since the greatest night at Goodison

As Everton leave their beautiful old stadium, we look back on a game that lives on in the hearts of all who saw it
By That 1980s Sports Blog
?If you talk to any Evertonian who was there that night, who actually got in this ground that night, and you said, ?You can take one game to the grave with you?. Say there was 55,000, I?m betting you 50,000 would take this game with them.? Andy Gray?s words about the second leg of Everton?s semi-final against Bayern Munich in the Cup Winners? Cup are not hyperbole. Admittedly the official crowd figure was 49,476 but, that apart, Gray is right about how Everton fans feel about the match of 24 April 1985. It was the ultimate night in the history of Goodison Park.
It was an evening that flooded the senses: two superb teams packed with great players were both chasing trebles. Neither of them took a backward step as the line between success and failure shifted throughout 90 minutes of intense football. And it was all played out in the kind of atmosphere that has to be heard to be believed.
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