MIKE KEEGAN: There are few remaining who hold as many memories here as Joe Royle. Grand Old Tales to be told of the Grand Old Lady. So, as we visit a Goodison Park nearing its end, let’s start at the start – and a long voyage embarked upon via the help of a sailor. As one of English football’s great cathedrals prepares for final prayers, Royle is here with Mail Sport to reflect. On a glorious Spring morning time seems to stand still. Archibald Leitch’s blue, cross-braced panels dominate a perfect picture as they have for 99 years, robbed of a century by the imminent move to futuristic Bramley-Moore Dock.
