{"id":3449,"date":"2025-05-21T17:43:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/1985-everton-are-champions-newsnight-classic-sport-bbc-archive\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:43:47","slug":"1985-everton-are-champions-newsnight-classic-sport-bbc-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/1985-everton-are-champions-newsnight-classic-sport-bbc-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"1985: EVERTON are CHAMPIONS! | Newsnight | Classic Sport | BBC Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pt_v1yk7Wf4?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>James Hogg reports from Liverpool, on a remarkable season for Everton Football Club. For over a decade and a half, Evertonians have been in the shadow of their illustrious neighbours Liverpool FC, but the 1984\/1985 season has been the most successful campaign in the club&#8217;s long history &#8211; and it isn&#8217;t over yet. Howard Kendall&#8217;s Toffees have already won the First Division league title and the European Cup Winners Cup, and are just one match away from an unprecedented treble &#8211; tomorrow they take on Manchester United in the FA Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>James investigates what it means to be an Everton fan, chatting to some of the Goodison Park faithful who have stuck by the team through thick and thin &#8211; like dyed-in-the-wool believer Reverend Harry Ross &#8211; and converts who have seen the light &#8211; like former Liverpool fan turned Everton hero, Peter Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced by Peter Snow.<\/p>\n<p>Clip taken from Newsnight, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 17 May, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website &#8211; https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/archive<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pt_v1yk7Wf4\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Hogg reports from Liverpool, on a remarkable season for Everton Football Club. For over a decade and a half, Evertonians have been in the shadow of their illustrious neighbours Liverpool FC, but the 1984\/1985 season has been the most successful campaign in the club&#8217;s long history &#8211; and it isn&#8217;t over yet. 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