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A fundraising football match took place in memory of two Evertonians killed in a car crash on their way to the 1984 FA Charity Shield.

John Morgan, 19, and his best friend Martin Doyle, 21, travelled with both Blues and Reds to watch Everton face Liverpool in an all-Merseyside encounter at Wembley.

Yesterday two teams took part in a ‘mock’ charity shield match between ‘Everton’ and ‘Liverpool’ sides to mark 30 years since the tragedy.

The game was held at Alder (Nalgo) Sports and Social Club off Alder Road, Stoneycroft.

The event, also featured games and a raffle, was to raise funds for Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, based in Speke Road, Woolton.

Pictures from the game:

The lifelong pals John, of Lydford Road, West Derby, and Martin, of Martensen Street, Edge Hill, were passengers in a Morris Marina van, which overturned on the M1 near Northampton on August 18, 1984.

A Liverpool ECHO report on Monday, August 20, 1984, two days after the crash, said five other fans were injured in the tragic accident.

The ECHO later reported that the friends were laid to rest “amid a sea of blue”.

Former Liverpool ECHO sports reporter Tony Barrett had said the teams taking part in the charity event to mark the tragedy were be made up of fans, friends and “hopefully some special guests”.

He later Tweeted his thanks to Francis Jeffers and Peter Reid, saying: “Top class from @FJ10official and @reid6peter to come to our charity game today. And thanks to @brianmoogan46 for providing the entertainment.”

The 1984 FA Charity Shield between Everton and then European Champions Liverpool ended in a 1-0 win for the Blues.

The match was decided by an own goal when Everton forward Graeme Sharp tried to round Liverpool’s goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar.

The ball was blocked on the line by Reds defender Alan Hansen, only to ricochet into the shins of Grobbelaar and back into the net.

The clash marked the beginning of Everton’s greatest ever season, as Howard Kendall’s team clinched both the league title and European Cup Winners’ Cup.

They also completed an unprecedented treble over their fiercest rivals – with victories at Anfield, Goodison and Wembley.