The day 105,000 fans watched Everton play Liverpool - on both sides of Stanley Park

Thanks to large screens being installed at Anfield to relay the action from Goodison Park, a record-breaking 105,000 fans watched Everton triumph against Liverpool in an historic FA Cup fifth round tie some 55 years ago today.

On March 11, 1967, Pathe News produced a short film on how the experiment by ABC Television of relaying the live footage between the two grounds either side of Stanley Park was deemed a success.

Their engineers fought against gales of 45 miles per hour to erect eight 30ft by 40ft screens around Anfield, costing £500 each, with tickets for a 40,149 crowd at the Reds home selling out within 36 hours of going on sale.

Other than one of the screens being lifted for a few seconds by a gust of wind, the action from Goodison, where 64,851, including Howard Kendall who had joined the Blues the previous day, watched Alan Ball net the winner on the stroke of half-time, was viewed clearly, even if the outcome did not please Kopites.

One well-told tale from the day surrounds celebrity Liverpool fan Jimmy Tarbuck trudging out of Anfield after the full-time whistle with his usual gap-toothed grin wiped off his face by the result, only to be told by a fellow comedian: “Don’t worry Jimmy – it’s only a film!”

The ECHO reported on how, after some initial teething problems, those watching at Anfield were given quite a show, declaring: “The cameras came on shortly after 6:30pm (it was a 7pm kick-off) and there was some good-humoured cheers when the picture proved extremely unreliable.

“However, things soon settled down to normal and the crowd were entertained by a brief film of last year’s FA Cup final ( Everton’s 3-2 comeback victory over Sheffield Wednesday after trailing 2-0).

“The cheers which greeted