In 1950, Edward Joseph Fitzsimmons (26), labourer and professional boxer, and his brother, Michael Christopher John Fitzsimmons (29), labourer and amateur boxer, both of 17 Birchfield Road, Liverpool, were involved in a fight about whether Liverpool or Everton would do better in the cup. As a result, George Frederick Kelly had to have his right eye removed. The brothers were put on trial and acquitted.