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"Play Up, Liverpool"
The history of Liverpool Football Club, their home at Anfield and all the people.
Sketch: Tom Watson (Liverpool)
March 31, 1899 Tom Watson, Sunderland. (Source: Lichfield Mercury: March 31, 1899)
Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (Tommy Lawrence) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Tommy Lawrence on PlayUpLiverpool.com; About Tommy Lawrence: Born: May 14, 1940: Daily (Ayrshire), Scotland. Passed away: January 9, 2018: Liverpool, England. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 180 cm. (5ft. 11in.); Weight: 85 kilos (13st. […]
A trip through the history of F.C. Porto
While on holiday in Portugal I could not resist trying out some of the local football flavour. So from visiting the club shop at Benfica, watching Boavista playing at Bessa I finished the holiday by […]
John Kessack Ogston (John Ogston) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about John Ogston on PlayUpLiverpool.com; About John Ogston: Born: January 15, 1939: Aberdeen, Scotland. Passed away: August 16, 2017: Aberdeen, Scotland. Nick-name: “Tubby”. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: (6ft. 2in.); Weight: (12st. 2lb.). Career: Banks […]
Players and their merits
Feel free to help me by commenting or contacting me on kjellhanssen @hotmail.com. There will be missing first names or misspelled surnames. All inputs appreciated!! Representative matches registered on the blog: English FA Cup Finals; […]
A new article found on “The 1892 Split”
I have come across a new article that tells a story from the 1892 split within the Everton Football Club (which of course led to the formation of Liverpool Football Club). Newspaper reports regarding the […]
Liverpool v Everton 3-1 (Premier League: April 1, 2017)
April 1, 2017 Match: Premier League, at Anfield, kick-off: 12:30. Liverpool – Everton 3-1 (2-1). Attendance: 52,290. Referee: Mr. Anthony Taylor; assistant referees: Messrs. S. Bennett and A. Nunn. Fourth official: Mr. Martin Atkinson. Liverpool: […]
Liverpool U18 v West Ham United U18 1-1 (League match: March 31, 2017)
March 31, 2017 Match: U18 Premier League (Merit Group A), at Kirkby Academy, kick-off: 19:00. Liverpool U18 – West Ham United U18 1-1 (0-0). Liverpool U18: Dan Atherton, Neco Williams, Anthony Glennon, Rhys Williams, George […]
Ronald Moran (Ronnie Moran) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Ronnie Moran on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Ronnie Moran: Born: February 28, 1934: Liverpool (Lancashire), England. Passed away: March 22, 2017: Liverpool (Lancashire), England. Position: Left back. Height: 177 cm. (5ft. 9½in.); Weight: 77 […]
Bob McColl – he slipped away…
An article from February, 1919. Liverpool couldn’t afford Bob McColl Robert McColl, the famous international, is home again after a long period of Army Service. The “Athletic News” yesterday relates an interesting story told by […]
Three great goalkeepers
I came across a nice feature article about the top goalkeepers of 1908 in the Cricket and Football Field newspaper recently. It is quite interesting reading when the journalist of the time (known as “Richard […]
Presentation of Scottish First Division League clubs 1927-28
The Athletic News is an amazing source for information about football history; about players an clubs and all the stories in-between. The sports paper focused on facts and not on rumours and that is why […]
Presentation of football clubs 1927-28
The Athletic News is an amazing source for information about football history; about players an clubs and all the stories in-between. The sports paper focused on facts and not on rumours and that is why […]
Ode to the Liver (A Liverpool poem from 1811)
Recently I discovered an old poem about Liverpool in a newspaper from 1811. Imagine that is over 200 years ago. The poem is very interesting and is about our beloved Liver bird. So, it goes, […]
Liverpool F.C. – On this day in history – November 23
Matches: 1895, Darwen, 0-0. ** Liverpool could not break down Darwen’s stubborn defence at this winterish game at Anfield in the presence of 6,000 spectators. Even when Haddow was ordered off the field for unsportsmanlike […]
Welcome to PlayUpLiverpool
What an amazing life style it brings, you know, when supporting a football team 24/7, following the score, the previews, the reviews, building up and tearing down … dreams. Nothing last forever, but this come […]
The early faces of the Liverpool Football Ground, Anfield
While we count the days and hours to our first game with the new main stand I thought I would take you on a little history trip down Anfield way. Since our foundation in 1892 […]
Liverpool F.C. fixture list Premier League 2016-2017
The preliminary dates for the Premier League matches involving Liverpool F.C. season 2016-17. Click on an opponent to get to all articles added about that team. The dates will be moved left, right and centre […]
F.C. Barcelona look to Liverpool F.C. and Anfield
Tuesday, May 3 – 2016 Barca looking to gain insight into how to redevelop a football ground while continuing to play in it. Officials from Barcelona have twice visited Anfield to gain insight into how […]
Liverpool F.C. season 1961-62
Liverpool Football Club, season 1961-62: Liverpool F.C. Board of Directors meeting: Left to right: SC Reakes, CJ Hill, H Cartwright, GA Richards, RL Martindale, TV Williams (chairman), JS McInnes (Secretary), W Shankly (manager), EAF Sawyer, […]
Christian Ziege @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Christian Ziege on PlayUpLiverpool. About Christian Ziege: Born: February 1 – 1972, in Berlin, in Germany. Position: Left full-back. Height: Weight: Career: FC Sudstern 08 Berlin, 1978 – 1981. TSW Rudow Berlin, […]
Am I not worthy of supporting Liverpool F.C. anymore?
I am not a native of Liverpool, nor do I hold a UK citizenship. In fact I was born around 1,300 miles away on a cold afternoon in Oslo, Norway. This was the late 1960s […]
George Fleming, the Goal Scoring Bank Clerk from Arbroath
It is the summer of 1887 and the Everton team pose, at the Sandon, with the trophy they had just won after beating Oakfield Rovers by five goals to nothing. Two of these goals had […]
Welcome to “Play up, Liverpool”
If you have just surfed by for the first time or you are a returning visitors – welcome to “Play up, Liverpool”. This is not a new website. It is a re-branding of my wold […]
