Henry Chapman (Harry Chapman) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
The Wednesday. Image(s): Harry Chapman, The Wednesday (Athletic News: December 22, 1902). X
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 visiting the F.C. Porto Football Museum at their Dragon Stadium. I can recommend […]
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; Scottish FA Cup Finals; Welsh FA Cup Finals; Glasgow Cup Finals; Glasgow Charity […]
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 split is not very neutral. They were either very pro the Clayton/Mahon part […]
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: Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Georginio Wijnaldum, Dejan Lovren, James Milner (C), Philippe Coutinho, […]
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 Johnston, Liam Coyle (C), Luis Longstaff, Shariff, Glen McAuley, Curtis Jones, Liam Millar. […]
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 kilos (13st. 2lb.). Career: Crosby School. Liverpool: Signed: January 7, 1952 (signed as […]
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 the late Mr. Tom Watson, of Liverpool, of how McColl became a professional. […]
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 Samuel”) digs deep into these players perwsonalities. The whole articles can be read […]
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 I find it so exciting to read through. In August each year, a […]
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 I find it so exciting to read through. In August each year, a […]
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, and the following are verses culled from the “Ode”: -: “O, Bird of […]
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 behaviour Liverpool could not find the sting in their attack to settle the […]
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 pretty close. Come on, Red men – Play up, Liverpool! Before I start […]
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 the ground has seen many changes and we acknowledge that the ground was […]
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 as the TV channels fights for the their scheduled live shows. Home Liverpool […]
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 to redevelop a football ground while continuing to play in it. Liverpool’s Main […]
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, HK Latham. Directors Mr. T.V. Williams Chairman Mr. S.C. Reakes, J.P. Vice-Chairman Mr. […]
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, 1981 – 1985. FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf, 1985 – 1990. Bayern Munchen, 1990. […]
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 and colour TV was about to revolutionize the media world by pushing black […]
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 been scored by a man, sitting left of the centre row, who has […]
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 blog “kjellhanssen.com”. I thought it was about time to change the url into […]
Liverpool F.C. – Hail the 1922 Champions
Liverpool F.C. – The Champions of the League The supreme event in the Eastertide football was the decision of the League championship. When Liverpool had the honour of defeating last season’s winners, Burnley, and on the same day Oldham Athletic overcame Tottenham Hotspur at Boundary Park, the premiership […]
Liverpool F.C. – the rocky road to March, 1892
Are you curious about the early days of Liverpool Football Club? I have spent more than 10 years looking through old newspapers and collected every bit of print that has mentioned our club or the rocky road leading up to the foundation of our beloved Liverpool F.C. I […]
Alec Dick – a pioneer of Merseyside football
The headline probably does not reveal too much to most followers of either Everton or Liverpool. Alec Dick, who? His name was remembered on Merseyside up until the late 1930s, before it was hushed away and forgotten. Fast forward to Monday, September 14, 2015 and my visit to […]
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