Wednesday, April 15 – 1964 Manchester United swooped into the transfer market yesterday by buying England right winger John Connelly from Burnley for £40,000 and
Category: Club news
£30,000 Chisnall may join Liverpool today
Tuesday, April 14 – 1964 Liverpool, the uncrowned champions, yesterday began their build up for their assault on the European Cup next season – they
Liverpool fans escorted off
March 28, 1964 Two Liverpool supporters were escorted from the Filbert Street ground just before the Leicester v Liverpool game started. During a scuffle, a
The FA hands out tough suspension for Yeats
Wednesday, March 11 – 1964 Liverpool manager Bill Shankly and centre-half Ron Yeats, strode angrily from yesterday’s Football Association Disciplinary Committee meeting in Leicester. They
Would you like the Liverpool sound behind your goalkeeper?
Saturday, November 9 – 1963 Yeah, yeah, yeah … the new Liverpool Sound may be a baby-faced Beatle telling you that she loves you. But
Glory before cash for Thompson
Friday, September 20 – 1963 Peter Thompson, young Liverpool star who said he preferred glory to cash, has now lost £750 by a Football League
The man that Liverpool missed
September 7, 1963 Tony Waiters’ brilliant goalkeeping, which ensued victory for Blackpool against Liverpool last week must have been a bitter pill for the Merseysiders,
Shankly signs his first ever contract
Monday, August 19 – 1963 Bill Shankly, the football manager who woved he would never tie himself to any club, has changed his mind and
Kick off stands
Friday, March 22 – 1963 Mrs. Mirabelle Topham, who asked Liverpool Football Club to delay the kick off of their Cup tie with West Ham
Bobby Thomson transferred to Liverpool
Thursday, December 6 – 1962 Liverpool’s long search for a full back ended yesterday with the signing of Bobby Thomson for £5,000 from Partick Thistle.
Bill Shankly: The 3-3-4 plan was born and worked
May 26, 1962 I ended last week’s article by saying that in spite of our having put in a storming finish to the season, I
Bill Shankly: New training and hard work
May 19, 1962 Last week I described how I came to Anfield, what problems forced me and how I set about solving them. While I
Pay rise for the Liverpool players
May 16, 1962 Liverpool’s senior players, I understand, have received a £5 a week rise for gaining promotion. Their wages in the First Division next
Bill Shankly: Joining Anfield was calculated risk
May 12, 1962 When I was approached by the “Liverpool Echo” to write a series of articles on events at Anfield since my arrival here
Close season is busiest for Bill Shankly
June 8, 1961 Liverpool manager, Bill Shankly, says he’s busier in summer than in the playing season. He’s already made three trips to Scotland –
Alan Arnell transferred to Tranmere Rovers
February 6, 1961 Alan Arnell, the Liverpool reserve centre-forward, was transferred to Tranmere Rovers yesterday. Arnell, who has been with Liverpool for six years, was
Bill Shankly on the future of Liverpool F.C.
June 21, 1960 For many years now, just before the football season opened, Liverpool F.C. officials and fans have said with fervor, touched perhaps with
Tommy Smith on the ground staff
May 13, 1960 Football dies hard. There are to-morrow one of two games locally, and at every League office in the country there is great
The new Liverpool F.C. mascot
May 10, 1960 Liverpool F.C. will have a new mascot next season – a youngster who has already appeared on the pitch in a learning
Shankly calms Morrissey down
Thursday, February 18 – 1960 Mr. Bill Shankly, the Liverpool manager, said last night that after a talk with Johnny Morrissey, the club’s nineteen-year-old winger,
The death of Mr. Herbert Robson Roberts
February 13, 1960 Liverpool vice-chairman collapses Death at Plymouth Mr. Herbert Robson Roberts, the Liverpool vice-chairman, collapsed in the directors’ box about ten minutes after
The opponents know how to provoke Hickson
Wednesday, February 10 – 1960 Dave Hickson, controversial Liverpool centre forward, has been given a break by the Football Association. Hickson, sent off, against Sheffield
Shankly’s first day at work
Monday, December 14 – 1959 Mr. Bill Shankly took over as manager of Liverpool yesterday and held a conference with his training and coaching staff.
Meet Bill Shankly, Liverpool F.C.’s new manager
December 5, 1959 Sergeant-Major with the human touch What is the background to the 46-year old fast-talking Scot – Bill Shankly – who will take
Bill Shankly gets the Liverpool job
December 1, 1959 Bill Shankly, 46-year-old manager of Huddersfield Town, was appointed as Liverpool’s new manager last night. He will start his new job within
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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