Thursday, May 4 – 1989 Liverpool reacted angrily yesterday as the Football League set a deadline for them to complete their fixtures. The League want
Category: Club news
Welcome home Rushie
Thursday, August 18 – 1988 Ian Rush sensationally come back to Liverpool from Juventus last night for a British record fee of £2,8 million. The
The death of Mr. Harold Cartwright
September 27, 1986 Ex-chairman dies at game Harold Cartwright, former chairman of Liverpool Football Club, died at Anfield before his club’s match against Aston Villa
Anfield double champs in £2m bonanza
Monday, July 28 – 1986 Double winners Liverpool’s wages of glory were revealed yesterday as a staggering £2,2 million. Sixteen players earned more than £60,000
One year on – fans unite in grief
Thursday, May 29 – 1986 Thousands of football fans in Brussels, Turin and Liverpool yesterday mourned the deaths of their 39 friends crushed in the
Wolves in for Ian Ross?
Saturday, July 20 – 1985 Former Liverpool and Villa defender Ian Ross, now coaching Icelandic club Valur, could become Wolves’ new manager, having been with
FIFA lift world ban on English
Thursday, July 11 – 1985 English clubs were readmitted into world football yesterday. But relaxation on FIFA’s ban will not have much immediate effect on
World ban on English football clubs
Thursday, June 6 – 1985 A world football ban was slapped on English clubs last night because of the Brussels outrage. It covers international club
Alan Kennedy ankle injured
April 1, 1985 Liverpool, beaten at home by Manchester United yesterday, are likely to be without former Newcastle United left back Alan Kennedy who hurt
Superkid move
Tuesday, January 8 – 1985 Liverpool will today beat a cluster of First Division rivals for the signature of Oldham’s £200,000-rated teenaged starlet Wayne Harrison.
100 years of soccer at Anfield
September 22, 1984 A remarkable milestone in the history of Merseyside soccer will be reached during the next few days … exactly 100 years of
Italians go wild for super Souness
Monday, June 11 – 1984 Graeme Souness stopped the traffic in the main street here last night as the busy Italian seaport gave him an
Make me British like Zola pleads Cup star Bruce
Saturday, June 2 – 1984 Soccer star Bruce Grobbelaar, hero of Europan Cup winners Liverpool, last night pleaded to be given British nationality. The extrovert
Home rule given the boot
Friday, June 1 – 1984 Liverpool will be the last club to fight for the European Cup on their opponents’ ground. As Liverpool returned home
Phil Neal: Football needs more men like Joe Fagan
February 4, 1984 Liverpool’s phenomenal run of success owes a great deal to the individual habits and quirks of its great managers – and Joe
Joe Fagan: Here’s to another happy new year
December 30, 1983 Liverpool manager Joe Fagan settled back in his small office, tucked away under the main stand at Anfield – and summed up
United move in on Fagan
Saturday, August 20 – 1983 When Liverpool and Manchester United have their showdown at Wembley this afternoon there is much more at stake than the
Same formula pays off again for Reds
December 31, 1982 Liverpool’s excellent start to the present season is confirmed by the fact that they have picked up eight more points at the
The top men and their salaries
Tuesday, August 17 – 1982 What the top man get – an estimate of managers’ salaries in the First Division. Club Manager Salary Contract remaining
David Hodgson transferred to Liverpool
Wednesday, August 11 – 1982 Liverpool yesterday completed the £450,000 signing of David Hodgson, Middlesbrough’s 22-year-old England Under-21 striker, in time to register him for
Anfield shock: Reds in red
Wednesday, August 4 – 1982 The football world is left in disbelief this morning at the news that Liverpool made a loss last season. That
Tottenham chasing Ray Kennedy
Sunday, January 10 – 1982 Stoke and Spurs are poised to join the chase for Liverpool and England midfielder Ray Kennedy, who is now surplus
Bombshell from Bob Paisley
Friday, January 1 – 1982 Liverpool manager Bob Paisley dropped a bombshell yesterday by taking the captaincy from Phil Thompson and handing it to Graeme
John Smith honoured with C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire)
December 31, 1981 By coincidence, the chairmen of both Merseyside’s senior football clubs are awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in today’s New
Tribute from Kop to its greatest
Sunday, November 22 – 1981 Two thousand soccer fans, players and friends filled Liverpool Cathedral yesterday to pay a final tribute to Bill Shankly, the
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