Thursday, May 4 – 1978 Tommy Smith admitted defeat yesterday and dropped out of next Wednesday’s European Cup Final with Bruges a week after dropping
Category: Club news
£352,000 Souness goes to Anfield
Tuesday, January 10 – 1978 Liverpool smashed another transfer record yesterday when they bought Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough for £352,000. Their outlay on the talented
The man with every top player on his books
Wednesday, January 4 – 1978 Each Saturday, an average of 550,000 football fans swarm through the turnstiles of Britain’s soccer stadiums. Millions more watch soccer
Alex Ferguson: “Liverpool good enough to rule Europe”
December 20, 1977 Liverpool, tolling and struggling to maintain their pre-eminent position as champions of the Football League, are the greatest team in Britain. Furthermore,
Howard Gayle: Gayle force
December 17, 1977 Remember the name Howard Gayle. He could be another Steve Heighway for Liverpool. That’s what the officials of the Liverpool Sunday League
Chilling words from UEFA
December 10, 1977 The most powerful man in European football paid his first visit to Liverpool this week. Hans Bangerter, general secretary of UEFA for
Tommy Smith: Member of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
December 10, 1977 Liverpool’s iron man Tommy Smith has been getting a briefing this week from his manager. Not on football matter but on Buckingham
Liverpool back in the groove
December 7, 1977 Liverpool’s dazzling performance in demolishing S.V. Hamburg by 6 clear goals to win the European Super Cup last night should put them
Arthur Riley: Fifty years a Red
October 1, 1977 Liverpool pride themselves on the family atmosphere within the club – a togetherness on and of the field which is the main
– It is better to be a live sparrow than a stuffed eagle
August 12, 1977 It is something to smile about, this accusation that Liverpool are mad to pay £440,000 for Kenny Dalglish. Especially when you are
Players Union not happy with Dalglish transfer
August 11, 1977 The £440,000 Liverpool have invested on the talented feet of Kenny Dalglish has brought a worried and hostile reaction from the players
Kenny Dalglish transferred to Liverpool for £440,000
August 10, 1977 Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool’s £440,000 buy from Celtic, last night got the best sort of welcome to Anfield he could possibly expect. For
How the Kenny Dalglish deal was done
August 10, 1977 Liverpool manager Bob Paisley booked into a Scottish hotel under an assumed name as his bid to sign Kenny Dalglish reached a
Kenny Dalglish signs in at Anfield
August 10, 1977 Kenny Dalglish travelled to Liverpool this afternoon ready to become Scotland’s latest football export – and the costliest player in British football
Reds silent on transfer rumours
August 9, 1977 Reports that Liverpool are about to make a major move into the transfer market to spread some of the half million they
Fences at Anfield ready for kick-off
July 29, 1977 The fences are up at Anfield in ample time for the start of the season on August 20. As this picture shows,
Reds warm to the wintry weather
July 27, 1977 The wintry cutting edge to current mid-summer days is as un-seasonal blast for holiday makers but it suits footballers getting ready for
Icelandic students at Melwood
July 22, 1977 These Icelandic medical students on a four-week course in Liverpool, met Liverpool F.C. players during a visit to the training ground at
Tommy Smith to carry on
July 20, 1977 Tommy Smith will be a Liverpool player for the next two years. Two months of speculation have ended in agreement between the
Board to decide on Tommy Smith
July 18, 1977 Tommy Smith’s future with English and European champions Liverpool will be decided at a vital board meeting to-night. Smith, who announced he
Liverpool tribute to John Moores
July 9, 1977 Liverpool chairman Mr. John Smith today paid tribute to the contribution Mr. John Moores has made to the football and general life
Bob Paisley: Now ban Kevin Keegan
June 4, 1977 Kevin Keegan should be banned from playing for England, says his former boss at Liverpool Bob Paisley. Keegan joined S.V. Hamburg in
Kevin Keegan transferred to Hamburg for £500,000
June 3, 1977 Kevin Keegan completed his record-breaking £500,000 transfer to SV Hamburg yesterday – then took a swipe at the critics who have accused
Bob Paisley: On the lowest rung
May 30, 1977 The world of football rolls along with the help of cliches. They ease the way and one I like as well as
The team behind the team
May 20, 1977 The team behind the team Round the board-room table about to go into session – left to right, Sidney Cecil Reakes, Jack
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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