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 […]
Here is a magical number for you, 8,821. It is number of days actually, and a sequence that started on April 21, 1923 and ended on June 14, 1947. In more understandable language it is 24 years, 1 month and 25 days. It is the longest wait a […]
All articles about Albert Young on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Albert Young: Born: September 11, 1917: Caerleon, Wales. Passed away: January, 2013: Chelmsford (Essex), England. Position: Left back. Height: (5ft. 10½in.); Weight: (11st. 1lb.). Career: Carleleon. Swansea Town: Signed: January, 1936. Margate. Arsenal: Signed amateur form: 1937. * 1937-38: 0-0 […]
Thursday, August 1 – 2002 Markus Babbel has vowed to repay Gerard Houllier’s unstinting faith in him by bringing silverware back to Liverpool this season. The Germany defender made an emotional reappearance in front of the Kop against Lazio on Tuesday following his year-long battle to overcome the […]
Friday, June 16 – 2001 Gerard Houllier is still trying to lure Sol Campbell to Liverpool, as he prepares a £15 million bid for Chris Kirkland and Michael Ball. Liverpool officials met Campbell this week and are hopeful of pricing him away from the clutches of Barcelona and […]
Wednesday, January 12 – 2000 Footballer whose biggest victory came after he hung up his boots Cliff Lloyd, who has died aged 83, made a mark in two areas of football – first as a reliable, competent fullback in Fulham’s second division team just after the war, and […]
Friday, January 1 – 1999 Robbie Fowler has bought a house in London to cash in on the lucrative rental market for foreign diplomats but his advisor insists the investment is not a step towards joining Arsenal but an astute business move. You would not get change out […]
Friday, July 24 – 1998 Of all the transfer rumour, informed or otherwise, which inevitably has reached a frenzy in this limbo period between the World Cup and resumption of the domestic season the most significant story concerns Steve McManaman. It has been widely reported that Newcastle are […]
Sunday, March 19 – 1995 (From the match programme of FA Cup semi-final between Bristol City and Liverpool). Visitors to he Village The club was formed in May 1989 under the name of Newton Ladies but in June 1991, they changed their name to Knowsley WFC and became […]
Saturday, December 15 – 1990 Liverpool are ready to make John Barnes Britain’s highest-paid player by offering him a staggering £8,000-a-week to stay at Anfield. Chairman Noel White and manager Kenny Dalglish were in a top Anfield delegation which met Barnes and his representative Jon Holmes on Thursday. […]
Wednesday, December 5 – 1990 Luton, unofficial football kings of plastic, took formal possession of the crown in Manchester last night. They ran away with the Guiness Soccer Six title by thumping Liverpool 4-0 in a one-sided final. Yet Anfield manager Kenny Dalglish can hardly be surprised his […]
Tuesday, December 4 – 1990 Peter Beardsley was last night heading for a showdown with Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish. Beardsley, scorer of 11 First Division goals this season, was angry at being dropped against Arsenal less than an hour before the kick-off. He didn’t even make the substitutes’ […]
Sunday, December 2 – 1990 Match: Football League, 1st Division, at Highbury, kick-off: 15:00. Arsenal – Liverpool 3-0 (1-0). Attendance: 40,419. Referee: Mr. A. Gunn. Arsenal: David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn, Michael Thomas, Steve Bould, Tony Adams, David O’Leary, Paul Davis, Alan Smith, Paul Merson, Anders Limpar. […]
Friday, May 11 – 1990 Arsenal last night failed in an 11th hour bud to snatch Ronny Rosenthal away from champions Liverpool. The Israeli international rejected the Highbury move to finally achieve his dream of signing for Liverpool in a £1 million package. “I have waited a long […]
Thursday, December 14 – 1989 Amid the chatter and bustle of the hotel lobby in Brussels, someone said: “That’s it. They can’t go on with it now.” It was May 28, 1985, the eve of the European Cup final against Juventus and the news had just broken that […]
Monday, July 31 – 1989 Millwall boss John Docherty took an angry swipe at Liverpool yesterday – after making a club record £500,000 bid for Tottenham midfielder Paul Allen. Spurs chief Terry Venables turned down the first approach but Docherty is determined to capture 26 year old Allen […]
Thursday, May 4 – 1989 Liverpool reacted angrily yesterday as the Football League set a deadline for them to complete their fixtures. The League want to condense their final five First Division games into a 10 day spell so their Championship chase is completed by May 23. But […]
Friday, June 1 – 1984 Liverpool will be the last club to fight for the European Cup on their opponents’ ground. As Liverpool returned home in triump yesterday, new rules were being drawn up for next season by UEFA officials. The choice of venue will now be decided […]
Tuesday, August 17 – 1982 What the top man get – an estimate of managers’ salaries in the First Division. Club Manager Salary Contract remaining Arsenal Terry Neill £35,000 3 years Aston Villa Tony Barton £25,000 3 years Birmingham Ron Saunders £40,000 3 year “roll on” Brighton Mike […]
Wednesday, April 16 – 1980 Match: FA Cup, Semi Final, replay, at Villa Park, kick-off: 19:30. Liverpool – Arsenal 1-1 (0-0) after extra-time. Attendance: 40,679. Referee: Mr. K.S. Hackett. Liverpool: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Colin Irwin, Phil Thompson (C), Ray Kennedy, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, David Fairclough, David […]
Friday, December 28 – 1979 The 91 Football League managers trailing in Liverpool’s jet-stream were yesterday handed the dressing room answer to Anfield success. Ray Kennedy, one of the club’s midfield stokers, told me: “It’s no big deal. The answer is simplicity. “We don’t have any magic formula. […]
Tuesday, September 17 – 1974 Match: European Cup Winners’ Cup, 1st Round, 1st Leg, at Anfield, kick-off: 19:30. Liverpool – Strømsgodset 11-0 (5-0). Attendance: 24,743. Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta). Liverpool: Ray Clemence, Tommy Smith, Alec Lindsay, Phil Thompson, Peter Cormack, Emlyn Hughes, Phil Boersma, Brian Hall, Steve Heighway, […]
Friday, July 12 – 1974 Bill Shankly has quit as manager of Liverpool. And with a typical Shankly flourish, he followed his shock announcement yesterday by signing Arsenal striker Ray Kennedy for £200,000. Bill Shankly. It is a club record fee for the man whose goal ended Liverpool’s […]
Monday, January 3 – 1972 Liverpool manager Bill Shankly yesterday marched into an FA disciplinary court to clear £220,000 Arsenal superstar Alan Ball – then stormed out accusing Everton of turning their backs on their former skipper. Ball, Britain’s costliest player, was facing the disciplinary committee in Birmingham […]
Thursday, May 6 – 1971 Round about Saturday teatime the sharpest wit in football will be called upon to deliver a terse assessment of the Cup Final. Win or lose, Bill Shankly will have something to say. It might be brutal as acudgel, as swift as cyanide or […]
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