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Tag: Bert Riley

Arthur Riley: Fifty years a Red

October 1, 1977 kjehan

October 1, 1977 Liverpool pride themselves on the family atmosphere within the club – a togetherness on and of the field which is the main

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Flag-pole with a difference

December 11, 1958 kjehan

December 11, 1958 When you Liverpool fans pass that solid-looking flag-pole which stands just behind the Kop at the corner of Kemlyn Road, don’t dismiss

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Training starts at Anfield

July 18, 1949 kjehan

July 18, 1949 Within a month we will be in the throes of football. Several clubs have already started their preparations for the forthcoming season.

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Liverpool F.C.: The annual meeting of 1944

June 22, 1944 kjehan

June 22, 1944 Reds’ rosy future “We look on the future quite happily. We shall have no need to go around the country looking for

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Liverpool’s young stars for the future

August 16, 1943 kjehan

August 16, 1943 It was in the knowledge that clubs will need more youngsters than ever before that I went to Anfield on Saturday to

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Outlook is good

June 8, 1942 kjehan

June 8, 1942 Maybe it is rushing ahead in thinking of next season when the 1941-42 season only finally passed out on Saturday, but one

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Liverpool players’ report for training

July 27, 1939 kjehan

July 27, 1939 Liverpool players reported at the Anfield ground yesterday, and Everton receive their members at Goodison Park on Monday. Mr. William John Harrop,

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Back in training and new tip-up seats

August 12, 1935 kjehan

August 12, 1935 On the other hand, football is coming on us with rare leap. I saw the Liverpool footballers at a filming “shoot,” and

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The salt of the soccer crowd: Bert Riley

December 29, 1934 kjehan

December 29, 1934 Bert Riley is the Liverpool F.C. groundsman. He is a fixture at the ground because anything to be done is done without

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The salt of the soccer crowd: William James Puckey

November 3, 1934 kjehan

November 3, 1934 Many, many years ago I watched the boys’ entrance at Anfield. A stubbly little fellow was there sorting ‘em out. He had

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The inquest into the death of Harold Riley

September 11, 1934 kjehan

September 11, 1934 The discovery of the assistant groundsman at Liverpool Football Club, Harold Riley, aged 25, of Alroy Road, lying gassed in the trainer’s

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The death of Harold Riley

September 9, 1934 kjehan

September 9, 1934 Mr. Harold Riley, aged 24, son of Mr. Bert Riley, the Liverpool Football Club groundsman, was found dead in one of the

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The two new boys at the Anfield ground

August 14, 1923 kjehan

August 14, 1923 It was a big of luck I had at Anfield last night. I got there just in time to size up the

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George Fleming buried at Anfield

August 21, 1922 kjehan

August 17, 1922 The late George Fleming Many sympathisers at interment at Anfield The interment of the late Mr. George Fleming, the Liverpool F.C.’s assistant

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The funeral of George Fleming

August 17, 1922 kjehan

August 17, 1922 The interment of the late Mr. George Fleming, the Liverpool F.C.’s assistant trainer took place at Anfield Cemetery today. A service was

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