June 28, 1967 Liverpool swoop for Tony Hateley Chelsea last night sold centre forward Tony Hateley to Liverpool, for a little less than the £100,000
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Fitness, but lack of finishing, that’s Liverpool now
June 24, 1967 The Sky Blues will not be meeting complete strangers when they come up against Liverpool, for the Merseysiders, of course, provided the
Three games in ten days for Liverpool
June 22, 1967 Feature of Liverpool’s pre-season visit to Germany to play three warm-up matches is that they face again the Cologne team whom they
Ray Clemence transferred to Liverpool
June 13, 1967 Liverpool have signed 19-year-old Scunthorpe goalkeeper Ray Clemence for £20,000. Said Liverpool manager Bill Shankly: “He is the most promising young goalkeeper
Four Liverpool players turn down England
May 6, 1967 The strain of constant Soccer has led to four Liverpool players turning down personal invitations from Sir Alf Ramsey to tour with
Shankly put 12 men on the transfer list
Wednesday, April 26 – 1967 Gordon Milne, 12 times an England cap, went on Liverpool’s transfer list last night as manager Bill Shankly launched a
Shankly raid Wrexham for duo
Thursday, October 6 – 1966 Liverpool manager Bill Shankly last night paid out £35,000 … for two “unknown” full backs from Wrexham. Stuart Mason, 18,
George Graham snubs Anfield for Highbury
Friday, September 30 – 1966 Arsenal will sign Chelsea forward George Graham this morning in a deal that will give Chelsea £50,000 and inside forward
Bill Shankly “It’s my life”
August 17, 1965 Bill Shankly was in his office, sited as close as it can be to the pitch, searching for the right words. I
Manchester United v Liverpool 2-2 (Charity Shield: August 14, 1965)
August 14, 1965 Match: Charity Shield, at Old Trafford, kick-off: 15:00. Manchester United – Liverpool 2-2 (1-1). Attendance: 48,502. Referee: Mr. J. Finney. Manchester United:
Shankly woos Strong
Friday, November 6 – 1964 Liverpool steam into London tonight for transfer talks with £40,000 inside forward Geoff Strong of Arsenal. Arsenal have given Liverpool
Peter Thompson transferred to Liverpool
August 14, 1964 Peter Thompson, the Preston and England Under-23 forward, did not know he would be a Liverpool F.C. player to-day until he read
Bill Shankly prepares for a new season
Thursday, August 13 – 1964 Liverpool, Thursday: Bill Shankly, the dynamo behind League champions Liverpool, thumped the desk in his office under the main stand
Liverpool F.C.: The annual meeting of 1964
June 25, 1964 Chairman resigns – and an Era ends An era ended for Liverpool Football Club last night. When Mr. Thomas Valentine Williams (T.V.
Sidney Cecil Reakes: The team is ready for ten seasons
April 30, 1964 Vice-chairman, Mr. Sidney Cecil Reakes, feels that now the club have survived such a long and often stormy journey, they are entitled
Thomas Valentine Williams: De Gaulle of soccer
April 30, 1964 Chairman Thomas Valentine Williams, who was T.V.. Long before Logie Baird invented those illustrious initials, saw football first at Anfield fro the
Shankly’s code wins title
Saturday, April 18 – 1964 Liverpool, with considerable Mersey sound, whooped their way into the Football League championship on Saturday. But so far as Bill
Ee, Aye, Addio, Denis Law’s a twerp
Monday, April 6 – 1964 Liverpool, the wondrous wackers, are the greatest team in Britain. The players are pretty formidable. But the team that enthralled
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
Jimmy Melia transferred to Wolves
March 9, 1964 Wolves boss Stan Cullis splashed a club record £48,000 to buy Jimmy Melia, Liverpool’s England inside forward, last night. The Melia deal
Furnell to the Gunners
Thursday, November 21 – 1963 Arsenal manager Billy Wright swooped on Merseyside in a dawn plane yesterday and signed Jim Furnell, 25-year-old Liverpool reserve goalkeeper,
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
Why Liverpool could afford to let Bert Slater go
July 5, 1962 The transfer of Bert Slater, the Liverpool goalkeeper, to Dundee, the club managed by Mr. Shankly’s brother, Bob, is hardly surprising. The
Bert Slater transferred to Dundee
July 3, 1962 Dundee manager Bob Shankly signed Liverpool’s Scottish goalkeeper Bert Slater for the second time yesterday after final negotiations with brother Bill, who
Liverpool F.C.: The annual meeting of 1962
June 29, 1962 Most significant disclosure at the end of the harmonious annual general meeting of Liverpool f.C. last night came almost as a postscript
"Play Up, Liverpool" 
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