The Athletic News is an amazing source for information about football history; about players an clubs and all the stories in-between. The sports paper focused on facts and not on rumours and that is why I find it so exciting to read through. In August each year, a […]
During the 1903/04 season the “Sunderland Daily Echo” enlightened their readers with some great article features presenting many of the leading football club for that season. I have now collected all these feature articles and you will find links to the different articles further down in this article. […]
All articles about Tom Bradshaw on PlayUpLiverpool. About Tiny Bradshaw: “Nicknamed ‘Tiny’ on account of his size. Added backbone to the Anfield side when he came from Bury. Great exponent of the third back game. Works the ball in remarkably little space. Loves the crowds but is also […]
Gore in media. About Tommy Gore: Born: November 26 – 1953, in Liverpool (Lancashire), in England. Position: Midfielder. Height: Weight: Career: Liverpool, signed amateur form, 1970. * signed professional, 1972. Tranmere Rovers. * Loaned to Wigan Athletic, 1973. Wigan Athletic, signed, January – 1974. * Loaned to Dallas […]
All articles about Bill Fairhurst on PlayUpLiverpool. About Bill Fairhurst: Born: September 23 – 1907, in St. Helens (Lancashire). Passed away: 1984. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 5 ‘ 11 ½. Weight: 12 ‘ 7. Career: Sacred Hearts. St Helens Town. Liverpool, signed, 1929. * Trial with Runcorn. Rhyl Athletic. […]
Wednesday, November 13 – 1974 Terry McDermott walked into Liverpool’s lush reception room at 6.15 last night blinked at the glittering array of trophies, then walked into the boardroom for a £170,000 transfer signing. The Newcastle and England Under-23 forward completed what Liverpool chairman John Smith described as […]
Friday, August 9 – 1968 Liverpool manager Bill Shankly will not commit himself to making public his team for the opening match of the season against League champions Manchester City, at Anfield, to-morrow. He has named 13 players from which selection will be made and the feature is […]
Thursday, May 30 – 1968 Liverpool reserve winger Dave Wilson ended a fortnight of transfer talks by signing for his old club, Preston North End, last night. Preston have paid Liverpool £5,000 after receiving £20,000 for him 15 months ago. Crewe Alexandra and Bury started the moves for […]
Saturday, May 25 – 1968 Liverpool have given free transfers to seven of their young players and retained 28 professionals, they announced to-day. Among the retained are wing-half Roy Evans, former Bootle and England schoolboy, and winger Dave Wilson, for whom they paid Preston £20,000 18 months ago […]
Friday, June 30 – 1967 Tommy Docherty, dynamic Chelsea manager, showed the cut-throat side of Soccer yesterday, when he bought Bury wing-half Colin Waldron for £25,000. The Chelsea chief and his old playing pal Bill Shankly, of Liverpool, were all smiles and handshakes on Wednesday when Docherthy sold […]
All articles about Walker Hampson on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Walker Hampson: Born: July 24, 1889: Radcliffe (Lancashire), England. Passed away: 1959: Bury (Lancashire), England. Position: Half-back. Height: (5ft. 9½in.); Weight: (12st.). Career: Black Lane St. Andrew’s: 1912. Colne: 1913. Burnley: 1914. * 1914-15: 4-0 (Football League 1); 0-0 (FA […]
All articles about Jimmy Settle on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Jimmy Settle: Born: September 5, 1875: Millom (Cumberland), England. Passed away: June 1, 1954: Horwich, England. Funeral / burial: June 5, 1954: St. Peter’s Church, Halliwell. Position: Inside left. Height: (5ft. 6in.); Weight: (11st.). Career: Bolton Wanderers: 1894. * 1894-95: […]
All articles about Charles Satterthwaite on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Charlie Satterthwaite: Born: 1877, in Penrith (Cumberland), in England. Passed away: 25-05-1948, in Workington, Cumberland, in England. ** In the 1911 Census he, aged 34, lived with his wife (Mary, 44) and children (John Oliver, 4 and Stanley James, 11 […]
All articles about James Raeside on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About James Raeside: Born: 1879, Parkhead, Scotland. Passed away: January 17, 1946. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: Weight: Career: Wellington Stars, 1896. Parkhead, 1898. Third Lanark, signed: August 25, 1899. * 1899-00: 16-0 (ScL 1); * 1900-01: 20-0 (ScL 1); * 1901-02: 7-0 […]
Monday, July 23 – 1945 Football fixtures for the coming season are: 25-Aug-45 Burnley Away 29-Aug-45 Bolton Wanderers Home 01-Sep-45 Burnley Home 08-Sep-45 Bury Home 12-Sep-45 Everton Home 15-Sep-45 Bury Away 22-Sep-45 Blackburn Rovers Away 29-Sep-45 Blackburn Rovers Home 06-Oct-45 Bradford Home 13-Oct-45 Bradford Away 20-Oct-45 Manchester City […]
Tuesday, July 4 – 1944 Joe Louis, the world heavyweight champions, celebrated a “birthday” in Liverpool yesterday. Before going to the Stadium to delight the thousands of Allied Service men and women with a three rounds exhibition, the champion stopped at the US Army headquarters for a special […]
May 7, 1945 Football officials from all over the country, many with famous players of the past, now managers, to advise them, met at Manchester today to make post-war plans. An early surprise was the carrying of Arsenal’s amendment that, in the transitional period, First and Second Division […]
January 6, 1945 Port Vale have appointed Mr. David Pratt, former Yeovil & Petters, Hearts, Notts County, and Clapton Orient manager, to a similar position with them. A flying-officer, Mr. Pratt will take up his new post on his release from the RAF. In his playing days he […]
Monday, November 27 – 1944 Now over to Anfield for reflections on not such a good game in which Liverpool defeated Bury 3-1. This was hard rather than enlightening football. Liverpool were generally masters of the situation apart from one testing moment when Kenneth Seddon saved them. Seddon […]
Saturday, November 25 – 1944 Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00. Liverpool – Bury 3-1 (2-1). Attendance: 11,377. Referee: Mr. E. Adams. Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson, Kenneth Seddon, Jeff Gulliver (Reading), Jimmy McInnes, Laurie Hughes, Jack Pilling (South Liverpool), Jack Campbell, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Arthur Shepherd, […]
Friday, November 24 – 1944 The Lancashire Senior Cup draw, made at Blackburn is: – Oldham Athletic v Burnley, Liverpool v Southport, Everton v Chester, Manchester United v Crewe Alexandra, Manchester City v Stockport County, Accrington Stanley v Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers v Bury, Rochdale v Blackburn Rovers. Home […]
Friday, November 24 – 1944 Liverpool have a great opportunity of building up their position for the League War Cup Competition, which opens on December 25, when they visit Southport. In the remaining matches in the League Championship No. 1 they should give the many promising junior players […]
Wednesday, November 22 – 1944 Worsley, of Fulham, will be at outside left for the injured Don Carter in Bury’s team to meet Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, and Gorman continues at left half. Bury (from); George Bradshaw, Ken Holland, George Griffiths, Les Hart, Blunt, Bill Griffiths, Bill […]
Monday, November 20 – 1944 I am assured that Liverpool had sufficient chances at Gigg Lane to have won three matches, but they frittered them away and so lost 2-0 – their first war-time defeat at the ground. The Reds were “buried” in every sense, for the player […]
Saturday, November 18 – 1944 Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Gigg Lane. Bury – Liverpool 2-0 (1-0). Attendance: 4,415. Referee: Mr. A. Sykes (Rishton). Bury (2-3-5): Ken Holland, George Griffiths, Les Hart, Blunt, Bill Griffiths, Bill Gorman, Norman Berry, McFeat (Raith Rovers), George Davies, George Drury (Arsenal), […]
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