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Liverpool’s 29 newcomers in four years

March 20, 1954 kjehan

March 20, 1954 The remark made in Liverpool Echo last week that Tom McNulty, the former Manchester United full-back, was Liverpool’s tenth first-team debutante this

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The manager who would not give up

December 28, 1953 kjehan

December 28, 1953 Behind the £20,000 signing by Liverpool on Christmas Day of two Charlton players, full-back Frank Lock (£7,500) and inside-left John Evans (£12,500),

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Bob Priday for the Reserves

December 5, 1945 kjehan

Thursday, December 5 – 1945 Liverpool make three changes for their visit to Huddersfield Town, for Nieuwenhuys has recovered from his thigh injury and returns

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Liverpool’s 100% record

January 19, 1945 kjehan

January 19, 1945 Liverpool stake their 100 per cent League Cup qualifying competition record at Anfield tomorrow against the team which gave Everton such a

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Liverpool team changes

December 21, 1939 kjehan

Thursday, December 21 – 1939 Liverpool have to make several changes for their Western Regional match against New Brighton at Anfield on Saturday. Of the

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The mystery player Billy Connell

January 18, 1917 kjehan

Thursday, January 18 – 1917 Connell, he is playing for Richmond, was the “unknown player” in the Liverpool v. Burslem match, on Christmas Day. He

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Brilliant display by Liverpool

December 28, 1915 kjehan

December 28, 1915 Liverpool F.C. received a warm welcome from a crowd of 20,000 spectators at the Everton ground yesterday, and one felt that their

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Team selected for Burnley away

December 22, 1915 kjehan

December 22, 1915 The Liverpool team to visit Burnley on Christmas Day has been chosen as follows: – E. Scott; Longworth and Speakman; Bradley, Wadsworth,

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South Liverpool to face Altrincham

November 26, 1915 kjehan

November 26, 1915 As a result of South Liverpool being defeated by the odd goal last week, they were supplanted by Eccles Boro’, who now

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Alex Raisbeck’s unique life story: The last part: 17

July 10, 1915 kjehan

July 10, 1915 Conversation in train which led To my becoming manager of Hamilton Academicals By Alex Raisbeck. When I commenced season 1913-14 I had

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Yuletide fighting – Was there a truce on Christmas Day?

January 30, 1915 kjehan

Saturday, January 30 – 1915 Telling how he spent Christmas Day in the trenches, Private Joseph Jackson (28), 1st Royal Warwicks, of Ward Street, agreed

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Players ready to join the Army if called upon

January 22, 1915 kjehan

Friday, January 22 – 1915 Lord Derby’s postcard recruiting census of players and spectators at the Christmas Day and Boxing Day matches at Liverpool and

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A disappoiting questionnaire

January 5, 1915 kjehan

January 5, 1915 The result of the football census for recruiting purposes, now published by Lord Derby, at the Liverpool and Everton football matches on

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Financial harvest for Liverpool F.C.

December 29, 1913 kjehan

December 29, 1913 Liverpool have come comparatively well out of their holiday engagements for they have shared the maximum points with their opponents. The players

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A Christmas poem (Christmas 1909)

December 24, 1909 kjehan

December 24, 1909 “One day in all the year, One day of joy and mirth, One day to mem’ry dear, One day of peace on

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Liverpudliana: By Richard Samuel (December 5, 1908)

December 6, 1908 kjehan

December 5, 1908 A double disaster at Anfield Even an out and out Everton partisan could not refrain from sympathising with Liverpool in their plight

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Personalia of James Hughes, Liverpool F.C.

November 30, 1907 kjehan

November 30, 1907 Local players are being gradually wedged into our two premier League elevens at Anfield and Goodison, to the exclusion of the foreign

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Football League meeting (June 30, 1900)

June 30, 1900 kjehan

June 30, 1900 On Saturday, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, a meeting of the Management Committee of the Football League was held under the presidency

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Inquiry into the death of Harry Bradshaw

December 28, 1899 kjehan

December 28, 1899 Mr. Alfred Hodgkinson, coroner, held an inquiry at St. Paul’s Schoolroom, Tottenham, respecting the death of Thomas Henry Bradshaw, aged twenty six

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Christmas death roll in Liverpool

December 28, 1892 kjehan

December 28, 1892 An extraordinary large number of cases have been reported to the Liverpool Coroner of violent and sudden deaths, and persons found dead

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