Training at Cleverleys
Thursday, January 21 – 1926 Liverpool, in view of their Cup tie against Fulham, have sent their players away for the first time this season, and 18 men are at Cleverlys, near Blackpool. (Nottingham Evening Post, 21-01-1926)
A loss on the season’s working
Tuesday, June 13 – 1933 The Liverpool Football Club report a loss on the season’s working of £1,284 compared with a profit the previous season of £2,595. This loss is due to the club’s early exit from the FA Cup. (Hull Daily Mail, 13-06-1933)
Kenny’s tears of pain
Friday, February 22 – 1991 Kenny Dalglish fought back tears yesterday as he left his Merseyside kingdom. Ten days before his 40th birthday the player who won almost every honour in the game with Celtic and Liverpool before transferring his genius to the manager’s desk, told a stunned, […]
Bombshell from Bob Paisley
Friday, January 1 – 1982 Liverpool manager Bob Paisley dropped a bombshell yesterday by taking the captaincy from Phil Thompson and handing it to Graeme Souness for today’s FA Cup tie at Swansea. Paisley says: “You have to explore every avenue and I’m taking the captaincy off Phil […]
Liverpool v Arsenal 1-1 (FA Cup, replay)
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 […]
Liverpool sign deal with Hitachi
Wednesday, July 25 – 1979 Television will be on Liverpool next season. The League champions have decided to wear shirt advertising and the sponsor will be Japanese TV and electronics giant Hitachi. That’s the name Anfield old-boy Kevin Keegan wears on his Hamburg shirt in Germany, And the […]
Liverpool to go for Souness?
Monday, January 9 – 1978 Liverpool, branded as “rubbish” by manager Bob Paisley after their Cup elimination at Chelsea, could sign £300,000 Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough this week. (Daily Mail, 09-01-1978)
Chelsea hand out the punishment
Saturday, January 7 – 1978 Match: FA Cup, 3rd Round, at Stamford Bridge, kick off: 15:00. Chelsea – Liverpool 4-2 (1-0). Attendance: 45,449. Referee: Mr. P. Partridge. Chelsea: Peter Bonetti, Graham Wilkins, John Sparrow, Ian Britton, Ron Harris, Steve Wicks, Bill Garner, Ray Lewington, Tommy Langley, Charles Cooke […]
Kid Irwin on stand-by
Tuesday, April 26 – 1977 Colin Irwin, a 20-year-old part-timer, is standing by to make his debut for Liverpool against Everton in the FA Cup semi-final replay at Maine Road tomorrow. Irwin, a camera technician at a Kirkby factory, will get his chance if veteran defender Tommy Smith […]
Phil’s thunder sinks Carlisle United
Tuesday, January 29 – 1974 Match: FA Cup, 4th round, replay, at Brunton Park, kick off: 14:00. Carlisle United – Liverpool 0-2 (0-0). Attendance: 21,262. Referee: Mr. J.K. Taylor. The Liverpool Eleven: Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, P.Thompson, Lloyd, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Boersma, Toshack, Callaghan. The Liverpool goals: 1-0 Boersma […]
Bill Shankly: – Liverpool players do not bathe the day before match day
Tuesday, January 6 – 1970 When Liverpool meet Coventry in their postponed FA Cup tie tomorrow their players will have been expected to dispense with the luxury of a pre match bath night. Liverpool’s manager Bill Shankly, like many Soccer chiefs, holds that a pre match bath is […]
The Roger Hunt and Bill Shankly showdown
Wednesday, March 5 – 1969 Roger Hunt and Bill Shankly face a showdown meeting today – at Hunt’s request. The “battering ram” of England’s World Cup side and Liverpool’s blaze of success is prepared to be transferred or even quit the game. Only an amicable hatchet-burying session can […]
Liverpool – a blend of youth and experience
Tuesday, August 6 – 1968 For two seasons, Liverpool fans have had nothing to celebrate – nothing, that is in the way of a championship trophy or an FA Cup victory. With no major close-season signings they are asking can the side that couldn’t produce trophies last season […]
The funeral of Liverpool F.C.
Saturday, March 11 – 1967 (The Everton Collection)
Dave Wilson arrives from Preston North End
Monday, February 20 – 1967 Dave Wilson, the Preston winger, who signed for Liverpool yesterday, will not be able to play for them in the FA Cup this season. He played five minutes as substitute in Preston’s third round tie against Aston Villa. The fee, cut be the […]
Tragedy at Anfield
Thursday, May 6 – 1965 Less than 24 hours after cheering his team’s European Cup victory over Milan, Jimmy McInnes, secretary of Liverpool Football Club was found hanged in a turnstile booth at Anfield, the club ground last night. He was discovered by an inspector making a routine […]
Liverpool v Leeds United 2-1 (FA Cup: May 1, 1965)
May 1, 1965 Match: FA Cup Final, at Wembley. Liverpool – Leeds United 2-1 aee, full time 0-0 (0-0). Attendance: 100,000. Liverpool (2-3-5): Tommy Lawrence, Chris Lawler, Gerry Byrne, Geoff Strong, Ron Yeats, Willie Stevenson, Ian Callaghan, Roger Hunt, Ian St. John, Tommy Smith, Peter Thompson. Leeds United […]
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 at Anfield and said: “The European Cup? It’s a war!” The craggy, gravel-voiced Scot, whose 100 per cent. enthusiasm has lifted Liverpool from […]
Liverpool v Derby County 5-0 (FA Cup match)
Saturday, January 4 – 1964 Match: FA Cup, Third Round, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:00. Liverpool – Derby County 5-0 (2-0). Attendance: 46,460. Referee: Mr. M.A. Fussey. Liverpool: Tommy Lawrence, Phil Ferns, Ronnie Moran, Gordon Milne, Ron Yeats, Willie Stevenson, Ian Callaghan, Roger Hunt, Alf Arrowsmith, Ian St John, […]
Liverpool joint favourites for the FA Cup
Tuesday, March 26 – 1963 Liverpool have joined Leicester as favourites at 11-4 for the FA Cup. Prices: 11-4 Leicester and Liverpool; 9-2 Manchester United; 13-2 Nottingham Forest; 10-1 West Ham United; 22-1 Norwich City; 50-1 Southampton; 66-1 Coventry City. (Daily Mail, 26-03-1963)
Kick off stands
Friday, March 22 – 1963 Mrs. Mirabelle Topham, who asked Liverpool Football Club to delay the kick off of their Cup tie with West Ham a week tomorrow from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to avoid a clash with the Grand National, yesterday had the reply: “Regret impossible […]
Wrexham v Liverpool 0-3 (FA Cup match)
Wednesday, January 9 – 1963 Match: FA Cup, Third Round, at The Racecourse Ground, kick-off: 19:00. Wrexham – Liverpool 0-3 (0-1). Attendance: 29,992. Referee: Mr. H. Webb. Wrexham: Ken Simpkins, Peter Jones, Ally McGowan, Ken Barnes, Alan Fox, Tecwyn Jones, Ron Barnes, Arfon Griffiths, Ernie Phythian, Brian Whitehouse, […]
Worcester’s saucy Cup win
Thursday, January 15 – 1959 Match: FA Cup, 3rd Round, at St George’s Lane, kick-off: 14:15. Worcester City – Liverpool 2-1 (1-0). Attendance: 15,011. Referee: Mr Les Tirebuck (Halifax). Worcester City (2-3-5): John Kirkwood; Eddie Wilcox, Reg Potts; Sammy Bryceland, Les Melville, Roy Paul: Tommy Brown, Eddie Follan, […]
Preparing for the Worcester Cup-tie
Wednesday, January 7 – 1959 The match that has turned Worcester into a Cup-crazy City is in danger. Rain threatens to wash out their glamour Third Round clash with Second Division giants Liverpool on Saturday. The Worcester pitch is already waterlogged. If there is more heavy rain or […]
Death of Liverpool F.C. secretary
Wednesday, February 2 – 1955 Mr. John C. Rouse (54), secretary of Liverpool Football Club and of the Professional Footballers’ golf championship, died at his home in Booker Avenue, Liverpool, last night. Mr. Rouse yesterday made plans for staging the fifth round FA Cup-tie between Liverpool and Huddersfield […]
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