Tuesday, August 6 – 1968 For two seasons, Liverpool fans have had nothing to celebrate – nothing, that is in the way of a championship
Tag: FA Cup

The funeral of Liverpool F.C.
March 11, 1967 (The Everton Collection)
Dave Wilson transferred to Liverpool
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
The death of Jimmy McInnes
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

Liverpool v Leeds United 2-1 (FA Cup Final: May 1, 1965)
May 1, 1965 Match: FA Cup Final, at Wembley, kick-off: 15:00. Liverpool – Leeds United 2-1 aee, full time 0-0 (0-0). Attendance: 100,000. Referee: Mr.
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.
Liverpool v Derby County 5-0 (FA Cup: January 4, 1964)
January 4, 1964 Key note: “Mr. Shankly’s gambit, if not gamble, in leaving out of the Liverpool side a Jimmy Melia who plainly considered himself
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;
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
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.

Dick White transferred to Doncaster Rovers
May 29, 1962 Liverpool F.C. to-day sprang a surprise by transferring Dick White, captain of their championship-winning side last season to Doncaster Rovers, who must

Bill Shankly: New training and hard work
May 19, 1962 Last week I described how I came to Anfield, what problems forced me and how I set about solving them. While I

Doug Rudhams retirement is linked with South Africa crisis
May 5, 1960 I am able to disclose to-day the reason behind the retirement from football in this country of 33-years-old Doug Rudham, third of
Worcester City v Liverpool 2-1 (FA Cup: January 15, 1959)
January 15, 1959 Match: FA Cup, Third Round, at St George’s Lane, kick-off: 14:15. Worcester City – Liverpool 2-1 (1-0). Attendance: 15,011. Referee: Mr Les
Preparing for the Worcester Cup-tie
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
Two spells of success at stake in Anfield duel
December 6, 1957 Although the second round of the FA Cup holds the interest in many areas to-morrow, as far as Anfield followers are concerned
Season tickets for The Kop and paddock
May 26, 1967 For the first time in the history of the club Liverpool are to sell season tickets for the paddock and ground (Anfield
Southend mud pitch
January 1, 1957 Liverpool have put back their normal Tuesday night board meeting until to-morrow evening, owing to New Year. This will also give them

The death of John Charles Rouse
February 2, 1955 Liverpool football circles will be surprised and grieved to hear of the death of Mr. John Charles Rouse, the Liverpool F.C. secretary,
Liverpool’s Cup Party
January 3, 1955 Sixteen players to have special three-day training spell Sixteen Liverpool players will leave at mid-day to-morrow for three days special training at
Weymouth’s most unpopular cinemagoers
Wednesday, December 09 – 1953 Willie Fagan, twice a Wembley Cup finalist, with Preston and Liverpool, left a floodlight trial game on the Weymouth ground

Ex-football “star” Tommy Lucas mine host at Stoke Mandeville
January 30, 1953 Each Saturday hundreds of thousands of football “fans” get the maximum pleasure from the most popular of British games. Let us introduce
Never too old to be a star
Monday, November 24 – 1952 Star of non-League Weymouth’s gallant 1-1 draw with Colchester was Willie Fagan, 36, their player-manager who is still on Liverpool’s
Phil Taylor to lead Liverpool from the touch-line
January 4, 1951 Phil Taylor, the Liverpool captain, who led his team against Arsenal in the Cup Final at Wembley last April, will lead the
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