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Wartime Football and the Liverpool AFC Ambulance of 1916
After holding competitive games during the first year of the Great War, the Football Associations of England and Scotland decided to discontinue professional football at
Obituary – Cliff Lloyd
Wednesday, January 12 – 2000 Footballer whose biggest victory came after he hung up his boots Cliff Lloyd, who has died aged 83, made a
Liverpool fuming
Wednesday, December 19 – 1990 Liverpool are furious with the League for giving them a Boxing Day dose of capital punishment. Their fixture at Queens
Liverpool on collision course with the FA
Wednesday, August 1 – 1990 The FA chiefs are furious that Liverpool are backing the return to a 22-club First Division. A League meeting at
Anfield gets angry at fixture jam
Thursday, May 4 – 1989 Liverpool reacted angrily yesterday as the Football League set a deadline for them to complete their fixtures. The League want
