All articles about Richard Morris on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Dick Morris: “He is very clever with the ball, passes well, and infuses any amount of dash into his work. Did he boast but a few more […]
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Patrick Gray
All articles about Patrick Grady on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Patrick Grady: Born: 1875, in Scotland. Passed away: Nickname: Paddy. Position: Centre-half. Height: (5ft. 11in.); Weight: (12st. 9lb.). Career: Govan Hibs. Partick Thistle: Signed: August 7, 1894. […]
Robert Blanthorne @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Robert Blanthorne at PlayUpLiverpool. About Robert Blanthorne: Born: January 8, 1884: Birkenhead (Lancashire), England. Passed away: 1965: Rock Ferry (Lancashire), England. Position: Centre forward. Height: 186 cm. (6ft. 1in.). Weight: 83 kilos […]
Shankly’s code wins title
Saturday, April 18 – 1964 Liverpool, with considerable Mersey sound, whooped their way into the Football League championship on Saturday. But so far as Bill Shankly, football manager extraordinary, is concerned, that was last Saturday. […]
Shankly signs his first ever contract
Monday, August 19 – 1963 Bill Shankly, the football manager who woved he would never tie himself to any club, has changed his mind and signed a five-year contract with Liverpool. Bill who managed Liverpool […]
Bobby Campbell for Pompey
Saturday, November 18 – 1961 Bobby Campbell, 22-year-old new signing from Liverpool, makes his debut for Portsmouth against Grimsby. (Daily Express, 18-11-1961)
Bill Shankly gets the Liverpool job
Tuesday, December 1 – 1959 Bill Shankly, 46-year-old manager of Huddersfield Town, was appointed as Liverpool’s new manager last night. He will start his new job within a month. Shankly succeeds Phil Taylor, who resigned […]
Walker Hampson @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
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: […]
Walter Scott @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Walter Scott on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Walter Scott: Born: 1886: Worksop (Nottinghamshire), England. Passed away: September 16, 1955: Worksop (Nottinghamshire), England. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: Weight: Career: Worksop West End. 1904. Worksop Central. 1905. […]
Frederick Walter Staniforth (Fred Staniforth)
All articles about Fred Staniforth on PlayUpLiverpool. About Fred Staniforth: Born: November 23 – 1884, in Kilnhurst (Yorkshire), in England. Passed away: May 23 – 1955, in Bristol, in England. Position: Outside right. Height: 5 […]
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All the articles about Fred Geary on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Fred Geary: Born: January 23, 1868: Hyson Green, Nottingham, England. Passed away: January 8, 1955: Great Crosby (Lancashire), England. Position: Centre forward. Height: 1,58 metres. Weight: […]
Liverpool’s visit to Burnley
August 25, 1945 Burnley open their league programme today with Liverpool the visitors at Turf Moor. It should prove an attractive start to the season. The home team have brought in Roach, of Manchester United […]
Liverpool F.C.’s fixture list 1945-6
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 […]
Robert Macfarlane (Rab Macfarlane) @ PlayUpLiverpool.com
All articles about Rab Macfarlane on PlayUpLiverpool.com. About Rab Macfarlane: Born: May 14, 1876: Greenock, Scotland. Passed away: July 27, 1943. Position: Goalkeeper. Height: 176 cm. (5ft. 9in.); Weight: 78 kilos (12st. 7lb.). Career: Greenock […]
Liverpool v Wrexham 4-0 (War time, League match)
Saturday, September 5 – 1942 Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Anfield, kick-off: 15:oo. Liverpool – Wrexham 4-0 (2-0). Attendance: 5,000. Referee: Mr. J. Phillips. Liverpool (2-3-5): Alf Hobson (Chester), Roy Guttridge (Aston Villa), Ray […]
Attacking power
September 4, 1942 While appreciating that Wrexham, with their galaxy of “guest” players, are a much more dangerous force than they were last season, I feel pretty sanguine about Liverpool’s chances of completing the “double” […]
Wrexham v Liverpool 3-4 (War time, League match)
Saturday, August 29 – 1942 Match: Football League, Northern Section, at Racecourse Ground, kick-off: 15:15. Wrexham – Liverpool 3-4 (2-2). Attendance: 2,500. Referee: Mr. A.C. Hall (Chester). Wrexham (2-3-5): David Jones (Stoke City), Cyril Jones, […]
Football plans 1942-43
June 10, 1942 Maximum entertainment with the minimum of travel. That is the aim of the Football League for season 1942-43, which begins on August 29, the scheme for which reached the clubs today. The […]
The opening football games
Wednesday, July 9 – 1941 Football League fixtures for the coming season were received by the clubs today. On the opening day, August 30, Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, Chester, Southport and Crewe Alexandra home fixtures. Everton […]
Ralph Knowles Milne to become a Liverpool F.C. director
June 17, 1941 In the next few days the annual balance sheets of the local Football League clubs will be issued. Few clubs in the country can have made a profit – Arsenal and Preston […]
End of season matches for Liverpool
Thursday, May 22 – 1941 Mr. George Kay, manager of Liverpool, has now completed the arrangements for the match with Preston North End. Liverpool will play only one game with the cup finalists. This will […]
Football League XI v All British Red Cross XI 4-4 (Charity match: March 2, 1940)
March 2, 1940 Match, International, representative friendly, at Park Avenue (Bradford). Football League XI – All British Red Cross XI 4-4 (2-1). Attendance: 14,575; gate receipts: £880. Football League XI (2-3-5): Ted Sagar (Everton), Benny […]
Football League: Regional football sections
October 2, 1939 Eighty-two English Football League clubs are to take part in the Regional competition, and the Management Committee at Crewe today divided the country into eight sections as follows: – North-East 11 clubs; […]
Former Manchester United captain dead
Monday, August 7 – 1939 Charles Roberts, who captained Manchester United from 1906 to 1913, died in Manchester Royal Infirmary yesterday following an operation to his skull. Roberts, who was 56, had recently suffered from […]
Mr. Will Harrop for the management committee?
May 2, 1939 The nominations for elections to the Football League Management Committee, on June 5th, closed to-day. There are 14 candidates for five seats, as follows: – Messrs. T.A. Bancroft (Blackpool), J.J. Edwards (Arsenal), […]
