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Bill Shankly: “Ready for anything”

May 9, 1973 kjehan

Wednesday, May 9 – 1973 Hughes is cleared as champs go for glory A smile that seemed to stretch from London to Merseyside covered Bill

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Liverpool players’ burgled in USA

May 30, 1964 kjehan

May 30, 1964 League champions Liverpool, now touring the United States, have been burgled again. Alf Arrowsmith and Tommy Lawrence woke in their Chicago hotel

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Cup pitch race against time

April 28, 1950 kjehan

Friday, April 28 – 1950 Mr. Percy Young, head groundsman at Wembley Stadium, has won his race against time in the preparation of the pitch

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A long flight to Anfield

January 7, 1950 kjehan

Saturday, January 7 – 1950 Mr. Alexander Gordon Shennan, fifty-year-old Chicago businessman has flown 4000 miles across the Atlantic to see Liverpool play Blackburn Rovers

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Back to jail for Dick Forshaw

July 19, 1937 kjehan

July 19, 1937 A former Liverpool F.C. footballer, Dick Forshaw (42), who was stated to have been in prison almost continuously for the past five

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– Cut mine like Danny’s!

August 23, 1933 kjehan

Wednesday, August 23 – 1933 On another page is a yarn from my pen mainly about old-time Pompey footballers, and there is a photograph of

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Cyril Gilhespy the entertainer

January 10, 1931 kjehan

Saturday, January 10 – 1931 Cyril Gilhespy, who scored a goal for Reading at Deepdale, perhaps felt inspired through meeting his old Ewood colleague at

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Scotsmen who used to come down from the hills

October 25, 1924 kjehan

October 25, 1924 Before the League matches had absorbed every available Saturday and holiday fixture date, Everton, and later on Liverpool, made a feature each

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Anglo Scots: Alex Raisbeck’s brilliant career

September 15, 1919 kjehan

September 15, 1919 The other day I met Alex Raisbeck. The old Liverpool captain wear uncommonly well, and is now a director of Hamilton Academical,

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Alex Raisbeck’s Unique Life Story: Part 2

March 27, 1915 kjehan

March 27, 1915 How Tom Watson secured Alex Raisbeck “Judge” Murphy fixes me up with the Hibs, And then I am given on loan to

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With Liverpool cup team

April 22, 1914 kjehan

April 22, 1914 Chingford, Wednesday afternoon. The threatened rain came on about 11 o’clock, but it only proved to be a shower, during which the

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The “Titanic’s” maiden voyage

April 8, 1912 kjehan

Monday, April 8 – 1912 The “Titanic,” the largest ship in the world, will sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on

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Anfield trial game postponed

January 25, 1910 kjehan

January 25, 1910 The Association Trial game between Whites and Stripes, which was arranged to be played on the Liverpool club’s ground yesterday, was postponed

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The Liverpool players attacked in Manchester

September 18, 1893 kjehan

September 18, 1893 Consistent Liverpool deserve every praise for the undoubtedly clever victory over Ardwick on Saturday. The home team, for various reasons, underwent material

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Anfield football ground to be re-modelled

October 19, 1886 kjehan

Tuesday, October 19 – 1886 From reliable information I have just received, the Association game in Liverpool would appear to be on the point of

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