Thursday, August 1 – 2002 Markus Babbel has vowed to repay Gerard Houllier’s unstinting faith in him by bringing silverware back to Liverpool this season.
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McGarvey to start for Scotland
Saturday, June 2 – 1979 Frank McGarvey, the £300,000 Liverpool signing from St Mirren who still awaits his Anfield debut, makes his first full appearance
The death of Tom Nuttall
March 26, 1958 Everton Vice-Chairman. Brief illness. The death took place at Liverpool Royal infirmary today of Mr. T.C. Nuttall vice-chairman of Everton F.C., after
Cup pitch race against time
Friday, April 28 – 1950 Mr. Percy Young, head groundsman at Wembley Stadium, has won his race against time in the preparation of the pitch
Another South African joins Liverpool
Wednesday, November 28 – 1945 Liverpool F.C., who before the war signed several South African footballers on professional forms, to-day secured another in R.H.Priday, a
Harry Catterick’s lucky escape
Thursday, February 15 – 1945 I have received news from Stockport that Harry Catterick, Everton’s young centre-forward,had a narrow escape from serious illness for septicaemia
Sir Frederick Wall
Thursday, February 10 – 1944 The condition of the 85-years-old former Football Association Secretary, Sir Frederick Wall, who is seriously ill at his Sutton, Surrey,
Championship fight at Anfield cancelled
Thursday, October 1 – 1942 The British Empire feather-weight championship fight between Sergt. Nel Tarleton, RAF (holder), and Sergt. Tom Smith, Durham Light Infantry, at
The death of Billy Dunlop
November 29, 1941 Mr. Billy Dunlop, Sunderland’s assistant trainer, died on Saturday and is to be brought from Stanhope to Newcastle for cremation. This ends
John Asbury seriously ill
Saturday, October 19 – 1940 Mr. John Asbury, aged 83, one of the oldest football directors in the country, and a director of Liverpool Football
The football season extended until June 8,1940
March 4, 1940 The FA fix June 8 as final day. The Football Association yesterday decided to extend the season by five weeks, until June
Jack Balmer on the mend
January 1, 1940 Jack Balmer, the Liverpool international inside left, is, I am pleased to say, making good progress towards recovery from his illness. Balmer
Liverpool team changes for Stoke
December 6, 1939 Liverpool are forced to make one change for their match against Stoke City at Stoke on Saturday. George Paterson will be at
The death of William Scott
August 15, 1936 William Scott, brother of Elisha Scott has gone to his rest. He had not been well for some time and pneumonia caused
The death of Levy Thorpe
February 26, 1935 A brave fight against a long illness ended yesterday in the death, at his home in Grasmere Road, Blackpool, of Mr. Levy
The Football League: The annual meeting of 1918
July 15, 1918 Mr. John McKenna presided over the annual meeting of the Football League in Manchester this afternoon. On the motion of the president
The death of Alex McAllister
February 26, 1918 Private Alexander McAllister, Northumberland Fusiliers, is officially reported to have died in France through illness. McAllister, who joined up over three years
Kenneth Campbell return between the sticks
February 8, 1917 For the game at Anfield on Saturday next there is a special attraction in that Kenneth Campbell, the popular goalkeeper, will return
The sad death of W.E. Barclay
Wednesday, January 31 – 1917 A Liverpool jury to-day returned a verdict of “Suicide during temporary sanity” in the case of William Edward Morton Barclay
Derby day awaits at Anfield
December 1, 1916 There is a furore about tomorrow’s games. Liverpool and Everton meet at Anfield in the season’s first “Derby” game, and South Liverpool
Famous footballer wounded
May 25, 1916 Captain Vivian Woodward, the famous footballer, is again in the doctor’s hands. Having recovered from the grenade wound he received in the
Rest in peace, Tom Gracie
October 25, 1915 In Saturday’s “Football Echo” I gave a hint of the impending death of poor Tom Gracie, a soldier and a man. He
Tom Gracie in a Glasgow hospital
October 14, 1915 Tom Gracie, the well-known centre forward of Heart of Midlothian F.C., is undergoing treatment in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, just now for a
News about Lowe and Lacey
September 29, 1915 Here’s some news regarding two of the most popular players of our city. Both are ex-Liverpool players, and both would have relished
Tom Watsons death: from a Newcastle point of view
May 6, 1915 We regret to announce the death of Mr. Tom Watson, the secretary of the Liverpool Football Club, which took place yesterday afternoon,
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