Monday, August 10 – 1981 Liverpool have rejected a £320,000 bid by Swansea – a record for the newly promoted Welsh club – for utility
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Kenny Dalglish signs in at Anfield
August 10, 1977 Kenny Dalglish travelled to Liverpool this afternoon ready to become Scotland’s latest football export – and the costliest player in British football
Mark Lawrenson transferred to Brighton and Hove Albion
June 22, 1977 Brighton have paid a club record fee of £100,000* for Preston defender Mark Lawrenson. And chairman Mike Bamber proudly gave the news
Phil Boersma transferred to Middlesbrough
December 2, 1975 Middlesbrough today paid the highest transfer fee in their history when they paid over £70,000 for Phil Boersma, the Liverpool striker. Boersma
Alun Evans celebrated with chicken-legs
Monday, September 16 – 1968 Alun Evans, 18-years-old Wolves inside forward who has played just twenty first-team games and scored only four goals, was sold
Gordon Wallace for Crewe Alexandra
Friday, October 20 – 1967 Liverpool’s inside forward Gordon Wallace has joined Crewe for a fee of about £9,000, a record for the Fourth Division
Sammy Smyth transferred to Stoke City
September 28, 1951 Stoke City are expected to complete negotiations today for the transfer of Sammy Smyth, Wolverhampton’s Irish international inside forward. Last night Stoke
Record transfer between Manchester United and Liverpool breaks down
Monday. March 7 – 1949 Johnny Morris, the Manchester United-forward, whom the club had agreed to transfer to Liverpool at a record fee of £25,000,
Jack Westby transferred to Southport
August 21, 1947 Southport have paid the highest fee in their history for the transfer of Jack Westby, right full back from Liverpool, and formerly
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
Alf Hanson transferred to Chelsea
July 6, 1938 Chelsea yesterday signed Alf Hanson, the Liverpool star outside left. The fee paid is a record for Liverpool. Hanson was born at
Norman Low transferred to Newport County
November 13, 1936 Newport County yesterday secured the transfer from Liverpool of Norman Low, a reserve centre-half-back. The fee is understood to be one of
Sam English transferred to Liverpool
July 24, 1933 All the knowing people who told us that Sam English was going to land at Dens Park should “pipe down” for a
Cyril Oxley transferred to Liverpool
Tuesday, October 27 – 1925 Negotiations were completed last night for the transfer of Cyril Oxley, Chesterfield’s outside left, to Liverpool at the highest fee
Hector Lawson transferred to Airdrieonians
August 25, 1925 Preston North End directors yesterday secured the transfer of Willie Russell, the international inside right of Airdrieonians. Representatives of the club, who
Fred Pagnam transferred to Arsenal
October 17, 1919 The biggest transfer of the season was made yesterday, when the Arsenal Club signed on Fred Pagnam, the centre forward of the
Robert Terris transferred to Liverpool
February 4, 1914 Robert Terris, of Falkirk, has been transferred to Liverpool F.C. Terris, who play either inside or outside left, stands 5ft. 9in. in
Big Liverpool offer turned down
December 3, 1913 It has been stated that Liverpool offered Notts County £1,600 for Jack Peart, who was transferred by Newcastle United last season for
Longworth a new record signing for Liverpool
Saturday, May 14 – 1910 Mr. Tom Watson, the secretary of Liverpool F.C., has been keeping a sharp lookout to snap up any promising players,
Liverpool paid £500 for Alf West it is revaled
Monday, April 29 – 1907 West Bromwich Albion have paid Barnsley £400 for Joe Brooks. This, however, is not the highest price paid for a
Ex-Liverpool Hugh Morgan back in Scotland
Saturday, October 3 – 1903 We give our readers to-day a photo of Hugh Morgan, of Dundee F.C. Hugh was born at Longriggend, a mining
Arthur Goddard transferred to Liverpool
February 24, 1902 That Liverpool are seriously alarmed by their lowly and un-favourable position in the League is shown by the payment of one of
