Wednesday, June 16 – 2004 Rafael Benitez was last night facing his first major crisis as new Liverpool manager as fears grew that Steven Gerrard
Tag: Spain
Markus Babbel’s silver lining
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.
Joe Fagan: Here’s to another happy new year
December 30, 1983 Liverpool manager Joe Fagan settled back in his small office, tucked away under the main stand at Anfield – and summed up
Pelvic operation for Ronnie Whelan
July 23 1983 Liverpool’s Irish midfield star Ronnie Whelan is to go into hospital next week for a pelvic operation – and seems certain to
Clemence: Now I want to move
Monday, June 8 – 1981 Ray Clemence wants to leave European champions Liverpool. This bombshell news for Anfield came when the 32-year-old goalkeeper met Bob
Clemence to quite Euro champs
Sunday, May 31 – 1981 England goalkeeper Ray Clemence may have played his last game or Liverpool. That is the shock news for Anfield fans
Emlyn Hughes – Don’t write me off yet
Saturday, May 31 – 1975 Liverpool’s Emlyn Hughes was last night refusing to accept that he has reached the end of his England road. Earlier
Bad boy Kevin comes back
Thursday, May 22 – 1975 Runaway Soccer star Kevin Keegan was back with the England quad in North London last night. And he could even
Liverpool sell-out
Tuesday, July 23 – 1968 Liverpool have already sold tickets worth £100,000 for next season, including all seats for League matches. They will meet Bilbao
Rollie waits for the Reds in Las Palmas.
Monday, May 20 – 1968 Eagerly awaiting the arrival in Las Palmas of the Liverpool football team who play against the local side there on
World Cup 1962: Argentina: Skill comes first
Argentina, the first to qualify for the World Cup when they beat Ecuador 6-3 and 5-0 in December, 1960, have had ample time to prepare
Liverpool F.C. off to Spain
May 7, 1958 Liverpool F.C. players and officials leave for London on the midnight train to-morrow to undertake a tour in Spain, during which they
The same old Spanish custom
May 28, 1952 Judging from a chat with Mr. Don Welsh, Liverpool’s manager, on his return from the Anfielders recent Continental tour, there is still
Real Madrid trainer banned
September 13, 1949 The Executive Committee of the Spanish Football Federation has decided to refuse the official license of Mr. Mike Keeping, the former Southampton
Cooper killed in an accident
Tuesday, June 25 – 1940 One of the finest full backs English football has known and one of the nicest of men, Tommy Cooper, idol
George Kay and Albert Shelley at Cowes
April 9, 1933 Mr. J.R. Sargantson, a director of the Southampton F.C., presided at the “Football Sunday” meeting held by the Cowes and East Cowes
The death of Harold Bache
February 15, 1916 News has been received at West Bromwich that Lieutenant H.G. Bache (Harold Godfrey Bache), the well-known amateur footballer, was killed last Tuesday
Third Lanark on tour to Portugal and Spain
May 23, 1914 Third Lanark are indulging in a Continental trip this month. They left Liverpool to-day per the steamer Darro for Lisbon. Six games
Ex-Liverpool player coaching in Bilbao
March 1, 1913 At the weekly meeting of the Exeter City Football Supporters’ Club, presided over by Mr. H. Ford, it was reported that the
First football match in Spain
Monday, March 17 – 1890 Some six weeks ago a few enthusiastic young residents of British origin met in one of the cafes for the
