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THE COMPLETE RECORD

by Arnie Baldursson and Gudmundur Magnusson

120 years, eighteen league titles, and
five European Cups after its birth,
LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE
RECORD, is the definitive account
of English football’s most successful
club. From the club’s first league
match (a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough
Ironopolis) through to the dramatic
second coming of Kenny Dalglish
as manager, Arnie Baldursson and
feiiCohoetrtevettty Magnusson have |
recorded every detail of Liverpool’s
enthralling history.
The editors of the hugely popular
LFChistory.net website, Baldursson
and Magnusson have put years of work
. into producing this encyclopaedic
work. Whether you want to know
about Alex Raisbeck — Liverpool’s
first world class star — to learn about
Billy Liddell’s incredible feats, or
simply pore over the finer details of |
the Benitez era, this is the ultimate |
reference book to answer all your
questions.
Above all, it is a celebration of ©
Liverpool’s trophy-studded history; |
the definitive account ‘of every |
minute of every match the Club has
ever played.
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and avid Reds, Elena and Leon Bjartur.
: —Arnie

I dedicate this book to my fantastic wife Olof

and my great adventure-seeking daughter Elisabet Osk.
—Gudmundur
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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION IX

PART 1:
SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS

PART 2:
LIVERPOOL CAREER RECORDS 487

PART 3:
OTHER LIVERPOOL RECORDS 513

HONOURS 564

A NOTE ON STATISTICS 566

BIBLIOGRAPHY 570

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INTRODUCTION

We accepted deCoubertin Books’ offer to publish Liverpool Echo, Daily Post, Mercury and Courier and
this book as it has been over twenty years since a determined which was the most convincing, as well
statistical record on the club was last published. In our as keeping in mind no newspaper is infallible.
opinion, and many others, it was long overdue! This Alan Hindley, who has attended Liverpool
also closes the cycle from falling in love with the club matches since 1956 and is a valued member of
after being given Derek Hodgson’ history of Liverpool the Association of Football Statisticians, and Kjell
as a present in the late 1970s - when Kenny Dalglish Hanssen, who published the excellent book Dicky
showcased his talents at Anfield - and launching our Sam‘s - Liverpool FC in Blue and White, have always
website — LFChistory.net - in September 2003 after responded positively to our numerous requests
an incredibly arduous 16 months of preparation. to check newspapers at the library when we were
LFChistory.net has now the distinction of being not able to and without them this level of accuracy
available in book form, where each season is even wouldn't be possible.
more accessible than via the Internet. Our approach to writing a narrative of the club’s
We set out to create a simple and an accessible history for this book was unique in the sense that we
website about Liverpool FC offering a different didn’t want to recycle the old stories that have been
perspective on the club than was previously on the often used in the past so we did our best to give our
web: a site with no forum, based on stats, historical readers a fresh perspective.
articles and exclusive interviews. Passionate Liverpool Many thanks to John Martin, Chris Wood and
fans saw we meant business and historian Eric Doig Adam Elce for their contribution to the text for the
got in touch and proved invaluable in getting every “Story of the Decade” and special thanks to Karl
detail right having studied Liverpool's history since (Wooltonian) Brodrick whose humour and great
retiring as a medical scientist. We regard him as the writing skills grace parts of the chapters about the
Godfather of LFChistory.net. 1920s and 1940s, inspired by stories from his Grandma
Chris Wood, a veteran of 1000 Liverpool matches, Rose, as well contributing to the 1970s and guiding
joined the LFChistory team in 2004 and has worked us through the transition from Hodgson to Dalglish.
tirelessly ever since checking and rechecking facts We also want to thank Robbie Ashcroft, Jim
as well as writing the majority of the player profiles. Boardman, Richard Buxton, Derek Dohren, Hakon
He also served as a merciless reviewer of this book’s Doksrod, Pelle Ehnberg, Einar Orn Einarsson, Gavin
text, offering his valuable advice. He is an essential Foster, Sigfis Guttormsson, Tore Stian Hansen,
member of LFChistory.net and we value him greatly. David Hughes, Adrian Killen, Bjorn Kristinsson,
We must also mention the pioneer Brian Pead, whose Matt Ladson, Ellis Lewis, Rena Liddell, Tor-Magnus
work forms the basis for all historians‘ research into Lundeby, Max Munton, Joe Neary, Will Neville,
Liverpool FC’s facts and figures. Mark Platt, Ivan Potapoy, Arni Gunnar Ragnarsson,
When we went through our sources, we didn’t Kristjan Atl Ragnarsson, Katharine Reidel, Graeme
treat any total number of goals or games attributed Riley, Gareth Roberts, Pete Sampara, Paul Tomkins,
to players as untouchable. There were no official Alex Twells, Dave Usher, Jacqueline Wadsworth and
Football League records as such for goalscorers and Antoine Zammit for their fantastic support in our
it was not uncommon that scorers would vary from endeavours.
source to source, especially in the first decades of
the club‘s existence. In those instances LFChistory. Arnie Baldursson and Gudmundur Magnusson
net compared reports from local papers such as the Reykjavik, June 2011

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1892/93 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Lancashire League | H Higher Walton Ww 8-0 200 J McBride, M McVean, J Cameron 2, J McQue 2, J Smith 2
Lancashire League H Bury Ww 40 4000 Ne J Cameron, M McVean, J Miller2
Lancashire League H West Manchester | W 3-1 3000 J Miller, J Smith, T Wyllie
FA Cup 1st Qualifier A Nantwich Ww 40 700 T Wyllie, J Miller 3
Lancashire League | A Higher Walton WwW 50 150 T Wyllie 2, J Miller 3

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Lancashire League A Blackpool Ik 0-3 3000
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FA Cup 3rd Qualifier A Northwich Vict. L 1-2 1000 T Wyllie
Lancashire League A Rossendale United| W 2-0 1500 J McBride, J Miller
1| Dec 03 Lancashire League H Fleetwood Rangers} W 7-0 1000 [ M McQueen, M McVean, J Miller 5
2 | Dec 17 Lancashire League H Blackpool L 0-2 4000
3 | Dec 24 Lancashire League A South Shore Ww 1-0 2000 T Wyllie
4] Dec 31 i Lancashire League H Heywood Central W 62 1000 | M McQueen, J Miller, M McVean 2, T Wyllie 2
15 | Jan 02 Lancashire League A Fairfield W 41 3000 J Cameron, H McQueen, J Miller, TWyllie
6 | Jan07 | Lancashire League A i Heywood Central WwW 2-1 1000 J McBride, T Wyllie
7 | Jan 14 Lancashire League A West Manchester D 0-0 2000
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20 | Feb25 | Lancashire League H Southport Central Ww 2-0 1500 J McBride, M McQueen
21 | Mar 04 L Lancashire League H Nelson W 3-0 2000 H McQueen, M McQueen 2
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|23 | Mar 18 Lancashire League H South Shore WwW 4-1 2000 M McVean, T Wyllie, J Miller 2
|24 | Mar 25 | Lancashire League H Rossendale United | W 2-1 1200 M McVean, J Smith |
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The Story Of The Decade was a keen football fan and he, along with Chambers,
formed a football team in 1878 so that the church’s
©¢Tn the year of our Lord eighteen ninety and two cricket team could be active during the winter months.
John Houlding evicted the blues The team that started life as St. Domingo’s was renamed
from their Anfield abode Everton Football Club in November 1879 as so many
players in the team were from outside the parish. Brewer
on the Walton Breck Road
John Houlding, who lived in Stanley House by Stanley
He was tired of seeing them lose
Park where Everton played their football, had always had
Years behind in rent a keen interest in sports of various kinds and in 1881 he
all their money was spent was appointed President of the club.
A bank that held nothing but zeros Houlding was born in 1833 at 15 Tenterden Street
But Houlding instead built a team dressed in red just off Scotland Road in Liverpool. He lived there with
Liverpool his Anfield heroes. oe his parents, cow-keeper Thomas and Alice, his older
- John Houlding (to the tune ofIrish Rover) brother Thomas and the youngest brother William. John
showed some promise at Liverpool College but left
C)? Reverend Ben Swift Chambers’ tombstone school aged only eleven to work as an office boy for
it says: “In memory of the Reverend Ben Swift Liverpool shipbrokers, Miners & Rae. When his father’s
Chambers who set the ball rolling that led to the cows became sick from cattle plague Thomas Sr. had to
birth of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs.” For get ajob at a local brewery to make ends meet; John left
nine years, Chambers was minister at St. Domingo’s the shipbroker’s office to look after the cows.
Methodist Church in the Everton district of Liverpool. At twenty, John started working at Green & Clarkson’s
The organist at the church, George Mahon, a senior brewery in Soho Street as a drayman, delivering beer to
partner in accountancy firm Roose, Mahon & Howard, the public houses. A diligent worker, he worked his way

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through the company until he was appointed chief brewer, criticism and gained for him much esteem.”
acting as engineer and book-keeper as well. In 1864 John Houlding also played an important role in Everton
had saved a tidy sum and with the aid of amortgage bought Football Club’s rise to prominence. Everton moved from
a public house. Five years later, he bought a second one. Stanley Park to a ground at the corner of Priory Road
In 1871 John Houlding set up his own brewery at and Arkles Lane in 1883 but only lasted there one season
Tynemouth Street, Houlding’s Brewery Co. Ltd., and when it turned out that the land’s owner, Mr. Cruitt,
made his fortune selling his Beacon Ale and Amber Ale. disliked the noisy atmosphere surrounding the matches.
John ran the brewery until his death in 1902.When the Houlding was instrumental in renting a new land for
company was liquidated in 1939 by Ind Coope & Allsop the club to play on between Anfield Road and Walton
_ Ltd. it owned 21 public houses. Breck Road on which Everton made their debut on
“King John of Everton”, as he became known 28 September 1884. Everton’s new home simply became
in the Press, began his career in public life in 1872 known as Anfield after the district it was situated in.
when he became Chairman of the Everton branch of Joseph Orrell Jr., who inherited the land from his
the Conservative Association. He was Conservative fatherin 1883, put it up for sale in 1885. Houlding bought
Councillor for Everton and Kirkdale from 1884 and, Anfield from Joseph for £5,400 which, including legal
on the extension of the city’s boundaries in 1895, he costs, amounted to a total of £6,000. Houlding used
was raised to the bench of Aldermen. Houlding was on £2,000 of his own money to purchase the ground and
the management committee of Stanley Hospital, second took a £4,000 mortgage on which he paid 3% interest.
President of The Anfield Bicycle Club and President of The contract stipulated that Houlding should make
the English Baseball Association. He was an Orangeman a yearly donation to Stanley Hospital in the name of
and Grand Master, second in Freemason seniority only Orrell and that the land on the perimeter of the Anfield
to the King himself and Lord Mayor of Liverpool from ground that Joseph’s uncle, brewer John Orrell, owned
1897-98 where he served “in a way that was above should be left alone in case of a future construction of

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 3

APPEARANCES & GOALS
FA CUP THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals Total games
Andrew Hannah 3 0 | Games won
Duncan McLean 3 0 Games drawn
Tom Wyllie 3 5 Games lost
John Miller 3 3 Clean sheets — Overall
Malcolm McVean 3 2 Total goals
James McBride 3 0 20 4 28. 4 Average attendance at home — Overall
John McCartney 3 | 18 0 21 1 Average goals per game — Overall
| Sidney Ross 3 0 18 0 21 0
Joe McQue 2 0 18 2 20 2
Hugh McQueen 1 16 3 7 4
Matt McQueen 0 16 5 7 5
John Smith 0 10 5 11 5
Jonathan Cameron 2 1 7 4 9 5 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS

Arthur W Kelvin 2 0 4 0 6 0 Lancashire League

Philip Kelly 0 0 J 0 3 0
Billy McOwen 0: 0 1 0 i 0
James Kelso 0 0 i 0 i 0
PLAYER DEBUTS
Joe Pearson 0 0 i 0 | 0
Jonathan Cameron against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
Wally Richardson 0 0 | 0 1 0
Andrew Hannah against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
Arthur W Kelvin against Higher Walton 03.09.1892

LANCASHIRE LEAGUE Duncan McLean against Higher Walton 03.09.1892

Joe McQue against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
D A_ | Points Malcolm McVean against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
Liverpool 2 19 36 Joe Pearson against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
Blackpool 17 2 31 36
Bury 17 1 24 | 35 ! John Smith against Higher Walton 03.09.1892
Fleetwood Rangers 10 5 5] 40) Tom Wyllie against Higher Walton 03.09.18 92
West Manchester 22 10 4 55 24 James Kelso against Bury 24.09.1892
Heywood Central 22 11 i 60 23 John Miller against Bury
Rosendale 22 8 2 55 18 John McCartney against Nantwich
Southport Central 22 i) 2 44 16 Hugh McQueen against Newtown
South Shore 22 5 6 66 16 Matt McQueen against Newtown 29.10.1892
Fairfield eS 6 53 | 16 Philip Kelly against Rossendale United
FC Nelson Pome 2 ee Wally Richardson against Rossendale United 25.03.1893
Higher Walton PON 3 iOS Billy McOwen against Southport Central 15.04.1893

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an access road that Houlding should partake in building. and increase it by a further 1.5% (£90) if the surplus at
This contractual clause later played a big role in the split the end of the season would warrant such a payment.
between Houlding and Everton. The team was very successful under Houlding’s
It has been speculated that the real reasons behind the presidency. Everton finished eighth in the League’s debut
split were that the anti-Houlding side were Liberals wanting season and were runners-up in 1889/90. Anfield, which
a more democratic structure instead of the Conservative had a capacity of 18,000-20,000 was a worthy home
Houlding’s autocratic way of handling matters. Another to a Football League side, as described in the Football
theory is that Houlding’s opponents were part of the Field in December 1888: “The enclosure now bears the
Temperance Movement and vehemently opposed to his resemblance of a huge circus, with its two immense
role in the drinks trade.“Community Politics in Liverpool galleries, rising tier above tier, and its covered stands
and the Governance of Professional Football in the Late stretching the length of the ground on the one side, and
Nineteenth Century” (David Kennedy and Michael for the greater part of that distance on the other. Every
Collins) and “1892: The Split of Everton FC” (David inch ofavailable space was utilised, and the spectacle was
Kennedy) are recommended reading, but in this analysis of amost imposing description.” Everton ended Preston
of events the focus will be on the financial aspects of the North End’s dominance by winning the League in the
split between Everton and “King John”. 1890/91 season.
Everton initially rented Anfield from Houlding In the summer of 1891 it became evident that John
for £100 per year, but things came to a head in the Orrell, who still owned the land adjacent to the ground,
summer of 1888 when he wanted 4% of the original wanted to run a road through a strip of his land on which
£6,000 paid for the ground, or £240 per year, leaving Everton had built their new main stand. How Everton
some of Everton’s Board members feeling he was more didn’t know this spot was part of Orrell’s land is open to
interested in profiting from the club rather than being conjecture, the reality was that the club could not tear
a benefactor. down the stands and had to resolve this urgent matter.
Were Houlding’s demands so unreasonable? He asked A special General Meeting was called on
the Board to consider he was paying £120 per year in 15 September 1891 to discuss Houlding’s proposal to
interest on the £4,000 loan, which the £100 rent didn’t make Everton into a limited company creating 12,000
even cover. The club had grown in popularity since he Z,1 shares so the club could afford to buy the Anfield
became involved and gate receipts had only been around ground from him and the whole of Orrell’s land for a
£,60 in the 1883/84 season, compared with £1,456 in total of £4,875 cash and a £6,000 mortgage on 4%
1886/87 and £2,111 the subsequent season. Houlding interest. George Mahon and William Robert Clayton,
had also invested £370 from his own money to buy who joined the Board in 1888 and was elected Everton’s
new stands, turnstiles and improve general conditions at Chairman in 1898, opposed this scheme vigorously.
Anfield for the upcoming season. Clayton consulted a land agent who said that the land
Why shouldn’t Houlding reap from what he had was now only worth 4s. 6d. per yard and that Houlding’s
sown? The reason he asked for increased rent at this valuation of 7s. 6d. per yard was “ridiculous.” This would
juncture was probably greatly influenced by Everton’s mean Everton would have to raise £10,000-£12,000.
decision in April 1888 to join the newly-formed Orrell was prepared to abandon his plans if the club
Football League. No doubt he expected a sizeable would pay him £100 for the rent of his land for the
increase in attendance when Everton featured alongside present season and on payment of £120 a year in advance,
eleven other clubs in the first season of the League, Everton would get use of his grounds for ten years, which
which kicked off in September 1888. Indeed Everton’s the club could use for training purposes. Houlding was
accounts show the club’s gate receipts doubled in the happy for Everton to keep playing on his ground so long
first League season to £4,328, increasing to £5,188 in as the club would continue to pay him rent of £250 per
the 1889/90 season and £6,268 in the 1890/91 season. year. Mahon didn’t consider it financially viable for the
Houlding told the assembly at Everton’s general club to pay a total of £370 a year to keep on playing at
meeting in July 1888 that he didn’t wish to financially Anfield and to have a training ground on Orrell’s land.
cripple the club and in conclusion it was agreed to pay Mahon’s followers and Houlding’s sympathisers on the
him £150 per year (2.5% of his £6000 original outlay) Board were heading for a serious collision.

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 5

1893/94 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Sep 02 Div 2 A Middlesbrough |. Ww 20 2000 | 1 J McQue, M McVean
2 | Sep0S | Div2 H | Lincoln City Ww 40 | 5000 | 2 | P Gordon, M McVean, J McBride 2
3 | Sep16 | Div2 | A | Ardwick w 10 600 =| J Stott
4 | Sep23 | Div2 | H | Small Heath W341 8000 | 2 D Henderson, J Stott 2
5 | Sep30 Div2 | A | Notts County D 1-1 6000 3 H McQueen
6 | Oct07 Div2 H i Middlesbrough I. WwW 60 6000 4 | D Henderson, D McLean, H McQueen, J Stott3
7 | Octi4 | Div2 A___| Small Heath WwW 483 8000 | 2 P Gordon, D Henderson, H McQueen, J Stott
8 | Oct21 | Div2 |. A___| Burton Swifts D1 3000 1 | MMcVean
9 } Oct 28 | Div 2 | A | Woolwich Arsenal Ww 50 [ 7000 1 | J McCartney, M McQueen, J Stott, HMcQueen 2
10 | Novos | Div2 | H | Newcastle W 51 8000 | 1 T Bradshaw, D Dick, J Stott, P Gordon 2
11 | Nov11 Div2 A | Walsall Town Swifts | D 1-1 5000 | 1 | _T Bradshaw
12 | Nov18 Div 2 H | Notts County WwW 2-1 8000 | 1 | P Gordon, D Henderson
13 | Nov25 | Div2 | A | Newcastle D 00 | 71 me (ool sae
14 | Dec 02 Div 2 H | Ardwick Ww 30 | 4000 | 1 | D Henderson, H McQueen, J Stott
15 | Dec 09 Div 2 H | Walsall Town Swifts Ww 30 | 5000 1 | MMcVean 3
16} Dec28 | Div2 A Crewe W540 | 4000 1 |_T Bradshaw, P Gordon, D Henderson, H McQueen, M McVean
17 | Dec30 | Div2 | H | Grimsby Town | W 20 3000 1 T Bradshaw, D Henderson
18| Jano1 | Div2 | =H | WoolwichArsenal |W 20| 5000 | 1 | JMcBride,MMcVean
19 | Jan 06 Div2 | A Rotherham Town WwW 41 | 500 | 1 | DHenderson, H McQueen, J Stott 2
20 | Jan13_ | Div2 i ee Rotherham Town w 51 | 4000 |__| _HMcQueen, T Bradshaw 2, D Henderson 2
21 | Jan27 FAC 1 H Grimsby Town WwW 30 8000 J McQue, T Bradshaw 2
22 | Feb03 | Div 2 H Northwich Vict. | W 40 | 3000 1 | T Bradshaw, D McLean (pen), J Stott 2
23 | Feb10 | FAC2 Val H | Preston er ee oe 18000 hi | MMcVean, D Henderson 2
24) Feb24 | FAC3 | A __| Bolton L 03 | 2000 | |
25 | Mar03 | Div2 | | Burton Swifts Ww 4 | sooo =|=~ 1 | D Mclean, A Worgan 2
26] Mar17 | Div2 A | Lincoln City ie el 4000 | 1 | JGivens
27 | Mar24 | Div2 | =H | Crewe |w 20] 300 | 1 | DDick HMcQueen
28 | Mar28 | Div2 A | Northwich Vict. | W 32 | 3000 1 J Givens, D McLean, H McQueen
29 | Mar31 | Div2 A Grimsby Town lw 10] 40 |* 1 J Givens
30 | Apr07 | Div2 | A Burslem Port Vale D 22 | 5000 1 M McQueen, M McVean
31 | Apr 14 Div2 | H Burslem Port Vale W 21 | 5000 1 | AHannah, J McQue
32 | Apr28 | Test Match [ oN Newton Heath lw 20[ soo (| | T Bradshaw, P Gordon (at Ewood Park)

At a meeting on 12 October 1891 in the lecture hall Mahon announced he had got a reasonable offer
of the College at Shaw Street a letter from Houlding of a more suitable piece of land, Mere Green Field,
was read to the audience: at Goodison Road for £50 rent per year. He further
instructed that “a special committee be appointed to
“Mr. John Orrell has given me notice that he intends inquire into the whole matter of the ground, the terms
to exercise his right to make the road on the north side of on which the present ground [Houlding’s] and the
the football field, one half, namely, 18 feet ofthe breadth, of adjoining field [Orrell’s] can be rented or purchased, and
which must be constructed out of my land, and one half out also the terms on which new grounds [Goodison Road]
of his. The enclosure and stands, which have been erected, can be obtained.”
on sufferance, by private subscription, extend over the 18 Notes from Everton’s board meetings in the next
feet contributed by me, and I am required by Mr. Orrell few months show several attempts were made to reach
to remove them forthwith. Under these circumstances, it is a compromise. Clayton argued that if they would take
with extreme regret that I am compelled to give you notice, into account the £5,400 paid by Houlding for Anfield,
which I hereby do, that you must give up possession of the 4% of that would be £216. He felt it was unfair to pay
piece of land, situated between Anfield Road and Walton 4% interest on the frontage of the ground that Everton
Breck Road, used as a football ground, with the approaches did not use. That would leave only £4,500 Houlding
thereto, after the close of the present season, namely on paid for the playing ground, 4% of which was £180
April 30th, 1892.” per year. Consequently he proposed:“That we offer Mr.

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Everton Football Club. on lease for 10 years. rent to be members. Vice-Chairman Mr. William E. Barclay, who
paid quarterly in advance. The tenants to have the option had chaired the meeting, was unhappy with the result
of purchase of the land @ 7/6 per yard, such purchase and tendered his resignation four days later.
to be arranged between now and April 30,947 Everton’s Board sent a registration for its own limited
Houldme’s spokesman. John McKenna, reiterated lability company with a capital of £500. However, the
that they had been told time after ame that Houlding club’s registration was temporarily rejected as Houlding
would not accept £180 and not alter his conditions “one had just registered his own company in Somerset House
iota” McKenna felt pezsonal animosity towards Houlding with a very similar name to “The Everton Football Club
was behind this proposition (which met with cries of Limited”, namely “The Everton Football Club and
“No, no” and “Withdraw’). Clayton called McKenna an Athletic Grounds Company Limited”. Houlding made
“irresponsible official” his move as quickly as he could after the meeting on
Mahon put forth a proposition that Everton should 25 January, when Everton’s Board agreed to register its
tent the Goodison R oad site for £50 a year as Houlding company. Two companies could not share the Everton
Was not going to compromise. That was agreed by a large name. The gloves were now officially off!
majority, but Houlding was given seven days to lower the Houlding stated m the prospectus that:
ent from £250 to £180. Clayton proposed a limited
liability company should be formed to prevent any “This Company had been formed for the purpose of

LIVERPOOL THE COMPLETE RECORD 7

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Starts |Goals s| Goals Starts |Goals Total games 32
Duncan McLean oul 4 Games won 25
Matt McQueen 27 2 3 0 0 31 2 Games drawn 6
Hugh McQueen 27 ‘i 14 2 0 0 30 11 Games lost 1
Joe McQue 26 Z 3 | 0 30 3 Clean sheets — League 14
James McBride 25 IL 3 Ze ed | 0 28 3 Clean sheets — Overall 16
Andrew Hannah 24 | i 3 0 0 28 i Total goals 85
Billy McOwen 23 0 3 0 0 0 26 0 Average attendance at home — League 5,387
Malcolm McVean 22 9 3 0 26 0 Average attendance at home — Overall 6,312
Patrick Gordon 21 i 6 3 0 25 ri Average goals per game — League a8
David Henderson 20 10 2 Z 0 23 2 Average goals per game — Overall 325
John McCartney LA ead 1 0 0 19 1
Thomas Bradshaw 14 ? 3 2 18 0
Vanes Stott 15 14 2 0 0 F 7 4 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Douglas Dick 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 2 League
John Givens 5 3 0 | 0 0 5 3 FA Cup 6
Gerald Dewhurst 1 0 ‘eal 0 0 1 0 Test Match 2
James Henderson | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
William Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Arthur Worgan 1 2 0 0 0 0 i 2 - - re DESUL 4
Patrick Gordon against Middlesbrough |. 02.09.1893
James Henderson against Middlesbrough |. 02.09.1893
James Stott against Middlesbrough |. 02.09.1893
David Henderson against Small Heath 23.09.1893
Thomas Bradshaw against Woolwich Arsenal 28.10.1893
Douglas Dick against Woolwich Arsenal 28.10.1893
William Hughes against Northwich Vict. 03.02.1894
Arthur Worgan against Burton Swifts 03.03.1894
John Givens against Lincoln City 17.03.1894
Gerald Dewhurst against Crewe 24.03.1894
DIVISION 2

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W_ | L F SE Points
Liverpool 28 14 0 0 46 6 8 6 0 31 12 50
Small Heath 28 12 2 68 19 9 0 5 35 25 42
otts County 28 12 1 55 14 6 Z 6 13. 7 ag
ewcastle United 28 12 1 44 10 3 5 6 22 29 36
Grimsby Town 28 11 2 47 16 4 1 9 24 42 32
Burton Swifts 28 g 4 52 26 5 2 7 27 35 31
Burslem Port Vale 28 10 2 Zz 43 20 3 2 9 Za 44 30
Lincoln City 28 5 4 5 31 22 6 2 6 28 36 28
Woolwich Arsenal 28 9 4 33 19 3 3 8 Vg) 36 28
Walsall Town Swifts | 28 8 5 36 23 2 Z 10 15
iddlesbrough Ironopolis 28 7 4 3 27 20 1 0 13 10
Crewe Alexandra 28 3 i] 4 22 22 3 0 11 20
Ardwick 28 6 i 32 20 2 ] 11 15
Rotherham Town 28 5 8 28 42 1 ye 11 16
Northwich Victoria 28 8 3 8 7 34 0 0 14 13

8 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

carrying on a Football and Athletic club in all its branches, The Chairman remarked that, seeing Mr. Houlding
and for acquiring the valuable freehold property known as had declined to take the chair, it was his duty to fill that
the EVERTON FOOTBALL GROUND, containing position.” [cheers]
about 13,600 square yards of land, and also about 9,700
square yards of freehold land adjoining to the North John McKenna tried to talk to the assembled on
and West, owned by Mr. JOHN ORRELL which it is behalf of Houlding but was met with cries of “Lie down,
acknowledged will together make one of the finest Football McKenna!” and “Traitor!”
Grounds in the United Kingdom. Mahon confirmed that the Football Association
“The addition of Mr.ORRELL’S ground will enable council had forbidden Houlding to use the word Everton
the Company to add Cycling and Running tracks, so that the in his new company’s title “which practically knocked
Company’s ground can be used for Athletics Sports all year the new company on the head.” Loud applause followed.
round. The Vendors, Mr. John Houlding and Mr. John Orrell The council had passed the following resolution in
have agreed to sell their land, Mr. Houlding’s containing February: “That this council, in accordance with its past
about 13,600 yards, and Mr. Orrell’s about 9,700, together decisions will not recognise or accept the membership
23,300 yards at 7/6 per yard — £8,737 10s.” of any club bearing a name similar to the one already
affiliated with the Association.”
The anonymous “X” wrote in Houlding’s defence Everton also had to address Houlding’s attempted
in the Field Sports on 15 February 1892: takeover of the club, announced in his prospectus from
26 January which is here quoted:
“The odd members, the backbone of the club in its
dark days, who know him as a man of integrity, honour “The Company propose that in the event of Everton
and generous disposition, are with him to a man and are Football Club agreeing to amalgamate with the company,
also determined to stand by him in the present crisis. But on or before the 15 March 1892, each member of the
unfortunately the general body of the members appear to said club at the date ofsuch amalgamation [in the whole
have been led or misled by the vapouring and plausibility not exceeding 500 members] shall be entitled upon
of a few irresponsible individuals who joined the club application to have allotted to him one fully paid up
long after Mr. Houlding purchased the ground, and when share in the company free of charge.” Mahon ridiculed
financial success was assured — men who have never Houlding’s promise and claimed that members “should
contributed a penny to the funds beyond their entrance fee be entitled to at least seven or eight shares [‘Hear, hear’
and annual subscription.” and applause].”

Chairman George Mahon occupied the President’s Everton’s Board wanted to get rid of its members
chair at a historical meeting on Tuesday 15 March 1892 who had been party to founding Houlding’s new
in the Presbyterian School in Royal Street. The Liverpool company, so Clayton made the following proposition:
Echo reported: “That Messrs John Houlding, Alexander Nisbet and
Thomas C. Howarth having lost the confidence of the
“As the proceedings were about to begin, Mr. John members of the club, be respectively removed from the
Houlding, the President, entered the room and was presidency and the Committee.’ He claimed that this
vociferously cheered by a section of the members. The was not done “from spite and spleen” and was simply
Chairman, seeing that their President was present, thought “a matter of business.” To loud applause and hooting,
he himself ought to occupy the position of an ordinary he added Houlding was not “worthy of holding the
committeeman, and to ask him to take the Chair. position of President of this club.”
Mr. Houlding. — “I cannot hear.” Houlding felt unfairly treated and told the gathering
The Chairman. — “TI have asked you, as President of that when he received Orrell’s final notice to clear off his
the club, to take the chair [cheers].” land he had brought a prospectus before Everton’s Board
Mr. Houlding. — “I am here on trial, and a criminal that the club form a company and buy the ground, as
never takes the chair, he stops in the dock” [series of ‘Oh’ he didn’t want the lability of buying another 10,000 yards
and a voice: ‘Best place for him!’] of land to replace Anfield. He said it was well received by

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 9

1894/95 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 A Blackburn D 1-1 12000 T Bradshaw
2 | Sep 03 Div 1 A Burnley D 3-3 10000 6 T Bradshaw, P Gordon, H McQueen
3 | Sep 08 Div 1 H Aston Villa L 1-2 20000 8 T Bradshaw
4 | Sep 13 Div1 H Bolton L 1-2 6000 10 J Ross
5 | Sep 15 Div 1 | A WBA L 0-5 6000 L 1
6 | Sep 22 Div 1 H Blackburn D 2-2 14000 12 H McQueen, M McVean
7 | Sep 29 Div A Wolves ll 1-3 4000 14 J Ross (pen)
8 | Oct 06 Div 1 H Sheff Utd D 2-2 12000 13 T Bradshaw, N Kerr
Si AOcts Div A | Everton L 0-3 44000 14
Oct 20 | Div H Stoke Ww 20 8000 13 J Ross 2
Oct 27 Div A Aston Villa L 0-5 5000 14
Nov 03 Div H Burnley lk 0-3 8000 14
Nov 10 Div A Stoke L 1-3 4000 15 N Kerr
Nov 17 Div H Everton D 2-2 25000 15 D Hannah, J Ross (pen)
Nov 24 Div 1 A Sunderland L 2-3 5000 15 D Hannah, M McVean
Dec 01 Div H | Wolves D 3-3 7000 15 T Bradshaw 2, M McVean
Dec 08 Div 1 A Sheff Utd Bre 22-2 8000 14 T Bradshaw 2
Dec 15 Div H Small Heath Ww 3-1 7000 13 D Hannah, T Bradshaw 2
Dec 25 Div A Bolton L 0-1 8000 15
Dec 29 Div 1 A Small Heath L 0-3 5000 15
Jan 01 | Div H WBA Ww 40 12000 il 15 D Hannah, J Ross, T Bradshaw 2
Jan 05 Div A The Wednesday L 0-5 10000 15
Jan 09 Div A Derby W 1-0 6000 14 J Ross
Jan 12 Div H Nottm For W 5-0 5000 12 D Hannah, JMcQue, M McVean 2, J Ross
ieFeb 02 FAC 1 A Barnsley St Peters | D 1-1 4000 M McVean
FAC 1 Rep H L Barnsley St Peters | W 4-0 4000 Bradshaw, J Drummond, H McQueen, M McVean
FAC 2 H Nottm For iL 0-2 5000
Div1 H Derby WwW 5-1 12000 (re T Bradshaw, D Hannah, N Kerr, J Ross 2
Div 1 H Sunderland L 2-3 20000 | 14 F Becton, J Ross
Div 1 H The Wednesday W 42 6000 13 F Becton 2, T Bradshaw 2
Div 1 A Nottm For L 0-3 4000 13
Div1 A Preston D 2-2 10000 12 F Becton, J Ross
Div1 H Preston L 2-5 20000 15 T Bradshaw 2
Test Match N Bury I 0-1 (at Ewood Park)

some of the board members, yet at the general meeting “To submit Mr. Houlding to such ungracious and
afterwards those who had previously agreed with his ungenerous conduct at a public meeting might appear an
propositions had turned against him and the majority voted outrage to some people, but when the two sides of the matter
against the company. have been impartially dealt with the question might be
Houlding also responded to the assertion that he asked, has Mr. Houlding not invited it by his own dogmatic
had never paid for the Everton ground by producing and not too courteous conduct towards the club and the
a document that showed he did indeed pay £5,228, committee?!...
11s. 11d., to be precise, for Anfield [interestingly not “The fact is Mr. Houlding had come to look upon the
£5,400 as he had claimed so far.] Everton club as his own property, to do with just as he
Houlding and Everton FC finally went their separate pleased, and up to within a couple of years he presided over
ways when of the estimated 400 present, only 18 voted a committee who only looked through spectacles of his own
in Houlding’s favour. making and he accordingly ‘Ruled the roost.’”
This whole sorry matter was discussed in the
Liverpool Echo on 19 March 1892.The writer was clearly The birth of Liverpool Football Club
not sympathetic towards Houlding by praising Mahon
and his followers for getting rid of essentially a “One [oulding had a big stadium but no team and decided
man government” at Everton: to create his own to rival Everton FC. Rule 1 of

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Houlding’s new club stated: “That the club be called the considered badly treated by his colleagues, the football
Liverpool Football Club and shall play under the rules loving public of Liverpool have not forgotten his great
of the Football Association.” services in the cause of their pastime.”
Houlding was President, Edwin Berry Chairman and The first game at Anfield under Houlding’s
William E. Barclay Secretary. John McKenna was alongside presidency was a friendly against Midland League side
Barclay in charge of team affairs. Houlding was forced to Rotherham Town on 1 September 1892. Houlding was
change the name of his new company, due to the Football praised for his efforts in the match programme: “To
Association council’s ruling, from “Everton Football Club know him is to like him, though there are some who
and Athletic Grounds Company, Limited” to “Liverpool are hostile to him, because they never tried to know
Football Club and Athletic Grounds Company, Limited,” him. He is a man ofenergy, determination, and honesty
which was officially registered on 3 June 1892. of purpose, and under his presidency the Liverpool
Some felt Houlding was harshly treated by Everton Club is sure to prosper, the same way the Everton
considering his financial muscle had enabled the club’s Club did.”
success. The Athletic and Dramatic News on 5 April Houlding put his faith in Ulsterman John McKenna
1892 surmised: “Personally we should much like to to assemble a good enough team for Liverpool for the
see the new combination boom, if only to prove to club’s debut season. Houlding had got to know McKenna
Mr. Houlding that, although he has been, all things through the Orange Order and they had struck a firm

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 11

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Neil Kerr 3
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James McBride 0
Billy Dunlop 0
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Hugh Henderson 0 06.10.1894
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friendship. McKenna was known for helping Liverpool's main object of Liverpool will be to come out prominently
poor people and took a great interest in players’ welfare, in the English cup competition for which they have entered,
reflected in him becoming the Football League‘s and in the Lancashire Cup contest, in connection with
chairman in 1910 — a position he held for no less than which they have been drawn with Southport Central, the
26 years. tie to be played off at Anfield on September 17. They are in
“Honest John” was also a hard-nosed businessman, the Lancashire League, and will meet several League teams,
who didn’t suffer fools lightly and his “military bearing including Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Notts. County, Stoke
and staccato voice” got him far, as the Liverpool Echo and Darwen: and an interesting event ofthe season will be
reported when he clashed with a Manchester City the visit of Corinthians on April 3. If Liverpool come out
director: “When the director entered the Liverpool of these principal matches with credits they will of course
‘boardroom vehemently declaring that City had been stand a good chance ofsecuring a place in the League next
robbed of the game, McKenna immediately called for year— this will be their incentive.”
quiet using his well-known phrase ‘A moment, please,
a moment. He then proceeded to ask the director if It is no wonder that the team originally known as
he knew what the word ‘robbed’ meant. Did he believe The Anfielders” came to be known as “Team of the
the referee was a thief? He promptly proceeded to insist Macs,” due to the number ofScottish players. Field Sports
on the director making an apology in the presence of gave a further description of the qualities of the newly
everyone in the room.” formed Liverpool team:
William E. Barclay, who was Houlding’s Vice-
President at Everton, stuck by his boss and worked “The position of goal-keeper is perfectly safe in the
beside McKenna, taking care of administrative affairs and hands of Sidney Ross. His display in the practice matches
training. Barclay was so described at the time: “A great stamps him as one of the finest custodians who ever
enthusiast in football management. Is a most successful appeared in a team. The backs are also a fine pair. The
organiser, a fine judge of the great game and knows merits of Andrew Hannah are well known both as skipper
everybody in the football world. Few men have travelled and also as a player, and his mature judgement, together
so much to football matches as he. One of Mr. John with excellent defensive tactics, makes him most invaluable.
Houlding’s staunchest supporters. He is the successful Duncan McLean, the other back, has not the finish
Head Master of the Industrial Schools, Everton Crescent, possessed by Hannah. Still he is a most enthusiastic player,
and is, further, widely known and everywhere esteemed. and no doubt with tuition from his partner will eventually
An able man all-round.” become equally safe. The line of half-backs are a splendid
McKenna searched mainly in Scotland for cheap trio. Young Kelso is as like his older brother, Bob, in play
talent and signed several quality players. Two Scotsmen, as he is in features, and great things are expected from
Duncan McLean and Tom Wyllie, decided to follow in him. McQue, the centre half, is a finely built young fellow,
the footsteps of Houlding and leave Everton. Andrew with superb tackling powers and excellent judgement ofthe
Hannah, who joined from Renton, had previously featured ball, and it is certain that Celtic’s loss will prove a gain to
in Everton’s 1891 League Championship-winning team Liverpool. McBride, who will be entrusted with the defence
and was quite a catch for the Anfielders. “Hannah will act of the left wing, is a player of the first water. Although
as captain and his power of developing players is so well diminutive in stature, he possesses a wonderful amount of
known that the Liverpool club are fortunate in having strength, and never knows when he is beaten.
secured the man who did so much towards improving “But it is the forwards who carry off the palm. Their
the all-round play of the Everton team,” recorded The attack is most formidable, and when fairly under way they
Birmingham Daily Post on 6 June 1892. will be difficult to stop. Wyllie is as speedy as ever, and
Houlding’s new club was progressing well, wrote the if kept in his own position will prove as effective as any
Liverpool Mercury on the eve of their first season: player in the kingdom. Smith, the ex-Sunderland man, is a
grand acquisition, possessing rare speed and good dribbling
“Liverpool have not been idle, and in their endeavours powers, and if he does not develop selfish tendencies he and
to get together a team that will sustain the tradition of Wyllie will make an excellent wing.J.Miller is an ideal
the Anfield-road enclosure, have enjoyed much success. The centre, and no man has earned such high praise as Miller

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1895/96 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Sep 07 Div 2 A Notts County W 3-2 7000 7 T Bradshaw, J McQue, J Ross
Sep 14 Div 2 H Newcastle WwW 5-4 8000 3 F Becton, T Bradshaw, J Ross 3
Sep 21 Div2 A |_ Loughborough Town Mr WwW 42 3500 2 G Allan, J Ross, D Hannah 2
Sep 28 Div2 H Burslem Port Vale WwW 5-1 5000 Z D Hannah, G Allan 4
Sep 30 Div 2 H Burton Wanderers Ww 41 3000 1 F Becton 2, T Bradshaw 2
Oct 05 ale Div 2 A Newcastle L 0-1 12000 ]
Oct 07 | Oiv2 H Crewe WwW 61 3000 1 G Allan 2, F Geary 2, J Ross 2
Oct 12 Div 2 H Newton Heath Ww 7-1 10000 1 F Becton 2, J Ross, T Bradshaw 2, F Geary 2
Oct 19 Div2 A Grimsby Town E 0-1 | 5000 ]
Oct 21 Div 2 A Burslem Port Vale L 4-5 1000 1 F Geary, F Becton 3
Oct 26 Div 2 H Notts County WwW 3-0 | 8000 ] T Bradshaw, F Geary, J Ross
Nov 02 Div 2 A Newton Heath i 2-5 10000 2 F Becton, J Ross
Nov 09 Div 2 H Leicester Fosse W 3-1 7000 2 F Geary, F Geary, T Wilkie
Nov 16 Div2 A Woolwich Arsenal Ww 20 10000 T Bradshaw, F Geary
Nov23 | Div2 (as Darwen D 00 3000
Nov 30 Div 2 A Leicester Fosse iL 0-2 8000 |
Dec 07 Div2 H Loughborough Town Ww 10 | 1000 2 F Becton
Dec 14 Div 2 | A Darwen Ww 40 | 2000 F Becton, F Geary, J McQue, M McVean
Dec 21 Div 2 A Lincoln City Ww 1-0 3000 1 G Allan
1 Div2 H Man City W 3- 20000 RIEM McVean, J Ross 2 (1 pen)
4 Div2 if A Rotherham Town WwW 50 2000 | T Bradshaw, J Ross, G Allan 3
1 Div2 H Woolwich Arsenal Ww 30 7000 i J McQue, J Ross 2
5 Div 2 | H Lincoln City WwW 6- 4000 G Allan, F Becton, B Bull, F Geary, J Ross 2
1 FAC 1 H Millwall Athletic Ww 4 10000 G Allan, F Becton, T Bradshaw, J Ross
5 FAC 2 A Wolves IL 0-2 15000
Div 2 | H Rotherham Town W 10-1 2000 1 F Becton, J Ross 2, M McVean 3, G Allan 4
Div 2 H Grimsby Town W 3- 10000 1 F Becton, G Allan 2
Div 2 A Burton Swifts Ww 7-0 1500 1 J McCartney, F Becton 3, J Ross 3
Div 2 A Burton Wanderers L ds Hl 2000 ] G Allan
Div 2 H Burton Swifts WwW 6- 4000 1 J McQue, J Ross, G Allan 2, T Bradshaw 2
Div 2 A Crewe Ww 7-0 3000 1 G Allan 3, F Becton, J McQue, M McVean 2
Div 2 A Man City D 1- 25000 1 G Allan
Test Match H i Small Heath ‘ Ww 40 20000 G Allan, T Bradshaw, J McCartney, M McVean
Test Match fu A Small Heath D 0-0 6000
Test Match H WBA Ww 20 | 20000 G Allan, T Bradshaw
Test Match A WBA L

has done since he came to Liverpool. He is a most unselfish someone at Liverpool had made an administrative
player, feeding his forwards with remarkable accuracy, and blunder:“Applicants were asked, according to the printed
when a chance of scoring presents itself his shots are sent form circulated by the League, to leave themselves open
with a velocity that gives the goalkeeper little chance. The for elections to the Second Division if not successful
left wingers are both young players, with splendid speed, and in the vote for the First Division. In the Liverpool
combine well together, considering the limited opportunities Club’s form handed to the meeting this saving clause
they have had. McVean is a good shot and a rare dodger. was struck out, thus leaving the application for the First
Kelvin, who will play outside, is a second Geary, having Division only. The League would not have them in the
the speed of a deer and dogged persistency to score. With a premier list, and consequently, as there was no request
team like this together, and with a strong reserve, it is to be left for inclusion in the subordinate ranks, Liverpool are
hoped the defeats will be few and victories many.” out of it altogether.”
Liverpool’s first game in the Lancashire League
Liverpool’s application to join the Football League was against Higher Walton at Anfield on 3 September
was rejected, which was undoubtedly a blow to the 1892. The match was to kick off at 3.15. Only about
prospects of the newly-formed club. Field Sports claimed 200 spectators turned up to see the game begin 45

14 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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minutes late, as some of Higher Walton’s players had worthy to meet opponents of a higher calibre.”
been taken to Everton’s ground at Goodison Road by Liverpool’s Board was no doubt pleased with the
mistake. Liverpool lined up with Ross in goal, Hannah number of people attending the club’s second League
and McLean were full-backs, McBride, McQue and match against Bury at home.The Liverpool Echo reported
Pearson half-backs, Wyllie, Smith, McVean, Cameron that “the reputation of the Lancashire cupholders [Bury]
and Kelvin forwards. John Smith scored Liverpool's and the prospect of a stiff game drew together a capital
first goal with a “searing shot” after brilliant passing attendance, there being about 4,000 spectators on the
between him and Wyllie when 15 minutes had been ground when the players trod the field at four o’clock.
played. Liverpool dominated the whole match, leading Hannah won the toss, and set his opponents to face
5-0 at half-time and eventually running out 8-0 winners the sun.”
after “shots rained in like hail.’
Tom Wyllie was especially John Miller, who had been missing from the opening
praised for “being conspicuous with several plucky runs game, scored two goals against Bury helping Liverpool
and grand shots for the goal.” From their first showing, to effectively finish the game at half-time 4-0, the final
Liverpool was clearly a club that meant business “and result being the same. The Dumbarton-born Scotsman
the work of the whole team showed that they were was only 22-years-old and quickly became one of the

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 15

APPEARANCES & GOALS
|
«dsteacue =| FACUP OTHER TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
[Player __—_| Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Joe McQue 26 5 2 0 4 0 32 3) Games won
Thomas Bradshaw 26 11 Z ] 4 2 | Games drawn
Jimmy Ross 25 23 2 1 4 0 31 24 Games lost
Frank Becton 24 18 2 1 4 0 30 19 Clean sheets — League
Archie Goldie 22 0 2 0 4 0 28 | 0 Clean sheets — Overall
John McCartney 22 1 2 0 4 1 28 2 Total goals
Malcolm McVean 24 7 0 0 3 1 27 8 Average attendance at home — League
George Allan 20 25 2 1 4 2 26 28 Average attendance at home — Overall
Tom Wilkie 20 i | 2 0 i 0 23 ] Average goals per game — League
Matt McQueen 22 Qo le 0 0 0 0 22 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Fred Geary 19 11 2 0 1 0 22 1
James Holmes Ay 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
Harry Storer "1 0 9 0 4 0 7 0 | GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Billy Dunlop 13 | 0 0 0 0 0 13 c.| League | 106
David Hannah ite te3 0 0 0 7 ie eae FA Cup 4
John McLean ee ee ced | a Test Match
Thomas Cleghorn 3 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
John Curran 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
William Keech eG 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 PLAYER DEBS
BEIBeTicS | , 0 F 0 3 0 5 0 Fred Bey ome Notts County 07.09.1895

Cee i ie i
John Whitehead , 0 F 0 0 0 F 0 Tom Wilkie Sai County 07.09.1895

George Allan against Newcastle 14.09.1895

Archie Goldie against Burslem Port Vale 28.09.1895
William Keech against Notts County 26.10.1895
Harry Storer against Man City 01.01.1896
Ben Bull against Lincoln City 25.01.1896
‘ Thomas Cleghorn against Burton Swifts 21.03.1896
Bernard Battles against Burton Swifts 21.03.1896
DIVISION 2

HOME AWAY
Team D L F A Ww D L F A Points
Liverpool 1 0 65 11 8 1 6 41 21 46
Manchester City 3 0 | 37 ] 9 i 5 26 29 46
|Grimsby Town 1 0 51 g 6 1 8 31 29 | 42
|Burton Wanderers 1 eee SE 7 3 5 2 | 2 | 42
ewcastle United 0 1 5/7 14 2 2 11 16 36 34
Newton Heath 2 1 48 15 2 1 1 18 42 33
Woolwich Arsenal | 3 43 11 3 3 9 6 31 32
Leicester Fosse 0 5 40 16 4 4 7 7 28 32
Darwen 4 2 55 22 3 2 0 17 45 30
Notts County 8 1 6 4 22 4 1 0 6 32 26
Burton Swifts 7 2 6 24 26 3 2 10 15 43 24
Loughborough Town 30 7 3 5 32 25 2 2 1 8 42 23
|Lincoln City 30 7 1 7 eG || 2 3 Oe si 22
Burslem Port Vale 30 6 4 5 25 24 1 0 4 8 54 18
Rotherham Town 30 if 2 6 27 26 0 1 4 7 71 7
Crewe Alexandra 30 5 2 8 22 28 0 1 14 8 67 13

16 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

team’s key players. He seemed to score goals for fun After Liverpool’s second loss at the hands of Blackpool
this season and ended up with 22 goals in 21 League on 17 December, Bury were top with 18 points (nine
games, including three hat-tricks, and wrote his name won — two lost) but had played two more games than
in the club’s history books by netting five goals in a Blackpool in second with 16 points (eight won — one
7-0 win against Fleetwood Rangers on 3 December, lost) and Liverpool in third with 14 points (seven won
a feat only four players at Liverpool have repeated: — two lost).
» Andy McGuigan in 1902, John Evans in 1954, Ian Rush Four rounds later in mid-January Liverpool had
in 1983, and Robbie Fowler in 1993. Unfortunately caught up with Bury after winning four League games
Miller left Liverpool after only one season after in a row, amongst them a 2-1 win over Heywood
demanding an end of season pay rise of £100 down Central in six inches of snow as no one had cleared the
and £3 per week, considered an “exorbitant sum” at field of play!
the time, as every Liverpool player got a bonus for Liverpool had won eleven out of thirteen League
| being a resounding success in their local Lancashire games in total but drew for the first time 0-0 on 14
League. Instead, he joined first division The Wednesday, January against West Manchester away and lost the
which The Athletic News concluded, “must be paying succeeding game, a vital game at the top, against Bury
_ him a heavy sum.” 3-0. This was Liverpool’s final loss of the season and
“A new man — beg pardon, a flag — floated on the they scored 20 goals in their last seven League games,
old staff, bearing the letters, L.AA. surmounted with winning six. Not even the loss of goalkeeper Sidney
_ the liver. Right proudly did it wave over the field of Ross through injury for the last four games of the season
battle and seemed to beam on its patrons with a hopeful knocked them out of their stride. Matt McQueen,
smile,” reported Field Sports on 19 September 1892. who had scored two goals for Liverpool in the 3-0
Liverpool’s followers were quite optimistic for John win against Nelson the week previous, took Ross’s
| Houlding’s side, which started its debut season by place in goal. Matt was truly a unique utility player.
_ scoring 33 goals against one in the first six games in Ross’s injury was so serious he never turned out for
_ the Lancashire League and the FA Cup. The biggest Liverpool again.
win was 9-0 against Newtown in an FA Cup second Despite Liverpool’s progress in the last few weeks
qualifier. Liverpool finally met some resistance at Raikes of the season Blackpool seemed destined for the title.
| Hall Gardens on 5 November and were outclassed Liverpool had played all of their 22 games but Blackpool
| 3-0 by Blackpool, who proved to be their main had one game left against Southport Central, who had
League rival. lost 13 out of 21 League games. If Blackpool would win
The Scottish McQueen brothers from Harthill in or draw they would conquer the Lancashire League but,
| Lanarkshire, Matt and Hugh, made their debuts in the surprisingly, they lost 1-0! Both teams collected 36 points
9-0 win against Newtown after arriving from Leith from a possible 44, winning 17, drawing two and losing
Athletic in October. Both brothers missed the game three. Blackpool had a better goal difference, 82-31 = +51
on 26 November against Rossendale because Hugh against Liverpool’s 66-19 = +47, but in this era League
was getting married in Scotland, It seems unlikely that positions were decided by goal average — goals for divided
Liverpool’s current manager would allow any of his by goals against and Liverpool won the Lancashire League
first eleven to get married on matchday! because ofa goal average of 3.4, Blackpool had 2.6.
Matt McQueen is one of the biggest names in the Liverpool had managed quite a feat, winning the
history of the club. He played in all positions in his Lancashire League at the first attempt. The treasurer,
time at Liverpool, even 41 games in goal. When he got Mr. Smith, presented the club with the 200 ounce
_ his much deserved benefit match, the Liverpool Mercury League trophy at The Sandon Hotel, where the annual
described him “as honest and gentlemanly a footballer meeting of the Lancashire Football League took place.
as ever came into Liverpool.” After joiming the Liverpool This establishment was owned by Houlding and served
Board he managed the club from 1923-1928. The as the club’s headquarters, as it had previously Everton’s.
highlight was when he steered Liverpool to the League Mr. Smith “spoke of the unexampled success which
Championship in 1923, having taken over from David had been obtained by Liverpool in the first year of
‘Ashworth in mid-season. its existence.” Houlding replied on behalf of the club:

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1896/97 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Div 1 A The Wednesday Ww 21 2000 3 G Allan 2
2 Div 1 A Blackburn i 0-1 7000 5
3 Div H Bolton L 0-2 5000 1
4 Div 1 H Derby WwW 20 16000 4 T Bradshaw, Jimmy Methven (0g)
5 Div A Bury J el 7000 2 G Allan, M McVean
6 Div H WBA D 0-0 4000 2
7 Div A Everton L 1-2 45000 5 J Ross
8 Div H Nottm For W 3-0 0000 3 T Bradshaw, M McVean, B Michael
g Div A Sunderland Ib 3-4 7000 6 G Allan, Donald Gow (0g), A Goldie
10 | Oct 19 Div 1 A Sheff Utd D 1-1 6000 5 T Bradshaw
1} Oct 24 Div H Blackburn Ww 40 0000 3 G Allan, M McVean, B Michael, J Ross
2} Oct 31 Div A WBA Ww 1-0 5000 2 G Allan
13 | Nov 07 Div H Sunderland LW 30 0000 1 M McVean, D Hannah 2
14 Nov 14 Div 1 A Preston D 1-1 0000 2 B Michael
5 | Nov 21 Div H Everton D 0-0 30000 3
16 | Nov 28 Div A Nottm For L 0-2 6000 3
7 [Dec 12 Div H | Bury |W 3 7000 3 M McVean, G Allan 2
8| Dec 19 Div 1 A [ Derby ik 2-3 10000 3 B Michael, R Neill
9] Dec 25 Div H Aston Villa D 3-3 15000 3 G Allan, F Becton 2 (1 pen)
20 | Dec 26 Div A Burnley L 1-4 9000 4 F Becton
21 | Jan01 Div A Bolton Ww 41 20000 2 F Geary, J McCartney, G Allan 2
22 Jan 02 Div 1 H Sheff Utd D 0-0 15000 2
23 | Jan 09 Div A Wolves Wi eee 2000 ‘| Zz G Allan, F Geary
24 | Jan 16 Div H Stoke Ww 1-0 10000 2 G Allan
25 | Jan 30 FAC 1 H Burton Swifts lw 43 4000 G Allan, T Cleghorn, D Hannah, J Ross
26 | Feb 06 Div 1 A Stoke iL 1-6 7000 mere G Allan
27. | Feb 13 FAC 2 A WBA WwW 2-1 16000 |_M McVean, R Neill
28 | Feb27 | FAC3 H Nottm For Dee 15000 |¢ F Becton
29 | Mar 03 FAC 3 Rep A Nottm For WwW 1-0 10000 G Allan
30 | Mar 04 Div 1 H Wolves WwW 30 4000 2 G Allan, F Becton, T Bradshaw
31] Mar13 | Div1 A Aston Villa D 0-0 18000, | 3
32 | Mar 20 FAC SF N Aston Villa I. 0-3 ih 30000 (at Bramall Lane)
33 | Mar27 | Div1 H Burnley L 1-2 12000 4 R Neill
34 | Apr 03 | Div 1 H The Wednesday D 2-2 6000 4 F Becton (pen), B Michael
Div 1 H Preston D 0-0 12000

“The credit of the club’s success was no doubt due to The match ended in controversial circumstances as
excellent management exercised by the committee.” Everton demanded a penalty after a Liverpool defender
A potentially dramatic game loomed on the horizon, had fisted the ball away in the penalty area. Referee
which would conclude Liverpool’s first season. How Herbie Arthur consulted his linesman and then awarded
appropriate that their adversary in the Liverpool Senior a drop-ball which was kicked clear and then the final
Cup final would be Everton. Their first ever derby took whistle went.
place on 22 April 1893 on Bootle’s ground in front of Everton protested against the result, and complained
10,000 people. First division Everton were considered about “the general incompetence of the referee” and
more likely to win but Houlding was determined to Liverpool were not presented with the trophy after
show his old team the might of his new one. the match amid the controversy. Their appeal was later
Predictably the players didn’t give an inch and the dismissed, and the Liverpool Senior Cup was presented
battle became quite heated. The referee had a word to them.
with Joe McQue for being too enthusiastic. Liverpool Liverpool had won the Lancashire League and the
took the lead roughly 30 minutes into the game and to Liverpool Senior Cup in their club’s inaugural season.
add insult to injury it was former Everton player, Tom But on Friday 1 September 1893, one day before
Wyllie, who scored with a hard, low shot past Williams. Liverpool played their first ever Second Division game,

18 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

both cups were stolen from the pawnshop of Mr. goalscorers, John Miller (25 goals) to The Wednesday
Charles Gibson in Paddington, Liverpool where they and Tom Wyllie (15 goals) to Bury and would struggle
were on display. The club had to pay £130 to replace for goals in the Second Division if replacements were
them. not found.
In the 1893 General Meeting ofthe Football League Malcolm McVean, who netted 12 goals the season
it was decided to increase the number of League clubs, previous, scored the club’s first ever League goal in a
but Liverpool’s request for a First Division place was 2-0 win over Middlesbrough Ironopolis in the first
turned down again. John McKenna jumped the gun and game of the season. Liverpool scored plenty of goals
sent an unauthorised telegram in the name of secretary as they took the Second Division by storm, and were
Barclay, for them to be admitted into Second Division. undefeated, winning all 14 home games, as well as eight
Later that night a telegram arrived from the Football on the road. 22-year-old James Stott, who arrived from
League, saying: “Liverpool elected. Come to London to Middlesbrough, was on fire, scoring 14 goals in 17 games
decide fixture list tomorrow at three o’clock.” Liverpool in his only season at Anfield. Thomas Bradshaw also
had been admitted following the demise of their more boosted the forward line on his arrival from Northwich
illustrious neighbours, Bootle. Victoria with 10 goals in 18 games. He wrote his name
“Yet Liverpool had lost both of their main in Liverpool’s history books by becoming the club’s first

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 19

APPEARANCES & GOALS

Malcolm McVean 23 5 2 | 25 6 Average attendance at home — Overall

Frank Becton 20 5 5 1 25 6 Average goals per game — League
Jimmy Ross 21 2 2 | 23 3 Average goals per game — Overall
Bill Michael 19 5 4 0 23 5)
Thomas Cleghorn 17 0 5 i 22 1
James Holmes 13 0 0 0 i 0
Fred Geary 8 2 3 0 11 2
Joe McQue 8 0 1 0 g 0
Willie Donnelly 6 0 2 0 8 0
Billy Dunlop a 0 2 0 7 0
PLAYER DEBUTS
David Hannah Sie ee 1 1 4 3
Bill Michael against Blackburn 05.09.1896
Andrew McCowie 2 0 0 0 2 0
Willie Donnelly against Burnley 26.12.1896
Charlie Jowitt 1 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Jowitt against The Wednesday 03.04.1897
Matt McQueen i 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew McCowie against The Wednesday 03.04.1897

DIVISION 1

D ik WwW D L F A
Aston Villa 3 z 11 2 zZ 37 22
Sheffield United 4 5 7 6 2 20 13
Derby County a ie 3 6 2 i 2 | 28
Preston North End 30 8 4 3 o 8 4 20 19
Liverpool 30 7 6 2 5 3 7 21 28
The Wednesday 30 9 4 2 1 7 7 13 26
Everton 30 8 i 6 6 2 i 20 28
Bolton Wanderers 30 7 2 5 5 a vi 8 25
Bury 30 il 5 3 3 5 il 4 29
Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 6 4 S 5 2 8 i 27
Nottingham Forest 30 8 3 4 1 5 9 4 pe
West Bromwich Albion 30 7 2 6 3 4 8 15 40
Stoke City 30 8 3 4 3 0 12 18 4)
Blackburn Rovers 30 8 1 6 3 2 10 8 37
Sunderland 30 4 6 5 3 3 9 13 26
| Burnley 30 4 5 6 2 2 8

20 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

international player when he made his England debut young aspirants went to Bolton to contend with the
on 20 February 1897 against Ireland. Wanderers, so great was their reputation that the largest
Liverpool competed for the first time in the FA Cup crowd ever assembled on the Wanderers’ ground eagerly
proper, having failed to reach the first round in the club’s awaited their appearance.” However, the occasion got to
inaugural season, winning two qualifiers, but losing the Anfielders and they lost 3-0, which proved to be the
their third against Northwich Victoria. Liverpool, now a team’s only defeat of the season.
Second Division team, went straight into the first round, Despite losing to Bolton, Liverpool gained invaluable
facing second division Grimsby on 27 January, beating experience playing two top-flight sides. Liverpool
them easily 3-0. Next up in the cup was the formidable won the Second Division comfortably, but that didn’t
Preston North End team. Preston, champions in the however guarantee automatic promotion and the club
first-ever League season in 1888/89 without losing a had to play a Test match against the First Division’s
single game, were nicknamed “The Invincibles”. They bottom club, Newton Heath, which later changed its
won the League the following year but had finished as name to Manchester United.
runners-up for three years running and were FA Cup In the great showdown, Liverpool took the lead
semi-finalists the previous season. Liverpool had never midway through the first half from a Gordon header.
faced such an illustrious opponent and was without a “Liverpool then racing offingood combination, several
doubt the club’s biggest game so far. good shots sent into Falls, who kept a good goal, but
Liverpool began the long awaited battle with pace was beaten by a grand shot from Bradshaw after some
' and power: clever passing by the right wing and centre, this second
success being well received by the Liverpool supporters,”
“The ‘Blue and White’ monopolised the greater part reported the Liverpool Echo. Houlding’s side won 2-0 and
of the game, and, if not showing such scientific and pretty would be in the top-flight for the first time.
play as their more renowned rivals, were by far the most “On arriving at Tithebarn Street station the team
effective and dangerous team, especially during the second was met by an enormously big and correspondingly
half. Dame Fortune bestowed one of her rather unlooked- enthusiastic crowd,” reported the Liverpool Review of
for favours in the shape of a goal to Liverpool when the the ensuing celebrations. “Different players were carried
game was but four minutes old.” shoulder high to their special conveyance and after
lubrication at the Alexandra Hotel the men drove off
The match lived up to everybody’s expectations, each to the Sandon where another tremendous reception
team hitting the woodwork after Henderson’s fourth awaited them.”
minute goal for Liverpool. The home team scored again Liverpool showed their First Division intent by
but Preston responded straight away through Ross. 2-1, paying a club record sum of £75 for double League
the half-time score, Preston’s scorer a future captain of champion inside-right Jimmy Ross from Preston. It was
Liverpool. an ambitious signing as Ross was a legend at Preston,
Becton, another player who later joined Liverpool, scoring 18 goals in Preston’s undefeated season and
equalised for Preston in the second half and the atmosphere seven goals in a record 26-0 win against Hyde in the
at Anfield was at a boiling point. Preston were outplayed 1887/88 season. He was also the League’s top scorer in
at times and Henderson scored the winner for Liverpool the 1889/90 season with 24 goals. He was the younger
after a “most sensational game.” brother of Preston’s brilliant defender Nick “Demon
Liverpool faced another First Division team in back” Ross, who died oftuberculosis in 1894, at the age
Bolton in the cup two weeks later. The club was going of 31. The transfer didn’t go through without a hitch
places and the Liverpool Mercury’s reporter was suitably as Nick had evidently on his deathbed made Jimmy
impressed. “The career of no football club has been promise that he would never leave Preston. This led to
followed with such interest as that of Liverpool,” he “strained and awkward relations” between Jimmy and
concluded. “By its rapid growth and almost phenomenal Liverpool for a while. Liverpool had already paid the
prosperity the club has risen to a very high position, £75 for Jimmy but he kept his part of the deal and
and its fame has caused the eyes of the football world made his Liverpool debut in the fourth game of the
to revert in the direction of the Mersey, and when these season. Sadly, Jimmy contracted an acute skin disease,

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1897/98 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Sep 04 Div A Stoke D 1) 5000 8 F Becton, W Walker
2 | Sep 11 Div H Preston D600 20000 3
3 | Sep 18 Div 1 A The Wednesday L 2-4 8000 11 F Becton, W Walker
4 | Sep25 Div H Everton WwW 3-4 30000 9 F Becton, J McQue, W Walker
5 | Oct02 Div A Preston D 1-1 8000 g J McCartney
6 | Oct 09 Div H Stoke | WwW 40 12000 5 F Becton, T Bradshaw, D Cunliffe 2
| 7 | Oct16 | Div (ae Everton L 0-3 40000 10
8 | Oct23 Div 1 H Derby W 42 12000 6 D Cunliffe, JMcQue, B Marshall 2
9 | Oct 30 Div A Aston Villa | L 1-3 25000 10 T Bradshaw
10 | Nov 06 Div 1 H Nottm For L 1-2 10000 11 D Cunliffe
11 | Nov 13 Div A WBA L 1-2 10000 i 12 F Becton
12 | Nov 20 Div a Wolves WwW 10 | 12000 10 | PFinnerhan
13 | Nov 27 Div 1 A Nottm For W 32 8000 10 A McCowie, J Lumsden 2
14] Dec11 Div A Wolves L 1-2 | 8000 10 L T Bradshaw
15 | Dec 18 Div H Blackburn L 0-1 5000 11
16 | Dec 25 Div A Bolton Ww 20 8000 8 D Cunliffe, A McCowie
17 | Dec 27 Div 1 H Sunderland L 0-2 30000 10
18 | Dec 29 Div1 A Sheff Utd Ww 241 8000 8 A Hartley, A McCowie
19} Jan 01 Div 1 |. H WBA D 1-1 12000 ) J McCartney
20 | Jan 08 Div 1 as Blackburn L 1-2 6000 11 William Ball (og)
21 | Jan 22 Div 1 A Sunderland L 0-1 3000 12
22 | Jan29 FAC 1 H Hucknall St J. ] Ww 20 8000 F Becton, J McQue
23 | FebO5 Div 1 H Sheff Utd L 0-4 18000 12
24 | Feb 12 FAC 2 A Newton Heath D 0-0 12000
25| Feb16 | FAC2 Rep H Newton Heath Wie aged 6000 D Cunliffe, B Dunlop
26 | Feb 26 FAC 3 ‘ Amal Derby D 1-1 12699 T Bradshaw
27 | Mar 02 FAC 3 Rep H Derby L 1-5 15000 F Becton (pen)
28 | Mar12 | Div1 H Notts County | W 20 8000 “i F.Becton, J Cox
29 | Mar 19 Div1 | H Bolton D 1-1 7000 11 T Bradshaw
30 | Mar 26 Div 1 A Bury Ww 20 2000 i 11 F Becton, A McCowie
31 | Mar 31 Div 1 H Bury D 2-2 3000 9 F Geary, A McCowie
32 | Apr 02 Div 1 A Notts County L 23 8000 11 feF Becton, A McCowie
33 | Apr 11 Div 1 H The Wednesday Ww 40 7000 9 Langley (og), T Robertson, F Becton 2
34 | Apr 12 Div 1 A Derby L 1-3 3500 10 J Walker
35 | Apr 16 Div 1 H Aston Villa Ww 40 20000 ) F Becton, H Morgan, T Robertson, J Walker

Erysipelas, succumbed to raging fever and passed away time from Bradshaw’s “magnificent shot,’ but the
aged just 36 years on 12 June, 1902. Villains scored twice in the second half and celebrated
Liverpool started the 1894/95 season by drawing an away win. Liverpool’s rapid rise had been nothing
two away games, before playing their first ever First short of incredible, but the team was not quite ready for
Division game at Anfield against, no less, champions the First Division. Liverpool lost three out of the next
Aston Villa. Liverpool were premiering their new main five, among them 5-0 against West Bromwich Albion
stand, a modest pavilion with a distinctive mock-Tudor and drew the other two.
central gable. It measured 360 ft. long with eleven rows The Liverpool Mercury blamed the malaise on the
of seats with a balcony at the back with the roof so players not being fit enough.
placed that even in the rear every portion of the ground
was visible. 3,000 spectators could sit there and between “There are some of the team who do not take that
the stand and the touchline were three rows which care of themselves they should do. They seem to think that
accommodated a further 2,000. if they pay attention to the usual order of training once or
Roughly 20,000 people were in attendance at twice a day the remaining portion of the time is to be spent
Anfield, a new record as the previous season’s capacity as they think fit. This is altogether a mistaken notion, and
had been 17,000. Liverpool were leading 1-0 at half- is one some of the players will do well to dispel at once. By

22 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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now they should have found out the truth of the old adage levelled at certain players, and as a matter of consequence
‘Tt’s the pace that kills,’ and the sustained speed at which their displays suffer deterioration, through no fault of their
First League games are carried out is only to be obtained own. It is most unsportsmanlike and altogether un-English
by the most assiduous training, and, above all, careful and in fashion to hurl threats and execrations at those who are
strict living. Where the team last year used to shine, in powerless to reply. The intentional jeers and jibes at one
finishing so strongly, now is the weakest point of their play, player in particular, when doing his best, cannot come from
and it behoves the whole team to at once bestir themselves anyfair-minded person who wishes the sport to thrive in
and mend this fault, or else they will assuredly kill the this corner of the country.”
goose that lays the golden eggs.”
Losing four and drawing four wasn’t the ideal
The Liverpool players were not the only ones who preparation for 13 October when Everton and Liverpool
were criticised for their performances, but also the fans faced each other for the first time in the top-flight.
“at Anfield. “The match will prove a memorable one in the annals
of local football,’ wrote the Echo. “It is really between
“A certain section of the spectators made themselves two branches of the same family, who have been in
particularly offensive by the use offoul and filthy language open hostility in the past, but who now join issue in

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 23

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE | FACUP | TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Thomas Cleghorn T 30 Oo 5 0 Games won
Harry Storer Games drawn 8
Archie Goldie nNles} Games lost 14
John McCartney 27 Clean sheets — League
Thomas Bradshaw SIN|/olo Clean sheets — Overall 10
Frank Becton Total goals 54
Billy Dunlop 20 Average attendance at home — League 13,733
Andrew McCowie Average attendance at home — Overall 13,055
Joe McQue Average goals per game — League
Bobby Marshall }o
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Daniel Cunliffe
James Holmes
William Walker GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
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Fred Geary
Tom Wilkie
Joe Lumsden
PLAYER DEBUTS
Patrick Finnerhan
Daniel Cunliffe against Stoke 04.09.1897
William Goldie
Bobby Marshall against Stoke 04.09.1897
Hugh Morgan
William Walker against Stoke 04.09.1897
Robert Colvin
Patrick Finnerhan against Preston 11.09.1897
Tom Robertson
Joe Lumsden against Nottm For 27.11.1897
John Walker
Abraharn Hartley against Bolton 25.12.1897
Jack Cox
Robert Colvin against Blackburn 08.01.1898
Matt McQueen
Jack Cox against Notts County 12.03.1898
Bernard Battles
Charlie Wilson against Bolton 19.03.1898
Raby Howell
William Goldie against Notts County 02.04.1898
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Tom Robertson against The Wednesday 11.04.1898
John Walker against The Wednesday 11.04.1898
Raby Howell against Aston Villa 16.04.1898
DIVISION 1

AWAY
Team D L WwW D L F A | Points
Sheffield United 30 4 Zz 8 4 3 29 17 42
Sunderland | 30 2 1 4 3 8 | 6 22 37
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 4 1 4 3 8 21 27 35
Everton 30 3 1 2 na ae, 5 may alas
The Wednesday 30 0 . 3 3 9 2 27 33
Aston Villa 30 1 2 2 4 9 4 30 33
West Bromwich Albion 30 5 2 3 Sue || g 29 32 |
Nottingham Forest 30 ff 5 3 4 4 7 Hi 30 31
Liverpool 30 7 4 4 4 2 9 21 29 zi 28
Derby County 30 10 3 2 i 3 11 17 42 28
| Bolton Wanderers 30 g 2 4 2 2 11 0 28 26
Preston North End 30 | 7 5 3 26 15 1 3 1 ) 28 24
Notts County | | 4 6 lon bese 2 dai i 32 |e
Bury | 8 3 4 Dens 0 5 10 ea ae:
Blackburn Rovers | | 4 7 aloe nee 3 9 oie oan
Stoke City 8 3 4 21 14 0 5 10 4 41 24

24 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

the same sportsmanlike spirit in which any other two linesman, walked about with his broad and usually merry
organisations, as becomes the dignity of the League, face as long as a fiddle.” Watson, the future Liverpool
would do. Knowing the players individually as we do, manager, or “Secretary” as it was called in those days,
we feel sure if play develops any unseemly aspects it will was encouraged by Sunderland’s display in the second
be the fault of the spectators, who are admonished to half. Liverpool brought two forwards almost back to the
control their feelings.” half-back line, determined to hang on to their lead but
President Houlding was determined to succeed conceded three goals, 3-2 to Sunderland.
against his former club and hoped a positive result could Liverpool's games were exciting and the team scoring
turn the club’s fortunes around. The spectators behaved at will at this point, inspired by Hannah’s arrival, Ross’
in a civilized manner and a huge crowd of44,000 people tactics and Bradshaw’s move to the centre of the forward
saw Everton beat Liverpool 3-0 at a sold-out Goodison line. The problem was that the team was conceding just
Park.As a result Everton were at the top of the League, as many, three on average, but the “universal question
having won all eight games, but Liverpool were third each asked his neighbour was, ‘How is it that such a
from bottom with only four points. team as this is at the bottom of the League?’”
The Anfielders finally won their first game of the Liverpool improved as they entered 1895, beating
season on 20 October 2-0 at home against second- West Bromwich Albion 4-0 on New Year’s Day but
from-bottom Stoke, but then lost 5-0 to Aston Villa at losing 5-0 to The Wednesday four days later. This “farcical
Villa Park, 3-0 to Burnley and 3-1 to Stoke. show at Olive Grove” didn’t put them off track and three
Everton’s first game at Anfield since the acrimonious straight League wins gave everybody renewed hope.
split took place on 17 November 1894. “Long before Farcical would be a better description of Liverpool's
the time fixed for the kick off the ground was well filled, first round game against Barnsley St Peter’s in the FA
while upon all the roads converging Anfieldwards the Cup on 2 February. Liverpool won the game 2-1 after
people, with all descriptions of vehicles, streamed past extra-time, but as the Liverpool Daily Post reported: “At
in one continuous flow,” reported the Liverpool Mercury. the close of the game, the Barnsley officials laid a protest
“When the game commenced, the ground, although with the referee in accordance with Rule 17 which
extra accommodation had been provided, was packed to provides that extra-time can be only be ordered if
the utmost, the crowd being estimated at over 25,000. both clubs mutually consent. Prior to extra-time being
Liverpudlians, embracing those who belong to the started, Barnsley protested and evidently the match will
Everton camp, those of the Liverpool camp, and those have to be counted as a draw and replayed at Liverpool.”
associated with no camp, were roused to a pitch of Barnsley were defeated 4-0 in the replay at Anfield.
unusual excitement.” Liverpool were next drawn at home against Nottingham
Kelso took the lead for Everton from the penalty spot Forest, which was comforting as Forest had been beaten
in the first half. David Hannah, who had arrived two comprehensively 5-0 at Anfield a month earlier. This
weeks earlier from Sunderland to boost the forward line, time Forest knocked them out 2-0.
equalised for Liverpool in the fifty-fifth minute with a Three weeks later, Liverpool lost again to Nottingham
“orand shot” which was so magnificent it “almost sent Forest 3-0 at Town Ground in the League and local
the crowd frantic, even the Evertonians applauding the media voiced everybody’ concern. “Are Liverpool
home team for their gallant play.’ Everton regained the going to escape the Test match or not?” The team lost
lead through Latta, but when only a few minutes were two and drew one in their last three League games and
left Liverpool were awarded a penalty from which Ross finished bottom, facing second division Bury in the Test
scored. Result 2-2 in a game “that had not a dull period.” match which determined if First or Second Division
Fans of the “Blue and Whites” hoped this great football would be on offer next season at Anfield.
performance would encourage the team to greater The Liverpool Mercury was confident: “Excitement
things and Liverpool certainly looked the part in the runs high as to the fortune of the Liverpool Club
following game against Sunderland at Newcastle Road. against Bury at Blackburn, but the Anfield Road players
McVean and David Hannah scored in the last 10 should not experience any difficulty in disposing of the
minutes of the first half and “everyone was aghast Second League champions if they settle down to their
and dismayed, and Tom Watson, the genial official and work in earnest fashion:’ The team was seriously depleted

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 25

1898/99 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Div 1 H The Wednesday Ww 2 W Goldie, H Morgan, T Robertson, J Walker
2 | Sep 10 Div 1 A { Sunderland | L 0-1 30000 jk.)
3 | Sep17 Div1 H Wolves Ww 1-0 15000 5 J Cox
4 | Sep 24 Div1 A Everton WwW 2-1 45000 | 3 A McCowie 2 (1 pen)
5 | Oct01 Div 1 H Notts County D 0-0 12000 | 3
6 | Octos | Divt A Stoke ill Mhaae? 8000 8 J Cox
7 [oct 15 Div H Aston Villa jt 0-3 20000 10
8 | Oct 22 | Div 1 A Burnley L 1-2 10000 12 H Morgan
9 | Oct 29 | Div1 H Sheff Utd W 2-1 10000 g G Allan, A McCowie (pen)
10 | Nov05 Div A Newcastle | Lt 0-3 20000 | 11
11 | Nov 12 Div 1 H Preston WwW 3-1 12000 4) G Allan, H Morgan 2
Div 1 A |_ Bury a ie 0-3 6000 13
Div 1 A Nottm For WwW 30 12000 11 A McCowie, H Morgan, J Walker
Div H Bolton Ww 20 12000 8 A McCowie, H Morgan
Div A Derby L 0-1 6000 10
Div 1 H WBA D 2-2 18000 9 H Morgan, J Walker
Div 1 A f Blackburn WwW 3-1 6000 8 J Cox, T Robertson 2
Div1 A | WBA Ww 1-0 10000 «|S H Morgan
Div1 A Notts County D 1-1 16000 6 G Allan
Div 1 A The Wednesday Ww 30 4000 5 G Allan (pen), Jimmy Massey (og), J Walker
| Div 1 A Sheff Utd Ww 2-0 12000 4 i J Cox, J Walker
Div 1 H Sunderland D 0-0 20000 3
Div1 A Wolves D 0-0 7000 3
Div 1 H Everton WwW 2-0 30000 2 T Robertson, J Walker
FAC 1 H Blackburn Ww 2-0 14000, | iPG Allan, J Cox
Div1 H Stoke Ww 1-0 8000 2 W Goldie
FAC 2 H Newcastle WwW 3-1 7000 William Higgins (og), H Morgan, A Raisbeck
Div 1 H Burnley Ww 20 12000 , 2 G Allan, T Robertson
FAC 3 | A WBA Ww 20 17124 | H Morgan, T Robertson
| div 1 | A | Preston Ww 21 | 9000 1 G Allan, H Morgan
FAC SF N Sheff Utd D222 35000 G Allan, H Morgan (at the City Ground)
FAC SF Rep N Sheff Utd D 4-4 20000 G Allan, J Cox, Peter Boyle (og), J Walker (at Burnden Park)
Div 1 H Nottm For JL 0-1 14000 2
FAC SF 2 N Sheff Utd L 0-1 9957 (at the Baseball Ground)
Div 1 A Bolton L 1-2 15000 ii 2 H Morgan
| Divt H Newcastle W 32] 12000 2 G Allan, J Cox, J Walker
Div1 H Derby | Ww 40 15000 1 A Raisbeck, J Walker 3
Div1 H Bury W 1-0 10000 1 J Walker
Div 1 H Blackburn Ww 20 20000 ] G Allan, T Robertson
40] A Div 1 A Aston Villa L 0-5 | _41357 2

before the game and without regulars David Hannah, arrived from Leith Athletic. England international Frank
Joe McQue, Duncan McLean, Frank Becton and John Becton, who had been bought late in the previous season
McCartney. Liverpool lost 1-0 to Bury and were relegated. from Preston, blossomed in the Second Division, scoring
It was a major set-back for the ambitious Houlding. 18 goals in 24 League games. Scottish left-back Billy
Liverpool bought a number of strong players for the Dunlop was progressing after arriving from Abercorn in
upcoming Second Division dogfight. Instant promotion January. He went on to play an impressive 363 games for
was the order of the day. Full-back Archie Goldie (149 Liverpool in the next 15 years.
games for Liverpool / 1 goal) was brought down from George Allan’s star shone the brightest as he scored no
Clyde, a new goalkeeper, Harry Storer (121 games) less than 25 goals in 20 League games in a season where
came mid-season from Woolwich Arsenal, England Liverpool scored a record 106 goals on their way to the
international forward Fred Geary (45/14) was bought Second Division title, registering their biggest-ever League
from Everton and most importantly George Allan (96/56) win when beating Rotherham 10-1 — a match where

26 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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Liverpool scored six goals in the opening ten minutes! the brief, but brilliantly meteoric existence the club has seen,
Allan would no doubt have scored more goals if he had their performances have been ofthe most startling order, and
not been suspended for eight matches from 14 October to the outcome of real merit; and if the fates this year prove
30 November for signing contracts both with Liverpool unpropitious towards the Anfield club in their endeavours
and St. Bernard’s FC upon leaving Leith Athletic. to regain a position infirst class football, their directors may
The Liverpool Mercury were again full of praise for yet claim another record in being persistently followed by
Liverpool's achievements: the vilest luck, such as never dogged the efforts of any other
football club before.”
“Liverpool, by again securing the Second Division
Championship, have created another record and covered The Second Division title didn’t, however, mean
themselves with well-earned honour and fame, and are, automatic promotion and Liverpool had to take
indeed, worthy of the title offootball “record breakers”. In part in a four-team mini league of Test matches with

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 27

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Goals | Starts | Goals Starts | Goals Total games
Billy Dunlop 0 6 0 39 0 Games won 22
Tom Robertson Il 33 | 6 6 1 39 il Games drawn 7
Hugh Morgan 32 10 6 3 38 13 Games lost 11
Alex Raisbeck 32 ] 6 | 38 2 Clean sheets — League 16
John Walker (ees2 1 6 ] 38 12 Clean sheets — Overall 18
George Allan 30 8 6 3 36 11 Total goals
Raby Howell 30 0 6 0 36 0 Average attendance at home — League
Jack Cox 27 5 6 2 33 7 Average attendance at home — Overall 14,684
William Goldie | Zia ee 6 0 33 2 Average goals per game — League
Harry Storer 27 0 5 0 32 0 Average goals per game — Overall 179
Archie Goldie 25 0 5 0 30 0
Andrew McCowie 12 5 0 0 12 5 =]
GencraGiavencen 8 0 1 0 g 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Charlie Wilson 7 0 0 0 7 0 League 49
Thomas Clegnom | 6 | 0 | 0 | o | 6 | 0 ae is
Bill Perkins 5 0 0 0 5 0
Bobby Marshall 3 0 0 0 3 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

oe : ; - ; : - Alex Raisbeck against The Wednesday 03.09.1898

ried Gea i a 5 Fr i 5 General Stevenson against Nottm For 26.11.1898
= Bill Perkins against Newcastle 03.04.1899

DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY |
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A | Points
Aston Villa 34 D 2 0 58 13 4 5 on 8 27 45
Liverpool 34 12 3 2 29 10 7 2 8 20 23 43
Burnley 34 11 5 i 32 5 4 4 g 3 eZ 39
Everton Geer eae hhiwlitwne melee eR
Notts County 34 g 6 2 33 20 3 7 i} 4 31 37
Blackburn Rovers 34 g 5 3 41 23 5 | 9 a 7s) i 36
Sunderland 34 1 3 3 26 0 4 3 10 15 31 36
Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 g i) 3 30 13 5 2 10 24 35 35
Derby County 34 1 5 1 46 9 1 6 0 6 38 35
Bury 34 g 5 3 31 8 5 2 10 ie ylees) 35
ottingham Forest 34 6 6 5 22 18 5 5 7 20 24 33
Stoke City ae" Pues eae 3 1 6 aaa |S
ewcastle United 34 g) 3 5 33 8 iD 5 0 6 30 30
West Bromwich Albion | 34 1 1 5 28 J 1 5 1 4 48 30
Preston North End | 34 10 4 3 29 14 0 5 12 5 33 29
Sheffield United | 34 fil ee 2 31 20 2 3 12 M8 29
Bolton Wanderers 34 6 5 6 24 21 3 2 12 3 25
The Wednesday 34 8 2 7 26 24 0 6 11 6 24

28 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

second placed Manchester City and Small Heath and derby 2-1 to Everton and a visit to Watson’s old club,
West Bromwich Albion of the top-flight. Two teams Sunderland, also ended in defeat — 4-3.
out of these four would play in the First Division the “The Reds” as Liverpool were now commonly
next season. Liverpool signalled their intentions by known since changing the colour of their shirts won
beating Small Heath 4-0 at Anfield. The return match two and drew one until the return game against
at Coventry Road was goalless, but Liverpool beat Sunderland took place at Anfield on 7 November
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at Anfield with goals from 1896 when “as in majority of the home games this
Bradshaw and Allan. With one game to go Liverpool year, the weather was simply wretched, and in addition
were back at football’s top table. to the ‘drizzling downpour a murky mist overspread
John McKenna retired to the boardroom after the the enclosure, and shrouded the players in a veil of
1895/96 season as Liverpool pulled off a masterstroke mystery, which threatened at one period to bring the
by convincing the best manager in the country, Tom game to an abrupt termination.” Liverpool ran out
Watson, to leave Sunderland and join the Anfield 3-0 winners and reached the top of the First Division
brigade. Despite being only 37 years of age Watson with 16 points, but only temporarily as other teams
had already won the First Division Championship three had on average played three games less. Sunderland
times in four seasons at Sunderland in 1892, 1893 and were badly shaken by Watson’s departure and took a
1895, finishing runners-up in 1894, as well as reaching dramatic tumble down the table, eventually finishing
the semi-finals of the FA Cup three times. Liverpool put second to bottom.
together a handsome financial package for Watson with Alf Milward’s dismissal in the second half of Everton’s
his annual salary said to be £300 — doubling what he visit to Anfield on 21 November was the main talking
had earned at Sunderland — when hejoined in July. point in a goalless draw. He became the first player in
Watson implemented a strict diet and new coaching the Merseyside derby to be sent off, after a scramble in
regime at Anfield, similar to that which had served him the penalty area in which he “charged McCartney in
so well at Sunderland. Breakfast at 8.30 ideally consisted such a style as to warrant the referee in ordering him
of weak tea, chops, eggs, dry toast or stale bread. Butter, off the field.”
sugar, potatoes and milk were not held in high regard. Liverpool played League champions and current
A glass of beer or claret was recommended at dinner. leaders Aston Villa on Christmas Day “in one of
Tobacco was to be “sparingly used.” Liverpool exercised the finest and hardest-fought games on the Anfield
two times a day, 9.45am and 3.30pm along with half enclosure.” Liverpool went two up but Villa managed
an hour stroll at 7.30am and one hour stroll at 7.30pm to equalise before half-time. After an hour’s play Allan
When “out walking the whole of the players must keep headed towards goal and a Villa player tipped the ball
together and accompany the trainer.” over with his hand. Liverpool were awarded a penalty
Liverpool’ game against The Wednesday on from which Becton scored. Michael went off injured and
1 September 1896 was not only the first the team Villa equalised again against their ten-man opponents.
played under new management but also, as the Liverpool The result was a 3-3 draw.
Daily Post, reported: “The first game in new red shirts Liverpool started 1897 by winning four out of
and white pants.” Liverpool had until then played in their first five matches, the run coming to an end in
blue and white. Though the team was sporting a new their biggest defeat of the season, a 6-1 humiliation
look, a few familiar faces were still in their ranks. Matt against Stoke City at the Victoria Ground where the
McQueen, Joe McQue, John McCartney and Malcolm team was no less than “outclassed, outmanoeuvred
McVean also featured for the club in its first season in and overwhelmingly outplayed at every point of
the Lancashire League in 1892. the game.”
George Allan picked up where he left off in the Villa and Liverpool faced each other in the FA Cup
Second Division and scored both Eiverpool’s goals in semi final only a week after a scoreless League draw at
a 2-1 opening day victory over The Wednesday. The Villa Park. Villa proved much stronger on the day and
optimism raised by playing under such an accomplished won 3-0. Villa beat Everton 3-2 in the final and won
manager as Watson faded a bit as Liverpool lost the the League Championship as well. Liverpool and Tom
next two games. In October they lost the Merseyside Watson were, however, very satisfied with finishing fifth

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 29

in the League, a big improvement on the club’s sole charged down. Walker met the rebound “and banged
season in the top-flight when finishing bottom two the ball into the net with terrific force.’ Shortly after
years previously. McQue added another for Liverpool with a long range
21-year-old George Allan had again been the shot that “rather easily beat McFarlane.” Becton finished
forward star of the team, scoring 15 out of the team’s 46 off Everton in the second half with a good header.
League goals, quite a few of them “with terrific force.” Liverpool’s first League victory over Everton had finally
It was a big blow for the club when he moved back to been accomplished.
Scotland in May 1897 to play for Celtic. There was quite a reversal of fortune three weeks
The Liverpool Mercury felt optimistic for the 1897/98 later when the Merseyside derby took place at
season: Goodison Park. Everton won convincingly 3-0 in a
game which was not played in as impressive a manner
“The prospects of the Liverpool Football Club are also as the Anfield one, as ugly incidents put their mark on
of the brightest character.A retrospective glance at the club’s the first half. “At occasional intervals there was more
brief though rather chequered history shows that there kicking of the man than of the ball. Everton were the
has been, even when labouring under the most gloomy chief offenders in this respect, and although the majority
conditions, an ardent spirit pervading the club that knew of fouls awarded were against them, and deservedly so,
not suppression.” the referee might have easily added many more, and
some reprehensible bits of work passed unnoticed. In
The first highlight ofthe season was the clash between the first minute, Meechan lashed out at Bradshaw, the
Liverpool and Everton at Anfield on 25 September. left-winger fortunately dodging the base attack. Later
Liverpool had so far failed to beat Everton in four League McCartney managed to avoid the referee’s eye with a
games and had only succeeded against them in their similar bit of work.”
first-ever battle in the final of the Liverpool Senior Cup As well as showing the importance of home support,
four-and-a-half years earlier at Bootle. these two different results from the Merseyside derbies
were refléctive of Liverpool’s inconsistency this season.
“Never in the history of local football has the Anfield They never got a good run together and finished
enclosure presented such a magnificent appearance as was a disappointing ninth compared to fifth the previous
the case on Saturday, when the two premier teams of the city season and with five less points.
met to decide thefirst of this year’s League engagements,” Tom Watson needed a leader for the team and he
reported one local journalist. certainly got that in 19-year-old Alex Raisbeck, who
“Though the allotted space around the playing arena was signed from Edinburgh Hibernians on 6 May 1898
served for a time its purpose of restraining the surging after impressing Tom Watson while on loan at Stoke for
multitude, which momentarily increased at a tremendous the Test matches. Raisbeck was a commanding centre-
rate, the barriers, altogether too frail for their purpose, half whose timing and athleticism enabled him to
were eventually brushed aside in two separate instances reach the ball before taller opponents. The Scotsman
as if they had been tissue paper. It was a well-mannered, was an inspirational figure in Liverpool’s defence for
good-tempered crowd, however, and with the assistance just over a decade and the club’s first-ever superstar.
of a strong posse of police order was quickly restored, “A man of Raisbeck’s proportions, style, and carriage
the invaders being allowed to squat along the touchline. would rivet attention anywhere,’ the Liverpool Echo’s
Other individuals who patronised the new stand were famous reporter, Ernest “Bee” Edwards would write
greatly tempted by the smooth iron supports to mount to of him. “He was a picture at five feet nine inches
higher points of vantage, and their struggles to attain what and fully 12-and-a-half stone; a fine and beautifully
might be termed a bird’s eye view furnished tremendous balanced figure.”
amusement of the crowd, roars of applause greeting the Watson, like his predecessor McKenna,
success of the fortunate ones.” strengthened the team with Scottish players. He re-
signed goalscorer supreme George Allan from Celtic
Some 30,000 spectators occupied all corners of the and, on 30 March 1898, completed the double Hearts
field on a beautiful sunny day. Everton took the lead capture of right-winger Tom Robertson and forward
after 23 minutes but held onto it only for seven minutes John Walker. Robertson only missed a single League
when Walker equalised after Cunliffe’s attempt was match over the next two seasons and overall had a

30 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

very successful four years stay at Liverpool, playing the ball into his own net for Liverpool’s third before
141 games and scoring 34 goals. Walker also spent Newcastle managed to squeeze one in, 3-1 the final
four years at the club before returning to Scotland, score. Liverpool were drawn away in the quarter-finals
scoring 31 goals in 120 games. against another First Division side, West Bromwich
Another player that came into prominence in the Albion, but goals from Morgan and Robertson brushed
1898/99 season was Liverpool-born 20-year-old Jack them away. Come March Liverpool were in the semi-
Cox who had been signed in December 1897 from finals of the cup as well as battling for the title. Their last
Blackpool. He was a tricky and speedy winger who defeat had been on 10 December.
contributed a high number of goals and is a true legend After being defeated four times in the semi-finals
at the club, making 361 appearances and scoring 80 of the FA Cup Tom Watson was hoping his time had
goals in his 12 years at Liverpool. finally come. A momentous duel with Sheffield United
Liverpool’s most dramatic season in their six-year awaited Liverpool in the semis. The teams drew 2-2 at
history lay ahead. Tom Watson had assembled a strong City Ground, Nottingham in their first game. The replay

team that was ready to challenge for the title. at Burnden Park five days later was an amazing affair; a
Two teams had been added to the First Division 4-4 draw in which Liverpool twice threw away a two-goal
for the 1898/99 season, the total of 18 teams meaning
lead. The Liverpool Echo reporter was clearly frustrated at
34 League games instead of 30. Liverpool started the team’s failure to reach the final at Crystal Palace:
the campaign with a convincing 4-0 win over The
“After the trials and tribulations of the last days,
Wednesday. Everton were beaten 2-1 at Goodison Park
notably one day at Nottingham and one day at Bolton,
but the Reds failed to use their first victory on
I have reason to thank heaven that I am a philosopher.
Everton’s ground to further glory and lost three out of
That fact alone has enabled me to overcome the bitter
the following four games. The same inconsistency as in
disappointment of the two fiascos to which the vague
the previous season was in evidence until late~December.
allusion has just been made. I use the word fiasco advisedly.
From 31 December until 4 February, Liverpool
Anybody who cares to use a stronger and more highly
scored 10 goals without reply in five wins from seven
coloured expression is quite at liberty to do so. The ugly
games, among them a 2-( win over Everton at Anfield,
fact remains that the Liverpool team has thrown away two
doing the double over their neighbours for the first time.
splendid chances of going to the Crystal Palace, and if at
Up next were Newcastle in the second round of
the third venture they get hopelessly whacked, they needn't
the FA Cup. Liverpool had dispatched of Blackburn
look for sympathy in this city.”
2-0 at Anfield in the first round and now got another
First Division team at home. Watson’s line-up against
A second replay was played at Fallowfield in
Neweastle as so often this season was the following: Manchester on a Monday night. However, it proved way
too small a venue for such a big game. Overcrowding
Goal
resulted in fans tumbling onto the pitch and the first
Storer
half lasted 105 minutes. Liverpool were leading with
George Allan’s goal in the second half when the referee
Right back Left back
was forced to abandon the game. Allan’s goal was now
A. Goldie Dunlop
rendered meaningless to the dismay of the Liverpool
press, which claimed the Reds had been robbed of a
Half backs
goal and the final.
Howell Raisbeck = W. Goldie
A new game took place at Derby in which a
single goal in the eighty-fifth minute decided the tie
Right wing Left wing unfortunately in United’s favour. Watson had once
Cox Walker Allan Morgan Robertson more failed to overcome the last hurdle to the final. A
triple suspension threat rocked Liverpool’s title assault
Morgan put the Reds 1-0 up after five minutes when referee Kingscott charged William Goldie for
of play. The highlight of the game was undoubtedly “discourteous language” after the conclusion of the
Alex Raisbeck’s first goal for Liverpool scored “with a game along with his teammates Alex Raisbeck and John
beautiful shot” from a long way out. Higgins headed Walker for refusing to divulge their comrade’s name to

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 31

him. Goldie was banned for the last three matches ofthe position, and today’s encounter was watched with almost
season. Raisbeck and Walker escaped punishment but painful anxiety and interest,’ the Liverpool Echo reported .
were “severely reprimanded.” on the most important game in Liverpool’s history.
Liverpool now focused only on the League with six “Neither club spared time or money in preparing for
games left. They went 1-0 up against Bolton at Burnden the fray, and both elevens turned out in the peak of
Park in the first minute through Morgan but lost 2-1. condition. The Anfielders had been away all week at St
The Reds conceded two goals against Newcastle in the Anne’s, where they underwent strict training, while the
next game but scored three. Watson’s men won the next Midlanders selected Holt Fleet for their health resort.”
three games, which were all at Anfield, scoring seven Liverpool lost the toss and pretty much lost
goals without conceding any. Fate had it that Liverpool everything after that. The half-time score was not to be
faced their main championship rivals, Aston Villa, at Villa believed: the team that hadn’t conceded for three games
Park in the final round. Both teams had 43 points, but running were 5-0 down, which turned out to be the final
only a win would do Liverpool as Villa had a slightly score. During the interval a band played “Au Revoir”
better goal average of 1,775 (71 scored / 40 conceded) to Villa supporters’ amusement. Liverpool could just as
against 1,75 (49/28). well say goodbye to the League Championship. They had
“For some weeks past Liverpool and Aston Villa never been closer to the title and would have to wait a
have been running a neck and neck race for the coveted couple of years before that mission was accomplished.

Top left: Liverpool's 1893/94 team

in front of the Sandon Hotel;
Top right: Liverpool going
for the 1899 double;
Bottom: Anfield’s main stand in 1894.

32 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Top: The class of 1907/08;
Bottom left: George Bowen's
contract from 1901;
Bottom right: The glorious
Spion Kop!

1899-1909
1899/1900 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Sep 02 Div 1 A Stoke L 23 10000 12 J Hunter, A Raisbeck
2 | Sep 09 Div H Sunderland L 0-2 20000 16
3 | Sep 16 Div A WBA L 0-2 10000 17
4 | Sep 23 Div H Everton L 1-2 30000 17 T Robertson
5 | Sep 30 Div 1 A | Blackburn L 0-2 7000 18
6 | Oct 05 Div A Notts County L 1-2 10000 18 J Cox
7 | Oct 07 Div H Derby L 0-2 12000 | 18
8 | Oct 14 Div A Bury L 1-2 6000 18 J Walker
9 | Oct21 Div1 H Notts County WwW 3-1 10000 18 A Raisbeck, T Robertson, J Walker
10 | Oct 28 Div 1 A jan City WwW 1-0 20000 7 T Robertson
1 | Novo4 | Div H Sheff Utd D 2-2 20000 18 J Hunter, T Robertson
12 | Nov11 Div1 A ewcastle D -| 8000 16 J Walker
13 | Nov 18 Div 1 H Aston Villa D 3-3 20000 15 H Morgan, A Raisbeck, J Walker
14 | Nov 25 Div H Wolves D a 12000 6 J Walker
5 | Dec 02 Div A Burnley L 1-2 5000 6 J Walker
6 | Dec 09 Div H Preston W -0 7000 | 15 J Walker
17 | Dec 16 Div 1 A Nottm For L 0-1 5000 6
8 | Dec 23 Div H Glossop FC WwW 5-2 5000 15 C Satterthwaite 3, J Hunter 2
9] Dec 25 Div A Derby L 2-3 10000 5 J Hunter, T Robertson
20 | Dec 30 Div H Stoke De 10-0 5000 3
21 | Jan 06 Div A Sunderland L 0-1 3000 7
22 | Jan 13 Div H WBA Ww 2-0 6000 16 H Morgan 2
23 | Jan 20 Div A Everton lt 1-3 30000 16 S Raybould
24 | Jan 27 FAC 1 A Stoke D 0-0 8000
25 | Feb 01 FAC 1 Rep H Stoke Ww 1-0 10000 J Hunter
26 | Feb 03 Div 1 H Blackburn WwW 3-1 6000 6 T Robertson, J Cox 2
27 aren Tae FAC 2 H WBA D 1-1 15000 | J Cox
28 | Feb 21 FAC 2 Rep A WBA t Tez 13000 T Robertson
29 | Mar 03 Div1 H Man City WwW 5-2 20000, | 4 J Cox, C Satterthwaite, J Walker, S Raybould 2 (1 pen)
30 | Mar 10 Div 1 A Sheff Utd W 2-4 15000 13 S Raybould, C Satterthwaite
[ai| Mar 17 Div 1 | H Newcastle Ww 2-0 18000 2 T Robertson, J Walker
32 | Mar24 | Div1 A Aston Villa L 0-1 15000 3
33 | Mar 31 Div A Wolves Ww 1-0 7000 | 2 T Robertson
34 | Apr 07 Div 1 H Burnley L 0-1 10000 4
35 | Apr 09 Div 1 | H Bury WwW 2-0 5000 1 S Raybould 2
36 | Apr 14 Div 1 A Preston WwW 3-4 5000 1 J Cox, S Raybould, C Satterthwaite
37 | Apr 21 Div H Nottm For W 1-0 10000 10 T Robertson (pen)
38 | Apr 28 Div 1 A Glossop FC W 2-1 2000 0 W Goldie, J Walker

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APPEARANCES & GOALS

Player
Billy Dunlop 34 0 4 0 38 | 0
Tom Robertson eis 4 1 38 | 10
Alex Raisbeck 4 0 36 3 Games lost
John Walker 4 0 31 10 Clean sheets — League
Jack Cox 25 5 4 1 29 6 Clean sheets — Overall
William Goldie 25 1 4 0 29 1 Total goals
Raby Howell 26 0 Zz 0 28 0 Average attendance at home — League
Bill Perkins 23 0 4 0 27 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Hugh Morgan 23 3 3 0 26 3 Average goals per game — League
Archie Goldie 21 0 4 0 25 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Charlie Wilson 22 ae 0) Nea io
John Hunter 20 5 4 1 24 6
GrarlesGancraivarel ina 6 |0 0 18 6 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
General Stevenson 13 0 0 0 13 0 League | 49
Sam Raybould 1 7 0 0 i 7 [FAC
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Peter Su 4 0 1 0 5 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

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DIVISION 1

Team Played| W D L D Points

Aston Villa 34 12 4 1 45 10 2 5 32 17
Sheffield United 34 1 5 1 40 11 7 7 3 23 22
Sunderland 34 12 2 és] 27 <] 7 1 g 2 26
Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 8 4 5 28 16 7 5 5 20 21
Newcastle United 34 | 0 5 2 34 15 s) 5 9 ] 28
Derby County 34 i 2 4 3 15 3 6 8 3 28
Manchester City 34 0 3 4 33 15 3 5 9 7 29
Nottingham Forest 34 12 3 L 42 16 1 5 11 4 39
Stoke City 34 9 5 3 24 15 4 g 10 3 30
[Liverpool 34 9 4 4 31 19 5 1 11 18 26
Everton 34 1 i 5 30 iS) 2 6 i) il 34
Bury 34 yh 7} 3 29 14 | 4 12 i 30
West Bromwich Albion 34 8 6 3 27 1 3 2 12 16 40
Blackburn Rovers 34 12 2 3 38 22 1 2 14 1 39
Notts County 34 5 7 5 29 22 4 4 9 7 38
Preston North End 34 9 3 5 28 20 3 1 13 10 28
Burnley 34 10 2 5 28 17 ] 3 6
Glossop FC 34 4 6 7 19 22 0 4 2

36 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The Story Of The Decade will be some hope of realising the success which has been
predicted for the Liverpool club. However, we have made a
ee endured an abysmal start to the 1899/1900 good beginning, and, for that Allah be praised!”
season, losing eight games in a row which effectively
finished the season early. Local journalists were at a loss The Reds scored 10 goals to 1 in their first 3 games
to explain the team’s form. “The question now agitating with Sam Raybould and Tom Robertson netting 4 and
most minds is whether Liverpool intend scoring any 3 goals respectively. Raybould was a future legend at the
points in this season’s League tourney. On present form club and became the first player to score 100 League goals
they are not likely to do so. Whatever other failings may for the club, a feat he achieved in 162 matches between
be placed to the account of the present Liverpool team, 20 January 1900 and 9 December 1905. His abilities
they cannot be charged with inconsistency for they were obvious to everyone. “He is a dangerous player
continue to lose match after match, whether at home or when 1n possession, and backs who make mistakes might
abroad, with surprising regularity. If this be the true form as well concede a goal straight away,’ the local press
of the players there is only one remedy. The reserve team reported admiringly.
couldn’t fare worse; but it seems astonishing that they can Next up was the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
have lost all their skill in a few months summer vacation,” “The Local Lions” as they were called had both gained
reported one local journalist. the maximum number of points so far. They drew 1-1 in
A tragedy overshadowed these eight successive an entertaining game and in the next six League games
defeats. George Allan, Liverpool’s most prolific goalscorer Liverpool won three and lost three.
in the early years of the club’s existence, had been too ill Liverpool took defending champions Aston Villa to
to report for pre-season training and died of tuberculosis the cleaners with a 5-1 win on 10 November 1900 at
on 16 October 1899. He was 24-years-old. Anfield. Raybould’s second goal of the game was the
“The Anfielders” made a key signing in Sam Raybould pick of the bunch. “Robertson tricking Noon in his old
in January 1900.The forward arrived from second division style, flashed along the touch-line to near the corner
New Brighton Tower where he had scored 10 goals in flag,’ reported one local scribe. “Here he sent across
13 games. He made his debut for Liverpool against West to Raybould, who was coming along with a wet sail,
Bromwich Albion and from that day on the team showed and without the slightest check in his speed the home
a clear improvement. Raybould endeared himself to the centre reached the ball just as it touched the ground, and
club’s faithful in his second game when he scored in the George could only feel the waft of air as the ball crashed
first minute of the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. past him.”
Everton, however, responded with three. Liverpool struggled to impress following this out-
Left-winger Charles Satterthwaite, signed from Burton standing win, inconsistency not worthy of a champion-
Swifts, scored a hat-trick in only his second appearance elect. On New Year’s Day 1901, the team was in sixth
against Glossop FC at Anfield on 23 December. Liverpool place but only three points behind Nottingham Forest at
were on their way up the table. the top and with a game in hand.
Liverpool finished the season on a high after winning Liverpool and Everton clashed at Anfield on 19
eight out of their last ten games but tenth was a massive January 1901. A record attendance had seen the derby
disappointment compared to their runners-up spot the at Goodison Park but a continuous downpour kept fans
previous year. However, the greatest-ever season in their away from Anfield, which resembled a quagmire. Everton
short history awaited. Liverpool started the 1900/01 had the best of the play for most of the lively first half
season with a convincing 3-0 win over Blackburn on in difficult conditions as “before the play had progressed
1 September. “There was the same rousing cheer as the many minutes the players were almost unrecognisable on
familiar red figures emerged on the green sward, which was account of their mud-splattered garments,” reported the
in splendid condition,’ reported the Liverpool Mercury. Echo. Taylor put Everton into the lead in the twentieth
The Liverpool Echo was optimistic for the season ahead, minute, but Liverpool equalised against the run of play
curiously praising Allah in the process: seventeen minutes later. “Liverpool made a sudden rush,
Robertson starting the move, and getting the better ofthe
“Neither had Liverpool much to beat in Blackburn opposing half and back, he swung the ball across, where
Rovers. Stoke will extend the Anfielders no doubt this Eccles and Booth each failed to stem the threatened
afternoon, and if Tom Watson’s boys prove victorious there danger. Cox, who up to this point had been practically

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 37

1900/01 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Div1 H Blackburn Ww 30 | 20000 1 S Raybould, T Robertson, C Satterthwaite
2 | Sep 08 Div 1 A Stoke W 2-1 10000 4 S Raybould, T Robertson
3 | Sep15 Div 1 H WBA WwW 5-0 18000 2 W Goldie, T Robertson, J Walker, S Raybould 2
4 | Sep 22 Div 1 A Everton D 1-1 44324 2 S Raybould
5 | Sep 29 Div 1 H Sunderland L 1-2 20000 | 4 C Wilson
6 | Oct 06 Div 1 A Derby WE CEZ 8000 4 J Walker, T Robertson 2
Jal Ochs Div 1 H Bolton WwW 2-1 12000 2 J Cox, C Satterthwaite
8 | Oct 20 Div1 A Notts County L 0-3 18000 5
9 | Oct 27 Div 1 H Preston W 3-2 12000 4 J Cox, A McGuigan, S Raybould
0 ov 03 Div1 A Wolves L 1-2 12000 4 ifJ Walker
1 ov 10 Div1 H Aston Villa We 05-1 18000 6) A McGuigan, S Raybould 2, J Walker 2
12 | Nov17 Div1 A The Wednesday L 2-3 10000 5 A Raisbeck, S Raybould
13 | Nov 24 Div 1 A Newcastle D 1-1 17000 5 J Cox
14 | Dec 01 Div 1 H Sheff Utd L 1-2 15000 6 C Satterthwaite
15 | Dec 08 Div 1 A Man City WwW 43 20000 6 J Cox, A McGuigan, S Raybould, T Robertson
6 | Dec 15 Div 1 H Bury Ww 1-0 14000 4 J Cox
17 | Dec 22 Div A Nottm For D 6-0-0 6000 5
18 | Dec 25 Div 1 H Derby D 00 18000 2
19 | Dec 29 Div A Blackburn | L 1-3 8000 i S Raybould
20 | Jan 01 Div H Stoke W 3-4 15000 6 J Cox, A McGuigan, T Robertson
21 | Jar 05 FAC Sup. A West Ham Ww 1-0 6000 S Raybould
22 | Jan 19 Div1 H Everton L 1-2 18000 8 J Cox
23 | Feb 09 FAC 1 A Notts County L 0-2 15000
24 | Feb 16 Div A Bolton L 0-1 8000 | 8
25 | Feb 23 Div A Sunderland Ww 1-0 11249 7 J Cox
26 | Mar 02 Div A | Preston D 2-2 1500 7 S Raybould, C Satterthwaite
ral Mar 09 Div1 H Wolves Ww 1-0 | 15000 | 6 S Raybould
28 | Mar 16 Div A Aston Villa Ww 20 14000 6 J Hunter, A McGuigan
29 | Mar 23 Div H The Wednesday D 4-1 12000 4 S Raybould
30 | Mar 30 Div H Newcastle Ww 30 10000 le 3 § Raybould, J Hunter2
31 | Apr 08 Div H Notts County Ww 1-0 15000 4 S Raybould
32 | Apr13 Div1 H | Man City WwW 3-4 14000 3 J Cox, T Robertson 2
33 | Apr 20 Div A Bury D0-0 8000 4
34 | Apr 22 Div A Sheff Utd Ww 20 6000 2 S Raybould, C Satterthwaite
35 | Apr 27 Div H | Nottm For WwW 2-0 20000 2 J Cox, W Goldie
|36| Apr 29 Div A WBA Ww 1-0 4000 1 J Walker

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Total games
William Goldie Games won
Tom Robertson 34 9 Z 0 36 9 Games drawn
Bill Perkins 34 0 2 0 36 0 Games lost
Billy Dunlop 33 0 2 0 35 | 0 Clean sheets — League
Jack Cox 32 10 2 0 34 10 Clean sheets — Overall
Alex Raisbeck 31 1 2 0 33 | Total goals
Sam Raybould 31 17 2 1 33 18 Average attendance at home — League
John Walker 29 6 1 0 30 6 Average attendance at home — Overall
John Robertson | 2 | 0 2 Mes ee ee Average goals per game — League
Charlie Wilson 25 ] 2 0 27 ] Average goals per game — Overall
Charles Satterthwaite | 21 a 0 0 21 5
Andy McGuigan 14 5 ft 0 16 5
John Glover 10 0 0 0 10 0 ]
John Hunter 8 8 | i 0 9 3
Maurice Parry 8 0 0 0 8 0
Raby Howell 2 0 0 0 2 0
Thomas John Hunter 2 0 0 0 2 0
PLAYER DEBUTS
John Davies 1 0 0 0 1 0
John Robertson against Blackburn
|
Andy McGuigan against Derby 06.10.1900
Maurice Parry against Bolton
John Glover against Notts County
John Davies against Wolves 09.03.1901
DIVISION 1

HOME
Team Played] W | D | t | F | A [Ww Points
Liverpool 34 12 2 3 36 13 7
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Notts County 34 3 2 2 39 8 5 Z 10 i
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Aston Villa 34 8 5 4 32 18 2 5 0 2 33 30
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_ idle, pounced upon the ball like a greyhound and before Sunderland had already played all their 34 League
“Muir had realised what had happened his citadel was games and had 43 points to Liverpool’s 41. But the
captured, amid a perfect hurricane of cheering.” Reds had two games still to play. The weather was fine
| When the teams came out for the second half, they and so was Liverpool’s performance. Jack Cox gave the
“were both wearing clean, dry kit and seemed ready home fans something to shout about. “When the game
for action. But the crowd noticed that team captains, had been in progress in about twenty-five minutes the
Raisbeck and Settle, were in heavy discussion, “evidently home right wingers worked the ball up towards the
discussing the advisability of abandoning the match, but Notts goal, and at the proper moment Robertson shot
the crowd loudly exclaimed, ‘Play the game!’” hard, and struck one of the goal posts, and rebounded
Both teams kept up an admirable pace but “‘as time to Cox, who promptly fastened on and placed the ball
wore on matters became more difficult than ever from past Linacre. Liverpool’s goal, being cheered to the
a player’s point of view, the churned mud and water echo,” reported the Liverpool Echo. William Goldie sealed
rendering anything like accurate play quite out of the Liverpool’s win, shooting home after Liverpool were
question and luck necessarily played a prominent part in awarded a free kick.
the game.’ Taylor scored the winning goal for Everton Liverpool had to get a draw in their last game of
in the sixty-second minute. the season against relegation-doomed West Bromwich
The spectators’ will to see the game through was Albion to be sure of League title success, as Sunderland
maybe to poke fun at the struggling players as “The were equal on points with a superior goal average. The
Trifler” wrote in his notes of the game in the Echo.“[The deciding goal came late in the game. “Robertson only
players] slipped and floundered in the sad coloured clay just missed scoring for Liverpool and at the other end
in a quite smashing fashion, cutting such fantastic capers Garfield was charged off the ball just when about to
as caused the crowd to roar. It is always amusing to see shoot at an almost open goal,” recorded the Daily Express.
a fellow creature making himself ridiculous, and the “At last, however, Liverpool got away and Walker scored.”
appearance of all the men after the game had been in A fife and drum band playing “the conquering hero”
progress five minutes would have made even the Sphinx welcomed the Liverpool team on its return from The
smile. Having little else to laugh at, the humid spectators Hawthorns. The plan was to lift secretary, Tom Watson,
found amusement in noting the party-coloured pattern shoulder-high in celebration but, as the Liverpool Echo put
of Dunlop’s pants, and the murky sadness of Proudfoot’s it, “no arms were long enough to grip his girth.” How
profile. Then they looked at their own garments and the sweet it must have been for’ Tom Watson to jump over his
smiles faded into thin air.” old team Sunderland at the last hurdle and into the top
It was painful enough to lose to their neighbours, spot. Incredibly Liverpool had only been twice top ofthe
but in the next game Liverpool lost to Notts County in League that season, after the first game and the last!
the first round of the FA Cup and also the next League The Daily Telegraph gave generous tribute to the first
game against Bolton. Liverpool’s title-charge seemed to time League Champions:
be fading. However, Tom Watson’s current team beat his
former one, high-flying Sunderland, 1-0 on 23 February “After nearly a decade of ups and downs between
and went full steam ahead after that. Tom Robertson, the divisions, Liverpool have finally won the League title.
Sam Raybould and Jack Cox were sharp up front while Liverpool made a bright start to the season, winning their
Raisbeck marshalled the defence. From 2 March until first three games. But in-and-out form left them well adrift
20 April Liverpool won five League games out of eight, of Sunderland, and when they suffered their third defeat
drawing the other three, scoring thirteen goals and in four games, at Bolton in mid-February, there was no
conceding four. thought of the Championship. Then came the turning
Raybould and Satterthwaite scored one each as point. They went to Roker Park and beat Sunderland
Liverpool beat Sheffield United and the Reds faced 1-0, the start ofa 12-match unbeaten run that took them
Nottingham Forest in the penultimate game of the through thefield to the title.
1900/01 season in “What may be looked upon as the “With only 59 goals, Liverpool have nevertheless
decider in the League tournament, which all the world broken the First Division scoring dominance ofAston Villa,
and his wife knows.” who finished well down the table with 45. But their real

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 41

1901/02 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Sep 02 A Small Heath
2 | Sep07 Div 1 | A Stoke L 0-1 10000 14
3 | Sep 14 Div 1 H Everton D 22 30000 13 S Raybould, W White
4 | Sep21 Div 1 A Sunderland |_D 1-1 16000 14 J Cox
5 | Sep 28 Div 1 H Small Heath WwW 3-1 20000 7 T Robertson (pen), S Raybould 2
6 | Oct 05 Div1 A Derby D 1-1 8000 8 T Robertson
7 | Oct 12 Div 1 H The Wednesday L 1-2 15000 13 T Robertson
8 | Oct 19 Div 1 | A Notts County D 2-2 10000 1 J Cox, J Hunter
9 | Oct 26 | Div1 H Bolton D 1-1 16000 1 A McGuigan
Nov 02 Div 1 A Man City Weiroe2 20000 9 J Cox, T Robertson, C Satterthwaite
Nov 09 Div 1 | H Wolves Ww 41 16000 7 T Robertson (pen), C Satterthwaite, A McGuigan 2
Nov 23 Div 1 A Newcastle L 0-1 18000 Z
Nov 30 Div1 H Aston Villa WwW 1-0 18000 9 S Raybould
Dec 07 [ Div 1 A Sheff Utd L 1-2 12000 12 S Raybould
Dec 14 Div 1 H Nottm For L 0-2 12000 3
Dec 26 T divi H Sunderland L 0-1 20000 3 |
Dec 28 Div 1 H Blackburn Ww to | 12000 3 A McGuigan
Jan 04 Div 1 H Stoke Ww 7-0 10000 12 S Raybould 2, A McGuigan 5
Jan 11 Div1 A Everton | L 0-4 25000 14
Jan 25 FAC 1 i H Everton D 2-2 25000 J Hunter, T Robertson
Jan 30 FAC 1 Rep A Everton W 2-0 20000 William Balmer (og),JHunter
Feb 01 Div 1 A Bury D 0-0 7000 14
Feb 08 FAC 2 A Southampton L 1-4 20000 G Fleming
Feb 15 Div 1 H Notts County L 0 10000 15
Feb 22 Div 1 A Bolton L 0 10000 16
Mar 01 Div 1 H I Man City Ww 40 20000 14 J Cox, S Raybould 3
Mar08 | Div1 A Wolves L 1-3 6000 eel S Raybould
Mar 15 | Div A Grimsby Town D 1- 6000 - 15 A Goddard
Mar 22 Div 1 H Newcastle L 0 12000 15
Mar 29 Div 1 | A Aston Villa WwW 1-0 20000 15 G Fleming
Apr 01 Div 1 A The Wednesday D ls 15000 15 S Raybould
Apr 05 Div 1 H Sheff Utd Ww 1-0 5000 14 S Raybould
Apr 12 Div 1 A | Nottm For D 1-1 5000 15 A Goddard
Apr 14 Div 1 H Derby LE 0-2 12000 16
Apr 19 Div H Bury Ww 1-0 12000 16 S Raybould
Apr 21 Div H | Grimsby Town D 2-2 12000 14 S Raybould 2 (1 pen)
Apr 26 Div 1 i A Blackburn D 1-1 2000 11 J Walker

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APPEARANCES & GOALS

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Starts Goals Total games
William Goldie (=) Games won
Billy Dunlop 3 0 Games drawn
Bill Perkins 3 0 Games lost
Jack Cox 3 0 Clean sheets — League
Sam Raybould 0 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Alex Raisbeck 0 3 0 0 Total goals
George Fleming ] 2 1 2 Average attendance at home — League
Tom Robertson 5 a 1 6 Average attendance at home — Overall
Andy McGuigan g 3 0 9 Average goals per game — League
John Robertson 0 3 0 0 Average goals per game — Overall
John Glover 0 0 0 0
John Walker 1 0 0 ]
Maurice Parry 0 0 0 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
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Arthur Goddard 1 2 0 0 2
Charlie Wilson 8 0 3 0 0

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William Henry Marshall 1 0 0 0 1 0
Richard Morris against Bury 19.04.1902

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Sunderland 12 dete eee 7 3
Everton 11 2 4 6 5
Newcastle United 34 11 3 2 3 6
Blackburn Rovers 34 12 2 3 3 4
Nottingham Forest 4 2 2 5
Derby County 5 1 2 4 11 13 31
Bury 5 1 2 3 12 13 29
Aston Villa 5 3 4 3 0 15 | 27
The Wednesday 5 3 4 a 10 18 | 38
Sheffield United 5 2 3 2 12 15 35
Liverpool 3 6 2 9 6 14 22
Bolton Wanderers 6 1 2 2 3 18 39
Notts County 2 3 2 2 ig rf 38
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 2 1 5 a 14 44
Grimsby Town 3 3 2 3 Zi 11 44
Stoke City 4 3 1 3) 1 14 43
Small Heath 5 4 3 3 11 16 31
Cee City 3 4 1 3

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strength has been in defence, with Scottish international boards advertising the club’s matches.
centre-half Alec Raisbeck outstanding in the middle.” Liverpool struggled to follow up their League
success and finished eleventh in the 1901/02 season.
The team most frequently lined up like this in the What irritated Liverpool supporters no end was that for
34 League games in the 1900-1901 season — number of the first time in a few years Everton were considerably
appearances in brackets: stronger in the League, grabbing second place, trailing
by three points to Sunderland. One notable individual
Goalkeeper achievement was Andy McGuigan’s feat of becoming
Bill Perkins (34) the first Liverpool player to score five goals in a League
match in a 7-0 win against Stoke on 4 January 1902. He
Right back Left back later became a club director at Liverpool. John Miller
John Robertson (25) Billy Dunlop (33) had prior to McGuigan become Liverpool’: first-ever
player to net five in one game, in the Lancashire League
Half backs in December 1892.
Charlie Wilson (25), Alex Raisbeck (31) > A future legend was bought on 24 February 1902
William Goldie (34) from Glossop.Arthur Goddard was a regular on the wing
for nearly a decade-and-a-half at Liverpool, thoroughly
Right wing Left wing deserving his place in Liverpool's official Hall of Fame.
Tom Robertson (34) Jack Cox (32) One event overshadowed Liverpool's 1901/02
season. Hardly a year had passed since John Houlding
Forwards saw his dream come true with Liverpool winning the
John Walker (29), Sam Raybould (31), League title, when the club mourned the death of its
Charles Satterthwaite (21) founder and President. Houlding had died at a hotel in
Nice on 17 March 1902.
The Liverpool Echo congratulated the new champions Liverpool needed a boost the following season and
effusively: it was provided by Sam Raybould who was absolutely
on fire, scoring 32 goals in 34 appearances and
“The League tournament has finished for another becoming Liverpool’s first-ever 30 goals in a season
season, and Liverpool enthusiasts are proud that the striker. Raybould was also the First Division’s top-scorer.
Anfield road contingent have honoured the city by bringing His goalscoring exploits were however not enough for
the League trophy to the banks of the Mersey, Liverpool a top spot and Liverpool had to make do with fifth
have fully made up for a moderate season, and from a poor place with 38 points, four points behind champions
tenth (their position last year) they have now to be hailed The Wednesday.
as League champions for 1900-1.” What happened during the 1903/04 season
astounded the club’ fans. Liverpool completely
collapsed in the League, losing their opening five games.
Tough at the top The club suffered as Sam Raybould, John Glover and
William Goldie were banned for seven months after
n 1 April 1901 the Football League ruled that accepting ‘financial inducements’ to move to Southern
Os salaries should be capped at £4 a week and League Portsmouth. They were not allowed to play
signing-on fees limited to £10. Liverpool had offered football until after 31 December 1903 and could never
better wages than most rivals and suffered because of join Portsmouth. The Football League had since
this ruling. They failed to attract top signings but still its inception in 1888 been based predominantly in
managed to keep all of their key players. The club tried the North and Midlands. The Southern League was
to get around the new ruling by giving the players other the dominant competition in Southern and Central
jobs at the club which they got extra money for. Alex England. Portsmouth tried to use lack of regulations
Raisbeck, for example, worked as a bill-inspector for the governing transfers between the leagues to their
club, supposedly responsible for checking public notice advantage, but their approach was deemed as illegal.

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1902/03 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Sep 06 Div 1 H Blackburn W 5-2 20000 7 G Livingstone, J Cox 2, S Raybould 2
2 | Sep 13 Div 1 A Sunderland ole 1-2 20000 g S Raybould (pen)
3 | Sep 20 Div 1 H | Stoke i iy 20000 10 Leigh Roose (og)
4 | Sep 27 Div 1 A Everton L 1-3 | 40000 13 S Raybould (pen)
Be (Oct 04 Div1 H The Wednesday WwW 42 17000 12 A Goddard, G Livingstone, S Raybould 2 (1 pen)
6 | Oct11 Div 1 A WBA W 2-1 20000 11 S Raybould 2
7 | Oct 18 Div 1 H Notts County L 0-2 16000 14
8 | Oct 25 Div 1 A Bolton D 1-1 8000 13 S Raybould
9 | Nov0l Div H | Middlesbrough WwW 5-0 15000 11 E Chadwick, J Cox, S Raybould 3
10 | Nov 08 Div A Newcastle WwW 2-1 5000 6 A Goddard, S Raybould
11 | Nov15 Div H Wolves Ww41 15000 6 J Cox, A Goddard, G Livingstone, S Raybould
12 | Nov 22 [ Div A Derby L 1-2 10000 7 E Chadwick
13 | Nov 29 Div 1 A Sheff Utd 02 7000 | 7 a
14 | Dec 06 Div 1 H Grimsby Town W 92 5000 7 G Livingstone, E Chadwick 2, A Goddard 2, S Raybould 4 (1 pen)
15 | Dec 13 Div A Aston Villa WwW 2-1 20000 Guia Goddard, S Raybould
16 | Dec 20 Div H Nottm For W 2-1 16000 6 J Cox, A Goddard
17 | Dec 25 Div 1 H Bolton W 5-1 20000 | 3 E Chadwick, J Cox, S Raybould (pen), C Wilson 2
18 | Dec 27 Div A Bury L 1-3 11000 6 S Raybould
19 | Jan 01 Div H WBA {th ae 25000 7
20 | Jan 03 Div A Blackburn L 1-3 5000 | 8 T Green
21] Jani? | Div1 A | Stoke Lor | 5000 10
22 {|Jan31_| Divt A The Wednesday | L 1-3 15000 13 A Goddard
23 | Feb 07 FAC 1 A Man Utd Wee 1-2 15000 S Raybould
24 | Feb 14 Div A BR Notts County We 24 7000 11 A Goddard 2
25 | Feb 28 Div 1 A Middlesbrough | W_ 2-0 15000 1 E Chadwick, S Raybould
26 | Mar 07 Div H Newcastle WwW 3-0 15000 7 A Raisbeck, S Raybould 2
27 | Mar23 | Div1 H Derby Ww 3-1 8000 </ |_JCox, W Goldie, S Raybould
28 | Mar28 | Div1 H Sheff Utd L lh 15000 ‘| 7 J Cox, S Raybould
29 | Mar 30 Div H | Sunderland D 1-1 3000 6 S Raybould
30 | Apr 04 Div 1 A Grimsby Town L 1-3 | 6000 Su 7 E Chadwick
31 | Apr 10 Div H Everton D 0-0 28000 6
32 | Apr 11 Div H Aston Villa WwW 2-1 15000 4 A Goddard, S Raybould
33 | Apr 18 Div A Nottm For L 0-1 3000 7 | al
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35 | Apr 27 Div 1 A Wolves Ww 2-0 8000 5 J Cox, S Raybould

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Goals Total games
William Goldie 34 1 Games won
Arthur Goddard 33 11 0 34 11 Games drawn
Sam Raybould Ene 1 in ee Games lost
George Livingstone 31 4 0 32 4 [ Clean sheets — League
Maurice Parry 31 0 0 32 0 Clean sheets — Overall
John Glover 30 0 0 31 0 Total goals
Edgar Chadwick 29 7 0 30 7 Average attendance at home — League
Jack Cox 29 9 0 30 9 Average attendance at home — Overall
Billy Dunlop 28 0 0 29 0 Average goals per game — League
Alex Raisbeck 27 1 0 28 1 Average goals per game — Overall
Peter Platt 22 0 0 0 22 0
Bill Perkins 12 0 1 0 13 0
Charlie Wilson 12 9 0 0 12 9 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Richard Morris 11 0 0 0 1 0 League 68
George Fleming 4 0 0 0 4 0 FA Cup 1
Thomas Green 3 ] 0 0 3 1
John Davies 2 0 0 0 2 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

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John Carlin against Stoke 17.01.1903
DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A WwW D L F A | Points
The Wednesday 34 2 3 2 al 7 7 1 ) 23 29 42
Aston Villa 34 i 3 3 43 18 8 0 9 18 22 4)
Sunderland 34 0 5 2 27 11 6 4 7 24 25 4
Sheffield United 34 1 0 6 36 22 6 5 6 22 22 39
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Stoke City 34 1 2 4 29 11 4 5 8 7
West Bromwich Albion 34 0 2 5 37 27 6 a 9 i
Bury 34 4 1 Z 4 4 2 2 13 3
Derby County a | a3. | 2 7 ol a foe ae eee
Nottingham Forest 34 10 3 4 33 22 4 4 9 6
Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 2 3 34 7 Z 3 12 4
Everton 34 10 Zz 5 28 8 a 4 10 if
Middlesbrough 34 10 3 4 Hil 6 4 1 12 4
Newcastle United 34 12 1 4 31 11 2 3 12 10
Notts County 34 8 5 4 25 6 4 Zz 1 6
Blackburn Rovers 34 9 2 6 27 24 3 3 11 17
Grimsby Town 34 6 5 6 28 22 2 4 11 fi
Bolton Wanderers 34 6 2 9 18 20 2 1 14 9

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The punishment was to Liverpool’s detriment. sensation of the team proved to be Bootle boy Jack
The previous year, Liverpool had relied on Parkinson who was unstoppable in the Second Division,
Raybould’s goals. Goldie had been an ever-present scoring twenty goals in twenty-one games. “There is
in the League the previous season in the middle of no doubt that Parkinson is a coming man,’ eulogised
defence and left-back Glover had played 30 out of 34 the club programme. “If he is fortunate enough to
League games. Liverpool slumped from fifth place to steer clear of injury, he should receive the highest
surprising relegation candidates. When the suspension honours. He may not be a great centre forward — such
was over Goldie joined Fulham in January 1904. Glover a phenomenon only comes once in a generation — but
had already left Liverpool in October 1903 for Small he’s a good one, for all that. He has gone on improving
Heath. Raybould was expected to save the team from ever since he made his first appearance; he combines
its slump on his return on 1 January, but he only scored pace with a capacity for keeping his wings moving, and
four goals in fifteen games. The Everton/Liverpool only wants a little steadiness to make him even more
joint-programme was sympathetic towards him:. “Only dangerous than he is. His success is most gratifying as
one man in a thousand can rise to the height asked of he is a local youth.”
Raybould. It was assumed that when he returned goals Liverpool’s defence, with Raisbeck in the centre,
would come and victory follow as a natural sequence. was also in capital form, only conceding twenty-eight
They didn’t and of course the centre was blamed.” goals in thirty-six games. Goalkeeper Ned Doig, signed
Since the number of teams in the First Division from Sunderland the previous summer, was in excellent
had been increased to eighteen, the two bottom teams form, keeping sixteen clean sheets. Doig had teamed up
were automatically relegated. The Reds only won nine with his old boss, Tom Watson, and became the oldest
games compared to seventeen the year before and debutant in Liverpool’s history when featuring against
finished second from bottom. Liverpool were back in Burton United on 1 September, two months shy of his
the Second Division just three years after winning the thirty-eighth birthday! Doig was an ever-present in the
League Championship. 1904/05 season and highly praised for his performances.
The Reds started slowly in the Second Division, “The defence of the Livers away from home has been
winning unconvincingly 2-0 in the opening game wonderful. This speaks well for Doig whose advent into
and then drawing two in a row which was way below the team was a master stroke. The veteran has displayed
expectation and the club programme expressed its all his old ability, and although he has seen so many years
concern. “It must be confessed the followers of the club service he is as agile and clever as ever. To have such a
are not quite at ease. The three opening matches were player between the posts must give those in front of him
fully expected to realise six points, instead of only four every confidence, and if he keeps fit and well there is
accrued. We are waiting patiently. I hope our waiting no doubt but that at the end ofthe season it will not be
will not be too long deferred. At all events, the men are his fault if the team does not go top,” reported the club
absolutely determined to show the populace that they programme in November.
can still play the game.’ That determination paid off as Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester United were in
Liverpool went on a rampage, scoring twenty-nine goals a class of their own in the Second Division. Liverpool
and conceding only five as they won ten games in a drew with Bolton 1-1 at Anfield with six games to go
row, remaining undefeated until December. Raybould and brushed aside Manchester United 4-0 at home in
took a while to get going having been moved from the penultimate game ofthe season, winning the title by
centre-forward to the left wing. He scored only two two points from Bolton. First Division football would
goals in his opening eight matches but managed two in again be seen at Anfield next season.
a 5-0 win over Grimsby Town on 29 October, which The Liverpool Echo was evidently optimistic for the
silenced his critics. “His success was cordially received, looming First Division battle. Ahead of the 1905/06
and perhaps the crowd will now give him fair play and season it reported:
encouragement instead of barracking him,” noted the
club programme. “The Anfielders have trained loyally and well during
Raybould ended up with nineteen goals and the past few weeks, and at the present time they could
Robbie Robinson scored twenty-four but the scoring not be in finer fettle or condition.As will be seen ’the old

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1903/04 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Sep 05 Div A Nottm For L 1-2 12000 13 S Smith
2 | Sep 12 Div H The Wednesday L 1-3 18000 17 J Cox
31 sep19 | Divt A Sunderland re 17000 18 B Dunlop
4 | Sep 26 Div H WBA L 13 | 18000 18 J Cox
5 | Oct 01 Div A Notts County L 2-4 10000 8 J Cox, G Fleming (pen)
6 | Oct 03 Div A Small Heath WwW 2-1 10000 7 G Fleming,JParkinson
7 | Octi0 | Div H Everton D 2-2 30000 | 7 R Morris 2
8 | Oct 17 |_Div1 A Stoke L 25 8000 8 | J Cox, G Fleming
9 | Oct 24 Div H Derby WwW 3-1 3000 8 A Goddard, R Morris, J Parkinson
0] Oct 31 Div A Man City L 2-3 30000 18 A Goddard, J Parkinson
1| Nov 07 | Div H Notts County WwW 2-1 10000 15 Thomas Prescott (og), J Hughes
2 | Nov14 | Div A Sheff Utd L 1-2 2000 6 A Goddard (pen)
13] Nov2i | Div | H__|_ Newcastle [ w 10 5000 | 16 R Morris
14 | Nov 28 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 1-2 12000 6 J Parkinson
5 | Dec 12 Div H Wolves L 1-2 5000 16 J Parkinson
6 | Dec 19 Div 1 A Bury Oy 5000 17 J Cox 2
7 | Dec 25 | Div 1 A Derby L 0-2 6000 7
8 | Dec 26 Div 1 H Blackburn L 1-2 20000 i F Buck
9} Dec 28 Div A Wolves L 2-4 0000 17__|_J Parkinson, A Raisbeck
20 | Jan 02 Div H Nottm For D 00 4000 7
21 | Jan 09 Div 1 A The Wednesday L tee 3000 18 S Raybould
22 | Jan 16 Div1 H Sunderland Ww 24 20000 7 J Cox, S Raybould
Jan 23 Div A WBA D 2-2 2000 7 aif J Carlin, J Hughes
Jan 30 Div H | Small Heath L 0-2 5000 18
25 | Feb 06 FAC 1 A Blackburn L 1-3 0000 S Raybould
26 | Feb 13 Div 1 H Stoke D 600 10000 18
27 | Feb 22 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Ww 1-0 15000 7 R Robinson
28 | Feb 27 Div H Man City | D 2-2 15000 7 S Raybould, R Robinson
29 | Mari2 | Div H Sheff Utd W 3-0 20000 16 A Goddard, J Hewitt, R Robinson
30 | Mar 19 Div A Newcastle D 1-1 20000 17 A Goddard
31 | Mar 26 Div1 H Aston Villa D 1-1 14000 16 af R Robinson
32 | Apr01 Div1 A Everton L 2-5 40000 16 M Parry, R Robinson
33 | Apr 02 Div A Middlesbrough E04 10000 17
34 | Apr 16 Div H Bury W 3-0 10000 7 |_J Cox, G Fleming, A West (pen)
35 | Apr 23 Div 1 A Blackburn W 3-2 4000 J Cox, A Goddard, S Raybould

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts Total games
Jack Cox | 33 9 0 Games won
Arthur Goddard oe) 6 0 34 6 Games drawn
John Hughes 31 Z 0 32 2 Games lost
Alex Raisbeck 30 i 0 31 | Clean sheets — League
Maurice Parry aS i 0 30 1 Clean sheets — Overall
Alf West 24 1 0 25 1 Total goals
Peter Platt 22 0 0 23 0 Average attendance at home — League
Billy Dunlop 21 | 0 22 i Average attendance at home — Overall
George Fleming 8 4 0 0 8 4 Average goals per game — League
Richard Morris 7 4 0 8 4 Average goals per game — Overall
Jack Parkinson 8 6 0 0 8 6
Sam Raybould 5 4 1 6 A ee eo]
Edgar Chadwick 4 0 0 5 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Fred Buck 3 0 0 3 1 League 4g
Charles Cotton 2 0 0 0 2 0 FA Cup 1
Joe Hewitt 0 0 0 0 i
Robbie Robinson 9g 5 0 0 9 5 PLAYER DEBUTS

a : : : : : : Fred Buck against Nottm For 05.09.1903

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= James McLean against Sunderland 19.09.1903
Sydney Smith 2 0 0 2 1 : : =
Herbert Craik 1 = 0 0 1 0 Herbert vot EOIN WBA 26.09.1903
Jack Parkinson against Small Heath 03.10.1903
Joseph Hoare against Derby 24.10.1903
Alf West against Notts County 07.11.1903
Robbie Robinson against Stoke 13.02.1904
oe Hewitt against Stoke 13.02.1904
DIVISION 1

HOME | AWAY
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The Wednesday 34 4 3 0 Ei eo 4 i (aes:
Manchester City 34 0 4 3 20 i 9 2 8 36 26 44
Everton 34 3 0 4 36 12 6 5 6 28 20 43
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Aston Villa 34 3 1 3 4) 16 4 6 7 29 32 4
Sunderland 34 2 S| 2 4) 15 5 2 10 22 34 39
Sheffield United 34 9 6 2 40 21 6 2 9 22 36 38
Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 0 6 1 29 ZS 4 2 ily: 5 43 36
[iottingham Forest 34 7 3 7 29 26 4 6 ys 28 31 al
iddlesbrough 34 o 3 Ss 30 i 0 gy 8 6 30 30
Small Heath 34 8 5 4 25 19 3 3 11 4 33 30
Bury {St 6 8 3 25 20 1 7 9 5 33 29
Notts County 34 a) 3 5) 2] 26 3 Z 12 0 35 29
Derby County 34 i 3 i 4 33 Z 7 8 il 27 28
Blackburn Rovers 34 if 5 SD 29 23 4 i A g oh 28
Stoke City 34 J 2 6 45 26 i 5 11 S 31 27
Liverpool 34 7 5 5 24 20 Zz 3 12 25 42 26
West Bromwich Albion 34 4 8 is 19 19 i 2 12 4] 24

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brigade’ of last season are being relied upon to do the battle mental reservation on the part of each follower that,
for the honour of Liverpool, and if the form that lifted them come what may, their own side may win.”
from second-class company can only be maintained they History was not on the Reds’ side for this eagerly-
should occupy a high place in the League ladder before the awaited clash. The Merseyside teams had played each
winter is over.” other nine times in the League at Goodison Park.
Everton had scored twenty-five goals in their seven wins
Liverpool’s form relied heavily on the performances and only allowed Liverpool eight goals and one win.
ofseveral key figures and Alex Raisbeck was the lynchpin Everton ran out 4-2 winners.
in defence, wrote the Echo: The top two sides were next, second place Derby and
1903 and 1904 League champions The Wednesday. Jack
“Ten years have passed since the Liverpool Club fought Cox was in impeccable form as Liverpool beat Derby
its way into First League circles, and during this period, 4-1 but Cox and Raybould were sorely missed when
Alec Raisbeck, has commanded his forces with wisdom and the team was beaten 3-2 by The Wednesday. Liverpool
energy.A player of amazing vitality and strong personality, were in sixteenth place after eight games with only six
he has won many games by his individual efforts... It is points.
very largely down to his individual efforts that the Liverpool 22-year-old Sam Hardy made his debut replacing
team has returned to the First Division.” the legendary Sunderland keeper, Ned Doig, in the next
game against Nottingham Forest as Doig was suffering
But Liverpool’s opening game in the 1905/06 season from rheumatism. Hardy was one of the outstanding
was a complete disaster. Besides losing 3-1 to Woolwich English goalkeepers of his time. He joined from
Arsenal, Jack Parkinson broke his wrist and didn’t play Chesterfield in May 1905 and remained first-choice
until mid-March and Liverpool finished with only nine at Anfield for another six years before moving on to
men after Dunlop twisted his knee in the second half. further success with Aston Villa. Liverpool beat Forest
Liverpool had to do without the influential Dunlop in 4-1 and went on a great run beating Middlesbrough
the next two matches, which they lost 3-1 to Blackburn 5-1, where Joe Hewitt grabbed a hat-trick. Getting
at a rain-soaked Anfield and 5-0 at Aston Villa. a result against defending champions Newcastle at St
Despite their “melancholy experiences” in the James’ Park was no mean feat but Liverpool beat the
League, the Liverpool players were in good spirits for Geordies 3-2. League leaders Aston Villa came to Anfield
their trip to Sunderland, not a favourite hunting ground and were buried 3-0; Sam Hardy saved a penalty from
for the Reds throughout the years. Liverpool spent the William Garratty in the match, which also served as Sam
evening prior to the game at one of the music-halls in Raybould’s benefit. After winning eleven out of their
town and the Anfielders finally registered a win, with last fourteen games, Liverpool were top of the table on
the enigmatic Sam Raybould scoring twice. A fox New Year’s Day 1906 with a three-point lead over Aston
terrier “who showed the liveliest interest in football” Villa and The Wednesday.
stole the show. “He raced for the leather amid roars Second division Leicester Fosse were Liverpool's
of Homeric laughter, and Mr. Adams had to suspend opponents in the first round of the FA Cup at Anfield.
hostilities until the little creature was forcibly ejected.” Alf West no doubt never forgot this game as he missed
Raybould’s second goal was simply brilliant, controlling two penalties, one in each half. Leicester fared no better
a good pass, taking the ball down the wing, tricking from the spot and Billy Bannister also missed his spot-
his opponent and shooting well out of the keeper’s kick. Three penalty misses and three goals, Liverpool
reach. A second consecutive win was recorded against scoring two of them and progressing to the next round
Birmingham. against another Second Division team in Barnsley.
Everton, who were one point from the title the Liverpool were drawn to play away but the tie was
previous season, took on Liverpool on 30 September at switched to Anfield by arrangement with the Yorkshire
Goodison Park. FE. Hughes wrote in the Liverpool Echo: club. Alf West scored the winning goal. Liverpool were
“Time was when the feelings between adherents of next drawn against the Western League’s runners-up
Reds and Blues ran high as ‘twixt Capulet and Montague, Brentford, who had done well reaching this far in the
but now the vendetta is nothing more serious than a cup. The Reds proved too much of an obstacle and

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 53

1904/05 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Div 2 H Burton United Ww 2-0 10000 1 R Robinson 2
2 Div 2 H Glossop FC D 2-2 12000 1 A Goddard, J Hewitt
3 Div 2 A Chesterfield D 1-1 5000 3 A Goddard
4 Div 2 H Bradford City WwW 41 15000 2 R Morris, M Parry, J Cox 2
5 Div 2 A Lincoln City Ww 2-0 5000 2 S$ Raybould 2
6 Div 2 H Leicester Fosse Ww 4-0 12000 1 R Robinson 4
7 Div 2 A Barnsley WwW 2-0 5000 1 J Carlin, R Robinson
8 Div 2 H WBA W 3-2 15000 1 R Robinson, J Parkinson 2
g) Div 2 A Burnley WwW 2-0 9000 1 J Cox, R Robinson
Div 2 H Grimsby Town WwW 5-0 12000 1 R Robinson, T Chorlton 2, S Raybould 2
Div 2 A Blackpool W 3-0 8000 1 J Parkinson, R Robinson 2
Div 2 A Burslem Port Vale | W = 2-1 3000 ] Ernie Mullineaux (og), S Raybould
Div 2 A Gainsborough Tr. W 2- 4000 il J Parkinson (pen), S Raybould
Div 2 A Bolton IL 0-2 30000 1
Div 2 H Bristol City Wis 63: 12000 2 A Raisbeck, J Parkinson 2
16 | Dec 24 Div 2 A Man Utd L 1-3 40000 3 J Parkinson
17 | Dec 26 Div 2 H Barnsley W 2-1 25000 3 S Raybould, R Robinson
18 | Dec 31 | Div 2 A Glossop FC Ww 2-0 9000 3 A Goddard, J Parkinson
19 | Jan 07 Div 2 H Chesterfield WwW 6- 10000 3 A Goddard, M Parry, A Raisbeck, R Robinson, S Raybould 2
20 | Jan 21 Div 2 H Lincoln City D \- 7000 3 R Robinson
21 | Jan28 | Div2 A Leicester Fosse W 3-0 12000 3 A Goddard, R Robinson, A West
22 | Feb 04 FAC 1 H Everton D 1- 28000 J Parkinson
23.| Feb 08 FAC 1 Rep A Everton t 1-2 40000 A Goddard
24) Feb 11 Div2 A WBA Ww 2-0 9000 2 J Parkinson, S Raybould
25 | Feb 25 Div 2 A Grimsby Town Ww 10 6000 3 J Parkinson
26 | Mar 04 Div 2 H Blackpool Ww 50 6000 3 A Goddard, J Parkinson 3, R Robinson
27 | Mar 07 Div 2 A Bradford City WwW 42 10000 2 J Parkinson 2 (1 pen), S Raybould, R Robinson
28 | Mar 11 Div 2 A Doncaster WwW 44 5000 R Robinson 2, J Cox, B Dunlop
29 | Mar 18 Div 2 H Gainsborough Tr. W 6-1 14000 A Goddard, J Parkinson 2, S Raybould 3
30 Mar 25.| Div 2 A Burton United IE 1-2 3000 1 J Cox
31] Apr 01 Div 2 H Bolton D 1-1 25000 D T Chorlton (pen)
32 | Apr 08 Div 2 H Burslem Port Vale | W 8-1 13000 R Robinson 3, J Cox 2, J Parkinson 2, S Raybould,
33 | Apr 15 Div 2 A Bristol City Ww 1-0 5000 J Cox
34 | Apr 21 Div 2 H Doncaster WwW 1-0 20000 S Raybould
35 | Apr 22 | Div2 H Man Utd Ww 40 28000 J Cox, $ Raybould 3
36 | Apr 29 Div 2 H Burnley W 30 10000 1 J Cox, J Parkinson, R Robinson

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Alex Raisbeck 35 2 Games drawn 5
Jack Cox 34 10 Games lost 4
Billy Dunlop 34 i Clean sheets — League
Sam Raybould 34 19 Clean sheets — Overall 16
Robbie Robinson 33 24 Total goals
Maurice Parry 32 2 14,470
George Fleming 31 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Arthur Goddard 30 8 Average goals per game — League 3.53

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Tom Chorlton
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Joe Hewitt | League

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Liverpool 3 0 60 12 13 1 3 33 13 58
Bolton Wanderers 0 v4 53 16 al 12 2 3 | 34 16 56
Manchester United 0 i 60 10 8 5 4 21 20 53
Bristol City 3 2 40 12 7 1 g 26 33 42
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Gainsborough Trinity 4 ps 32 15 3 4 10 29 43 36
Barnsley 4 2 29 13 3 1 13 9 43 33
Bradford City 5 4 31 20 4 3 (Hl TK 29 32
Lincoln City 4 4 31 Ih 16 3 a 11 11 25 31
West Bromwich Albion a4) |. 8 2 7 29 20 5 2 10 28 28 30
Burnley 34 10 1 6 31 21 2 5 10 12 31 30
Glossop FC 34 7 5 5 23 14 3 i 5 9 14 32 30
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Leicester Fosse 34 8 3 6 30 25 3 4 10 10 30 29
|Blackpool 34 8 5 4 26 15 1 5 11 10 33 28 |
Burslem Port Vale | 34 7 4 6 28 | 25 3 3 1 19 47 27
Burton United | 34 7 2 8 20 29 1 2 14 10 55 20
Doncaster Rovers | 34 3 Z 12 12 32 Ce a 7 11 49 8

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Brentford lost 2-0.The Southern League’s Southampton was an annual game between the best professional and
awaited in the quarter-finals, who after having disposed amateur sides in England. The amateurs, Corinthians,
of Liverpool 4-1 in 1902, lost in a cup final replay to were easily defeated 5-1 by Liverpool. A year later the
Sheffield United. competition was cancelled.
The Saints were ripped apart 3-0 at Anfield this time
around by Sam Raybould who netted a hat-trick. But The birth of The Kop
Liverpool went no further and lost 2-0 to Everton in the
semis. The Blues beat Newcastle 1-0 in the final. 4 Eee Watson had twice captured the game’s greatest
In between their exploits in the cup, Liverpool had prize, the League Championship, in 1901 and 1906
held their own in the League. After a 0-0 draw against at Liverpool. Now he needed a stadium to befit his team.
Bury on 2 April, Liverpool were at the top thanks to Famous stadium architect Archibald Leitch was hired to
twelve wins at home from sixteen and they had a four- design the new Anfield. A new grandstand was to be
point lead over Preston with five League games to play. erected by Lake Street but would not be completed
Champions Newcastle were beaten 3-0 at Anfield but until the 1907/08 season. The old one was re-erected at
the scoreline flattered Liverpool with Sam Hardy in Kemlyn Road on the opposite side, where it remained
impeccable form. Another home game against Everton until its demolition in 1963. The terracing now joined
was next on the agenda. The Blues went into the lead the Anfield Road stand and the corners were rounded
when Hardy dropped the ball after what should have so any wasted space was used fully.Ahuge terrace, which
been an easy save and Taylor capitalised. Alf West scored later on became the world famous Kop, was built by
the equaliser from the penalty spot in a 1-1 draw. Walton Breck Road.
The games came thick and fast and the following The scribe at the club programme liked the look of
day Liverpool faced Wolves away. Preston North End the future Kop:
were breathing down Liverpool’s necks, only three
points behind and with a game in hand. Liverpool “For a long time the triangular piece of waste ground at
proved sharper than Wolves on the day and scored two the Walton Breck Road entrance was a source of discomfort
goals without response. Preston lost to Stoke and the gap to many. In wet weather it formed a muddy embankment,
at the top had widened to five points. Preston had three which had to be crossed, and if the day was fine it was used
League games left compared to Liverpool’s two and the as a playground for a lot ofyouths who did not profess any
Reds only needed two more points to secure the title. consideration for passers-by. Oftentimes, too, it was occupied
Liverpool faced Bolton away and more than 1,000 by travelling shows, and the blaring tones of the organs
supporters followed the team to Burnden Park. The were not a source of delight to a man with a musical ear.
Reds dominated the opening exchanges and Goddard The first thing that strikes one on entering the ground is
and Hewitt rattled the posts of the goal. But against the the huge terracing which is rising at the west end. Already
run of play Shepherd opened the scoring for Bolton there are forty steps completed, but eventually there will
just before half-time, after Hardy had failed to clear be one hundred, and it will accommodate about 20,000
following a corner. Early second half Shepherd increased people. The terracing is continued along the two sides, but,
Bolton’s lead with a brilliant goal. Parkinson reduced ofcourse, it does not rise to anything like the height at the
the lead but Bolton got their third goal and ran out west end.”
3-2 winners despite a second away goal from Parkinson.
The result did not matter, however, as Preston lost 2-0 There was place for a massive crowd in the “Oakfield
at Sunderland. Liverpool's five point lead was intact and Road Embankment” or“ Walton Breck Bank” among the
as Preston could only get a maximum of four points names suggested that was 100 concrete steps measuring
from their last two remaining games Liverpool were 394 feet long, 135 feet wide and standing 50 feet in
League Champions for the second time in their history. height. Ernest Edwards, the Sports editor of the Liverpool
Liverpool finished the 1905/06 season by winning Post & Echo, later named the new terrace “The Spion
certainly the largest trophy in the history of football, Kop” as a tribute to the many local men who died in a
The Sheriff of London Charity Shield, which was over battle in the Boer War on 24 January 1900 to take a hill
six feet high. The competition originated from 1898 and called “Spioenkop” that literally means “Spy hill.”

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 57

1905/06 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
A Woolwich Arsenal IL 1-3 20000 15 R Robinson
H Blackburn 1-3 15000 19 J Cox
A Aston Villa Lt 0-5 15000 20 |
A Sunderland Ww 2-1 16000 18 S Raybould 2
H Birmingham Ww 2-0 20000 14 J Hewitt, R Robinson
A Everton if 2-4 40000 16 J Hewitt 2
H Derby WwW 41 20000 13 A Goddard, R Robinson, J Cox 2
A The Wednesday L 2-3 15000 16 6 J Hewitt, R Robinson
H Nottm For W441 | 15000 14 J Hewitt, R Robinson, S Raybould 2
A Man City WwW 1-0 25000 10 J Hewitt
H Bury WwW 3-1 4000 ) J Carlin, R Robinson 2
A Middlesbrough W 5-1 18000 8 J Carlin 2, J Hewitt 3
H Preston D 1-1 15000 7 J Hewitt
A Newcastle W 3-2 30000 6 S Raybould, A West 2 (2 pens),
H Aston Villa WwW 3-0 25000 a J Cox, Howard Spencer (og), J Hewitt
H Wolves Ww 40 10000 2 A Goddard, S Raybould, J Hewitt 2
A Sheff Utd W 2-1 15000 J Cox, M Parry
H Notts County WwW 2-0 0000 J Hewitt, R Robinson
H Bolton ‘gigs 25000 1 | AGoddard, JHewitt
A Stoke L 1-2 20000 J Hewitt
H Woolwich Arsenal WwW 30 15000 1 A Goddard, A Raisbeck, S Raybould
H Stoke W 3-1 25000 1 J Hewitt, S Raybould 2
A ieBlackburn D 0-0 10000
H Leicester Fosse WwW 2-1 12000 A Goddard, S Raybould
H Sunderland Ww 2-0 12000 J Carlin, J Hewitt
A Birmingham L 0-1 15000
H Barnsley WwW 1-0 10000 |_ A West
Feb 10 Div 1 A Derby WwW 3-0 3000 J Hewitt, S Raybould, R Robinson
Feb 17 Div 1 H The Wednesday W 2-4 20000 1 J Cox 2
FAC 3 H Brentford Ww 20 20000 A Goddard, J Hewitt
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Div 1 A Nottm For Ww 2-4 6000 1 J Hewitt 2
Div 1 H Middlesbrough WwW 6-1 18000 1 J Cox, A Goddard, J Hewitt, J Parkinson, J Carlin 2
Div 1 A Notts County i: 0-3 8000 1
Div 1 A Preston Ww 2-1 20000 1 T Chorlton, J Hewitt
FAC SF N Everton L 0-2 37000 (at Villa Park)
Div 1 A Bury D 00 10000 1
Div 1 H Newcastle WwW 3-0 10000 1 S Raybould, J Parkinson 2
Div 1 H Everton D 1-1 33000 1 A West (pen)
Div1 A Wolves Ww 2-0 10000 1 A Goddard, J Hewitt
Div 1 A Bolton L 2-3 25000 1 | J Parkinson 2
Div1 H Sheff Utd W 3-4 10000 1 5 R Robinson, J Parkinson 2
C Shield * N Corinthians Wi 5-4 20000 Kenneth Hunt (og), S Raybould, J Hewitt 3 (at Craven Cottage)

* C Shield = Sheriff of London Charity Shield

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Arthur Goddard 0 Games won
Joe Hewitt 5 1 3 Games drawn

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James Bradley 32 0 5 0 0 Average attendance at home — League
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DIVISION 1

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Preston North End ae ae 2 5 8 6 18 | 24
The Wednesday |38 12 5 2 6 3 10 23 32
Newcastle United 38 12 4 3 6 3 10 25 25
Manchester City 38 11 Z 6 8 3 8 27 31
Bolton Wanderers 38 13 1 5 4 6 9 30 45
Birmingham City 38 14 2 3 3 5 11 16 39
Aston Villa 38 13 2 4 4 4 1 21 37
Blackburn Rovers 38 10 5 4 6 3 10 20 34
Stoke City 38 12 5 2 4 2 13 13 40
Everton 38 12 i 6 3 6 10 26 36
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Sheffield United 38 10 4 5 5 2 12 24 39
Sunderland a ee ae 4 2 3 Pal er es
Derby County 10 5 4 4 i 3 12 42
Notts County 8 9 2 3 3 5 21 50
Bury 8 5 6 3 Bh i loop Nae
Middlesbrough 10 4 5 0 7 2 15 48
Nottingham Forest 1 2 6 Z 3 4 18 52
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 5 i il 2 16 20 71

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A week before the start of the 1906/07 season, the Kelly’s excellent book, The Kop: Liverpool’s Tivelfth Man,
Liverpool Echo wrote of the changed Anfield: how it was to be there in its infant days:

“The ground has now been completely walled in “The Kop didn’t have a roof on in those days. It was
with fancy brick setting, with large exit gates on the four a big mound, like a giant wall. There were all these steps
sides as well as numerous entrances. Therefore, there will going up from Oakfield Road with about six double gates
be no difficulty in either entering or leaving the enclosure. to get in. And you climbed up all these steps, and there
The directors’ aim has been to provide as compact and it was below you. It was impressive even in those days.
comfortable a ground as possible in which every person, There were rails on it just as there are today, but not as
no matter what position he may visit, will have a full many. Everyone used to stand there in their flat hats and
view of the game. The pitch has been raised 5ft with a mufflers. I had a bowler, and it had a red ribbon on it with
paddock all round. The entire scheme is modelled on a the club crest which my father had given me. The ribbon
new departure from how football grounds are generally had been on a straw boater which was given to him when
supposed to be, and when completed it will provide ample the club visited Paris in 1904. When Liverpool scored,
space for about 60,000 visitors. The ground has been everyone used to throw their hats into the air. Sometimes
in the hands of a gang of workmen for the past three you wouldn’t get your own hat back and you'd have to
months, but another season at least must elapse before it is make do with someone else’s. I can remember being swept
perfected and the full ambition of the directors becomes out of the ground by the crowds, carried along with my feet
a reality.” off the ground. It was terrifying. I was only a youngster.’ ’

The first game in front of the “Spion Kop” took Everything was in place for champions Liverpool's
place on 1 September 1906 against Stoke.““The opening dominance of the League, players brimming with
of the season at Anfield enclosure was of a somewhat confidence playing in front of a packed new terrace.
sensational character owing to the phenomenal heat, What followed was a huge disappointment: two draws
which was so intense that it was a question whether preceded five 2-1 defeats in a row! This was by no means
the referee would deem it advisable to postpone the a performance decent enough for champions but rather
game,” recorded the Liverpool Echo. A crowd of 25,000 one of relegation favourites. Suggestions were made
was present at the start of this historic game, but 5,000 by Liverpool fans that intervals should be dispensed
more had packed into Anfield once the prolonged with altogether, as the team always faded away in the
half-time interval had taken place. Joe Hewitt scored second half. Liverpool went on to win seven out oftheir
the winning goal against Stoke in the twentieth minute next nine matches, scoring three goals on average and
when “shooting unexpectedly with wonderful swiftness only losing to Newcastle and Bristol City, who finished
and precision.” the season champions and runners-up respectively. In
The spectators were still trying to get used to the December, the Liverpool players were finally presented
new Anfield, as reported by the club programme: with their medals for winning the League and a “smoking
concert” was held in their honour. Every player that had
“The Liverpool ground changes every day, and week featured in at least five League games was due a medal.
by week improvements and extensions will be observable. This seemed to have an adverse effect on the team as
In order to give everybody a chance of seeing, stewards will Liverpool failed to score in five consecutive games.
be today stationed on the big cinder bank in order to tell The Liverpool Echo criticised the generally untouchable
the people where there is room. They will have badges, and captain, Alex Raisbeck and the experienced left-back,
it is to be hoped their instructions will be followed. When Billy Dunlop. “Raisbeck disheartened perhaps by recent
spectators realise that they can see wherever they get on the failures was not the superb incarnation of superabundant
terraces it will be better and easier for all. The bank looked energy we are wont to see. The gallant skipper had
a picture on Monday.” always to keep a wary eye on Dunlop, whose speed
was by no means equal to the energetic wing which
Stanley Doig, son of Liverpool’s and Sunderland’s opposed him.” This was not only a criticism directed
famous goalkeeper Ned Doig, described in Stephen F at one performance by the pair but also an indication

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
James Bradley 36 1 4 0 40 ful
Arthur Goddard 35 3 4 0 Bh) 3
Sam Raybould 35 15 4 Z 39 17
Sam Hardy 34 0 4 0 38 0 Clean sheets — League
Percy Saul 33 0 3 0 36 0
Bill McPherson 28 10 4 1 32 11
Robbie Robinson 28 8 4 0 32 8
Jack Cox 25 7 4 1 29 8
Alex Raisbeck Tat 1 Te eS:
Billy Dunlop 2 | oll oa) Oop ae
Joe Hewitt 23 8 0 0 23 8

Tom Chorlton 14 0 1 0 15 0
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George Latham 9 0 0 0 9 0
John Carlin 8 0 0 0 8 0 | PLAYER DEBUTS

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Eafies Hugties A 0 0 0 A a Bill McPherson against Woolwich Arsenal
Alf West 4 0 + 0 0 A 0 John Lipsham against Man Utd
Jonnlipshann 3 0 t , 0 3 7 John McKenna against Birmingham 26.01.1907
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Team Ww D L F WwW D L F A_ | Points
Newcastle United 18 1 0 51 12 4 6 | | 23 34 51
Bristol City 12 3 4 37 18 8 5 6 29 29 48
Everton 38 16 2 1 50 0 4 3 Z 20 36 45
Sheffield United 38 I 4 2 36 7 4 7 8 21 38 45
Aston Villa | 38 13 4 | 2 51 q 6 i 1 27 | 33 44
Bolton Wanderers 38 0 4 5 35 8 8 4 7 24 29 44
Woolwich Arsenal 38 5 1 3 38 5 5 3 | ] 28 44 44
Manchester United 38 0 6 | 33 15 7 pe 10 20 4 42
Birmingham City 38 3 5 ] 4 7 Z 3 4 11 35 38
Sunderland 38 10 4 5 42 31 4 5 10 23 3) 37
Middlesbrough 38 11 2 6 33 21 4 4 1 23
Blackburn Rovers 38 0 3 6 40 25 4 4 i! 16
The Wednesday 38 8 5 6 33 26 4 6 9 16
Preston North End 38 3 4 iz 35 19 j io 5 9
Liverpool 38 9 2 8 45 32 4 5 10 19
Bury 38 9) 4 6 30 23 4 2 13 28
Manchester City 38 ij i 2 29 25 3 5 11 24
Notts County 38 6 9 4 31 18 Z 6 1 15
Derby County | 38 8 6 5 29 19 1 3 is |e
Stoke City | «8 [7 6 6 27 22 1 4 4 14

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of the frustration that Liverpool’s key players weren’t in games through a “slight poisoning”, one publication
top form. claiming he was lying dangerously ill at home — but that
A fine example of Liverpool’s tendency to be superb proved to be a fabrication of an imaginative reporter.
in the first half and terrible in the second was the battle As he returned to the side Liverpool’s form picked up
between the Anfielders and Sunderland on 19 January considerably winning two and drawing one keeping
1907. The Liverpool Echo said “no doubt greybeards three clean sheets in a row.
in the future will paint a lurid picture to their little The September 7 1907 edition of the Liverpool
grandchildren of the famous battle in which no fewer Echo featured Liverpool's first known supporters’ song
than ten goals were scored.” “Hurrah for the Reds” composed by W. Seddon, who
It was obvious from the start of the game at Roker had written it a week earlier. It became an integral part
Park that Liverpool were “out for blood.“ 2966 The Liverpool of Anfield folklore!
men gave the crowd a splendid exhibition of football. The song mentions Hewitt and Mac in attack
It was not only vigorous, but clever, and some of the who are “gentlemen”, inside-right Bill McPherson
short passing was in its way quite an eye-opener.” Jack and centre-forward Joe Hewitt, who was a member of
Parkinson scored two goals in the space ofsix minutes in Liverpool’s staff after his retirement in 1911 as coach,
the first twenty minutes. Sunderland cut one goal back club steward and press-box attendant for nearly 60 years!
but at half-time Liverpool were 4-1 up. Goddard and Cox are Hall-of-Famers Arthur Goddard
But then Liverpool’s Achilles’ heel became all too and Jack Cox. “Raisbeck the fox” is Scotsman Alex and
evident. “Comparing the two periods of play after the Hardy to hold the fort is “Safe and steady” Sam, one of
match was over, one was tempted to remark; ‘Look the best ‘keepers in the club‘s history.
upon this picture, and upon that!’ The first had left
Liverpool handsome leaders, the second saw them sorely Hurrah for the boys to play the game.
chastened. The Wearsiders were now the aggressors, and Hurrah for the Reds!
they displayed a dash and determination that did them Hurrah for the boys there’s none can tame.
infinite credit.” Sunderland scored two goals on the trot, Hurrah for the Reds!
4-3 the score, but Parkinson got Liverpool’s fifth and There’s Hew-itt and Mac to lead the at-tack!
completed his hat-trick. Sunderland didn’t give in, and With Har-dy to hold the fort, boys.
scored their fourth before Percy Saul handled in the There’s God-dard and Cox, and Rais-beck, the fox.
penalty area enabling the Wearsiders to draw 5-5. And more ofthe good old sort, boys.
The pinnacle of Liverpool’s season was a 4-1 Hur-rah Hur-rah Hur-rah Hur-rah
victory on 23 March versus League leaders and eventual Hur-rah for the Reds!
champions Newcastle. The club programme remarked
that the team “should end the season brilliantly now” Liverpool faced Everton at Goodison Park on 5
following that fantastic victory but that was far off the October 1907. Everton netted the first goal but before the
mark. Liverpool lost five of the remaining eight games end of the first half “The light-haired laddie” Raisbeck
and ended fifteenth. lined up a free-kick just outside the penalty area and
In May 1907 Liverpool said goodbye to goalscoring “propelled the ball through a veritable forest of legs into
legend, Sam Raybould, whose goals helped the club the net.A goal in a thousand...which was worth coming
win the title in 1901 and 1906. He had been top of the miles to see.” The score stood at 1-1 at half-time and
Liverpool charts with seventeen goals in the 1906/07 four goals were scored in the second half. Charles Hewitt
season so this was a major setback for the club. The scored on his Merseyside derby debut before Makepeace
31-year-old relocated to the north east where his goals equalised for Everton with a long range shot. Charles’
in the 1907/08 season kept Sunderland just above the brother, Joe Hewitt, scored Liverpool's third ten minutes
relegation places in the First Division. from time and Jack Cox guaranteed their 4-2 victory,
Liverpool’s class of 1907/08 made the worst possible their first win at Goodison Park since 1898. Liverpool
start to the season by losing 3-1 at Nottingham Forest and beat Sunderland 1-0 in the following game but the
4-0 at Manchester United, leaving them at the bottom victory came at a great cost as Raisbeck got injured and
of the table after two rounds. Raisbeck had missed both was out for two months. He returned for four games in

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1907/08 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Div 1 A Nottm For (aaa 1-3 10000 18 C Hewitt
2 Div 1 A Man Utd L 0-4 20000 20
3 Div 1 Al H L Blackburn | WwW 2-0 20000 17 A Goddard 2
4 | Sep 16 Div 1 A Sheff Utd D 0-0 7000 15
5 | Sep 21 Div 1 A Bolton W 40 | 15000 10 |_J Bradley, R Robinson, J Hewitt 2
6 | Sep 28 Div H__|_ Birmingham IE 3-4 20000 15 A Goddard, J Hewitt, R Robinson
ZL Oct 05 Div 1 A Everton WwW 4-2 40000 11 J Cox, C Hewitt, J Hewitt, A Raisbeck
8 | Oct 12 Div H Sunderland WwW 1-0 20000 6 H Fitzpatrick
3 | Oct19 Div 1 A Woolwich Arsenal L 1-2 25000 8 J Hewitt
10 | Oct 26 Div1 H The Wednesday Ww 3-0 20000 i H Fitzpatrick, C Hewitt, J Hewitt
11 | Nov 02 Div1 A Bristol City L 0-2 12000 6
21 Novog Div H Notts County WwW 6-0 18000 6 {| C Hewitt, B McPherson, R Robinson, J Hewitt3
13 | Novi6 | Div A Man City D 1-1 25000 i B McPherson
14 | Nov 23 Div H Preston L 1-2 14000 8 C Hewitt
15 | Dec 07 Div H Aston Villa WwW 5-0 18000 ) A Goddard, J Parkinson 2, R Robinson 2
6 | Dec 14 Div 1 H Newcastle L 1-5 20000 8 J Parkinson
7 | Dec 21 Div 1 A Middlesbrough | L 1-3 10000 11 J Parkinson
18 | Dec 25 Div 1 H Chelsea L 1-4 25000 12 J Hewitt
19 | Dec 28 Div 1 H Sheff Utd WwW 3-0 5000 13 [J Hewitt, R Robinson, P Saul
20 | Jan01 Div 1 H Nottm For | D 0-0 20000 13 |
21 | Jan11 FAC 1 H Derby W 42 15000 J Bradley, J Cox, J Gorman, J Parkinson
22 | Jan 18 Div 1 H Bolton WwW 1-0 25000 15 | J Parkinson
23 | Jan 25 Div 1 A Birmingham i D 1-1 15000 14 J Hewitt
24 | Feb 01 FAC 2 H Brighton D 1-1 36000 J Cox
25 | Feb 05 FAC 2 Rep A Brighton W 3-0 11800 J Cox, J Bradley 2
26 | Feb 08 Div 1 A Sunderland Heat 0-1 30000 16
27 | Feb 15 Div1 H Woolwich Arsenal WwW 4-1 25000 13 J Bradley, J Hewitt 3
28 | Feb 22 FAC 3 A Newcastle IE 1-3 45987 : P Saul
29 | Feb29 Div 1 H Bristol City | WwW 3-1 5000 9 J Bradley, J Hewitt 2
30 | Mar 07 Div 1 A Notts County D 2-2 0000 9 J Parkinson, A Raisbeck (pen)
31 | Mar 09 Div1 A The Wednesday WwW 2-1 5000 6 J Hewitt, R Robinson
32 | Mari4 | Div H Man City pals 0-1 10000 9
33 | Mar 21 Div | A Preston L 0-3 5000 12
34 | Mar 25 Div1 le H Man Utd Ww 7-4 10000 7 J Hewitt 2, R Robinson 2, B McPherson 3
35 | Mar28 | Div1 A Bury L 1-3 8000 9 C Hewitt
36 | Apr 04 | Div Ht A Aston Villa L 1-5 18000 12 ROr
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38 | Apr 11 Div 1 A Newcastle lL 1-3 30000 11 R Orr
39 | Apr 17 Div 1 i H Everton [ D 0-0 35000 10
40 | Apr 18 Div 1 H Middlesbrough L 0-1 10000 14
41 | Apr 20 Div A Chelsea Ww 2-0 35000 9 T Chorlton, B McPherson
42 | Apr 27 Div 1 H Bury WwW 2-1 10000 8 R Orr2

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS

Joe Hewitt 36 4 0
Arthur Goddard 35 4 4 0 39 4
Jack Cox 35 2 4 | 39 5
James Bradley 34 3 4 3 38 6
Sam Hardy 33 0 4 0 37 | 0
Alf West 33 0 3 0 36 0
Percy Saul 27 1 4 1 31 Z
Robbie Robinson 24 9 2 0 26 9 Average attendance at home — Overall
Alex Raisbeck 23 2 3 0 26 2 Average goals per game — League
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Charles Hewitt 16 6 0 0 16 6
Tom Rogers 12 0 1 0 13 0
James Gorman g 0 1 1 10 1
Jack Parkinson 8 6 2 1 10 v4
James Harrop | 8 0 0 0 8 0
Tom Chorlton 7 1 0 0 7 1
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Ronald Orr if 5 0 0 7 5
Charles Hewitt against Nottm For
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Sam Bowyer against Man Utd
Sam Bowyer 4 0 1 0 5 0
Harold Fitzpatrick against Sunderland
James Hughes 4 0 1 0 5 0
Alan Hignett against Sunderland
Harold Fitzpatrick 4 2 0 0 4 2
Harold Uren against Man City
Michael Griffin el 0 0 0 a 0
James Harrop against Bolton
George Latham 5 0 0 0 5 0
Michael Griffin against Woolwich Arsenal
Billy Dunlop 2 0 0 0 2 0
Ronald Orr against Aston Villa
Harold Uren 2 0 0 0 2 0
Arthur Berry against Newcastle
Arthur Berry 1 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Griffiths 1 0 0 0 1 0
Alan Hignett 1 0 0 0 1 0

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Manchester United 1 3 8 5
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|Manchester City 12 5 2 4 6
Newcastle United 11 4 4 4 8
The Wednesday 14 0 5 5 4
Middlesbrough 12 Z 5 5 5
Bury Seciaas 4 6 4
Liverpool 11 2 6 5 4
Nottingham Forest 11 6 2 Z 5 2 7 41
Bristol City 38 | 8 7 4 4 5 0 29 40
Everton 11 4 4 4 2 3 24 40
Preston North End 9 7 3 3 3] 1 14 ou
Chelsea 8 3 8 6 5 8 23 27
Woolwich Arsenal 9 8 Z. 3 4 2
Blackburn Rovers 10 i 2 2 5 12
Sunderland 1 2 6 5 1 13
Sheffield United 8 6 5 4 5 0
Notts County 9 3 i 4 5 0
Bolton Wanderers 10 3 6 4 2 3
Birmingham City 6 6 i 3 6 0

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December but was out for a further five weeks after that. week.As reported by the Liverpool Echo, many felt that it
Jack Cox took over the captaincy in his absence. impaired the sport.
Liverpool’s form was more pleasing than the previous
season but the scribe at the club programme was not “The “wage-limit” of £4 a week all the year round has
totally satisfied with their playing style. “If we might again been a bugbear of long standing to them. “Stars” grumble
offer a word of advice to the men, it would be to play because lesser lights are paid at the same rate. Perhaps this is
more of their football on the ground and less in the air.” a legitimate grievance because it not uncommon to hear “the
Indeed they could be perplexingly inconsistent, man in the street”— and there is no better judge offootball
beating Notts County 6-0 with a Joe Hewitt hat- — give vent to his feelings, after witnessing a disappointing
trick and Aston Villa 5-0, but then losing three games display, something in the manner: “They say so-and-so gets
in a row, in which they scored only three goals but L4 a week of playing; ifIwas his boss he would not get
conceded twelve. Liverpool’s new grandstand that 4s.” There is no doubt that the same treatment of paying all
had been drawn by Archibald Leitch in the summer round has led to many abuses on the part ofjealous players,
of 1906 was finally ready for action when Brighton who feel that, from their long-standing and big reputation
visited Liverpool in the second round of the FA Cup with certain clubs, they are at least entitled to something
on 1 February 1908.The teams drew 1-1 but Liverpool more than a younger and less known person receives. Many
proceeded to the next round by beating the Seagulls 3-0 people agree that it is a mistake not to let a professional get
at Goldstone Ground. what his abilities deserve. Such meaning is good, though in
Liverpool were then drawn against Newcastle who practice it might be found difficult to follow, inasmuch as the
were in second place while Liverpool had fallen to player might appraise his services at too high a price. It must
thirteenth. Liverpool had lost 5-1 at Anfield to the St not beforgotten, too, that this method of payment was tried
James’ Park outfit in December in the League. In the long before the “wage-limit” came into existence, and it was
cup-tie Liverpool led. 1-0 at half-time but Newcastle its failure that brought about the standard of £4. However,
scored three in the second half, shattering their Crystal the Football Association have again stepped in, and the £4
Palace dream. limits to be abolished, leaving club managers practically free to
Liverpool hit the heights again in the middle pay a player whatever they please with a bonus thrown in.”
of a terrible losing run by beating champions-elect
Manchester United 7-4, with Bill McPherson grabbing a Liverpool were having a decent enough season in
hat-trick and Robbie Robinson and Joe Hewitt getting 1908/09, in fifth position in the middle of February,
a couple each. Everton, who had finished third in the having won thirteen out of their twenty-seven matches.
previous season, were in fourteenth spot when they From that point, however, Liverpool had an alarming
visited Anfield close to the season’s end. The spectators slump in form, losing 5-0 at Woolwich Arsenal, drawing
were the main talking point of the game in the Liverpool 1-1 with Notts County and then losing six games on the
Echo: “The Liverpool crowd have quickly fastened on a trot, climaxing on 9 April in the worst-ever loss against
very funny name word.They drawl out O----r whenever Everton in the history of the club, 5-0! Come April
the Newcastle man did anything amiss. The effect was 1909 Liverpool were in deep relegation trouble!
most laughable, and in direct contrast to the frightful The club programme was dismayed by Liverpool's
“humour” of the interval. I never saw anything more performances:
despicable than the pelting of the sandwich men. It is
not excruciatingly funny. It would serve the spectators “The Livers played as ifthe team was a conglomeration
right - and they may take this as a warning that it is gathered from the ends of the earth. Every man on the side
not beyond the bounds of possibility that they will be had conception of the game, but none of them seemed to
watched if it occurs again and will be summoned for have the remotest idea of how to put their knowledge to a
assault. I hope this warning will be quite sufficient to practical use.”
bring the few mad-heads to their senses.”
Liverpool improved on fifteenth place by finishing Liverpool and Bury were equal on thirty-three
the 1907/08 season eighth. The main focus after the points when they faced each other in the penultimate
season was on the controversial wage-limit of £4 a game of the season.

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1908/09 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aston Villa w T Chorlton (pen), J Hewitt, R Robinson
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Man Utd T Chorlton (pen), A Goddard, J Hewitt
Norwich J Cox, R Robinson
Leicester Fosse S Bowyer, J Bradley, A Goddard 2
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Notts County R Robinson
Bristol City T Chorlton (pen)
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Arthur Goddard 36 4 2 0 38 4 Games won
James Bradley 34 | 2 ee, Games drawn
Tom Chorlton 33 a ji) 0 35 3 Games lost
Joe Hewitt 33 12 2 1 35 (3 Clean sheets — League
Ronald Orr 33 20 2 3 35 23 Clean sheets — Overall
Sam Hardy 32 0 2 0 | 34 0 Total goals
James Harrop 30 1 0 31 1 Average attendance at home — League
Jack Cox 28 2 i i 30 3 Average attendance at home — Overall 18,047
Robbie Robinson 21 5 1 22 6 Average goals per game — League 1.89
Maurice Parry 20 0 2 0 22 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Jack Parkinson 4 3 1 18 4
Alex Raisbeck 15 2 0 16 2
Percy Saul 15 0 0 16 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Sam Bowyer 14 4 0 0 14 4 League

Billy Dunlop 13 0 0 14 0 FA Cup

Alf West 10 0 0 0 10 0
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PLAYER DEBUTS
Bertram Goode 6 0 0 0 6 0
Don Sloan against Leicester Fosse 10.10.1908
Tom Rogers 6 0 0 0 6 0
Bertram Goode against Bristol City 07.11.1908
Don Sloan 6 0 0 0 6 0
Robert Crawford against Leicester Fosse 13.02.1909
Arthur Berry 2 0 0 0 2 an
Ernest Peake against Woolwich Arsenal 20.02.1909
James Hughes 2 0 0 0 Z 0
Messina Allman against Bristol City 13.03.1909
Messina Allman 1 0 0 0 il 0
William Hunter against Preston 20.03.1909
Michael Griffin 1 0 0 0 | 0
William Hunter 1 Rimnhas 0 |
Ernest Peake 1 0 0 0 ] 0
Harold Uren | 0 0 0 | 0

DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A WwW D L Points
Newcastle United 38 14 1 4 32 20 10 4 5
Everton 38 11 6) 5 7 7! Hy
Sunderland 38 14 0 5 7 2 10
Blackburn Rovers 38 6 6 i 8 i 4
The Wednesday 3 | is | 0 [4 ee
Woolwich Arsenal 38 g 3 7 5 7 Hk
Aston Villa 38 8 7 4 6 3 10
Bristol City 38 i 7 5 6 5 8
Middlesbrough 38 11 2 6 3 he 9
Preston North End 38 8 7 4 5 4 10
Chelsea 38 8 7 4 6 2 11
Sheffield United 38 9 8) 5 5 4 0
Manchester United 38 10 3 6 5 4 | 0
Nottingham Forest 38 9 2 8 5 6 8
Notts County 38 9 4 6 D 4 0
Liverpool 38 9 5 a 6 1 12
Bury 38 9g 6 4 5 2 7.
Bradford City ii 6 6 5 4 10
Manchester City 12 3 4 3 1 15
Leicester Fosse 6 6 i 2 3 4

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This crucial match also served as a dual-benefit City beat Manchester United 1-0 dumping Liverpool
match for legends Alex Raisbeck and Jack Cox. The into a relegation spot. Liverpool needed one point to
rain poured down at the start of the match but that escape the Second Division but their opponents were
didn’t dampen Liverpool's enthusiasm. Pint-sized inside none other than Newcastle who had already won the
forward Ronald Orr let fly with “one of his old-time Championship. It was a scrappy game at St James’ Park.
shots” and got on the scoresheet in the sixth minute. Both teams lacked imagination but Ronald Orr had
Eleven minutes later the referee awarded a corner definitely pleased the footballing gods because he was
which “the Spion Koppers protested vigorously, and so again Liverpool’s hero, scoring the only goal of the game
did the Anfielders, as if they had a premonition of evil. in the seventy-eighth minute. Manchester City were
So unluckily it turned out for the ball came straight relegated along with Leicester Fosse.
to Currie who headed into the net.” Goddard “was as The Liverpool Echo issued a stern warning to the Reds
graceful as a gazelle” but the Bury defence could easily that if things wouldn’t improve the Second Division
handle Liverpool’s “kick and rush tactics.” Hibbert was waiting.
gave Bury the lead and the signs were ominous for the
Anfielders and the Second Division was looming. Orr, “After experiencing an ordeal that must have been
however, replied in Liverpool’s next attack, one minute absolutely nerve-racking, the Liverpool club has emerged
before the interval. No goals were scored in the second triumphant, and still retains its position in the First
half and a 2-2 draw was satisfactory for both teams but Division of the League. It was, however, a very narrow
Liverpool were still in trouble. squeak, and the general supporters of the Anfield-road
organisation will scarcely relish the narrow margin by
17. Manchester City 34 points (0.97 goal average). which the team has escaped relegation to second-class
38 played. company. Having made amends for the mistakes of the
18. Liverpool 34 points (0.86).37 played. past few weeks it would be ungractous to carp now at this
19. Bradford City 32 points (0.98). 37 played. eleventh-hour victory, but one may hope that next season
20. Leicester Fosse 25 points (0.54). 37 played. things will not be cut so fine.”

Two games on 29 and 30 April decided which teams Significant changes lay ahead in the summer. Liverpool's
would be relegated along with Leicester Fosse. Bradford future rested with a new generation of players.

Liverpool's first
superstar Alex Raisbeck
and Elizabeth Maxwell
Stewart had twelve
children. Back row:
Daisy, Johnny, Jean,
Jamie and Alex;
Middle row: Walter,
Cissy, Tommy and Luke;
Front row: Douglas,
Mary (who drowned in
the Mersey) and Jenny.

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Clockwise from top:
Liverpool's 1905/06 team
line up; an early terrace
song; John McKenna;
Liverpool's founder,
John Houlding.

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Top left: The Liverpool team line
up before the 1912/13 season;
Top right: Alex Raisbeck shows
off his national dress;
Bottom: Liverpool at Chelsea

1909-1919
1909/10 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Sep 04 i A Chelsea L 1-2 25000 15 J Hewitt
Sep 06 Div A Bolton W 2-1 20000 12 J Parkinson 2
Sep 11 Div 1 H Blackburn W 34 25000 9 J McDonald, J Parkinson, J Stewart
Sep 18 Div 1 A Nottm For WwW 4-1 15000 5 R Orr, J Parkinson 3
Sep 25 Div 1 H Sunderland L 1-4 30000 9 J Hewitt
Oct 02 Div 1 A Everton W 3-2 45000 9 A Goddard, J Parkinson, J Stewart
Oct 09 Div H Man Utd W 3-2 30000 6 J Stewart, J Parkinson 2
Oct 16 Div 1 Ae A Bradford City W 2-1 25000 AS 3 S Bowyer, J Stewart
Oct 23 Div 1 H The Wednesday WwW 3-4 30000 3 J Stewart, J Parkinson 2
Oct 30 Div 1 A Bristol City WwW 1-0 8000 2 R Robinson
Nov 06 Div 1 H Bury D 2-2 25000 4 A Goddard, J Parkinson
Nov 13 | Div1 [A _| Tottenham ae 7000 «| 4
ov 20 Div aaa Preston WwW 2-0 20000 3 A Goddard, J Stewart
Nov 27 Div A Notts County L 1-3 5000 5 J Harrop
Dec 04 Div cle H Newcastle W 645 22000 | 4 A Goddard, J Stewart, R Orr2,J Parkinson2
Dec 11 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Dp) 0-0 25000 4
Dec 18 Div ue A | Aston Villa L 1-3 8000 | 5 J Parkinson (pen)
Dec 25 Div 1 H Bolton WwW 30 25000 5 A Goddard, R Orr, J Parkinson 3 (1 pen)
Dec 27 Div 1 IE A Woolwich Arsenal D 1-1 5000 6 J Parkinson
20 | Dec 28 Div A Sheff Utd L 2-4 5000 6 B Goode, J McDonald
21 | Jan 01 | Div H Woolwich Arsenal WwW 5-1 25000 6 S Bowyer 2, J Parkinson 3 (1 pen)
22 | Jan 08 Div 1 | H | Chelsea WwW 5-1 25000 | 5 L J Parkinson 2, J Stewart 3
23 | Jan 15 FAC 1 A Bristol City L 0-2 0000 |
24 | Jan 22 Div A Blackburn D (ie | 15000 6 J Stewart
25 | Feb 12 Div H Everton L 0-1 | 40000 6
26 [ Feb 19 Div | A Man Utd Ww 43 45000 4 A Goddard 2, J Stewart 2
27 | Feb 26 Div 1 H Bradford City Ww 1-0 5000 ts 3 A Goddard (pen)
28 ar 05 Div 1 A The Wednesday L 0-3 12000 3
29 | Mar12 | Div1 H | Bristol City heb O4 20000 ~ |
30 ar 19 Div A Bury WwW 2-1 0000 5 S Bowyer, A Goddard
31 ar 25 Div 1 H Sheff Utd D 00 30000 6
32 | Mar 26 Div 1 H Tottenham | WwW 20 20000 if 4 J Parkinson, J Stewart
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34 | Apr 02 Div A___| Preston L 0-2 4000 8
35 | Apr 09 Div1 H Notts County W 24 15000 3 J Parkinson, J Stewart
36 | Apr 16 Div 1 A Newcastle WwW 3-1 20000 3 J Stewart, A Goddard 2 (1 pen)
37 | Apr 20 Div 1 il H Nottm For WwW 7-3 5000 2 J Stewart, S Bowyer 2, J Parkinson 4
38 | Apr 23 Div 1 A Middlesbrough D 2-2 8000 2 A Goddard, J Parkinson
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Chelsea 38 10 4 3} 32 1 3
Bolton Wanderers 38 7 2 10 | 31 2 4

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The Story Of The Decade
fter making a narrow escape from the Second “The football witnessed at Anfield last Saturday
Division in 1909 — only three years after winning came as a welcome surprise to the thousands of supporters
the League title — former key players were moved on. of the Liverpool club, for the quality of the play was
Three players who had made a combined total of 924 immeasurably superior to what was seen in ninety per cent
appearances left the club. The skipper of the 1901 and of the League matches a season ago. The footwork displayed
1906 Championship sides and the greatest player in the throughout the Liverpool team was of a high standard;
club’s 17-year history, Alex Raisbeck, went to Partick there was a brightness and alert activity noticeable in the
Thistle. The club programme felt he would be greatly ranks which only needs to be continued to wipe out all past
missed on and off the field: “A man like Raisbeck will memories.”
always be difficult to replace, for not only was he a great
player, but he was of striking personality.” Fellow half-back Jack Parkinson’s previous best had been 20 League
Maurice Parry also moved to Partick Thistle. Left-winger goals in the 1904/05 Second Division season. The 26-
Jack Cox got a free transfer and became Blackpool’s first year-old was again on fire, scoring 11 goals in his first
player-manager, where he stayed for two years and added seven games including a hat-trick against Nottingham
69 games and six goals to his League career total. Big Forest, one goal in a 3-2 victory against Everton, and a
changes were also made in the boardroom. Edwin Berry, brace in a 3-2 win over Manchester United.
who had been on Liverpool’s Board since its inception Liverpool were strong up front and the defence was
in 1892 and Chairman from 1904, retired due to “private steady. The Echo’s “Stud Marks” remarked: “Raisbeck
reasons.” John McKenna, who was the first secretary/ and Parry must be staring open-eyed at it all?’ Much
manager of the club and had been Vice-Chairman, took of the side’s success was due to the new-look half-back
over Berry’s position. line. Robinson was the “surprise packet” in his new role
The Echo complimented the directors on the much and in place of “Raisbeck’s golden crown” were James
needed change. “At the end of April we heaved a big sigh Harrop’s “raven locks.’ The ever-reliable James Bradley
of relief. Only by the barest margin did Liverpool escape completed the half-back trio. ‘Actions speak louder than
the Second Division.A feature of the Liverpool team this words’ was quite apt for this Liverpool team which,
season should be its youth. The club has parted with old according to the papers, “is considered the quietest team
and trusted servants. Sentiment cannot enter into such a in the League, in a talking sense. From Hardy in goal to
vital question. Though we are sorry to to part with certain McDonald at outside left, scarcely a man speaks during
players who have done wonderfully, it must be confessed in a game’s progress.”
view of last season’s displays, that the directors have taken a Liverpool couldn’t follow their bright start of the
wise course in letting these players find fresh pastures.” season and were fifth when they played Newcastle on
Liverpool signed two Scotsmen that improved 4 December 1909. The Magpies were leading 5-2 at
the team considerably up front. James Stewart came half-time and Albert Shepherd had scored four goals,
from Motherwell and winger John McDonald from making him leading scorer in the League with 16 goals.
Rangers. Players got themselves into top shape during Shepherd is a Newcastle legend and scored 94 goals in
the summer under the watchful eye of former Liverpool 132 games for the Magpies.
player Charlie Wilson. Robbie Robinson was due to On to the historic second half, where Parkinson
be moved from the forward line to half-back and being brought the scores back to 5-3. Greater dramas, however,
the heaviest man on the team extreme measures were were still to come.
used to get his surplus fat off. He was made to sit in a
small “hot room” in furnace-like conditions. Sprinting, “The revival of the Reds was really astonishing
ball-punching, skipping, and lifting dumbbells were and so determined were they that it seemed quite on for
a big part of the daily routine for the players. Arthur them to avert defeat,” wrote the Echo. “Especially was
Goddard took over the captaincy from Alex Raisbeck this so when Orr scored another goal from twenty yards’
and Liverpool’s intent was there for all to see. The Reds range. Lawrence partially cheated and tried to scoop the
were rejuvenated at the start of the 1909/10 season and ball out. It was an astonishing game so brimful of interest
won eight out of their ten opening League fixtures. The and sensation to be absolutely perplexing. The seemingly
club programme welcomed the new-look Liverpool: impossible happened when McDonald, Parkinson and Orr,

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 79

1910/11 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Sep 03 Div1 = Bradford City - J Stewart
Sep 10 Div 1 | Blackburn - J Parkinson 2
Sep 17 Div 1 Nottm For 5 1 J Brough, R Orr
Sep 19 Div 1 Sheff Utd
Sep 24 Div 1 Man City - S Gilligan, J Parkinson
Oct 01 Div 1 Everton
Oct 08 Div 1 The Wednesday |
Oct 15 Div 1 Bristol City | J Brough, J Harrop, J Parkinson 2
Oct 22 Div 1 Newcastle 6 | E Peake
Oct 29 Div 1 Tottenham : J Brough
Nov 05 Div 1 Middlesbrough S Bowyer, A Goddard
jov 12 Div 1 Preston =o |_S Bowyer, R Orr, J Parkinson
ov 19 Div Notts County
Nov 26 Div 1 Man Utd A Goddard (pen), J Parkinson, J Stewart
Dec 03 Div Oldham A Goddard
Dec 10 Div Bury
Dec 17 Div1 Sheff Utd J Parkinson, J Stewart
Dec 24 Div Aston Villa J Stewart
Dec 26 Div1 Sunderland A Goddard (pen)
Dec 27 Div1 Everton J Parkinson
Dec 31 Div Bradford City S Bowyer, J Parkinson 2
Jan 02 ifSunderland
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Feb 27 Newcastle S Gilligan 2, J Parkinson
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Mar 18 Preston R Orr
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APPEARANCES & GOALS

John McConnell 29
Sam Hardy 27
John McDonald 25
Samual Gilligan 15
Sam Bowyer 13
Harold Uren 12 | GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
James Stewart 11
Augustus Beeby FA Cup fee: a
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Everton 38 12 3 4 34 17 7 4 8 16 19
Bradford City 38 13 es 33 16 7 4 8 18 26
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Blackburn Rovers 38 12 2 5 | 40 14 1 9 9 22 40
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Tottenham Hotspur 38 |10 5 4 40 23 3 | 15 12 40
Middlesbrough 38 9 5 5 31 21 2 5 12 18 42 32
Manchester City 38 7 5 7 26 26 2 8 g 7 32 31
Bury 38 8 9 2 2, 18 1 2 16 16 53 29
Bristol City 38 8 4 7 23 21 3 1 15 20 45 27
Nottingham Forest 38 5 4 10 28 Ril 4 3 12 27 44 25

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with almost superhuman energy, swept all before them, Orr As well as being an emergency ‘keeper Goddard
equalising under very great difficulty.” The scores were contributed more to the goalscoring than in previous
level, 5-5, after Liverpool had been losing 2-5 at half-time! years, going into double figures for the first time since
“The excitement of the crowd was intense and the noise 1903. The forward star of the team, however, was Jack
almost deafening at times. WOULD YOU BELIEVE Parkinson, who, as well being the First Division’s top-
IT? No! Robinson’s forward pass, crossed to Goddard, and scorer, became the first Liverpool player since Sam
lo and behold, the Reds were ahead.” Raybould in 1902/03 to score 30 goals in a season.
His progress was also finally recognised by the England
A truly astonishing comeback! Liverpool scored four selectors as he made his international debut on 14 March
goals in the second half without reply and won 6-5! 1910 against Wales.
Liverpool started the New Year in style, beating Fans of “The Livers,’ which they were most
southern rivals Woolwich Arsenal and Chelsea 5-1 at commonly called in the media, could be optimistic for the
Anfield, where Parkinson and Stewart each grabbed a years ahead as Tom Watson had successfully managed to
hat-trick in the respective games. Then, on 19 February, transform the side, getting in younger players as certified
Liverpool celebrated a historical 4-3 win against club legends left with their best days behind them.
Manchester United in the first-ever match played at Liverpool were expected to pick up where they left
Old Trafford. off but began the 1910/11 season miserably, losing seven
“Play up, the Reds” was the encouragement from out their first ten.At the end of October Liverpool were
the Liverpool faithful that inspired the players to have bottom! The club programme didn’t mince its words:
their best season since they won the championship in
1906.The Reds finished the 1909/10 campaign strongly, “Really someone should begin to teach these
scoring 14 goals in four games and getting seven out of professionals how to play football. What is the use ofhaving
eight possible points before facing Aston Villa in the final eleven men in pink condition physically, if they cannot
game of the season. Villa had already won the title but control a football, shoot with some degree of accuracy, and
Liverpool could secure second place, a big improvement exhibit some idea of outwitting an opponent? They may be
on the fifteenth, eighth and sixteenth finishes in previous able to run, skip and jump, but we want men that can play
seasons. The game was goalless at half-time and Liverpool football, men that can use their brains when on thefield,
had to play with only ten men in the second half due and show by their actions that their dominating desire is to
to goalkeeper Sam Hardy’s dislocated wrist after Harry is to prove themselves deserving of the name of First League
Hampton’s rough challenge. Hampton went unpunished players. Such shooting as we saw a week ago at Anfield was
much to the Anfield crowd’s dismay and a stone was sufficient to make one gasp with sheer amazement. Here
thrown on the pitch striking forward Joe Bache above we have highly paid professionals blundering and bungling,
the eye. Captain Arthur Goddard took Hardy’s place missing opportunities ofscoring goals that even a schoolboy
in goal and despite only having four forwards instead would blush to think of not utilizing.”
of five Liverpool managed to score two goals without
reply from theVillains and finish runners-up, five points Although the players disappointed, the followers of
behind Villa. Liverpool Football Club did not as the club programme
The real trouble kicked off after the game as the noted in its 8 October 1910 issue: “The Anfield crowd
Evening Express reported. should be proud ofitself. It even attracted four fair ladies
from Germany who wanted to see it and not the game.
“At the end of the match the brake conveying the Villa Spion Kop’s sky line was worthy of an artist.”
players to the city was followed by a yelling crowd of youths The Liverpool Echo had warned Liverpool players at
and boys who pelted the occupants for some considerable the start of the season that “such good form has been
distance. The brake was stopped and one or two of the shown by the reserve men that it was realised that the
ringleaders marked out. There was some sharp scuffling and “old brigade” would have to play hard against Bradford
Hunter, one of the Villa players who had accompanied the today to guarantee them their places in future matches.”
team to Liverpool, received a severe blow to the face. In a As it turned out experienced defenders Tom Chorlton
_ few seconds the police arrived on the scene.” and James Bradley soon lost their places. Replacing

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1911/12 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
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A Bolton L 1-2 15000 4 J Parkinson
H | Man City ae 25000 3 R Orr, J Parkinson
A Everton L 2 40000 6 J Parkinson
H | WBA OES 18000 18 | J Parkinson
A Sunderland WwW 2-1 12000 6 J McDonald, R Robinson
H Blackburn LE 1-2 30000 6 J Harrop
A The Wednesday D 2-2 12000 7 S Gilligan, J Parkinson
H Bury D -| 10000 7 § Gilligan
A | Middlesbrough IE 2-3 13720 17___|_ SGilligan, H Uren
H Notts County WwW 3-0 15000 16 J Bovill 2, A Goddard
A Tottenham L 0-2 20000 18
H | Man Utd W 3-2 15000 7___|_JParkinson, J Bovill 2
H Preston ib 0-1 10000 8
A Aston Villa L 0-5 16000 8
H Newcastle L 0-1 20000 Chel
A Sheff Utd E 1-3 12000 9g J Parkinson
H Oldham WwW 1-0 10000 8 S Gilligan
H Bolton Ww 1-0 25000 6 J Parkinson
H Woolwich Arsenal Ww 41 16000 7 J Bovill 2, J Parkinson 2
H Bradford City WwW 1-0 40000 15 H Uren
A Man City WwW 3-2 15000 15 J Bovill, J Parkinson, W Stuart
H Leyton Ww 1-0 33000 J Parkinson
24 | Jan 20 Div H Everton L 1-3 35000 N) S Gilligan
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26 | Feb 03 FAC 2 A Fulham L 0-3 30000
27 | Feb 10 Div 1 A Blackburn L 0-1 15000 7
28 | Feb 17 | Div1 | H The Wednesday D 1-1 15000 8 R Robinson
29 | Feb 24 Div 1 A Bury D 2-2 8000 8 T Gracie, J Stewart
30 | Mar 02 Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 1-1 25000 17 T Miller
31 | Mar 09 Div 1 A Notts County D 0-0 15000 17
32 | Mar 16 Div 1 H Tottenham I! 1-2 20000 8 | B Lacey
33 | Mar 23 Div 1 A Man Utd D 1-1 12000 7 J Parkinson
34 | Mar 30 Div 1 A Preston L 1-2 9000 19 S Gilligan
35 | Apr 05 Div 1 H Sunderland Ww 2-1 30000 9 | S Gilligan, H Lowe
36 | Apr 06 Div 1 H Aston Villa L 1-2 30000 19 | S Gilligan
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Bradley was 20 year-old John McConnell, who went on goal. His header towards goal almost beat Hardy, who
to play 31 games at right half-back that season (he only managed a save but only received a blow to the head for
made 8 appearances the following season which turned his efforts when slipping on the “treacherous ground.”
out to be his last at the club). Robert Crawford took Parkinson scored for Liverpool in the first half, but early
over Chorlton’s place at full-back and played 33 games, on in the second half, after Everton’s third corner in a
which turned out to be his highest total for a season in row, Alex Young headed past Hardy and equalised. Alex
his Anfield career. A future stalwart for Liverpool, 22- “Sandy” Young proved quite a handful for the Reds
year-old Ephraim Longworth, had been bought during and he added a second with a “swift shot” that Hardy
the summer and solved the team’s problem of not got a hand to. 2-1 the final score and Everton knocked
having a prominent right-back. His influence became Liverpool out of the cup.
more apparent over the next eighteen years he spent at Liverpool now concentrated on the League where
the club! they remained in the lower half of the table. Following
Liverpool missed the influence of Sam Hardy as his the disappointing defeat by the Blues the team reached
wrist dislocation from the final game of the previous some level of consistency by winning three out the
season was still bothering him. Augustus Beeby played next five by the same scoreline 3-0. Liverpool finished
six out of the first seven games until first-choice Hardy the season with 15 wins compared with 21 from the
recovered. Seven goals were shared in Liverpool and previous season, and a points tally of 37 compared to 48.
Newcastle’s game on 22 October 1910. In previous Just before the season’s curtain call keeper, Sam
years, there had never been a shortage of goals against Hardy, got his much deserved benefit game, which
Newcastle, but this time around Geordieland wasn’t kind guaranteed him £500. Liverpool faced Woolwich
to the Reds. Newcastle scored six in Liverpool's biggest Arsenal at Anfield on 17 April 1911.The club and the
defeat of the season, 6-1. From November to January home crowd showed Hardy their appreciation, reported
Liverpool won five out of 11 League games, drawing the Echo. “Twenty thousand throats cheering the silent
two and losing four, which put them in fourteenth place custodian to the echo. The band departed decorously,
at the turn of the year, only three points away from a and the rival captains took the centre, Hardy proving
relegation spot. fortunate with the coin, at which the generous crowd
Fate would have it that Liverpool and Everton faced cheered again.”
each other in the second round of the FA Cup on 4 Liverpool had been on a rollercoaster ride since
February 1911.The interest was immense and the whole their championship win in 1906 and after showing
city was talking about this tie. The Merseyside clubs had promise of a championship challenge in the 1909/10
faced each other three times previously in the cup. The season, the team had plunged down the table the
Reds knocked the Blues out in a first round replay in following season. But given such inconsistency, the
1902, but in 1905 Everton progressed at the same stage. Liverpool Echo expected good things of the club in the
Their biggest cup meeting to date was the semi-final in 1911/12 season:
1906, when Everton conquered their neighbours 2-0
and went on to win the cup. “Liverpool are one of the most remarkable teams in
When previewing their current match-up the League football. They have an extraordinary aptitude for
Liverpool Echo noted:““The Everton and Liverpool players, performing the unexpected and altogether theirs is a strange
when sojourning at Blackpool, needed no shadowing cycle ofform throughout the club’s history. We expect to
by private detectives to prevent their straying from the find them either at the top or bottom of the League or going
paths of duty. “Twas was not so a dozen or so years ago, out first time in the Cup, while on another occasion doing
and at least one of Liverpool’s cup-tie defeats was due unusually well in the quest for the elusive trophy, which
to the action of players’ friends who literally killed them they have never grasped, and indeed have consistently
and their prospects alike with kindness.” disappointed in since Sheffield United baulked them by
Thankfully no hangover could cause Liverpool’s a great fluke. But I am digressing, and, in accordance with
downfall this time around and the players stayed sober precedent and the swing of the pendulum of football form
prior to the game! Ephraim Longworth was close to as personified by Liverpool, this season should see them
giving Everton the upper hand by scoring an early own- with honourable records.”

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1912/13 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Oldham T Miller, J Tosswill
Div1 | H Woolwich Arsenal WwW 30 il 30000 | 1 Peart (og), A Goddard 2
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Div 1 A Bradford City L 0-2 20000 Z
Div1 H Man City L 1-2 25000 7 B Lacey
Div 1 A WBA L 1-3 20000 10 T Miller
Div 1 H | Everton L 0-2 46000 12
Div 1 A The Wednesday L 0-1 20000 | 14 |
Div 1 A Sheff Utd L 1-4 3000 14 A Metcalf
Div1 H Blackburn Ww 41 20000 3 R Ferguson, A Goddard (pen), A Metcalf 2
Div 1 A Derby L 2-4 6000 15 A Metcalf 2
Div H Tottenham Ww 41 20000 3 A Goddard, D MacKinlay, J Parkinson 2
Div A Middlesbrough W 43 11973 12 T Miller, J Parkinson, A Metcalf 2
Div 1 H Notts County dD 00 15000 11
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Div 1 A Newcastle D 600 20000 3
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Div H WBA Ww 2- 20000 8 T Miller 2
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Harry Lowe Clean sheets — League
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Arthur Metcalf
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Robert Crawford
Jack Parkinson
Bill Lacey
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James Scott
James Stewart
PLAYER DEBUTS
Henry Welfare
Robert Ferguson against Oldham 04.09.1912
Samual Gilligan
John Tosswill against Oldham 04.09.1912
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Despite the encouragement Liverpool had a very The Liverpool players spent the evening prior to the
unimpressive start to the season, drawing twice 2-2 match in one of London’s music halls and on the morning
and losing 2-1 to Bolton, before facing their city rivals of the game they enjoyed a quiet walk. Their line-up was
Everton. Ernest Peake was due to play but was unable to strong at Craven Cottage where “the scene became one
as his child was thought to be dying. of exceptional animation.” The playing ground was a bit
Spectators arrived at Goodison Park, using tramcars icy and the team’s defenders had a hard time containing
or taxis to enjoy their winter sport. EE. Hughes of the Fulham’s attackers. The Cottagers took the lead after 15
Liverpool Echo swore he heard a voice singing in dirge- minutes and in the second half added another from a
like tones from one of the dressing rooms as he was corner that went straight off the crossbar rebounding off
climbing the spiral staircase leading to the press box. Pearce’s head into the goal. Fulham added a third in the
concluding stages of the game and the Reds’ hopes of FA
I remember, I remember Cup glory had been dashed once more.
A day in sweet September, When seven League games were left Sam Hardy was
When the sun shone on the heather effectively replaced in goal by 19-year-old Scotsman
And Ishot at fur and feather. Kenneth Campbell, who had been bought at the end of
But now, in English weather, the previous season and had only made one appearance
I’ve to chase the blooming leather! for Liverpool’s first team. It was a brave decision by
Tom Watson considering Campbell’s inexperience and
Ah! the potting of the pheasant Liverpool’s relegation trouble in nineteenth place in a
Was a pastime that was pleasant League of twenty. Liverpool lost subsequently to Preston
And the landing of the trout at Deepdale, Campbell conceding two goals, but won
Put all other sports to rout. the following game against mid-table Sunderland at
But now I’ve crossed the border Anfield. Liverpool then lost 2-1 at home to Aston Villa
I must keep myself in order where Sam Hardy reappeared in the first team in his last
For the chasing of the ball game for the Reds. Liverpool went on to beat Bradford
Brings men and men together. 2-0 at Valley Parade before drawing with second placed
Newcastle 1-1 at St James’.
Beare gave Everton the perfect start by scoring With two games remaining Liverpool were
with a magnificent shot in the tenth minute. Ronald nineteenth with 30 points from 36 games with only
Orr damaged ligaments in his right leg so he didn’t rock-bottom Bury beneath them with 20 points already
reappear for the second half leaving Liverpool a man relegated. The Reds had to win their last two and hope
short for 45 minutes while he was watching sitting the teams above them would slip up.
comfortably on a chair. Liverpool refused to surrender Liverpool’s adversaries at Anfield in the all-important
and when Everton’s keeper and Elisha’s brother, Billy penultimate game of the 1911/12 season, were tenth
Scott, dropped McDonald’s pass, Jack Parkinson was placed Sheffield United. James Stewart headed Liverpool
on hand to equalise in the seventy-eighth minute. A in front in the tenth minute. Spectators were frantic
rare mistake by Everton’s custodian, who later featured with delight and the “Anfielders were full value for their
for Liverpool in the wartime 1918/19 season and was success.” Liverpool had been quite comfortable during
a Reds reserve for half of the 1919/20 season. The the game until Hardinge attacked the Reds vigorously.
Blues responded powerfully to Liverpool’s equaliser He struck the angle of the woodwork and only minutes
and Gourlay unleashed a shot from 25 yards that was later let fly with a shot from long range, which hit
so fiercely struck: “Hardy never saw the ball speed past the upright. Just before half-time Blades’ defender
him into the net.”A second defeat for the Reds in four Wilkinson fisted the ball out from the goalmouth and
games was a fact. Liverpool were awarded a penalty. Arthur Goddard
Liverpool continued to struggle but hoped a good struck the upright from his kick but the referee blew
cup run could rescue a dire season. The Reds dispatched his whistle after seeing an offence and ordered it to be
Ephraim Longworth’s former team, Leyton, in the first retaken. Goddard scored at the second attempt as the
round 1-0 and were subsequently drawn against Fulham. ball slipped through Mitchell’s fingers. Liverpool led 2-0

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Everton A Metcalf
WBA R McDougall
Gillingham R Ferguson, B Lacey
The Wednesday B Lacey
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FAC 3 Rep West Ham A Metcalf, B Lacey 2, T Miller 2
Div 1 Oldham A Metcalf, J Nicholl
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Bob Pursell 26 0 8 0 34 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
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Donald MacKinlay 16 1 6 0 22 1
Jimmy Nicholl 14 3 5 2 19 5)
Arthur Metcalf 10 2 5 1 15 3
Sam Speakman 14 0 1 0 15 0
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James Dawson against Man Utd
Elisha Scott 4 0 0 0 4 0
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John Bovill 3 0 0 0 4 0
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at half-time. In the second half “Sheffielders continued packed together. Each individual was content to take
to play pretty football but there was not much fire in up eighteen superficial inches and no more.” Parkinson
their ventures so that the Anfielders had really little scored two fine individual goals in a 2-0 Liverpool win.
difficulty in holding their lead.” Liverpool celebrated a But beating Everton merely papered over the cracks.
much needed 2-0 victory. Seven years had passed since Liverpool last won the
Preston North End had finished their League League. The gap between eventual 1913 champions
programme losing their last two games, so a draw for Sunderland and Liverpool was best illustrated when
Liverpool in the last round at Oldham’s Boundary Park Liverpool lost 7-0 at Roker Park in December and 5-2
would relegate Preston. But in only the second minute of at Anfield in April, where the legendary Charlie Buchan
Liverpool’s relegation-decider, Samuel Gilligan headed scored five goals and three goals respectively!
home from a corner; the Scotsman saved Liverpool from Liverpool were stuck in mid-table mediocrity but
the drop with the only goal of the game. kept their eye on a cup prize. They had been drawn
Liverpool sold 28-year-old keeper Sam Hardy to against Newcastle in the third round at Anfield and a
Aston Villa at the end of season after 240 games in seven great match was expected. Liverpool struck first blood
years.A legend had departed but he continued to have in the fourteenth minute when the Newcastle ‘keeper,
an illustrious career over the next thirteen years with Lawrence, misjudged Lacey’s shot from the left. He
top-flight teams, winning the FA Cup twice and making atoned on 31 minutes, saving Goddard’s penalty. This
a total of 551 League appearances. would be a costly error indeed. Eight minutes into the
Liverpool had been so close to the Second Division second half Shepherd scored from a direct free-kick
and had to improve drastically next season. For a change inside Liverpool’s penalty area. The teams met again
Liverpool began the 1912/13 season in impressive four days later with 500 fans making the long journey
fashion, winning three games in a row and picking up to Tyneside. Liverpool created plenty of chances in the
six points in five days. Oldham were beaten 2-0 in the first twenty minutes but were really two men down as
opening game, a victory only “made possible by nearly Goddard was clearly unfit to play and Crawford was
a dozen thrilling saves by young Kenneth Campbell.” limping at the back, forcing captain Ephraim Longworth
Old stalwart, Arthur Goddard, who was well into his to drag Mackinlay, who had been playing left-wing, back
thirties, was also in irresistible form, tormenting the into defence in the first half. Liverpool were struggling
Oldham side. “Last night he played a game the equal when Harry Lowe handled in the box. Hudspeth scored
of which he has not touched for two years and the the only goal of the game from the spot in the thirty-
crowd was highly delighted at the revival,’ reported third minute. Liverpool’s FA Cup hopes lay in tatters for
the Liverpool Echo. Goddard scored two goals in a 3-0 another year.
victory against Woolwich Arsenal at Anfield in the Liverpool were not up to much in the League in
second game of the season and also got on the scoresheet the 1913/14 season, conceding 25 goals in their first ten
in the 2-1 win against Chelsea that followed. The club games with just two wins to their name. Arthur Goddard
programme was hopeful that “The dark days of last April left for Cardiff at the end of the season after a 12-year
are being succeeded by the dawn of a bright September, career at Anfield that took in 414 appearances and 77
and thus is fortune dealing out her favours, deservedly goals. Results picked up in December and four wins out
and justifiably.” of five from mid-March to early-April ultimately saved
What happened next was incomprehensible to most the Reds from going down.
people. Liverpool lost six games in a row. Three wins Liverpool, nevertheless, went on a brilliant run in the
from four lifted spirits but the Reds were in thirteenth FA Cup. A replay was needed to knock out 1912 Cup
place with 25 points when they faced Everton on 8 winners Barnsley in the first round. Bill Lacey scored the
February 1913 at Goodison Park. Liverpool had beaten winning goal in the last minute of the game. Two late
Woolwich Arsenal 4-1 in the FA Cup the previous goals against Gillingham, one from Lacey again, ensured
week, with Arthur Metcalf netting a hat-trick. Everton a third round meeting with West Ham. Liverpool drew
were three places above their Stanley Park neighbours. 1-1 at Upton Park but the Hammers didn’t have a prayer
The weather was springlike and FE. Hughes, the Echo’s at Anfield. Lacey and Tom Miller scored two goals each
reporter, had “never seen the masses so pacifically in a 5-1 victory. Queens Park Rangers were dismissed

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1914/15 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS ‘
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
H Bolton | W 43 15000 8 B Lacey, A Metcalf, J Nicholl, J Sheldon
Sep 05 Div 1 H Notts County D 1-1 15000 6 A Metcalf
Sep 12 Div 1 A Sunderland D 2-2 14000 Pi A Metcalf, J Sheldon (pen)
Sep 19 Div H The Wednesday Wee 2-7 25000 5 | T Miller 2
Sep 21 Div A Blackburn L 2-4 15000 | 6 A Metcalf, J Nicholl
Sep 26 Div A WBA L 0-4 15000 7
Oct 03 Div H Everton rea 0-5 32000 2
Oct 10 Div A Chelsea L i) 30000 6 F Pagnam
Oct 17 Div 1 H Bradford City WwW 2-1 20000 3 T Miller 2
Oct 24 Div A Burnley L 0-3 18000 4
Oct 31 Div H Tottenham WwW 7-2 20000 2 W Banks, J Sheldon 2, F Pagnam 4
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Nov 21 Div A Sheff Utd L 1-2 6000 2 F Pagnam |
Nov28 | Div lubed Aston Villa ee T Miller, J Nicholl 2 |
Dec 05 Div A Man City D 1-1 8000 4 J Nicholl |
Dec 12 Div A Bradford Park Av. L 0-1 8000 6 |
Dec 19 Div1 H Oldham L 1-2 10000 7 F Pagnam
Dec 25 Div 1 A Bolton Ww 1-0 15000 6 B Lacey
Dec 26 Div1 H Man Utd D 1-1 25000 16 F Pagnam
Jan 02 Div 1 | A Notts County L 1-3 8000 7 T Miller |
Jan 09 FAC 1 H Stockport Cou. WwW 3-0 10000 A Metcalf, F Pagnam 2 |
Jan 16 Div 1 H Sunderland WwW 2-1 17000 [ 15 T Miller, F Pagnam |
Jan 23 Div A The Wednesday L 1-2 12000 6 F Pagnam
Jan 30 FAC 2 A Sheff Utd joa 0-1 25000 |
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Mar 13 Div H | Man City 1 W 3-2 20000 4 A Metcalf, T Miller, FPagnam |
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97
APPEARANCES & GOALS

Simm Nihal
Ephraim Longworth 2 Games drawn
Jackie Sheldon Z 0 Games lost
Tom Miller 2 0 Clean sheets — League
Bill Lacey 1 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Fred Pagnam 2 2 |
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Totalgoals |.
Bob Pursell 0 7 0 |29 0 Average attendance at home — League 18,526
Harry Lowe 0 2 0 28 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Thomas Fairfoul 0 1 0 25 0 Average goals per game — League VAST!

a MacKinlay 1 2 0 at 22 1
Robert Ferguson 0 0 0 18 0
William Banks 2 0 0 7 2 | GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Arthur Metcalf 6 2 1 16 7
Ken Campbell 0 0 0 15 0
Philip Bratley 0 0 0 13 0
Sam Speakman 0 0 0 7 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

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) 5 F 0 Fred Pagnam against Chelsea 10.10.1914
Sates Hes 1219 |+2 | Wilf Bartrop against Oldham
Walter Wadsworth 0 0 0 1 0
Walter Wadsworth against Middlesbrough 20.03.1915

DIVISION 1

D WwW D
Everton 5 6 44 1 a
Oldham Athletic Sa Des: 46 6 6
Blackburn Rovers 38 11 4 4 ih 51 7 3
Burnley 38 12 1 6 38 6 6
Manchester City 38 g 7! 3 29 6 6
Sheffield United | 38 1 5 3 28 4 8
The Wednesday 38 0 7 2 43 5 6
Sunderland eeanle eens 5 | 46 7 2
Bradford Park Avenue 38 1 4 4 40 6 3
West Bromwich Albion 38 1 5 3 31 | 4 5
Bradford City 38 1 7 ier 2 7
Middlesbrough 38 0 6 3 42 3 6
Liverpool 38 IL 11 5 3 45 3 4
Aston Villa 38 5 4 39 3 6
Newcastle United 38 | Aan 29 3 6
Notts County 38 if 4 28 1 6
Bolton Wanderers 38 5 6 3 3
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Chelsea 38 6 5 0 7
Tottenham Hotspur 38 ~|
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98 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

2-1 in the quarter-finals, and White Hart Lane was the penalty area, but the referee, after consulting with his
venue for Liverpool’s semi-final against cup-holders linesman, said the offence took place outside the box.
Aston Villa, who would finish League runners-up. The Liverpool held out for the 2-0 win and their first
Reds had three times before reached the semi-final. FA Cup final.A poem in the Liverpool Echo ridiculed the
The national press expected a Villains’ victory as they national press for predicting Villa’s success.
were reigning cup-holders after beating Sunderland 1-0
in the 1913 final. Villa had won the cup five times and When the Villains from Brum were selected to play
were six-time League champions. Liverpool had been ‘Gainst the Reds in cup-tie down Tottenham way,
a lower-half league team for four years and their strike The prophets rose up in their might, as ofold,
force was mainly made of cast-offs from other clubs. And gave Liverpool nought but a share in the gold;
The Echo concluded that the success of these outcasts But ‘twas proved when the Villains were safely despatched,
was “either that their former masters erred grievously That they'd counted their chickens before they were hatched.
in their judgements or that the change of atmosphere
from various other League clubs to an Anfield-road The “Umpire”, “John Bull” and the “Chronicle” too,
environment has proved a wonderfully stimulating and Forecasted the Liverpool team’s Waterloo.
agreeable one to the players concerned.” The “News of the World”, “Dispatch” and “Lloyd’s News”,
Billy Lacey, whom the Echo considered “the most And the Pressmen of London gave similar views:
valuable inside-forward in England, if not in Scotland They considered the sides most unevenly matched.
too,’ only played 37 League games at Everton in three But they'd counted their chickens before they were hatched.
years before being swapped, along with Tom Gracie for
Harold Uren in February 1912. Lacey had a brilliant urnley, Liverpool’s opponents in the final, had drawn
career at Liverpool, playing 259 games and scoring 29 1-1 at Anfield in the League and beaten Liverpool
goals. Possibly one of the shrewdest transfer deals in 5-2 at Turf Moor. 72,778 were in attendance at the FA
the history of the club! Jackie Sheldon had just been Cup final at Crystal Palace in a carnival atmosphere.
purchased from Manchester United in November 1913 Maybe the Reds were concentrating too much on the
where Welshman Billy Meredith had kept him out of final as they had lost four consecutive games leading
the side. Sheldon had been a regular ever since and went up to it.
on to play 147 games for Liverpool before and after Liverpool had a strong following. Eighteen-and-a-
World War I. Arthur Metcalf didn’t have a regular place half coaches were used to transport “the population of a
in Newcastle’s strong forward line when he was sold to village from Liverpool to London in one swoop.” 1,200
Liverpool in May 1912 but was Liverpool's top-scorer people went by train the evening previous and were in
in his first season, netting 18 times in 32 matches. Last good spirits as the Echo reported: .
but not least was Jimmy Nicholl who had only made his
debut for Liverpool in January after being crowded out “Tt was a train of streamers. Every carriage blazed
from Middlesbrough’s forward line. Liverpool manager, with red and white ribbons and rosettes. Portraits of the
Tom Watson, said “he isn’t a brilliant forward, but he’s a Liverpool team were stuck on the windows and Echo
useful one and he can shoot!” badges bearing football battle cries were worn in nearly
This hard-fought battle produced an unlikely hero in every hat or button-hole.A young fellow with a bowler hat
Jimmy Nicholl, who had previously scored three goals of red and white kept things merry as he leaned out of a
in ten games for Liverpool. After half an hour’s play he window and chaffed the porters, breaking off every now and
headed the ball into the net. In the second half Metcalf then with erratic suddenness to cheer the favourites.”
struck a powerful shot that thundered off Hardy’s bar and
Nicholl pounced upon the rebound to net the second. Some of the enthusiasts sang Burnley’s swan song,
Nicholl had earlier in the second half scored a goal, at a doggerel, setting forth how Liverpool trounced their
least according to Liverpool's players. His shot slammed opponents and carried off the cup.
into the crossbar and seemed to cross the line but a goal
wasn't given. Liverpool did, however, get the benefit of The Burnley men came like the wolves on thefold,
the doubt when Pursell seemed to handle inside the And their faces gleamed bright as the Klondyke gold.

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1915/16 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Lancashire Section Pr. A Bolton D 1-1 3000 F Pagnam
Lancashire Section Pr. H Man City L 0-1 15000
Lancashire Section Pr. A Stoke D Zz 8000 E Longworth, F Pagnam
Lancashire Section Pr. H Burnley WwW 5-2 15000 A Goddard, J Henderson, F Pagnam, J Dawson 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Preston WwW 2-1 12000 F Pagnam, W Wadsworth
Lancashire Section Pr. H Stockport Cou. D 0-0 16000
Lancashire Section Pr. H Rochdale D 2-2 12000 F Pagnam 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Bury L 1-2 7000 F Pagnam
Lancashire Section Pr. H Man Utd L 0-2 18000
Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackpool L 2-5 4000 A Goddard 2 (1 pen)
Lancashire Section Pr. i H | Southport Central W 42 14000 A Metcalf, D Watson, F Pagnam 2 (1 pen)
Lancashire Section Pr. A Oldham WwW 2-1 4000 | W Banks 2
Lancashire Section Pr. H Everton Ww 41 20000 | D Watson, F Pagnam 3
Lancashire Section Pr. H Bolton DY 3:3 | 5000 W Banks, D MacKinlay, F Pagnam
Lancashire Section Pr. A Man City L 1-2 6000 D Watson (pen)
Lancashire Section Pr. H Stoke WwW 2-0 7000 F Pagnam 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Burnley D 3-3 15000 D Watson, F Pagnam 2
Lancashire Section Pr. H Preston ll 0-2 | 8000
Lancashire Section Pr. A Stockport Cou. WwW 3-1 6000 F Pagnam, D MacKinlay 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Rochdale L 1-3 4000 D MacKinlay
Lancashire Section Pr. H Bury W 2-1 16000 |_F Pagnam, D Watson
Lancashire Section Pr. A Man Utd D 1-1 10000 Pinkney
Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackpool WwW 1-0 6000 Pinkney
Lancashire Section Pr. A | Southport Central W 5-2 5000 A Metcalf, F Pagnam 2 (1 pen), D Watson 2
25 | Feb19 _|_Lancashire Section Pr. H Oldham L 0-2 17000
26 | Feb 26 Lancashire Section Pr. A Everton WwW 1-0 18000 A Metcalf
27 | Mar 04 | Lancashire Section Supp. H Oldham Ww 41 14000 A Metcalf, D Watson, F Pagnam 2
28 | Mar 11 Lancashire Section Supp. A Man City D 1-1 15000 ‘D Watson
29 | Mar 18 Lancashire Section Supp. A Man Utd D 0-0 0000
30 | Mar 25 Lancashire Section Supp. H Stockport Cou. Wide 2a 5000 A Metcalf, Waine
31 | Apr01 Lancashire Section Supp. A Everton L 0-1 25000
32 | Apr 08 Lancashire Section Supp. A Oldham Le 1-2 2000 D Watson
33 | Apr 15 Lancashire Section Supp. H Man City L 0-2 2000
34 | Apr 21 Lancashire Section Supp. H Everton W 5-2 27000 W Banks, D Watson, F Pagnam 3 (2 pens)
35 | Apr 22 Lancashire Section Supp. H | Man Utd WwW 7-1 18000 Pinkney, W Wadsworth, D Watson 2, F Pagnam 3
36 | Apr 29 Lancashire Section Supp. A Stockport Cou. L 1-2 6000 F Pagnam

100 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

To the football field they all wended their way he could be attended to as he was quite dazed. Burnley
To see their old foes at football to play. had greater possession ofthe ball in the first half without
But nine and alack, when they got on thefield really causing immediate danger. Metcalf had the best
And saw their opponents, they knew they'd to yield opportunity of the half after Nicholl’s centre but missed
For they rushed them and pushed until they were sore the ball altogether in an ideal position.
And beat them all hollow, as they’d oft done before. The pace picked up after a quiet first ten minutes in
the second half and Burnley struck in the fifty-eighth
Liverpool’s captain, Harry Lowe, was expected to minute. The Burnley Express reported “From a throw-in
play in the final but was unavailable due to injury. 22- on the right Nesbitt sent across to Hodgson who cleverly
year-old future legend Donald Mackinlay took his place. headed the ball to FREEMAN, who in a twinking first
Liverpool lined up like this in their first-ever FA Cup time shot, without any pulse-beating preliminaries shot
final. the ball into the far corner of the net. Campbell had not
the ghost of a chance. For a spell nobody knew exactly
Goalkeeper what had happened, but there were a few Burnleyites
Campbell behind the goal, and they first gave the welcome news
to the onlookers at a distance, for they, like the Liverpool
Right back Left back defenders, were completely bewildered by the rapidity
Longworth Pursell with which the feat was performed.”
Lindley was unlucky not to add a second for Burnley
Half backs as he struck the ball at “the corner of the post and crossbar.”
Fairfoul Ferguson Mackinlay Liverpool rallied in the last ten minutes, desperately
seeking an equaliser and “three or four fine long shots were
Right wing Left wing directed at the Burnley goal, which Sewell saved in fine
Sheldon Metcalf Miller Lacey Nicholl style. One was a long, dropping shot from about halfway,
which he secured after the fashion of an out-fielder at
The Irish Guards, The Liverpool Regiment and cricket after watching the flight of the ball and patiently
the Drum and Fife Band provided the music at this waiting for it. Another he saved on his knees and, a third
festive occasion at Crystal Palace in London and their he saved just under the crossbar affecting a clearance from
repertoire included “Carmen,” “Land of Hope and the rebound.” Burnley celebrated a deserved victory but
Glory” and “When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves Liverpool had fought “manfully.”
for Alabam’.” King GeorgeV in a dark grey lounge suit The Liverpool Board tried to freshen up the players
and bowler hat attended the game in his role as patron by taking them on a tour to Sweden and Denmark two
of the Football Association. It was the first time that the weeks after the 1913/14 season ended. Thomas Fairfoul
reigning monarch had graced the final of the FA Cup. kept the Echo’s readers informed of the team’s adventures.
Before kick-off the players paid homage to the King. Liverpool first went to Gothenburg and played Orgryte
“The two teams trooped out from the pavillion, lined on a pitch that was far from ideal, as Fairfoul pointed
up in front of his Majesty, and at the call of one of the out: “It is really a skating pond but they run the water
captains gave three ringing cheers. Then they turned off in the summer. The surface is covered with gravel
and ran to the centre of the field, and the kick-off and rolled as hard as our toll roads.” Liverpool won 4-1
immediately followed.” with Tom Miller grabbing a hat-trick. The result wasn’t
The weather was summer-like, a bit windy, but the the most important factor but to have a good time to
ground was rock hard and the game suffered for it. Both strengthen the team’s bond. The players entertained
teams seemed nervous in the opening exchanges where themselves after the game and the popular trainer of the
the treacherous conditions and the importance of the team, William Connell, surprised everybody.“The social
occasion seemed to get to them. Nicholl threatened that followed was a great success. Mr. Tom Watson was
first for Liverpool in the tenth minute, shooting straight in very good voice and our trainer (Bill Connell). The
at goal, but the ball bounced off defender Taylor’s face latter rather surprised the Liverpool players, who had
much to his discomfort and play had to be stopped so not given him the credit of being a Caruso.”

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1916/17 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Sep 02 Lancashire Section Pr. | H Bolton WwW 3-1 8000 J Bamber, A Goddard, F Pagnam —
2 Sep 09 Lancashire Section Pr. A | Port Vale D 0-0 10000
3 | Sep 16 Lancashire Section Pr. H Oldham WwW 2-0 15000 F Pagnam 2
4 | Sep23 | Lancashire Section Pr. A Preston WwW 1-0 4000 F Pagnam
5 | Sep 30 Lancashire Section Pr. H Burnley D 0-0 16000
6 | Oct07 Lancashire Section Pr. A | Man Utd D 0-0 8000
7 | Oct 14 Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackpool Ww 1-0 8000 H Lewis
8 | Oct 21 Lancashire Section Pr. H Stockport Cou. WwW 3-1 15000 D MackKinlay, A Metcalf, F Pagnam
9 | Oct 28 Lancashire Section Pr. A Bury W 43 | 1000 E Longworth, A Metcalf, F Pagnam 2
10 | Nov 04 Lancashire Section Pr. H Stoke WwW 3-1 15000 A Goddard, F Pagnam 2
11} Nov11 | Lancashire Section Pr. A Southport Central WwW 3-1 3000 J Bamber, A Metcalf 2
12 | Nov 18 | Lancashire Section Fr. H_ | Blackburn w 31 | 14000 [| H Lewis, A Metcalf 2
13 | Nov 25 Lancashire Section Pr. A | Man City D 1-1 15000 A Metcalf
14 | Dec 02 Lancashire Section Pr. H Everton WwW 2-1 22000 T Bennett, A Metcalf
15 | Dec 09 Lancashire Section Pr. A Rochdale h 2-3 8000 T Bennett 2
16 | Dec 23 | Lancashire Section Pr. H Port Vale WwW 5-1 2000 D MacKinlay, T Bennett 4
17, | Dec 26 Lancashire Section Subs. H | Southport Central L 0-1 6000
18 | Dec 30 Lancashire Section Pr. A Oldham WwW 1-0 1500 T Bennett
19 | Jan 06 ILLancashire Section Pr. H Preston WwW 3-1 1000 J Bamber, T Bennett 2
20 | Jan 13 Lancashire Section Pr. A Burnley | WwW 1-0 7000 H Lewis
21 | Jan 20 Lancashire Section Pr. H Man Utd D 3-3 12000 T Bennett, H Lewis 2
22 |Jan 27 Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackpool Bez 4000 H Lewis, F Pagnam
23 | Feb03 | Lancashire Section Pr. A Stockport Cou. D 0-0 7000
24 | Feb 10 Lancashire Section Pr. H Bury Ww 40 5000 Bradley, H Lewis, T Bennett 2
25 | Feb17 Lancashire Section Pr. A Stoke L 0-1 2000
26 | Feb 24 Lancashire Section Pr. H Southport Central WwW 42 3000 T Bennett, Own goal, H Lewis, A Metcalf (pen)
27 | Mar 03 Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackburn WwW 2-0 8000 T Bennett, A Metcalf
| 28 Mar 10 Lancashire Section Pr. H Man City W 3-0 20000 ‘J Bamber, H Lewis, W Wadsworth
29 | Mar 17 Lancashire Section Pr. A \ Everton D 2-2 24000 T Bennett, W Wadsworth
30 | Mar 24 Lancashire Section Pr. H Rochdale Ww 40 15000 T Bennett, Cunliffe, H Lewis, A Metcalf
31 | Mar 31 Lancashire Section Subs. A Stockport Cou. D 0-0 6000
32 | Apr 07 Lancashire Section Subs. A Everton lt 0-4 16000
33 | Apr 09 Lancashire Section Subs. A Southport Central Ww 7-0 2000 A Goddard, D MacKinlay 3, F Pagnam 3
|34 | Apr 14 Lancashire Section Subs. H Stockport Cou. WwW 6-0 18000 D MacKinlay, A Metcalf, T Bennett 2, H Lewis 2
35 | Apr 21 Lancashire Section Subs. H Everton L 0-5 25000
36 | Apr 28 Lancashire Section Pr. A Bolton L 0-1 10000

102 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Liverpool enjoyed the hospitality of the Swedish FA. suspiciously large number ofbets had been made on that
at a banquet the night before their 3-0 win over AIK very scoreline, causing the odds to shorten to 4-1. The
where young goalkeeper Elisha Scott, played outside-left Sporting Chronicle published a notice from a bookmaker
and “did surprisingly well” as well as the other players called “The Football King” who promised a substantial
considering the “Swedish punch had a bad after-effect.” reward for information that would lead to punishment
Liverpool also faced a Swedish XI in Stockholm where of the “instigators of this reprehensible conspiracy.’ He
the crowd turned against their own countrymen and said: “We have solid grounds for believing that a certain
encouraged the visitors to add to their eight goals. First League match played in Manchester during Easter
Another average League season awaited. It turned weekend was ‘squared’, the home club being permitted
out to be the last for a few years and also the last for to win by a certain score.” The Football League decided
Liverpool manager, Tom Watson, who was embarking to investigate these claims further.
on his nineteenth season in charge at Anfield. It had The investigation dragged on in the latter half of
been a largely uneventful season when a huge betting 1915 when players who took part in the game were
scandal rocked the club to its core! interviewed one after another. Some papers suggested
On Good Friday 1915, Liverpool and Manchester that despite the fact that several bookmakers were badly
United met at Old Trafford. United were in great danger hit by the 2-0 score line, it was a pure coincidence.
of being relegated but Liverpool were in a relatively Foul play could not be proven. On 27 November 1915,
comfortable position, neither challenging for honours “Wanderer’’, in the Manchester Chronicle, claimed to have
nor facing the threat of relegation. Liverpool seemed talked to several players who had just given evidence,
out of sorts on the day and United won the game 2-0. saying “There is reason to believe the inquiry has taken
United were 1-0 up at half-time and the Liverpool Daily a very serious turn. It has been stated, I believe, and with
Post reported “A more one-sided first half would be hard some pretence to authority that the whole thing would
to witness.” Liverpool defender Bob Pursell conceded a end in smoke and that no suspensions would follow —
penalty by handling the ball in the forty-eighth minute. that the indictment would be found not proven. That is
Patrick O’Connell missed the penalty by some distance. not my information.”
George Anderson added United’s and his second in Finally, on 23 December 1915, the following verdict
the seventy-fifth minute. The Sporting Chronicle wrote: was reached by the Football League’s Good Friday
“The Liverpool forwards gave the weakest exhibition commission, finding players guilty of fixing the result:
in this half [the second] seen on the ground during
the season.” Despite conceding two goals, Elisha Scott “It is proved that a considerable sum of money changed
performed excellently in goal and forward Fred Pagnam hands by betting on the match, and that some of the players
was dangerous for Liverpool hitting the crossbar in the profited thereby. Every opportunity has been given to the
second half and seemingly almost chastised by a colleague players to tell the truth, but although they were warned that
for trying to score a goal. The two points United won we were in possession of the facts some have persistently
from that game were enough to earn them eighteenth refused to do so, thus revealing a conspiracy to keep back
place and safety, one point ahead of nineteenth-placed the truth. It is almost incredible that players dependent on
Chelsea, who were relegated. the game for their livelihood should have resorted to such
The Manchester Daily Dispatch reported, maybe most base tactics. By their action they have sought to undermine
tellingly: “The second half was crammed with lifeless the whole fabric of the game and discredit its honesty
football. United were two up with twenty-two minutes and fairness.
to play and they seemed so content with their lead that
they apparently never tried to increase it. Liverpool “We are bound to view such offences in a serious light.
scarcely ever gave the impression that they would be The honesty and uprightness of the game must be preserved
likely to score.” . at all costs, and although we sympathise greatly with the
Within a fortnight of the Good Friday match clubs, who are bound to suffer seriously, we feel that we
taking place a couple of newspapers implied that the have no alternative but to impose the punishments which
result had been decided beforehand. Bookmakers had the players have been warned over and over again would
laid odds up to 8-1 against United winning 2-0 and a be imposed. We are satisfied that the allegations have been

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1917/18 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Sep01 Lancashire Section Pr. A Port Vale W 3-2 5000 J Bamber, T Bennett, Own goal
2 | Sep 08 Lancashire Section Pr. H Port Vale Ww 40 12000 H Lewis, A Metcalf, T Bennett 2
3 | Sep 15 [ Lancashire Section Pr. A Bolton W 30 5000 A Metcalf, T Bennett 2
4 | Sep 22 Lancashire Section Pr. H Bolton | W_ 60 15000 Bennett 3, H Lewis 3
5 | Sep 29 Lancashire Section Pr. A Everton illo 2-2 25000 T Bennett, A Metcalf
6 | Oct 06 Lancashire Section Pr. H Everton WwW 6-0 26000 T Bennett, D MacKinlay, H Lewis 4
(Al Ocwss | Lancashire Section Pr. A Preston WwW 6-0 4000 J Bamber, T Bennett, H Lewis, Waine, A Metcalf 2
8 | Oct 20 [_ Lancashire Section Pr. H Preston D 2-2 | 6000 Bennett 2
9 | Oct27 Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackpool WwW 4-1 2000 T Bennett, W Wadsworth, A Metcalf 2
10 | Nov03 Lancashire Section Pr. |e Blackpool Ww 6-0 2000 W Wadsworth, Waine, T Bennett 2, A Metcalf 2
ov 10 Lancashire Section Pr. H Man City WwW 20 8000 T Bennett 2
Nov 17 _|
Lancashire Section Pr. A an City eg 1-1 20000 T Bennett
Nov 24 Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackburn Ww 7-0 4000 Bennett, D MacKinlay, A Metcalf, H Lewis 2, Waine 2
Dec 01 Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackburn W 6-1 | 7000 H Lewis, D MackKinlay, A Metcalf, Waine, T Bennett 2
Dec 08 Lancashire Section Pr. H Rochdale WB 6000 T Bennett 5
Dec 15 Lancashire Section Pr. A Rochdale Ib 0- 5000
Dec 22 Lancashire Section Pr. H Oldham W 3-0 15000 T Bennett, H Lewis 2 (1 pen)
Dec 29 Lancashire Section Pr. A Oldham D 3-3 10000 T Bennett, Own goal, Waine
Jan 01 Lancashire Section Supp. H Everton WwW 41 25000 T Bennett, Waine, H Lewis 2
Jan 05 Lancashire Section Pr. H Stockport Cou. W 2- 8000 H Lewis (pen), S Schofield
| 21 | Jan 12 Lancashire Section Pr. | A Stockport Cou. L 0- 6000
22 | Jan 19 Lancashire Section Pr. | H Man Utd W 5-1 20000 D MacKinlay, T Bennett 2, A Metcalf 2
Jan 26 Lancashire Section Pr. A Man Utd WwW 2-0 10000 H Lewis, A Metcalf
Feb 02 Lancashire Section Pr. H Southport Central WwW 6 15000 D MackKinlay, A Metcalf, T Bennett 2, H Lewis 2
Feb 09 Lancashire Section Pr. A Southport Central W 3-4 7000 H Lewis, T Bennett 2
Feb 16 Lancashire Section Pr. H Burnley Ww 7-1 16000 H Lewis, A Metcalf, T Bennett 5
Feb 23 i Lancashire Section Pr. A Burnley W 3 2000 ‘| Green, S Schofield, W Wadsworth
ar 02 | Lancashire Section Pr. H Stoke D 1- 22000 H Lewis (pen)
Mar 09 Lancashire Section Pr. A Stoke L 1-3 25000 S Schofield
Mar 16 | Lancashire Section Pr. H Bury D RUE 15000 T Bennett
ar 23 Lancashire Section Pr. A Bury W 1-0 5000 A Metcalf
ar 29 Lancashire Section Supp. A Everton i 2-3 28000 Green, H Lewis
jar 30| Lancashire Section Supp. A Southport Central Ww 8-0 | 6000 S Schofield, Green 3, T Bennett 4
Apr 06 Lancashire Section Supp. [aay Southport Central Ww 240 20000 T Bennett, Green
Apr 13 Lancashire Section Supp. A Stockport Cou. WwW 41 2500 T Bennett, Green 3
36 | Apr 20 Lancashire Section Supp. H Stockport Cou. W 42 18000 A Goddard, Green, H Lewis 2 (1 pen)

104 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

proved against the following: J Sheldon, RR Purcell, T support to the war effort, Tom Watson felt he needed to
Miller and T Fairfoul (Liverpool), A Turnbull, AWhalley address the matter in The Times:
and EJ West (Manchester United), L Cook (Chester)
and they are therefore permanently suspended from taking “We have 27 professionals, 13 married and 14 single.
part in football or football management, and shall not be Recruiting has taken place at the ground all season, with
allowed to enter any football ground in the future. There military bands at all games. One director, one player, several
are grave suspicions that others are also involved, but as the shareholders and two sons ofdirectors have joined the army.
penalty is severe we have restricted ourfindings to those as The players are donating 12.5% of their salaries to the
to whose offence there is no reasonable doubt.” assistance of the needy and to the war funds, the donations
have been:
Jackie Sheldon, who was said to have been the go-
between the Liverpool and Manchester United players, The Club: £413 7s 6d
sent a letter to the Athletic News. It was published on 10 Ground Collections: £114 3s 6d
April 1916, while he was fighting in France and that From staff directors and players: £25 15s 9d.
proclaimed his innocence.“I emphatically state to you, as That makes a total of £553 16s 5d.
our best and fairest critic, that I am absolutely blameless
in this scandal and am still open, as I have always been, Eighteen footballs have also been sent to the front for
to give any Red Cross Fund or any other charitable supporters in the King’s uniform. £10 10s has been sent
institution the sum of £20 if the FA or anyone else can to Princess Mary’s fund. Players are drilled twice a week
bring forward any bookmaker or any other person with by a retired army officer. 1,000 soldiers and sailors are
whom I have had a bet,” he wrote. “Assuming I return given free admission to each match as are wounded men
safely from this country I intend taking action against my and Belgian refugees.”
suspension.” In September 1916 Sheldon wanted to go to
Anfield to watch Liverpool play Burnley. Even though he A couple of months after writing this piece, English
was banned he was granted free admittance as a wounded football’s most successful manager at the time - winner
soldier but told to stay away from the dressing-rooms. of five League championships with Sunderland and
When Sheldon testified in Enoch West’s case in Liverpool — passed away at his home in Liverpool
1917, he finally confessed his guilt. Sheldon told the on 6 May 1915, aged 56. He is still Liverpool’s
court that he convinced his team mates to play along longest-serving manager, having been in charge of
and had met with United players West, Turnbull, and 742 matches.
Whalley to decide the outcome of 2-0, with one goal The day after his death Tom Watson was fondly
scored either side ofhalf-time. Bob Pursell also confessed remembered by Ernest “Bee” Edwards in the Liverpool
to taking part during the same hearing. Fred Pagnam Echo. “Poor old Tom! There was no hope from the
revealed that he had been offered £3 by Sheldon in a start. He could not resist pneumonia and pleurisy. His
taxi en route to the match. Pagnam was going to do his constitution was not too strong and the end robs us of
utmost to score in the game despite threats from the one of the features of the game. He was to football what
ringleaders. Ephraim Longworth and Donald Mackinlay Bunny was to “the movies” and he had a heart of gold.
both testified that they had been aware of the plot but All round the country one hears expressions of deepest
like Pagnam refused to take part. sorrow at the sudden death ofour friend, and the funeral
Liverpool’s games in the 1914/15 season assumed on Monday at Anfield, will show in some measure in
secondary importance as the war in Europe took over. what respect Tom was held. Bluff, hearty, jovial, fond of
Football continued despite the fighting escalating rapidly. a joke and was always prepared to listen to one. Tom was
The Football League authorities and the clubs that a favourite all over the country.”
belonged to the association were considered unpatriotic On 2 June 1919, all four Liverpool players involved in
for continuing to play League football and preventing the Good Friday scandal were offered a pardon, providing
able fighting men from joining the army to battle the that they apologised for their part in the scheme due to
Germans. the FA’s “high appreciation of the great sacrifices and
When Liverpool were condemned for their lack of services of its members during the war, and the deep

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1918/19 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Sep 07 Lancashire Section Pr. H Rochdale WwW 40 20000 H Lewis, A Metcalf, T Bennett 2
2 Lancashire Section Pr. A Rochdale Wis Zell 8000 Green, H Lewis
3 Lancashire Section Pr. H Preston | W_ 80 16000 H Lewis, A Metcalf, H Wadsworth, D MacKinlay 2, T Bennett 3
4 Lancashire Section Pr. A Preston WwW 20 3000 T Bennett, H Lewis
5 Lancashire Section Pr. H Everton | L 2-4 30000 A Metcalf, H Wadsworth
6 Lancashire Section Pr. A Everton L 2-4 35000 Own goal, Green
i Lancashire Section Pr. H Bolton WwW 6-1 22000 J Bamber, H Lewis, A Metcalf, H Wadsworth, Green 2
8 Lancashire Section Pr. A Bolton D 2-2 | 8000 T Bennett, D MacKinlay
g) Lancashire Section Pr. A Port Vale WwW 2-0 5000 Green, H Lewis
Lancashire Section Pr. H Port Vale WwW 4-0 14000 T Bennett, Green, H Wadsworth 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Man City Ww 20 30000 T Bennett, A Metcalf
Lancashire Section Pr. H Man City Ww 2-0 27000 T Bennett, H Wadsworth
Lancashire Section Pr. A Oldham W 2-0 5000 Green 2
Lancashire Section Pr. H Oldham | WwW 51 18000 H Wadsworth, Green 2, D MacKinlay 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackburn Al WwW 2-1 | 7000 A Metcalf 2
Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackburn WwW 1-0 16000 | Own goal
Lancashire Section Pr. H Burnley Ww 7-0 25000 Phillips, H Lewis 2, D MacKinlay 2, T Miller 2
Lancashire Section Subs. A Everton WwW 2-1 30000 H Lewis (pen), A Metcalf
Lancashire Section Pr. H Southport Vulcan Ww 3-0 20000 H Lewis, T Page 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Southport Vulcan L \-2 2000 B Matthews
Lancashire Section Pr. H Man Utd D 1-1 25000 |_ B Matthews
Lancashire Section Pr. A Man Utd WwW 1-0 | 15000 | H Wadsworth
Lancashire Section Pr. H Stoke i D 1-1 25000 B Matthews
Lancashire Section Pr. A Stoke L 1-3 20000 | B Matthews
Lancashire Section Pr. A Bury D ted 10 6000 T Miller
Lancashire Section Pr. H Bury WwW 6-0 16000 H Lewis (pen), D MacKinlay, B Matthews, T Miller 3
Lancashire Section Pr. A Blackpool ‘<a 2-3 5000 H Lewis, T Miller
Lancashire Section Pr. H Blackpool W 3-4 28000 | DMacKinlay, H Lewis 2
Lancashire Section Pr. A Stockport Cou. E 1-2 6000 H Lewis
Lancashire Section Pr. H Stockport Cou. WwW 3.0 20000 E Longworth, H Lewis 2
Lancashire Section Subs. H Southport Vulcan W. 42 | 20000 H Lewis, T Miller, H Wadsworth, W Wadsworth
32 | Apr 07 Lancashire Section Pr. A Burnley L 3-5 8500 H Wadsworth, B Matthews 2
33 | Apr 12 Lancashire Section Subs. A Southport Vulcan WwW 20 | 10000 D MacKinlay, B Matthews
34 | Apr 18 Lancashire Section Subs. H Everton als D 1-1 36955 A Pearson
35 | Apr 19 Lancashire Section Subs. H Stockport Cou. WwW 3-1 18000 D MackKinlay, T Miller, HWadsworth
36 | Apr 26 Lancashire Section Subs. A Stockport Cou. D fait 5000 J Bamber
37 | May 24 | Lancashire Section Subs. A Blackpool WwW 1-0 7000 J Miller
38 | May 31 Lancashire Section Subs. A Oldham W 20000 H Lewis (pen), J Miller, H Wadsworth

106 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

gratitude for the success which has been achieved.’ Liverpool and Everton were in a Lancashire league along
Thomas Fairfoul quit playing altogether and the war had with their neighbours such as Manchester United and
taken away the best years of Bob Pursell’s competitive City, Bolton, Blackburn and Stoke. A number of guest
playing career. Jackie Sheldon had two more good years players featured for each team as players were called up
at Anfield and Tom Miller scored 13 goals in 25 games for active duty. Former Liverpool star and captain Arthur
in the 1919/20 season. After scoring three goals in four Goddard had left the club on a free transfer at the end of
games the following season he was transferred to the the 1913/14 season but played 49 games for Liverpool
other team involved in the scandal, Manchester United! as a war-time guest. Liverpool used up to 40 players, for
The Football League was officially suspended at the example, in the 1916/17 season, of which only one third
end of the 1914/15 season due to the war in Europe and had featured for them before the war. Would League
in its place a variety of regional divisions were established. football ever be the same after the war?

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 107

This page: Liverpool celebrate their second successive League title. Facing page (top three images): David Ashworth’s men
pose for the cameras; Bottom left: Reds and South Africans, 1924; Bottom right: Walter Wadsworth meets King George V.

1919-1929
1919/20 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
| A Bradford City Ww H Chambers, H Lewis, A Pearson
H | Arsenal It 12000 10 H Chambers, F Pagnam
H Bradford City W 30000 g D MackKinlay, F Pagnam
A Arsenal L 25000 10
H Aston Villa Ww 28000 7 D MacKinlay, F Pagnam
A__| Aston Villa |_w | 30000 6 D Forshaw
H Newcastle D 40000 7 F Pagnam
A Newcastle L 40000 | 10
A Chelsea L | 40000 12
H Chelsea L 40000 17
A Burnley Ww 15000 14 H Chambers 2
H Burnley L 30000 15
A Bradford Park Av. WwW 2-1 | 15000 14 H Chambers, B Lacey
H Bradford Park Av. D = 30000 14 A Pearson, D Forshaw 2
A Preston L 14000 16 H Chambers
H Preston iL 12000 16 H Lewis
A Middlesbrough L 20000 18 H Lewis, A Pearson
H Middlesbrough W 30000 18 H Chambers
A Everton D 40000 17
H Sunderland W 30000 15 Bert Hobson (og), B Lacey, T Miller
A Man Utd D 45000 is
H Everton Ww 49662 11 H Lewis, T Miller2
H Man Utd D 30000 11
A Sheff Utd L 25000 14 T Miller 2
A South Shields D 10000 H Lewis
H South Shields Ww 40000 H Lewis, JSheldon
H Sheff Utd Ww 35000 9 HLewis, T Miller
A Bolton | Ww 20000 | 8 T Bromilow, B Lacey, T Miller
A Luton W 12640 B Lacey 2
H Bolton Ww 30000 ii H Lewis 2
A Blackburn Ww 20000 5 T Miller 2
H Blackburn Ww 30000 4 J Bamber, H Chambers 2
H |_ Birmingham Ww 50000 T Miller, J Sheldon
A Notts County L 12000 5
H Notts County Ww 30000 3 T Miller, A Pearson, J Sheldon
A Huddersfield It 44248 T Miller
H The Wednesday W 15000 3 H Chambers
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H Oldham D 30000 3 H Chambers 2
A Derby L 14000 5
H WBA D 40000 5
A WBA D 33349 5 D MacKinlay
A Sunderland Ww 30000 | 4 H Chambers

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS

DonaldMackinly | 41 | 4 | 5 | o | 4% | 4
Jackie Sheldon 37 1 5 2 42 3 Games drawn
Albert Pearson 33 4 | 5 0 38 4 Games lost
Walter Wadsworth 33 0 I 0 38 0 Clean sheets — League
Ken Campbell 32 0 5 0 ef 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Bill Lacey ai og 5 2 i HS Total goals
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Ephraim Longworth 27 0 5 0 ae 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
John Bamber 24 1 5 0 29 1 | Average goals per game — League
Tom Bromilow 23 i 5 0 28 1
Harry Lewis Za 71 Oe, ee 28 9
Tom Miller 2 | 11 i i aes
Dick Forshaw 23 7 0 0 23 7
Tommy Lucas 16 0 0 0 16 0
William Jenkinson 13 0 0 0 | 13 0
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Harry Lowe 5 0 0 0 5 0 ; : :
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Jock McNab Zz 0 0 0 2 0 ; :
Bob Pursell 5 0 0 0 7 0 Dick Forshaw against Arsenal
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Tom Armstrong 1 0 0 0 ] 0 : -
Tommy Lucas against Aston Villa
Thomas Bennett 1 0 0 0 1 0 ;
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Dick Johnson ] 0 0 0 i 0 2 ;
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Billy Matthews 1 0 0 0 1 0 ; :
John Miller against Chelsea
Tom Bromilow against Burnley
Jock McNab against Man Utd
Tom Armstrong against The Wednesday 13.03.1920
Billy Matthews against Derby 03.04.1920
Dick Johnson against Oldham 05.04.1920
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Burnley 3 5 S) 8 4
Chelsea 42 5 3 3 if 2
Liverpool 42 12 5 4 7 5
Sunderland 42 7 2 i 45 (| 2
Bolton Wanderers 42 11 3 vi 35 8 6
Manchester City 42 14 4) 2 52 4 4
Newcastle United 42 1 5 5 31 6 4
Aston Villa 42 11 3 i 49 dl 3
Arsenal 42 11 5 5 32 4 7
Bradford Park Avenue 42 8 6 7 31 7 6
lanchester United 42 6 8 7 20 7 6
Middlesbrough 42 10 5 6 35 5 5
Sheffield United 42 Weal 5 2 43 2 3
Bradford City 42 10 6 5 36 4 5
Everton 42 |8 6 if, 42 4 8
Oldham Athletic 42 12 4 5 33 3 4
Derby County 42 12 5 4 36 1 7
Preston North End 42 9 6 6 35 5 4
Blackburn Rovers 42 1 4 6 48 2 7
Notts County 42 ) 8 4 39 3 4
The Wednesday 42 6 4 11 14 1 5

112. LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The Story Of The Decade
iverpool was a very black and dirty place in the Holidays for most people were confined to the ‘fair’,
1920s. The intense concentration of soot produced when factories shut down for the second fortnight in
by domestic coal fires and heavy industry blackened July or to the circus that visited Garston Park once a
the city. A noted landmark was Garston Gas Works, year. For some, holidays were spent at home where
which generated sufficient gas for many surrounding people could enjoy strolling in the parks, playing with
areas, including Speke and Woolton. Not only was the boats in the ponds and feeding the ducks or sitting in the
atmosphere in Garston heavily polluted with smoke and bandstands listening to brass music. The more affluent
smog, it was also rank with the smell from the tanning enjoyed a holiday down the Mersey at New Brighton,
yards. West Kirby, or even Southport - although the silting of
The city and outlying districts were noisy with the river was going to stop the Southport ferry in this
the clanking of trams, the rattling of horse-drawn carts decade. Travelling on one of the many steamers to one
on the streets, the cries of coalmen, rag and bone men of the numerous holiday resorts where the attractions
offering balloons for children, paper boys and factory were abundant was a rarity due to cost and no one even
hooters which marked the different shifts. dreamt of going abroad at this juncture in time.
Liverpool had a fine transport system. The excellent Despite all the dirt and poverty, Liverpool was a lively,
overhead railway and the Mersey Tunnel had been started vibrant, industrial city, making a good recovery from the
in 1925. The whole area was covered by an extensive war. Part of this recovery was helped by great football
tramway network. Folks could clank along from Garston players of the time, which included Harry Chambers,
to the Pier Head by tram for a modest fare. Gordon Hodgson, the legendary Elisha Scott and, at
Other destinations included Anfield, Wavertree, and Everton, William Ralph “Dixie” Dean.
Childwall, as the song has it: Without these players lifting the doom and gloom
of everyday life many people would have given up on
“You can ‘t go to heaven in a no. 3 car’ their pitiful existence. Meat was a treat and a premium
‘Cos a no. 3 car don't go that far.’ many families just simply could not afford. Scragg end
(Incorrect, when you consider the number 3 went to Anfield.) of lamb was the best cut most could afford and so the
legendary dish of Scouse was most people’s favourite
The trams had spiral staircases and a driver's cabin at dish of the week.
each end. At the terminus, the driver changed the points, These were the conditions in the city in which
the conductor changed the seats, they changed around Liverpool’s greatest team were living. After the war
and the tram set off in the reverse direction. Notices Liverpool still had the nucleus of the side which had
were spread inside saying ‘No spitting allowed!’; it spread played in the last season before the war in 1914/15. This
tuberculosis. The outskirts of Liverpool were much core would play a big part in the Reds’ grand success in
greener; Hale village and Speke were among green fields the early 1920s.
and Woolton and Gateacre were old fashioned little Ulsterman Elisha Scott had still not wrestled
villages nestling amid farmland. Kenneth Campbell’s starting place away from him in
Many people moved in from the country to dwell the first post-war season, but from 1921 onwards the
in the city tenements and became adopted Scousers. number one shirt was Elisha’s for years to come. He was
Tenements were all rented and the procedure for young one ofthe great goalkeepers in Liverpool’s history, if not
married couples was to start where they could afford the the greatest. His Anfield career spanned an astonishing
rent, usually in a ‘single end’, one apartment flat with 22 years, from his arrival in September 1912 until he left
an outside communal toilet. The wash house and boiler in June 1934.
were shared on a rotational basis and washing was done Left-back Donald Mackinlay was in his twenty-
with a scrubbing board. Domestic and street lighting was fourth year when war broke out and still not a regular
by gas and ‘Lankie the lamplighter’ came round at night. feature in the starting line-up. He was 28-years-old and
Hot peas were sold on the streets and chestnuts were had played 136 games for Liverpool during the war as
roasted in season. There was much horse transport still; a forward and a defender. But from the 1919/20 season
coal lorries and carts with beer barrels trundled around onwards he was mainly a full-back and was Liverpool's
and made the cobbled streets dirty and dusty. captain from 1921-1928. His efficiency from free-kicks

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1920/21 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 28 Div 1 H Man City ie W 42 45000 4 D MacKinlay, W Wadsworth, T Miller2
Sep 01 Div 1 A WBA | D 1-1 30000 6 i T Miller
Sep 04 Div1 A Man City IU 2-3 40000 9 H Chambers, W Wadsworth
Sep 06 Div 1 H WBA D 00 35000 9
Sep 11 Div1 H Oldham W 5-2 30000 6 J Bamber, H Chambers, J Sheldon, D Johnson 2
Sep 18 | Div A | Oldham Day tO | 20000 6
Sep 25 Div 1 H Preston ui W 6-0 i 40000 5 H Chambers, D Forshaw, H Wadsworth, D Johnson 3
Oct 02 Div 1 A Preston WwW 3-2 28000 3 H Chambers, D Forshaw, H Wadsworth
Oct 09 Div 1 H Sheff Utd D 2-2 40000 5 D Johnson, P McKinney
Oct 16 Div 1 A Sheff Utd Ww 1-0 20000 4 H Chambers
Oct 23 | Divt H [ Everton Ww 10 50000 3 D Forshaw
Oct 30 Div A Everton Ww 3-0 55000 Zz D Johnson, H Chambers 2
Nov 06 Div H Bradford Park Av. L 0- 35000 3
Nov 13 Div A Bradford Park Av. WwW 3- 12000 1 H Chambers, D Forshaw 2
Nov 20 Div A Newcastle L 0-2 50000 4
Nov 27 Div H | Newcastle L 0-1 40000 6
Dec 04 Div H Burnley D 0-0 35000 a
Dec 11 Div A Burnley I 0- 30000 8
Dec 18 Div H i Aston Villa Ww 41 35000 5 H Lewis, D MacKinlay (pen), D Johnson 2
Dec 25 Div A Chelsea D 1- il 45000 6 D Johnson
Dec 27 Div H Chelsea WwW 2- 50000 3 fetal Chambers, W Wadsworth
Jan 01 Div A Aston Villa WwW 2-0 30000 3 H Chambers, D Johnson
Jan 08 FAC 1 H Man Utd [D ala 36000 H Chambers
Jan 12 FAC 1 Rep A Man Utd NV Z-4 29189 H Chambers, B Lacey
Jan 15 Div H Sunderland D 0-0 30000 4
Jan 22 Div A Sunderland L 1-2 18000 6 H Chambers
Jan 29 FAC 2 A Newcastle L 0-1 61400
Feb 05 Div A Man Utd | D ici 30000 6 H Chambers
Feb 09 Div H Man Utd Ww 20 35000 3 H Chambers, H Lewis
Feb 12 Div H Bradford City W 2 35000 3 H Chambers 2
Feb 19 Div A Bradford City D 00 28000 2
Feb 26 Div H Huddersfield Ww 41 35000 3 D Forshaw, W Wadsworth, H Chambers 2
Mar 05 Div A Huddersfield Ww 2 18000 g | H Chambers, D Johnson
Mar12 | Div H Middlesbrough D 00 40000 2
Mar 19 Div A Middlesbrough W 1-0 25000 2 | H Chambers (pen)
Mar 25 Div 1 H Tottenham D 1-1 40000 2 I D Forshaw
Mar 26 | Div A Blackburn D 1- 25000 2 D Forshaw
Mar 28 Div A Tottenham D 0-1 35000 2
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Apr 16 Div 1 H Derby D 1-1 28000 2 H Chambers
Apr 23 Div A Bolton L 0-1 25000 4
Apr 30 Div 1 H Bolton L 2-3 30000 5 D Johnson, B Lacey
May 02 | Div1 A Arsenal D 00 17000 4 iP
May 07 | Div1 H |_Arsenal W 3-0 27000 4 H Chambers, D Forshaw, W Wadsworth

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Ephraim Longworth 24 0 0 0 24 0
Bill Lacey 22 1 2 1 24 i
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Edward Parry against Derby 09.04.1921
James Penman 1 0 0 0 1 0

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Burnley 3 1 6
Manchester City 19 2 0 So 4
Bolton Wanderers 42 15 6 0 4 8
Liverpool 42 11 7 3 7 8
Newcastle United 42 14 3 | 4 6 7
Tottenham Hotspur 42 iba ve 4 4 Ri
Everton 42 ) 8 4 8 5
Middlesbrough i ie | Bay eke 5 7 6
Arsenal 42 9 8 4 6 6
Aston Villa ot pes 6 7 3
Blackburn Rovers 42 i 9 5 6 6
Sunderland 42 Tame 6 3 LE g
Manchester United 42 g 4 8 6 6
West Bromwich Albion 42 8 7 6 5 7
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Preston North End 42 10 4 u 5 5
Huddersfield Town 42 11 4 6 4 3)
Chelsea 42 ) 7 5 4 6
Oldham Athletic 42 6 9 6 3 6
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Derby County 42 3 12 6 21 23 2 4
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brought many of his 34 goals. He was a Red through and never knows when he is beaten. In addition he has
and through, as is evident in his interview with the a very strong shot.”
Liverpool Evening Express in January 1923: “Red is my Two defensive stalwarts were also recruited during
colour. I’ll play for Liverpool as long as they will have the war. Then secretary and acting manager, George
me. I don’t want to play for anybody else and when Patterson, recalled signing left-half Tom Bromilow, who
I pull off the red shirt for the last time I expect I will played 375 games for Liverpool:
finish with football, at any rate as a player.”
Ephraim Longworth solved a long-standing right- “His signature was obtained in the strangest manner.
back problem when he signed for Liverpool from He came to the ground in uniform during the war and
Leyton in the summer of 1910. He was almost an ever- asked for a game. I asked George Fleming, who was in
present for five years before the war and after playing charge of the second team then, how he was fixed and he
121 wartime games continued his successful Liverpool said he could do with another player. Bromilow played at
career and was a key member in the next few seasons, outside right and was an instant success. When the war
despite being past his thirtieth birthday in 1919. He is ended he signed as a professional. Eventually he took
one of only a handful of Liverpool players to have ever his place in the first team when Lacey was playing an
captained England. international match for Ireland. I should think that it is
The two played together for 18 years, which is a one of the luckiest signings I have made.”
record for any pair of full-backs in the Football League’s
history. Scott, Longworth and Mackinlay are all legends at Tommy Lucas was in and out of the side for 14 years
Liverpool, playing a combined total of 1,272 peacetime after making his Liverpool League debut in September
games for the club. 1919, but his individual appearance record for the club
Bill Lacey had established himself on Liverpool’s can only be bettered by a couple of dozen men who
wing before the war and was then in his thirtieth year. have worn the famous red shirt. He was a great utility
He featured at half-back in the first two post-war seasons player, who played 27 League games in the 1921/22
but returned to the wing after his defensive years with season, replacing right-back Longworth and left-back
resounding success. Mackinlay when they were out injured. The full-back
Hard-as-nails Walter Wadsworth had only played pair avoided any injuries in the 1922/23 season so Lucas
one official game for Liverpool when League football only featured once that season. His career at Liverpool
resumed in 1919. He was a big feature in the club’s recovered and he made a further 287 appearances for
wartime defence and had replaced Harry Lowe, who the club until his retirement as a 37-year-old in 1933.
was Liverpool’s captain for the two years preceding In their favour, Liverpool had a strong, settled
the war. Wadsworth was tough, as 63-year-old Donald defence, but had to shape a new forward-line as their
Mackinlay attested in an interview in 1955.“I think the principal goalscorers were soon on their way after the
game was tougher in my day. I remember one match in war. Fred Pagnam scored 24 goals in 29 First Division
the early twenties when Wadsworth injured a leg and appearances in his debut season, in 1914/15. He
I saw blood coming out of his boot. I told him to get maintained his prolific scoring record for Liverpool in
some attention to it and his reply was: “Whose blood wartime matches, scoring 43 goals in 49 matches. In
is it, yours or mine?’ and went on playing.” Wadsworth October 1919, he was transferred to Arsenal where he
was brutal on the field and Sunderland great, Charlie maintained his standards, 26 goals in 50 First Division
Buchan, never enjoyed playing him. “You never know matches.
what he’s going to do next. He’s so unorthodox and Thomas Bennett had scored no less than 77 goals
seems to ‘get there’ without disclosing his intentions,” in 70 wartime games for Liverpool and when Pagnam
he said. - left early in the first post-war season, he was seen as his
Jock McNab came to prominence as right-halfin the successor. However his tale was a tragic one: Bennett’s
1921/22 season after only making three appearances in League career only lasted one match. He was forced into
two years at Liverpool.The Liverpool Echo best described retirement at an early age after suffering ill health and
him in the following terms: “McNab’s physique is died aged just 31.
tremendous. He has height, weight, and determination Who had Liverpool to rely on for goals in the

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 117

1921/22 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Sunderland iE 0-3 40000 20
2 | Aug31 | Div ann Man City w 32 | 27000 17__|_D Forshaw, B Matthews 2
3 | Sep 03 Div 1 H Sunderland W 2-1 40000 | 10 D Forshaw, B Matthews
4 | Sep 07 Div 1 A Man City D 1-1 25000 8 H Chambers
5 | Sep 10 Div 1 A Sheff Utd Ww 1-0 30000 i 4 T Bromilow
6 | Sep 17 Div 1 H Sheff Utd D 1-1 30000 5 H Chambers
7 | Sep 24 Div 1 A Chelsea Ali Ww 1-0 Ip 35000 2 | B Matthews
8 | Oct01 | Div 1 H Chelsea D 1-1 35000 4 | D Forshaw
9 | Oct 08 Div 1 A Preston D 1-1 20000 5 H Beadles
10 | Oct 15 Div1 H Preston Ww 40 38000 | 2 H Beadles, H Chambers, D Forshaw, T Lucas (pen)
11. | Oct 22 Div1 | A Tottenham L Ww 1-0 | 31593 2 H Beadles
12 | Oct 29 Div 1 H Tottenham | D 1-1 40000 2 H Lewis
13 | Nov05 Div 1 A Everton D 1-1 | 52000 A 3 fsD Shone
14} Nov 12 Div 1 H Everton DD 1-1 50000 2 D Forshaw
15 | Nov19 | Div 1 H Middlesbrough i Ww 40 35000 ] |_T Lucas (pen), D Shone 3
16 | Nov 26 Div 1 | A Middlesbrough L 1-3 ' 24000 Z D Shone
7] Dec 03 Div 1 A Aston Villa D 1-1 30000 3 H Chambers
18 | Dec10 | Div1 H Aston Villa Ww 20 40000 2 D Forshaw, D Shone
19 | Dec 17 Div 1 H Man Utd Wo 24 40000 1 H Chambers, B Lacey
20 | Dec 24 Div 1 A Man Utd eB 0d [ 30000 1
21 | Dec 26 Div1 H Newcastle WwW 1-0 | 40000 i H Chambers
22| Dec27 | Div1 H Huddersfield | W 20 40000 1 H Chambers 2
23 | Dec 31 Div 1 | A | Bradford City D 00 18000 | 1
24 | Jan 02 Div1 A Newcastle D 1-1 50000 ] D Forshaw
25 | Jan 07 FAC 1 A Sunderland D 1-1 i 30000 D Forshaw
26 | Jan11 FAC 1 Rep | H Sunderland | Wi 3-0] 46000 W Wadsworth, H Chambers 2, D Forshaw 2
27 | Jan 14 Div 1 H Bradford City WwW 2-1 15000 1 H Chambers, D Forshaw
28 | Jan 21 Div 1 A Huddersfield WwW 1-0 | 20000 ’ 1 H Chambers
29 | Jan 28 FAC 2 rer WBA L 0-1 50000
30 | Feb 04 Div 1 A Birmingham Ww 2-0 15000 1 H Chambers 2
31 | Feb11 Div 1 H Birmingham WwW 1-0 30000 1 D Forshaw
32 | Feb 25 Div1 H Arsenal WwW 40 40000 1 Rob Turnbull (og), D Forshaw 3
33 |Maro4 | Div1 A Blackburn [dD 00 35000 1
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35 | Mar 18 Div 1 H Bolton L 0-2 30000 1 |
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37 | Mar 25 Div 1 A Bolton WwW 3-1 30000 1 H Chambers, D Forshaw 2
38 | Apr 01 Div1 H Oldharn WwW 2-0 30000 1 H Chambers, C Gilhespy
39 | Apr 08 | Diva A Oldham L 0-4 12000 1
40 | Apr 14 Div 1 A Burnley D 1-1 30000 1 H Chambers
41} Apr15 Div1 H Cardiff W 51 50000 1 T Bromilow, J McNab, H Chambers 3
42 | Apri7 | Div 1 H Burnley Wo 2-1 50000 | 1 | H Chambers, D Forshaw
43 | Apr 22 Div 1 A Cardiff L 0-2 30000 1
44 | Apr29 Div 1 H WBA It 1-2 45000 1 H Beadles
45 | May06 | Div1 A WBA Ww 41 15000 1 D Forshaw, J McNab, H Beadles 2
46 | May10 | C Shield N Huddersfield Ih 0-1 20000 i (at Old Trafford)

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
| LEAGUE FA CUP OTHER TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Dick Forshaw 42 17 3 3 il 0 46 20 Games won
Fred Hopkin 42 0 al 0 1 0 46 0 Games drawn
Tom Bromilow 40 2 3 0 1 0 44 2 Games lost
Bill Lacey 39 i ci 0 | 0 43 1 Clean sheets — League
Elisha Scott 39 0 3 0 1 0 43 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Walter Wadsworth 38 0 | 3 1 1 0 42 1 Total goals
Harry Chambers SZ 19 3 2 1 0 36 21 Average attendance at home — League
Donald MacKinlay 29 1 3 0 1 0 33 1 Average attendance at home — Overall
Jock McNab 29 2 | 3 0 i 0 33 2 Average goals per game — League
Tommy Lucas 27 2 3 0 0 0 alah Average goals per game — Overall
Ephraim Longworth 26 0 0 0 | i Ih 0 27 0
Harry Lewis 19 1 8 0 Ue A 22 | pre
Danny Shone 15 6 0 0 0 0 15 6 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Harry Beadles 1 Sle 0 | 1 Oral al ies League
John Bamber 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 FA Cup
Billy Matthews 7 Ra meee 0 0 7 4 Charity Shiela
Edward Parry if 0 0 0 ff 0 0 7 0
Francis cheer 5 0 0 0 0 0 i) 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

ls mince 3 a et Q u |a g 3 iz 2 Fred Hopkin against Sunderland 27.08.1921

Cyril Gilhespy 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 eal
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William Cunningham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Paioy Sone Sue
Nii roly Watamorth F 0 il 0 0 0 0 1 0 | Francis Checkland against Sheff Utd 10.09.1921
——- Harry Beadles against Chelsea 24.09.1921
Cyril Gilhespy against Blackburn

DIVISION 1

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Team Played| W D L F A WwW D L F A | Points
Liverpool 42 15 4 2 43 15 7 9 5 20 21 57
Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 a o 43 7 6 6 9 22 22 51
Burnley 42 |16 3 a 49 8 | 6 2 13 758 36 49
Cardiff City 42 13 2 6 40 25 ped 8 7 21 | 27 [ 48
Aston Villa 42 16 3 2 50 g 6 0 15 24 36 47
Bolton Wanderers 42 12 4 5 | 40 24 8 3 10 28 $38) 47
Newcastle United 42 | 11 5 5 36 9 | 7 5 9 23 26 | 46
Middlesbrough 42 12 6 3 46 g 4 8 9 33 50 46
Chelsea 42 | 9 6 6 17 16 8 6 1. 7 28
Manchester City 42 13 7 1 44 21 5 2 4 21
Sheffield United 42 11 3 7 32 7 4 7 0 27
Sunderland 42 | 13 4 | 4 46 23 3 4 4 14
West Bromwich Albion 42 8 6 7 | 26 23 7 4 0 25
Huddersfield Town 42 12 3 6 | 33 4 S 6 2 20
Blackburn Rovers 42 7 6 8 35 31 6 6 i] 19
Preston North End 42 12 7 2 Bo 20 1 5 15 g)
Arsenal 42 10 6 5 | 27 9 5 1 5 20
Birmingham City 42 9 2 10 25 29 6 5 0 23
Oldham Athletic 42 | 8 if 6 21 5 5 4 2 17
Everton 42 10 (vee 42 22 2 5
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Manchester United 42 7 7 7 ce 25 26 1 a

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coming years? Harry Chambers, called “Smiler’’, as he draws and nine defeats from 18 games under Patterson’s
always seemed to wear a huge grin, joined Liverpool guidance in the 1919/20 season, David Ashworth,
during the war and went on to become the club’s top- manager of Stockport County, accepted Liverpool’s
scorer for the first four post-war seasons. He was said to offer on 17 December 1919.
have the best left foot in the business and in total scored The Liverpool Echo’s reporter liked the look of the
151 goals for Liverpool in 339 matches. new manager, writing:
Dick Forshaw, who signed for Liverpool on the last
day of July before the first post-war season, proved to “What Mr. Ashworth does not know about the clubs
be an instrumental player for the Reds for eight seasons, and the players is scarcely worth knowing. There is no better
scoring 124 goals in 288 matches. The skilful Dick judge of a goodfootballer... Owing to his tact and good
Johnson starred in the 1920/21 season, and after missing humour he has always had the players on excellent terms
the following season through injury he was important in with one another — one secret of his success — he knows
the 1922/23 season, absent only for five League games how to manage men. Without any show of authority he
and scoring 14 times. gets on their right side and makes them feel that he is a
John McKenna welcomed the 1919/20 season in the friend as well as a manager. When hegoes into the dressing
Liverpool Echo and addressed the criticism the football room before a match he says: ‘Now then, boys, do your
authorities had received for continuing to play football best!’ and they do.” Mr. Ashworth looked forward to the
while Europe was war-torn: challenge. “‘I know all the Liverpool directors and most of
the players personally and Ifeel certain when I get there we
“I am anxious to thank both directors and players for shall be a happy family. I consider it an honour to have a
their loyalty in assisting to keep the game alive during the man like Mr. McKenna on the board ofdirectors, and what
war, and appeal for the same loyalty from officials and players I have done for Oldham and Stockport I shall try and do
for the incoming season — a season that will, Ifeel sure, be the for Liverpool. I shall do my best.’”
greatest in the history of the game. Some of the public are now
pointing to the value offootball as a means to curbing unrest. Liverpool had previously been inconsistent, but
They have forgotten the tirade against the game from 1914- following Ashworth’s arrival the team’s performance
1918. But we and you can afford to forget those unfair attacks took an immediate turn for the better. Liverpool drew
and untrue statements. Let us to the Peace Season with a will their first game 0-0 under his management at Goodison
and whole determination to see that the game is carried on Park. His second game was a 3-2 win over Sunderland
“till the final whistle” in a clean sportmanlike manner. Play and the third a goalless draw at Old Trafford. Liverpool
the game and let the sport, be keen and clean. May the better had last recorded a win against their neighbours Everton
side win, and you all have freedom from accident.” at Anfield in January 1899, which meant the Kop had
never seen a home win over the Blues! When the teams
After the First World War, the League was played in met at Anfield on the 27 December it was the Reds’
a different format, where two clubs faced each other third game in as many days and Ashworth had only been
home and away in the space of a few days. It was difficult in the job for ten days.
to anticipate how Liverpool’s players would cope after Harry Lewis opened the scoring in the fifth minute
the war, as the club programme pointed out after a win for Liverpool when the force of nature was certainly
and a defeat in Liverpool’ first two games: on their side. “Liverpool soon made a genuine goal,
Lewis being the scorer, and taking the full benefit of a
“Players who were at the height of their powers when goal-kick from Fern’s foot. It was the most unlooked for
war broke out are now four years older... Four years represent point and that was due to two particular points: 1) Fern’s
a most important part ofaperson’ life; in a footballer’s career, goal-kick was carried back by the wind and 2) by Lewis’
they are even more influential.”” placing the ball what was to all intents and purposes an
empty goal.” Liverpool went on to win 3-1.Tom Miller,
George Patterson, secretary of Liverpool, had been in infamous from the Good Friday scandal, scored twice.
charge of the team in wartime, but Liverpool was on the From mid-January to mid-February Liverpool won
lookout for a “proper” manager. After seven wins, two eight games in a row, scoring 18 goals without conceding.

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 121

1922/23 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 26 Div 1 H Arsenal W 5-2 40962 8 T Bromilow, H Chambers, D Johnson 3
2 | Aug 30 Div 1 A Sunderland le ot 28000 9
3 | Sepo2 | Div1 A | Arsenal t_o1 | 20000 16
4 | Sep 06 Div 1 H Sunderland WwW 5-1 30000 9 D Forshaw, D Johnson, D MacKinlay, H Chambers 2
5 | Sep 09 Div 1 A Preston WwW 3-1 fhe 34000 6 H Chambers, D Johnson, W Wadsworth
6 | Sep 16 Div 1 H Preston W 52 36000 1 T Bromilow, H Chambers, D Forshaw 3
7 | Sep 23 Div 1 H Burnley WwW 3-0 45000 i i H Chambers, D Forshaw 2
8 |Sep30 | Div1 A Burnley Pee 25000 1
) | Oct 07 Div 1 H Everton W 5-1 i 54368 ] T Bromilow, J McNab, H Chambers 3
10 | Oct 14 Div 1 A Everton WwW 1-0 52000 | D Johnson
11 |Oct 21 Div 1 H Cardiff WwW 3-1 35000 1 D Forshaw, C Gilhespy, W Wadsworth
12 | Oct 28 Div 1 A Cardiff ibe aes 40000
13 | Nov 04 Div 1 A Tottenham W 42 | 45000 ] D Forshaw, C Gilhespy, H Chambers 2
14 Nov 11 Div 1 H Tottenham D 0-0 30000 1
15 | Nov 18 Div 1 H Aston Villa W 30 32000 H Chambers, D Johnson, D MacKinlay
16 | Nov 25 Div 1 A Aston Villa W 10 | 40000 1 H Chambers
17 | Dec 02 Div 1 H Newcastle L 0-2 30000 1
18 | Dec 09 Div 1 A | Newcastle WwW 1-0 35000 H Chambers
19 | Dec 16 Div 1 H Nottm For WwW 2-4 25000 1 D Johnson, D MacKinlay
20 |Dec 23 Div 1 A Nottm For W 3-1 20000 1 D Johnson, D Forshaw 2
21 ny Dec 25 Div 1 A Oldham WwW 20 20166 |_D Johnson, D MacKinlay
22 | Dec 26 Div 1 H Oldham WwW 2-4 40000 il D Forshaw, D MacKinlay
23 | Dec 30 Div 1 A Chelsea D 0-0 40000 1
24 | Jan 06 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 1-0 25000 i B Lacey
25 | Jan 13 FAC 1 H Arsenal D 0-0 37000
[is Jan 17 FAC 1 Rep A " Arsenal Ww 41 40000 |_D Johnson, D MacKinlay (pen), H Chambers 2
27 | Jan 20 Div 1 A Middlesbrough WwW 20 25000 H Chambers, D Johnson
28 |Jan 27 Div H Middlesbrough WwW 2-0 40000 ] H Chambers, D Johnson
29 | Feb 03 FAC 2 A |_ Wolves Ww 2-0 40079 D Forshaw, D Johnson
30} Feb07 Div H WBA WwW 20 28000 D Forshaw, D Johnson
31 | Feb10 Divi A WBA D 0-0 18000 |
32 | Feb 17 Div H Blackburn WwW 30 | 25000 D Forshaw 3
33 | Feb 24 FAC 3 H Sheff Utd L 1-2 51859 | H Chambers
34 | Mar 03 Div 1 H Bolton W 30 25000 D Forshaw, F Hopkin, D Johnson
35 | Mar 12 Div A Blackburn L 0-1 30000
36 | Mar 17 Div A |_ Man City L 0- 40000
37 | Mar24 | Div1 H Man City Ww 2-0 25000 1 H Chambers, D Forshaw
38 | Mar30 | Div H | Sheff Utd w 21 | 40000 H Chambers 2
39 | Mar 31 Div 1 A__| Birmingham WwW 1-0 30000 H Chambers
40 | Apr 02 Div 1 A |_Sheff Utd L 1-4 | 40000 1 D Forshaw
41 | Apr07 Div H Birmingham D 0-0 30000 1 |
42 | Apr 14 Div 1 ia Huddersfield dD 00 17000
Apr 18 Div 1 A Bolton D 1-1 30000 1 D Forshaw
Apr 21 Div 1 H | Huddersfield D 1-1 45000 1 H Chambers
Apr 28 Div A Stoke D 0-0 20000 1
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games
Dick Forshaw Games won
Donald MacKinlay 5 4 i Games drawn
Elisha Scott 42 0 4 0 Games lost
Tom Bromilow 41 3 4 0 Clean sheets — League
Ephraim Longworth 4| i 0 4 | 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Fred Hopkin 40 1 4 0 Total goals
Harry Chambers 39 22 4 3 Average attendance at home — League
Jock McNab 39 1 | 4 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Dick Johnson 37 14 4 2 Average goals per game — League
Walter Wadsworth 37 [ I 4 0 |
Average goals per game — Overall
Bill Lacey 30 L 1 4 0
Cyril Gilhespy 10 2 0 0 2
David Pratt 7 0 Oe ane 0
John Bamber 4 0 0 0 0
Harry Beadles 4 0 0 0 0
Harold Wadsworth 3 ole 0 0
Jack Sambrook Z. 0 | 0 0 0 PLAYER DEBUTS

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HOME AWAY
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Liverpool 42 17 3 1 50 13 9 5 7 20 18
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Huddersfield Town 42 14 2 5 35 15 7 3 5 25 17
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Everton 42 14 4 3 4 20 6 3 Zz 22 39
Aston Villa 42 15 3 3 42 11 3 7 1 22 40
West Bromwich Albion 42 12 7 2 38 10 5 4 2 20 39
Manchester City 42 14 6 1 38 16 3 5 13 12 oe
Cardiff City 42 15 2 4 51 18 3 5 3 22 4
Sheffield United 42 11 7 3 M4 20 5 3 13 27 44
Arsenal 42 13 4 4 38 16 3 6 2 23 46
Tottenham Hotspur Oot Make ra 7 I4 1m ee i: e-) 28
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Blackburn Rovers 42 12 fl 2 32 19 2 5 4 5 43
Burnley 42 |12 3 6 39 | 24 4 3 | 4 | 19 | 3
Preston North End 42 12 3 6 4 26 1 8 12 19 38
Birmingham City 42 10 4 7 25 19 3 7 11 6 38
Middlesbrough 42 1 4 6 4 25 2 6 13 16 38
Chelsea A BOé emi er bate 6 | 33
Nottingham Forest 12 2 7 25 | 23 1 6 14 16 47
Stoke City 5 28 19 3 1 7 9 48
Oldham Athletic 6 A aN 4 16 | 14 | 45

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| Ephraim Longworth remembered this remarkable run man is from the scene of the game the more certain is
in his Liverpool Echo column the following season: he to get a ticket if he applies for one. Then he inserts an
advertisement offering the seat for a pound — and gets
“We had a wonderful run last season, you may that margin of profit without difficulty.’
remember, when no side seemed to have the luck to get a goal All applications for tickets were to be sent to
against us. Up pops Mr. Stud Marks and others, and we get George Patterson at Anfield with money and a stamped
right busy looking after that no-goals record. It went on for addressed envelope enclosed. Patterson was astounded
weeks and became a veritable nuisance. Ofcourse a goal had by the great interest that was shown in the forthcoming
fo come, it was only a question of time, but the degrees we cup-tie. “The P.O. men are burdened with applications.
became obsessed with the idea of extra defence and perhaps They come from all parts, and at random I pick out
that fetish of “no goals against” did not do our game any applications from enthusiasts at Wrexham, Chester, St
good — possibly it did us harm. Records must be kept, we Helens, York, Stoke, Stockport and Manchester, to name
know, but it is not wise to lay too much store upon them.” a few.”
The Spion Kop was said to be a “miniature Hampden
)| The run started with an FA Cup first round replay Park” and most of the spectators were quite orderly with
against South Shields at Anfield, which Liverpool won a few exceptions. “There were some uncommon cases
2-0. Liverpool then knocked out Southern League of juggling, one little fellow being handed down from
Luton Town at Kenilworth Road in the second round. the middle of the Kop right on to the playing pitch —a
Other clubs participating in the cup had raised admission distance of thirty yards. There was no risk in this, but
|prices to benefit from people’s considerable interest in
the competition and Ernest “Bee” Edwards at the Echo
there was a risk when fellows climbed the girders. One
grey-haired adventurer climbed half-way up, and then
wondered if Liverpool were going down that same had his hat knocked off by an orange. He did not try to
woeful route. “The club should not aim at a high price. go over the top again.”
The public have followed you loyally when you have Jackie Sheldon scored as early as the fourth minute
| been ill at ease in the results department, and now that for Liverpool. He and at least three other Liverpool
a tit-bit comes along you have no right to charge fancy players were in an offside position with the linesman
prices.” Bee learnt from George Patterson, who remained waving for offside but the referee allowed the goal. The
at the club as secretary after Ashworth’s arrival, “that the game turned into more of a boxing match and Walter
club have taken a rational view of the Cup-tie and have Wadsworth, who was well known for his ruthlessness
made charges that will be quite normal. Other clubs on the field, was twice pulled up by referee Fowler for
might copy Liverpool’s example.” serious fouls. The referee lost control of the match but
George Patterson gave the following particulars of tried to regain it by sending off Birmingham’s Morgan
the cup-tie against Birmingham City on 21 February in the second half. The dismissal did not have the desired
1920, which give us an insight into the ticket pricing effect. “I never saw a more vicious foul passed by than
at the time. “Admittance 1s, Paddock 3s (instead of 2s that committed by Roalson on Pearson and Lacey was
6d), Kemlyn-road stand 3s 6d (tickets will be issued for at fault in trying to get his own back in no uncertain
the stand, but will not be numbered and reserved). Only manner. One would not have thought these players
sufficient numbers of tickets to correspond with holding were brothers in a union and were all playing the game
capacity of ground will be issued, and the early bird will as means of livelihood.’ Tom Miller added a second in
get the best seat of course. Kemlyn-road stand will not the sixty-second minute and Liverpool emerged victors
open to payment: only ticket holders will be admitted. with a 2-0 lead in this tough contest.
The grand stand (centre) is priced at 7s 6d, ends of new Two weeks later Liverpool went to Leeds Road to
stand 3s 6d — all reserved and numbered.” face Huddersfield Town, who proved too strong for the
Liverpool had to be careful to whom they issued Reds in the fourth round of the cup. The Terriers were
their tickets as ticket touting was even then, a growing promoted to the First Division in the spring and went all
problem, as Bee reported: “Many people are buying the the way to the Cup final, where they lost 1-0 to Aston
tickets to sell them afresh and make a profit on them. Villa. Huddersfield Town were on their way to become
It is hard to stop that sort of thing, and the further the the best in England, winning the FA Cup in 1922 and

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1923/24 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 A WBA L
2 | Div1 | H Birmingham ANI oz 16000 10 D Forshaw, J Walsh 2, H Chambers 3
3 Div 1 H WBA D 00 40000 8
4 Div A Birmingham | L 1-2 25000 12 J Walsh
5 Div TA __| Preston Ww 10 20000 8 J Walsh
6 Div 1 | H Preston WwW 3-1 35000 9 H Chambers, J Walsh 2
7 Div A Burnley L 0-2 18000 11
8 Div H Burnley Ww 1-0 40000 9 D Forshaw
9 Div A Everton It 0-1 51000 1
10 Div 1 H Everton mae 50000 =| = 15 | J Walsh
1 Div 1 H Nottm For [W 42 30000 2 D MacKinlay 2 (1 pen), J Walsh 2
2 Div A Nottm For Ww 1-0 15000 1 J Walsh
13 Div | H Huddersfield D fetal 30000 2 H Chambers
14 Div1 A Huddersfield L 1-3 | 15000 14 H Chambers
is Div1 A Aston Villa |D 00 25000 3
6 Div 1 H Aston Villa L 0-1 20000 : 14 |
17 Div A Sheff Utd D 1-1 20000 4 H Chambers
18 Div 1 5) H Sheff Utd alk 2-3 | 40000 15 H Chambers, D Forshaw
19 Div 1 H Cardiff eau 0-2 35000 L 16
20 | Div 1 A Cardiff L 0-2 30000 16
21 Div 1 4, H Newcastle L 0-1 35000 6 ey
2 Div 1 [A | Newcastle L, 12 25000 he 8 | JKeetley
23 Div 1 H West Ham Ww 2-0 30000 17 J Walsh 2
24 Div 1 H__| Chelsea WwW 3-1 | 30000 15 J Keetley, D Shone, J Walsh
25 Div 1 | A West Ham L 0-1 25000 Buslvis
26 FAC 1 H |_ Bradford City Ww 21 | 25000 [ H Chambers 2
27 Div 1 A Man City WwW 1-0 20000 [ase 4 H Chambers
28 {_ Divi | H |_ Man City D 00 20000 15
29 FAC 2 A Bolton Ww 41 51596 | H Chambers, J Walsh 3
30 Div H | Bolton Ww 3-1 | 30000 [ 14 H Chambers, D Forshaw, D MacKinlay (pen)
31 Div 1 | A Sunderland D 0-0 20000 4
32 FAC 3 | A i Southampton oie ROO 18671 ie
33 FAC 3 Rep H Southampton W 20 49000 H Chambers, D Forshaw
34 Div 1 A Arsenal L 1-3 35000 16 H Chambers uf
35 FAC 4 A Newcastle L 0-1 56595
36 Div 1 A Bolton L 1-4 10000 16 J Walsh
37 Div 1 H Blackburn D 0-0 30000 15
38 Div 1 j H Sunderland WwW 42 30000 15 H Chambers, D MacKinlay, D MacKinlay, D Shone
39 | Mar22 | Div1 LSA IB Blackburn D 00 15000 16
40 | Mar 29 Div 1 H Tottenham Ww 1-0 20000 a! Chambers
41 | Apr 02 Div 1 | H Arsenal D 00 30000 13
Apr 05 Div 1 A Tottenham D 1-1 22470 13 D Shone
Apr 12 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Ww 3-1 20000 13 D MacKinlay, J Walsh 2
Apr 18 Div1 A Chelsea ih 1-2 38000 14 Benjamin Howard Baker (og) |
Apr 19 Div 1 A Middlesbrough D 1-1 15000 aan D Shone
Apr 26 Div 1 H a Notts County W. 10 15000 13 D Forshaw
May 03 | Div 1 A Notts County W 2-1 8000 12 Ralph Cornwell (og), D Shone

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games
Elisha Scott Games won
Dick Forshaw 5 1 Games drawn
Donald MacKinlay 5 0 Games lost
Walter Wadsworth a 0 Clean sheets — League
Jimmy Walsh 5 3 Clean sheets — Overall
Fred Hopkin 5 0 Total goals
Harry Chambers 5 4 Average attendance at home — League
Jock McNab 30 0 4 0 34 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Tommy Lucas 28 0 5 0 33 0 Average goals per game — League
Tom Bromilow 27 0 5 0 32 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Harold Wadsworth 17 0 0 0 17 0
Danny Shone 15 3) 1 0 16 5
David Pratt 15 0 0 0 15 0
Hectorawson | 10 | o | 4 | o | 14 | 0
Ephraim Longworth | 14 0 0 0 14 0
Archie Rawlings 1 0 0 0 11 0
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Dick Johnson 2 0 0 0 Zz 0

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the League Championship three years in succession and awareness and capable in all departments.”
between 1924 and 1926. Liverpool’s line-up in this magnificent game on 30
Liverpool finished the 1919/20 season in a respectable October 1920:
fourth position, twelve points behind champions West
Bromwich Albion, who were in a class of their own, and Scott
George Patterson was pleased by his successor’s progress. Longworth — Mackinlay
“The interest in the club is enormous, and their run Lacey W. Wadsworth Bromilow
of League and cup successes is quite natural under the Sheldon Forshaw Johnson Chambers H. Wadsworth
circumstances. The boys are playing fine football and for
long enough the people of Liverpool have recognised The pace at the start of the game was relentless and
this and have stood by the side although we started “must have been a record for fastness,’” wrote Bee. Dick
rather badly. It was one goal against us week by week. Johnson opened the scoring for Liverpool after fifteen
We turned the corner in December and confidence minutes’ play. “Chambers made a miss-pass, Johnson got
and good football have done the rest. The boys fear no possession a couple of yards from the Everton goal line,”
team.” reported Bee. “It was anything but a scoring position
The Football League expanded by one third to 66 and Johnson appeared to reduce his chances of getting
when the Southern League was incorporated as the the ball in the net when attempting to beat McDonald.
new Third Division. The Southern League had been The Liverpool centre forward however, from what
in existence since 1894 and since then had gone from apparently seemed like an impossible position, tapped
strength to strength. The FA Cup had been the only the ball forward and sent it past Fern in a very clever
competition so far in which teams from all over the fashion. The amazing feature of Johnson’s goal was
country had met, and now the Football League was that he had to leave the field of play to make the goal
finally a national one. When the Merseyside derby took possible.”
place on 23 October 1920, Liverpool hadn’t lost at home Harry Chambers added a second for Liverpool in
and were two points behind Everton who were top but the forty-fourth minute.
had played two games more. The Reds’ progress in the
League up to this point was summed up by the Liverpool “Sheldon took the ball almost to the corner flag, while
Echo: “Liverpool have scored 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 goals McDonald hesitated in his challenge. Sheldon centred clean
in a match this season. It’s a capital way of climbing the and crisp, and Chambers rose magnificently to head the ball
ladder.” home into the corner of the net. The goal was greeted with
Anfield was so full that the surplus crowd had to be raucous applause from the Boys in the Bullens, but other
lined up inside the barrier alongside the grand stand. parts of the ground remained silent. Such a shame as the
The Echo described the famous Kop in vivid fashion: goal was worthy of total adoration.”
“During the interval the occupants of the Anfield Road
stand basked in the sunshine, while Spion Kop stood out Long before the swerving 2010 World Cup ball that
in black outline, a mass of packed and smoking humanity, confused keepers with its unpredictability, Chambers
good humoured, argumentative, and freely perspiring.” had his shooting technique down to a science when
Dick Forshaw scored the only goal of the game for netting the final goal. “At 10 minutes into the second
Liverpool after 35 minutes from a simple chance. half Liverpool scored their third goal. It was a long raking
A week later the teams met again at Goodison Park, shot by Chambers and the ball had a tremendous swerve
where Everton had still to be defeated that season. The on it, so much so that initially, Fern was heading in the
game at Goodison proved to be a fantastic display of wrong direction. As he appeared to have edged it away
football and the Echo’s Bee had never seen anything like sadly he could only reach it with his finger tips and into
it. It was, he wrote, “The fastest and best derby game the corner of the net it flew at an astounding pace.”
I have ever seen. The footwork, artistry, trickery and Chambers was to star for Liverpool in the coming
combination play was excellent. The game was a credit to seasons and according to the Echo: “A well known ex-
all the players who took part. Here’s a hearty handshake player was heard to say that after that display by Chambers
to them all. The Liverpool side was full of understanding ‘he must get his cap’ and we at the Liverpool Echo would

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1924/25 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
a Aston Villa D MacKinlay, D Shone
Arsenal
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Blackburn D MacKinlay
Bury
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Sunderland H Chambers, A Rawlings 2
Preston A Rawlings, D Forshaw 2
Huddersfield D Forshaw, J McNab
Burnley D Forshaw
Leeds United D Forshaw
Birmingham H Chambers, D Forshaw
WBA D Forshaw
Tottenham +
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Cardiff D Shone, D Forshaw 2
Bolton
Notts County D Forshaw 2
Notts County H Chambers
Arsenal H Chambers, D Forshaw
Leeds United F Hopkin, D Shone 2
Man City
Aston Villa | H Chambers, D Shone, J Walsh 2
Bury A Rawlings, J Walsh, D Shone 2
Bristol City A Rawlings
Nottm For J McNab
Everton H Chambers, F Hopkin, D Shone
Newcastle D Forshaw
Birmingham A Rawlings, D Shone
Sunderland
Southampton
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Burnley D Shone, F Baron 2
Leeds United T Scott
Birmingham F Baron
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Liverpool 42 13 5 3 43 20 7 5 9 20 35
Bury 42 13 4 4 35 20 4 11 6 19 31
Newcastle United 42 11 Sta 43 18 5 | 10 6 18 24
Sunderland 42 13 6 2 39 4 6 4 11 25 37
Birmingham City 42 10a 8 chad iia 7 il 4 10 22 36
Notts County 42 11 6 4 29 2 5 Tl g 13 19
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Cardiff City 42 1 5 5 35 ) 5 6 10 21 32
Tottenham Hotspur 42 9 8 4 32 6 6 4 1 20 27
West Ham United 42 12 7 2 37 12 3 5 11S) lhe os 48
Sheffield United | 10 5 6 34 25 3 8 0 21 38
Aston Villa 10 if 4 34 25 3 6 12 24 46
Blackburn Rovers i 6 8 Si) 26 4 7 10 22 40
Everton 11 4 6 25 20 | 7 3 15 40
Leeds United 9 8 4 29 7 2 4 15 17 42
Burnley 7 8 6 28 31 4 4 13 18 44
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heartedly agree. He was magnificent in every area on 28,000 spectators feared a broken bone.” Sheldon had
the pitch.” Chambers did indeed make his international broken his left leg so badly that he was forced to quit
debut later that season and scored five goals in eight football altogether.
matches for England. Liverpool played Bolton in the next game, the
Following these satisfying wins over their neighbours two teams fighting for the runners-up spot to Burnley.
Liverpool’s right-back Ephraim Longworth wrote in his Bolton won 1-0 at Burnden Park in a thrilling game.
weekly column in the Echo.“ We may not be a team of*‘stars” Liverpool tore Arsenal apart in the final game of the
according to a verdict put up in one of the newspapers this season, scoring three goals in the opening 12 minutes.
week, but we have something more satisfying — a team of Liverpool again finished fourth, eight points behind
keen triers who are welded together in perfect harmony. champions Burnley.
“All of one will” is the maxim at Anfield.” The Sports Spectator commented on the Liverpool
Next up was Bradford Park Avenue who were on team at the time: “The players cost very little in transfer
a seven game losing-streak and Liverpool fans couldn’t fees, only Longworth and Hopkin being anything
wait for their team to rip them apart at Anfield. To like expensive. The remainder were locals secured at
everyone’s astonishment Liverpool lost 1-0, prompting bargain prices.”
the Echo to issue a complaint that is still quite familiar. Liverpool suffered a bad 3-0 loss to Sunderland on
“The Reds have a long-standing reputation for sinking the opening day of the 1921/22 season, where Liverpool’s
to the level of lowly opponents, and per contra of rising old foe, Charlie Buchan, who scored eight goals against
to great heights when necessary.” Bradford Park Avenue Liverpool in two games in the 1912/13 season, scored
were relegated in the spring. twice. Liverpool shook off this disappointment and beat
Liverpool in turn beat Bradford 3-1 at Park Avenue Manchester City 3-2. Next up was the chance to avenge
putting the Reds top of the League but they had to their loss against Sunderland at Anfield. Donald Mackinlay
play five games over the next four weeks against their and his fellow defenders tried to contain Charlie Buchan,
title rivals: Newcastle (home and away), Burnley (home but still he managed to score once more. That wasn’t
and away) and Aston Villa (home). Liverpool failed to enough, though. Liverpool netted twice through Billy
score against Newcastle and Burnley in three defeats and Matthews and Dick Forshaw. A rare victory as 1-1 was
one draw before taking the Villains to the cleaners, 4-1 the most common result in the weeks to come.
at Anfield. Liverpool showed great promise achieving Liverpool clearly had trouble scoring goals, apart
amazing highs during the 1920/21 season but failed from a 4-0 win against Preston on the 15 October —
when it mattered most. where all the goals came in a twelve-minute spell.
A promising FA Cup run would lift spirits. The Reds were now second in the League with five
Manchester United were defeated in a first round replay wins, four draws and one defeat — equal on points with
at Old Trafford, with two goals in eight minutes from Newcastle but two points behind defending champions
Chambers and Lacey. Liverpool were then drawn against Burnley. Five rounds later top spot was captured for the
Newcastle, who again kept a clean sheet and knocked first time in the season after a resounding 4-0 win over
out their visitors by a solitary goal. Middlesbrough on 19 November.
Liverpool were in fine form following their cup The team went unbeaten without conceding a
defeat and flying high in the League. Jackie Sheldon goal through a hectic Christmas schedule. Muddy
had been a regular rebuilding his reputation, after being pitches, frozen through, ill-fitting boots and hard leather
outed as the main culprit behind the “Good Friday” balls didn’t prevent these troops from playing on two
plot. When he ran on to the Anfield pitch against Derby consecutive days. Liverpool drew with Manchester
on the 16 April 1921 he didn’t expect that this would be United on Christmas Eve (0-0), beat Newcastle on
his last-ever football match! After 25 minutes had been Boxing Day (1-0) and Huddersfield a day later (2-0)
played “The most serious happening of the football before drawing with Bradford City on New Year’s Eve
season” took place. “Sheldon was on the half turn when (0-0). Liverpool’s opponents lost their cool twice in these
tackled by Storer and beat his man first time, but Storer games as they faced the mighty Elisha Scott from the
tackling a second time seemed to catch his man on the penalty spot. Indeed, the Ulsterman’s skills were key to
leg. There was an ominous crack, and every one of the the team’s success. Harry Chambers scored all of the

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1925/26 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
> Leicester - D MacKinlay
Notts County : D Forshaw, William Flint (og)
West Ham
Arsenal = J Walsh
Man Utd H Chambers, A Rawlings, D Forshaw 3
Everton H Chambers, J Walsh, D Forshaw3
Notts County T Bromilow, J Walsh
Burnley H Chambers
Leeds United F Baron
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Harry Chambers ow Sj Games won 15
Donald MacKinlay 41 2 Games drawn
Elisha Scott 39 0 Games lost
Tommy Lucas 39 0 Clean sheets — League
William Cockburn [ 36 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Jock McNab 34 0
Dick Forshaw
Cyril Oxley 31
Fred Hopkin 33
Tom Bromilow 30
David Pratt 14
James Jackson 12
David McMullan 10
Gordon Hodgson 12
Archie Rawlings 12
Jimmy Walsh 12
Fred Baron 10
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Ephraim Longworth 4
David McMullan against Man City 17.10.1925
Tom Scott 4
Arthur Riley against Tottenham 24.10.1925
Walter Wadsworth 5
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Reds’ three goals at Christmas and was warming up for a lost 1-0 at Oldham Athletic and the Reds now had an
prolific second half of the season. unassailable seven-point lead over Spurs with three
At the end of the year Liverpool (Home 8-4-0 / games remaining. Liverpool were champions for the first
Away 3-6-2) and Burnley were still neck and neck with time in 16 years!
32 points, the Reds only edging it with a goal average of The Liverpool Echo commented that Liverpool had
1.78 compared to Burnley’s 1.71. won the title “in the main through brilliance of defence,
Liverpool knocked Sunderland out of the FA Cup, yet all round the team has played good-class football,
5-0 in a replay at Anfield. Chambers and Forshaw and the honours have gone to a good side — from stern
grabbed a brace each. Three consecutive League wins to stern.”
followed. However, West Bromwich Albion ended the As the Liverpool Echo reported, “the club intend
team’s cup aspirations in the second round. The League to have a social do celebrating the event with all the
table on 4 February showed Liverpool had temporarily players that they can get together.” Liverpool invited
shaken off Burnley and Bolton were now second five the champions from 1906 to celebrate along with the
points behind. 1922 championship side in June. The 1906 and 1922
The Reds’ defence shut up shop at this point, not champions competed in a tug of war and Alf West, James
conceding for five games in a row, winning four of Bradley and Sam Raybould were given £50 each by the
them. Burnley had crept back up to second place, but Liverpool Board as they were not doing too well “owing
Liverpool had a five point lead with a game in hand, to the present trade depression.”
46 to Burnley’s 41 points. All seemed well, but then the David Ashworth took his champions on an all-
team’s title challenge threatened to come off the rails. expenses paid pre-season tour to Italy, leaving Lime Street
The League leaders lost 2-0 to fifth placed Bolton at station on 17 May seven days after losing the Charity
Anfield — without the services of Chambers, Bromilow Shield to Huddersfield Town. Liverpool travelled for
and Lucas — as they were playing for the English League two days through London, Dover, Calais and Paris to get
against the Scottish League on the same day! Liverpool to Milan. The team relaxed for a couple of days taking
embarrassed themselves in the following match at in the sights of the islands in Lago Maggiore, the second
Highbury by losing 1-0 to the bottom club, Arsenal. biggest pre-Alpine lake in Italy and went by cableway
The Reds were out for revenge at Bolton on 25 March. up Monte Mottarone which has an astonishing view
Jock McNab let his fighting spirit get the better of him, over the Alps. On 25 May, Liverpool faced their first
incapacitating Vizard in the first half and then getting sent adversary on their tour: travelling companions Burnley.
off for retaliation against the same player in the second Liverpool lost 1-0 in Milan and played various Italian
half, having being heckled by the crowd throughout the sides in the next two weeks. Tom Bromilow wrote a
game. Liverpool survived to win 3-1. Nineteenth placed column for the local press, unimpressed by the tactics
Oldham proved no obstacle at Anfield, and were beaten of the Liguria and Toscana select. “I have never played
2-0.A week later the teams met at Oldham’s Boundary in such a game wherein so much hacking, kicking, and
Park, and Liverpool suffered an astounding 4-0 defeat, pushing was tolerated. In fact, the home side indulged in
their biggest loss of the season. everything except biting.”
With four games to go the scene was set for a There was no personnel change of any consequence in
potential championship-decider against defending the summer and manager David Ashworth was optimistic
champions Burnley, on 17 April at Anfield. Prior to the about the future. “We ought to have a very good season.
match Liverpool were top with 53 points followed by There is perfect harmony from the boardroom to the
Tottenham with 48 and Burnley with 47 points. Anfield dressing-room and that goes a long way.”
was packed to its rafters, with supporters witnessing As defending champions, Liverpool started the
a lively game. Chambers put Liverpool ahead on 22 1922/23 season with a convincing 5-2 win over
minutes when he “shot the ball like lightning into the Arsenal at Anfield, where Dick Johnson grabbed a hat-
far bottom corner of the net.’ George Richardson trick. Liverpool played at Sunderland and Arsenal, but
equalised in the second half, but in the seventy-eighth lost both games 1-0. A week later Sunderland played
minute right-back Ephraim Longworth ventured up the at Anfield where Liverpool scored five after going
field and set up the winning goal for Forshaw. Tottenham one behind, the pick of them being Harry Chambers’

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 137

1926/27 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
DATE COMPETITION
Man Utd bile 34795 | 5 G Hodgson, D Forshaw3
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[ Sheff Utd W 51 | 33058 | 2 | D Forshaw 2 (1 pen), G Hodgson 3
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Leicester | W_ 10 33192 ly 17 {_H Chambers
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Oct 30 Div 1 A
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Nov 06 Div 1 H | Huddersfield
Sunderland L iL} 9186 21 D Forshaw
Nov 13 T bivt A |
WBA Ww 2-1 24563 21 TH Chambers, G Hodgson
Nov 20 Div 1 H
Bury W 20 12521 | 19 | H Chambers, G Hodgson
Nov 27 | Div1 A
Birmingham Ww 2-1 27884 7 D Forshaw 2
Dec 04 Div 1 i eae
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Dec 11 Div 1 A
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27 | Jan22 | Div H Chambers, D Edmed, G Hodgson
26 | Jan2a_| FACA ‘[__H__| Southport Ww 34 51600
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Leeds United D 0-0 13776 | 6
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Feb 26 | Div 1 H
The Wednesday | Ww 3-0 21363 6 | 0 MacKinlay, H Chambers 2
Mar 05 Div 1 H
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Mar 19 Div H | Blackburn
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Apr 02 Div 1 H
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APPEARANCES & GOALS

| | teacue | racur | Tora | THE SEASON IN NUMBERS

Starts Goals
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Harry Chambers 4 4 46 21 Games won
Tom Bromilow 0 4 0 44 0 Games drawn prec
Tommy Lucas 39 1 a 4 0 Games lost
Dick Edmed 38 Gis 1 Clean sheets — League
Gordon Hodgson 36 16 4 2 Clean sheets — Overall
Fred Hopkin | 36 0 4 1 Total goals 77
Elisha Scott 32 0 (ets 08) Average attendance at home — League
Jock McNab 29 0 4 0 Average attendance at home — Overall 30,032
Donald MackKinlay 28 i 4 0 Average goals per game — League
Dick Forshaw age 24 14 3 | 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Tom Reid 20 11 1 0 21 11
James Jackson is 0 0 0 19 0
David Pratt [ 14 OO ae! 0 18 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
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William Cockburn g 0 0 0 9 0
Albert Shears 8 0 | 0 0 8 0 PLAYER DEBUTS
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Tom Scott 4 1 0 0 4 1
Robert Done against Bolton 01.01.1927
Robert Done 2 0 0 0 Z 0
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Leicester 13 4 4 4 8
Sheffield United 12 6 3 5 4
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Aston Villa 11 4 6 7 3
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Tottenham Hotspur 11 4 6 5 5
Cardiff City 12 3 6 4 6
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thunderous shot that literally burst the ball en route to Oldham rather than Liverpool come Christmas. The
goal, and Mackinlay’s solo effort that saw him pick up Liverpool Echo asked Ashworth if these rumours were true,
the ball from the half-way line before finishing with an but as Ernest “Bee” Edwards reported on 19 December:
unstoppable shot. “Mr. Ashworth, manager ofthe Liverpool Football Club
Liverpool were absolutely rampant against Preston, asks me to deny the story that is all over Oldham that he
winning 3-1 at Deepdale and 5-2 at Anfield, where is about to become their manager.”
Dick Forshaw scored a hat-trick. The team showed The following day it was evident that David Ashworth
its strength by beating the previous season’s title rivals had lied to the Echo:
Burnley 3-0, but lost 2-0 in the return match at Turf
Moor a week later. The Liverpool Echo revealed that “The Echo learns today that there was smoke where
before the Turf Moor game Elisha Scott, Dick Johnson there was fire. It will be remembered that we stated
and Walter Wadsworth had each been offered £10 to yesterday that the Liverpool Football Club manager, Mr.
lose the game. The honest trio reported the attempted David Ashworth, denied that he was to be made successor
bribe to the Liverpool board of directors. of Charlie Roberts, the ex-Manchester United captain, who
54,368 were ready for the first Merseyside derby of has been acting as manager for Oldham Athletic for two
the season at Anfield on 7 October 1922. Everton took years. Today we learn by special wire that Mr. Ashworth
the lead in the seventeenth minute when Mackinlay has signed as manager for Oldham, a side that he spent so
misplaced his back pass. Chambers levelled the scores two many years with and with which he was connected when
_minutes into the second half and “in his joy at equalising, they finished second in the Football League in 1915.
Chambers
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| on to it in the manner that obtains on a music-hall with “Mr. Ashworth’s earliest managerial work was with
horizontal bar performers,” wrote the Liverpool Echo. Stockport County and he joined Liverpool three years
Liverpool enjoyed playing their old rivals and ago. These have been Liverpool’s most successful years,
Chambers was not the only one who celebrated a goal financially and in a playing sense, therefore it will come as
in style. “Forshaw, with an amazingly clever header a severe shock to all football supporters that Mr. Ashworth
behind him, set the machinery going on the right wing, has seen fit to leave Liverpool at their zenith and join
and let in McNab. He had all along been running ahead Oldham in the depths.”
to make a sixth forward, and now he found himself
with a cross-grained shot and quite a good chance for a Few could understand why on earth the manager
i goal. He fired in a very fierce shot that found its mark, had decided to leave a team that was top of the League
_and then he leapt for joy and did a Scottish hornpipe.” and with almost twice as many points as second-bottom
Chambers completed his hat-trick by scoring two goals Oldham. Ashworth had evidently moved for family
in two minutes. Birthday Boy Bromilow tapped in reasons as he wanted to live with his wife and daughter,
Liverpool's fifth from close range. who were both invalids in their home in Stockport,
This was the first time Liverpool had scored five which was only 11 miles away from Oldham (compared
goals against their arch-rivals. According to the new to 43 miles from Liverpool). For the record Oldham got
League system Liverpool and Everton faced each other relegated at the end of the 1922/23 season.
a week later at Goodison, the Reds victorious again by Needless to say Liverpool didn’t lack encouragement
1-0, the goal scored by Dick Johnson. Liverpool won when faced with Ashworth’s new team. Oldham
six out of the next nine and by mid-December, after suffered from “frequent hesitancy and bad tactics”
| 19 out of 42 rounds had been played, were top with 27 and Liverpool won 2-0 at Boundary Park and 2-1
points, Sunderland second with 26 and Middlesbrough at Anfield, the latter encounter also serving as Elisha
and Burnley following on 24 and 23 respectively. Scott’s benefit game.
Liverpool were heading for the title again under Ashworth’s departure failed to knock Liverpool
Ashworth’s wise guidance and were due to play his out of their stride. From 30 December to 10 February
lold club, Oldham Athletic, home and away on 25 and managerless Liverpool didn’t concede in six League games,
26 December. But only one week prior to the games, winning four. Arsenal were also beaten 4-1 in a first round
the rumour was that Ashworth would be in charge of FA Cup replay, where Harry Chambers netted two and

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1927/28 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Sheff Utd cD eat 21667 10 W Devlin
2 | Aug 31 Div 1 H Bury WwW 5-1 30047 3 | G Hodgson, W Devlin 4
3 | Sep 03 Div H a Aston Villa D 00 42196 4
4 | Sep 10 Div A Sunderland L 1-2 29479 12 G Hodgson
5 | Sep 17 Div 1 Ne H Derby Uh ene | 34336 i 9 D Edmed, G Hodgson, J McNab, W Devlin 2
6 | Sep 19 B Div A Bury E 25 10950 1 W Devlin, Laurie Crown (og)
7 | Sep 24 Div 1 A |_ West Ham L 1-3 26876 13 D Edmed
8 | Oct01 Div H Portsmouth WwW 82 25525 9 G Pither, G Hodgson 3, W Devlin 4
9 } Oct08 Div | A Leicester D 1-1 25312 ) G Hodgson
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1 | Oct 22 Div 1 A | Bolton L 1-2 12024 11 D Edmed
2} Oct 29 Div | H i Blackburn WwW 42 24489 11 W Devlin, G Hodgson, T Reid 2
3 | Nov 05 Div A Cardiff D (ap 12735 9 W Devlin
14 | Nov12 Div H The Wednesday | W 5-2 24253 i 7 G Hodgson 2, T Reid 3
5 | Nov 19 Div A Middlesbrough | _D 1-1 18741 8 H Chambers
16 | Nov 26 [ Div H Huddersfield W 42 34128 6 T Bromilow, D Edmed, G Hodgson 2
7 | Dec 03 i Div A erin Newcastle | D 1-1 26534 ae G Hodgson
18 | Dec 10 Div1 H Birmingham L 2-3 24255 8 G Hodgson 2
19 | Dec 17 | Div 1 A | Tottenham J poelt 1-3 i 21234 9 J Jackson
20 | Dec 24 Div 1 H Man Utd Ww 2-0 14971 8 H Chambers, T Scott
21 | Dec 27 Div 1 H Arsenal L 0-2 41024 11 *
22 | Dec 31 il Div1 L H___|_ Sheff Utd W 2-1 13797 | 8 H Chambers, T Reid
23 | Jan 02 Div 1 H Burnley Dez-2 26632 8 D Edmed, T Reid
24 | Jan 07 Div1 A Aston Villa WwW 43 i 29505 i i] F Hopkin, T Reid, D Edmed 2 Zz
25 | Jan 14 FAC 3 H Darlington T Ww 1-0 28500 H Chambers
26 | Jan21 Div 1 H | Sunderland L 25 | 28243 7 F Hopkin, T Reid
27 | Jan 28 FAC 4 A Cardiff [ L 1-2 20000 : D Edmed (pen)
28 | Feb 04 Div 1 H West Ham L 1-3 | 23897 | 10 D Edmed (pen)
29 | Feb11 Div 1 (| A Portsmouth foal! 0-1 17141 13
30 | Feb 15 Div 1 A Derby WwW 3-2 9021 10 H Race, D Edmed 2
31 | Feb 25 Div 1 H Everton D833) 56361 10 T Bromilow, G Hodgson, F Hopkin
Mar 03 Div 1 H Bolton i W 42 37115 8 D Edmed, G Hodgson, T Reid 2
Mar07 | Div1 | A Arsenal V6 14037 8 H Race, G Hodgson 2
Mar 10 Div1 A Blackburn ee 1-2 16249 9 | D Edmed (pen)
Mar 17 Div 1 H Cardiff L 1-2 34534 14 T Reid
Mar 24 Div1 A The Wednesday haat 0-4 12255 5
Mar 31 Div1 H Middlesbrough D 1-1 26840 18 G Hodgson
Apr 06 Div 1 A Burnley D 2-2 21824 8 ileal Reid, J Walsh
Apr07_ | Div1 A Huddersfield W 4-2 27290 3 D Edmed, G Hodgson, T Reid, J Walsh
Apr 14 Div 1 H Newcastle |_D 0-0 28669 6
Apr 21 Div 1 A Birmingham L 0-2 16063 18
Apr25 | Div1 H Leicester | D 1-1 23657 6 T Reid
Apr 28 Div 1 H Tottenham Ww 2-0 31780 1 T Bromilow, G Hodgson
May 05 | Div1 A Man Utd L 1-6 30625 6 G Hodgson

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS

Tom Bromilow 42 3 2 0 44 3
Dick Edmed 42 14 2 1 44 15
James Jackson 40 i 2 0 42 1 Games lost
Donald MacKinlay 40 0 ys 0 42 0 Clean sheets — League
Fred Hopkin 36 3 2 0 38 3 Clean sheets — Overall
Gordon Hodgson 32 23 0 0 ad vo Total goals
Tommy Lucas 28 0 2 0 30 0 Average attendance at home — League
Tom Reid 25 15 2 0 27 15 Average attendance at home — Overall
Arthur Riley 25 0 2 0 27 0 Average goals per game — League
Harry Chambers 24 3 z “lhe 26 4 Average goals per game — Overall
David McMullan 9 | 0 1 ® (pat wo
William Devlin irl tee Gree 18 | 14
Elisha Scott 17 0 0 0 17 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Tom Morrison 15 0 0 0 15 0
Henry Race 11 Z 0 0 11 2
Jimmy Walsh 9 Zz 2 0 1 2
Neil McBain AUS ale 0 0 10 0
PLAYER DEBUTS
Jock McNab if 1 0 8 1
Dick Edmed against Man Utd 28.08.1926
George Pither 6 0 0 6 1
George Pither against Bolton 01.01.1927
Robert Done Lait 0 0 0 4 0
Robert Done against Bolton 01.01.1927
Albert Shears 4 0 0 0 4 0
William Devlin against West Ham 07.05.1927
Tom Scott S 0 ‘| 0 3 1
James Clark Z 0 0 0 2 0
Bill Murray 2 0 0 0 2 0
Ephraim Longworth 1 0 0 0 1 0

DIVISION 1

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Everton 11 8 2 9 5
Huddersfield Town 15 | 5 57 7 6
Leicester 42 4 5 | 2 66 4 ii
Derby County 42 pe) te 5 59 5 6
Bury 42 13 1 7 53 7 3
Cardiff City 42 2 7 2 44 5 a
Bolton Wanderers 42 2 5 4 47 4 6
Aston Villa 42 3 3 3) 52 4 6
Neweastle United Pm Ms, 2 eo fel me
Arsenal 10 6 5 49 8 g
Birmingham City 10 i! 4 36 3 8
Blackburn Rovers 13 5 3 4) 3 4
Sheffield United 2 4 5 56 3 6
The Wednesday 9 6 6 45 4 z 0
Sunderland 9 5 7 37 6 4 1
Liverpool 10 6 5 54 3 7 11
West Ham United 9 ae eS 5 4 2
Manchester United 12 6 | 3 51 4 1 16
Burnley ae 4 | 55 4 rn
Portsmouth 13 4 4 40 3 3 15
Tottenham Hotspur 12 3 6 47 3 5 13
Middlesbrough if ] 5 46 4 6 1

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Elisha Scott saved a penalty from Robert Turnbull. through my field glasses I could see the police ordering
The Liverpool Echo guessed that Liverpool wouldn't the spectators about and clearing them into the stand.
| search far for David Ashworth’s successor. “Who will get There was a general stampede into the stand, and quite
_ the job? I don’t want to guess, but I think I am right in an uncommon sight was witnessed of the spectators
' forecasting that, as usual, the club will not go out of the being more interested in the fire than the game. The
region of its former players.’ On 13 February Mattie Bolton goalkeeper was badly situated, as he was in a mass
McQueen was appointed Liverpool’s manager to the of smoke.” A massive smoke-screen obscured the field of
Echo’s great satisfaction. “The vacancy attracted many play but thankfully the Westminster Road fire brigade
applicants, which included quite a number of former put the fire out and this eventful game finished with a
Liverpool players,” it reported. “It is gratifying to know 3-0 win for Liverpool.
that an old and trusted servant of the club has secured Liverpool lost to Blackburn in the following game,
_ the position. Last Saturday’s “Football Echo” gave the first conceding their first League goal since 26 December
and only information in any newspaper of the likelihood and lost also at Manchester City. Sunderland failed to
of Mr. McQueen’s appointment. Most people had gone gain advantage and the Reds got back on track with
nap on Raisbeck, but we knew from the start that Mr. three wins in a row but then suffered their biggest defeat
McQueen was the most likely of all selections.” of the season at Bramall Lane, 4-1.
Liverpool and Sunderland had created quite a gap on Liverpool faced Huddersfield at Anfield on 21
the rest of the teams at the top. The Reds had a three- April, with three rounds still to be played. Challengers
- point lead on the Wearsiders, although having played one Sunderland were four points behind but a win for
more game, when Matt McQueen took charge of his Liverpool would clinch the title due to a much better
first match, against Blackburn on 17 February 1923. Dick goal average. At half-time the game at Anfield was
Forshaw scored a hat-trick for Liverpool in a 3-0 win. goalless but the spectators had every reason to cheer as
There was great interest in Liverpool’s next game they learnt that Sunderland were losing 2-0 at Burnley.
against Sheffield United in the third round of the cup. Huddersfield took the lead at Anfield in the second half
Sheffield had sent train-loads of people and Everton but with 17 minutes left Liverpool were on the attack.
were not playing so the locals’ interest was focused on “Hopkin started the movement, Lacey went for a stray
Anfield. The average attendance for Anfield that season ball on the right, and centered so well that Chambers
was just under 35,000, but no less than 51,859 spectators with a very emphatic header forced the ball into the net
were now present. The queues in Kemlyn Road had and equalised the scores,’ reported the Echo.
started forming early that morning and some had Liverpool drew 1-1 with Huddersfield and Sunderland
even tried to hide under the Director’s stand the night lost 2-0 at Burnley. The Reds’ lead had increased to five
before to gain a useful advantage. Harry Chambers gave points with only four points to be played so the title
Liverpool an ideal start by scoring after ten minutes. was retained. In doing so, Liverpool became the fifth
In salmon-red shirts, Liverpool played brilliantly in the side since the League was formed in 1888 to win the
first half but United equalised before half-time. United’s title in two consecutive seasons, joining Preston North
grit proved the deciding factor and as in 1899 and 1915 End’s “Invincibles”, Sunderland, Aston Villa (twice), and
Sheffield United knocked Liverpool out of the cup, Sheffield Wednesday in the history books.
winning 2-1. Liverpool wanted to win their last League game
Liverpool tried to put this bitter disappointment against Stoke in front of their home fans, who had
behind them in the League against Bolton at Anfield on gathered to see their team lift the League trophy.
3 March. Dick Forshaw and Dick Johnson put Liverpool Goalkeeper Elisha Scott injured his thigh after stretching
2-0 up in the first half but following Liverpool’s third for an overambitious pass by his own defender, Jock
goal — which was outside-left Fred Hopkin’s first goal McNab, and was carried off the field on the back of
for the club in his seventy-eighth game — the Anfield one of the ground assistants. Bill Lacey took his place
Road stand caught fire! The Echo’s reporter was worried: and did marvellously well, keeping a clean sheet. Harry
“At first it seemed a mere nothing, but later on the Chambers scored the winning goal for the champions in
smoke threatened to stop the game.The spectators at the the fifty-second minute.
bottom end could see little of what was going on, and John McKenna, former Chairman of Liverpool and

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1928/29 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
:{l |Aug 25 Div 1 H Bury W 3-0 38411 1 A Whitehurst, B Millar 2
2 | Sep 01 Div A Aston Villa L 1-3 30356 14 J McDougall
3 | Sep 05 Div 1 H Sheff Utd L 1-2 25405 16 D Edmed
4 | Sep 08 Div 1 H Leicester WwW 63 26900 9 R Done, D Edmed, J McDougall, T Reid, G Hodgson 2
5 | Sep 10 Div 1 A Sheff Utd Ww 3-1 16503 7 T Reid, D Edmed 2
6 | Sep15 Div A Man Utd D 2-2 24077 co D Edmed, G Hodgson
7 | Sep 22 Div H Leeds United D 1- 37417 8 J McDougall
8 | Sep 29 Div A Everton L 0- 55415 11
Gam Ock0e Div A West Ham D ils 25583 11 J McDougall
10 | Oct 13 Div H Newcastle Wi 32845 8 G Hodgson, JMcDougall
1] Oct 20 Div 1 H Huddersfield L 2-3 35206 11 D Edmed 2
2 | Oct 27 Div A Arsenal D 4-4 33782 12 D Edmed, G Hodgson 3
3 | Nov03 Div H Birmingham I 1-2 33647 d2 J Clark
14 | Nov 10 Div A Portsmouth Ww 1-0 20157 11 B Salisbury
5 | Nov 17 Div H Bolton W 3-0 27904 6 D Edmed, G Hodgson 2
16 | Nov 24 Div 1 A The Wednesday L 2-3 14624 10 T Bromilow, J McDougall
7 | Dec 01 Div H Derby WwW 3.0 28713 9 J Clark, G Hodgson, J McDougall
8 | Dec08 | Divl A Sunderland L 1-2 20851 10 R Done
9} Dec 15 Div H Blackburn D 1-1 21364 1 G Hodgson
20 | Dec 22 Div 1 A Man City W 3-2 19738 9 H Race, G Hodgson 2
21 | Dec25 Div 1 A Burnley L 2-3 25361 10 J Clark, D Edmed
22 | Dec 26 Div H Burnley Ww 80 42449 8 B Salisbury, J Clark 2, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 3
23 | Dec 29 Div A Bury D 2-2 12572 10 G Hodgson 2
24 | Jan 05 Div H Aston Villa Ww 4-0 31146 9 J Clark, G Hodgson, D Edmed 2
25) Jan 12 FAC 3 A Bristol City WwW 2-0 28500 G Hodgson, B Salisbury
26 | Jan 19 Div A Leicester L 0-2 21764 10
27 |_Jan 26 FAC 4 H Bolton D 00 55055 ‘ '
28 | Jan 30 FAC 4 Rep A Bolton L 2-5 41808 G Hodgson, J Lindsay
29 | Feb 02 Div A Leeds United ieee ae-2 18780 9 J McDougall, A Whitehurst
| 30 | Feb 09 Div H Everton L 1-2 45095 10 H Race
31 | Feb 13 Div H Man Utd L 2-3 8852 10 R Done (pen), G Hodgson
32 | Feb 23 Div A Newcastle D 2-2 27376 13 D Edmed, Alf Maitland (og)
33 ar 09 Div H Arsenal L 2-4 26195 7 D Edmed, G Hodgson
34 | Mar 13 Div 1 H West Ham Ww 24 11387 {3 D Davidson, J Lindsay
35 | Mar 16 | Div A Birmingham D 0-0 20612 43
36 ar29 | Div H Cardiff Ww 20 30927 11 G Hodgson 2
37 ar30 | Div1 A Bolton D 00 20460 12
38} Apr 01 Div 1 A Cardiff Ww 21 16849 9 R Done (pen), H Race
39 | Apr 06 Div H The Wednesday W 3-2 29878 | J Clark, G Hodgson, H Race
| Apr 10 Div A Huddersfield WwW 3-1 3997 6 Sam Wadsworth (og), G Hodgson 2
|4) | Apr 13 Div A Derby We ae 11377 6 J Clark 2, G Hodgson, H Race 2
42 | Apri7 Div H |_ Portsmouth D 0-0 14144 6
43 | Apr 20 Div H Sunderland Wo 2 24425 4 G Hodgson 2, H Race 3
44 | Apr27 Div A Blackburn L 1-2 7059 2) R Done (pen)
45 | May04 | Div H Man City D 5 G Hodgson

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
| THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games
James Jackson Games won
Tom Morrison ! 0 45 0 Games drawn
Dick Edmed 3 0 42 16 Games lost
Gordon Hodgson 3 2 41 32 Clean sheets — League
Robert Done 3 0 40 5 Clean sheets — Overall
David Davidson 3 0 39 i Total goals
Jimmy McDougall 36 8 3 0 | 39 8 Average attendance at home — League
James Clark 32 ) 3 0 | 35 9 Average attendance at home — Overall
Tom Bromilow 28 2 0 | 30 i Average goals per game — League
Arthur Riley 20 0 3 0 | 23 0 Average goals per game — Overall 2.41
Fred Hopkin 22 0 0 0 22 0
Elisha Scott 22 0 0 0 22 0
Bill Salisbury | 16 9 1 7 3 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Henry Race iia g 0 0 13 9 League 30
John Lindsay 10 | 1 2 (alee? FA Cup 4
Albert Whitehurst 8 2 0 0 8 z
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Donald MacKinlay 2 0 0 i 0 —
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Jimmy Gray 1 0 0 ] 0 = : -
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John Lindsay against Derby
John McFarlane against Everton

DIVISION 1

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The Wednesday 42 8 3 0 55 16 3 i 1 31
Leicester 42 6 5 Ope Neer ele a aes 4 Paes
Aston Villa 42 6 2 3 62 30 7 2 2 36
Sunderland 42 6 2 a 67 30 4 5 2 26
Liverpool 42 11 4 6 53 28 6 8 7 at
Derby County 42 2 5 4 56 24 6 i 10 30
Blackburn Rovers 42 11 | 6 4 42 26 6 Bi 0 30
Manchester City 42 oi 3 6 63 40 6 6 9 32
Arsenal 42 1 6 4 43 25 5 i 9 34
Newcastle United 42 5 2 4 48 29 4 4 13 22
Sheffield United 42 Z 5 4 Oy 30 SI 6 12 29
Manchester United 42 8 8 iS 32 23 6 5 0 34 53 4]
Leeds United 42 1 5 5 42 28 5 4 Z 29 56 4
Bolton Wanderers 42 0 6 5 44 25 4 6 11 29 55 40
Birmingham City 42 | 8 if 6 37 32 i 2 ] 31 45 40
Huddersfield Town 42 g 6 6 45 23 5 5 1 25 38 39
West Ham United 42 1 6 4 50 31 4 3 4 31 65 39
Everton 42 1 2 8 38 31 6 2 3 25 44 38
Burnley 42 2 5 4 55 32 3 3 5 26 1 38
Portsmouth 42 3 2 6 43 26 2 4 15 13 54 36
Bury 42 9 a i 38 85 3 Z: 6 24 64 31
Cardiff City 42 i ih 7 34 26 i 6 4 9 oi) 29

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current President of the Football League, presented the also had to watch out. In a match against Sheffield
cup to Walter Williams, Liverpool’s Chairman, who United in December 1923 Wadsworth snapped when
was overjoyed. “The team have done wonders,” he goaded by a United fan and was entirely unrepentant
said. “You ask the reason of their success, and I reply about this incident in an article in the Topical Times,
that they won because they are a good side, and have which was published the following week.
proved themselves a good side. It is one of happiest days
of my life.” Liverpool paraded the cup around Anfield “Let me state here and now that I hit a spectator, I
and “players and directors received a rallying shout of admit it. I think I was justified because a spectator called
praise.” The directors’ and players’ rooms “were stormed me something that I will allow no man to call me. It
by those desiring to offer congratulations.” must not be imagined that because a spectator has paid his
Captain Donald Mackinlay was proud of his team. bob that he can, willy-nilly, help himself in the epithets
“Tt was touch and go now and again, and one could see department. He has no justification for something worse
that the boys felt the keenness of the position,” he said. than swearing at the players. He has not the right to shout
“We are grateful to all who have helped us to our top vile words at them. I hope the action I took will lead to the
position, and we hope the public realise that we have offenders realising that they cannot lean over the railings
won again, in spite of being on top early on, a big barrier and offer vile insults at footballers.
After the match I begged
to success in most cases, as teams come along with the the people of Sheffield to bring the man to the dressing
avowed intention of making the League game a Cup- room to see me. No-one came, I am sorry to say, and I am
tie business. However, it is all over now, and I want to more than sorry that the man has not gone to court, for
thank all the players sincerely for their splendid service then the facts would be published and it would be seen by
in the second championship win in succession.” One all in the game of football how some spectators carry on.”
supporter jocularly asked. ‘If we win it for the third time
does it become our own property?’ The fate of manager Matt McQueen was, however,
The Liverpool Echo congratulated Liverpool on their the talk of the season. After returning from a scouting
splendid season. “Undoubtedly the feat is an unusual expedition in Barnsley in November he was hit by a
one in that the League, though won twice in succession taxi and suffered a broken leg. He spent three months in
before, has not been won in successive years when there Sheffield Royal Hospital.
was the severe competition that obtains today. The A silver plate was inserted into his leg to try and heal
Anfield side has won through by its all-round skill, and the break. Blood poisoning, however, meant that his leg
through its determined, as well as good class standard of had to be amputated just above the knee. Surgeon H.B.
play. Every man deserves praise, and the club realises, as Yates left a message to Chairman Williams claiming that
well as anyone, that much of the success of the side has the best tonic McQueen could have was a win against
been due to immunity from accident. Only nineteen Southampton in the FA Cup, so he could lead out his
players have been called in to service.” men at the new Wembley Stadium.
Three weeks after the 1922/23 season finished, the Liverpool struggled for consistency in the League
champions visited France to play a couple of games but the Board hoped this would finally be the year when
against Circle de Paris-Gallia and Levallois. They visited the Reds won the cup. Liverpool beat second division
the main tourist sites, such as the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Bradford City 2-1 in the first round and then faced
and the Louvre. The players put a wreath on the grave cup-holders Bolton at Burnden Park. After spending a
of the Unknown French Warrior at the foot of the Arch season in the reserves Jimmy Walsh got his first-team
de Triomphe. chance when Dick Johnson seriously injured his knee
Two of the Reds’ half-backs were in the spotlight in the opening game of the season. Walsh scored a hat-
for different reasons in the 1923/24 season. Jock trick in a 4-1 Liverpool victory over Bolton. Second
McNab was out from early November until the middle division Southampton were up next in the third round
of January after suffering major facial injuries when he at The Dell. David Ashworth, who had left his post as
hit the windshield of a taxi he was travelling in. Walter Liverpool’s manager the previous season, sent a telegram
Wadsworth’s temper tended to boil over on the field to to his former players encouraging them to victory. A
his opponents’ suffering but the fans of his adversaries number of Liverpool supporters had taken the midnight

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 149

train to enjoy matchday to the fullest on the south coast. half when he was sent off for kicking Maitland. “The
A lively game ended in a goalless draw with the replay referee had no hesitation about his decision and he was
taking place at Anfield four days later in front of no well placed for seeing what happened. The ordering off
less than 49,000 spectators. According to the Liverpool incident completely spoiled what could have been a
Echo: “En route to the ground there were remarkable good game.”
scenes of rush, excitement, crowding, overcrowding McNab’s wild antics were not the only ones on
of train, tram and motorbuses. Everybody seemed to show in this tense game. “Accident followed accident.
have forsaken work.” The official keeper of the door at McKenzie going down and Pratt following suit. Liverpool
Anfield, Mr. Walters, estimated this was a record crowd kept up a continual attack, and when Wadsworth and
for the ground. The Saints were one man down after Urwin came together near the touchline at the Kemlyn
only seven minutes when Chambers’ shot hit Titmuss Road end, Urwin took offence at Wadsworth and threw
in the left eye which knocked him out and his eye was a clump of dirt at him. Wadsworth smacked his face, and
bleeding so he had to go straight to hospital. Chambers the referee ordered both men to the pavillion.”
struck again in the first minute of the second half, A sending off of three men had never been seen
but this time straight into the right corner of the net, before at Anfield but a trio had been sent off at Goodison
Liverpool leading 1-0. Dick Forshaw ensured victory in Park some years earlier. “It is a degrading business that
the eighty-fourth minute. one man should be sent off, but it is even more wretched
Liverpool were drawn against Newcastle at St James’ that three should be sent off, especially when two are of
Park where the Magpies had knocked out the Reds the home colours.” After the final whistle had been blown
three years earlier in the FA Cup second round. As in referee Mason told the Echo reporter that he did not issue
1921 Newcastle won 1-0 and Liverpool’s cup dreams a general caution during the game, but he warned several
were once more shattered. Elisha Scott, Liverpool’s players he would not stand any rough play. An amusing
fantastic guardian, was blamed for Newcastle’s goal. postscript to the game was when Wadsworth and McNab
“Scott showed that he was human after all by missing were bemoaning their luck after being sent off, there was
the ball. Play had been on the right, and when the ball a knock ‘on the dressing room door. “Who is it?) asked
was centred McDonald headed down to earth. Scott McNab and was told it was one of the club’s directors.
prepared himself to make a catch, but the ball seemed to ‘Bloody hell, has the ref started to send the directors off
spin at a tangent away from his left hand.” now?’ came McNab’s response.
Scott remembered the incident well when interviewed Double League Champions Liverpool released their
in the Liverpool Evening Express in 1955.“It was a freak goal. grip on the title to such an extent that they finished
Someone headed in from about 18 yards out and the ball twelfth, fourth and seventh in the three seasons from
bounced six yards from me, hit a hole in the ground and 1923/24.
shot into the top corner. Funniest thing I have ever seen. Liverpool fans were shocked to hear in March 1926
It looked that simple that naturally I got the blame. The that star striker, Harry Chambers, wanted to leave the
poor goalkeeper always gets blame, but the only simple club and had been placed on the transfer list. This was
thing about it was that it made me look a bit simple.” described no less than the “biggest noise in the football
The most controversial moment of the match world.” Chambers scored 41 League goals in 71 games
was when “Neil Harris was alleged to have hit Lucas in the 1921/22 and 1922/23 championship-winning
in the face and paid no sort of penalty. This cup-tie seasons and was the darling of the supporters due to
between the two teams was nothing more than a dog his cheerfulness, which rubbed off on everybody around
fight,’ commented the Echo. Eleven months later the him. He had scored nine goals in the 1925/26 season
repercussions of this incident were all too apparent in a but since netting a hat-trick against Newcastle on
League game between the same teams at Anfield as the Christmas Day had only scored once in two-and-a-half
Echo reported with the headline: AMAZING SCENES months. His frustration had clearly boiled over. Bee at
IN A WRETCHED GAME. the Liverpool Echo got an exclusive from “Smiler” on the
Scotsman Jock McNab was described as “tall, stout- reasons why he wanted to depart Anfield.
hearted, and of great staying power. He has fitted the
Liverpool half-back line, added weight and strength “Sometimes you get fed up. Well, I’m more than fed
to it, and his enthusiasm carries him far’? McNab’s up. Not with the team, spectators, the boys or the directors,
enthusiasm certainly got the better of him in the second ye know, but just fed up. I think ifI got away I should do

150 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

better than am I doing.A change is good for anyone when when Liverpool come to town.”
they have got into a rut. I don’t imply that I have been
playing a blinder or that I have been playing badly, but it “God help the Second Division” would have been more
seems that a move at this critical juncture will do me good appropriate, as Liverpool lost eight of their next nine games.
and bring me back to the best possible form. I am longing When the Reds faced West Bromwich Albion at Anfield
for a change ofsurroundings, and I hope it shall not be long on 20 November it was a battle between the bottom two
before I move.” of the League! Liverpool had won five out of seven home
games but lost seven out of eight away and had only eleven
Thankfully Chambers found his scoring instincts points after fifteen rounds. However, four wins in a row
| again, netted seven goals in the remaining eleven games moved Liverpool away from the relegation zone.
of the season and was the top-scorer of the team the Dick Forshaw was sold to Everton for £3,750 to
|following season by scoring 21 goals in 46 games. supporters’ dismay in March 1927. Forshaw had been
| The visit of a South African football team who beat an integral part of the Liverpool team in the 1920s and
Liverpool 5-2 in a friendly on 1 October 1924 was a despite being 31 years of age had lots to offer. He had
|remarkable one. Not only did the team exhibit “joyous scored no less than 29 goals the previous season and
_ football, a goal-getting game that showed us that South- had already weighed in with 14 in the current one. It
African football has improved more quickly than our certainly wasn’t due to lack of form he was sold but to
own” but two players in particular caught the attention fill the Anfield cashier's coffers.
of the Liverpool Board and the Echo’s correspondent, “Red Dingle” was shocked to see Forshaw go and
' Bee: “The goalkeeper, a tall, keen fellow who has reach, composed “A Supporter’s Lament.”
anticipation and a safe pair of hands, is only twenty, but
he looks more like thirty-five. The inside right, who “It’s all very well for directors
| took my eye from the first moment, is only nineteen, To say we shouldn’t cuss;
but plays like a seasoned professional.” They think of nowt but £.s.d.
Bee was referring to Arthur Riley and Gordon But blimey — what price us?
| Hodgson who clearly showed such great promise For there isn’t a man in the thousands
that Liverpool signed the pair in the 1925/26 season. That occupy Spion Kop
| Incidentally Harry Chambers’ scoring drought started Who agrees with the transfer of Dickie,
_ only a few weeks after South African Gordon Hodgson The boy with the twinkling hop
finally joined Liverpool from Transvaal in December
1925. Hodgson scored two goals in his third game, at Supposing you’ve been a supporter
Manchester United, and went on a scoring spree during For more years than you care to tell:
the next ten years that had no equal at the club. And owing to treatment in years gone by
Hodgson, who is still Liverpool’s hat-trick king Wished the Everton club in Division 2:
with 17 to his name, scored his first treble for Liverpool Would you like to see your favourite sold
against Sheffield United on 11 September 1926 in his Without as much as a wink?
seventeenth game. The Liverpool Echo was impressed: It’s enough to drive us up a pole.
You’ll agree with me, I think.”
“Based on this performance, I would suggest it will not
be the last we see from this very talented South African... Forshaw scored only two goals in his ten games for
| Chambers (Inside Left) had proven to Liverpool over many Everton for the rest of the season as they just escaped
years now that 20-30 goals a season was well within his relegation and netted five in 23 appearances in the
scope. Forshaw (Centre Forward) scored hat-tricks for fun 1927/28 season when Everton won the Championship.
and also weighed in with 20-30 goals a season. With the He became the first player to win the League Championship
addition of the South African, Hodgson (Inside Right), I both with the Reds and the Blues.
fail to see how any opposition will keep a clean sheet when Liverpool were without a replacement for two
all three play in the same side.A good striker is a necessity months until William Devlin arrived from Huddersfield
in the game.A brace of good strikers is very rare indeed. in time to mark his debut with a goal against West Ham
The Liverpool side now contains triplets of awesome power, in the final game of the season. Scotsman Devlin had a
that’s just downright greed. God help the first division curious career at Liverpool. He was on fire at the start of

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 151

the 1927/28 season, scoring 12 in his first eight games, played his last game at the end of the season, seventeen-
including four against Bury (5-1) and Portsmouth and-a-half years after he had been handed his debut in
(8-2). an away match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield. Longworth
The Echo was full of praise for his performance played 370 games for the club but never managed to get
against Bury. on the scoresheet!
The Kop was rebuilt in 1928, linked to the two main
“Could Devlin fill the boots of Forshaw? On this stands and given a roof to shelter 28,000 fans. Two-thirds
occasion his toes were bursting out the front of his boots... of the Kop’s spectators were able to see the game without
Devlin takes up his position, hangs around the backs, a stanchion blocking their view and the overall capacity
works at will and earnestly, but does not do a jot when it of Anfield had been increased by 7,000.
comes to tracking back or helping out those behind him. He Kopite Billy O’Donnell first went to Anfield when
is here to score goals, not to get in others way. And if anyone he was about twelve years old, in 1922. It only cost one
gets in his way, woe betide... shilling back then to grace the cinder steps of the Kop
Send it in high, he’ll head home. but people weren't exactly flushed with money. The
Send it in low, he’ll drive the ball home. big gates at the back of the Kop opened when about
Send it in waist high, he'll volley the ball home. 20 minutes were left of each game and fans could get
And byfar the most bizarre, send it in behind him and in for free.
he’ll overhead kick it into the goal.” O’Donnell was a regular at Anfield for around 70
years and his routine of having a few pints before going
Devlin looked likely for a long stay at Liverpool. to his regular spot inside the ground is not that dissimilar
However, he scored two goals in ten games after his one to many modern fans. Before the Kop was roofed one
man show against Pompey and by January he had been might struggle to imagine how the conditions were
sold to Heart Of Midlothian! it not for the unique recollections of O’Donnell and |
After Hodgson scored two goals in two minutes others in Stephen FE Kelly’s superb book, The Kop. |
against Birmingham on 10 December, Liverpool were “Tt wyas always cold and very windy,’ he told Kelly.
without the South African for two-and-a-half months
when he caught pneumonia. He returned for the derby “We all wore caps in those days in case it rained. And —
game against eventual champions Everton at Anfield on if you were standing down at the bottom of the Kop you
25 February and scored the equaliser in the seventy- needed to wear Wellingtons. Not just because of the rain
eighth minute after Liverpool had been 3-1 behind to a pouring down the Kop but because of the toilet problem.
Dixie Dean hat-trick. You see, when you’re stuck in the middle of the Kop and —
Liverpool were sixth at the start of December with you've had a few pints before the match you have to get rid
four League defeats in 17. But Hodgson’s absence started of it somehow. Well, you can’t go to the toilet, cos ifyou do
a bad run that resulted in 11 losses in 24 League games, you'll never get back and you certainly wouldn’t find your
finishing in sixteenth place on 39 points, along with six mates again. So everybody used to do it there. They would —
other clubs only one point away from relegation. bring a Liverpool Echo with them, roll it up and wee into
Liverpool had, however, been without a proper it so that it didn’t splash everybody! You had a great view
manager since Matt McQueen’s deteriorating health from the Kop, and ifyou were near the back you could see
forced him to resign his post in February 1928. George all over Liverpool.” SR
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and the Board for several years, continued in his post The largest covered terrace in the country was |
as secretary, also taking on the managerial duties as the 425 feet long by 131 feet wide and 80 feet high. More |
Board felt it was unnecessary to hire a successor to details of this massive structure were revealed in the ©
McQueen to save them a bit of money. club programme.
Harry “Smiler” Chambers left in March 1928, aged “The outside walls and six internal stanchions of the j
31, after scoring 151 goals in 339 games. Chambers had Kop carry 45,500 sq. feet of roof, over one acre; under }
maybe slowed down a bit, but he was still very adept at which 91 subsidy houses of standard type could be 1
reading the game. He reverted to centre-half at second packed together in one layer. The length of one truss and ©
division West Bromwich Albion with resounding success. cantilever is 131 feet, second come those of West Ham |
Another stalwart of the club, Ephraim Longworth, United at 100, and at Everton 55 feet. The cantilever

152 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD |

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alone is a 51 feet overhang, compared to 38 at West Ham, that the spectators are assured of their places under more
25 at Leicester, 15 at Everton.
The internal stanchions comfortable conditions, I would like to give a word of
are carried down 25 feet below the Kop steps and two advice to the directors, that is to stay their hands in the
| feet into the rock bedded in 11 feet square concrete direction of further improving the ground and devote
| bases. This buried 25 feet of stanchion is encased in a their finances, energy and intelligence to creating a team
heavy reinforced concrete grip, especially at the rock worthy of the splendid surroundings.”
| and Kop steps level. Just as an umbrella is gripped in the This was a timely reminder by McKenna to the
wind so do these bases act and carry a total load, raised club’s Board. Liverpool had their best season in four
to 230 tons each in a gale; on this most elevated and years in 1928/29, improving by a total of seven points
exposed site in the city.” from the previous season, which secured them fifth
The new Kop was formally opened on 25 August position. Anfield could now cater for everyone’s needs
1928 by John Houlding’s old ally, John McKenna, who but the Board failed to guarantee success on the pitch
was presented with a gold cigar before addressing the - where it mattered most. Reds’ fans were in for a
guests. ““We cannot live in the past,” he said.““But I think turbulent decade with their beloved team on a serious
| the past should be an inspiration for the present. Now slide down the table.

Left: Anfield 1923;

Right: The Kop 1928.

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1929-1939
1929/30 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 31 Div 1 A Middlesbrough lk 0-5 28286 19
2 | Sep 04 Div1 H Huddersfield W 3-0 30607 12 J Clark, G Hodgson, H Race
3 | Sep 07 Div 1 H Everton ib 0-3 44897 16
4 | Sep 14 |Div 1 H West Ham WwW 3-1 29087 13 J Lindsay, D Edmed 2
5 | Sep 16 Div 1 A Huddersfield L 0-3 11998 16
6 | Sep21_| Div1 A Man Utd WwW 2-1 20788 15 J Smith 2
7 | Sep 28 Div1 H Grimsby Town Ww 2-0 41960 14 G Hodgson, H Race
8 | Oct05 Div 1 A Leicester L 1-2 22303 17 J Smith
9 | Oct09 Div 1 H Blackburn Dewee| 15434 14 H Race
10 | Oct 12 Div 1 H Birmingham D 1-1 35859 16 J Smith
11 | Oct 19 Div 1 A Derby D 2-2 15656 11 G Hodgson, J Smith
12 | Oct 26 Div 1 H Man City L 1-6 39009 16 J Smith
13 ov 02 Div A Portsmouth D 3-3 19139 17 D Davidson, G Hodgson, J Smith
14 | Nov0g Div 1 H Bolton WwW 30 29071 12 H Race 3
15 | Nov 16 Div 1 A Aston Villa W 32 21837 8 Tommy Mort (og), B Murray, J Smith
16 | Nov 23 Div 1 H Leeds United WwW 1-0 30643 6 J Smith
17 ov 30 Div A Sheff Wed L 1-2 19701 8 G Hodgson
18 | Dec 07 Div 1 H Burnley lt 1-3 15210 10 | G Hodgson
19 | Dec 14 Div1 A Sunderland W 3-2 21396 7 G Hodgson, F Hopkin, JSmith
20 | Dec 21 Div1 H Arsenal Ww 1-0 32819 7 A McPherson
21 | Dec 25 Div 1 A Sheff Utd L 04 28311 8
22 | Dec 26 Div 1 H Sheff Utd Ww 2-0 45287 ik A McPherson, J Smith
23 | Dec 28 Div 1 H Middlesbrough W 5-2 23982 6 D Edmed, F Hopkin 2, J Smith 2
24 | Jan 04 Div 1 A Everton D 3-3 52600 6 D Edmed, J McDougall, A McPherson
25 | Jan 11 FAC 3 H Cardiff L 1-2 50141 A McPherson
26 | Jan 18 Div 1 A West Ham L 1-4 21788 8 J Smith
| 27 | Jan 25 Div 1 H Man Utd Ww 1-0 28952 4 H Race
28 | Feb01 Div 1 A Grimsby Town L 23 11184 7 J Smith 2
29 | Feb 08 Div1 H Leicester D 1-1 25662 7 G Hodgson
30 | Feb15 Div 1 A Birmingham L 0-1 10901 8
31 | Feb 22 Div 1 H Derby D 22 22723 8 G Hodgson 2
32 | Mar 01 Div 1 A Man City B 3-4 29973 9 G Hodgson, A McPherson, J Smith
33 | Mar 08 Div1 H Portsmouth WwW 2-0 26581 10 G Hodgson 2
34 | Mar 15 Div 1 A Bolton W 20 | 14330 8 J Smith 2
35 | Mar 22 Div 1 H Aston Villa WwW 2-0 35000 5 G Gunson, J Smith
36 | Mar 29 Div 1 A Leeds United D ribs 14178 6 J Smith
37 | Apr 02 Div 1 A Arsenal WwW 1-0 18824 5 A McPherson
38 | Apr 05 Div 1 H Sheff Wed L 1-3 35563 6 G Hodgson
39 | Apr 12 Div 1 A Burnley L 1-4 12695 8 J Smith
40 | Apr 18 hg Div1 A Newcastle L 1-3 | 40757 9 J Smith
41 | Apr 19 Div 1 H Sunderland L 0-6 22799 10
42 | Apr 21 Div 1 H Newcastle D 0-0 26793 10
43 | May03 | Div1 A Blackburn L 0-1 8544 12

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The Story Of The Decade against Bolton. Despite conceding a total of 93 goals
Liverpool finished mid-table thanks to four more
rior to the opening of the 1929/30 season, talisman League wins than in the previous season.
Donald Mackinlay retired. He had been a regular Liverpool’s cup run captured the fans’ imagination.
in the side since the League resumed after the First The Reds were drawn against League leaders Everton
_ World War, but had spent the previous season in the in the third round. 57,000 spectators gathered on a cold
_ feserves, quite understandably as he was 38 years of day at Goodison Park in great anticipation of the clubs’
_ age. Leslie Edwards, sports editor of the Liverpool Daily first cup meeting since 1911.The Liverpool Echo captured
_ Post and Echo, saw the work of many Liverpool greats at the atmosphere vividly:
first-hand and couldn’t praise the Scot’s abilities highly
enough. “He appeared in half‘a dozen different positions “Rattles swung vigorously kept their owners warm,
| but the thing I remember most was his skill with a free while all kinds ofRed and Blue favours were being sold by
kick,” he wrote. “If I was leaving with a message and vendors who met with a ready sale. These favours ranged
_ Liverpool had been awarded a free kick, I would wait from red and blue roses to celluloid dolls dressed in red
_ until it had been taken because I knew anything could and blue, names of star players being stamped on them.
happen. He hit the ball with terrific power but also had The crowds were boisterously cheerful. ‘All seats now
a remarkable touch.” guaranteed’ was one catch-phrase they shouted. Some of
The Reds were seventeenth at the beginning of the fans wore red or blue bowlers and sashes of similar
November with just twelve points, but a good run to the colours. There was a great demand for hot tea and coffee
year’s end improved matters. Liverpool strengthened their which was supplied by the shops in the vicinity.”
defence with the acquisition of centre-halfTom ““Tiny”
Bradshaw in January. Tiny’s versatility and consistency Liverpool’s players hardly realised the game had
saw him reach a figure of 291 first-team appearances. started when Dixie Dean scored for Everton after only
Leslie Edwards was a big fan: “A giant at 6ft 3ins but 15 seconds. Gordon Gunson equalised in the thirty-
amazingly agile. He had the build of Ron Yeats and the eighth minute, and with only 15 minutes left it was
touch of Alan Hansen who were also Scottish. Tiny was that man Hodgson again who scored the winning goal.
a marvellous defender and the only man I have ever seen “Never was a scorer so pounced upon by his own men,
~ come anywhere near him was John Charles.” Liverpool’s and the scenes that followed were 15 minutes of full-
main foe was Dixie Dean, who had great respect for blooded Cup-tie enthusiasm,’ wrote the Echo. “Roars
Tiny. “In all the times I played against him he never used nearly wrecked the roof of the stand.’ According to
any of those sly little tricks that others did, like pulling Everton and Liverpool’s joint-programme Liverpool's
you back by your shirt or shorts. Tiny went out to play play had been “startling in its dazzling brilliance. Their
football and let the best man win.” persistence in fighting back compelled admiration.”
Liverpool went as high as fourth place, but after a Harold Barton scored Liverpool’ four goals in the next
nightmare end to the season — in which they lost five round in a 4-2 win against Chesterfield and Gunson was
out of six games, conceding 17 and scoring three — on the scoresheet again when Liverpool beat Grimsby in
finished twelfth. the fifth round. Anfield’s biggest attendance to date, close
Gordon Hodgson was in fantastic form in the to 58,000, witnessed Liverpool and Chelsea battle in the
1930/31 season. He scored four goals in a 5-3 win last eight. Liverpool lost 2-0 and the club programme
over Sheffield Wednesday and netted hat-tricks against was not best pleased with the Reds’ performance.
Chelsea, Sheffield United and Blackpool. Hodgson “Previous to the game, to mention the possibility of
wrote his name in the club’s record books by scoring a Chelsea win was to invite ridicule. AChelsea success
36 League goals, beating Sam Raybould’s 1902/03 was not even considered. The fighting characteristics
record total of 31. However, his team-mates didn’t follow of the Anfielders were relied upon to carry the club
suit and Liverpool finished mid-table again. through. So anxious were they to do their best that they
The club boasted an incredible back five in the were beating the air most of the time.”
early 1920s but its current defensive frailties were all too A rare highlight of the 1932/33 season was a savage
apparent a decade later. Liverpool amazingly conceded 7-4 victory over the Blues at Anfield. But Liverpool were
three or more goals in 14 games in the 1931/32 season, on the slide, finishing fourteenth in 1933. How long could
which included an 8-1 humiliation in the final game the Reds keep this up, being too reliant on Hodgson’s

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1930/31 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 30 Div 1 H Blackburn W 2-1 33287 5 J Smith 2
2 | Sep01 Div 1 A West Ham L 0-7 11682 10
3 | Sep 06 Div 1 A Middlesbrough D 3-3 | 16816 14 R Done (pen), D Edmed, G Hodgson
4 | Sep10 Div 1 H Bolton WwW 7-2 20808 9 J Smith, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 2, A McPherson 2
5 | Sep 13 Div1 H Huddersfield L 1-4 | 31738 4 J Smith
6 | Sep 20 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 2-4 31993 16 G Hodgson 2
7 | Sep 27 Div 1 H Chelsea Wis 3-4 [ 41386 14 G Hodgson 3
8 | Oct 04 Div 1 A ewcastle Ww 4-0 32887 10 D Edmed, G Hodgson, J Smith 2
So Ochi u Div 1 H Sheff Wed Ih 1-2 39278 14 G Hodgson
H | Leeds United WwW 2-0 25637 11 G Hodgson 2
A Blackpool WwW 3- 14998 8 J Smith 3
H Man City L__o2 | 17893 10
A Derby D 2-2 14702 10 G Hodgson, A McPherson
H Leicester WwW 3- 21089 i) Adam Black (og),JSmith2
A Portsmouth L 0-4 19337 1
H Sheff Utd WwW 6- 26837 8 J Smith, A McPherson 2, G Hodgson 3
A Sunderland L 5-6 22616 8 G Hodgson, F Hopkin, D McRorie, J Smith 2
H Arsenal D 1- 44342 8 |_T Morrison
A Birmingham L 0-2 16165 13 |
A Grimsby Town D 0-0 18564 0
H Grimsby Town D 1- 36203 12 A McPherson
A Blackburn D 3-3 20494 13 A Scott, G Hodgson 2
H Middlesbrough W 3-1 | 21133 1 R Done, G Hodgson 2
H Birmingham L 0-2 40500
A Bolton L 0-2 10361 11
A Huddersfield L 1-2 9864 4 A McPherson
H Aston Villa D 1-1 30503 13 G Hodgson
A Chelsea D 2-2 35936 13 G Gunson, G Hodgson
H Newcastle WwW 4-2 28268 2 H Barton, D Wright 3
A Sheff Wed Wis el3 21675 8 _|_ D Wright, G Hodgson 4 (1 pen)
A Leeds United Ww 2-1 15510 8 G Hodgson, D Wright
/ H Blackpool WwW 5-2 13732 7 liA McPherson 2, G Hodgson 3 (1 pen)
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A Leicester It 2-3 2449 9 H Barton 2
H Portsmouth WwW 3-1 17155 8 J Clark, J McDougall, D Wright
H Man Utd D 1-1 27782 8 G Hodgson
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H Sunderland L 2-4 9122 10 G Hodgson (pen), A McPherson
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Arsenal 42 14 5 7 al lmals8 27 14 5 2 60 32 66
Aston Villa 42 | 17 3 1 86 34 8 lars 42 44 59
Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 3 4 | 65 | 32 8 1: 5 8 37 43 52
Portsmouth 42 11 7 3 AG | 26 jie wla 8 38 4 49
Huddersfield Town 42 10 8 3 | 4 27 aba ie 94) 9 36 38 48
Derby County 42 12 6 3 56 31 6 4 11 38 48 46
Middlesbrough 42 |13 5 3 sj 57 | 28 6 | 3 12 4) 62 46
Manchester City 42 13 2 6 41 29 5 4 8 8 34 4) 46
Liverpool 42 n | 6 4 48 | 28 4 th 6 11 38 57 42
Blackburn Rovers 42 14 e| 4 54 28 3 5 3 29 56 42
Sunderland 42 12 4 5 61 38 4 5 12 28 47 4
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Sheffield United 42 10 7 4 49 31 4 3 4 29 53 38
Leicester 42 12 4 5 50 38 4 2 5 30 57 38
Newcastle United 42 g Z 10 4) 45 5 a LE Se 42 36
West Ham United 42 1 Wis 7 s6 | 44 3 a 13 23 | 50 36
Birmingham City 42 11 3 7 37 28 2 7 12 i 18 42 36
Blackpool 42 8 i 6 a | 44 3 3 15 30 81 32
Leeds United 42 10 ome 28 49 31 2 4 15 19 | 50 31
Manchester United 42 6 6 9 30 37 1 2 18 23 78 22

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) wizardry up front? As it turned out the club were on the Club, was transfer-listed in April 1934. The 39-year-old
| brink of relegation in the eventful 1933/34 season. had a spell in the side from December to February, but
With 40 League games completed and two to go, Arthur Riley had effectively become first-choice. The
- Liverpool were in eighteenth position (out of 22) with club’s decision not to renew his contract caused great
_ 34 points, but only two points above Birmingham in outrage among the fans, such was their regard for him.
_ twentieth (39 games) and Newcastle in twenty-first The Liverpool Echo bade Liverpool’ talisman farewell in
_ (40 games). Incredibly Liverpool had scored 74 goals in a lengthy tribute:
the League, five more than champions-elect Arsenal and
i only three clubs had scored more than them. However, “Men may come and men may go but Scott goes on
Liverpool had conceded 84 goals, 40 more than the forever’ people up Anfield way have been wont to declare...
Gunners! The Reds had two games to save their First Some goalkeepers are periodically “lucky” in their saves.
_ Division status, against top-half Sheffield Wednesday and We make bold to state that Scott’s methods have never
Manchester City. With two minutes to go at Hillsborough been oflucky order. Happy, yes, not happy-go-lucky, no. For
_ the Wednesday game was heading for a 1-1 draw. invariably his work has been that of a master — a master of
Wednesday got a fantastic opportunity to seal the win divination and anticipation, amounting to little less than
but Arthur Riley made one of the most amazing saves positive genius. Intuition some people would call it; double-
_ of his career. Liverpool burst forward and “Hanson with sight or perceptive powers we prefer to say; and all due to an
_ practically the last kick of the game, made a magnificent instanter reasoning out of “where“ the opposition intended
drive, leaving Breedon helpless.’ The club programme to plant that ball. And so it just “happened” that Scott got
_ described Liverpool’s joyous celebration: “Can you there first. That’s all.
- not picture the joy and gladness of Bradshaw and his
comrades? It was the nearest thing to a football miracle “What is the secret of his long length offootball life?
that this astonishing game of football has witnessed for For one thing, nature has been very kind, for Scott today
many a day.’ Newcastle beat Wolves 5-1, but a week later is as lithe and slim ofbuild as the morning hefirst entered
| they capitulated 2-1 against Stoke in their final game, the Anfield fold. His mode of life has also been careful
| securing Liverpool’s First Division place. and reticent in the extreme, and this has kept him ever
Liverpool's 3-0 defeat against Bolton in FA Cup fifth fighting fit. For a goalkeeper Scott is rather on the small
_ round in February 1934 saw one of the more amusing side but the game has known none to excel him in dealing
scenes ever witnessed at Anfield. A Bolton defender with any type of shot or any sort of situation; indeed the
was harassing striker Sam English, which resulted in a more hectic the game the more emphatically have we seen
punch-up between them. Big Gordon Hodgson stepped Scott at his best. He has never had a compeer on the art
in to break up the fight which made the Bolton defender of wriggling out of tight corners, for surrounded by foes,
turn his anger towards him. Kopite Billy O’Donnell time and anon he would be seen coming zig-zagging out
was in the Kop with his mate who was a big fan of of the ruck dodging his men and bouncing the ball until
Hodgson. O‘Donnell told Stephen F Kelly in his history in a position to sound the “all-clear” as he sent the leather
of The Kop that his friend was enraged at seeing his hero into safety land. The great game of soccer has known many
treated like this: “‘Hang on, he says to me, ‘I’ll be back brilliant expert keepers, including at least two Irish Scotts,
in a minute. I thought he was going off to the toilet or but it has known only one Elisha. Thousands will regret his
something. He said it quite casually. Well, off he goes, leave-taking but Scott himself will appreciate and treasure
straight down the Kop, over the wall, on to the pitch to the full the admiration he has implanted deep down in
and makes for Hodgson and the Bolton defender. It all the hearts of his admirers by reason of his great savoir faire.
happened so quickly. The next thing, my little mate’s Trish and proud of it too. Elisha, we wish you well.”
throwing punches at the big Bolton defender. Then a
policeman comes diving on to the field, and my mate In 1939 a survey was conducted among Liverpool
turns round and punches the policeman as well. ‘Hang supporters to name the most famous players Liverpool FC
on a minute, he’d said... The magistrate gave him six had ever had in their ranks. Elisha Scott’s popularity was
months inside.” such that he topped this prestigious list. Alex Raisbeck,
Elisha Scott, one of the giants of Liverpool Football who had long since left Liverpool but had clearly made

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1931/32 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1_| Aug29_ | Div1 A Newcastle WwW 1-0 G Hodgson
2 | Sep 02 Div 1 H Bolton Dip 2-2 20090 5 D Wright 2
3 | Sep 05 Div 1 H Aston Villa WwW 2-0 32909 3 D Wright 2
4 | Sepog Div 1 A Middlesbrough L 1-4 15042 if D Wright
5 | Sep 12 Div 1 A Leicester L 1-2 12682 12 G Gunson
6 | Sep 16 Div 1 H Middlesbrough WwW 7-2 | 20854 5 G Gunson, T Morrison, J Smith, H Barton 2, G Hodgson 2
7 | Sep 19 Div 1 H Everton L 1-3 53220 8 D Wright
8 | Sep 26 Div 1 H Grimsby Town Ww 40 26153 8 G Hodgson 2, T Savage 2
9 | Oct 03 Div 1 A Chelsea Re eOrZ 40597 11
10 | Oct 10 [ Div1 H West Ham D 2-2 23819 11 G Gunson, D Wright
Octal, al Div 1 A WBA WwW 2-1 29970 ) G Gunson, G Hodgson
12 | Oct 24 Div1 H | Blackpool Weee2 i] 20747 8 Stan Ramsay (og), G Gunson, G Hodgson
13 | Oct 31 Div 1 A A Sheff Utd L 0-3 15685 9
14 | Nov 07 Div 1 H Blackburn W 4-2 21272 9 G Gunson, G Hodgson, H Barton 2
15 ov 14 Div 1 A Sunderland WwW 3-1 17646 6 G Hodgson, D Wright 2
16 ov 21 Div1 H Man City WwW 43 24704 5 G Hodgson, A McPherson, R Done 2 (1 pen)
17 lov 28 Div 1 A | Arsenal L 0-6 29220 7
18 | Dec 05 Div 1 H Birmingham WwW 43 19847 5 G Gunson, G Hodgson, D McRorie, D Wright
19 | Dec 12 Div 1 A Portsmouth is 0-2 17291 tf
20 | Dec 19 Div 1 H Derby D -] 17517 6 G Hodgson
21 | Dec 25 Div 1 H Sheff Wed WwW 3-1 27096 4 H Barton, G Gunson 2
22 | Dec 26 Div 1 | A Sheff Wed |_D -1 34705 6 A McPherson
23 | Jan 02 Div 1 H Newcastle WwW 4-2 22717 6 G Gunson, G Hodgson, H Barton 2
24 | Jan 09 FAC 3 A Everton WwW 2-1 57090 G Gunson, G Hodgson
25 | Jani6 | Div A Aston Villa L -6 32041 9 H Barton
26 | Jan 23 FAC 4 | A Chesterfield W 42 28393 H Barton 4
27 | Jan 27 Div 1 H Leicester D 3-3 4422 7 G Gunson, G Hodgson, D McRorie
28 | Jan 30 Div A Everton 1 -2 46537 i 9 D Wright
29 | Feb 06 Div 1 A Grimsby Town L 5 3124 10 R Done
30 | Feb13 FAC 5 H Grimsby Town Ww 10 49479 G Gunson
31 | Feb 20 Div 1 A |_ West Ham L 0-1 5721 | 11
32 | Feb 27 FAC 6 H Chelsea I. 30-2 57804
33 | Mar 02 Div H WBA Ww 4-4 13029 10 G Gunson, G Hodgson 3
34 | Mar 05 Div 1 A Blackpool D 2-2 4562 11 G Hodgson, D Wright
35 | Mar 12 Div H Sheff Utd W 2-1 23154 9 G Gunson, G Hodgson (pen)
36 | Mar 19 Div A Blackburn WwW 34 9771 7 G Hodgson, G Gunson 2
37 | Mar 26 Div H Sunderland L 1-2 22512 g G Hodgson
38 | Mar 28 Div 1 H Huddersfield 0-3 22346 10
39 | Mar 29 Div A Huddersfield ia 3-4 14097 11 D Wright, G Hodgson 2
40 | Apr 02 | Div A Man City Ww 1-0 23281 10 G Gunson
41 | Apr06 Div H Chelsea WwW 2-1 7873 8 E Hancock, G Hodgson
42 | Apr 09 Div 1 H Arsenal W 2-1 30100 8 E Hancock, D McRorie
43 | Apr 16 Div 1 A Birmingham L 1-3 9426 [ 8 G Gunson (pen)
Apr 23 Div 1 H Portsmouth L 1-3 13544 9 D McRorie
Apr 30 Div 1 A Derby W 2-4 11824 8 G Hodgson 2
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ja lasting impression, came second. Goalscorer supreme sent in a powerful cross which Howe glanced inside the
) Harry “Smiler” Chambers was third, goalkeeper Sam far post. The deft header was followed thirteen minutes
Hardy fourth and classy left-halfTom Bromilow fifth. later by Hodgson with a fantastic shot that was struck
Dixie Dean, who took special pleasure in triumphing with such venom “that it fled to the top of net, and if
over Elisha, said the Ulsterman was irreplaceable in the goalkeeper saw it, it would be surprising. Certainly
Liverpool's goal. “Elisha was the greatest I’ve ever it was the most astonishing strength-shot I have seen for
seen,” he would recall years later. “You can have Swift, many years,’ reported Bee. The Reds were already two
|Trautmann, Banks, Wilson. You can have them all. I'll up within half an hour.
|take Elisha Scott.” Only seven minutes later Hodgson got his second,
One of the best full-backs in England,
Tom Cooper, this time with a strong shot that left Sagar flat-footed.
was brought to Anfield mid-season from Derby County Sagar was having a nightmare of Elm Street proportions
\for £7,500 but Liverpool were no better in defence. when Howe also scored his second just before half-time.
Despite losing 8-1 at Arsenal on 1 September and 8-0 at Brown Ale time for the Kopites and Bovril for the
Huddersfield Town on 10 November, Liverpool finished Gwladys Street boys. Liverpool were playing exhibition
‘the 1934/35 season in seventh position conceding 59 football while Everton’s ‘School of Science’ was trying to
‘away goals! Only twentieth placed Middlesbrough and discover oxygen.As the teams came out for the second
bottom-placed Tottenham conceded more away goals. half any hope of a Blue comeback was gone. Everton
Liverpool did much better at home and Stoke City and fans watched as Dixie limped onto the “Hallowed Turf”
Chelsea were thrashed 5-0 and 6-0 on consecutive days of Anfield having broken his toe.
during the Easter programme. Howe and Hodgson meanwhile, were on a mission.
Liverpool faced Everton on 7 September 1935 at Who would get the hat-trick? Many would have said
Anfield. The Reds were great admirers of the legend Hodgson was favourite. Although the South African
that was Dixie Dean. Anyone who tells you otherwise, came close on two occasions, it was Howe who scored
either doesn’t know or has a convenient memory. a brace, finishing with four. Thus went into the record
Dixie scored sixty goals when Everton won the League books, the largest-ever margin in Merseyside derby
‘Championship in 1928 and Bill Shankly claimed “Dixie history. Liverpool 6 Everton 0.
is the greatest centre-forward there will ever be. His Gordon Hodgson had scored nine goals in
record of goal scoring is the most amazing thing under 17 League matches when the soon to be 32-year-old left
‘the sun.” But if Evertonians had Dixie, the Reds had for struggling Aston Villa in January 1936. Liverpool's
‘Gordon Hodgson. He scored 27 League goals from 34 form collapsed and they only picked up three more wins
‘matches in his last full season and only Ian Rush and after Hodgson’s departure and finished just above the
oger Hunt have scored more for Liverpool than the relegation places. Hodgson was by no means finished at
South African. On their way to Anfield the talk among top level. He was in Birmingham only for a few months
the lads walking up Wally Hill was would Dixie do us as Villa got relegated and went on to score 51 goals in
again? Or would Hoddo do the business? After a few 82 League games for Leeds United in the First Division,
ints of the black stuff in the Sandon, Reds headed to including five in a single match when Leeds beat
the turnstiles. Leicester City 8-2 in October 1938. Certainly Liverpool
The line-ups on the day were as follows: got rid of him too soon.
Liverpool: Riley, Cooper, Blenkinsop, Savage, Patterson gave debuts to two youngsters who would
Bradshaw, McDougall, Nieuwenhuys, Hodgson, go on to make their own marks in the club’s history, Jack
Wright, Howe, and Carr. Balmer and Phil Taylor. But the major arrival during
Everton: Sagar, Williams, Cresswell, Britton, Patterson’s reign was Scotsman, Matt Busby, who as
White, Thomson, Geldard, Miller, Dean, manager later oversaw the rebirth of Manchester United
Stevenson, and Leyfield. = into a serious force.
Everton started the game looking like they were On 22 March, 1936, John McKenna passed away in
going to wipe the floor with the Reds, but in the his eighty-second year. McKenna was crucial in getting
eenth minute Liverpool took command of the game. Liverpool Football Club up and running in 1892 and
Jarr skinned Williams on the outside with pace and was an important figure within the wider game. Perhaps

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1932/33 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
H Wolves WwW 5-1 33554 G Gunson, G Hodgson, D Wright, E Crawford 2
2 A Sheff Utd L 2-6 10377 g E Crawford, G Gunson
3 A Newcastle L 3-4 28261 12 T Bradshaw, E Crawford, G Hodgson (pen)
4 | Sep 07 Div1 H | Sheff Utd Bea ee 2 20757 12 D Wright 2
5 | Sep 10 Div H Aston Villa D 00 33387 12
6 | Sep17 Div A Middlesbrough WwW 1-0 11371 8 G Gunson
7 | Sep 24 Div H Bolton L 0- 26019 2
8 | Oct01 Div 1 A Everton L 1-3 44214 4 G Gunson
9 | OctO8 | Div A Leicester WwW 2- 10654 13 G Hodgson, S Roberts
0} Oct 15 Div H Portsmouth WwW 43 23316 12 D Wright, G Hodgson 3
Lee 22 Div H Arsenal L 2-3 38548 3 G Hodgson, D Wright
12 | Oct 29 Div A Man City D 1 11957 3 A McPherson
13 | Nov05 Div H Leeds United L 0- 25464 5
14 ov 12 Div A Blackburn D 2-2 11785 4 G Hodgson, D Wright
15 ov 19 Div H Derby W 6- 22279 3 George Collin (og), S Roberts, D Wright, G Hodgson 3
6 | Nov26 | Div1 A Blackpool L 1-4 12162 14 Z| D Wright
7 | Dec 03 Div H Sunderland Das 18568 3 H Barton, S Roberts, D Wright
8| Dec10 | Div1 : Say Birmingham pas 11281 6
19 | Dec 17 Div H WBA WwW 2-0 18631 4 H Barton, G Hodgson
20 | Dec 24 Div A Sheff Wed CL eae 14948 7
21 | Dec26| Div H Chelsea WwW 30 34777 14 _H Barton, T Bradshaw, G Gunson
A Chelsea W 2-0 36784 ] H Barton, L Bruton
A Wolves L 1-3 19043 2 H Barton
H Newcastle WwW 3-0 21417 1 D Wright, G Hodgson 2 (1 pen)
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A Aston Villa L 2-5 29937 3 G Hodgson, S Roberts
H Middlesbrough L 1-3 9973 5 A Hanson
A Bolton D 3-3 11314 | 14 H Barton, R Done (pen), H Taylor
H Everton Ww 7-4 41469 13 A Hanson, T Morrison, S Roberts, H Taylor, H Barton 3
H Leicester L 1-2 12521 3 S Roberts
A Portsmouth L 1-2 4031 3 H Barton
A Arsenal W 1-0 42868 3 G Hodgson
H Man City qed) 1-1 27329 14 G Hodgson (pen)
A Leeds United det 0-5 12268 15
H Blackburn D 2-2 15471 5 H Barton, G Hodgson
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Willie Steel i 0
Tom Bradshaw 1 0 Games drawn
Gordon Hodgson 37 24 ] 0 Games lost
Harold Barton 35 13 i 0 Clean sheets — League
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Archie McPherson 24 1 | 0 0 1
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James Jackson 14 1 0 0 14 i
Alf Hanson 5 Ee a 0
Ted Savage 1 0 0 0 11 0
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Edmund Crawford 8 | 4 0 0 8 4
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Danny McRorie 5 0 0 0 5 0
Alf Hanson against Aston Villa 21.01.1933
Tommy Lucas 3 | 0 0 0 3 0
Norman James 1 0 0 0 die 20
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the most meaningful tribute to him came from Everton’s Forty-four year old football-obsessed George Kay
Chairman Will Cuff: was appointed manager so Patterson could concentrate
on his secretarial duties.A total of 52 had applied for the
“T feel I have lost a lifelong friend. We travelled together post, among them former club favourite Tom Bromilow,
on football business many times, and I am not looking but Liverpool turned to Kay who was experienced and
forward to taking those journeys alone. Mr. McKenna was respected within the game and not afraid to try out
a staunch friend, who beneath his brusque exterior, had new ideas. In Kay’s first season the team improved its
a heart of gold. From the Football League and Football final League position by a single place but had three less
Association point of view I think the greatest man in points than the season before when they would have
football has gone. He will live long in the memory ofall been relegated with such a total.
who had anything to do with the governing offootball. For the third season in a row the team lost more
Fearless, outspoken, and absolutely honest, he was well League matches (16) than it won (15) but those victories
named ‘Honest John.’ The football world in general is in the 1937/38 season pulled the club into the unfamiliar
under a very deep sorrow.” 1930s territory of finishing in the top half of the table.
They repeated it the following season by posting
All was not well at McKenna’ beloved Liverpool. about as average a record as it was possible to get in a
The club had not had a manager as such for a while, as 42-match season: 14 wins, 14 draws and 14 defeats
the Liverpool Echo’s Bee noted: brought 42 points. Although the storm clouds that were
gathering over Europe provided an ominous presence,
“Liverpool FC has never been overstocked in the office nobody who played in or attended a Football League
or secretarial position, and the directors felt it wise to give match on the opening day of the 1938/39 season
Mr. George Patterson the single task of secretary, assisted could have envisaged that this would be the last League
as usual by Mr.J.Rouse. They decided to appoint a team season to be completed in full until well into the
manager, and that is the newly-created post.” next decade.

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1933/34 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 26 Div A | Wolves L 2-3 31073 3) G Hodgson (pen), D Wright
2 | Aug 30 Div1 H Stoke dD 1-1 34312 16 | S English
3 | Sep02 Div lieth Sheff Utd W 32 31601 8 S English, G Hodgson 2
4 | Sep 04 Div A Stoke De tel 28732 y H Taylor
5 | Sep 09 Div 1 A Aston Villa IL 2-4 33105 7 S English, G Hodgson
6 | Sep 16 Div 1 H Leicester L 1-3 29723 20 A Hanson
7 | Sep 23 Div 1 A Tottenham WwW 3-0 33080 17 A Hanson, S English 2
8 | Sep30 Div H Everton Wi 3-2 53698 2 |_S English, A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
9 | Oct07 Div H Chelsea WwW 3-0 31039 6 S English, G Hodgson, D Wright
0} Oct 14 Div 1 A Sunderland L Ea 25321 12 |_S English
[11] Oct 21 Div A Middlesbrough L 1-4 108993 | 17 S English
12 |Oct 28 | Div 1 {+ Blackburn | W_ 40 22317 10 | A Hanson, G Hodgson (pen), B Nieuwenhuys, S Roberts
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4 ov 11 Div1 H Leeds United W 43 | 26181 iB) R Done, A Hanson, S English 2
15 | Nov 18 Div 1 A Derby L 1-3 15580 8 S English
6 | Nov25 | Div1 H WBA Dies 121 26167 9 S English
7 | Dec 02 Div A Arsenal L 1-2 38362 11 S English
8 | Dec 09 Div 1 H Sheff Wed L 1-3 22298 12 A Hanson
9 | Dec 16 Div 1 | A | Man City L 1-2 13815 | 14 B Nieuwenhuys
Dec 23 Div 1 H Newcastle jhe 1-2 22037 18 B Nieuwenhuys
Dec 25 Div H Portsmouth Dee 27038 | 15 S English, A Hanson
Dec 26 Div 1 A | Portsmouth L 0-1 22097 18
Dec 30 | Div1 H Wolves Dede iS 19034 wee A Hanson
Div 1 A Newcastle L 2-9 17242 18 Alec Betton (og), H Taylor
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FAC 3 Rep A Fulham We) 13-2 28319 T Bradshaw, A Hanson, S Roberts
Div 1 H Aston Villa L 2-3 25890 19 R Done, S Roberts
FAC 4 [ H Tranmere Viens -1 61036 { B Nieuwenhuys, S English 2
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Div H Tottenham W 3-1 30809 18 G Hodgson (pen), B Nieuwenhuys 2
Div ils A Everton D 0-0 | 52088 8
FAC 5 H Bolton L 03 54912
Div A Chelsea a 9
Div H | Sunderland D 1-1 20120 20 T Morrison
Mar 03 Div H Middlesbrough W 6-2 25946 19 H Taylor, S English 2, G Hodgson 3
Mar 10 Div A Blackburn It 1-3 7074 19 G Hodgson
Mar 17 Div 1 H Birmingham Ww 41 30536 19 G Hodgson 4
Mar 24 Div A Leeds United i 1-5 12907 19 G Hodgson
Mar 30 Div 1 H Huddersfield Die 22-2 45001 20 A Hanson, T Johnson
Mar 31 Div H Derby W 42 31311 19 G Hodgson, T Johnson, B Nieuwenhuys 2
Div 1 A Huddersfield Ww 2-0 26592 18 G Hodgson, B Nieuwenhuys
Div 1 A WBA Di 222 15740 18 G Hodgson, V Wright
Div1 H Arsenal L 23 | 43027 18 G Hodgson, V Wright
Div 1 A Sheff Wed eva ree 13633 18 A Hanson, G Hodgson (pen)
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Harold Barton 6 0 1 0 uf 0 :
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Vic Wright 7 2 0 0 7 2 : 5
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Ernie Blenkinsop against Birmingham 17.03.1934
Vie Wright against Birmingham 17.03.1934

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Huddersfield Town 3 2 Rx ee) 7 7 7
Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 3 4 51 24 7 4 0
Derby County 42 11 8 2 45 22 6 3 12
Manchester City lee 14 4 3 50 29 3 i 1
Sunderland 42 14 6 1 57 17 2 6 13
West Bromwich Albion 42 12 4 5 49 28 oF 0
Blackburn Rovers 42 16 5 0 2 J
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Sheffield Wednesday 9 5 7 iD 4 10
Stoke City 11 5 5 4 6 11
Aston Villa 10 6 4 7 10
Everton 9 7 5 2 9 9
Wolverhampton Wanderers Be es 4 | 8
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Leicester 10 6 5 4 5
Liverpool 10 | 6 | 5 4 4
Chelsea 12 3 6 2 5
Birmingham City 8 6 7 4 6
Newcastle United 6 11 4 4 3
Sheffield United 5 5 i 2

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Tom Morrison 8 0 0 0 8 0 5
Fred Rogers against Preston 27.10.1934
Fred Howe 6 3 0 0 | 6 3 :
Tom Cooper against Chelsea 08.12.1934
Fred Rogers 5 0 0 0 | 5 0 ;
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John Browning 3 0 0 0 3 0 Fred H ae 06.04.1935
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Robert Done 1 0 0 0 i 0

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Arsenal be 4 Z 74 7 8 8 5 4] 29 58
Sunderland 3 4 4 57 24 6 12 3 33 27 54
Sheffield Wednesday 4 7 0 42 17 4 6 11 28 47 49
Manchester City 3 Ky) 3 53 25 7 3 1 29 42 48
Grimsby Town 3 6 2 49 25 4 5 2 Ze 35 45
Derby County 0 4 i 44 28 8 5 8 37 38 45
Liverpool | 42 13 4 4 53 29 6 3 12 32 59 45
Everton 42 14 | 5 2 64 32 2 i L iz. 25 56 44
West Bromwich Albion 42 (ee S 55 33 7 2 12 28 50 44
Stoke City 42 12 5 4 46 20 6 1 4 25 50 42
Preston North End 42 11 8) 5 33 22 4 ii 10 29 45 42
Chelsea 42 11 5 5 49 32 5 4 12 24 50 4)
Aston Villa 42 11 6 4 50 36 g 7 1 24 52 4
Portsmouth 42 10 5 6 4) 24 5 5 1 30 48 40
Blackburn Rovers 42 12 5 4 42 23 2 6 gi 24 55 39
Huddersfield Town 42 11 5 5 52 27 3 5 5 24 44
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 3 5 65 38 2 5 4 23 56
Leeds United 42 10 6 5 48 35 3 6 2 27 57
Birmingham City 42 10 © 8 36 36 3 it ] 27 45
Middlesbrough 8 9 4 38 29 Z 5 4 OZ 61
Leicester 9 Boe 39 30 3 eal 3 22 56
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1934/35 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
( H Blackburn Ww 20 31615 V Wright 2
2 | Aug 29 Div 1 A Man City L 1-3 25567 10 G Hodgson
3 | Sep 01 Div 1 | A Arsenal L 1-8 54062 18 A Hanson
4 | Sep 05 Div 1 H |_ Man City W 2-4 31696 14 S English, G Hodgson
5 | Sep 08 Div 1 H Portsmouth L 0-1 27980 18
6 | Sepis | Div A | Everton as 43001 20
7 | Sep 22 Div1 A Leeds United Ww 30 10877 16 G Hodgson, A Hanson 2
8 | Sep 29 Div 1 H WBA Ww 32 | 20888 12 S English, A Hanson, G Hodgson
9 | octos | Divi A Sheff Wed L144 16754 14 | GHodgson
10 | Oct 13 Div 1 H Birmingham WwW 5-4 21491 10 | S English, JMcDougall, V Wright, G Hodgson 2 (1 pen)
11] Oct20_ | Div1 H Grimsby Town D 1-1 28047 11 V Wright
2 | Oct 27 Div 1 A Preston D 2-2 18573 11 1 G Hodgson, V Wright
13 | Nov03 | Div1 H Wolves W 2-1 19843 10 G Hodgson, V Wright
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5 | Nov 7 Div H Leicester Wi set pi 18790 [ 12 H Taylor, V Wright, G Hodgson 3
6 | Nov 24 Div A Derby WwW 2-1 17041 7 V Wright 2
17 | Dec 01 Div H Aston Villa WwW 3-1 23646 | 6 T Johnson, G Hodgson 2
8 | Dec 08 Div 1 A Chelsea L 1-4 29005 9 V Wright
19 | Dec 15 Div H Tottenham WwW 4-1 24688 6 B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright, G Hodgson 2
20 | Dec 22 Div A Sunderland W 32 24317 6 A Hanson, V Wright 2
21 | Dec 26 Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 2-2 45936 7 B Nieuwenhuys, S Roberts
22 | Dec 29 Div A Blackburn Ww 20 14015 <5 S English, B Nieuwenhuys
23. | Jan01 Div 1 A Middlesbrough L 0-2 19436 7
24 | Jan 05 Div 1 H Arsenal L 02 55794 9
25 | Jan 12 FAC 3 A Yeovil & Petters Utd W_ 62 | 13000 B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright, G Hodgson 2, S Roberts 2
26 | Jan 19 Div A Portsmouth W 24 14448 7 G Hodgson, V Wright
27 | Jan 26 FAC 4 A Blackburn L 0-1 49546
28 | Feb 02 Div 1 H Leeds United Ww 42 21201 8 A Hanson, G Hodgson 3
29 | Feb09 Div | A WBA D 1-1 20182 8 George Shaw (og)
30 | Feb 20 Div H Sheff Wed i 1-2 13940 8 A Hanson
31 | Feb 23 Div 1 A Birmingham WwW 3-1 22035 8 S English, G Hodgson 2
32 | Mar 02 Div A Grimsby Town He 2-3 10961 9 S English, G Hodgson
33 | Mar 09 Div 1 H Preston D 0-0 23063 {e 7
34 | Mar 16 Div A Wolves L 3-5 | 17381 7 A Hanson, G Hodgson (pen), V Wright
35 | Mar 20 Div 1 H Everton W 2-1 31965 rf G Hodgson 2 (1 pen)
36 | Mar 23 Div H Huddersfield Wo 32 16098 hs 5 G Hodgson (pen), T Johnson 2
37 | Mar 30 Div || A Leicester L 1-3 | 16302 6 T Johnson
38 | Apr 06 Div 1 H Derby L 1-3 20085 8 B Nieuwenhuys
39 | Apr 13 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 2-4 23637 8 F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys
40 | Apr 19 Div 1 H Stoke WwW 5-0 23746 6 L Carr, F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright 2
41 | Apr 20 Div H Chelsea | WwW 60 14297 5 L Carr, F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys 2, V Wright 2
42 | Apr 22 Div A Stoke D 1-1 20305 5 B Nieuwenhuys
43 | Apr 27 Div A Tottenham L 1-5 15613 5 B Nieuwenhuys
44 | May 04 Div 1 H Sunderland 7 A Hanson, T Johnson

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DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 31 Div A Chelsea D 2-2 41224 11 B Nieuwenhuys 2
2 | Sep 04 Div H Man City L 0-2 32449 17
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7 | Sep 21 Div1 A Leeds United L 0-1 17931 9
8 | Sep 28 Div H WBA Ww 5-0 30625 i G Hodgson, F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys, L Carr 2
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10 | Oct 12 Div H Birmingham L 1-2 28994 13 B Nieuwenhuys
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12 | Oct 26 Div H Huddersfield W 3-0 32416 10 B Nieuwenhuys, F Howe 2 |
13 | Nov 02 Div A Middlesbrough Did =? 18104 i L Carr, G Hodgson |
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17 ov 30 Div A Portsmouth L 1-2 15920 ifs F Howe
18 | Dec 07 Div H Preston Ww 24 24415 9 J Balmer, R Glassey
19 | Dec 14 Div A Brentford WwW 2-4 18508 6 R Glassey, V Wright
20 | Dec 21 Div H Sheff Wed WwW 1-0 11969 6 V Wright
21 | Dec 25 Div H Arsenal L 0-1 45899 7 |
22 | Dec 26 Div A Arsenal Ww 24 57035 6 F Howe 2 |
23 | Dec 28 Div H Chelsea L 2-3 26523 a F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys |
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25 | Jan 11 FAC 3 H Swansea Ww 1-0 33494 V Wright |
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Feb 08 Div H Sunderland L 0-3 33332 0 |
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Feb 22 Div H Bolton D Teh 24543 13 J Balmer
Feb 29 Div A Aston Villa L 0-3 18703 5
Mar 07 Div H Portsmouth Wo 20 11020 12 B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright
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Mar 18 Div H Leeds United Wo 24 16210 11 V Wright 2
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Apr04 | Div 1 H iddlesbrough D 2-2 22223 16 R Glassey 2
Apr 10 Div 1 A Blackburn D 2-2 9964 15 M Busby, F Howe
Apr 11 Div A Preston L 1-3 20027 7 B Nieuwenhuys
Apr 13 Div 1 H Blackburn Ww 44 24547 14 P Taylor, V Wright, B Nieuwenhuys 2
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LEAGUE FA CUP THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Goals | Starts | Goals Total games
Tom Bradshaw 0 2 0 Games won
Berry Nieuwenhuys 39 10 2 0 Games drawn
Arthur Riley 39 0 a 0
Jimmy McDougall 38 1 2 0 Clean sheets — League
Ernie Blenkinsop 37 0 0 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Fred Howe 34 7 2 0 Total goals
Ted Savage 27 0 2 0 0 Average attendance at home — League
Tom Cooper 26 0 a 0 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Vic Wright 25 6 2 1 7 Average goals per game — League
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Jack Balmer 17 3 0 0 7 3
Gordon Hodgson 7 ce ee 0 17 g
Benjamin Dabbs 13 0 2 0 15 0
Harold Taylor 14 0 0 0 14 0
Matt Busby 1 i 0 0 1 il
Rob Glassey 8 4 0 0 8 4
Jim Harley 8 0 0 0 8 0
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| Tosh Johnson 6 | Zi 0 8 1
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Phil Taylor ii 2 0 0 7 Z
Jim Harley against WBA
John Browning 8 0 0 0 6 0
Rob Glassey against Preston 07.12.1935
James Collins 6 0 0 0 6 0
Billy Hartill against Grimsby Town 18.01.1936
Syd Roberts 6 0 0 0 6 0
James Collins against WBA 01.02.1936
Alf Hanson 5 0 0 0 5 0
Matt Busby against Huddersfield 14.03.1936
Billy Hartill 4 0 0 0 4 0
Phil Taylor against Derby 28.03.1936
Stanley Kane a 0 0 0 3 0
John G Shield against Preston 11.04.1936
Fred Rogers Z 0 0 0 2 0
Norman Low i 0 0 0 | 0
John G Shield ] 0 0 0 1 0

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Sunderland 42 yi 2 2 Ai 33 8 4 2
Derby County 42 3 a 3 43 JS 5 af d
Huddersfield Town 42 12 i Z 32 15 6 4] 10
Stoke City 42 3 3 5 35 24 7 4 10
Brentford 42 5 5 48 fe) 6 7 8
Arsenal 42 @ g 3 44 DD 6 6 i)
Preston North End 42 5 5 3 44 18 3 ) 3
Chelsea 42 U o og 27 4 6 11
anchester City 42 a Z 6 44 7 4 6 1
Portsmouth 42 4 4 3 39 22 3 4 14
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Birmingham City 42 10 6 5 38 31 5 5 1 Zo 32 4]
Bolton Wanderers 42 4 6 4 ia) 3 ] g 26 49 44
iddlesbrough 42 Zi 68 3 56 23 3 4 4 28 4] 40
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 3 i 1 Do 28 2 3 6 18 48 40
Everton | 42 2 5 4 61 31 1 8 2 28 58 39
Grimsby Town 42 3 4 4 44 20 4 1 16 21 3 3g
West Bromwich Albion | 42 2 3 6 54 31 4 3 4 35 57 38
Liverpool 42 | 4 6 43 | 23 2 8 "1 Ue RE
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Aston Villa 42 7 6 8 47 56 6 3 12 34 54 35
Blackburn Rovers 42 10 6 5 32 24 2 3 6 23 72 Ae 33

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Alf Hanson Games won 12
Fred Howe 40 0 Games drawn 1
Berry Nieuwenhuys 40 0 wo Games lost 20
Tom Cooper 39 0 0 0 Clean sheets — League 8
Jimmy McDougall 39 0 0 0 Clean sheets — Overall 8
Jack Balmer 33 8 0 8 Total goals 62
Benjamin Dabbs 32 0 0 0 Average attendance at home — League 23,817
Tom Bradshaw 31 0 0 0 Average attendance at home — Overall 23,817
Matt Busby 29 1 0 1 Average goals per game — League 1.81
Alf Hobson 25 0 0 0 Average goals per game — Overall 1.81
Harry Eastham 21 2 0 2
Phil Taylor 14 3 0 0 14 3
Vie Wright is) 4 0 0 13 4
Arthur Riley 10 0 0 0 10 0 League

Tom Bush g 0 0 0 g 0 FA Cup

Fred Rogers 9 0 0 0 9g 0
Ted Savage 8 0 1 0 3] 0
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Ernie Blenkinsop 7 0 0 0 zy 0
Alf Hobson against Stoke 29.08.1936
Dirk Kemp 7 0 0 0 7 0
Harry Eastham against Arsenal | 31.10.1936
Jim Harley 5 0 1 0 6 0
Dirk Kemp against Man Utd 27.03.1937
John Browning 3 0 0 0 3 0
Syd Roberts Z 0 0 0 2 0
James Collins ] 0 0 0 1 0
Rob Glassey | 1 0 0 0 1 0
Norman Low | 1 0 0 0 1 0
Harold Taylor (cae 0 0 0 1 0

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Manchester City 5 5 ] 7 8 39 5/
Charlton Athletic 5 5 1 6 7 36 54
Arsenal 0 10 ] 8 6 29 By
Derby County 3 S 5 8 4 51 49
Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 2 3 5 3 43 47
Brentford 4 5 2 4 5 24 46 46
Middlesbrough 4 6 1 5 2 25 49 46
Sunderland 17 2 2 jp 4 1 63 44
Portsmouth SI 3 5 4 yi 37 44
Stoke City 2 6 3 =I 6 30 42
Birmingham City 42 S) 7 5 4 8 36 41
Grimsby Town 42 e 3 5 4 4 49 4|
Chelsea 42 1 6 4 3 7 34 4
Preston North End 42 0 6 5 4 vi 1 39 41
Huddersfield Town 42 2 5 4 0 10 23 43 oe
West Bromwich Albion 42 13 3 5 3 3 66 38
Everton 42 ? 7 2 2 2 25 55 37
Liverpool 42 9 8 4 3 3 1 24 58 35
Leeds United 42 4 3 4 1 1 9 16 60 34
Bolton Wanderers | 42 6 6 9 4 8 9 33 34
Manchester United Cases Soe 2 3 6 Be | 82
Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 9) 8 1 7 3 40 30

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1936/37 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
i H Stoke 5 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
a Div 1 A Portsmouth L 2-6 17632 15 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
3 Div1 A Charlton D 1-1 31301 16 A Hanson
4 Div 1 H Portsmouth D 00 10o Tle 16
5 Div 1 H Grimsby Town WwW 7-1 20972 3 J Balmer, M Busby, B Nieuwenhuys, F Howe 2, V Wright 2
6 Div A Chelsea L 0-2 I 18123 9 |
7 Div 1 A___|_Everton L 0-2| 55835 16
8| Div 1 A Leeds United Eo 2 16105 i 8
9 | OctO Div 1 H Birmingham Ww 20 23892 14 P Taylor, V Wright
A Middlesbrough D 3-3 22858 14 F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor
H Bolton D 0-0 21701 | 16 IE
A Brentford | L 2-5 25934 17 J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys
H Arsenal Ww o21| 39251 [14 J Balmer, F Howe
A Preston L 1-3 16887 17 B Nieuwenhuys
H Sheff Wed Oy ee 22221 18 F Howe 2
A Man Utd We sZa 26419 14 L H Eastham, A Hanson, F Howe 3
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A Wolves L 0-2 17353 7
H Sunderland Ww 40 27269 io J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys, A Hanson 2
A Huddersfield L 0-4 14506 17
A WBA L 1-3 | 23697 19 |_F Howe
A Stoke D 1-1 39055 < 17 V.Wright
H WBA WEEE: 12395 16 | AHanson
H Charlton L 1-2 29850 18 F Howe
A Grimsby Town L 1-2 10015 18 B Nieuwenhuys
A Norwich L 0-3 26800
H Everton W 3-2 _ 37055 17 J Balmer, F Howe, P Taylor
H Leeds United WwW 3-0 11252 16 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys 2
A Birmingham L 0-5 21735 17
H Middlesbrough L 0-2 22858 17
A Bolton Ww 1-0 15960 17 Harry Goslin (og)
H Brentford D 2-2 25005 17 J Balmer, A Hanson
A Arsenal L 0-1 16145 7
H Preston D 1-1 24375 17 A Hanson (pen)
A i Sheff Wed WwW 2-1 19173 17 J Balmer, A Hanson
H Man City E 0-5 34088 17
H Man Utd Ww 20 Qogte 7 A Hanson, F Howe
A Man City L 1-5 38763 18 F Howe
A Derby L 1-4 13417 8 H Eastham
H Wolves Ww 1-0 20587 7 B Nieuwenhuys
A Sunderland L 2-4 14255 18 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
H Huddersfield D 1-1 17858 18 | F Howe
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1937/38 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 28 Div 1 A Chelsea L 1-6 41553 21 [ T Harston
2 | Sepo1 Div 1 H Portsmouth W 3-2 22659 6 B Nieuwenhuys, T Harston 2
3 | Sep 04 Div 1 H Charlton L 1-2 30732 19 J Balmer
4 | Sep 08 Div 1 A Portsmouth D 1-1 27137 18 J Balmer
5 | Sep 11 Div 1 A Preston L 1-4 22370 18 B Nieuwenhuys
6 | Sep15 Div 1 H Stoke W 3-0 22132 16 B Nieuwenhuys, A Hanson 2 (1 pen)
7 | Sep 18 Div 1 H Grimsby Town WwW 2-1 26530 | i3 J Balmer, B Nieuwwenhuys
8 | Sep 25 Div 1 A Leeds United L 0-2 21477 16
9 | Oct 02 Div H Everton L 1-2 43904 i 19 B Nieuwenhuys
0} Oct 09 Div H WBA L 0-1 22463 20
1| Oct 16 Div A Wolves L 02 | 27778 21
2} Oct 23 Div H Leicester D 1-1 18841 21 A Hanson
3} Oct 30 Div A Sunderland Wie Pee 25217 | 19 W Fagan, A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
14] Nov06 Div H Brentford L 3-4 30492 20 W Fagan, A Hanson, J Shafto
5 lov 13 Div A Man City WwW 3-1 28111 20 W Fagan, J Shafto, P Taylor
6 | Nov 20 Div H Huddersfield L 0-1 29568 20
7 | Nov27 Div A | Blackpool Ww 1-0 14617 19 A Hanson
8 | Dec 04 Div H Derby L 3-4 | 19165 20 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys 2
9} Dec 11 Div A Bolton D 0-0 15073 20
20 | Dec 18 Div H Arsenal Ww 20 32093 19 B Nieuwenhuys, J Shafto
21 | Dec27 Div 1 A Birmingham D 2-2 39563 20 B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor
22 | Jan01 Div H Chelsea |p 2-2 39062 218 W Fagan, J Shafto
23 | Jan 08 FAC 3 A Crystal Palace 23) 0-0 33000
24 | Jan 12 FAC 3 Rep H Crystal Palace 1) a 35919 W Fagan (pen), Nicholas Collins (og), J Shafto
25 | Jan 15 Div A Charlton L 0-3 19088 20
26 | Jan 22 FAC 4 A Sheff Utd D 1-1 50264 A Hanson
27 | Jan 26 FAC 4 Rep H Sheff Utd WwW 1-0 48297 Thomas Johnson (og)
28 | Jan 29 Div A Grimsby Town D 0-0 9750 21
29 | Feb 02 Div1 H Preston D 2-2 16852 20 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen)
30 | Feb05 Div | H Leeds United | D 1-1 34468 19 B Nieuwenhuys
31 | Feb 12 FAC 5 H Huddersfield L 0-1 57682
32 | Feb 16 Div A Everton WE set 33465 7 J Balmer, J Shafto 2
oe) || feos) Div A WBA L 1-5 7591 19 J Balmer
Feb 26 Div H Wolves L 0-1 32330 21
Mar 05 Div A Leicester 9 2-2 1846 ZN A Hanson 2
jar 12 Div H Sunderland Ww 40 26616 9 B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor, J Balmer 2
Mar 19 Div A Brentford Ww 3-1 7754 5 J Balmer, A Hanson, J McInnes
ar 26 Div H Man City Ww 20 29081 | 15 J Balmer, R Jones
Apr 02 Div A Huddersfield WwW 2-1 5192 iP 13 J Balmer, W Fagan
Apr 06 Div H Birmingham Wid 332, 4656 W Fagan, A Hanson, P Taylor
Apr 09 Div H Blackpool W 42 31475 9 |_W Fagan (pen), A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor
Apr 15 Div A Middlesbrough D 1-1 29843 9 A Hanson
Apr 16 Div 1 A Derby L 1-4 6524 11 A Hanson
Apr 18 Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 1-1 32010 10 J Balmer
Apr 23 Div1 H Bolton Ww 21 [ 26370 | 10 J Balmer, P Taylor
Apr 30 Div 1 A Arsenal L 0-1 34703 1
May 07 A Stoke L 0-2 21671 |

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Fred Rogers
Jimmy McDougall
Harry Eastham
John Shafto
Bernard Ramsden
Dirk Kemp
Jimmy McInnes
Fred Howe
Benjamin Dabbs
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Ted Savage
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William Hood
Harman Van Den Berg
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 8 2 47 “al Olas ene 9 25
Preston North End 9 9 3 34 21 7 8 6 30
Charlton Athletic 14 5 2 43 | 14 2 o | 10 22
Middlesbrough 12 4 5 40 | 2 7 ah | 32
Brentford 10 6 5 44 27 8 3 10 25
Bolton Wanderers 11 6 4 38 ef: 4 s) 8 26
Sunderland 12, | 6 3 32 18 2 10 g 23
Leeds United 11 6 4 38 26 3 9 9 26
Chelsea (ieee |e 40 22 3 7 11 25
Liverpool 9 5 7 6 6 9 25
Blackpool 1 | 8 76 6 ade si 28
Derby County 10 5 6 5 5 11 24
Everton on aes 5 5 ae |
Huddersfield Town 1 3 7 6 2
Leicester 9 6 6 5 5
Stoke City 10 7 4 3 5
Birmingham City il 11 8) 3 7
Portsmouth 11 6 4 iz 6
Grimsby Town 11 5 5 2 di
Manchester City 12 2 7 2 6
West Bromwich Albion 5 6 4 3

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Everton 42 17 3 1 60 18 10 2 9 28 34 ate)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 14 IL 6 1 | 55 12 8 5 8 Sa 55
Charlton Athletic 42 16 3 Zz 49 24 6 3 12 26 35 50
Middlesbrough 42 13 6 :2 64 27 i 3 11 29 47 49
Arsenal 42 14 3 | 4 34 | 14 5 6 10 21 27 47
Derby County 42 Az 3 6 33 22 7 5 | 27 33 46
Stoke City (Pole NS Ay hy eee 6 Lila Sa kal
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Preston North End 42 13 7 1 44 19 3 5 3. | 19 40 44
Grimsby Town a [iu | 6 ale lee el ee i eakeil 8
Liverpool 42 12 6 3 40 24 2 8 11 22 39 42
Aston Villa 42 11 3 7 | 44 25 5 6 | 0 27 Sb) 41
Leeds United 42 11 5 5 40 27 5 4 12 19 40 4
Manchester United 42 | 7 9 5 30 20 4 yi 10 27 45 38
Blackpool 42 3 8 4 37 ih 26 3 6 AZ ils) We 42 38
Sunderland 42 ii if 7 30 29 6 5 10 24 38 38
Portsmouth 42 10 7 4 25 15 2 6 13 22 55 37
Brentford 42 11 Zp 8 30 27 3 6 12 23 47 36
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Chelsea 42 10 5 6 43 29 2 4 15 21 51 33
Birmingham City 42 10 5 6 40 27 2 3 16 22 57 32
Leicester 42 7 6 8 35 35 2 5 14 13 47 29

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1938/39 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 27 Div H Chelsea WwW 2-1 33868 P Taylor 2
2 | Sep 03 Div A Preston 0 22340 14
3 | Sep 07 Div H Man Utd WwW 1-0 25070 6 B Nieuwenhuys
4 | Sep 10 Div H Charlton WwW 1-0 32701 4 M Busby
5 | Sep 14 Div i H Middlesbrough WwW 3-1 25535 3 B Nieuwenhuys, W Fagan 2
6 | Sep17 Div 1 A Bolton L 1-3 22409 4 P Taylor
7 | Sep 24 Div H Leeds United Ww 3-0 32197 2 J Balmer, W Fagan, P Taylor
8 | octor | Div A Everton eee ea | W Fagan (pen)
9 | Oct 08 Div A Leicester D 2-2 13559 6 B Nieuwenhuys, H Van Den Berg
|10 | Oct 15 Div H Aston Villa W 30 41224 4 J Balmer, W Fagan, H Van Den Berg
|11 | Oct 22 Div A Wolves Deze 25668 3 B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor
H Huddersfield | D 3-3 33734 3 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen), H Van Den Berg
A Portsmouth D 1-1 22663 3 B Nieuwenhuys
H al Arsenal | D 2-2 42540 | 4 B Nieuwenhuys 2
A Brentford L 1-2 20977 5 B Nieuwenhuys
H Blackpool Ww 1-0 26752 5 B Kinghorn
A Derby D 2-2 24723 3 B Kinghorn, P Taylor
H Grimsby Town D 2-2 26343 4 W Fagan, B Nieuwenhuys
A Sunderland W 32 15309 a T Bush, B Kinghorn, P Taylor
A Chelsea L 1-4 6801 6 J Balmer
A Stoke L 1-3 18182 6 W Fagan
H Stoke W 1-0 45724 5 W Fagan
H Preston W 441 30453 4 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen), P Taylor 2
A Middlesbrough L 0-3 25309 5
H Luton WwW 30 40431 G Paterson, J Balmer2
A Charlton WwW 3-4 19836 4 H Eastham, JBalmer 2
H Stockport Cou. W 5-1 y 39407 H Eastham, J Balmer 2, B Nieuwenhuys 2
H Bolton L 1-2 17705 5 W Fagan
A Leeds United D 1-1 13679 4 J Balmer
H Everton L 0-3 55994 6
A Wolves L 1-4 61315 W Fagan (pen)
A Aston Villa L 0-2 39705 9
H Wolves L 0-2 54796 10
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H Portsmouth D 4-4 8380 10 W Fagan, B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor 2
A Huddersfield D 1- 7704 10 B Nieuwenhuys
A Arsenal aula 31495 10
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A Blackpool D Vet I Hi37 10 W Fagan
H Birmingham Ww 40 31741 8 J Balmer 2, B Nieuwenhuys 2
H Derby Wie Zoo27, 7 P Taylor 2
A Birmingham D 0-0 15067 8
A Grimsby Town L 1-2 6164 8 B Nieuwenhuys
H Sunderland D 1-1 5607 9 B Kinghorn
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1939-1949
1939/40 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 26 Div 1 A Sheff Utd Ie -2 25483 clnnes
2 | Aug 30 Div 1 H Middlesbrough WwW 4-4 16762 J Balmer, H Van Den Berg, P Taylor 2
| 3 | Sep 02 Div 1 H Chelsea Ww -0 19386 C Done
WARTIME
1 | Oct 21 Western Division A Stockport Cou. W 3-0 5000 W Fagan, J Balmer 2
2 | Oct 28 Western Division H Port Vale D -1 4000 J Balmer
3 | Nov 11 Western Division A Tranmere WwW 3-1 6000 W Fagan, B Nieuwenhuys2
4 | Nov18 Western Division H Man Utd W -0 5000 W Fagan (pen)
5 | Nov 25 Western Division A Wrexham L 2 2000 B Nieuwenhuys
6 | Dec 02 Western Division H Everton Dai 252 8000 W Fagan (pen), B Nieuwenhuys
7 | Dec 09 Western Division A Stoke 2 23 1300 W Fagan
8 | Dec 23 Western Division H New Brighton W 6-2 2000 L Carney, H Eastham, C Done 4

9 | Jan01 | Western Division Hl Crewe W 73 2000 evr Cee

0 | Jan 06 Western Division A Man City W238 6000 W Fagan 2, B Nieuwenhuys 2, B Liddell 3
1 | Jan 20 Western Division H Chester D 1-1 1000 B Nieuwenhuys
2 | Feb24 Western Division A Port Vale W 83 2000 B Liddell, J Tennant, H Van Den Berg 2, W Fagan 4 (1pen)
3 ar 16 Western Division A Man Utd L 0-1 6000
4] Mar 22 Western Division A Crewe W 63 4300 J Balmer, L Carney, B Liddell, W Fagan 3 (2 pens) |
5 ar 23 Western Division H Wrexham D 0-0 8000
6 ar 30 Western Division A Everton Wat 82 12896 B Liddell, B Nieuwenhuys 2
7 | Apr 06 Western Division H Stoke L 1-2 5000 J Balmer
8 | Apr 20 War League Cup A Barrow L 0-2 5963 il
9 | Apr27 War League Cup H Barrow L 1-2 9147 W Fagan (pen)
20 ay 11 Western Division H Stockport Cou. WwW 43 6000 H Van Den Berg, B Nieuwenhuys 3
a ay 18 | Western Division A Chester IL 0-4 1500
22 ay 25 | Western Division H Man City W 3-2 2000 B Liddell (pen), G Murphy, B Nieuwenhuys

23 ay 29 | Western Division H Tranmere WwW 83 5000 i son, Biliddel Carney ae

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24 | Jun 01 Western Division A New Brighton D 0-0 1500

The first three rounds of the 1939/40 season were expunged from Football League records. The games are not counted towards League totals.

192 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

|The Story Of The Decade put an £8,000 transfer tag on Liddell were Soccer back
to peace-time standards. Which is a price when you
he Football League was put on hold only three know that the boy came right out of a Soccer bargain
rounds into the 1939/40 season due to the outbreak basement.” Other lads who made their debuts during
_ of the Second World War. Unlike the First World War, the war and went on to star for Liverpool once League
when football controversially continued until May 1915, football resumed were former Bishop Auckland amateur
the Football Association had long planned the suspension Bob Paisley and the outstanding left-back, Eddie Spicer.
of the competitive programme in the eventuality of war One Liverpool player who sadly didn’t return
and its replacement with a regionalised competition. after the war was full-back Tom Cooper who died in
Restrictions were placed on attendances through fears a motorcycle accident when serving with the military
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| that stadiums would be targeted by German bombers. police in Aldeburgh on 25 June 1940. He collided with
: Teams would have to draft in players who were stationed a lorry and an enquiry took place into his death, the
' locally to fill in the gaps left by ones who had signed up outcome of which was an order that banned dispatch
| for the Army. riders from riding without a crash helmet. Cooper
| Liverpool made their debut in the “Western Division” featured in 160 competitive games for Liverpool as well
on 21 October 1939 against Stockport County. Avid as playing for the club during the war.
| fans of both Reds and Blues didn‘t have to wait long The Liverpool Blitz saw the heavy and sustained
_ until the main rivals met on 2 December at Anfield, and bombing of the city and its surrounding areas by the
| representing Liverpool were many familiar faces: Arthur German Luftwaffe.The first major air raids began towards
Riley, Tom Cooper, Jack Tennant, Matt Busby, Tom the end of 1940 against Liverpool and Birkenhead, with
| Bush, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys (Nivvy), over 300 casualties sustained in air raids by the end ofthe
| Phil Taylor, Willie Fagan, Jack Balmer and Harman Van year. Three hundred and sixty-five people were killed
| Den Berg. Most would get to the ground by “Shanks’ between the 20 and 28 of December often due to direct
| Pony.’ No, Shanks was not the local stable lad, leasing hits on air raid shelters. One shelter in Durning Road
| out transport and had nothing to do with the 26-year- was destroyed with the loss of 166 lives and in the north
old Preston player, Bill Shankly, it meant “walking.” It ofthe city in the early hours of29November 1940 forty
was hard enough affording to get in, let alone paying died when a bomb struck railway arches on Bentinck
_ for a tram. This combined with people working six days Street, where local people were sheltering.
| a week and the lack of spare cash limited the crowd on Liverpool, Bootle and Birkenhead were the most
| the day to 8,000. But those who did turn up enjoyed a heavily bombed areas of the country outside London,
well fought draw 2-2. Nivvy and Fagan scored for the due to their importance to the British war effort. The
| Mighty Reds and Davies and Stevenson scored for the government was desperate to hide from the Germans
Blues. The event was enjoyed so much that the Echo ran just how much damage they had wreaked on the ports,
a story about lifting the gloom from Merseyside. so reports on the bombing ofthe area were kept low-key.
Future star Billy Liddell made his competitive debut Over 4,000 residents lost their lives during the Liverpool
| for Liverpool’s first team in a 7-3 win over Crewe Blitz, dwarfing the number of casualties sustained in
_ Alexandra on New Year’s Day 1940 in front of about other bombed industrial areas such as Birmingham,
| 2,000 spectators at Anfield. Nivvy scored a hat-trick, Coventry and Hull. This death toll was second only to
but according to a press report with the headline “New London, which suffered 30,000 deaths by the end of
Anfield Talent” — “The star performer was Liddell, a the war.
wing forward, not yet eighteen. Liddell was secured from The peak of the Liverpool Blitz occurred between
Lochgelly Violet, a Dunfermline junior club, and played 1 to 7 May 1941. It involved 681 Luftwaffe bombers;
at outside-left to give a most promising display, his ball 2,315 high explosive bombs and 119 other explosives
control and sense of positioning being features.” were dropped. Half of the docks were put out of action,
Billy‘s talent was there for all to see, Paul Irwin inflicting 2,895 casualties and leaving many more homeless.
explained: “Turn the telescope Liverpool way. Who's Today the most vivid symbol of the air raids is the burnt
this? Swinging down the wing is finely-built, fast-moving outer shell of St Luke’s Church, located in the city centre,
young un’. You are looking at 18-year-old Billy Liddell which was destroyed by an incendiary bomb on 5 May
ranked by shrewd judges as the best football discovery of 1941. The church was gutted during the firebombing
the war. George Kay, the Anfield manager, says he would but remained standing and, in its prominent position in

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 193

1940/41 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Aug 31 NR League H Preston D 3-3 5000 W Fagan, B Nieuwenhuys, F O'Donnell
2 | Sep 07 NR League A Blackburn W 30 2176 B Nieuwenhuys, W Fagan 2
3 | Sep 14 NR League H Blackburn D 1-1 5000 B Nieuwenhuys
4 | Sep21 NR League A Preston L 0-5 3000
5 | Sep 28 NR League A Chester WwW 2-0 2500 D Westcott 2
6 | Oct 05 NR League | H Chester WwW 9-1 5000 |_G Drury, B Paisley, B Nieuwenhuys 3, D Westcott 4
7 | Oct 12 NR League ‘| A Bury W 3-0 5000 B Nieuwenhuys, G Drury 2
ale eOtns NR League H Man City 4 0-4 8000
9 | Oct 26 NR League A Stockport Cou. | iL 0-2 2000
10 | Nov02 NR League H Stockport Cou. WwW 50 1000 J Grundy, B Nieuwenhuys, B Paisley, G Hunt 2
11 | Novog NR League | A Man City L 1-5 2000 G Hunt
12 | Nov 16 NR League H Bury Ww 3-0 3000 Own goal, G Hunt, B Nieuwenhuys
13 | Nov 23 NR League H Man Utd D 2-2 3000 W Fagan, G Hunt
14 | Nov30 | NR League A Man Utd ii a
15 | Dec 07 NR League | A Tranmere L 1-3 1500 J Grundy
16 | Dec 14 NR League H New Brighton WwW 6-4 1000 B Liddell (pen), B Paisley, B Niewwenhuys 4
17 | Dec 25 NR League oe Everton WwW 3-1 5000 | BNieuwenhuys, L Carey 2
18 | Dec 28 NR League H | Tranmere [ 2-3 3000 L Carney, B Liddell
19 | Jan 04 LSC H Everton L 1-2 3000 B Paisley
20 | Jan 11 LSC A Everton L 1-4 5000 |_ J Shafto
21 | Jan 18 NR League A Oldham Ww 3-0 it 500 G Collister, B Paisley, J Search
22 | Feb08 R League | H Everton E 1-3 3000 C Done
23 | Feb 15 LCN H Southport L 2-3 3000 B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
241 Feb 22 LCN A Southport D 2-2 4000 C Done, H Eastham
25 | Mar 01 NR League | A Bury (Pe ae 2000 C Done, R Dorsett 2, B Liddell 2
26 | Mar 08 NR League H | Wrexham WwW 7-2 1500 C Done, B Liddell, R Dorsett 2, B Paisley 3
27 | Mar 15 NR League A Blackpool L 4-6 7000 C Done, B Paisley, W Fagan 2 (2 pens)
28 | Mar 22 NR League H Blackpool ij L 26 3000 R Dorsett 2
29 | Mar 29 NR League A Bury WwW 5-1 1500 C Done, B Liddell, S Pickstock, R Dorsett 2
30 | Apr 05 NR League H Bury Mie 2000 C Done, S Palk
31 | Apr 12 NR League A Blackpool D 60-0 4000
32 | Apr 14 NR League A Southport b 0-2 1500
33 | Apr 26 NR League H Man Utd W 2-1 2000 C Done, B Liddell
34 | May 03 NR League A Man Utd D 1-1 1500 C Done
35 | May 17 NR League A Wrexham L 3-4 | 1200 B Liddell, B Nieuwenhuys, B Paisley
36 | May 24 | NR League A Chester WwW 6-1 700 D Cook, Own goal, B Liddell, C Done 3
37 | May 31 NR League H Everton D cee 6000 C Done, B Liddell
38 | Jun 02 NR League A Everton L 1-3 4000 Own goal
39} Jun 07 NR League A Preston L 1-6 5000 J Lyon

NR League = North Regional League; LSC = Lancashire Senior Cup; LCN = League Cup — North

194 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

the city, was a stark reminder of what Liverpool and the the only means ofgetting to the game in time. Mr. Kay
_ surrounding area had endured. It eventually became a was entertaining company on the way and we had some
garden of remembrance to commemorate the thousands interesting conversations. It also meant some last-minute
of local men, women and children who died as a result of changing for yours truly and it was the only time I have
the bombing of their city and region. changed my togs in a car.”
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in May
1941 said after visiting Liverpool and the surrounding The war ended in May 1945, but regionalised football
area,‘Isee the damage done by the enemy attacks but I continued for a further year. A sign that normality was
also see the spirit of an unconquered people.” returning came when 60,296 turned out to watch the
Many things were rationed during the war years final war derby game. The 2-2 draw at Goodison saw
but “derbies” against Everton were not amongst them. Boyes and Catterick score for the Blues, with Liddell
You might only get six rashers of bacon per fortnight, and Baron keeping the Reds happy.
two eggs and a pork chop, but games at Anfield and Liverpool wisely decided to bring their malnourished
- Goodison were plentiful. The circumstances in which players to the USA for a pre-season tour when the League
| the players paraded their skills must have been quite resumed after the War in the 1946-1947 season. The New
_ surreal in the surrounding terror. It was a great shame York Times hailed the British visitors: “Liverpoo! came
| that only 13,761 turned up at Anfield to watch the Reds’ to the States for a crack at our teams and our vitamins.
| dazzling display against the Blues on 30 May 1942.The It was a clean sweep. The Britons swept all ten of their
Blues were totally outclassed on the day but Liverpool matches and, like Jack Sprat and his wife, they also swept
| really did pull a fast one in this game by unleashing a the platter clean. Away from the British austerity program,
| right-half on Everton who chewed iron and spat nails. they plunged zestfully into our steaks, eggs, milk and
_ Every time one of their players got the ball he saw a other vittles. Not only was there a perceptible gain in
_ speeding train coming towards him. The one and only strength on the playing field, but the squad averaged a
_ Bill Shankly played his sole game for Liverpool on that gain in weight of seven pounds a man.”
| day. Shankly wasn‘t the only future Liverpool manager Liverpool’s third game of the resurrected Football
| who wore the team’s colours during the war. Former League was played at sun-drenched Anfield against
_ Charlton Athletic forward, Don Welsh, was a popular Chelsea on 7 September 1946. It turned out to be one
guest player from 1943-1945, scoring 44 goals in 39 of the most thrilling matches in memory, where two
| games for the Reds. of the biggest legends in the club’s history, Bob Paisley
Liverpool had a number of distinguished guest and Billy Liddell, finally made their League debuts seven
_ players throughout the war, such as Wolves legend Stan years after signing professional forms for the Reds.
Cullis and Manchester City goalkeeping great Frank Liverpool lined up as follows: Charlie Ashcroft, Jim
Swift. It was all down to the hard work of Liverpool Harley, Bernard Ramsden, Phil Taylor, Laurie Hughes,
manager George Kay, as Billy Liddell explained in the Bob Paisley, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Jack Balmer, Bill Jones,
Liverpool Echo in April 1954: Willie Fagan, and Billy Liddell.
The Reds made a bright start. “Success came in
“War-time football did not mean long journeys exactly two minutes,” reported the Liverpool Echo, “And
for teams, but it did mean extra work for the harassed Paisley was the man who went forward to get the corner
managers. With players in the forces stationed all over the kick which produced a direct goal for Liddell. The
country, Mr. Kay wrote thousands of letters and must have corner swung in, and Robinson, trying to punch away,
spent many hours on the phone to Commanding officers. put the ball on the inside of an upright whence it turned
Such was his personality that his own players and guest into the net.”
players would willingly make long journeys to play for the A dream start to Liddell’s Football League career by
Reds. I remember when I was stationed at Hereford, Mr. scoring direct from a corner after only two minutes! The
Kay used to travel by private car on Friday afternoon to 24-year-old was already viewed by Ernest “Bee” Edwards
escort me to the game on a Saturday. The reason for all this as a key player for the side after scoring 82 goals in 152
fuss was that my C.O. would not allow me to leave the games in the regional divisions of wartime football.
camp until 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, and fast car was “Liddell like Fagan is still not his fittest, and I believe this

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FLN = Football League Northern; LSC = Lancashire Senior Cup

196 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

condition led Chelsea to their great chance in the later against Wolves mattered little as Dennis Westcott scored
stages. Liddell means so much to his side,” he wrote. four for the visitors in a 5-1 win at Anfield. Westcott‘s
Paisley was important to Liddell’s success, as future feat of scoring four in the League against Liverpool at
Spurs’ captain, Danny Blanchflower, would later point Anfield was not repeated until 63 years later by Andrey
out: “My first match at Anfield was at right-back for Arshavin for Arsenal. Liverpool responded with two
Aston Villa. The roar from the Kop was awesome as Billy 4-1 wins, in which Balmer added three goals. By then
Liddell waltzed down the wing making us look like he had scored 15 goals over seven successive games.
idiots. Then I began to recognize the source of Liddell’s Balmer‘s run came to an end and Liverpool lost five
magic. He was Liverpool's inconspicuous craftsman at out of the next six League games while Wolves built a
left-half, Bob Paisley.” healthy lead at the top. This was no championship form,
Bill Jones scored two in six minutes and Willie Fagan pretty far from it!
netted Liverpool's fourth. Chelsea looked down and out, From 1 February 1947 Liverpool were on a roll
losing 4-0 at half-time. An official total of 49,995 people again, gaining 12 points out of possible fourteen. Their
were watching inside Anfield but as the game went on, good run came to an end when they were leading 2-0
the total went easily over 50,000 as young supporters against Blackpool with less than an hour to go but let
were allowed to go pitchside to prevent crushing as some the lead slip and lost 3-2. Liverpool were now fifth, with
fans from outside the ground were allowed in. When the 42 points from 34 games. Wolves were second with 46
gates shut shortly before half-time, an estimated 5,000 points from 33 games and Blackpool were top with 47
were still left outside. points but had played 38 games as they had not been
Liverpool were insatiable for goals and Balmer troubled by the frosty weather.
added the fifth only a couple of minutes after the restart, Liverpool reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup
and Liddell added one more in the fiftieth minute when after beating Birmingham 4-1 on 1 March 1947 when
he “weaved his way through and went on courageously Albert Stubbins scored one of the most famous goals in
to shoot a sixth. When the ball was travelling to goal Anfield’s history. Billy Liddell, who set it up, recalled:
he was taking a full-length dive to avoid colliding
with Winter.” “When I put the ball over it was going a bit offcourse,
Chelsea finally got on the scoresheet after fifty-five but Stubbins literally threw himself through the air to meet it
minutes and astonishingly the score was suddenly 6-4 with his head when parallel with the ground, about two feet
after seventy-two minutes of play and still time for the above the turf. It went in like a rocket, giving Gil Merrick
Londoners to get on equal terms. Willie Fagan’s goal absolutely no chance, and Albert slid on his stomach for
in the eighty-seventh minute sealed Liverpool's win several yards on the frozen pitch before coming to a stop.”
and when the final whistle was blown “the police were
powerless to keep the youngsters from invading the Liverpool met old foes, second division Burnley, in
pitch and mobbing the players as they left the field.” the FA Cup semi-final. Liverpool had a score to settle
Any optimism following the big Chelsea win was after losing to Burnley in the 1914 Cup final. Albert
crushed four days later, when Liverpool lost 5-0 to Stubbins and Jack Balmer used to sing the popular
Manchester United. However, Liverpool went on a great folk-blues song “Sitting on the Top of the World”
run winning eight and drawing four, which lifted the before each cup round but forgot to do so before both
Reds from twelfth to the top spot, owing mainly to Jack matches against Burnley. Players being a superstitious
Balmer‘s unbelievable feat of scoring three hat-tricks in lot believed that it might have jinxed the side, who lost
successive games. He scored three against Portsmouth 1-0 in a replay. Burnley's ‘keeper was in excellent form
on 9 November, four against Derby County on the and was considered the main reason why Liverpool
-sixteenth and a week later he completed his hat-trick were beaten on the day.
_ against Arsenal at Anfield. The team recovered from this disappointment and
Liverpool had two massive games next, against won five out of their next six League games, having one
fourth place Blackpool and second place Wolves. last crucial game left against Wolves on 31 May. Wolves
Balmer couldn‘t stop scoring, but his goal didn‘t prevent were top of the League with 56 points from 41 games,
Liverpool from losing 3-2 at Blackpool and his penalty Manchester United were second with 56 points but had

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1942/43 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Aug 29 FL A Wrexham W 43 2500 B Liddell, G Mills, B Nieuwenhuys, S Palk (pen)
2 | Sep 05 FL H Wrexham Ww 40 5000 R Dorsett, C Done 3
3 | Sep12 FL H Everton WwW 1-0 17131 G Mills
4 | Sep 19 FL A Everton D 4-4 17000 C Done, B Liddell, R Dorsett 2
5 | Sep 26 FL A Bury W 4-1 2310 C Done, B Liddell, G Mills 2
6 | Oct 03 FL H Bury W 5-2 8362 Own goal, M Hulligan, G Mills, C Done 2
7 | Oct 10 FL A Man Utd W 4-3 4000 J Harley, M Hulligan, C Done 2
8 | Oct 17 FL H Man Utd Woa23i 2788 C Done, W Fagan
9 | Oct 24 FL A Man City W 441 4000 J Balmer, G Mills, C Done 2
10 | Oct 31 FL H Man City WwW 3-4 12401 W Fagan, C Done 2
11 ov 07 FL| H Chester W 42 11047 J Balmer, C Done, W Fagan, B Liddell
a2 ov 14 FL A Chester W 5-1 5000 L Carney, W Fagan, J Balmer 3 |
13 | Nov 21 FLI A Southport I 2-3 0000 C Done, J Shafto |
4 ov 28 FL H Southport W 6-2 22273 R Dorsett, W Fagan 2 (1 pen), G Mills 3
5 | Dec 05 FLN A Burnley L 1-3 3006 R Dorsett
16} Dec 12 FL H Burnley W 9-2 0000 F Haycock, M Hulligan, R Dorsett 2, W Fagan 2, C Done 3
7 | Dec 19 FL H Tranmere W 6-2 4023 C Done, R Dorsett 5 (1 pen)
18 | Dec 25 FLN A Tranmere L 2-3 7207 W Fagan, W Hal
9 | Dec 26 FLN H Wrexham D 2-2 2000 W Fagan (pen), M Hulligan
20 | Jan 02 FL A Wrexham WwW 1-0 2000 R Dorsett
21 | Jan 09 FL A Everton W 3-1 8206 A Shepherd, M Hulligan 2
22 | Jan 16 FL H Everton W 24 20400 J Balmer, C Done
23. | Jani23 FL H Southport W 3-4 4325 q Dorsett, M Hulligan 2
24 | Jan 30 FL A Southport D 2-2 5000 W Fagan, G Paterson
25 | Feb 06 FL A Tranmere Wine toi 6958 C Done 2, W Fagan 3(1 pen)
26 | Feb13 FLN H Tranmere WwW 4-1 1365 M Hulligan, C Done 3
27 | Feb 20 FL H Man City W 42 21300 C Done, M Edelston, M Hulligan 2
28 | Feb 27 FLN A an City L 1-3 4795 W Hall
29 | Mar06 | LWCKO H Bury L 1-3 7099 M Hulligan
30 | Mar 13 LWC KO A Bury W 7-2 03904 Own goal, J Pilling, M Hulligan 2, C Done 3
31 ar 20 LWC KO H Blackpool WwW 3-1 40000 G Kaye, J Balmer 2
32 jar 27 LWC KO A Blackpool IL 0-5 25000
33 | Apr 03 LSC H Chester Ww 4-4 8000 J Balmer, C Done, W Fagan, B Liddell
34 | Apr 10 LSC A Chester W 5-2 4000 J Balmer, W Fagan 4
35 | Apr 17 FLN H Southport WwW 30 10000 C Done, M Hulligan, G Paterson
36 | Apr 24 LSC A Bolton WwW 6-3 4000 M Hulligan, G Kaye, C Done 2, D Welsh 2
37 | Apr 26 FLN H Everton Ww 41 17000 J Balmer, C Done, W Fagan (pen), B Nieuwenhuys
38 | May 01 LSC H Bolton Ww 40 10000 J Campbell, T Pearson, C Done 2
39} May08 | LSC H Man Utd L 1-3 12117 B Nieuwenhuys
|40| May 15 LSC A Man Utd D 3-3 9196 J Balmer3

FLN = Football League Northern; LWC = League War Cup KO Comp.; LSC = Lancashire Senior Cup

198 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

played all their 42 games, Stoke third with 55 points their focus.““Though our minds were more on what was
after 41 played and Liverpool fourth equal on points taking place at Bramall Lane than at Anfield, we defeated
with Stoke but with an inferior goal average. Manager Everton 2-1,’ he recalled. ““But the last ten minutes were
George Kay was curiously absent at the vital match as a mere formality, for the news had been given over the
he couldn’t miss out on a pre-arranged five-day scouting loud-speakers that Stoke had been defeated and the
mission in Ireland! title was ours. The crowd didn’t care two straws what
Billy Liddell cherished the memory of this historic happened after that.All they wanted was the final whistle,
game, recalling that it “was more suitable for cricket so they could come swarming over the ground from the
than football.” Kop and Kemlyn Road and carry us off the field. It was
a scene of amazing enthusiasm.”
“Tt was extremely hot, with the thermometer Liverpool director, George Richards, was the
somewhere in the eighties, and I remember remarking to one who delivered the good news over the Tannoy
Albert Stubbins about the vast number of spectators in to everyone’s delight: “The roar which greeted this
short-sleeves or summer frocks. We were the first to score announcement made the Hampden Park one sound
when Jackie Balmer steered one into the net and when almost like a childish whisper. The crowd threw their
Albert Stubbins got a second we thought the game was hands in the air, many lost their hats and did not bother
safely “in the bag.” Wolves, however were never a team to look for them after they had tossed them high up in
to give up without a struggle. Cullis was a wonderful a burst of joyful celebration.”
inspiration, urging his players on and making them fight Popular Liverpool Chairman Billy McConnell
as though their lives depended on it.Jimmy Dunn reduced had been sick in hospital but had received discharge
the lead, but that was all Wolves could achieve, largely to watch the crucial Wolves match. He spoke about
because our defence gave one of the finest exhibitions seen his pride in the players: “We have had some wonderful
at Molineux formany a long day. It was ironic that the man players in the club’s history but never have we had a
who did most to keep Wolves from the draw, which would, finer lot of gentlemen, sportsmen, and 100% triers than
as things turned out, have given them the championship, we have today. That, plus the good work of the manager
was their former goalkeeper Sidlow. Cyril made save after and trainer, has put us where we are.’ McConnell
save when it seemed certain that he must be beaten. We passed away a couple of months later — a huge shock for
were a happy party returning from Wolverhampton, but Liverpool — its ramifications becoming apparent in the
still had to wait a fortnight before knowing whether we disappointing seasons that followed.
were champions.”
iddell wasn‘t the only hero the Kop adored. Liverpool
Stan Cullis, Wolves’ captain, widely considered the |Rae a club record £12,500 for 27-year-old ginger-
best defender of his generation, was heartbroken. It was haired Geordie Albert Stubbins in September 1946. He
his last-ever game and he felt he may have done better had scored no less than 232 goals in 190 wartime games!
when Stubbins scored. “I had no idea Stubbins was so Stubbins was equal top-scorer, along with Jack Balmer,
near, and then I saw his red head flash past. He‘s got with 24 goals in Liverpool’s Championship-winning
amazing speed,” he said. season. He again scored 24 League goals the following
The severe weather and the government’s ban on season, which included four, two in each half, when
mid-week games forced the League to extend the Huddersfield Town visited Anfield on 6 March 1948.
season so Stoke‘s only remaining game, against Sheffield Stubbins later revealed he had been threatened before
United at Bramall Lane, could not take place until 14 the game. “On the morning of the match I received a
June. Liverpool were two points ahead of Stoke but the telegram,” he recalled. “And although I can’t remember
Potters’ superior goal average meant a win would bring the exact wording, the general consensus was if I scored,
them the Championship. Fate would so have it that my legs would be broken. I didn’t want to worry the rest
Liverpool and Everton were playing in the Liverpool of the team so I kept it to myself. It was obviously meant
Senior Cup final when the game in Sheffield kicked off to frighten me, but it didn’t work. I never did find out
fifteen minutes prior to the game at Anfield. who sent it. Perhaps it was George Kay’s way of geeing
Liddell and his teammates tried their best to keep me up!” Despite Stubbins’ prolific form the champions

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1943/44 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
1 | Aug 28 FLN H Man City W 41 16000 C Done, J Balmer3
2 | Sep 04 FLN A Man City £ 1-2 10229 | AHanson
3 | Sep 11 FLN H Wrexham WwW 8-0 10000 J Balmer, A Hanson, A Shepherd 6
4 | Sep 18 FLN A Wrexham West SZ 5100 A Shepherd 2, J Balmer 3
5 | Sep 25 FLN H Bury | WwW 3-1 14000 A Shepherd, C Done 2
6 | Oct 02 FLN A Bury Wr 24 3000 M Hulligan, A Shepherd
7 | Oct 09 FLN A Everton WwW 6-4 28835 J Harley, D Welsh, C Done 4
8 | Oct 16 FLN H Everton WwW 5-2 25000 C Done, J Harley, B Nieuwenhuys, J Balmer2
9 | Oct 23 FLN H Man Utd L 34 | 15000 D Welsh, J Balmer 2
Oct30 | FLN A Man Utd fout 0-1 13647
Nov 06 FLN A Chester lt 1-3 2500 D Welsh
Nov 13 FLN H Chester Ww 9-0 3000 R Beattie, S Palk, C Done 7
Nov 20 FLN H Southport | WwW 30 13600 J Campbell, C Done, B Nieuwenhuys, R Beattie 3, D Welsh 3
Nov 27 FLN A Southport WwW 3-1 4000 J Balmer, C Done, D Welsh
Dec 04 FLN A Burnley Ww 10 5995 S Palk
Dec 11 FLN H Burnley D 1-1 11360 R Beattie
Dec 18 FLN A Tranmere W 9-2 3500 J Balmer, J Gulliver, D Welsh, R Beattie 3, C Done 3
Dec 25 FLN H Tranmere Wie zal 17204 C Done 2
19 | Dec 27 LWC H Wrexham Ww 40 20139 C Done, M Hulligan, J Balmer 2
20 | Jan 01 LWC A Wrexham L 2-4 4442 C Done 2
| 21 | Jan 08 LWC A Tranmere WwW 6-1 6000 S Palk, D Welsh, J Campbell 2, C Done 2
| 22 | Jan 15 LWC H Tranmere W 54 13537 |,J Balmer, R Beattie, A Black, J Campbell, C Done
23 | Jan 22 LWC H Everton L 1-4 34221 W Fagan
24 | Jan 29 | LWC A Everton W 3-2 45820 J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys, D Welsh (pen)
25 | Feb 05 LWC A Crewe WwW 3-1 3000 J Campbell, B Liddell 2
26 | Feb 12 LWC H Crewe Ww 8-0 13006 J Balmer, R Beattie, B Liddell, J Campbell 2, C Done 3
27 | Feb19 LWC | H Chester W 42 13355 J Campbell, C Done, B Liddell, B Nieuwenhuys
Feb 26 LWC A Chester lu 0-6 6000
Mar 04 LWC KO H Oldham Ware eal 20786 C Done 2, P Taylor 2, J Balmer 4
Mar 11 LWC KO A Oldham ft 0-1 4955
ar 18 LWC KO A Man City D 1-1 27792 D Welsh
ar 25 LWC KO H Man City L 2-3 41498 C Done, J McCormick
Apr 01 LSC H i Southport W 6-2 8533 | R Beattie, W Hall, B Nieuwenhuys (pen), C Done3
Apr 08 LSC A Southport Ww 7-4 4000 R Beattie, J Campbell, M Hulligan, C Done 2, D Welsh 2 (1 pen)
Apr 10 LSC A Everton Le 0-3 40000
Apr 15 LSC H Everton Ww 30 25062 | C Done, M Hulligan 2
Apr 22 LSC H Everton W 42 24404 HIBS Palk, C Done 3 (1 pen)
Apr 29 LSC H Blackburn Ww 1-0 17103 D Welsh (pen)
May 06 | LSC H Bolton WwW 3-4 16591 pe. Campbell, Own goal, B Nieuwenhuys
May 13 | LSC A Bolton Wh aoe 10254 C Done, D Welsh 2

FLN = Football League North; LWC = League War Cup; LWC KO = League War Cup Knockout Competition; LSC = Lancashire S. Ci

200 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

were a big let down and finished 1947/48 mid-table. refreshment (mainly of the alcoholic variety) but because of
Lifelong Red John Martin saw his first Liverpool my tender years I was not allowed inside and I spent the
game in the 1948/49 season and had a memorable 10 minute interval in the company of the commissionaire
encounter with the great Billy Liddell. “When League who was on duty outside the boardroom. Eventually a buzzer
football got going again after the end of the war Saturday sounded and the commissionaire popped his head inside the
afternoons in Newsham Park were punctuated by what boardroom and announced ‘teams coming out, gentlemen.’ I
sounded like claps of thunder but were, in fact, the sounds can still hear the clatter of studs on the concrete surface that
of the Kop celebrating another goal for Liverpool,” he separated the dressing rooms from the tunnel onto the pitch
told LFChistory.net. “Billy Liddell had become my hero and there, only a few feet away from me, were my heroes
as a result of the reports in the ‘Echo’ which described his making their way back onto the pitch for the second half.
terrific pace and cannonball shooting power.” Talk about being starstruck! I only had eyes for Billy Liddell
and as he passed he obviously picked up my open mouthed
“T didn’t have too long to wait for my first game at adulation and he winked at me on his way to the pitch.
Anfield. I had an uncle who was well connected and for What a birthday present this was turning out to be! When
my tenth birthday present he took me to Anfield to watch we took our seats for the second halfI was in wonderland
the Reds play Burnley. That would have been good enough but I was still convinced that we were about to be beaten
had we had the worst view in the ground but the actuality until Cyril Done scored with 10 minutes to play. The game
was that we watched the game from the splendour of the ended 1-1 and I was well and truly hooked on Liverpool FC
directors box! ... My world was shattered when Burnley in general and William Beveridge Liddell in particular.”
scored and at half time I was convinced that my first live
game offootball was destined to end in defeat. The half time Liverpool hoped that another pre-season trip to
break was to have a huge influence on the rest of my life. the U.S.A. in the summer of 1948 would do the trick,
When the referee blew his whistle for half time all of the but the Reds were stuck in a rut. Few could predict
inhabitants of the directors box headed for the boardroom for the deep troubles the club faced in the decade ahead.

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1944/45 MATCH DETAILS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
A Stockport Cou. W D Welsh (pen), C Done 2
H Stockport Cou. Ww 2-0 12418 C Done, W Fagan
H Man City Da 252 24009 C Done, B Nieuwenhuys
A Man City D 2-2 10000 R Dix 2 (1 pen)
A Crewe i 1-4 4500 D Welsh
H Crewe L 1-4 16894 H Eastham
H Wrexham L 0-3 17427
H Wrexham L 1-2 7976 D Welsh
A Everton Ww 20 33199 J Smith 2
H Everton D 0-0 26008
H Man Utd W 3-2 17610 Own goal, D Welsh 2 (1 pen)
A Man Utd il W 5-2 5000 W Fagan, B Liddell, D Welsh 3
A Bury L 0-2 4415
H | Bury Waste 11377 H Cumner, B Nieuwenhuys 2
H Chester WwW 6-0 13609 B Kinghorn, D Welsh, B Nieuwenhuys 2, P Taylor 2
A Chester i 2-3 3500 J Campbell, B Nieuwenhuys
H Tranmere WwW 5-1 4000 J Campbell, D Welsh 4 (1 pen)
H Tranmere Ww 3-0 10877 P Baines, P Taylor 2
A Southport WwW 44 5000 B Kinghorn, P Taylor, B Liddell 2
A Everton Die 222 35226 B Liddell 2
H Southport W 12-1 13673 J Campbell 2, M Hulligan 2, B Liddell 2, DWelsh 6
A Stockport Cou. | W 32 3000 A Shepherd, D Welsh 2
H__| Stockport Cou. Ww 41 14357 J Campbell, D Welsh, P Taylor 2
A Everton re 26780 P Taylor
H Everton W 3-4 0200 B Nieuwenhuys, H Curnner 2
A Bolton L eh 11494 J Campbell
H Bolton D 1-1 20966 J Campbell
A Southport WwW 5-0 5000 | J Pilling, B Liddell 2, P Taylor 2
H Tranmere WwW 3-1 15102 G Hinsley, B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor
A Tranmere Wie 244 7000 M Hulligan, B Liddell
H Everton WwW 1-0 39640 B Liddell
A Everton Ww 1-0 51512 B Liddell
H Everton L 1-3 22815 L Shannon
H Man City W 30] 36131 B Liddell, D Welsh 2
A Man City WwW 3-1 | 24905 P Taylor, D Welsh 2
H Chesterfield D 0-0 35001
A Chesterfield | L_O1 | 27000
H Oldham W 3-2 2000 B Nieuwenhuys, L Shannon, P Taylor
H Preston W 5-1 35000 G Kaye (pen), L Shannon 2, P Taylor 2
A Oldham Ww 7-0 2000 B Kinghorn, B Nieuwenhuys, G Paterson, J Pilling, JWestby, P Taylor 2
H Blackpool Ww 20 16807 W Fagan 2
A Derby L 0-1 16723

FLN = Football League North; LSC = Lancashire Senior Cup; Liv Cup = Liverpool Senior Cup; LWC KO = League War Cup KO Comp.

1945/46 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS

DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS

Chester : W Fagan, B Liddell
Chester - | W Fagan 2
Bolton Fs |
Bolton J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS

Total games
Willie Fagan Games won
Ray Lambert Games drawn
Berry Nieuwenhuys Games lost
Bob Paisley Clean sheets — Overall
Robert Priday Total goals
Kevin Baron Average attendance at home — Overall
Jim Harley Average goals per game — Overall
Laurie Hughes Average goal minute — Overall
Harry Wheeler Nickson
Jack Balmer
Fred Finney
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1946/47 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 A Sheff Utd Ww L Carney
2 | Sep 04 Div 1 | H Middlesbrough L 0-1 34140 8
3 | Sep 07 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 7-4 49995 5 J Balmer, B Liddell 2, W Fagan 2, B Jones 2
4 | Sep 11 Div 1 A Man Utd L 0-5 40874 12
5 | Sep 14 Div 1 ees A Bolton W 3-1 35061 8 | J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys, A Stubbins
6 | Sep 21 Div 1 H Everton D 00 49875 9 I.
7 | Sep 28 Div 1 | H Leeds United Ww 20 51042 7 J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys
8 | Oct 05 Div 1 A Grimsby Town WwW 6-1 20189 4 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen), B Liddell 2, A Stubbins 2
Div 1 A Middlesbrough D 2-2 37382 3 B Liddell 2
Div H Charlton D 1-1 51127 6 C Done
Div 1 A Huddersfield Ww 41 17323 4 J Balmer, C Done 3
Div ee Brentford W 1-0 43892 3 A Stubbins
Div A Blackburn D 0-0 29072 2
Div H Portsmouth WwW 30 43525 2 ee Balmer3 (1 pen)
Div1 [ A Derby W 41 28444 1 J Balmer 4
Div H Arsenal W 42 51435 1 A Stubbins, J Balmer 3 (1 pen)
Div A Blackpool L 2-3 23565 1 J Balmer, C Done
Div 1 H Wolves i 1-5 §2512 Z J Balmer (pen)
Div A Sunderland WwW 4-1 33291 2 | J Balmer, B Liddell, B Nieuwenhuys, A Stubbins
Div1 H Aston Villa ieee 35389 2 B Nieuwenhuys, A Stubbins, J Balmer 2
Div A Stoke L 1-2 30473 2 A Stubbins
Div H Stoke Ww 20 49465 2 |B Nieuwenhuys, A Stubbins
Div 1 H Sheff Utd L 1-2 50961 2 A Stubbins
Div 1 A Chelsea L 1-3 59226 4 J Balmer
FAC 3 A Walsall nee 20000 C Done, Reg Foulkes (og), B Liddell, J Balmer 2
Div 1 H Bolton L 0-3 49820 5
FAC 4 H Grimsby Town Ww 2-0 45256 C Done, A Stubbins
Div 1 A Everton L 0-1 30612 6
Div 1 las Leeds United WwW 2-1 25430 6 A Stubbins 2
FAC 5 H Derby lw 10 44493 |J Balmer
Div 1 H Grimsby Town WwW 50 20648 2 W Fagan 2, C Done 3
Div 1 H Huddersfield Ww 1-0 42130 4 A Stubbins
FAC 6 H Birmingham W 41 51911 J Balmer, A Stubbins 3
Div 1 i]Popeit Blackburn WwW 2-1 49378 2 | C Done, A Stubbins
Div 1 A Portsmouth lw. 2- 30296 2 | A Stubbins 2
Div 1 H Derby D 11 50848 3 P Taylor
FAC SF N Burnley D 0-0 53000
Div 1 A Preston D 0-0 32542 3
Div1 H Blackpool L 2-3 47320 5 C Done, W Fagan
Div 1 H Preston W 3.0 46477 5 J Balmer, A Stubbins 2
FAC SF Rep N Burnley L 0-1 72000
Div 1 H Sunderland WwW 1-0 41589 5 A Stubbins
Div 1 A Aston Villa | W 2-1 35429 3) W Fagan, W Watkinson
Div1 H Man Utd WwW 10 48800 4 A Stubbins
Div 1 A Charlton WwW 3- 45608 4 A Stubbins 3
Div 1 A Brentford D 1- 18228 4 R Priday
Div 1 A Arsenal W 1 J Balmer, R Priday
Div 1 A Wolves Ww 1 J Balmer, A Stubbins

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1946/47 APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FACUP | TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Starts |Goals |Starts |Goals 48
Jack Balmer 6 4 45 29
Ray Lambert | 36 0 6 0 42 0 Games drawn 8
Albert Stubbins | 36 | 24 | 6 es 1
Phil Taylor 35 i 6 0 4) 1 Clean sheets — League 13
Billy Liddell 34 7 6 ] 40 8 Clean sheets — Overall 16
Cyril Sidlow 34 0 6 0 40 0 Total goals 96
Bob Paisley 33 0 6 0 3 0 Average attendance at home — League 45,731
Bill Jones 26 2 | 6 0 32 2 Average attendance at home — Overall 45,917
Laurie Hughes 30 0 i 0 31 0 Average goals per game — League 2.00
Bernard Ramsden an 1 er ee ee 2.04
Cyril Done 7 10 6 2 Ts 12
Willie Fagan 18 ii 4 0 22 7 TT
Harry Eastham 19 0 7 0 a 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Jim Harley ie 4 o | 2 0 League 84
Berry Nieuwenhuys 15 5 0 0 15 5 FA Cup 12
Eddie Spicer 10 0 0 10 0
Robert Priday 9 2 0 S] 2 PLAYER DEBUTS

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Liverpool 13 3 5 42 24 4 5 42 28 57
Manchester United 42 7 3 i 61 19 9 7 34 35 56
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 15 i 5 66 31 10 5 6 32 25 56
Stoke City 42 4 5 2 52 21 10 Z g 38 55
Blackpool 42 4 1 6 38 eve 8 5 8 33
Sheffield United 42 2 4 5 51 32 g 3 9 38
Preston North End 42 0 il 4 45 27 8 4 shy Es
Aston Villa 42 | 9 6 6 39 24 9 3 9 28
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Middlesbrough 42 1 3 7 46 32 6 3) 0 27
Portsmouth 42 1 “ 7 42 27 9) 6 0 24
Arsenal 42 J I) 7 43 33 7 4 0 29
Derby County 42 3 2 6 44 28 ‘ 3 its 79
Chelsea 42 9 3 ) 33 a 7 4 10 36
Grimsby Town 42 9 6 6 37 35) 4 6 | 24
Blackburn Rovers 42 6 5 10 23 27 8 3 0 22
Bolton Wanderers 42 8 5 8 30 28 5 3 3 27
Charlton Athletic 42 6 6 9 34 32 5 6 10 23
Huddersfield Town 42 11 4 6 34 24 2 3 16 19
Brentford 42 5 5 il 19 35 4 2 5 26
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1947/48 APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Goals | Starts Total games | 44
Bill Jones 1 Games won 7
Albert Stubbins Zn De A226 Games drawn | 10
Jack Balmer 40 15 1 0 4) 15 Games lost | 7
Billy Liddell 37 10 2 1 39 "1 Clean sheets — League 12
Bob Paisley 37 1 2 0 39 1 Clean sheets — Overall 12
Phil Taylor 34 | 0 2 0 | 36 0 Total goals 69
Laurie Hughes 32 0 2 0 | 34 0 Average attendance at home — League 44,302
Ray Lambert 30 0 2 0 | 82 0 Average attendance at home — Overall 44,496
Cyril Sidlow 29 0 0 0 29 0 Average goals per game — League 1.86
Robert Priday 21 4 2 1 te 5 Average goals per game — Overall 4.95
Jim Harley 21 0 0 0 21 0
Willie Fagan 15 5 0 0 15 5
Eddie Spicer 14 2 1 0 15 2
Ray Minshull 13 eee 0 15 0
William Watkinson 1 i alirc 0 " 0
Bernard Ramsden 10 0 0 0 10 0
Ken Brierley 10 1 0 0 | 10 1 PLAYER DEBUTS

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Doug McAvoy | 0 0 0 1 0
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Arsenal 42 3 10 3 25 17 59
Manchester United 42 3 6 31 21 52
Burnley 42 4 6 25 31 52
Derby County 42 4 i 39 33 50
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Aston Villa 42 3 1 23 35 47
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Manchester City 42 5) wo<) N ie) 10 15 25 42
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Sheffield United 42 4 44 24 21 46 42
Charlton Athletic 9 33 29 24 37 40
Everton ) 22 40 40
Stoke City 42 7 12 32 38
Middlesbrough 42 6 34 46 37
Bolton Wanderers 42 8 ~ w at) 37
Chelsea 42 4 38 27 15 44 37
Huddersfield Town 42 8 25 24 26 36 36
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Blackburn Rovers 8 19 42 32
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1947/48 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 23 Div 1 H Preston Ww B Liddell, A Stubbins 2
2 | Aug27_| Div1 A an Utd L 0-2 53610 10
3 | Aug 30 Div A Stoke WwW 20 37558 4 B Liddell 2
4 | Sep 03 Div 1 H Man Utd D 22 48081 7 J Balmer (pen), A Stubbins
5 | Sep 06 Div 1 H Burnley D 1-1 56074 8 J Balmer
6 | Sep 08 Div 1 A Sheff Utd L 1-3 35071 0 A Stubbins
7 | Sep 13 Div A Portsmouth JL 0-1 33479 5
8 | Sep17 Div A Charlton ie 0-2 24424 6
9 | Sep 20 Div H Bolton D 0-0 43920 6
10 | Sep 27 Div A Everton WwW 3-0 66776 1 J Balmer, W Fagan, A Stubbins
11 | Oct 04 Div 1 A iddlesbrough iL 13 41140 15 J Balmer
2} Oct 11 Div H Chelsea Ww 30 51359 2 B Liddell, R Priday, A Stubbins
13 | Oct 18 Div 1 A Huddersfield D \- 27518 14 J Balmer
14 | Oct 25 Div 1 H Derby D 22 49624 3 J Balmer, R Priday
5 | Nov 01 Div 1 A Blackpool IL 0-2 23999 6
6 | Nov 08 Div 1 H Grimsby Town W 3-1 36796 8 K Baron, R Priday, A Stubbins
17 | Nov15 i Div A Sunderland L 1-5 37258 7 B Liddell
18 | Nov 22 Div H Blackburn W 2- 35672 1 J Balmer, B Liddell
19 | Nov 29 Div 1 A Man City L 0-2 40093 15
20 | Dec 06 Div H Aston Villa D 3-3 37732 15 J Balmer, E Spicer, A Stubbins
21 | Dec 13 Div1 A Wolves W 2-1 31317 2 J Balmer, A Stubbins
22 | Dec 20 Div 1 A Preston D 3-3 30452 12 B Jones, B Liddell, A Stubbins
Dec 25 Div H Arsenal L 1-3 53604 4 R Priday
Dec 27 Div A Arsenal WwW 2-4 56650 13 B Liddell, A Stubbins
Jan 01 Ah Div1 H Charlton il 2-3 34533 3 A Stubbins 2
Jan 03 Div1 H Stoke D 0-0 48665 3
Jan 10 FAC 3 H Nottm For W 4 48569 B Liddell, R Priday, A Stubbins 2
Jan 17 Div1 A Burnley t 0-3 31470 16
Jan 24 FAC 4 N Man Utd L 03 | 74721
Jan 31 Div 1 H Portsmouth L 0-3 23097 16
Feb 07 Div1 A Bolton L 0-3 22895 6
Feb 21 Div H Middlesbrough L 0-1 36133 7
Feb28 | Div A Chelsea IE 1-3 39078 20 K Baron
Mar 06 Div H Huddersfield Ww 4.0 | 46342 16 A Stubbins 4
Mar 20 Div H Blackpool W 2-0 48725 16 A Stubbins 2 (1 pen)
Mar 26 Div H Sheff Utd Ww 40 54797 5 B Liddell, A Stubbins, W Fagan 2
Mar 27 Div A Grimsby Town WwW 20 15781 14 J Balmer, E Spicer
Mar 31 Div A Derby Ww 40 | 16277 3 W Fagan, A Stubbins, J Balmer 2
Apr 03 Div H Sunderland D 0-0 49687 13
40 | Apr 10 Div1 A Blackburn W241 25915 12 J Balmer, A Stubbins
Apr 17 Div H Man City D 1-1 39348 2 W Fagan
Apr 21 Div H Everton Ww 40 55035 11 J Balmer, K Brierley, B Liddell, A Stubbins
Apr 24 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 1-2 22668 11 A Stubbins
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1948/49 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 21 Div 1 A Aston Villa I! 1-2 42193 18 J Balmer
2 | Aug 25 Div H Sheff Utd D 3-3 37393 15 B Liddell, J Balmer 2
3 | Aug 28 | Div H Sunderland Ww 40 52253 9 J Balmer, W Fagan, B Liddell, W Watkinson
4 | Aug 30 | Div A Sheff Utd Ww 2-1 27681 4 B Liddell, L Shannon
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7 | Sept Div i H Bolton L 0-1 56561 12
8 | Sep 15 | Div H_ | Arsenal rex 46714 13
9 | Sep 18 Div A Everton D 1-1 78599 14 W Fagan
Sep 25 Div A Blackpool L 0-1 28870 15
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Oct 16 Div A Birmingham WwW 1-0 42331 15 C Done
Oct 23 Div H Middlesbrough Ww 40 | 57561 1 J Balmer, William Whitaker (og), B Liddell (pen), A Stubbins
Oct 30 Div {y A Newcastle L 0-1 67362 13
Nov 06 Div H Portsmouth WS 43665 1 J Balmer, C Done, B Liddell
Nov 13 Div A Man City W 42 22775 8 J Payne, P Taylor, C Done 2
Nov 20 Div | H Charlton D 1-1 49377 9 C Done
Nov 27 Div 1 A Stoke L 0-3 29780 1
Dec 04 Div 1 H Burnley D 1-1 41001 13 C Done
Dec 11 Div A Preston lL 2-3 | 29257 4 C Done 2
Dec 18 Div 1 H |_ Aston Villa D 1-1 23866 a 12 C Done
Dec 25 Div 1 A Man Utd D 0-0 50649 Nis
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Jano8 | FAC3 A Nottm For dD 22 | 35000 C Done, W Fagan
Jan 15 FAC 3 Rep H Nottm For Ww 4-0 52218 J Payne, A Stubbins, J Balmer 2
Jan 22 Div A Bolton WwW 3-0 35668 | 12 J Balmer, Matt Gillies (og), A Stubbins
Jan 29 FAC 4 H Notts County Ww 1-0 61003 B Liddell
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Feb 19 Div 1 H | Blackpool D 1-1 52294 | 1 J Balmer
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Mar 12 Div | H Birmingham Ww 1-0 43763 12 C Done
Mar 19 Div 1 A Charlton i 1-2 29101 13 J Balmer
Mar 26 | Div H | Stoke Ww 40 30797 10 J Balmer, C Done, A Stubbins 2
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Apr 06 Div 1 | H Wolves D 00 35399 0
Apr 09 Div | H Man City a L 0-1 31389 12
Apr 15 Div H Huddersfield L 0-1 47319 3
Apr 16 Div 1 A Middlesbrough WwW 1-0 32308 12 J Balmer
Apr 18 Div A Huddersfield Ww 40 22158 10 K Baron, B Liddell, J Balmer 2
Apr 23 Div1 H Newcastle D al 43488 10 K Baron
Apr30_ | Div iar. Burnley W 20 17693 12 J Balmer, A Stubbins
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games
Jack Balmer 4 2 Games won
Ray Lambert 0 4 0 Games drawn
Bill Shepherd 4 0 4 0 Games lost
Bill Jones 38 0 4 0
Billy Liddell 38 8 4 1
Cyril Sidlow 38 0 3 0
Bob Paisley heh Mal 4 0
Jimmy Payne 35 3 3 1
Phil Taylor 30 1 4 0 Average goals per game League
Cyril Done 24 11 4 2 Average goals per game Overall
Albert Stubbins 15 6 3 ] 7
Ken Brierley 13 0 | 0 0
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Les Shannon 10 1 0 0 1
Kevin Baron ie 0 0 2
William Watkinson 6 1 0 0 i
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Bryan Williams 6 0 0 0 0
Bill Shepherd against Aston Villa 21.08.1948
Ray Minshull 4 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Payne against Bolton 11.09.1948
Tommy McLeod 4 0 0 0 0
Peter Kippax against Birmingham 12.03.1949
Robert Priday ae Rn ae 0 Bryan Williams against Birmingham 12.03.1949
Eddie Spicer 4 0 0 0 0
Peter Kippax 1 0 0 0 0
Doug McAvoy 1 0 0 0 0

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Portsmouth 42 18 3 0 52 12 if 5 0)
Manchester United 42 11 7 3 40 20 10 4 7
Derby County 42 17 2 2 48 22 5 i 9
Newcastle United 42 12 5 4 35 29 8 i 6
Arsenal 42 13 5 3 51 18 5 8 8
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 | 13 3) 3 48 19 4 i 10
Manchester City AZ| 10 8 3 28 ZI 5 7 9
Sunderland 42 8 10 3 27 19 5 7 9
Charlton Athletic 42 10 5 6 38 31 5 7 g
Aston Villa 42 10 6 5 40 36 6 4 11
Stoke City 42 4 3 4 43 24 2 6 13
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Burnley 42 0 6 5 27 19 Z 8 11
Blackpool 42 8 8 ) 24 25 3 8 10
Birmingham City 42 9 7 i 19 10 2 8 11
Everton 42 2 5 4 33 25 1 6 14
Middlesbrough 42 10 6 5 37 23 1 6 14
Huddersfield Town 42 6 7 8 19 24 6 3 12
Preston North End | 42 8 6 7 36 36 | 3 5 13
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DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 20 Div 1 H Sunderland W 42 49811 g J Balmer, K Baron, B Paisley, A Stubbins
2 | Aug 22 Div 1 A Stoke D 00 27255 2
3 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Everton D 0-0 70812 6
4 | Aug 31 Div 1 H Stoke D 1-1 38097 3 B Liddell
5 | Sep03 Div 1 A Arsenal W 24 51866 3 A Stubbins 2
6 | Sep 07 Div H Man Utd D 1-1 51857 4 A Stubbins
7a\esepnd. Div H Bolton D 1-1 44212 3 K Baron
8 | Sep 17 Div A Birmingham W 32 37859 3 C Done, B Liddell 2
9 | Sep 24 Div H Derby W 3-4 54512 2 K Baron, W Fagan, J Payne
0} Oct01 Div A WBA W 1-0 44219 2 A Stubbins
1} Oct 08 Div 1 H Middlesbrough WwW 2-0 49569 2 R Lambert (pen), J Payne
2| Oct 15 Div A Blackpool D 0-0 33675 Z
3} Oct 22 Div H Newcastle D LD 48987 2 K Baron, B Liddell
4] Oct 29 Div 1 A Fulham WwW 1-0 41870 2 B Liddell
5 | Nov 05 Div 1 H Man City WwW 40 50536 K Baron, K Brierley, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
6 ov 12 Div A Charlton WwW 3-1 41166 C Done, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
17 ov 19 Div H Aston Villa WwW 2-4 50293 1 K Brierley, B Liddell
8 ov 26 Div A Wolves D 1-1 52509 W Fagan
9 | Dec 03 Div H Portsmouth D 2-2 44851 {| C Done 2
20 | Dec 10 Div A Huddersfield L 2-3 25767 i K Brierley, W Fagan
21 | Dec 17 Div A Sunderland ib 2-3 46515 1 K Brierley, C Done
22 | Dec 24 Div H Everton WE 8=4 50485 ‘ W Fagan, K Baron 2
23 | Dec 26 Div A Chelsea D 1-1 55920 W Fagan
24 | Dec 27 Div H Chelsea D 2-2 5875/7 i W Fagan 2
25 | Dec3 Div 1 H Arsenal Ww 20 55020 George Swindin (og), B Liddell
26 | Jan 07 FAC 3 A Blackburn D 00 52468
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28 | Jan 14 Div A Bolton L 2-3 41507 2 W Fagan, B Liddell
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30 | Jan 28 FAC 4 H Exeter ise 45209 K Baron, W Fagan, J Payne
31 | Feb 04 Div A Derby D 22 36835 1 B Liddell, A Stubbins
32 | Feb1 FAC 5 A Stockport Cou, W 2-1 27833 W Fagan, A Stubbins
33 | Feb 18 Div1 H WBA W 21 46634 1 K Brierley, A Stubbins
34 | Feb 25 Div A iddlesbrough L 1-4 31804 Z A Stubbins
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42 | Apr 01 Div 1 H Charlton WwW 1-0 39721 2 B Liddell (pen)
43 | Apr 07 Div A Burnley W 20 33025 1 B Liddell, J Payne
44 | Apr 08 Div A Newcastle L 1-5 48639 3 W Fagan
45 | Apr 10 Div H Burnley IL 0-1 43716 4
46 | Apr15 Div H Fulham D 1-1 36274 4 W Fagan
47 | Apr 22 Div A Portsmouth IL 1-2 46927 6 A Stubbins
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games
Ray Lambert Games won
Billy Liddell 7 2 Games drawn
Kevin Baron 38 i 7 1 Games lost
Phil Taylor 37 0 7 0 Clean sheets — League
Cyril Sidlow 37 0 i 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Eddie Spicer 37 0 7 0 Total goals
Willie Fagan 35 11 7 4
Laurie Hughes 35 0 6 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
| Jimmy Payne 31 5) 7 2 Average goals per game — League
Albert Stubbins 28 10 7 1
Bill Jones 26 0 3 0 0
Bob Paisley 23 ] 5 1 2
Cyril Done 16 5 0 0 5
Ken Brierley 1 | 0 0 5
Jack Balmer 9 1 0 0 1
Bill Shepherd 6 0 0 0 0
Ray Minshull 5 0 0 0 0
PLAYER DEBUTS
Frank Christie 4 0 0 0 0
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Sam Shields 1 0 0 0 0
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William Watkinson 1 0 0 0 0

DIVISION 1

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Sunderland 42 | 14 6 1 50 23 7 4 10 33 39
Manchester United 42 11 5 5 42 20 7 9 5 27 24
Newcastle United 42 14 4 3 49 23 ) 8 8 28 32
Arsenal 42 12 4 5 48 24 if if i 31 31
Blackpool 42 10 8 3 29 14 7 7 7 17 21
Liverpool 42 10 7 4 37 23 7 7 7 27 31
Middlesbrough 42 1 14 2 5 37 18 6 5 10 22 30
Burnley 42 g 7 5 23 7 7 6 8 17 23
Derby County 42 11 5 5) 46 26 6 5 10 23 35
Aston Villa 42 0 7 4 31 19 5 5 1 30 42
Chelsea 42 7 7 7 31 30 5 ) 7 27 35
West Bromwich Albion 42 3 7 6B) 28 16 5 son 19 37
Huddersfield Town 42 11 4 6 34 22 3 5 13 18 51
Bolton Wanderers 42 0 5) 6 34 22 0 9 12 1 37
Fulham 42 8 | 6 7 24 19 2 8 ee 1 7 35
Everton 42 6 8 ii 24 20 4 6 11 18 46
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Manchester City 42 7 8 6 27 24 1 5 15 9 44
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The Story Of The Decade
he way Liverpool started the 1949/50 season lead the community singing before each FA Cup final
gave their fans reason to dream that the League to be at Anfield, but the Kop was having none ofit. Each
title win in 1947 could be repeated. The Reds were song that he attempted to sing was greeted by the Kop
still undefeated in the League in December 1949, with singing “Yes, We Have No Bananas,’ one of the most
ten wins and nine draws, and had a three point lead popular songs of the era.
over Manchester United. Liddell had up till now never Liverpool made a radical tactical change, which
contributed so many goals and already had 10 goals sounds strange in these days of ever-changing line-ups.
at this point. Liverpool lost two games in a row 3-2 The team was announced in its usual formation with
in December but still held on to their lead in mid- Jimmy Payne as the outside-right and Billy Liddell as
February though reduced to two points. The team lost the outside-left, but when the game kicked off Payne
the number one spot after being surprisingly beaten and Liddell swapped wings. Believe it or not, that tactical
4-1 by Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park. The players revolution was seen as the crucial part of their victory.
focused on their home FA Cup quarter-final tie against The winning goal was scored by Liddell, nine minutes
title-challengers Blackpool. from full time.
The Tangerines had in their ranks one of English Liverpool and Blackpool met four days later in
football’s all-time greats, Stanley Matthews. Liverpool the League at Anfield, with the visitors coming away
had arranged for the “white-suited man” who used to with a 1-0 victory. Two 2-0 defeats and a goalless draw

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1950/51 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 19 A Wolves L 0-2 50622 i,
2 | Aug 23 Div 1 H Man Utd W 24 30211 13 Reg Allen (og), B Liddell
3 | Aug 26 Div 1 H Sunderland Ww 40 52080 3 B Liddell 2, A Stubbins 2
4 | Aug 30 Div 1 A Man Utd L 0-1 36654 1
5 | Sep 02 Div 1 A Aston Villa D 1-1 45127 1 J Balmer
6 | Sep 06 Div1 H Tottenham Wo 24 39015 8 J Balmer, A Stubbins
7 | Sepo9 | Divi H Derby Ww 1-0 50079 5 C Done
8 | Sep 16 Div 1 A Everton WwW 3-4 71150 6 A Stubbins, J Balmer2
9 | Sep 23 Div 1 A Fulham L -2 42954 7 B Liddell
10 | Sep 30 Div 1 H Bolton D 3-3 44534 6 J Payne, J Balmer 2
11 | Oct 07 Div 1 H Stoke D 00 40239 5
2] Oct 14 Div 1 A WBA D a 35030 6 P Taylor
3 Oct 21 Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 0-0 47426 7
4} Oct 28 Div 1 A Sheff Wed L -4 43711 8 J Payne
5 | ov 04 Div 1 H Newcastle L 2-4 48810 0 B Liddell (pen), J Payne
6 | ov 11 Div1 A Huddersfield 2? 25229 2 B Liddell, P Taylor
e | ov 18 Div 1 H Arsenal L 1-3 44193 3 Les Compton (og)
18 ov 25 Div A Burnley D 1-1 31901 13 K Baron
19 | Dec 02 Div H Chelsea WwW 1-0 28717 1 B Liddell
20 | Dec 09 Div 1 A Portsmouth WwW 3-4 29480 10 J Balmer, J Payne 2
21 Dec 16 Div H Wolves L 1-4 30959 11 B Liddell (pen)
22 | Dec 23 Div 1 A Sunderland L 1-2 30150 12 J Balmer
23 | Dec 25 Div A Blackpool L 0-3 31867 2
24 | Dec 26 Div H Blackpool Ww 1-0 54121 13 J Balmer
25 | Jan 06 FAC 3 A Norwich L 1-3 34693 J Balmer
26 | Jan 13 Div A Derby Wis io? 21849 2 J Haigh, B Liddell
27 | Jan 20 Div H Everton L 0-2 48668 13
28| Jan27 | Div A Charlton eae 25313 3
29.) Feb 03 Div H Fulham W 20 33330 3 B Jones, B Liddell
30 | Feb 10 Div 1 H Portsmouth Ww 2- 36958 2 J Balmer, B Jones
31 | Feb17 Div A Bolton L 1-2 34807 2 B Liddell
32 | Feb 24 Div A Stoke W 32 22534 2 C Done, B Jones, B Liddell
33 | Mar 03 Div1 H WBA D 1- 36654 0 B Paisley
34 | Mar 10 Div A iddlesbrough D 1- 29247 10 B Liddell
|35 | Mar 17 Div 1 H Sheff Wed Ww 21 31413 8 B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
|36 | Mar23 | Div H Charlton Ww 10 31650 8 J Haigh
37 | Mar 24 Div 1 A ewcastle De ie 45535 8 C Done
Mar 31 Div H Huddersfield L 1-4 27915 10 J Haigh
Apr 07 Div 1 A Arsenal Viet 34664 10 J Payne, A Stubbins
Apr 14 Div H Burnley Ww 10 24118 9 B Jones
Apr 21 Div 1 A Chelsea L 0- 30134 10
Apr 25 Div H Aston Villa D 0-0 23061 9
May 05 Div1 A ottenham I 1-3 49072 9 A Stubbins

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Eddie Spicer Games won
Bob Paisley 4) i 0 Games drawn
Bill Jones 38 4 0 4 Games lost
Jimmy Payne 38 6 0 39 6 Clean sheets — League
Phil Taylor 36 2 0 36 2 Clean sheets — Overall
Billy Liddell oo 15 0 36 15 Total goals
Jack Balmer 34 10 1 35 11 Average attendance at home — League
Ray Lambert 34 0 0 35 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
Russell Crossley 24 0 0 Z5 0 Average goals per game — League
Cyril Done 24 3 0 25 3 Average goals per game — Overall
Laurie Hughes 24 0 0 0 24 0
Albert Stubbins 23 6 0 24 6
John Heydon 13 0 0 14 0
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Cyril Sidlow 11 0 0 0 11 0 League

Jack Haigh 8 3 0 0 8 3 FA Cup

Charlie Ashcroft 7 0 0 0 i 0
Kevin Baron 7 0 0 7 1
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Ken Brierley 5 0 0 0 5 0
Joe Cadden against Fulham 23.09.1950
Bill Shepherd 5 0 0 0 5 0
John Heydon against Stoke 07.10.1950
Joe Cadden | 4 0 0 0 4 0 Russell Crossley against Middlesbrough 21.10.1950
Willie Fagan | 4 0 0 0 | 4 0
Jack Haigh against Blackpool 26.12.1950
Bryan Williams 3 0 0 me is 0 Don Woan against Derby 13.01.1951
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Manchester United 42 4 4 3 42 16 10 4
Blackpool 42 2 6 3 43 19 8 4
Newcastle United 42 0 6 3) 36 22 8 il
Arsenal 42 | 1 8 5 47 28 8 4
Middlesbrough 42 2 fi 2 Li Zo 6 4
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Derby County 42 10 5 6 53 33 6 3 12
Sunderland 42 8 g 4 30 21 4 7 10
Stoke City 42 0 5 6 28 ig 3 9 9
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 J 3 g 44 30 6 6 0 30 31 38
Aston Villa 42 ) 6 6 39 29 Bi 7 1 27 3) 37
West Bromwich Albion 42 7 4 10 30 27 6 7 8 23 34 37
Charlton Athletic 42 g 4 8 35 31 5 5 11 28 49 37
Fulham 42 8 5 8 35 37 B 6 10 7 31 37
Huddersfield Town 42 8 4 9 40 40 7 2 2 24 by 36
Chelsea 42 9 4 8 31 25 3 4 4 22 40 32
Sheffield Wednesday 42 ) 6 6 43 32 3 2 6 21 51 32
Everton 42 7 5 9 26 35 5 3 3 22 51 32

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against League leaders Manchester United followed. biggest defeat of the season, 5-1 at St James’ Park and
Had Liverpool’s cup run derailed their promising title subsequently lost two and drew one leaving them out
challenge? After this dreadful run the tension was more of the ttle race with one League game to go. Liverpool
than palpable when they faced neighbours Everton in the had shpped up in the League but could still lift the cup.
FA Cup semi-finals. Arsenal, who had beaten Chelsea 1-0 in their semi-final
A journalist had figured out how Everton could replay, kicked Liddell from pillar to post at Wembley and
defeat Liverpool. “Stop Billy Liddell!” he wrote. won the cup after a 2-0 win. Liddell was painfully fouled
by Arsenal’s right-half, fellow Scotsman Alex Forbes. ‘I
“Those will be Everton manager Cliff Britton’s final couldn’t put my jacket on the next day, Liddell admitted.
words to his players when they leave their dressing-room Despite the defeat the players returned to Liverpool to
to tackle Liverpool in the second Cup semi-final at Maine a hero’s welcome, as reported by the Liverpool Daily Post:
Road, Manchester on Saturday. Stop Billy Liddell and the
Liverpool forward line loses its rhythm... All the clever ball “Not less than 100,000 people (including the 30,000
play of centre-forward Albert Stubbins, the lightning right- waiting at the Anfield ground) set themselves out to show the
wing dashes of young Jimmy Payne and the efforts of inside team that, far from being forgotten, their effort was worthy
men Fagan and Baron seemed to go nowhere when without of this reward. Every kind of improvisation had been used
the Lion of Liddell. He is the man with a kick like a horse to bring a touch of red to the occasion. Homemade favours,
and a goaldash like a rocket. Given half a chance and the even red coats and hats raised on umbrellas, waved a greeting.
narrowest gap he can cut through at breakneck speed and A Royal reception could scarcely have been more picturesque
find the net before the defence has time to close in.” or moving. ‘And this after we have lost,’ murmured Mr. Will
Harrop, a director to whom the scope of it all came as a
It was one thing to intend to stop Liddell but another complete surprise.
thing to actually succeed in stopping the unstoppable!
Liverpool’s line-up on the day was: Cyril Sidlow, Ray AtAnfield Phil Taylor addressed the crowd:‘‘It’s difficult
Lambert, Eddie Spicer, Phil Taylor, Bill Jones, Bob Paisley, to know what I can say. But I am really overwhelmed.
Jimmy Payne, Kevin Baron, Albert Stubbins, Willie Fagan I can only say thank you.’ The team made their way to
and Billy Liddell. the Town Hall, where they were cheered on its floodlit
Paisley opened the scoring after halfan hour when he balcony and took turns at the microphone thanking their
“lobbed the ball goalwards high in the air, where Liddell, fans. George Kay was proud of his men. “Liverpool went
boring in at top speed, jumped for it at the same time as to Wembley to do honour to their club, to Liverpool, and
Burnett and two Everton defenders. It looked as though to football.The players gave of their best and came off the
Liddell might have connected, but actually he did not, field with honour,’ he said.
and it was Paisley’s lob which entered the net direct, and The defeat to Arsenal signalled the start of Liverpool's
the halfback must go down as the scorer.” Liddell was too decline. On the face of it the club was in good shape
hot to handle and clinched a Liverpool win in the sixty- having won the League Championship only three years
second minute following a goalmouth scramble. earlier, but for the third season in a row the team was not
The Liverpool Echo scribe was mesmerised by strengthened and was too reliant on Liddell. Liverpool
proceedings: “When the players walked off at the end had to cope without the guidance of George Kay in the
shaking hands to the accompaniment of a sound which 1950/51 season as he was hospitalized in the summer.
can only be likened to the noise of 10,000 tons of granite After a promising start Liverpool fell apart from late-
chippings dropping on 10,000 Nissen huts (cumulative September, losing nine and drawing six out of 19 games
effect of 10,000 whirling rattles), it was almost a poignant to the end of January. Kay’s deteriorating health forced
moment for anyone with even the remotest interest in him to resign on 30 January 1951, eight months short of
either club.” his sixtieth birthday.
Liverpool’s fantastic win over their neighbours Billy Liddell admired George Kay for his dedication
inspired them to three League victories in a row and they to the cause:
re-captured top spot. Five games were left and up next
were eighth placed Newcastle. Liverpool suffered their “He had no other thought but for the good of Liverpool

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1951/52 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 H Portsmouth L 02 42270
2 | Aug 21 Div 1 A Burnley D 00 25162
3 | Aug 25 Div 1 A Chelsea WwW 3-1 44055 |_K Baron, B Liddell, A Stubbins
4 | Aug 29 Div 1 H Burnley W 3-1 32857 C Done, B Liddell, A Stubbins
5 | Sep0i Div1 H Huddersfield Wes Zt 39818 K Baron, B Liddell
6 | Sep 05 Div 1 A Arsenal D 0-0 47483 |
7 | Sep 08 Div 1 A Wolves L 1-2 35723 K Brierley
8 | Sep12 Div1 H Arsenal D 0-0 39853 ij
9 | Sep 15 Div 1 H Sunderland D 2-2 37381 K Baron, B Liddell
10 | Sep 22 Div 1 A Aston Villa Il 0-2 47056 ile
11 | Sep 29 Div 1 H Derby WwW 20 40259 J Smith, B Williams
12 | Oct 06 Div 1 A_| Charlton IE 0-2 31991
13 | Oct 13 Div 1 H Fulham Ww 40 36793 B Liddell, J Smith, J Payne 2
4} Oct 20 Div 1 A Middlesbrough Died 26126 B Jones, B Liddell, J Smith
15 | Oct27 Div1 H WBA IL 2-5 34891 | B Liddell (pen), J Payne
16 | Nov 03 Div 1 A Newcastle D 1-1 50132 J Payne
17 | Nov 10 Div 1 H Bolton D 1-1 49537 B Jackson
18 | Nov 17 Div 1 A Stoke Wil zal 23680 9 K Baron, J Payne
19 | Nov 24 Div 1 H Man Utd D 00 42378 9
20 | Dec 01 Div 1 A Tottenham W 3-2 51342 9 B Liddell 3 (1 pen)
21 | Dec 08 Div 1 H Preston iDite We"? 34722 9 L Hughes, B Liddell
22 | Dec15 Div 1 A Portsmouth WwW 3-4 29935 8 | J Smith, B Liddell 2
23 | Dec 22 Div1 H Chelsea D 1-1 26459 7 B Liddell
24} Dec 25 Div1 H Blackpool D 1-1 41198 8 | J Payne
25 | Dec 26 Div 1 A | Blackpool L 0-2 27414 9
26 | Dec 29 Div 1 A Huddersfield Ww 2-4 25500 8 B Liddell, J Payne
27 | Jan 05 Div 1 H Wolves D 1-1 44768 8 P Taylor
28 | Jan 12 FAC 3 H Workington Ww 1-0 52581 J Payne
29 | Jan 19 Div 1 A Sunderland L 0-3 33549 11 |
30 | Jan 26 Div 1 H Aston Villa L 1-2 39774 B Liddell
31 | Feb02 FAC 4 H Wolves WwW 2-4 61905 C Done, B Paisley
Div 1 A Derby D 1-1 22495 ! C Done
Div 1 H Charlton sei 33487 C Done
FAC 5 A Burnley 0-2 54031
Div 1 A Fulham D 1-1 36757 J Payne
Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 1-1 41945 B Jones
Div 1 A WBA 5) sks) 27033 B Liddell, B Paisley, A Stubbins
Div 1 H Newcastle WwW 3-0 48966 {_J Smith, A Stubbins 2
Div1 A Bolton Dey 4 17459 B Liddell
Div'1 H Stoke Ww 2-1 19740 K Baron, B Paisley
Div 1 A Man City W 21 35396 K Baron, J Payne
Div 1 A Man Utd L 0-4 44899 l
Div 1 H Man City L 1-2 34404 J Smith
Div1 H Tottenham D 1-1 36898 11 B Liddell
Div 1 A Preston L 0-4 28638 11

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Billy Liddell [4 [19 Games won
Kevin Baron 40 6 1 0 4) 6 Games drawn
Bob Paisley ear ne Pear Games lost
Bill Jones | 36 2 3 0 39 2 Clean sheets — League
Jimmy Payne 35 a a 3 ] 38 10 Clean sheets — Overall
Charlie Ashcroft 34 0 i 1 if 0 35 0 Total goals
Ray Lambert 32 0 3 0 35 0 Average attendance at home — League
John Heydon 27 0 2 0 29 0 Average attendance at home — Overall
John Smith 27 6 | 1 0 28 6 Average goals per game — League
Laurie Hughes 25 1 1 0 26 Average goals per game — Overall
Phil Taylor 24 1 2 0 26 1
Steve Parr | 16 0 0 0 16 0
Brian Jackson 15 1 1 0 16 1
Bryan Williams 11 i 2 0 13
Albert Stubbins 12 5 0 0 12 5
Cyril Done 7 10 3 2 1 12 4
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Bill Shepherd 2 0 0 0 2 0
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DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY |
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A Points
Manchester United 42 15 a 3 55 21 8 8 5 40 31 5/7
Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 1 4 45 20 6 8 7 31 31 8)
Arsenal 42 13 i 1 54 30 8 4 9 26 31 53
Portsmouth 42 13 3 5 42 25 i 5 gi 26 Ste! 48
Bolton Wanderers 42 11 7 | 3 35 26 8 3 10 30 35 48
Aston Villa 42 13 a 5 49 28 6 6 9 30 42 | 47
Preston North End 42 10 5 6 Bg 22 i if 7 sh 32 46
Newcastle United 42 12 4 5 62 28 6 5 10 36 45 45
Blackpool 42 12 5 | 4 40 27 6 4 11 24 37 45
Charlton Athletic 42 12 5 4 4) 24 5 5 11 L 27 39 44
Liverpool 42 6 11 4 31 25 6 8 7 26 36 43
Sunderland 42 8 6 7 41 28 7 6 8 29 RS 42
West Bromwich Albion 42 8 9 4 38 29 6 4 11 36 48 4
Burnley 42 9 6 6 32 is 6 4 11 24 44 40
Manchester City 42 7 5 9 29 28 6 8 7 29 33 39
Wolverhampton Wanderers ave |e) 6 7 40 33 4 8 9 33 40 38
Derby County ik 42 10 4 7 43 37 5 3 13 20 43 37
| Middlesbrough 42 | 12 4 5 37 25 3 e 16 27 63 36
Chelsea } 42 10 5 8 31 29 4 5 12 21 43 36
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during his waking hours, and also during many ofhis
nights. He told me often of the times he had lain in bed, 3 March 1951

unable to sleep, pondering over the manifold problems

Dear Mr. Welsh
that beset every manager, but which can be a curse to the
oversensitive or excessively conscientious ones ...if any man
I beg to confirm my telephone message today that the Board
gave his life for a club; George Kay did so for Liverpool.”
are prepared to appoint you Manager of the Club for an
initial period of three years at a salary of £1,500 per annum
Following Kay’s resignation, team selection was
with an allowance of £500 pa. for expenses. In addition the
carried out by the directors with the assistance of trainer
following bonuses will be payable:
Albert Shelley. Bill Shankly was one of the managers
interviewed for the vacancy at Liverpool.“In 1951, when
EA, Cup — £500 for winning the trophy. £350 ifdefeated
I was the manager ofCarlisle United, Igot a telephone call
in the Final tie or £250 if defeated in the Semi
from Liverpool and was asked if I’d like to be interviewed
Final.
for the manager’s job,” he recalled in his autobiography.
F; League — £500 for Championship or £250 for runners-
“George Kay had just resigned. I stayed in Southport on
up.
the Sunday night and went to meet the Liverpool Board
the next day... The big snag had cropped up when the
I also confirm that the Board desire you to commence duties
Liverpool Board had said the manager could put down
at the earliest possible moment and also that you should not
his team for matches and the Directors would scrutinize it
mention the matter to anyone before Monday the 5th when I
and alter it if they wanted to. So Ijust said, ‘If I don’t pick
propose to inform our local press of the appointment. Please let
the team, what am I manager of?’ And that was that.”
me have your acceptance ofthe office on the terms mentioned
Like most other clubs Liverpool were still locked
and let me know when you will be at liberty to commence
into the ancient system, whereby the board of directors
duty. With best wishes for a successful term ofoffice.
picked the team and the manager was judged on how
that team performed. Former Red Gordon Hodgson,
Yours faithfully,
who was Port Vale’s manager, was among the candidates
interviewed for the Anfield job. A couple of months
George A Richards
later Hodgson was admitted to hospital, but his “throat
complaint” was deemed inoperable. He returned to his
home in Burslem after a month in hospital only a few Unfortunately for Welsh, he inherited a Liverpool
days before he passed away aged just forty-seven. team that had been stagnating in mid-table and followed
Liverpool surprisingly appointed Don Welsh as the same pattern in his first full season. The Board under
manager. He had hardly set the world alight as manager the guidance of Richards wasn’t ambitious enough and
of third division Brighton and Hove Albion but had did nothing to stop their all too apparent slide. The
taken Charlton Athletic to successive FA Cup finals in writing was on the wall for Liverpool in 1953 when
1946 and 1947, being victorious in 1947. He hadn't they lost seven games out of nine, collapsing from a
even applied for the Liverpool vacancy but was a well- comfortable mid-table position in March. Liverpool had
known figure at Anfield after playing for the club during 34 points with one League game left one point ahead of
the war. At that time he was offered a coaching position second-from-bottom Manchester City, who had a game
at the club but his employers, Charlton Athletic, refused in hand. Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday were also on
to let him leave. the same 33 points as City and fate decreed that Liverpool
A simple three-page letter on headed notepaper and Chelsea met in a relegation dogfight. Bill Jones scored
in copper-plate script doubled up as Welsh’s contract in the 33rd minute and Louis Bimpson clinched a 2-0
at Liverpool. Liverpool victory eight minutes from time. The club
narrowly escaped relegation.
Liverpool’s cashier suddenly had to work overtime
in December 1953 when ‘keeper Dave Underwood,
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1952/53 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 23 Div 1 A Preston D 1-1 38000 10 J Smith
2 | Aug 27 Div 1 H Sheff Wed Ww 1-0 46614 6 K Baron
ie Aug 30 Div H Stoke W 3-2 40062 4 K Baron, B Liddell, J Smith
4 | Sep 03 Div 1 A Sheff Wed Ww 2-0 41183 1 K Baron, B Liddell
5 | Sep 06 Div 1 A Man City WwW 20 42965 1 K Baron, J Smith
6 | Sep 10 Div 1 H Tottenham W 2-4 49809 1 B Liddell (pen), J Smith
7 Sep 13 Div H Portsmouth D 1-1 49771 i B Williams
8 | Sep 15 Div A Tottenham L 1-3 37331 1 B Williams
9 | Sep 20 Div H Middlesbrough Ww 41 40715 1 K Baron, J Payne, J Smith, B Williams
0} Sep 27 Div 1 A WBA L 0-3 33774 3
1] Oct 04 Div H Newcastle W838 48002 1 K Baron, B Liddell, B Paisley, J Smith 2
Zi Octt Div A Bolton D 2-2 35251 3 K Baron, J Payne
3} Oct 18 Div H Aston Villa nee 42573 3
4] Oct 25 Div A Sunderland L 3 50555 4 B Lidde
5 ov 01 Div 1 H Wolves W 2-4 46487 2 B Liddell, J Payne
16 | Nov 08 Div A Charlton IL 23 30000 5 K Brierley, B Williams
7 ov 15 Div H Arsenal lf oo) 45010 if J Payne
8} Nov22 Div A Derby L 2-3 20758 8 B Liddell (pen), J Smith
9] Nov29 Div H Blackpool D 2-2 32336 9 J Payne 2
20 | Dec 13 Div H an Utd L 2 34450 2 B Lidde
21 | Dec 20 Div H Preston D 2-2 27659 3 K Baron, B Liddell
22 | Dec 25 Div A Burnley L 0-2 35858 4
23 | Dec 26 Div H Burnley D -1 46589 112 B Liddell (pen)
24 | Jan 03 Div A Stoke L 3 25000 4 K Baron
25 | Jan 10 FAC 3 A Gateshead L 0-1 15193
26 | Jan 17 Div H an City L 0-1 41191 16
27 | Jan 24 Div A Portsmouth L 3 27045 7 B Paisley
28 | Feb 07 Div A iddlesbrough W 3-2 30000 15 B Liddell, S Smyth, P Taylor |
29. | Feb 14 Div H WBA W 3-0 24890 1 B Liddell, J Payne, S Smyth |
30 | Feb21 | Div A ewcastle Wao 35000 1 § Smyth, P Taylor |
31 | Maro4 | Div H Bolton D 00 30000 1 |
32 ar 07 Div A Aston Villa L 0-4 30000 2
33 ar 14 Div H Sunderland W 2-0 40409 2 A ACourt, S Smyth
34 ar 21 Div A Wolves L 0-3 30000 3
35 ar 23 Div A Chelsea L 0-3 40000 3
36 ar 28 Div H Charlton L 1-2 23204 7 J Payne
37 | Apr 03 Div H Cardiff WwW 2-1 52079 14 L Bimpson, B Jones
38 | Apr 04 Div A Arsenal L 3-5 40564 16 A ACourt, L Bimpson, B Liddell
39 | Apr 06 Div A Cardiff L CN IL 20000 17
40 | Apr 11 Div H Derby D 1-1 34064 7 S Smyth
41 | Apr 18 Div A Blackpool L 1-3 22073 18 S Smyth
42 | Apr 20 Div 1 A Man Utd L 1-3 20869 8 S Smyth
| 43 | Apr 25 Div H Chelsea WwW 2-0 47699 16 L Bimpson, B Jones

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APPEARANCES & GOALS

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Billy Liddell 39 13 1 0 40 13 Games won eas

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Eddie Spicer 28 0 0 0 28 0
Kevin Baron 27 “) ] 0 28 9
John Smith Ae 1 o | 2 {8 Total goals
Bill Jones 26 2 1 en 2 Average attendance at home — League
Bob Paisley i 0 i eee
Charlie Ashcroft 24 0 0 0 24 0
John Heydon 23 0 ] 0 24 0
Phil Taylor 21 2 0 0 21 2
Russell Crossley 18 0 i 0 9 0
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Sammy Smyth 18 7 Oo | 0 8 7
Roy Saunders 14 0 1 0 15 | 0
Alan ACouri 12 2 0 0 2 a eee 8
Ronnie Moran 11 0 1 0 2 0
Bryan Williams 11 4 ] 0 Zeal aes
PLAYER DEBUTS
Laurie Hughes 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arthur Rowley against Preston
Arthur Rowley | 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ronnie Moran against Derby
Ken Brierley | 10 1 0 0 0 1
Sammy Smyth against Stoke
Louis Bimpson | SENS 0 0 8 3
Roy Saunders against Gateshead
Hugh Gerhardi
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Brian Jackson 5 0 0 0 5 0
Joseph Maloney against Bolton 04.03.1953
Albert Stubbins 5 0 0 0 5 0
Louis Bimpson against Aston Villa 07.03.1953
Steve Parr 4 0 0 0 4 0
Eric Anderson against Charlton 28.03.1953
Mervyn Jones 1 0 ee Gi 2 0
Eric Anderson 1 0 0 0 i 0

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228 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

and striker John Evans arrived for a total of £37,000. he Liverpool Echo did not expect a quick promotion
However, it was only due to desperation as the club was for Liverpool after witnessing their latest capitulation
rock-bottom of the League having lost all their 11 away against Arsenal on 10 April. “Now if one takes the
games. Nothing was going right for Liverpool and when display against the Gunners as a true indication of the
Underwood made his debut against Manchester United possibilities it looks as though instead of promotion bid
on 19 December one ofLiverpool’s most beloved players it may take them all their time to keep out of the Second
was horribly injured. Division dangerzone.”
Full-back Eddie Spicer had played 168 games for Liverpool lost 1-0 to Cardiffon 17 April, confirming
Liverpool since his debut in 1946 and the incident that their relegation to the Second Division. The following
finished his career was forever imprinted on his mind: day George Kay passed away, aged 62, having spent the
“We didn’t know anything about him [Underwood] last few years of his life in hospital. The day after his
and after about 20 minutes I can remember Roger passing, “Stork” wrote in the Liverpool Echo:
Byrne, who was outside-left that day, going down the
wing. | went with Tommy Taylor. Roger hit this ball, “George Kay was essentially a players’ man. His men
hard and low across the penalty box and I went for the were his first consideration and they thought the world
ball expecting our goalkeeper to come out and drop of him. Although brusque and outspoken, Mr. Kay was
on it. That’s what our other goalkeepers would have the soul ofsincerity and Liverpool never had a more loyal
done and that’s what I thought Underwood would do. servant. During the war years he travelled miles, often
Instead he just took a woof at it with his boot, missed through the night, to bring a player from a far-off camp,
the ball and hit me.” Bob Paisley, who was playing that when he should have been in bed. This undoubtedly took
day, recalled: “That mighty blow shattered Ted’s left leg. a lot out ofhim. That was George Kay — football was his
It disintegrated just the way a piece of dead wood does life’s blood, and nothing was too much for him on behalfof
if you tread on it. In all he had 19 fractures and he was in the Liverpool club. The strain eventually told its own tale,
and out of hospital for the next 12 months having it set and he had to give in on doctor’ orders, in the hope that the
and reset and it took more than 12 months to get over it rest from his worrying task would restore him to health. He
and to start to walk again.” was always looking ahead, even when things were running
Liverpool’s strengthening came too late and the smoothly, and he enjoyed the complete confidence of the
team continued to struggle. From early December the directors and the staff at the club. He undoubtedly had a
team didn’t celebrate a win until 3 April 1954. Liddell way with him, for he could keep the players as “sweet” as
only managed seven goals, but he couldn’t be expected sugar, and that takes a lot of doing. George had mastered
to do it all on his own as the Liverpool Echo pointed out: the art.”
“No words of mine are needed to stress all that Liddell
has meant to Liverpool in the last eight years. He has Don Welsh kept his job despite Liverpool’ relegation.
suffered this last two years from lack of support. It has Liddell received the captain’s armband and was moved
been disappointing to watch him so frequently forced up front, resulting in 30 goals in 40 games in his first
to go chasing for the ball in order to get a kick at it. Second Division campaign. Few were impressed by
Liddell should always be well plied with passes of the an eleventh place finish in 1955 during a season that
type which enable him to make the most of his speed, included the biggest defeat in the history of the club,
strength and final shot. Where Liverpool would have a 9-1 humiliation at the hands of eventual champions
been without him I hate to contemplate.” Birmingham City.
The team were particularly unlucky with injuries Alan A’Court played in the 1958 World Cup for
that season but the fact was Liverpool finished bottom England while Liverpool were still in the Second
of the pile with only nine victories and were relegated Division. LFChistory.net asked him how on earth
to the Second Division for the first time in 50 years! To Liverpool had managed to lose 9-1:
make matters worse Everton were promoted to the top-
flight having spent three years in the second tier. “We went to Birmingham, had a pre match meal of
boiled potatoes, chicken and rice pudding. It was the middle
of winter, the pitch was frozen, it was hard underneath

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1953/54 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE PCSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 19 Div 1 H Portsmouth W 3-4 39662 5 B Liddell, B Jones 2
2 | Aug 22 Div1 H Man Utd D 44 46725 6 B Jones, B Liddell, L Bimpson 2
3 | Aug 26 Div 1 H Newcastle D 22 47263 7 K Baron 2
4 | Aug 29 Div A Bolton L 0-2 28277 13
5 | Sep. 02 Div A Newcastle L 0-4 47000 6
6 | Sep 05 Div H Preston L iE 46928 17 B Jones
7 | Sep 07 Div A Wolves L 1-2 35701 17 B Jackson
8 | Sep 12 Div A Tottenham L 1-2 45000 20 B Jones
9 | Sep 16 Div H Wolves D 1-1 40000 20 B Jones
10] Sep 19 Div H Burnley Ww 40 36643 18 L Bimpson 4
11 | Sep 26 Div 1 A Charlton L 0-6 31000 21
12 | Oct 03 Div 1 H Sheff Wed D 2-2 38647 21 L Bimpson, B Paisley
13.) oct10 Div 4 Aston Villa WBA 37759 15 co (og), B Liddell, B Paisley, J Payne,

14 | Oct 17 Div 1 A Huddersfield L 0-2 30115 17

15 | Oct 24 Div H Sheff Utd W 3-0 37978 16 J Payne, S Smyth 2
16} Oct 31 Div A Chelsea L 2-5 33000 16 S Smyth 2
17 | Nov 07 Div H Man City D 2-2 30917 16 K Baron, L Bimpson
18 | Nov 14 Div A Sunderland L 2-3 36369 16 S Smyth 2
19 | Nov21 Div H Arsenal L -2 47814 9g L Bimpson
20 | Nov 28 Div A Cardiff L =o 15000 22 L Bimpson
21 | Dec 05 Div H Blackpool W 5-2 47320 20 A Arnell, J Payne, S Smyth, A ACourt 2
22 | Dec 12 Div A Portsmouth 1-5 23509 ‘21 S Smyth
23 | Dec 19 Div1 A Man Utd L 5 26074 22 L Bimpson
24 | Dec 25 Div A WBA L 2-5 28000 22 A ACourt, R Lambert (pen)
25 | Dec 26 Div H WBA D 60-0 51167 22
26 | Jan 02 Div H Bolton L -2 44383 22 J Evans
27 | Jan 09 FAC 3 A Bolton L 0-1 45341
28 | Jan 16 Div A Preston L os 27000 22 K Baron
29 | Jan 23 Div H Tottenham D 22 43592 22 J Evans, B Liddell
30 | Feb 06 Div A Burnley D -1 23000 22 E Anderson
31 | Feb 13 Div H Charlton L 2-3 47657 22 E Anderson, J Evans
32 | Feb 24 Div A Sheff Wed D -1 10000 22 E Anderson
33 | Feb 27 Div A Aston Villa t -2 25000 22 L Bimpson
34 | Mar 06 Div 1 H Huddersfield L 1-3 46074 22 J Evans
35 | Mar 13 Div A Sheff Utd L 3 17000 22 B Liddell (pen)
36 | Mar 20 Div 1 H Chelsea D 1-1 36292 22 E Anderson
37 | Apr 03 Div H Sunderland W 4-3 30417 22 E Anderson, J Evans, B Jackson, B Liddell (pen)
38 | Apr 07 Div A Man City Ww 20 13593 22 B Jackson 2
39 | Apr 10 Div 1 A Arsenal L 0-3 33178 22
40 Apr 16 Div 1 A Middlesbrough Ww 1-0 30000 22 S Smyth
41 | Apr17 Div 1 H Cardiff L 0-1 41340 22
42 | Apr 19 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Ww 441 22000 22 B Liddell, TRowley, S Smyth 2
43 | Apr 24 Div 1 A Blackpool IL 18651

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LEAGUE FA CUP TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Starts |Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Billy Liddell 7 0 37 / Games won
Laurie Hughes ai 0 0 28 Oa Games drawn
Brian Jackson 27 4 0 28 4 Games lost
Sammy Smyth 26 13 0 0 26 13 Clean sheets — League
Bill Jones 25 6 0 26 6 | Clean sheets — Overall
Louis Bimpson 24 12 0 0 24 12 Total goals
Eddie Spicer 23 Oe 0 23 = Average attendance at home — League
| Ray Lambert 20 i 0 21 | Average attendance at home — Overall
Geoff Twentyman 20 0 0 0 20 0 Average goals per game — League
Roy Saunders 20 0 0 0 20 0 |Average goals per game — Overall
Bob Paisley 9 2 0 0 19 Z
Russell Crossley 8 0 0 “] 0
Frank Lock 8 0 0 g 0 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Barry Wilkinson Sue ee ee ee League Vee see |
Jimmy Payne 7 3 0 18 3 FA Cup 0
Dave Underwood 8 0 0 0 8 0
Kevin Baron h 4 0 0 7 4
John Evans 6 5 0 i or PLAYER DEBUTS
Alan ACourt 6 3 0 0 reli Harold Jones against Preston
Re aapdaren 13 5 0 0 3 fe Albert Childs against Burnley
Tom McNulty ? 0 0 0 7 0 Don Campbell against Sunderland
Phil Taylor 6 0 | 0 7 0 ‘ Alan Arnell against Blackpool 05.12.1953
Charlie Ashcroft 6 0 | 0 0 6 0 Barry Wilkinson against Blackpool 05.12.1953
Joseph Maloney 5 0 | 0 0 6 0 Geoff Twentyman against Man Utd 19.12.1953
Alan Arnel 3 1 | 0 0 3 1 Dave Underwood against Man Utd 19.12.1953
John Smith . 0 0 0 3 0 John Evans against WBA 26.12.1953
Don Campbell 2 0 0 0 2 0 Frank Lock against WBA 26.12.1953
Albert Childs 2 0 0 0 2 0 Tom McNulty against Sheff Wed 24.02.1954
Tony Rowley 2 i] 0 0 5 1 Tony Rowley against Middlesbrough 19.04.1954
Harold Jones 1 0 0 0 | 0
Ronnie Moran 1 0 0 0 (| 0

DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
Team Played] W_ | OD L F A Ww D L F A | Points
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 6 1 Al 4 61 25 g 6 6
West Bromwich Albion 42 3 5 3 ‘3 24 g 4 8
Huddersfield Town 42 3 6 2 45 24 7 5 I
Manchester United 42 | 6 4 4 27 ii 6 8
Bolton Wanderers 42 | 4 6 1 45 20 | 4 6 1
Blackpool 42 amie DSS 4 1
Burnley 42 6 2 3 5 23) (is 2 4
Chelsea 42 2 3 6 45 26 4 g 8
Charlton Athletic 42 14 Laine 5) 26 5 2 4
Cardiff City 42 2 4 5 32 27 6 4 1
Preston North End 42 a Z 7 43 24 i 3 |
Arsenal 42 8 8 5 42 ol ii 5 a
Aston Villa 42 2 5 4 50 28 4 4 3
Portsmouth TATE 5 3 53 | 31 1 6 4
Newcastle United 4 | 9 2 10 | 43 | 40 5 8 8
Tottenham Hotspur oa | 3 7 38 5 2 4
Manchester City 42 0 4 7 35 4 Mm Z
Sunderland 42 ] 4 6 50 3 4 4
Sheffield Wednesday 42 2 4 5 43 3 Z 6
Sheffield United 42 ) 5 7 43 2 6 3
Middlesbrough 42 6 6 9 29 4 4 13
Liverpool 42 7 8 6 49 2 2 17

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and wet on top. In those days, there were no rubber boots, Welsh had good reason to complain of the sadly all-
so they came out with plimsolls on. We were slipping and too common meddling with team affairs by the board.
sliding all over the place and went three goals down in the “As everybody knows team selection at Liverpool has
first fifteen minutes. Billy Liddell pulled one back for us always been a board affair and there we have not always
and I still say that was the best of the ten! He kept his regarded things in the same light,” he recalled. When you
balance beautifully on that surface, turned like an ice-skater consider that the Liverpool Board in those days included
and hit a screamer into the top corner of the net. It was a a caterer, a coal merchant and a solicitor it is perhaps
one-off game. I cannot explain why it happened. The game unsurprising that the team underperformed. The lack
kept slipping away, literally.” of ambition at board-level did permeate through to the
players as Alan A’Court told LFChistory.net:
Liverpool were down in the depths, but a rare
highlight came when the two Merseyside clubs met in “The Board wouldn’t give the manager any money to
the fourth round of the FA Cup on 29January 1955. Billy spend, but we were always third or fourth, there or there
Liddell opened the scoring in the eighteenth minute, a abouts, but not quite capable of making the extra step. We
goal which he later described as giving him the greatest felt that although we were getting 45,000-50,000 fans
pleasure of the 228 goals he scored for the Reds. every week, where was that money going? It certainly
“The ball was brought down the right wing by Brian wasn’t being spent on transfers!”
Jackson, who centred it,’ he would recall. “It bounced
in front of me as I was harassed by Tommy Jones, the It wasn’t that Welsh was a particularly bad manager,
Everton centre-half.We both went for the ball, and as he but what Liverpool needed at the time was a very good
came in for the tackle, 1 managed to flick it over his head manager and he definitely wasn’t that. The club was in a
while I dodged round to the left of him. As I rounded worse state when Welsh departed than when he arrived
Jones, I brought the ball under control. I was about six and the next appointment would be crucial. Liverpool
yards out at an angle to the goal. There was nothing for decided to keep things ‘in the family’ and turned to
it, but to shoot, so I let fly with my left foot. The ball former skipper Phil Taylor, who had retired as a player
whipped across, and into the net by the far post.” after the relegation of 1954 but had remained with the
The papers were full of praise for the Reds. “‘The club as part of the coaching staff.
sensation of the season’ — Liverpool hadn’t won an away At least when Taylor was at the club Liverpool
match this season. The result, a just and by no means made some decent signings. Tommy Younger, a Scottish
fluky result, shows that they won by four to nothing! international goalkeeper, was brought in as well as
That deserves four exclamation marks....nay forty-four! experienced midfielder Johnny Wheeler from Bolton
This is why I call this affair the sensation of the season Wanderers and attacking midfielder Jimmy Harrower
and probably the most dramatic day in the long history from Hibernian. Workhorse Ronnie Moran and
of the famous Merseyside football ‘derby’.” Liddell goal-getter Jimmy Melia were also coming through
revealed that Welsh was so pleased with the result that the ranks.
he gave the players 10 shillings each! Unfortunately Billy Liddell would have been well within his rights
Liverpool were knocked out in the next round by to have asked for a transfer to enable him to play in the
Huddersfield Town. top division but that wasn’t Billy’s way. Although a Scot
With six matches remaining in the 1955/56 season, he was truly an adopted Scouser and devoted the rest of
Liverpool were in second place, which would see them his career to the vain pursuit of getting Liverpool back
promoted. However, it was but the briefest glimpse, into the First Division. On 23 November 1957 he broke
lasting only two days before a 2-1 defeat to Doncaster Elisha Scott’s all-time appearance record for Liverpool
Rovers saw them slip down to fifth. Welsh spent a lot of when he played his 469th game. He celebrated the feat
money for the time, but a lot of it was on players who by scoring both goals in a 2-0 win over Blackburn.
_were either past their best or didn’t show the form they Bill Shankly, who was the manager of Huddersfield
had been deemed capable of. The directors believed that who beat Liverpool 5-0 at Leeds Road on 4 October
a change was needed and Welsh was dismissed towards 1958, was not impressed by Liverpool’s outlook. “I
the end of the season. remember the Liverpool directors leaving the ground

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1954/55 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 21 Div 2 H Doncaster W 3-2 7 T Rowley 3
2 | Aug 23 Div 2 A Plymouth L 0-1 25574 a}
3 | Aug 28 Div 2 A Derby L 2-3 18777 17 L Bimpson,J Evans
4 | Sep 01 Div 2 H Plymouth D 33 32777 15 J Evans, A Arnell 2
5 | Sep 04 Div 2 H West Ham It 1-2 37593 19 J Payne
6 | Sep 06 Div 2 A Bristol Rovers L 0-3 25574 19
7 | Sep 11 Div 2 A Blackburn L 3-4 29200 20 B Liddell, J Evans 2
8 | Sep15 Div 2 H Bristol Rovers W 5:3 | 31100 18 J Evans 5
9 | Sep 18 Div 2 H Fulham W 41 | 44372 16 J Evans, B Liddell 3 (2 pens)
Sep 25 Div 2 A Swansea L 2-3 25836 17 B Liddell, T Rowley
Oct 02 Div 2 H Notts County WwW 3-1 37639 14 |J Evans, E Anderson 2
Oct 09 Div 2 H Rotherham United | W = 3-1 45868 13 A ACourt, J Evans, B Liddell
Oct 16 Div 2 A Stoke L 0-2 23569 15
Oct 23 i Div 2 H Bury D 1-1 33310 16 E Anderson
Oct 30 Div 2 A Lincoln City D 3-3 13800 16 E Anderson, B Liddell 2
Nov 06 Div 2 H Hull City W 2-1 32592 14 E Anderson, G Twentyman
Nov 13 [ Div2 A Luton L 2-3 15000 15 | J Evans, B Liddell (pen)
Nov 20 Div2 H Nottm For W 1-0 33509 13 B Liddell (pen)
Nov 27 Div 2 _A | Leeds United D Zea 14 B Liddell 2
Dec 04 Div2 H Middlesbrough WwW 3-1 26749 12 G Twentyman, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
Dec 11 Div 2 A Birmingham L 1-9 17500 15 B Liddell
Dec 18 Div2 A Doncaster L 1-4 9655 [4 15 J Evans
Dec 25 Div2 H Ipswich W 6-2 24073 | 14 L Bimpson, J Evans, B Liddell 4 (1 pen)
Dec 27 Div 2 A Ipswich L 0-2 19000 15
Jan 01 Div 2 H Derby WwW 2-0 34237 | 14 B Jackson, B Liddell
Jan 08 FAC 3 A Lincoln City D 1-1 15399 | [ J Evans
Jan 12 FAC 3 Rep H Lincoln City WwW 1-0 32179 if J Evans
Jan22 | Div2 H Blackburn Ww 41 45543 14 | _Bliddell, B Liddell, J Evans 2
Jan 29 | FAC 4 A Everton Ww 40 72000 A ACourt, B Liddell, J Evans 2
Feb 05 Div 2 A Fulham W 2-1 24000 | 12 J Evans, T Rowley
Feb 12 Div 2 H Swansea D 1-1 42249 | 11 G Twentyman
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Mar 03 Div 2 A Notts County WwW 3-0 11000 10 A ACourt, A Arnell, T Rowley
Mar 05 Div 2 H Stoke ee 2-4) 35655 if J Evans 2
Mar 12 Div 2 A Bury W 43 16081 10 J Evans 4
Mar 19 Div 2 H Lincoln City L 2-4 | 31805 [ 13 B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
Mar 26 Div 2 A Hull City D 22 6000 12 E Anderson, J Evans
Apr 02 Div 2 H Luton D oa 30710 1 E Anderson, A South, J Evans 2
Apr 08 Div 2 A Port Vale L 3-4 25000 12 E Anderson, J Evans, B Liddell
Apr 09 Div 2 A Nottm For L 1-3 15409 14 B Liddell
Apr 11 Div 2 H Port Vale De Ft | 36285 14 B Jackson
Apr 16 Div 2 H Leeds United D 2-2 34950 12 J Payne, T Rowley
Apr 23 Div 2 A Middlesbrough WwW 2-1 16000 13 B Liddell, T Rowley
Apr 26 Div 2 A West Ham Ww 30 9000 11 J Evans, E Anderson 2
Apr 30 Div 2 H Birmingham D 2-2 38392 (il B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
May 02 Div 2 A Rotherham United I B Liddell

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts | Goals Total games
Billy Liddell 40 30 Games won
John Evans 38 29 4 4 42 33 Games drawn
Geoff Twentyman 35 3 4 0 39 3 Games lost
Eric Anderson 32 10 3 0 a) 10 Clean sheets — League
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Roy Saunders 28 0 4 0 OZ 0
Laurie Hughes 26 0 3 0 2a 0
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Ronnie Moran 7 0 4 0 21 0
Tom McNulty 19 0 0 0 19 0
Jimmy Payne 17 Z 1 0 18 we
Barry Wilkinson 15 0 0 0 15 0
Charlie Ashcroft 14 0 1 0 15 0
Tony Rowley 13 8 0 0 13 8
PLAYER DEBUTS
Don Campbell 12 0 0 0 12 0
Doug Rudham against Nottm For 20.11.1954
Louis Bimpson 8 2 1 ahs 2
Alex South against Lincoln City 12.01.1955
Alan Arnell 7 3 1 ohms ee 3 Fred Tomley against Bury 12.03.1955
Alex South 6 1 1 Omen 1 Keith Burkinshaw against Port Vale 11.04.1955
Dave Underwood new Ae ee 0 |
Fred Tomley 2 0 0 0 2 0 |
Keith Burkinshaw 1 0 0 0 1 0

DIVISION 2

HOME
Team D L F A Ww D
Birmingham City 14 4 3 56 22 8 6 7 36 25 54
Luton Town 18 2 1 55 18 5 6 10 33 35 54
Rotherham United | 42 7 ] 3 59 22 8 3 10 35 42 54
Leeds United | 42 4 4 3 43 19 9 3 9 27 34 53
Stoke City | 42 12 5 4 38 7 9 5 il 31 29 52
Blackburn Rovers 42 4 4 Ss 73 31 8 7h 11 4 48 50
Notts County 42 4 3 4 46 27 7 3 a) 28 44 48
West Ham United 42 12 4 5 46 28 6 6 9 28 42 46
Bristol Rovers 42 15 4 2 52 23 4 o 14 23 47 45
Swansea 42 15 3 3 58 28 2 6 13 28 55 43
Liverpool 42 11 7 3 55 37 5 3 13 37 59 42
iddlesbrough 42 13 1 7 48 31 5 11 Us) 51
Bury 42 0 5 6 44 35 5 6 10 33 37
Fulham 42 0 5 6 46 li 29 4 | 6 11 30 50
ottingham Forest 42 8 4 9 29 yas] 8 io 0 29 33
Lincoln City 42 8 6 it 39 35 5 4 2 29 44
Port Vale 42 10 6 4) 31 21 2 5 4 Wh 50
Doncaster Rovers 42 10 5 6 85 34 4 i 15 23 61
Hull City 42 7 5 9 30 35 5 5 1 et
Plymouth Argyle 42 0 a ee eae 6 | 28 | 56
pswich Town 42 0 3 8 37 28 1 3 7 20 64
Derby County 42 6 6 9 39 34 1 3 le 14 48

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in single file with their shoulders slumped, like a funeral days later the reception afforded to Williams had to be
procession,” he recalled. heard to be appreciated but worse was to follow. Shortly
What was it like to support Liverpool in the Second after the start of the game Williams had occasion to walk
Division? LFChistory.net asked avid Red, John Martin, towards the Kop to collect the ball and as he bent down
who remembered: to pick it up a table knife was thrown at him. Had the
incident happened these days I imagine that the ground
“Going on away trips to the likes of Grimsby, would be closed for a period and the club would befined
Rotherham, Doncaster and Lincoln really made us many thousands of pounds. Charlie picked up the knife
appreciate what we had at Anfield, even though (whisper and made a dramatic gesture of stabbing himself. He was
it) our ground was itselfabit of a tip in those days. Actually, instantly forgiven by the Kop and nothing more was heard
the more I think about the Second Division days the more of the incident.
I realise that they weren’t really all that bad. We didn’t
have anything like the history of success behind us then Another memorable vignette that brings our sojourn in
that we have built up since and, apart from the League the Second Division into perspective concerns a right-back
Championship in the first season after the Second World who played almost 250 games, one John Molyneux, signed
War and a losing appearance in the 1950 FA Cup final, from Chester. He was a more than decent defender but my
most of our supporters didn’t actually expect success. True, abiding memory of him was appearing for the second half
we didn’t expect relegation either but we thought that we of a game at Anfield. We had obviously lost the toss because
would be back in the top flight within one or, at the very we were defending the Kop goal in the second half and just
most, two seasons. Finishing 11th in the first season in before the referee blew for the second half to start, John had
the second division was a bit of a shocker but after that we a final drag on his half-time fag and stubbed it out on the
finished either third or fourth every season (with only two corner of the penalty area! Definitely the only time that I
being promoted) until promotion was finally secured. have seen a professional footballer smoking on the pitch.”

“As a dyed in the wool fan rather than a journalist I Part-timers Worcester City’s 2-1 victory over the
didn’t keep anything remotely resembling a diary in those Reds in the third round of the FA Cup on 15 January
days but I find that as I look back halfa century certain 1959 was the biggest cup upset in the club’s history and
details emerge from one’s memory. Charlie Williams, proved to be the beginning of the end for Phil Taylor.
probably remembered by most Liverpool fans as a comedian Towards the end of the 1950s it was obvious that
from the 70°: but, to those of us of a certain age, a very something needed to be done, otherwise Liverpool
competitive centre half for Doncaster Rovers. The Easter would have to settle for Second Division mediocrity.
programme was arranged in such a way that the fixtures Fortunately the Chairman, Thomas Valentine Williams,
that took place on Good Friday were reversed on Easter had the foresight to realise that the feudal system that
Monday. In 1956 the Reds played Doncaster Rovers away had prevailed in football since the Football League began
on the Good Friday and lost 1-0. This was obviously not was no longer viable and he remembered the bloke at
good but we learned that Mr. Williams had given our Huddersfield who had criticised Liverpool’s Board for
revered centre forward Billy Liddell a fearful kicking during refusing to allow him to pick the team if he was to
the game. Defeat we could take but physical abuse of Billy become the club’s new manager. Liverpool’s fortunes
would not be tolerated. When the return was played three were about to be changed forever.

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1955/56 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 20 Div 2 A___|_ Nottm For WwW 3-1 21389 4 J Evans, A ACourt 2
2 | Aug 24 Div 2 H Sheff Wed L 03 | 41791 12
3 | Aug 27 Div 2 H Hull City Ww 30 a 38928 | 6 A Arnell, B Liddell 2
4 | Aug31 Div 2 A Sheff Wed DAFA 30853 7 B Liddell
5 | Sep 03 Div 2 A Blackburn D 33 30000 8 | BLiddell, A Arnell 2
6 | Sep 07 Div 2 H__|_ Bristol Rovers L 0-2 | 38221 11
7 | Sep 10 Div 2 H Lincoln City W 24 39816 3 A Arnell 2
8 | Sep17 Div 2 A Leicester L 1-3 21356 1 B Liddell
9 | Sep24 | Div2 H Middlesbrough D 1- 35312 13 B Liddell
10 | Oct 01 Div 2 H Plymouth Wo 41 | 34397 12 A ACourt 2, G Twentyman 2
1 Oct 08 Div 2 A | Bristol City L 1-2 25279 13 T Rowley
Oct 15 Div 2 H West Ham WS 32187 11 A ACourt, B Liddell, J Payne
1 Oct 22 Div 2 { A Bury Ww 4 12296 9 A Arnell 2, B Liddell 2
Oct 29 Div 2 H Rotherham United Ww 20 31810 7 A Arnell, B Liddell
Nov 05 Div2 A i Swansea L 1-2 25000 g A Arnell
Nov 12 | Div 2 H Notts County Wi. 2 32654 6 B Liddell, G Twentyman
Nov 19 Div 2 | A Leeds United L 2-4 22500 7. A Arnell, B Liddell (pen)
Nov 26 Div? H Falhara WwW 70 34995 5 A ACourt, A Arnell, J Evans, J Payne, G Twentyman,
B Liddell 2
Dec 03 Div 2 | A Port Vale | D 1-1 16191 5 B Liddell
Dec 10 Div2 H Barnsley D 1-1 26241 vi J Evans
Dec 17 Div 2 H [_ Nottm For W 5-2 29248 AK 5 J Evans, J Melia, B Liddell 3
Dec 24 Div 2 A Hull City Ww 2-4 19537 ; 2 E Anderson, J Evans
Dec 26 Div 2 H Stoke D 2-2 49604 J) J Evans, B Liddell (pen)
Dec27 | Div2 A Stoke 28 | 291 Wd T Rowley, G Twentyman
Dec 31 Div2 H Blackburn L 1-2 il: 48071 8 E Anderson
26 | Jan 07 FAC 3 H Accrington Stanley Ww 2-0 48385 |B Liddell 2
27 | Jan 21 Div 2 H Leicester W 3-1 39917 i! A Arnell, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
28 | Jan 28 FAC 4 H |_ Scunthorpe [EI 53393 J Payne, B Liddell 2
29 | Feb 04 | Div 2 A Middlesbrough WwW 2-1 11000 5 J Evans, B Liddell
30 | Feb 06 FAC 4 Rep A Scunthorpe Wa Ze 19500 A Arnell, B Liddell (aet 1-1 at 90 mins)
31 | Feb11 Div 2 A Plymouth L 0-4 10250 | 8
32 | Feb 18 FAC 5 A Man City D 00 70640
33 | Feb 22 FAC 5 Rep H Man City L 1-2 57528 A Arnell
34 | Feb 25 Div 2 A West Ham L 0-2 18800 8
35 | Feb 29 Div 2 H Leeds United Ww 1-0 21068 8 J Evans
36 | Mar 03 Div 2 H Bury W 42 35535 6 J Dickson, B Liddell, J Evans 2 (1 pen)
37 | Mar 10 Div2 A Barnsley Ww 50 13678 3 J Dickson, E Anderson 2, B Liddell 2
38 | Mar 17 | Div 2 H Swansea Ww 4 48217 3 E Anderson, B Liddell, J Dickson 2
39 | Mar 24 it Div 2 A Notts County B 1-2 14000 3 E Anderson
40 | Mar 30 Div 2 A Doncaster It 0-1 15000 3)
41 | Mar 31 Div 2 rp tal Bristol City WwW 2- 46713 2 A Arnell, J Evans (pen)
42 | Apr 02 Div 2 H Doncaster L 1-2 49659 5 J Evans
43 | Apr 07 Div 2 A Fulham L 1-3 15750 8 B Liddell
44 | Apr 14 Div 2 H Port Vale Ww 4 29413 5 G Twentyman, T Rowley 3
45 | Apr 21 Div 2 A Rotherham United Ww 1-0 9031 4 T Rowley
46 | Apr 28 Div 2 A Bristol Rovers W 2 24106 3 J Evans, G Twentyman
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1955/56 APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP TOTAL THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Player Starts |Goals | Starts | Goals | Starts |Goals Total games
Geoff Twentyman 7 5 0 47 7 Games won
Alan A‘Court 40 6 8) 0 45 6 Games drawn
Laurie Hughes ok) 0 5 44 0 Games lost
Billy Liddell 3 27 5 a 44 32 Clean sheets — League
Ronnie Moran 39 0 Ks) 0 44 0 Clean sheets — Overall
Roy Saunders 37 0 5 0 42 0 Tota! goals
John Molyneux 32 0 5 0 3/ 0 Average attendance at home — League
John Evans 31 13 5 0 36 13 Average attendance at home — Overall
Alan Arnell 23 13 4 2 27 15 Average goals per game — League
Dave Underwood 21 0 5 0 26 0 Average goals per game — Overall
Doug Rudham 21 0 0 Ue 0
Jimmy Payne 16 2 5 21 )
Eric Anderson 20 6 0 0 | 20 6 |
Brian Jackson 8 0 0 15 0
Ray Lambert 10 0 0 0 10 0
Louis Bimpson 8 0 1 0 9 0
Dick White iE 8 0 0 8 0 PLAYER DEBUTS
Tony Rowley 7 6 0 0 7 6 ;
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Tom McNulty | 0 0 0 1 0 5
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John Price i 0 0 0 1 0 = : :
Joe Dickson against Leeds United 29.02.1956
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Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A | Points
Sheffield Wednesday 42 3) 5 3} 60 28 8 8 5 4] 34 55
Leeds United 42 7 3 1 51 18 6 3 2 (Ay 42 52
Liverpool 42 14 3 4 52 25 7 3 1 33 38 48
Blackburn Rovers 42 3 4 4 55 29 8 2 1 29 36
Leicester 42 15 3 3 63 23 6 a) 2 31 le)
Bristol Rovers 42 is 3 5 53 33 8 3 0 31 37
Nottingham Forest 42 9 5 il 30 26 10 4 x 38 oi
Lincoln City 42 4 5 i 49 7 4 a 2 30 48
Fulham 42 5 2 4 59 27 5 4 Z, 30 52
Swansea 42 4 4 3) 49 23 6 2 ) 34 58
Bristol City 42 4 4 3 49 20 5 3 3 31 44
Port Vale 42 2 4 ) 38 21 4 g) 8 22 By
Stoke City 42 3 2 6 47 27 7 Z 12 24 35
iddlesbrough 42 ] 4 6 46 31 5 4 2 30 47
Bury 42 9 5 il 44 39 7 3 1 42 il
West Ham United 42 2 4 5 52 27 2D 7 2 22 42
Doncaster Rovers 42 1 5 a 45 30 1 6 4 24 66
Barnsley 42 0 5 6 33 35 1 7 3 14 49
Rotherham United 42 7 5 9 29 34 5 4 2 27 4)
otts County 42 8 5 8 39 37 3 4 4 16 45
Plymouth Argyle 42 7 6 8 33 25 3 2 6 21 62
Hull City i 6 4 11 32 45 4 2 5 21 52

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1956/57 APPEARANCES & GOALS
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Total games 47
Ronnie Moran Games won 23
Laurie Hughes 0 Games drawn 8
Billy Liddell I at, faa 0 I Games lost 16
John Molyneux 40 0 1 0 Clean sheets — League 6
Tommy Younger 40 0 0 4) 0 Clean sheets — Overall 8
Alan A'Court 38 10 0 39 10 Total goals 93
Geoff Twentyman 30 3 0 31 3 Average attendance at home — League 37,323
Johnny Wheeler 28 10 i 29 11 Average attendance at home — Overall 39,295
Roy Saunders 27 ] 0 28 | Average goals per game — League 2.48
Jimmy Melia 26 || 0 27 6 Average goals per game — Overall 2.42
Louis Bimpson 21 6 0 Qe | 6
Brian Jackson 19 2 0 0 19 Z
Alan Arnell 14 10 0 15 10 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Tony Rowley 14 7 0 0 14 i League 85
John Evans 11 2 0 0 1 2 FA Cup 8
Barry Wilkinson 8 0 0 0 9 8 0
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Tom McNulty 7 0 0 0 7 0 John Price against Leeds United 19.11.1955
Bloug Ruckam 7 0 0 0 , 0 Jimmy Melia against Nottm For 17.12.1955
| Fred Perry against Blackburn | 31.12.1955
|Joe Dickson against Leeds United | 29.02.1956
|Dick White against Barnsley | 10.03.1956

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Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L
Leicester 42 4 5 2 68 36 11 6 4
Nottingham Forest 42 al 4 4 50 29 gi 6 6
Liverpool 42 16 1 4 53 26 5 10 6 29 28 53
Blackburn Rovers | 42 2 6 3 49 32 9 4 8 34 43 52
Stoke City 42 16 2 3 64 18 4 6 1 19 40 48
Middlesbrough 42 | 2 5 4 51 29 7 5 9 33 31 48
Sheffield United 42 | 1 6 4 45 28 | 8 2 1 42 48 46
West Ham United 42 2 4 5 31 24 | 7 4 0 28 39 46
Bristol Rovers 42 a 5 4 47 19 6 4 | 34 48 45
Swansea 42 2 3] 6 53 34 7 4 0 37 56 45
Fulham 42 3 i 7 53 OZ 6 3] 2 el 44 42
Huddersfield Town | 42 0 S 8 33 27 8 3 0 35 47 42
Bristol City | 42 l 43 2 6 49 32 3 7 1 25 47 4
Doncaster Rovers 42 12 5 4 51 21 3 2 18 26 56 40
Leyton Orient 42 7 8 6 34 38 8 2 1 32 46 40
Grimsby Town 42 Z 4 5 41 26 5 1 15 20 36 39
Rotherham United 42 | if 5 37 26 | 4 4 3 37 49 37
Lincoln City 42 9 4 8 30) || 2S 2 4 | 20 53 34
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Notts County 42 7 6 8 34 32 2 6 3 24 54 30
Bury 42 5 3 13 37 47 3 6 2 23 49 25
Port Vale 42 7 4 10 31 42 1 2 8 26 (ats) 22

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1956/57 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 18 Div 2 H Huddersfield IL 2-3 49344 16 B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
2 | Aug 23 Div 2 A___|_Notts County D 1-1 14671 13 B Liddell
3 | Aug 25 Div 2 Kemet Bury W 20 17000 9 L Bimpson, R Saunders
4 | Aug 29 Div 2 H Notts County D 3-3 41095 | 1 L Bimpson, G Twentyman 2
5 | Sep 01 Div 2 H Grimsby Town W 3-2 43222 6 A Arnell, L Bimpson 2
6 | Sep 03 Div 2 A West Ham D 1-1 25000 6 B Liddell
7 | Sep 08 Div 2 t A Doncaster D 1-1 13580 6 B Lidde'!
8 | Sep15 Div 2 H Stoke L 0-2 47119 12
9 | Sep 22 Div 2 A Middlesbrough D 1-1 23000 13 Richard Robinson (og)
10 | Sep 29 Div 2 H Leicester Ww 20 41126 10 B Liddell, J Melia
Oct 06 Div 2 H Blackburn L 2-3 41538 il? E Anderson, B Liddell
Oct 13 Div 2 A |_ Bristol City E (eae | 26042 4 | JWheeler
Oct 20 Div 2 H Fulham W 43 36735 2 _| AACourt, B Liddell, J Melia, JWheeler
14} Oct 27 Div 2 A Barnsley L ah 13941 14 J Melia
15 | Nov 03 Div 2 H Port Vale Ww 41 32334 Z B Liddell, J Wheeler 3
16 | Nov 10 Div 2 A Rotherham United D 2-2 1524 13 A ACourt, L Bimpson
17 | Nov17 Div2 H Lincoln City Ww 40 29672 11 A Arnell 2, JWheeler 2
18 | Nov 24 Div2 A Swansea D 1-1 8000 0 A Arnel
19 | Dec 01 Div2 H Sheff Utd W 5-4 34159 9 A ACourt, A Arnell, B Liddell, J Melia, J Wheeler
20 | Dec 08 Div 2 A Nottm For Ik 0-1 17624 )
21 | Dec 15 Div 2 A Huddersfield WwW 3-0 11577 9 A Arnell 3
22 | Dec 22 Div 2 H Bury Mie 0 |, 8754 |, 8 B Liddell (pen), J Melia
23 | Dec 25 Div 2 H Leyton Orient Ww 1-0 22001 A | AACourt
24 | Dec 26 Div 2 A Leyton Orient Ww 40 i 0332 4 A ACourt, A Arnell, L Bimpson, B Liddell
25 | Dec 29 Div 2 A Grimsby Town D 0-0 15001 3
26 | Jan 05 FAC 3 | A Southend iL 1-2 18253 J Wheeler
27.| Jan 12 Div 2 H Doncaster Ww 2-1 35954 4 A Arnell, G Twentyman
28 | Jan 19 Div 2 | A Stoke L 0-1 | 31144 5 |
29 | Feb 02 Div 2 H Middlesbrough L 1-2 38890 7 IlA ACourt
30 | Feb 09 Div 2 A Leicester L 2-3 39622 g J Evans, B Liddell
31] Feb16 Div 2 A Blackburn D 2-2 27100 7 B Liddell, J Wheeler
32 | Mar 02 Div2 A Fulham Wi eZ 26500 8 J Evans, B Liddell
33 | Mar 09 Div2 H Barnsley Wo 2 30672 6 B Liddell, J Wheeler
34 | Mar 16 Div 2 A Port Vale W 2-1 | 14241 5 T Rowley 2
Mar 23 Div 2 H Rotherham United | W 4-1 33307 5 A ACourt, Norman Noble (og), B Liddell, T Rowley
Mar 30 Div 2 | A Lincoln City D 3-3 8449 6 T Rowley, B Jackson 2
Apr 06 Div 2 H Swansea Ww 2-0 34773 4 A ACourt 2
Apr 13 Div 2 A Sheff Utd L 0-3 24000 5
Apr 19 Div2 4 H Bristol Rovers Ww 44 40776 4 D Campbell, B Liddell (pen), J Melia, T Rowley
Apr 20 Div 2 H Nottm For WwW 3-4 47621 4 A ACourt, B Liddell, T Rowley
Div 2 A Bristol Rovers D 0-0 14794 4
Div 2 H West Ham W 1-0 36236 4 B Liddell (pen)
Div 2 H Bristol City WwW 2-1 15108 3 B Liddell, T Rowley

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1957/58 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 24 Div 2 A Bristol City WwW 2-4 28191 5 T Rowley 2
Aug 28 Div 2 H Huddersfield D 1-1 41447 6 A ACourt
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Sep 21 Div 2 H Leyton Orient Ww 3-0 36077 6 B Jackson, T Rowley, J Wheeler
Sep 23 Div 2 A Stoke W 24 23231 2 L Bimpson, T Rowley
Sep 28 Div 2 A Charlton L 1-5 25403 5 T Rowley
11 | Oct 05 Div 2 H Doncaster WwW 5-0 33701 4 L Bimpson, J Melia 2, T Rowley 2
12 | Octi2 | Div2 H Swansea WwW 4-0 37204 1 D Campbell, J Melia, T Rowley 2
13 | Oct 19 Div 2 A Derby L 1-2 22631 2 T Rowley
14 | Oct 26 Div 2 H Bristol Rovers Ww 2-0 36686 2 A ACourt, B Liddell
15 | Nov 02 Div 2 A Lincoln City WwW 1-0 9983 2 J Wheeler
16 | Nev 09 Div 2 H Notts County Ww 40 39735 1 A ACourt, B Liddell, J Melia, T Rowley
17 | Nov 16 Div 2 A Ipswich iE 1-3 20452 2 J Wheeler
18 | Nov 23 Div 2 H Blackburn WwW 2-0 55232 1 B Liddell 2
|19 ov27_ | Div2 H Rotherham United | W 2-0 37518 1 B Liddell, JWheeler
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21 | Dec 07 Div 2 H West Ham D 1-1 34030 1 B Liddell
22 | Dec 14 Div 2 A Barnsley L 1-2 15205 1 B Jackson
23.| Dec 21 Div 2 H Bristol City W 43 38051 1 A ACourt, T McNamara, T Rowley 2
24 | Dec 25 Div 2 A Grimsby Town L 1-3 17705 1 T Rowley
25 | Dec 26 Div 2 H Grimsby Town WwW 3-2 47766 1 T McNamara, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
26 | Dec 28 Div 2 A Cardiff L 1-6 32000 2 J Wheeler
|27 | Jan 04 FAC 3 H Southend D el 43454 Ray Smith (og)
28 | Jan 08 FAC 3 Rep A |_ Southend W 3-2 20000 J Molyneux, T Rowley, D White
Div 2 H Fulham WwW 2-1 51701 1 L Bimpson, T McNamara
Div 2 H Middlesbrough | 7 702 39246 2
FAC 4 H Northampton WwW 3-1 56939 L Bimpson, Ben Collins (og), B Liddell
Div 2 A Leyton Orient L 0-1 18568 3
Div2 H Charlton WwW 3-1 38528 4 B Liddell, B Murdoch, G Twentyman
FAC 5 A Scunthorpe WwW 1-0 23000 B Murdoch
Div 2 A Doncaster D 1-1 6093 3 B Liddel
Div 2 A Blackburn Dips 41700 3 B Liddell 3
FAC 6 A Blackburn L 1-2 51000 B Murdoch
Div 2 H Derby Ww 2-0 30832 3 B Liddell, B Murdoch
Div 2 A Bristol Rovers L 1-3 19299 3 B Murdoch
Div 2 H Lincoln City Ww 1-0 31403 3 B Liddel
Div 2 A Notts County Ww 2-0 13040 3 L Bimpson, J Melia
Div 2 H pswich W 3-4 24026 3 A ACourt, J Harrower, J Melia
Div 2 A Swansea WwW 2-0 13500 3 J Melia, B Murdoch
Div2 H Stoke Ww 30 39446 3 B Murdoch, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
Div 2 H Sheff Utd WwW 1-0 43222 3 B Liddell
Div 2 A West Ham D 1-1 37750 4 B Liddell
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1957/58 APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE THE SEASON IN NUMBERS
Starts | Goals | Starts Total games
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John Molyneux 40 0 5 | 45 ] 1 Games lost
Alan A Court 39 6 5 0 eel ao Clean sheets — League
Tommy Younger Sh) 0 5 0 44 0 Clean sheets — Overall +
Johnny Wheeler 38 5 5 0 43 5 Total goals
Billy Liddell 35 22 5 1 40 23 Average attendance at home — League
Jimmy Melia 34 10 2 0 36 10 Average attendance at home — Overall
Don Campbell 2p 1 | 0 28 1
Tony Rowley 24 16 3 1 Bil Nini Average goals per game — Overall
Brian Jackson 22 Z ” 0 24 2
Bobby Murdoch 15 5 2 2 We Si
James Harrower 12 2 2 0 14 2 GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
Barry Wilkinson 10 0 0 0 10 0
Tony McNamara 9 3 i 0 10 3
Louis Bimpson 7 [4 3 1 | 10 5
Geoff Twentyman 7 1 | se0 || ev 10 [ 1
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Roy Saunders 4 0 | 1 0 it 5 0
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Doug Rudham 3 0 0 0 Sew
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John Morrissey 2 el We Sah i ae RG Joe Dickson against Leeds United 29.02.1956
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Robert Campbell 10 1 1
Roy Saunders 4 0 0
Alan Banks 3 2 2
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Fulham 18 | 2 9 5 7 31 35
Sheffield United 16 2 a it 5 9 28 33
Liverpool 5 | 3 3 Sa ee
Stoke City 16 2 3} 5 o 11 24 39
Bristol Rovers 13 5 3 5 i 9 34 4)
Derby County eS ) 5 i 9 28 42
Charlton Athletic 13 3 o 5 4 12 oo S7
Cardiff City W4 2 Fi 6 5 10 28 39
Bristol City 1 3 1 6 4 11 31 43
Swansea 12 5 4 4 4 13 Pil 51
Brighton & Hove Albion 10 9 2 5 2 14 28 61
Middlesbrough 9 7 5 6 3 12 36 45
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1958/59 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Aug 23 Div 2 H Grimsby Town D 3-3 47502 8 B Liddell 2 (1 pen), J Melia
2 | Aug 30 Div 2 A Sunderland L 1-2 36168 18 B Liddell
3 | Sep 03 Div 2 H Brighton WwW 50 39520 11 | A Banks, J Harrower, J Molyneux, A Arnell 2
4 | Sep 06 Div 2 | A Middlesbrough Ik 1-2 35000 19 J Harrower
5 | Sep 10 Div 2 H | Sheff Utd WwW 2-1 44232 11 B Liddell, G Twentyman
6 | Sep 13 Div 2 H Charlton WwW 30 43329 | 8 A ACourt, B Liddell 2 (1 pen)
7 | Sep15 Div 2 A Sheff Utd L 0-2 14727 9
8 | Sep 20 Div 2 A Bristol City Wis 26896 8 R Campbell, B Liddell 2
9 | Sep 24 Div 2 A ic Brighton D 2-2 21323 6 B Liddell, F Morris
Sep 27 Div 2 H Cardiff L 1-2 41866 10 A Banks
Oct 04 Div 2 A Huddersfield L 05 | 15934 13
Oct 11 Div2 H T Lincoln City i W 3-2 31344 i 8 | J Harrower, F Morris 2
Oct 18 Div 2 A Fulham 4 W 10 32200 8 L Bimpson
Oct 25 Div 2 H | Sheff Wed | W 3-2 I 39912 7 Hl John Martin (og), J Harrower, F Morris (pen)
Nov 01 Div2 A Stoke Ww 20 26919 5 |_LBimpson, J Melia
16 | Nov08 Div 2 H {_ Leyton Orient WwW 3-0 34920 4 L Bimpson, J Melia, G Twentyman
17 | Nov 15 Div 2 A Derby | L 23 | 16907 5 L Bimpson, Albert Mays (0g)
18 | Nov 22 Div2 H Bristol Rovers Ww 2-1 39365 4 J Melia, G Twentyman
19 | Nov 29 Div 2 | A Ipswich ti 0-2 15637 6
20 | Dec 06 Div 2 H Swansea Ww 40 27561 4 A ACourt, L Bimpson, J Harrower, F Morris
21 | Dec 13 Div 2 A Scunthorpe EZ 11194 4 A ACourt, J Melia
22 | Dec 20 Div 2 A Grimsby Town W 3-2 10004 f 4 | A ACourt, L Bimpson, F Morris
23 | Dec 26 Div 2 A Rotherham United | W 1-0 12960 | 4 J Melia
24 | Dec 27 Div 2 H Rotherham United | W 4-0 44729 4 J Harrower, F Morris, L Bimpson 2
25 | Jan 03 Div 2 H Sunderland WwW 3-1 36953 | 2 L Bimpson, F Morris, J Wheeler
26 | Jan 15 FAC 3 A Worcester City L 1-2 15011 | G Twentyman (pen)
27 | Jan 31 Div2 A Charlton W 3-2 17566 S J Melia, F Morris, G Twentyman
28 | Feb 07 Div 2 H Bristol City W 3-2 34091 | 2 J Melia, A Arnell 2
29 | Feb 14 Div 2 A Cardiff L 0-3 25000 3
30 | Feb 21 Div 2 H Huddersfield {ube ee a) 28860 3] J Melia, F Morris
31 | Feb 28 Div 2 A Leyton Orient WwW 3-1 14064 3 A ACourt, J Melia, F Morris
32 | Mar 07 Div 2 H Fulham D 00 | 43926 8)
33 | Mar 20 Div 2 H Stoke L 34 | 35507 3 L Bimpson, J Melia 2
34 | Mar 27 Div 2 H Barnsley W 3-2 52546 3 J Melia, B Liddell 2
35 | Mar 28 Div 2 A Lincoln City L 1-2 11012 3 |_| Bimpson
36 | Mar 30 Div 2 A Barnsley W220 7517 3 J Melia 2
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38 | Apr 08 Div 2 H Middlesbrough L 1-2 36288 3) J Melia
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42 | Apr 22 Div 2 H Z| Scunthorpe vil W 30 | ‘11976 3 A Arnell, B Liddell, F Morris
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DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Cardiff Danny Malloy (og) '38, '42
Bristol City B Liddell '4, '30, J Melia '53 pen, A A’Court '65
J Harrower '52, J Melia '58, R Moran '65, A ACourt ‘80,
Hull City B Liddell '85
Bristol City
Sheff Utd J Morrissey '62
Scunthorpe J Melia ‘25, R Hunt '64
Middlesbrough B Liddell ‘7
Scunthorpe J Melia '21
Derby A ACourt '30, R Hunt ‘58
Plymouth J Melia '12, A ACourt ‘43, R Hunt '56, R Moran '78
Malcolm Kennedy (og) ‘8, J Melia '28 pen, R Hunt '32,
Swansea
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Brighton A ACourt '21, J Melia '90
Stoke J Harrower '53
Portsmouth R Moran '5
Sunderland R Hunt '80
Aston Villa Slos/olvJjo D Hickson '54, '82
Lincoln City D Hickson '28, R Hunt '84
Leyton Orient F Morris '15, '81, JMelia ‘32, D Hickson '50
Huddersfield
Ipswich R Hunt ‘33, '39, D Hickson ‘44
Bristol Rovers J Melia '9, '85
Cardiff
Charlton
Charlton A ACourt '58, R Hunt ‘63
Hull City J Melia '31
Leyton Orient R Hunt ‘1, '90
Sheff Utd J Melia ‘9, R Hunt ‘15, '68
Middlesbrough Ken Thomson (og) '10, D Hickson ‘35, R Hunt ‘40
Man Utd J Wheeler '36
Plymouth D Hickson '32
Swansea D Hickson '11, ‘44, R Hunt '58, '89
Brighton D Hickson ‘40, ‘60
Stoke R Hunt '14, J Harrower '19, ‘58, B Liddell ‘39, D Hickson '51
Portsmouth J Harrower '13
Huddersfield D Hickson ‘13, J Wheeler '16
Aston Villa R Hunt '19, D Hickson '24, '60, J Molyneux '44
Lincoln City R Moran '30 pen
Derby R Hunt ‘59, A ACourt '63, J Wheeler '68, D Hickson '75
Leyton Orient
Bristol Rovers J Melia '21, A ACourt ‘56, R Campbell '59, R Hunt '67
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Roger Hunt 36 2 iz
Jimmy Melia 34 2 0
Johnny Wheeler 29 2 1
Bert Slater 28 2 0
Dave Hickson 2 0
James Harrower 26 if 5 2 0 5 5
Billy Liddell 17 5 0 0 5 5
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The Story Of The Decade
Cs December 1, 1959, Liverpool’s chairman T.V. Williams issued
Total games
a statement that would transform the history of Liverpool FC
and football itself forever. “Mr Bill Shankly, manager of Huddersfield
Games lost Town was last night appointed manager of Liverpool Football Club
Clean sheets — League in succession to Mr Phil Taylor, who resigned on 17 November. He
Clean sheets — Overall [ear e || has accepted the position, but has agreed to stay on at Leeds Road for
Total goals 93
Average attendance at home — League 30,270
another month before coming to Anfield in the early days of the New
Average attendance at home — Overall 31,859 Year, unless circumstances permit an earlier release.”
Shankly had responded to Liverpool’s renewed interest in his
270 services with an instantly classic remark. “One day in 1959, when
ri Huddersfield were playing Cardiff City, Tom (T.V.) Williams, who was
then chairman of Liverpool, and Harry Latham, a director, came down
the slope at Leeds Road to see me,’ he would recall.““Mr Williams said,
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15 ‘How would you like to manage the best club in the country?’ ‘Why,
Goals from 16 to 30 is Matt Busby packing it up?’ I asked.”
Few could imagine the impact the Scotsman would have, but the
Goals from 46 to 60
Liverpool Daily Post reporter knew there was someone special on the
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90 way. “The new manager’s confidence and firm resolve are infectious.
Goals from 91 to 120 Nobody can be in his company for more than a few minutes and not
realise that here is a rare driving force who will not spare himself pains
to get the job he has in view. The players will find him fair, friendly,
and always willing to help and advise, but in return he will demand
a high price — the last possible ounce of effort each player is able to
give.”
PLAYER DEBUTS The press loved his demeanour and the Liverpool Echo was
Bert Slater against Cardiff 22.08.1959
immediately under his spell. “Quite a character this new Liverpool
Roger Hunt against Scunthorpe 09.09.1959
Willie Carlin against Brighton 10.10.1959
manager is, Bill Shankly whose face might just as well find a place in
John Nicholson against Brighton 10.10.1959 any Stadium album as in the hall of fame as a Preston and Scottish
Reginald Blore against Stoke 17.10.1959 international half-back not so many seasons ago. The thing that most
Dave Hickson against Aston Villa 07.11.1959
impacts you about him is his burning zeal for good class football and
Allan Jones against Cardiff 19.12.1959
Tommy Leishman against Charlton 28.12.1959
for supreme fitness. As he says: “Anyone who isn’a fit canna play fitba
lan Callaghan against Bristol Rovers 16.04.1960 and he’s not much use for anything else” This man if my reading of him
is correct is a disciplinarian, a go-getter, a hard-hitter and someone
who has enough confidence in himself to come here and say “Never
mind about a contract, give me the team and leave the rest to me.”
Shankly was raring to go but was shocked when he saw the training
facilities at Melwood.The shack that was the changing rooms was not
even fit for Sunday League teams and the pitches were full of bricks,
stones and broken glass.
Since Phil Taylor had resigned, Liverpool had won three out offour
games so the Reds were on their best run of the season when Shankly
took charge of the team for the first time against Cardiff City on 19
December 1959.Things didn’t go quite according to plan as he would
remember in a series of articles titled “Hard Road Back” published in
the Liverpool Echo in the summer of 1962: “We lost 4-0. After the way
in which we had all trained and worked this was sheer anti-climax and
the club was enveloped in an atmosphere of gloom and dejection...
I went to see the boys while they were still dressing and was greeted by

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1960/61 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
] H Leeds United Ww 2-0 43041 1 K Lewis '28, D Hickson '35
2 | Aug 24 Div 2 A Southampton L 1-4 24823 12 T Leishman '11
3 | Aug 27 Div 2 A Middlesbrough D 1-1 20986 4 K Lewis '81
4 | Aug 31 Div 2 H Southampton L 0-1 37604 7
5 | Sep 03 Div 2 H Brighton WwW 2-0 24390 11 J Harrower '9, '35
6 | Sep 07 Div 2 an wi Luton D 2-2 27339 10 D Hickson ‘6, R Moran '12 pen
7. | Sep10 | Div2 A pswich mo 13502 3
8 | Sep 14 Div2 A Luton L 1-2 10055 17 R Moran ‘58
9 | Sep17 Div 2 H |_ Scunthorpe W 3-2 23797 4 J Harrower '38, T Leishman '45, R Hunt '72
10 | Sep 24 Div 2 A Leyton Orient WwW 3-1 10921 0 D Hickson '25, A ACourt '39, J Morrissey '88
1} Oct 01 Div 2 H Derby Ww 1-0 24695 ] J Wheeler '67
2} Oct 08 Div2 A Lincoln City Ww 2-1 6656 6 R Hunt ‘56, '85
3} Oct 15 Div 2 H | Portsmouth D 3-3 26302 7 D Hickson '18, '47, R Hunt '79
14] Oct19 LC2 H Luton D 1-1 10502 T Leishman '25
5 | Oct 22 Div 2 A Huddersfield W 42 15719 5 K Lewis '20, R Hunt '25, A ACourt '67, D Hickson '89
6 | Oct 24 LC 2 Rep A Luton WwW 5-2 6125 K Lewis '46, '51, D Hickson ‘61, R Hunt ‘73, '88
Tale Och29 Div 2 H Sunderland D 1-1 30612 6 J Harrower '52 pen
8} Nov05 Div 2 A Plymouth Ww 40 17641 5 A ACourt '23, D Hickson '38, R Hunt ‘52, ‘53
9} Nov12 Div 2 H Norwich WwW 2-1 32473 3 R Hunt '1, J Harrower ‘56
H Southampton L 1-2 14036 R Hunt '54
A Charlton W 3-1 13439 2 Sam Lawrie (og) '7, R Hunt '77, J Wheeler '86
H Sheff Utd W 42 39999 2 J-Harrower '30, ‘63, '77, D Hickson ‘55
H Swansea Ww 40 25739 2 K Lewis '10, '58, A ACourt '20, D Hickson ‘62
A Leeds United D 2-2 11900 2 K Lewis ‘63, T Leishman ‘83
H Rotherham United | W 2-1 39426 3 R Hunt '21, K Lewis '29
A Rotherham United L 0-1 17815 3
H Middlesbrough L 3-4 34645 3 A ACourt '21, K Lewis '35, '56
H Coventry W 3-2 50909 R Hunt '37, K Lewis '40, J Harrower '61
A Brighton L 1-3 17495 3 A ACourt '84
H Ipswich D 1-1 33401 3 K Lewis '73
H Sunderland L 0-2 46185
A Scunthorpe Ww 3 K Lewis '33, J Melia ‘49, T Leishman '86
H Leyton Orient Ww s | D Hickson '5, '36, '80, J Morrissey '23, K Lewis '84
A |_Derby Ww 3 D Hickson '1, J Melia '30, '32, K Lewis '48
H Lincoln City Ww 3 J Morrissey '10, K Lewis '25
A Portsmouth D 3 A Banks '9, J Morrissey '34
H Huddersfield Ww 3 A Banks '19, '52, K Lewis '76 pen
A Swansea L 3
H Plymouth D 3 A Banks '28
H Bristol Rovers W 3 R Hunt '9, J Wheeler ‘63, D Hickson '72
A Sheff Utd D ‘) J Morrissey '72
A Bristol Rovers L 3 K Lewis '30, '75 pen, '89
H Charlton Ww cl R Hunt ‘4, '65
A et Norwich ke 3 D Hickson '67
H Stoke W 3 R Hunt '7, D Hickson '77, K Lewis '87
A |Sunderland D 3 R Hunt ‘59
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LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP TOTAL
Player Starts |Goals | Starts |Goals
Bert Slater 42 0 2 3) 0
Dick White 42 0 2 0 3 0 47 | 0 0
Tommy Leishman 40 4 Z 0 Z i 44 5 5
John Molyneux 39 0 2 0 3 0 44 0 0
Gerry Byrne 33 0 2 0 3) 0 38 0 17
Dave Hickson 33 16 2 0 3) 1 38 Ali 0
Alan ACourt 33 7 2 0 2 0 37 i JI
Roger Hunt 32 15 | 3 3 36 ig 22
Kevin Lewis 32 19 2 2 2 36 22 19
Johnny Wheeler 27 1 0 3 0 31 3 3
Jimmy Melia 26 3 1 0 0 0 Di 3 3
James Harrower 24 8 1 3 0 Vas | 3 5
John Morrissey 23 a 1 0 0 0 24 5 9
Gordon Milne 16 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0
Ronnie Moran 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 2
Alan Banks 5 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 4
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Robert Campbell 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
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Billy Liddell | 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0

DIVISION 2

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Sheffield United 6 2 3 49 De: 10 4 7
Liverpool 14 5 2 49 21 7 5 9
Norwich City 5 3 3 46 20 i) 6 0
Middlesbrough 2g 6 2 44 20 5 6 10
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Swansea 4 4 3 49 26 4 7 0
Southampton 2 4 5 57 35 6 4 1
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Charlton Athletic 2 3 6 60 42 4 8 9
| Plymouth Argyle 3 4 4 62 32 4 4 3 29 50 42
Derby County 9 6 6 46 35 6 4 1 34 45 40
Luton Town 3 5 3 48 27 2 4 5 23 52 39
Leeds United 7 i 7 4) 38 7 3 1 34 45 38
Rotherham United 9 7 5 37 24 3 6 Zz 28 40 37
Brighton & Hove Albion q 6 6 33 26 5 3 3 28 49 37
Bristol Rovers 13 4 4 52 35 2 3 16 21 57 37
Stoke City g| 6 6 39 26 3 6 i 2 12 33 36
Leyton Orient 10 5 6 31 29 4 g 4 24 49 36
Huddersfield Town 7 5 9 33 33 6 4 1 29 38 35
Portsmouth 42 | 10 6 5 38 27 1 5 5 26 64 33
Lincoln City 5 4 12 30 43 3 4 4 18 52 24

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Jimmy Melia. All he said was:‘We’re sorry boss, we let you down. We
Total games 47 were too eager to impress. I am not a demonstrative sort of man, but
Games won 23
I could have hugged Jimmy. To hear such sentiments as this, so simply
Games drawn 11
Games lost 13 expressed, gave me a feeling of what I can only describe as sympathetic
Clean sheets — League 9 pride... I told them that this defeat was the best possible thing which
Clean sheets — Overall could have happened, because in my experience, more is learned from
Total goals
defeats than victories.” Liverpool also lost Shankly’s second game, 3-0
against Charlton Athletic at The Valley. In fact Liverpool played 238
Average goals per game — League minutes without scoring at the start of Shankly’s tenure.
Average goals per game — Overall Alan A’Court finally scored to settle Shankly’s nerves in the fifty-
eighth minute when Liverpool played Charlton for the second time in
three days. It was hardly an inspired performance that sealed Shankly’s
first win, as the Liverpool Echo reported: “The majority of the 25,658
Goals from 1 to 15
spectators must have wished they had stayed at home to watch “Wagon
Goals from 16 to 30 Train.” Certainly they could not have got worse entertainment than was
served up in this aimless exhibition by teams which, on this showing,
have no chance of promotion. It was as aimless as it was colourless, and
even the Kopites were silent for long spells.’ Liverpool still seemed to
have turned a corner under Shankly as the three next games were won
as well. The Echo was this time more complimentary. “Bill Shankly’s
Liverpool are a changed side. They think more, thump less. Chase
more, chance less. And their football rippled even from the hands of
League Cup goalkeeper Bert Slater. His throws sparked attacks almost as frequently
FA Cup
as the push-passing of Gerry Byrne; the saucy flicks of Jimmy Harrower;
the wing-half service of terrific Tommy Leishman.”
PLAYER DEBUTS Roger Hunt, who was in his debut season, was flourishing, too,
Kevin Lewis against Leeds United 20.08.1960
alongside fellow striker Dave Hickson, who had arrived from eternal
Gordon Milne against Southampton 31.08.1960
enemies Everton in a controversial move in November. He was no
stranger to Shankly who had managed him at Huddersfield. Wing-half
Tommy Leishman proved a welcome addition and left-back Gerry
Byrne was reintroduced into the side after only playing two games in
two and a half years.
Liverpool were well on their way to a fifth consecutive win against
Middlesbrough, but after being 3-1 up at half-time conceded two in
the second half. Liverpool beat Leyton Orient in the third round of
the FA Cup, but Shankly’s boys were knocked out by two brilliant
Bobby Charlton goals as Manchester United won 3-1 at Anfield in
the fourth round.
Melia who had been moved from inside-forward was struggling
in his new position on the right wing and Shankly called for the first
time on the services of 38-year-old legend Billy Liddell. Shankly was a
big fan of his fellow Scotsman. “Billy was long past the age when most
players have hung up their boots and the edge had gone from his speed,”
he recalled. “But he still retained his zest for the game and continued
to delight his thousands of fans by his presence in the side.”
Liddell kept his place on the right wing for ten games in a successful
spell for the Reds. The Scot created two goals as Hickson and Hunt
scored a couple each in a 4-1 win over Swansea. Liddell provided

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1961/62 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 19 Div 2 A Bristol Rovers Ww 2-0 19438 1 K Lewis '7, John Hills (og) ‘55
2 | Aug 23 Div 2 H Sunderland WwW 3.0 48900 1 R Hunt '48, ‘83, K Lewis ‘78
3 | Aug 26 Div 2 H Leeds United WwW 5-0 42950 . ] R Hunt '6, '48, '74, K Lewis '53 pen, J Melia '68
4 | Aug 30 Div2 Ae Sunderland WwW 41 47261 1 R Hunt '26, '69, | St John '39, '90
5 | Sep 02 Div 2 A Norwich WwW 2-1 28049 1 R Hunt '63, '86
6 | Sep09 Div2 | H Scunthorpe W 2-1 46837 | 1 Derek Hemstead (og) '12, A ACourt '23
7 | Sepi6 | Div2 A Brighton D 0-0 18764 | 1
8 | Sep 20 Div2 A Newcastle Ww 21 38180 1 G Milne '10, George Heslop (og) ‘43
9 | Sep23 | Div2 H Bury WwW 50 46609 | 1 J Melia '1, '46, |St John '7, R Hunt '64, K Lewis '70
[ 10 | Sep 30 Div 2 A Chariton Ww 40 14236 ] R Hunt '44, '78, K Lewis '82, | St John '84
1 | Oct 04 Div 2 H Newcastle | W 2-0 52419 1 K Lewis ‘38, R Hunt '75
2 | Oct 07 Div 2 A Middlesbrough L 0-2 23780 i 1
13 | Oct 14 Div 2 H Walsall WwW 6-1 Kj 42229 1 K Lewis '41, J Melia '47, R Hunt '50, ‘57, ‘80, |St John '61
er Oct 21 Div 2 A Derby 74 27355 1
15 | Oct 28 Div 2 H Leyton Orient D 3-3 36612 1 |_R Hunt '34, '50, T Leishman ‘79
16 | Nov04 Div 2 A Preston Ww 3-1 29243 |-au 1 G Milne '29, | Callaghan '56, | St John '63
7} Nov11 Div 2 H Luton D 1-1 34924 1 K Lewis '6
18 | Nov 18 Div 2 A Huddersfield W 2-1 23086 1 J Melia ‘10, R Hunt '27
9} Nov25 Div 2 H Swansea WwW 5-0 35725 ] J Melia ‘47, '49, R Hunt '60, '76, '82
20 | Dec 02 Div 2 A Southampton L 0-2 21445 i
21 | Dec 09 Div 2 H Plymouth W 2-1 32543 ie 1 | AACourt '5, |St John '80
Dec16 | Div2 eesti Bristol Rovers Ww 20 29957 ye aa |St John '32, R Hunt '79
Dec 23 Div 2 A Leeds United iL 0-1 17214 1
Dec 26 Div 2 A Rotherham United L 0-1 13577 | 1
Jan 06 FAC 3 H Chelsea w 43 | 48455 | | St John '16, '41, R Hunt '28, A ACourt '44
Jan 13 Div 2 H Norwich WwW 5-4 35576 1 J Melia '25, ‘80, R Hunt '42, '57, A ACourt '60
Jan 20 Div 2 A Scunthorpe D 1-1 11200 i | St John '4
Jan 27 FAC 4 A | Oldham | W 2-1 42000 | St John ‘74, '80
Feb 03 Div 2 H Brighton WwW 3-1 36414 1 G Byrne '52, R Hunt ‘81, | St John '87
Feb 10 Div 2 | A | Bury WwW 3-0 21872 1 R Hunt '5, '36, '74
Feb 17 FAC5 H Preston D 0-0 54967
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Mar 10 Div 2 H Derby Ww 41 38152 1 |_R Hunt '34, '71, J Melia ‘38, '47
Mar17 | Div2 A Leyton Orient Dee 2-2 25880 | 1 A ACourt '80, '89
Mar 24 Div2 H Preston Ww 41 39701 1 J Melia ‘9, | St John ‘14, R Hunt '37, '67
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Apr 07 Div 2 H Huddersfield D 1-1 38022 | 1 R Hunt '68
Apr 21 Div 2 H Southampton Ww 2-0 40410 1 K Lewis '19, '29
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Apr 30 | Div2 H Charlton Ww 21 34327 1 R Hunt '89, A ACourt '90
May 04 | Div2 A Swansea L 2-4 15000 1 | St John ‘31, R Hunt '75

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS another assist as Brighton were beaten 2-1 with “almost condescending
arrogance.” Stoke were brushed aside 5-1 where “the game was so one-
sided in the second half that even the goal-happy Kopites got bored.”
A rare defeat followed against Portsmouth and then a 2-2 draw against
| | Clean sheets — League Shankly’s previous club, Huddersfield, despite having a 2-0 lead after
Clean sheets — Overall Just 16 minutes. The game had begun with a bang as Liddell hit the ball
Total goals
so hard that it burst and he later missed a penalty!
Liverpool travelled to Villa Park for the most remarkable game
oftheir season. The Reds led 4-0 after an hour’s play but conceded three
goals in nine minutes and were lucky not to lose! The end result, 4-4,
Average goal minute — League
was outrageous. One win and two defeats later, though, Shankly gave a
Average goal minute — Overall
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| [Goatsoma6t060 had to wait to establish himself in the side. Liverpool finished third in
Shankly’s first season, which was not bad considering the desperate
state they were in when he took over in December.
Shankly needed an experienced right-winger so he bought Kevin
| GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS Lewis from Sheffield United. He also signed Gordon Milne from first
| division Preston North End. Shankly also wanted to build for the
| future.As he recalled, “I covered several thousand miles in my search
for talent, not only for our immediate needs, but also for Liverpool
|| teams of the future.A first class nursery is an essential for any club and
I brought to Anfield a number of boys who attracted my attention as
| 19.08.1961
youngsters out of the ordinary.’ Shankly discovered Bobby Graham
and Gordon Wallace in Scotland and also signed Alf Arrowsmith and
local lad Tommy Smith.

The Birth of Shankly’s 3-3-4 Masterplan

hankly was far from happy with Liverpool’ start, to the 1960/61
season winning two out of eight games. “For a team with
promotion aspirations, we opened the season in deplorable fashion,” he
said. This gave birth to Shankly’s 3-3-4 plan when he moved inside-left
Jimmy Harrower back as a semi half-back “thus drawing his opposing
half-back out of place and from his position playing either Tommy
Leishman or Johnny Wheeler as they moved forward.” According to
the Liverpool manager, “He would then temporarily replace either
of them as a defensive player and they would supply the drive and
support which the forward line so badly needed. Thus was born the
plan which we referred to as 3-3-4. At that time I know that many
people were offering the criticism that the wing-halves were attacking
too much: now they know the reason.”
Slater
Molyneux White Byrne
Wheeler Harrower Leishman
Lewis Hickson Hunt A’ Court

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 263

1962/63 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Div 1 H Blackpool U -2 K Lewis '80
Div 1 A Man City Dye 222 33165 14 R Moran ‘21 pen, R Hunt ‘79
Div 1 A Blackburn L 0-1 21700 19
Div H Man City We 41 | 46073 | 13 | St John '3, R Hunt '55, ‘69, A ACourt '65
Div H Sheff Utd | W 2-0 47742 8 | Callaghan '10, | St John '72
Div A West Ham L 0-1 | 22262 9
Div 1 | A Nottm For L 1-3 24126 15 T Leishman '52
Div H West Ham W 2-1 39261 1 | St John '39, '86
Div H Ipswich D 1-1 40121 1 R Hunt '19
Div A Everton D 2-2 73000 | K Lewis '35, R Hunt ‘90
Div [ A Wolves L 2-3 34368 ‘l J Melia '39, '63
Div 1 H Bolton WwW 1-0 41155 12 R Hunt '37
Div 1 A Leicester L 0-3 24137 3
Div A WBA Bar 17850 io
Div H Burnley L 1-2 43870 20 | St John '50
Div 1 A Man Utd De es3 43810 9 _|_1StJohn ‘51, J Melia '85, R Moran ‘89
Div H | Arsenal WwW 2-4 38452 15 | R Hunt '52, R Moran '55 pen
Div H Leyton Orient Ww 5-0 30009 ie R Hunt '10, '25, '62, W Stevenson '35, | St John '64
Div | A Birmingham Ww 2-0 27050 0 R Hunt ‘62, '67
Div 1 H Fulham WwW 2-1 38267 8 | RHunt'51, A ACourt '60
Div 1 if A Sheff Wed Ww 20 15939 8 K Lewis '31, R Hunt ‘64
Div 1 A Blackpool W 2-1 16271 pee | St John '25, R Hunt '79
Div 1 H Blackburn WwW 3-1 35371 ‘5 K Lewis '14, | St John '61, R Moran '79
FAC 3 A Wrexham Ww 3-0 29992 R Hunt '18, K Lewis '72, J Melia '89
FAC 4 A Burnley D 1-1 49885 K Lewis '25
Div 1 H | Aston Villa |W 40 46374 5 R Hunt '18, '66, | St John '25, '29
Div 1 | H Wolves WwW 41 53517 5 K Lewis '7, '52, | St John '47, '87
FAC 4 Rep H Burnley W 2-1 57906 | St John '45, R Moran '119 pen (aet 1-1 at 90 mins)
Div 1 H Leicester L 0-2 54842
Div 1 A Ipswich D 2-2 14059 4 K Lewis '2, | St John '34
Div 1 A | Arsenal D 2-2 30246 4 K Lewis '2, R Hunt ‘19
FAC 5 A Arsenal WwW 2-1 55245 J Melia ‘33, R Moran '65 pen
Div 1 H WBA D 2-2 43977 6 R Hunt ‘77, R Moran '85 pen
Div1 A Burnley Wi 84 28500 4 |_ [StJohn '24, R Hunt '75, K Lewis '89
FAC 6 H West Ham WwW 1-0 49036 R Hunt '81
Div 1 H Everton D 0-0 56060 6
Div1 H Tottenham W 52 54463 5 W Stevenson '52, J Melia '54, '89, | St John '72, K Lewis '83
Div 1 | H Man Utd WwW 1-0 51529 6 |_| St John '72
Div 1 A Tottenham L 2-7 53727 6 R Hunt '25, ‘70
Div 1 H Nottm For L 0-2 36599 6
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Div 1 A Sheff Utd D 00 18494 7
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Liverpool’s 14-game undefeated run in the League came to an
end on 27 December against Rotherham, losing 1-0 and also the
following two League games. Liverpool won five in six but were too
inconsistent in the last two months of the season. Again they finished
third. Shankly surmised the season eloquently as always: “Once again
we were bridesmaids; our splendid supporters must have wondered if
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the time would ever arrive when we would be the bride.”
Average attendance at home — League 42,938
Average attendance at home — Overall 43,854 Indeed the fans wondered how long “The Darkness of Despair”
Average goals per game — League 2.14 would last. Shankly had previously asked the Board to buy a young
Average goals oer game— Overall 2.09 Jackie Charlton but Leeds wanted more than the £18,000 Liverpool
Average goal minute —League
offered. Shankly also tried unsuccessfully to get Scottish midfield
Average goal minute—Overall 52
dynamo Dave Mackay. He had been assured that the Board was as
ambitious as he was to improve the club’s standing, but this was not
GOAL MINUTES
proving to be true. Shankly needed a benefactor who would not run
Goals from 1 to 15
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Goals from 46 to 60 had been nominated by Littlewoods founder and future Everton
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
Chairman, John Moores, for a place on the Board.
Goals from 91 to 120 If Sawyer had one skill that Liverpool needed, it was his ability to
sign his name. Sawyer was a man to Shankly’s liking, too. “When we
discussed possible transfer moves at Board meetings the tune was still
League 7) “We can’t afford them’ That’s when Mr. Sawyer stepped in and said,
FA Cup 9 ‘We cannot afford NOT to buy them.” The Liverpool boss could
spend the summer of 1961 looking for the ammunition that would
PLAYER DEBUTS fire the team back to the top.
Philip Ferns against Man City 29.08.1962 Liverpool needed monumental players to go one step further
Tommy Lawrence against WBA 27.10.1962
and secure the elusive promotion. “What was lacking was a man of
Gordon Wallace against WBA 27.10.1962
Willie Stevenson against Burnley 03.11.1962 experience to occupy the centre-forward position, a player who could
Chris Lawler against WBA 20.03.1963 play football, create openings, score goals, and at the same time hold the
Robert Thomson against Nottm For 18.04.1963 line together,” he would recall. “This was a lot to ask of any individual.
Tommy Smith against Birmingham 08.05.1963
Those whom I knew with these qualifications were settled with clubs
which were not prepared to part with such a precious jewel.”
Shankly found his “precious jewel” in his homeland after spotting
a paragraph in a Scottish newspaper saying that Ian St John wanted to
leave Motherwell. Shankly had been following his progress for two
years so he knew full well what he was buying. He had never seen
in his capacity as manager of different clubs a greater amount change
hands at a player’s signature than £4,000. Liverpool paid a club record
fee of £37,500 for the Scot.
A leader was needed in Liverpool’s defence and again Shankly
looked towards the country of his birth. He approached Dundee
United for 23-year-old Ronnie Yeats. Liverpool’s advances were
steadfastly refused until United asked for what Shankly described as a
“figure which sounded more like the national debt than a transfer fee
for a footballer.” Finally Liverpool were invited to Scotland for contract
discussions. But according to Shankly the Liverpool delegation were
convinced “we were wasting our time at Dundee and if there was one
player who would never wear a red shirt in Liverpool, it was Yeats.”

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1963/64 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
A Blackburn WwW 2-1 R Moran '65, | Callaghan '75
H Nottm For | L 1-2 49829 8 Robert McKinlay (og) '54
H Blackpool iE 1-2 42767 14 J Melia ‘83
A Nottm For D 0-0 21788 12
A Chelsea lw 34 38202 9 | St John '9, '90, R Hunt '72
A__| Wolves W 34 25000 4 R Hunt ‘1, '69, J Melia '55
H West Ham | L 1-2 45497 11 R Hunt '65
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H Everton W 2-1 51973 8 | Callaghan ‘43, '48
H Aston Villa W 5-2 39106 8 | St John '10, | Callaghan '14, P Thompson ‘44, R Hunt '68, ‘77
H | Sheff Wed W341 | 46107 8 | St John '45, '90, J Melia '76
H |_ WBA WwW 1-0 43099 5 G Milne ‘32
A Ipswich Ht WV poursZa | 16356 3 J Melia '8, R Hunt '44
H Leicester L 0-1 47438 6
A [ Bolton WSU 23824 4 R Hunt '25, | Callaghan '65
H Fulham Ww 20 38478 2 | St John '86, R Hunt '87
A Man Utd W140 54654 1 | RYeats ‘75
Ht sh Burnley WwW 2-0 42968 1 | St John '69, R Hunt '86 pen
A Arsenal D 1-1 40551 | 1 | Callaghan '60
H Blackburn L 1-2 45182 us R Hunt ‘74
A Blackpool | WwW 1-0 13254 a) | St John '61
H Stoke WwW 6-1 49942 3 1 St John '9, R Hunt ‘47, '49, '73, '81, A Arrowsmith '53
H Derby Ww 50 46460 A Arrowsmith '23, ‘38, ‘73, '88, R Hunt ‘63
H ii Chelsea W 2-1 45848 2 R Hunt ‘69, A Arrowsmith ‘85
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A Arsenal WwW 1-0 61295 | St John ‘15
A Aston Villa D 2-2 13729 3 R Hunt '19, A Arrowsmith '30
H Birmingham Weber Zalh.| 41823 2 R Moran ‘41, | St John '75
H Swansea L 1-2 52608 P Thompson ‘63
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A Tottenham Wie ron 56952 | 2 R Hunt '28, '67, ‘70
A Leicester WwW 2-0 31209 2 R Hunt '17, A Arrowsmith ‘85
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A WBA Dj 2-2 19279 1 R Hunt '29, '35
A Stoke L 1-3 32149 1 A Arrowsmith '64

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Chelsea 42 12 3 6 36 24 Sb Aiea 6 36 32 50
Sheffield Wednesday 42 5 3 3. | (50 24 4 8 9 34 43 49
Blackburn Rovers |_42 10 4 7 44 28 8 | 6 i! 45 37 46
Arsenal 42 10 7 4 56 37 7 4 10 34 45 45
Burnley 42 4 3 4 46 23 3 7 {{ 25 41 44
West Bromwich Albion 42 9 6 6 43 35 7 5 9 27 26 43
Leicester 42 9 itt 4 8 33 27 7 7 7 28 31 43
Sheffield United 42 0 6 5 35 22 6 5 0 26 42 43
Nottingham Forest 42 g 5 i 34 24 7 4 0 30 44 41
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Fulham 42 i 8 2 45 23 2 5 14 13 42 39
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 6 9 6 36 34 | 6 6 9 34 46 39
Stoke City 42 9 6 6 49 33 3) 4 12 28 45 38
Blackpool 42 8 6 7 26 23/3 3 13 26 44 35
Aston Villa 42 8 6 7 35 29 3 6 12 27 42 34
Birmingham City 42 i 7 7 33 | 32 4 0 7 21 60 29
Bolton Wanderers 42 6 5 10 30 35 4 Bias 4 18 45 28
Ipswich Town 42 9 3 9 38 45 0 4 7 18 76 25

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Shankly returned to Anfield, but didn’t give up hope and in July he
Total games 47 was invited back to Scotland and this time discussions proved fruitful.
“Our success gave us the greatest elation. I well remember Mr Reakes
insisting on driving us nonstop to Liverpool, we did not even stop for
Clean sheets — League a cup of tea on the way back,” said the Liverpool manager.
Clean sheets — Overall
Total goals
We have the greatest skipper
Any manager could employ
Let’s drink six crates to Big Ron Yeats
Bill Shankly’s pride and joy

The Reds were in imperious form at start of the 1961/62 season,

winning ten out of their first eleven and scoring a total of 31 goals
Goals from 1 to 15
against four. What was the secret to Liverpool’ turnaround in fortunes?
Was it simply the acquisition of the two Scotsmen?
Football is a team sport and Shankly recognised the role of every
single player when reflecting on the team’s success after a 4-1 win
Goals from 76 to 90
against Sunderland at Roker Park on 30 August:
Goals from 91 to 120 1

“Bert Slater had a very easy passage; Dick White was as steady
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS and sure as we had expected; Gerry Byrne was playing well and gaining
experience, and although a quiet fellow he was full of determination on the
field. Gordon Milne was playing flawless football and our big boy, Ronnie
Yeats, was playing as the giant he is. Tommy Leishman had settled down and
PLAYER DEBUTS having mellowed in his game was playing extremely well. Coming to the
Peter Thompson against Blackburn 24.08.1963 forwards, at this early stage Kevin Lewis had shown that he had not lost his
goal-scoring ability and his shooting power had been an outstanding feature
of the games played. It was obvious, too, that Roger Hunt had fully recovered
from the injury which he had sustained when playing against Nantes, was
working hard and what is more, was finding the net with the ball. His
understanding with St John and Melia was complete enough to satisfy one
even as critical as myself and augured well for the future. Ian St John had
scored only twice, but was knitting the forwards together by his hard work, by
fetching and carrying and plying his colleagues with the ball. Jimmy Melia
had started the season in a wonderful fashion and his display at Roker was
probably the best of his career to date. Jovial Alan A’ Court, whois a wit and
worth his weight in gold in the dressing room with his practical jokes, was
quite on a par with Jimmy Melia at Roker, which is high praise indeed.”

Signing the Championship The secret to Liverpool’s success was ultimately the phenomenal
brochure at Lewis's store (1964). fitness of the team and the hard work of the backroom staff Reuben
Bennett, Bob Paisley, Albert Shelley and Joe Fagan who were to
form the basis of the coming “Boot Room” philosophy. “We stayed
overnight in Sunderland and during the evening I was in conversation
with some of the very knowledgeable Wearside football followers and
some from Tyneside too, and was more than interested to find that
their talking point was the fitness of the Liverpool team and how such
fitness could be achieved so early in the season,” said Shankly. “It gave

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1964/65 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug15 | CShield H |West Ham D 22 38858 G Wallace '29, G Byrne '49
| 2| Aug 17] EC PR: A __|_KR Reykjavik W__ 50 10268 G Wallace '3, '60, R Hunt '46, ‘88, P Chisnall '57
3 | Aug22 | Divi __H_| Arsenal” W_ 32 47620 I R Hunt ‘11, G Wallace ‘49, '87
4 | Aug26 | Div’ ——*| ~—A_| Leeds United L 24 36200 12 R Hunt '24, GMilne '66
5 | Aug29 | Divi A Blackburn L283 26865 14 P Ferns '16, T Smith ‘22
6 | Sep 02 Obs se H | LeedsUnited | W 21 52548 || P Thompson ‘67, T Smith ‘76
7 | Sep05 | Div1 |__| Blackpool 0 22 | 45646 14 P Thompson ‘57, R Hunt '79
3 | Sepoo | Dv) A | Leicester Loe Tih. Valin 49
9 | Sep12 Divi. e A Sheff Wed OFT) 22701 s
0} sepia | EcpR2 i KR Reykjavik WB 32597 G Byrne ‘13, | stJohn '23, '74, R Hunt ‘50, B Graham '65,
: a ‘ Bi Fa eee W Stevenson '67
1| Sop19 | Divi «| HH__| Everton L 04 52619 21
2] Sep26 | Divt : H | AstonVila | W541 38940 18 B Graham ‘6, ‘64, '86, | Callaghan '36, R Hunt '56
3| Octo7 | Dwt __—'| _H__| Sheffutd W341 | 37745 7 R Hunt '31, ‘53, B Graham ‘59
4] Octto | Dw1 ———* | ~—A__| Birmingham dD 00 19850 ia
Soe | tnt ee ee Leicester Lo 42558 V7
Ce UCt ye Sit Dive Se ae Ae Sa Westtami D 22 36029 7 |_| StJohn '7, R Hunt '27
7| Oct 24 iv so eWEAL lyse0-3 17500 18
8 | Oct 31 re ae ID L_ 02 52402 19
9| Novo7 | Dvt | A _| Fulham D 1-1 18367 18 | Callaghan ‘78
20 | Nov 14 Div ae H | NottmFor |] W240 | 40498 16 P Thompson ‘22, R Hunt '68
21] Novel | Divi || ~—A_| Stoke D141 | 28816 16 R Hunt ‘41
22] Nov25 | ECi H | Anderlecht | W 30| 44516 it 1St John '10, R Hunt '43, R Yeats'50
23 | Nov 28 DIV a ge ete | sotionham D 11 41198 16 R Hunt '41
24| Dec05 | Divi |A _ |_ Burnley WwW 5-1 12490 15 R Hunt '33, '77, '85, G Strong '73, C Lawler '89
25] Dect2 | Bvt | A __| Arsenal Dp 00 { 26171 15
26 | Dec16 | EC.1:2 A Anderlecht W 1-0 47998 | R Hunt '90
27| Dect9 | Div’ | iH _|._ Blackburn W 32 33316 13 T Smith '37, R Hunt '38, '81
28] Dec26 | Dvt | ———*'|| ~—A__| Sunderland W 32 49902 " G Milne '5, W Stevenson '30, '82
29 | Dec28 | Dip fal Mesthk hit —_H__} Sunderland D 0-0 43521 10
30 | Jano2 | Dv’ sf A _| Blackpool W 32 21863 10 R Hunt 53, '58, | St John ‘75
31 | Jan 09 | FAC3_ icmeAt, deWhee ee | We ciel Zen R Hunt '44, |StJohn '63
«Roe A i ml en Sheff Wed W 42 | 42422 9 R Hunt ‘40, '64, G Milne '70, | St John '75
33 | Jan 30 FAC4 H__|_ Stockport Cou. D 1-1 51851 G Milne ‘51
34 | Feb 03 FAC 4Gaps) § wast
|, wee A Stockport Cou. WwW 2-0 24080 R Hunt '39, '85
35 | Feb 06 1 a as Nall Aston Villa WwW 1-0 24396 8 R Hunt '15
36] Feb 10 iy 2 oll | A___|_ Cologne D 0-0| 39139
87) Peo ss OW [oH | Wolves _ Wie 251 40803 6 | R Hunt '49, C Lawler ‘61
38] Feb20 | FACS: A _| Bolton Ww 1-0 57207 | | Callaghan '85
39) Feb24 | Divi Teal Birmingham WwW 43 39253 6 Ih| Callaghan '19, '87, R Hunt '56, P Thompson ‘77
40} Feb27 | Divi | A] West Ham ae Mezzo 750 i R Hunt '21
AV | Mer06 | FACS it__A__| leicester OV eee LO)haa 39356
A2| Mari0 | FAC6Rep =| ~~ H_—{_ Leicester WwW 1-0 53324 R Hunt '72
43| Mar13 | Divi sf A_| Sheffuta L__03 19034 9
44} Mart? | EC 2:2 oot |. H___|_ Cologne D_(0-0 48432
45 | Mar20 |Divt H | Fulham W 32 28323 8 | Callaghan '45, '48, G Milne ‘89
46 | Mar24 | EC22RepSs | ~—sN__|_ Cologne D 22 47862 | St John '22, RHunt '37 (at Stadion Feyenoord, Holland)
47 | Mar27 | FAC SF p) oN Chelsea WwW 2-0 67686 algP Thompson '63, W Stevenson ‘79 pen (at Villa Park)
48) Aprot | Divi A Nottm For D 2-2 23926 9 P Thompson '35, R Hunt ‘55
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55 | Apri9 | Div4 mull Chelsea Ww 2-0 41847 8 P Chisnall '9, G Strong '26
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57] Apr26 | Divi A__| Wolves W 3 13839 7 G Strong '13, J Sealey '35, A Arrowsmith '69
58 | May01_ | FAC Final N | Leeds United Wo 2 to0000 | |_R Hunt '93, | St John ‘111 (at Wembley, aet 0-0 at 90 mins)
59 | May 04 | ECSRI H | Inter Milan WwW 3-1 54082 R Hunt ‘4, | Callaghan '34, | St John '75
60 | May 12 | EC SF:2 A Inter Milan lige 20:3 76601

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Peter Thompson 0 5 8 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
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Gordon Milne 34 0 5 6 0 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
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Ronnie Moran 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Geoff Strong 13 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Graham 14 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Gordon Wallace 12 0 2 0 0 0 | 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
Alf Arrowsmith 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Phil Chisnall 6 0 1 o | Cea bane 1 0 | 1 0 1 0 1 2
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me the greatest satisfaction to hear such comments; I should have been
less than human if this were not the case.”
Shankly’s line-up in the first 11 games of the 1961/62 season was
as follows:

Slater
White Yeats Byrne
Milne Leishman
Lewis St John Hunt Melia A’Court

= 5
Average goal minute — Overall
After 11 games with an unchanged side, Shankly was forced
to make two changes against Middlesbrough on 7 October. John
Molyneux came in at right-back and Shankly moved Dick White to
his old centre-half position in place of Ron Yeats who had picked up a
shoulder injury. Eighteen-year-old AlfArrowsmith made his debut up
front in place of Ian St John, who was away on international duty.
Dick White became the first player in Liverpool’s history to score two
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
eats | own goals in one game as Liverpool lost for the first time that season,
Goals from 91 to 120 2-0.This turned out to be the first away defeat of seven but Liverpool
remained unbeaten at Anfield throughout the campaign. Yeats was
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS captain for the first time against Rotherham United on 26 December
League 67 as White was injured. He would hold on to the captaincy for the next
ten years! Yeats had only been at Liverpool for five months but was
FA Cup 11
now Shankly’s eyes and ears on the field.
Charity Shield 2
The League was put on the back-burner in January as Liverpool
entertained First Division strugglers Chelsea at Anfield in the FA
PLAYER DEBUTS
Cup third round. Shankly saw the best and worst sides to his team.
Phil Chisnall against West Ham 15.08.1964
Bobby Graham against KR Reykjavik 14.09.1964 Liverpool led 4-1 at half time, but Chelsea fought back in the second
half, scoring twice. An equaliser, however, was elusive. A couple of
goals from St John got rid of Oldham Athletic in the fourth round at
Boundary Park.
Liverpool were drawn at home against Shankly’s old team Preston
North End in the fifth round. Preston turned the “Anfield roar into a
murmur” in a goalless draw but Liverpool fans were excited to see the
replay at Deepdale, and Shankly was impressed by their enthusiasm.
“T will never forget the crowds which queued round the ground on
Sunday morning to buy their tickets for this game at Deepdale. The
scenes were truly amazing and once again I was reminded of the
tremendous importance ofLiverpool FC to our supporters and of our
responsibility to them. Old-timers in Preston told me that in the long
history of the club, they had never witnessed scenes such as this.” Again
neither side managed to score.
Hunt had time to add his fifth hat-trick of the season before the
second cup replay took place in arctic conditions in Manchester. A
flying Preston North End winger by the name of Peter Thompson
scored the winner in the fifty-fifth minute.
Shankly dropped ‘keeper Bert Slater after the cup defeat and
brought in Jim Furnell from Burnley, who played the last 13 games of

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1965/66 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
C Shield A Man Utd D 2-2 48502 W Stevenson '38, R Yeats '86
Div 1 A Leicester Wiis 29696 5 R Hunt '35, '80, G Strong '53
Div 1 H Sheff Utd L 0 47259 9
Div 1 A Sheff Utd D 0-0 20798 14
Div A Blackpool W 3-2 25616 g R Hunt '25, '58, | Callaghan ‘75
Div A West Ham W 5- 32144 3 G Milne '12, | Callaghan '26, R Hunt '42, '43, '50
Div H Fulham WwW 2- 46382 4 C Lawler '6, R Hunt ‘60
Div H West Ham D 1- 44397 6 G Strong ‘76
Div A Tottenham L 1-2 46770 8 G Strong '80
Div H Everton WwW 50 53557 6 T Smith '34, R Hunt '49, '73, W Stevenson '52, | St John '89
ECWC 1:1 A Juventus L 0- 9242
Div 1 H Aston Villa W 3- 43859 2 P Thompson '12, '56, | St John ‘89
Div A an Utd L 0-2 58161 6
ECWC 1:2 H Juventus Ww 20 51055 C Lawler ‘19, G Strong '24
Div H ewcastle W 20 47984 3 R Hunt '26, | Callaghan ‘41
Div A WBA L 0-3 30000 7
Div H ottm For Ww 40 38420 5 W Stevenson '49 pen, R Hunt '72, '83, | St John '89
Div A Sheff Wed Ww 20 24456 2 R Hunt '74, P Thompson '83
Div i Gteapeh W 50 41904 7 a pb betel 17 pen, R Hunt '32, | Callaghan

Div a Blackbur W562 36450 bee 17 pen, | St John '32, '87, R Hunt '45,

Div A Stoke D 0-0 28622

Div H Burnley WwW 2- 50282 R Hunt '45, G Milne ‘61
ECWC 2:1 H Standard Liege WwW 3- 46112 C Lawler '2, ‘49, P Thompson ‘72
Div A Chelsea Ww 1-0 36839 R Hunt '73
Div H Arsenal W 42 43727 P Thompson '30, | St John '51, G Strong '70, R Hunt '80
ECWC 2:2 A Standard Liege W 2- 29534 R Hunt ‘51, | St John '57
Div1 A Newcastle D 0-0 42910
Div1 H Leeds United L 0- 53430
Div A Leeds United Ww 1-0 49192 G Milne '48
Div 1 H jan Utd W 2 53970 T Smith '39, G Milne '88
Div A Arsenal WwW1-0 43917 R Yeats '87
Div H WBA D252 46687 G Milne '37, G Byrne '44
FAC 3 H Chelsea L 1-2 54097 R Hunt '2
Div H Leicester WwW 1-0 45409 C Lawler ‘75
Div A Blackburn Ww 4 30414 C Lawler '25, R Hunt '43, | St John '63, '76
Div H Sunderland Ww 40 43859 R Hunt '46, '52, '64, R Yeats '59
Div H Blackpool W 4 45046 R Hunt '28, '80, A Arrowsmith '40, G Milne '48
Div A Fulham L 0-2 31626
ECWC 3:1 A Honved D 0-0 16163
ECWC 3:2 H Honved W 20 54631 C Lawler '28, | St John '47
Div H Tottenham Ww 1-0 50760 R Hunt '65
Div A Everton D 60-0 62537
Div A Aston Villa W 30 23625 R Hunt ‘42, '62, | Callaghan '49
Div H Sheff Wed Ww 1-0 44792 W Stevenson '23
Div A Northampton D 0-0 20029
Div A Sunderland D 2-2 38355 C Lawler '1, '24
ECWC SF:1 A Celtic L 0-1 76446
Div H Stoke WwW 20 41106 1 G Strong '31, | St John '78
ECWC SF:2 H Celtic Ww 20 54208 T Smith '61, G Strong '67
Div A Burnley ii 0-2 36741 ]
Div H Chelsea W 2-4 53754 R Hunt '48, '69
ECWC Final N Dortmund L 1-2 41657 R Hunt '68 (at Hampden Park, Scotland)
Div 1 A Nottm For |D 1-1 22105 1 G Milne '60

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Gerry Byrne 0 0 0 3 0 0 il 0 0
an Callaghan 0 5 0 0 9 | 0 0 1 7 a 0
Tommy Lawrence 42 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 i 0 0 0
Tommy Smith 42 0 3 fot 0 0 ‘| 0 i 1 0 0 0
Ron Yeats 42 0 2 0 0 i] 0 0 1 0 1 0
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Willie Stevenson 4 0 | 5 i 0 0 “| q| 0 0 i 0 1 0
Chris Lawler 40 0 5 0 0 8 0 4 1 0 0 0
Peter Thompson 40 | 0 5 1 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0
Roger Hunt 37 0 30 0 1 7 0 2 i 0 0 0
Gordon Milne 28 0 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
Geoff Strong 21 i 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1
Alf Arrowsmith 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
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Phil Chisnall 0 sl ba 0 0 0 0 fia) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Burnley 42 15 3 3 45 20 9 4 55
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Chelsea 42 11 4 6 30 21 11 3 51
West Bromwich Albion 42 11 6 4 58 34 8 6 50
Leicester 42 12. 4 5 40 28 9 3 49
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Newcastle United 42 10 5 6 4 4 3
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS the season. Furnell played 28 games in total for Liverpool but was later
a regular for Arsenal from 1963-1968.
The boss was optimistic that Liverpool would finally get out of
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the Second Division that year. “We had now reached the stage in the
[Cieanseots—teague —SSSCiSCC season when promotion seemed a certainty,’ he would say. “We had
3 still eight games to play, we had 52 points and it looked from the way
results of our nearest rivals’ games coming in, that only one or two
more points would make us safe.”
Liverpool hosted Southampton at Anfield on 21 April 1962, with
one point necessary for promotion. Ian St John was suspended so
Kevin Lewis played up front. Michael Charters noted in the Liverpool
Echo prior to the game that “the crisp shooting of Lewis should mean

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St John’s absence will not have too marked an effect on the forward

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Sd SC line... This could be a famous day at Anfield — the day they have all
[Gastonia SCC been waiting for.”
Liverpool took the lead in the nineteenth minute. “What a
scrambled effort it was. From a free kick by Moran, Hunt prodded the
ball forward and it bounced off Knapp to Lewis, who had his back to
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struck again ten minutes later. “The ball moved down the right wing
League Bic! to Callaghan, whose centre to the far post was headed back across goal
European Cup Winners Cup by Hunt and Godfrey pushed it further out, only for Lewis to make a
Charity Shield deliberate header beautifully placed into the corner of the net.’ These
FAC Sererrad two goals were enough to guarantee Liverpool a victory and end their
eight-year exile from the top-flight.
It was astonishing to see players who had previously been thought
of as average journeymen move onto a higher level largely through the
example set by the two signings and the new training regime which
Shankly had introduced. The template had been set and Shankly
wanted more. ““When we won promotion to the First Division I went
to a shareholders’ meeting and they were so thrilled about it that they
presented us with cigarette boxes,’ recalled the abstemious Shankly.
“T told them,’ We got promotion, but you don’t think that is satisfactory,
do you?’ Next time we come back here for presents we will have won
the Big League, the First Division’ They looked at me... as if to say,
“We've got a right one here.”
On 22 September 1962 came the game that all Reds had waited
for. Liverpool and Everton hadn’t met in a competitive game since
Liverpool conquered Everton famously 4-0 in the fourth round of the
FA Cup on the 29 January 1955. The Blues started better at Goodison
Park and were awarded a first-half penalty which was converted by
Vernon. Before half-time a superb piece of individual brilliance by
Lewis gave the Reds the equaliser that they deserved. Former Red
Johnny Morrissey took the lead again for Everton and the score
remained the same until the referee was about to blow the final whistle.
Alan A’Court sent in one last cross and up went West, up rose Labone
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1966/67 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
C Shield A Everton W -0 63329 R Hunt '9
Div H Leicester W 32 49076 9 R Hunt '10, G Strong '31, W Stevenson ‘65 pen
Div A Man City L -2 50923 g G Strong '35
Div 1 A Everton L 1-3 64318 16 T Smith '43
Div H Man City W 32 51645 11 R Hunt '4, '80, G Strong ‘7
Div1 A West Ham D -j 33000 10 G Strong '88
Div A Blackpool Ww 24 24375 7 R Hunt '18, P Thompson ‘85
Div 1 H Sheff Wed D -1 48717 10 G Strong ‘19
Div A Southampton Ww 2-4 28287 10 St John '35, | Callaghan '48
Div H Sunderland De 22 45706 8 R Yeats '10, R Hunt '46
EC 1:1 H Petrolul Ploiesti W 20 44463 St John '71, | Callaghan ‘80
Div1 A Aston Villa W 3-2 24909 6 St John '31, | Callaghan '65, B Graham '67
Div H Fulham Dhrwonc272 44024 7 G Strong '1, | St John '36
EC 1:2 A Petrolul Ploiesti L 1-3) 10857 R Hunt ‘50
Div A ottm For D 1- 32887 7 R Hunt '19
EC 1:2 Rep N Petrolul Ploiesti W 240 0482 St John '13, P Thompson '43 (at Heysel Stadium, Belgium)
Div A Stoke L 0-2 37933 9
Div H ottm For Ww 40 40624 8 G Strong '16, R Hunt '62, '75, P Thompson '73
Div H Burnley W 240 50124 4 C Lawler '4, P Thompson ‘89
Div A ewcastle W 2-0 36910 2 St John '22, R Hunt '65
Div H Leeds United W 50 51014 Zz C Lawler '43, PThompson '57, G Strong ‘75, ‘89, | St John '8:
Div A WBA L 1-2 25900 4 G Strong '79
Div H Sheff Utd Ue oils 42762 3 St John '89
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS at 4.45, but it was 4.50 by the time the “L” got out.
Total games The 1962/63 season had started badly for the Reds. Shankly put
the defeats down to Liverpool showing too much respect for the so
Games drawn
Games lost
called “elite” when he addressed the issue at the end of November.
“As
Clean sheets — League 13 other promotion sides before them have been known to do, the players
Clean sheets — Overall 18 got a bit of acomplex about this so-called First Division class when
Total goals 77
they stepped out in the top table,’ he said. “They’ve been treating
| Average attendance at home — League 46,398
: Average attendance at home — Overall 47,184
ordinary teams like good teams.They got the idea that sides in the First
| Average goals per game — League 171 Division must be good. Now they’re finding out that it isn’t always so.
| Average goals per game — Overall 1.76 There are a lot of ordinary sides in the First Division and Liverpool
| 47 were far from ordinary when they came into it.”
After fifteen games had been played, Liverpool were one point
from the relegation places with a total of four wins, three draws and
GOAL MINUTES
eight defeats. After waiting for promotion for eight long years were the
Goals from 1 to 15 11
| Goals from 16 to 30 1 Reds going straight down again? Not with Bill Shankly at the helm!
Goals from 31 to 45 16 Liverpool finally clicked into gear in a 3-3 draw against Manchester
United on 10 November. Ronnie Moran’s free-kick seemed to
) have won the game in the eighty-ninth minute but Johnny Giles
Goals from 91 to 120 eT scored with the last kick of the match. Liverpool won the next seven
games in the League in which Roger Hunt scored nine, including
a hat-trick in a 5-0 win against Leyton Orient. Shankly made an
important investment in Willie Stevenson who had been ousted out
a of Rangers by the signing of legend Jim Baxter. He was a skilful
ae performer, effectively replacing compatriot left-sided midfielder
Tommy Leishman, who seemed out of his depth in the First Division.
Stevenson was the dressing-room joker and a big favourite with
the fans. His distribution of the ball was second to none and if you
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consider rolling Graeme Souness and Ray Kennedy into one, you
would have an equivalent player to Willie. Shankly also replaced
‘keeper Jim Furnell with 22-year-old Tommy Lawrence, who had
been on Liverpool’s books since he was seventeen. Lawrence, who
was affectionately known as the “Flying Pig”, made the number one
jersey his own for the next seven years, making 390 appearances.
Liverpool had reached the top half of the table and were on a good
cup-run, playing Burnley who were targeting the top spot in the First
Division. After a 1-1 draw, 57,906 packed Anfield for the dramatic
replay. The scores stood 1-1 in the 119th minute when Liverpool were
awarded a penalty. Up stepped Ronnie Moran, who had re-established
himself in the side in the promotion season after a year out through
injury.“I never looked at opposing keepers. I would plant the ball on
the spot, aim to the keeper’s right, strike with the outside of my left
foot and find some swerve. On that occasion, I had some power in the
shot, but it was only a yard wide of their keeper. He went down on
one knee and pushed out an arm in the other direction. The goal was
at the Kop end and I hadn’t realised how close we were to the final
whistle. Seconds later, it was all over,’ said Moran of his important
goal. The fifth round brought together Liverpool and Arsenal where
Moran’s prowess from the spot proved again decisive, this time netting

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1967/68 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 19 Div 1 A Man City D 0-0 49343 10
Aug 22 Div 1 H Arsenal WwW 20 52033 1 R Hunt '23, '75
Aug 26 Div 1 H Newcastle WwW 6-0 51829 2 T Hateley '8, '47, '75, E Hughes ‘30, R Hunt '41, '87
Aug 28 Div 1 A Arsenal L 0-2 33420 2
Sep 02 Div 1 A WBA Ww 2-0 32737 2 T Hateley '6, R Hunt '58
Sep 05 Div 1 A Nottm For WwW 1-0 39352 1 E Hughes '51
Sep 09 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 3-1 53839 1 T Smith '37 pen, T Hateley '46, '47
Sep 13 \C2 H Bolton D 1-1 45957 P Thompson ‘73
Sep 16 Div 1 A Southampton L 0-1 | 29512 1
Sep 19 EEG A Malmo WwW 20 14314 T Hateley '9, '80
Sep 23 T Divi H Everton Ww 1-0 54189 1 R Hunt '78
Sep 27 LC 2 Rep A Bolton (i 2-3 31500 T Smith '35 pen, | Callaghan '80
Sep 30 Div1 H Stoke [ WwW 2-4 | 50220 1 P Thompson '38, T Smith '55 pen
Oct 04 EFC 1:2 H Malmo Wie 251.0 39795 R Yeats '28, R Hunt '36
Oct 07 Div 1 A Leicester L 1a 25609 2 |_| St John '27
Oct 14 Div 1 H West Ham W 3-1 46951 1 | St John '15, '38, T Smith '68
Oct 24 Div A Burnley D 1-1 29855 1 C Lawler ‘82
Oct 28 Div H Sheff Wed WwW 1-0 50399 1 C Lawler '10
ov 04 Div A Tottenham D 1-1 47682 1 R Hunt '72

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Nov 11 Div H Man Utd L 1-2 54515 2 R Hunt '83
lov 14 EFC 2:2 heel TSV Munich eal 1-2 10000 | Callaghan ‘5
Nov 18 Div A Sunderland D 1-1 29993 2 Cecil Irwin (og) ‘26
Nov 25 Div | H Wolves W241 ‘| 43885 Z T Hateley ‘1, W Stevenson '83 pen
Nov 28 EFC 3:1 A Ferencvaros U 0-1 30000
Dec 02 Div A Fulham D 1-1 29330 yi, T Hateley ‘80
Dec 09 Div 1 H Leeds United WwW 20 39676 2 R Hunt '18, Gary Sprake (og) '44
28 | Dec 16 Div H Man City D 1-1 53268 2 R Hunt '50
29 | Dec 23 Div A Newcastle D 1-1 46190 3 | St John '43
30 | Dec 26 Div A Coventry D 1 42209 2 | R Hunt '13
31 | Dec 30 Div H Coventry WwW 1-0 48866 2 | Callaghan ‘17
32 | Jan 06 Div | id WBA WwW 4-1 51092 2 G Strong '3, R Hunt ‘57, '67, ‘79
33 | Jan 09 EFC 3:2 | H Ferencvaros L 0-1 46892
34 | Jan 20 Div H Southampton W 20 44906 3 G Strong '55, R Yeats '85
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Feb 12 Div 1 A Chelsea L 1-3 40670 5 P Thompson ‘80
Feb 17 FAC 4 A ih Walsall | D 600 21066
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Mar 02 Div 1 A Wolves D 1-1 33207 4 R Hunt '79
Maro9 | FACS A Tottenham D 1-1 54005 T Hateley '54
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Mar 16 | Div H Burnley W 3-2 41114 4 T Hateley '31, '73, G Strong ‘61
Mar 23 Div 1 A Sheff Wed WwW 2-1 32177 4 | R Hunt '27, A Arrowsmith ‘88
Mar 30 FAC 6 A WBA D = 0-0 53062
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Apr 18 FAC Rep 2 N WBA L 1-2 56000 | THateley '39 (at Maine Road)
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Apr29 | Divi H Tottenham Tee 41688 4 | THateley 38
May 04 | Divi A Leeds United Wire 24 44553 4 C Lawler '84, B Graham '85
May 11_| _Div1 H Nottm For WwW 6-1 38850 | 3 | St John '34, T Hateley '36, ‘41, '84, R Hunt '55, ‘71
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Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 10 5 | 5 2 14g 39 34
Coventry City 42 8 5 8 32 32 1 10 10 19 39 33
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the winner 25 minutes from time.
The most thrilling game of the season was no doubt when second
placed Tottenham visited Anfield on 12 April. Liverpool were 2-0
down at half-time and got a dressing-down from the current manager
and the future-one as well. This was one of the most remarkable games
in Ron Yeats’ career. “Nobody liked coming to Anfield because our
supporters were unmatchable,” he recalled. “We had been complacent.
Perhaps we thought we were invincible at home.We could not believe
what had happened. It was a challenge we had relished because the
Spurs team was oozing with star names. Bill Shankly reminded us of
the huge crowd we had let down and the pride we should feel in the
red jersey. His assistant, Bob Paisley, had private words with individual
players and they stung. He said simply that some performances were
not good enough for Liverpool. Really we were only hearing what we
already knew. Our pride had been badly dented.”
The second half brought one ofthe biggest recoveries in Liverpool’s
history. Willie Stevenson scored in the fifty-second minute, Jimmy
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
Melia equalised a couple of minutes later, St John took the lead for
Goals from 91 to 120 aguas171 Liverpool in the seventy-second minute, with Kevin Lewis scoring the
fourth seven minutes from time and Jimmy Melia sealing a memorable
5-2 win. “People wouldn’t believe that we could be so bad and so
good on the same day,” remarked Yeats. Only 24 hours later Liverpool
had to play again at Anfield, beating Manchester United 1-0 with a
goal from Ian St John. The Reds could hardly catch their breath before
travelling to London to play Spurs again on their home turf two days
later. Tottenham were not going to slip up again and Jimmy Greaves
PLAYER DEBUTS
made sure of that by scoring four goals in a crushing 7-2 Spurs win!
Tony Hateley against Man City 19.08.1967
Peter Wall against Burnley 16.03.1968 Liverpool didn’t recover from this blow and lost five out of their
Doug Livermore against West Ham 20.04.1968 remaining eight games as well as losing 1-0 at Hillsborough in the
semi-final of the elusive FA Cup, against a Leicester team with the
superb Gordon Banks in goal. Liverpool could, however, be relatively
pleased with eighth place after a hectic season that started and ended
badly but had several highlights in between that showed the Reds’
potential.
Shankly only bought one player in the summer of 1964 but what
a crucial one he proved to be. Peter Thompson caused the downfall of
Liverpool in the cup two seasons previously with Preston. He was a
brilliant right-footed left-winger who liked to torment his opponents,
twisting and turning them inside-out as well as sometimes his own
team-mates! He was a great player with skill in abundance. The
nickname “The Tricky Reds” was now here to stay. Liverpool were
to be envied by other teams for possessing such a powerful pairing on
opposing flanks as Thompson and Callaghan.
Shanks honed the team’s fitness and strength. “No team would
have the same endurance as this Liverpool side” and it proved to be
true on many an occasion in the coming season. Shankly felt now he
had a team which could ‘Do the Business’. Never one to be modest he
announced that fact to all who would listen: “I think we are equal or

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1968/69 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 10 Div 1 H Man City W 21 51236 | 3 B Graham '24, P Thompson ‘73
2 | Aug 14 Div 1 A Southampton L 0-2 24453 13
3 | Aug 1/7 Div 1 A Arsenal D 1-1 43535 10 R Hunt ‘50
4 | Aug 20 Div1 H Stoke W 2-1 f 46674 5 Callaghan '63, Anthony Allen (og) '75
5 | Aug 24 Div 1 H | Sunderland WwW 4-1 46547 4 T Smith '1, C Lawler '16, | Callaghan '44, T Hateley '66
6 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Everton D 00 | 63898 4
7 | Aug 31 Div 1 A Leeds United Is 0-1 38929 | 7
8 | Sep 04 LC2 H Sheff Utd WwW 4-0 32358 R Hunt '54, C Lawler '71, | Callaghan '75, P Thompson '83
9 | Sep 07 Div 1 H OPR WwW 2-0 46025 5 R Yeats '43, B Graham '55
10 | Sep 14 Div 1 A Ipswich w 20 | 24514 5 B Graham '48, | St John '89
11 | Sep 18 EFC 1:1 A Athletic Bilbao L 1-2 | 28004 R Hunt '67
12 | Sep 21 Div 1 H Leicester Ww 40 48375 3 R Yeats '2, T Smith '4 pen, A Evans ‘10, | Callaghan ‘12
13 | Sep 25 Ios) H Swansea Ww 2-0 31051 C Lawler ‘52, R Hunt '85
14} Sep 28 Div 1 A Wolves WwW 6-0 39310 2 R Hunt '15, '74, P Thompson '25, ‘80, A Evans '30, '63
15| Octoz | EFC 1:2 | -H | Athletic Bilbao W244 agse7 | C Lawler '78, E Hughes ‘87
16} Oct 05 Div 1 A Burnley Ww 40 26238 | 1 | R Hunt '20, ‘35, P Thompson '62, G Strong '87
17 | Oct 08 Div1 H Everton D 1-1 54496 1 T Smith '75
18 | Oct 12 Div H Man Utd WwW 2-0 53392 2 St John '14, A Evans '82
| 19 Oct 15 LC 4 A Arsenal | eel? 39299 C Lawler ‘75
20 | Oct 19 Div | A Tottenham ae 2 44122 2 R Hunt '37
21 | Oct 26 Div H Newcastle WwW 2-1 45323 A Evans '23, P Thompson '85
22 | Nov 02 Div 1 A WBA [ets to 34600 a 2
23 | Nov 09 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 2-1 47248 1 Callaghan '25, T Smith '28 pen
24 | Nov 16 Div 1 A Sheff Wed WwW 2-1 31245 C Lawler ‘28, | Callaghan ‘71
25 | Nov 23 Div H Coventry Ww 2-0 44820 1 G Strong ‘36, | Callaghan '83
26 | Nov 30 Div 1 | A Nottm For W 1-0 25175 1 R Hunt '24
27 | Dec 03 Div 1 H Southampton WwW 1-0 45527 1 | Callaghan ‘14
28 | Dec 07 Div 1 H West Ham W 20 48632 | 1 E Hughes '44, P Thompson '47
29 | Dec 14 Div A Man Utd L 0-1 59000
30 | Dec 21 Div H Tottenham WwW 1-0 43843 E Hughes '70
31 | Dec 26 Div H Burnley dD 1-1 52515 1 C Lawler '43
32 | Jan 04 FAC 3 H Doncaster WwW 2.0 48330 il R Hunt ‘70, | Callaghan ‘84
33 | Jan 11 Div 1 H WBA WwW 1-0 47587 1 P Thompson '83
34 | Jan 18 Div 1 A Chelsea WwW 2-1 51872 | R Hunt '65, A Evans '72
35 | Jan 25 FAC 4 ‘| H Burnley WwW 21 | 53677 T Smith '13 pen, E Hughes ‘23
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39 | Mar 01 FAC 5 A Leicester D 0-0 42002
40 | Mar 03 FAC 5 Rep H Leicester f 0-1 54666
41 | Mar 15 Div A Sunderland WwW 2-0 17855 2 | St John '39, A Evans '62
42 | Mar 29 Div 1 A QPR W 2- 16792 2 | TSmith'28 pen, R Hunt '78
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48 | Apr 22 Div 1 A Coventry D 0.0 35106 2
| 49 Apr 28 Div 1 H Leeds United D 0-0 53750 2
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS better than all the teams in Division 1 and if we continue to think that
Total games way, we will be the best.”
Games won
Anfield had become the “bastion of invincibility” that Shankly
Games drawn
Games lost
had predicted and defeats at Liverpool's hallowed home were few and
Clean sheets — League far between. Or at least they had been before this particular season.
Clean sheets — Overall Despite winning three and drawing one away, they had lost their first
three home games. Ronnie Moran had not helped matters by missing
three penalties in the opening seven games! Shanks knew he was in
Average goals per game — League trouble. He had heard that there was a Board meeting in progress, so he
Average goals per game — Overall marched up the stairs, opened the doors, looked down the table where
Average goal minute — League
all the directors sat and announced, “I can assure you, gentlemen, that
we will win a game at Anfield this season.” He turned around, closing
the door behind him to leave gob-smacked directors to try and conduct
GOAL MINUTES what business they had left! The next game was at home against Wolves
Goals from 1 to 15 10
midweek. Shanks got all his players together and realised the problem
|Goalsfromaitoas | was their anxiety about playing in front of the Kop.
|Goalsfrom4sto60 | It’s not documented what Shanks actually said that evening to all
Goals from 61 to 75
his players but it must have been significant as Liverpool went out and
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 pts, Vegenw si} stuffed Wolves 6-0. A reversal of fortune if there ever was one. Finally
home form had been fixed but then Liverpool travelled to Sheffield and
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS
lost their first away game of the season to the Blades 3-0! Everton were
League 63 beaten 2-1 at Anfield with a rare brace from Ian Callaghan, the first of
League Cup 7 which was a screamer from 25 yards. Cally himself could hardly believe
it. “As I got the ball, the defence suddenly fell away from me. They
European Fairs Cup
fanned out and to the surprise of my life gave me a clear sight of goal.
The thought flashed through my mind — this is too good to last — and
so I shot.” Three games in a row at Anfield tested Liverpool’s newly-
found resolve at home and their players proved they were no longer
afraid of the Kop and by no means goal-shy, scoring nine goals in three
victories. In late November 1963, Liverpool were finally top of the First
Division! Ron Yeats was leading by example and headed in the winner
from a corner kick against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 23
November. Shankly announced in his typical understated way after the
game that “Yeats is the greatest centre-half in the world today.”
Christmas 1963 was a very special time for all who went to the
“Hallowed Halls of Anfield.’ The Kop first started singing Beatles
music and the atmosphere in the ground on Boxing Day needed
to be experienced to be believed. A quadruple for Roger Hunt and
Alf Arrowsmith in, respectively, a 6-1 destruction of Stoke and 5-0
humiliation of Derby proved to be excellent stocking-fillers that year.
Ian St John didn’t want to be left out, but only managed three in
another 6-1 drubbing, this time against Sheffield United.
Liverpool played Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round on 15 February.
Ian St John scored after fifteen minutes but the game really kicked off
in the thirty-eighth minute when Joe Baker was late with a challenge
on Ron Yeats and both players got sent off. Yeats finished on the turf
with a cut above his eye. The Scotsman wasn’t too pleased about the
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in eight years and I never will,’ he said. “If I hit anyone I applause for a bit of foot-jugglery that would have graced
would expect to be sent off. But I swear I never hit him. I a music hall.” In the fifty-second minute he hammered
asked the referee if Ihad had hit myselfto get my cut and the ball into the net to a standing ovation. Five minutes
bleeding eye, but he would not listen.” Liverpool were later he added another with a long-range shot. Liverpool
awarded a penalty in the ninetieth minute and Hunt, who were incredibly 4-0 up and the title celebrations had
had scored from his only penalty to date against Burnley long since begun. Roger Hunt, who came through a late
the previous November, went up to the spot again. The fitness test, scored Liverpool’: fifth only three minutes
goalkeeper saved and Hunt didn’t take another penalty later with another long-range effort, the cue for hats,
for the club. The Reds were drawn against Swansea at scarves, newspapers and everything throwable going
home in the quarter-finals. Noel Dwyer’s heroics in the into the air. lan Callaghan could even afford to miss
Swansea goal proved decisive. Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the sixty-fourth minute! Maybe five was
a penalty in the eightieth minute. Hunt had missed the enough humiliation for the Gunners and former Red
last one so Ronnie Moran walked up to the spot after Furnell?
missing all his three penalties that season and guess what? The players ran off the field but returned to soak up
He missed again! Liverpool lost 2-1 and the League their fans’ adoration, as reported by the Liverpool Echo:
Championship became their sole target.
Then came the time of year when all should show “The eleven, plus their mascot, returned to the field
their faith. Easter had arrived. On Good Friday 1964 almost immediately to a rapturous reception from the terraces,
Sir Roger bagged a hat-trick against Spurs. Twenty-four and a standing ovation from everyone in the stands. The
hours later Liverpool popped into Leicester on their roar when they ran infront of the Kop increased by 50 per
way home and put another two past them. On Easter cent. E don’t think I have ever seen such an Anfield scene.
Monday Ian St John hit a brace and Alf Arrowsmith also It almost baffled description by its warmth and intensity.
chipped in when Tottenham were again the opponents. Yeats came to the touchline and gave a lady fan a kiss, and
Three games, eight goals and three wins: the Easter received a bottle of champagne for the first celebration of the
prayers had paid off this year. Only days later Liverpool wonderful season.”
scored three past Manchester United, even with the
talents of Best, Charlton and Law, but still the best was Shankly was, of course, tremendously proud of
yet to come... their achievement. “In 1963/64, I made good my
promise to the shareholders to return with the League
“EE-AYE-ADDIO we won the League” championship,” he remembered. “At Easter I said, ‘Right,
C); 18 April 1964 Liverpool played Arsenal at boys, we've jogged along nicely. Let’s go out and get it
Anfield. There were still four games to go for the going. Never mind anything that happens, off you go!’
Reds in the League, but victory meant the title would We won seven games on the trot, running through teams
be on display at Anfield. and tearing them to pieces, and we rounded things off
Ian St John put Liverpool ahead in the opening by drubbing Arsenal 5-0 at Anfield.”
minutes, sliding the ball past the oncoming Furnell, who Liverpool’s Championship success in 1964 had
had a point to prove to Shankly after being sold by the Reds reaching for the smelling salts. Only two seasons
Reds earlier in the season. Liverpool used the strong before Liverpool had been slogging it out in the Second
wind which Arsenal were facing in the first half to their Division with the likes of Bristol Rovers, Scunthorpe
advantage, delivering high balls into their opponents’ United and Bury. Shankly’s boys had not only managed
penalty area. Arsenal were not there just for show and had to navigate themselves out of those waters but to win
rattled Liverpool’s defence on occasion when they were the First Division too.
awarded a penalty in the twenty-ninth minute when This year Liverpool would be attacking on all fronts
Ron Yeats handled in the penalty area. George Eastham according to Shankly. Don’t even consider the idea of a
lashed in a left-foot shot aimed just inside Lawrence’s rotation system, in those days there was no such thing
right-hand post but the Scot brought off an outstanding as substitutes let alone a squad of 30-40 players. Shankly
save. Peter Thompson was in impressive form and after forged a team and, once he had got that team playing to
fooling two opponents set up Liverpool’s second for Alf his satisfaction, he stuck with it come hell or high water.
Arrowsmith in the thirty-eighth minute. Vital players in his team were not allowed the luxury of
Thompson was in the swing of things and “got an injury and many were the times that key players were

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sent out to play after having been given a painkilling the atmosphere in the Kop was reasonable at that time but
injection. Evidence of his mantra that the team was when 8.30 came and there had been no movement things
everything was displayed in the appearance figures. started to get a little fraught. A lot of supporters had spilled
In the 1963/64 League season there were three ever- onto the pitch, which meant that there was some space on
presents: Callaghan, Milne and Thompson; three others the Kop to move around. To appreciate what happened next
who played 40 games or more: Hunt, Lawrence and St it is necessary to have some knowledge of the layout of the
John; and four who played over 30 games: Stevenson, old Kop terrace. At ground level in the corner, where the
Yeats, Moran and Byrne. Kop met the Main Stand (immediately below where the old
Liverpool played their first ever European game Boy’s Pen used to be), there was a huge wooden gate that
against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavikur (Reykjavik slid open and closed on rollers. It must have been 20feet
Football Club) in Iceland. A sizeable group of British wide and almost as tall, and it was obviously opened at the
navy men lent their loud support to Liverpool’s troops end of each game to facilitate the emptying of the ground.
at Iceland’s national stadium, Laugardalsvollur. Peter
Thompson tore the Icelanders to pieces and thrilled “I found myself pressed up against this gate just at
spectators and his opponents alike. 5-0 the result and the time that the crowd started to get restless about the
6-1 at Anfield. apparent lack of action. There was a huge crush as people
Liverpool started badly in the League but had done who were still on the Kop terrace tried to get close to the
so as well the previous season. This time there was no turnstiles in that corner of the ground. I was forced against
revival and the team continued to struggle both home the door and could hardly breathe, which was bad enough,
and away, even losing 4-0 to Everton at home. There was but after a couple of minutes (which seemed like a couple
no way the title would be staying at Anfield. of hours) there was an ominous creaking sound as the
Opponents in the first round proper of the European door started to give way under the pressure ofpeople. At
Cup were Belgian champions Anderlecht, who included that point a miracle happened. Within the body of the
several of the national side which had just held England collapsing wooden door was a small conventional sized
to a draw at Wembley. Goals from St John, Hunt and gate, which was presumably used by the ground staff to
Yeats provided a comfortable lead, which was added to enter and leave the ground on non-match days. I hadn't
by Roger Hunt’s last-minute winner in the return game realised that it was there but just as I thought that I was
in Brussels. about to take my leave ofthis world the small gate opened
Liverpool drew 0-0 against Cologne in the next and a policeman quietly ushered me, and no doubt several
round in Germany, and then came the return leg which thousand other grateful supporters, out of the ground. To
almost resulted in a disaster of Hillsborough proportions, complete the miracle, the bobby had a sheaf of pass-out
as regular follower of the Reds, John Martin, who was in tickets as well so we all got to see the re-arranged game
the Kop for this game, related to LFChistory.net: without having to pay again!

“The second leg of the Cologne tie had caught the “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that had
supporters’ imagination and the ground was full a good hour that policeman not opened the small gate when he did
before kick-off at which point it started to snow. By about the wooden door would have collapsed within seconds and
7.00pm the snow had started to stick and the pitch was carnage to rival Hillsborough would have ensued. I have
turning into a white blanket. The problem was that a stiff come out in a cold sweat just relating the events.’ ,
wind had got up and as soon as a section of white line had
been brushed clear it was being covered again by the snow, A goalless draw was the result in the re-arranged
which by this time was, literally, a storm. Shortly after 7.30 game, but at a time before away goals and penalty
came the inevitable announcement that the game was off. shoot-outs were used, a replay was necessary in neutral
Rotterdam.The Reds took a two-goal lead but Cologne
“We would be given a pass-out ticket which would hit back to equalise. With no provision for a fourth
admit us to the rearranged game but that it would take them match, the tie was bizarrely settled by the toss of a coin.
half an hour or so to make the necessary arrangements with Ron Yeats stood on the halfway line with his hands
the turnstile operators. We were then expected to leave the on his hips. The opposing captain faced Yeats. Before the
ground by exiting through the turnstiles INREVERSE!! ref had a chance to ask either what they preferred, Yeats
These announcements were made around 8.00 pm and said ‘I'll have tails ref? The referee nodded and up went

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the coin and got stuck in a divot! Liverpool played the formidable Inter Milan three
Yeats remembered this incident vividly: days later. Liverpool’s strength had been weakened by
extra time on the notoriously sapping Wembley turf
“T said to the referee. ‘Ref, you’re going to have to retoss but they had a secret weapon.To work the crowd up
the coin.’ And he went: ‘You’re right, Mr. Yeats.’ I thought before the game Shankly sent out Gerry Byrne and
the German captain was going to hit him. He was going Gordon Milne, who were missing from the Inter game,
berserk because it was falling over on the heads. He picked with the cup. The noise at the ground that night was
it up, up it went again, came down tails. We were coming off absolutely deafening.
and who is standing there but Bill Shankly. I was first off The Inter players were looking at each other in
the pitch and he went: ‘Well done, big man. I am proud of disbelief. They had been told Liverpool would be tired
you. What did you pick?’ I said: ‘I picked tails, boss.’ Iwas but Hunt put the hosts 1-0 up after four minutes. Inter
waiting for the adulation but he just went: ‘I would have woke up and levelled the score but then Liverpool moved
picked tails myself’ and just walked away.’” up another gear and goals from Callaghan and St John
made it 3-1. Not content, the Kop encouraged their
Three days later ninth-placed Liverpool met Chelsea, troops to “ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK.” Liverpool
who were top of the League, in the semi-final of the should have scored more on the night but a 3-1 lead to
FA Cup.The general feeling was that Liverpool’s players take to the second leg was surely good enough? Eight
would be shattered after their midweek effort against days later, Liverpool entered the San Siro.
Cologne, but Shankly’s men were made of sterner stuff What greeted the fans and the players in Milan was
and stepped up a gear in the second half. A goal from unreal. It looked like the terraces were on fire, nearly all
Thompson and a penalty from Stevenson gave them the fans had flares; the ones that didn’t have flares fired
what every Red wanted, a trip to Wembley. Liverpool’s rockets at the pitch and players. The inferno that the
rise in this period had been incredible. Three years earlier players saw must have given them their nearest picture
Liverpool were in the Second Division; now they were of what Hell was actually like. All that was missing
in an FA Cup final and, after winning the League title was the Devil himself ... Enter Ortiz de Mendibil, the
a year earlier, a European Cup semi-final. Bill Shankly Spanish referee.
could definitely walk on water. The game kicked off and in the opening five
The Leeds final was maybe not a classic match, but minutes, Inter were awarded about ten free kicks, every
if you have never won the most prestigious and well- time a tackle went in the whistle went. Tackles that
known domestic cup competition in the world and had were timed to perfection, brought a whistle. Inter were
to listen to the jibes of your city rivals for years, it doesn’t awarded an indirect free kick just outside the box. Every
matter too much how the victory is achieved. That’s why Liverpool player picked up his opposite number, it had
the FA Cup win on 1 May 1965 is such a special day to be a cross because it was indirect. Corso ran up and
in Liverpool’s history — the day the famous old trophy fired it straight into the net. The Spanish official was in
finally came to Anfield after so many fruitless attempts. no doubt: “Gol!” Two minutes later, Lawrence caught
Shankly was ecstatic after St John’s winner in the 111th the ball and was running to the edge of the box to kick
minute . “It was a wet day, raining and splashing, and my the ball out. Piero came from behind the goalkeeper
shoes and pants were covered in white from the chalk off and kicked the ball out of his hands and put the ball in
the pitch as I walked up to the end of the ground where the net. Again, nothing wrong there... After sixty-two
our supporters were massed,’ he recalled. “We had beaten minutes Inter finally scored a legal goal. Lawrence had
Leeds United and our players had the arena, but I took off no chance stopping Facchetti’s well-struck shot and if he
my coat and went to the supporters because they had got did save it the ref would probably have given hand ball!
the Cup for the first time. Grown men were crying and The European dream of every Red was in tatters and De
it was the greatest feeling any human being could have Mendibil’s infamy will live long in the memory.
to see what we had done. There have been many proud Bill Shankly certainly never forgot him. “I was told
moments. Wonderful, fantastic moments. But that was the before the game in Milan that whatever happened we
greatest day.’ When the Reds’ supporters returned home would not go through to the final,’ he remembered.
from the capital a conga line extended from Lime Street “T had the feeling that something was wrong politically...
station, over Lime Street and wound its way around St It was just like a war that night. Two of the Inter goals
George’s Hall plateau. The city was throbbing. weren't legal and I think the atmosphere affected them

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as well as us. ’m not saying that if the decisions on the and even Byrne were hitting the back of the net.
pitch had been right we wouldn’t have lost. Perhaps we In mid-April Liverpool’s lead was seven points but
would have done. But ofall the people I’ve seen and met second-placed Burnley had played one game less and
that referee is the one man who haunts me.” third-placed Leeds had three games in hand, ten points
Liverpool kept their pride and dignity in the behind. Liverpool focused again on Europe, when they
aftermath, which would give them hope for next year’s played the first leg of the quarter-final against Honved
onslaught on three fronts. In the 1965/66 season the in Budapest. A goalless draw was followed by a 2-0 win
agony and the ecstasy would continue for the Reds. at Anfield and when the draw was made for the semis:
There was going to be no shortage of goals when Liverpool v Celtic, Britain shook to its core.
Roger Hunt was around, and he proved that once again Celtic came to Anfield leading 1-0 on aggregate,
by scoring ten goals in the opening nine League games but a blistering free-kick from Tommy Smith equalised
of the 1965/66 season, with Liverpool close to the Bobby Lennox’s first-leg goal and then Geoff Strong,
top. Liverpool and Everton met at Anfield in front of despite limping severely from an incident earlier in the
53,500 spectators on 25 September. In the thirty-fourth game, somehow climbed to reach an Ian Callaghan cross
minute, Thompson’s free kick was met by a horizontal and headed it past Ronnie Simpson. A late Celtic goal
Tommy Smith and his header flew past the static West. was disallowed and caused a bit of crowd trouble with
As the ref blew the whistle for half-time, no one with a mostly empty bottles being thrown onto the pitch by
red scarf could believe Liverpool only led by one goal. the visiting fans, but it was Liverpool who just went
Then the floodgates opened. As Roger Hunt went through to their first European final.
through on West, the keeper went down far too early Liverpool played their penultimate League game at
and all Hunt had to do was clip one over the top of Anfield on the last day of April.A point would guarantee
the forlorn keeper. 2-0 was quickly followed by 3-0.A the title but still it was mathematically possible for Leeds
Thompson cross from the left was deflected by Harris to overtake Liverpool as they had five games left to play
straight into the path of the forward-running Stevenson. to get a maximum of 10 points and thus equal Liverpool's
His delicate lob left West totally flat-footed. Another run total of 58 points. That would necessitate Liverpool
by Thompson led to the fourth. He had done Wright losing both of their remaining games and Leeds winning
twice again before he pulled back the ball to Stevenson. all five while having to improve an inferior goal-average.
Willie’s cross was met by a stooping Sir Roger. 4-0 and Chelsea obviously didn’t give Leeds any chance of
the Kop decided to raise the noise levels even more. ‘“We staging a grandstand finale to the season, as the visitors
want five, we want five” echoed around the ground. Just formed a guard of honour to applaud the Reds onto the
before the final whistle St John rose to a Callaghan cross, pitch before the game.
scoring Liverpool’s FIFTH that day. Just before the teams came out, a fan ran from the
Juventus provided very tough opposition in the first Kop and planted a replica of the League Championship
round of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, but first- trophy on the centre spot. After a goalless first half
half goals at Anfield from defenders Lawler and Strong Liverpool took only three minutes to go ahead. Dunn
overturned a narrow 1-0 defeat in Turin. A 5-2 aggregate was unlucky to rebound the ball into the net, the goal
victory got rid of Standard Liege in the next round. credited to Roger Hunt. Chelsea equalised in the sixty-
After a goalless draw against Stoke on 20 November second minute but Liverpool reclaimed their lead only
Liverpool were finally top with 25 points, albeit only on seven minutes later. Hunt tore the Chelsea defence
a slightly better goal-average than Burnley, whom they apart before sliding in a left-footed shot that crawled
beat 2-1 in the next game. inside the far corner. The game ended 2-1 in Liverpool’s
Liverpool were still top with panes closely behind favour, sealing Shankly’s second title win. The Liverpool
when they arrived at Highbury on 8 January. When Yeats players posed with the replica title on the ground while
scored the winner with a fearless dive at the near post the supporters shouted: “We want Shankly!’ The great
‘keeper Furnell’s knee came crashing on his neck. Yeats man obliged, saluting the crowd to signal victory.
was petrified and told trainer Bob Paisley, who attended Playing in Glasgow in the Cup Winners’ Cup final
to him, that he thought his neck was broken. Thankfully should have been an advantage but atrocious weather
it was only a damaged muscle and Yeats recovered. Hunt plus the fact that many Glaswegians shunned the event
was going through a rare lean spell, not scoring for seven once Celtic had been knocked out kept the crowd
League games in a row. However, Yeats, Milne, Smith down to under 42,000. Hampden at the time was a vast

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bowl with enormous terraces. The majority of neutral fronts, finishing fifth, nine points behind champions
support went to Borussia Dortmund, the Scots having Manchester United. The nadir was a 5-1 defeat by Ajax
not forgiven Liverpool for eliminating the Bhoys. at the foggy Olympic stadium in the second round of
Sigi Held gave the Germans the lead, but Roger Hunt the European Cup, where Shankly sneaked on to the
equalised midway through the second half.The goal came field in the middle of the game.
in controversial circumstances after the ball seemed to
go out of play before Peter Thompson made the crucial “We couldn’t see much of the game at all, sitting on
cross. Fate conspired to deny Liverpool their moment of the sidelines,” he recalled. “We couldn’t even see the ball.
glory in the cruellest way. In the 107th minute Tommy But the pressmen reported it in full. We were 2-0 down and
Lawrence came sliding out ofhis goal to block Sigi Held’s Willie Stevenson and Geoff Strong started raiding. They were
shot but the ball only fell to Libuda about 40 yards out. He stung and went mad and tried to retrieve the game. So I
tried a speculative lob, seeing the opposition goalkeeper went on to the pitch while the game was in progress and was
stranded, and the ball hit the post before glancing into the walking about in the fog, and I said to Willie and Geoff,
net off RonYeats, who had rushed back trying to clear the ‘Christ, this is only the first game. There’s another bloody
danger. That proved to be the winner. game at Liverpool, so don’t go and give away more goals.
Bill Shankly was in no mood to salute the victorious Let’s get beat 2-0. We are not doing too bad. Take it easy.’
Dortmund side in the aftermath of the match.““We were I walked on to the pitch, talked to the players, and walked
beaten by a team of frightened men,” he said. “It was off again and the referee never saw me! We lost 5-1, but I
obviously their plan from the start simply to keep us still thought we could get through at Anfield. Candidly, I
in subjection. They had no real attacking plan but they thought that at our best we might have beaten them 6-0 and
won and I am quite sincere when I say they are the I said so.”
worst team we met in the competition this season. If
Tommy Smith and Roger Hunt would have been fully Johan Cruyff and Ajax would soon go on to win
fit we would have won easily. Smith injured an ankle six the Champions’ Cup for three successive seasons. After
weeks ago and aggravated the injury early in the game. the 2-2 draw in the second leg at Anfield Shankly told
Hunt injured his ankle again midway through the first the incredulous press: “We could have scored seven and
half?’ Once again the European season ended in great won easily if Peter Thompson had not hit the bar in the
disappointment but reaching a semi-final and then a final sixth minute.”
in the club’s first two European campaigns was still a Liverpool were only three points behind champions
terrific achievement. What could possibly prevent a total Manchester City at the end of the 1967/68 season. The
domination by Shankly’s side for the coming seasons? Reds had led the League from early-September to early-
Shankly’s men were a joy to watch and devoted fan November after nine wins in 15 games but an abundance
Brian Howell captures the scene perfectly: of draws curtailed their progress. Roger Hunt scored 30
goals, as well as breaking Gordon Hodgson’s goal record
“T first went to Anfield as a lad in the late sixties and by scoring his 242nd goal for Liverpool in an 8-0 win
spent a few seasons standing on my wooden box at the against TSV Munich on 7 November. He also had a new
back of the Anny Road before being promoted to the Main strike-partner in big Tony Hateley. Shankly was eager
Stand. When I think of those days — when we weren’t to utilize his heading ability, but his arrival changed the
winning that much but no one moaned like they do now team for the worse. “From being a passing team, we
— the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. They’re doing suddenly started launching the long ball up to the big
it now! The smell of ale, hot pork pies swimming in fat, man,” recalled Tommy Smith. “It is not something you ©
ciggies and chewies. The lads chucking the sweets into the plan. It’s just that a centre-forward who is good in the air
crowd with pinpoint accuracy and giving back the change. becomes a magnet for the long, high ball.”
The blokes walking around the pitch with the advert for Liverpool came up short on the European stage —
boxing at The Stadium balanced on their shoulders. The again but made a decent effort in the FA Cup, finally |
singing. The crush. The comments and jokes and laughter. bowing out to West Bromwich Albion in a sixth round
Old blokes having heart attacks and people fainting every second replay. The team still contained many of the men
game. The steam rising from the crowd.” who had won the League, FA Cup and League again in
successive seasons earlier in the decade but lacked their
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296 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Even though Hateley had scored 27 goals in his his former club 6-0. At the time Evans seemed the ideal
only full season he was sold early on in his second one. candidate to be groomed as Roger Hunt’s successor, but
Shankly paid Wolves £100,000 for 19-year-old Alun eventually the expectation and responsibility seemed
Evans in September 1968, which made him the most to weigh heavily on his young shoulders. Liverpool
expensive teenager in Britain and Liverpool’s costliest were top of the League in the 1968/69 season from
player. Evans reminded Shankly of Denis Law and the November until January but were overtaken by Leeds
start to his Liverpool career could hardly have been more with twelve games left. Leeds never surrendered the top
sensational. He scored a goal ten minutes into his debut spot and won the championship six points ahead of the
at home to Leicester and then two more the following Reds. It begged the question: when would Liverpool
week as he returned to Molineux and helped destroy win silverware again under Shankly?

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1969/70 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 09 Div 1 H Chelsea W 41 48383 4 C Lawler '26, | St John ‘49, '83, G Strong '60
2 | Aug 12 Div 1 H Man City W 3-2 51959 | 2 | St John '2, '88, R Hunt '83
3 | Aug 16 Div 1 A Tottenham Ww 20 i 50474 2 E Hughes '2, C Lawler '37
4 | Aug 20 Div A Man City W 20 47888 Z B Graham ‘44, '80
5 | Aug 23 Div 1 H Burnley D 3-3 51113 2 T Smith '36 pen, '77, B Graham ‘49
6 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Crystal Palace W 3-1 36369 2 E Hughes ‘36, R Hunt ‘73, P Thompson '82
7 | Aug 30 Div A |” Sheff Wed dD 1-1 33600 2 C Lawler '42
8 | Sep 03 LC2 A Watford W 2-4 21149 [ Bert Slater (og) '6, |St John '75
9 | Sep 06 Div H Coventry W 2-4 I: 48337 1 | St John '37, G Strong '89
Sep 09 Div1 H Sunderland Ww 20 46370 1 G Strong '12, T Smith '34
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Sep 27 Div1 A WBA D 2-2 34343 2 B Graham '25, R Hunt '89
Sep 30 iil EFC 1:2 A Dundalk Ww 40 6000 P Thompson '13, '31, B Graham ‘48, | Callaghan ‘81
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Oct 11 | Div4 A | Newcastle ean, % 43830 3
Oct 18 Div 1 A Ipswich D 2-2 [ 23263 2 B Graham '8, A Lindsay '76
Oct 25 Div 1 H Southampton W 41 41611 2 E Hughes '10, R Hunt ‘83, '84, Anthony Byrne (og) '88
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26 | Nov 22 Div 1 A Leeds United D 1-1 43293 3 R Yeats '31
27 | Nov26 | EFC 2:2 H Vitoria Setubal W 32 41633 T Smith '60 pen, A Evans '88, R Hunt '90
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Jan 17 Div 1 H WBA Daal 43526 4 C Lawler ‘70
Jan 24 FAC 4 H Wrexham Wier 54096 B Graham '51, '73, | St John '59
Jan 31 Div 1 A Nottm For tL 0-1 30838 4
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Feb 11 FAC 5 Rep A Leicester Ww 20 42100 A Evans '64, '90
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Mar 14 Div 1 A Arsenal L 5 R Yeats '83
Mar 16 Div 1 H Sheff Wed Ww 5 C Lawler '50, R Yeats ‘63, B Graham '88
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Apr 03 Div 1 H Crystal Palace Ww 4 B Graham '16, '48, C Lawler ‘47
53 | Apr 15 [ Div 1 A Sunderland Ww 5 C Lawler '86
54 | Apr 18 Div 1 A Chelsea L 5 B Graham '27

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Arsenal
Wolverhampton Wanderers

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The Story Of The Decade
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS [eae hadn’t won anything since 1966 and the 1969/70 season
was one to forget. The great sides created by Shanks in the sixties
Games won 27
were in decline.
Games drawn 13
Games lost 14 Shankly reflected on his dry spell at Anfield in his autobiography:
Clean sheets — League 16
Clean sheets — Overall 21 “A lot of our players were about the same age and I had given them
Total goals
Average attendance at home — League
a set time as to how long I thought they would last. I had told them, ‘If
Average attendance at home — Overall you are a good athlete, your best seasons will be between twenty-eight and
Average goals per game — League thirty-three. I had my best seasons during that period of my life. I thought
Average goals per game — Overall
some of them would have gone on longer than they did, because of their
Average goal minute — League
Average goal minute — Overall
experience. Maybe the success they had shortened their careers. They had
won the League, the FA Cup and the League again, and they had been in
Europe so often. They had played everybody and done most things. Perhaps
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
they were no longer hungry enough,”
Goals from 16 to 30
Goals from 31 to 45 Shankly’s old guard was represented by Chris Lawler, Tommy
Goals from 46 to 60
Smith, and the evergreen Ian Callaghan. Ray Clemence established
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90 himself in goal and Larry Lloyd replaced Ron Yeats in the heart of
Goals from 91 to 120 defence. Although lacking in pace and skill, Lloyd was dominant in
the air and strong in the tackle. He had the qualities of a leader. Alec
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS Lindsay could peel an orange with his left foot, and, after starting out as
a left-winger, he was moved to left-back in September 1970, crossing
European Fairs Cup from the touchline with tremendous accuracy. Liverpool splashed a
9
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club record £110,000 on giant John Toshack from Cardiff. He was not
a genius on the deck but was unbeatable in the air. Economics graduate
Steve Heighway was signed from non-league Skelmersdale United, and
PLAYER DEBUTS
Alec Lindsay against Dundalk 16.09.1969
showed perfect ball-control at breakneck speed, delivering great passes.
Phil Boersma against Man City 24.09.1969 Forward Bobby Graham had his best-ever season in 1969/70, scoring
Larry Lloyd against WBA 27.09.1969 21 goals. Unfortunately, though, he broke his leg against Chelsea in
Steve Peplow against West Ham 15.11.1969
October 1970, and the injury curtailed his Liverpool career.
Roy Evans against Sheff Wed 16.03.1970
John McLaughlin against Chelsea 18.04.1970
Liverpool again finished fifth in the 1970/71 season but had shown
considerable improvement in the cup competitions. Alun Evans had a
bright start to the season with five goals in his first six League games.
Evans was replaced in the twenty-ninth minute against Southampton
on 26 September after centre-half John McGrath managed to tackle
him around the neck. Evans recovered, but after the match, Shankly
came out with his notorious comment about Southampton’s “Alehouse
Football” and for a few years afterwards, whenever Southampton visited
Anfield, they were greeted with the Kop bawling “Alehouse, Alehouse”
at them every time they committed a foul. Evans’ shining moment came
on 10 March 1971 when he scored a hat-trick when Liverpool beat
Bayern Munich 3-0 in the fourth round of the European Fairs Cup.
The Reds had a clear advantage for the second leg, for which Shankly
gave Ian Ross the specific task of shadowing Franz Beckenbauer in
Munich. The underrated Scotsman did such a good job that he even
found time to stroll up-field and put Liverpool in the lead. The game
finished 1-1 and another European semi-final was secured, this time
against opponents Liverpool knew only too well.

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 303

1970/71 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 15 Div 1 A Burnley WwW 2-4 26702 4 A Evans '19, E Hughes '77
Aug 17 Div 1 A Blackpool D 00 28818 | 1
Aug 22 Div1 H Huddersfield Ww 40 52628 2 J McLaughlin '9, '39, A Evans ‘74, '88
Aug 25 Div 1 H Crystal Palace D 1-1 47612 ip 1 B Graham '28
Aug 29 Div 1 A WBA D 1-1 31624 3 A Evans '25
Sep 05 Div 1 H Man Utd D 1-1 52541 [ i) A Evans '22
Sep 08 LC2 A Mansfield D 0-0 12532
Sep 12 Div 1 A Newcastle D 0-0 35501 5
Sep 15 EFC 1:1 H Ferencvaros WwW 1-0 37531 B Graham ‘17
Sep 19 Div 1 H Nottm For Ww 30 40676 4 B Graham '15, P Thompson '27, A Evans '69
Sep 22 LC 2 Rep H Mansfield* Wie eZ 31087 | E Hughes '16, T Smith ‘80 pen, A Evans ‘102
Sep 26 Div A Southampton L 0- 26155 | 6
Sep 29 FAC 1:2 A Ferencvaros D \- 25000 E Hughes '65
Oct 03 Div H Chelsea Ww 1-0 46196 5 A Evans '22
Oct 06 LC 3 A Swindon L 0-2 23992
Oct 10 Div1 A Tottenham Ip 0- 44457 8
Oct 17 Div H Burnley W 20 40804 8 R Yeats '44, S Heighway ‘51
Oct 21 EFC 2:1 H Din. Bucharest W 30 36525 A Lindsay '60, C Lawler '76, E Hughes '82
Oct 24 Div A Ipswich i 0- 22577 8
Oct 31 Div H Wolves WwW 20 45391 8 T Smith '48 pen, A Evans '72
Nov 04 EFC 2:2 A Din. Bucharest D 1-1 50000 P Boersma '47
Nov 07 Div 1 A Derby D 00 33004 Bb ut8
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Nov 21 Div 1 H Everton W 3-2 53777 6 S Heighway ‘69, J Toshack '76, C Lawler '84
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Dec 05 Div1 H Leeds United D 1-1 51357 | Fd J Toshack '52
Dec 09 EFC 3:1 A Hibernian WwW 1-0 30296 J Toshack ‘75
Dec 12 Div1 A West Ham WwW 2-1 27459 5 J Whitham '27, P Boersma ‘43
Dec 19 Div 1 A Huddersfield D 00 25033 6
Dec 22 EFC 3:2 H Hibernian WwW 2-0 37815 S Heighway '23, P Boersma '50
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32 | Jan 02 FAC 3 H Aldershot Ww -0 45500 J McLaughlin '28
33 | Jan 09 Div 1 H Blackpool Dee 2 42939 v S Heighway '38, John Craven (og) '82
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35 | Jan 16 Div 1 A Crystal Palace L 0-1 28253 8
36 | Jan 23 FAC 4 H Swansea WwW 3-0 47229 J Toshack '53, | St John '85, C Lawler '87
37 | Jan 30 Div 1 H Arsenal Ww 2-0 43847 8 J Toshack ‘4, T Smith '50
38 | Feb 06 Div 1 A Leeds United Ww -0 48425 5 J Toshack '2
39 | Feb 13 FAC 5 H Southampton W -0 50226 C Lawler '29
40 | Feb 16 Div 1 H West Ham WwW 1-0 38032 4 J Toshack '58
41 | Feb 20 Div1 A Everton D 0-0 56846 5
42 | Feb 27 Div 1 A Wolves L 0-1 32290 5
43 | Mar 06 FAC 6 H Tottenham D 0-0 54731
44 | Mar 10 EFC 4:1 H Bayern Munich WwW 30 45616 A Evans '30, ‘49, '73
45 | Mar 13 Div 1 A Coventry L 0-1 27687 6
46 | Mar 16 FAC 6 Rep A Tottenham WwW 1-0 56283 S Heighway '25
47 | Mar 20 Div1 H Derby Ww 20 40990 6 Dave Mackay (og) ‘42, C Lawler '88
48 | Mar 24 EFC 4:2 A Bayern Munich D 1-1 22000 | Ross '75
49 | Mar 27 FAC SF N Everton W 2-4 62144 A Evans '59, B Hall '73 (at Old Trafford)
50 | Mar 29 Div 1 H Ipswich WwW 2-1 42017 5 A Evans '17, B Graham '60
51 | Apr 02 Div 1 H WBA D 1-1 Fea nl A Evans '83
52 | Apr 06 Div 1 H Newcastle D 1-1 44289 5 C Lawler '44
53 | Apr 10 Div 1 A Stoke Ww 1-0 28810 [ 5 P Thompson '32
54 | Apr 12 Div 1 A Chelsea L 0-1 38705 6
55 | Apr 14 EFC SF:1 H Leeds United L 0-1 52577
56 | Apr 17 Div1 H Tottenham D 0-0 49363 6
57 | Apr 19 Div 1 A Man Utd WwW 2-0 44004 5 S Heighway '19, Paul Edwards (og) '58
58 | Apr 24 Div 1 A Nottm For Ww 1-0 20678 5 B Hall '68
59 | Apr 26 Div 1 A Man City D 2-2 17975 4 B Graham '30, '34
60 | Apr 28 EFC SF:2 A Leeds United D 0-0 40462
61 | Mayol | Div1 H Southampton Ww 10 3840 Ta ed E Hughes ‘30
62 | May08 | FAC Final N Arsenal Li 1-2 100000 S Heighway '92 (at Wembley, aet - 0-0 at 90 mins)
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
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Tommy Smith 4 0 2 7 0 0 3 0 1 10 0 0 61 0 |
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lan Ross 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 5 1
Jack Whitham 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 1
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Steve Arnold iI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 1 1 0
Chris Fagan 1 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Tommy Lawrence i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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HOME AWAY
Team Played} W | D L F Awol pt F | A_|Points
Arsenal 42 8 3 0 4) 6 11 4 6 30 2 65
Leeds United 42 6 2 3 40 12 11 8 2 32 18 64
Tottenham Hotspur 42 1 3) i 33 19 8 g 4 21 14 52
|Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 3 3 5 33 we || 08) r) 7 aT ine 92
|Liverpool | 42 11 10 0 30 10 6 7 8 12 14 51
Chelsea 42 12 6 3 34 21 6 ) 6 18 21 51
Southampton 42 | 2 5 4 35 ) 5 i :) 21 29 46
Manchester United 42 9 6 6 29 24 if 5 9 36 42 43
Derby County 42 g 5) it 32 26 7 5 ) 24 28 42
Coventry City 42 2 4 5 24 2 4 6 ] Ss 26 42
Manchester City 42 if 3) 5 30 22 5 8 8 fi 20 4|
Newcastle United 42 3 g 3 27 16 5 4 2 if 30 4)
Stoke City 42 0 7 4 28 1 2 6 3 16 37
Everton 42 10 7 4 32 6 2 6 13 22 44
Huddersfield Town 42 7 8 6 19 16 4 6 1 21 33
Nottingham Forest 42 9 4 8 29 26 e 4 2 3 10)
West Bromwich Albion 42 9 8 4 34 25 1 7 3 24 50
Crystal Palace 42 9 5 7 24 24 3 6 12 5 33
Ipswich Town 42 g) 4 8 28 22 3 6 2 14 26
West Ham United 42 6 8 7 28 30 4 6 11 19 30
Burnley | 42 4 8 9 200s ea RSS 3 g 32
Blackpool RNs g g i | 1 8 4 Zunes

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Liverpool and Leeds had emerged as serious forces at roughly the
same time, under Shankly and Don Revie respectively. There had been
some titanic clashes in the late-sixties, following Liverpool’s FA Cup
win over the Yorkshire side in 1965, but this time Leeds gained revenge
as Billy Bremner headed the only goal of the entire tie in front of over
52,000 spectators at Anfield.
A replay against Spurs was needed to progress to the semi-finals
of the FA Cup, where a repeat of 1950 beckoned. Everton were also
Liverpool’s opponents this time around.
Against a strong Everton side, Alun Evans scored after an hour’s
Average goal minute — League
Average goal minute — Overall
play, before Brian Hall netted his first for the club in the seventy-
third minute. The similarities with Liverpool’s 1950 cup run didn’t
end there as Arsenal also progressed to the final. Sadly Arsenal again
scored two goals, as twenty-one years earlier, and Liverpool lost their
third FA Cup final.
[soaisfomsieas——SSidS Shankly delivered his timeless Chairman Mao speech at St George’s
Hall, turning Wembley defeat into victory and solidifying the relationship
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
between the team and the fans. “Since I’ve come here to Liverpool and
Goals from 91 to 120 to Anfield I’ve drummed it into our players time and again that they’re
privileged to play for you! If they didn’t believe me, they believe me
now,” he said. Everyone believed in Shankly’s resurrection after he stood
facing the crowd with both arms open. You had to believe in him!!
A couple ofdays later Shankly signed the pocket-sized Kevin Keegan,
os who cost a third of Toshack’s fee. Coming over from Scunthorpe, he
proved to be the final piece of thejigsaw.
Keegan was just like Emlyn Hughes: everybody hated being paired
with these two in training because their efforts at Melwood were as
unrelenting as they were on match days and everyone around them
was infected by their desire for success. Keegan clearly impressed the
John Toshack against Coventry 14.11.1970 metaphor-happy reporter of the Liverpool Echo when he scored a goal
Steve Arnold against Crystal Palace 16.01.1971
in a 5-0 win against Newcastle on 18 March 1972:‘With the litheness
of a contortionist he twisted one way and another several times, with
the ball bobbing between his feet, while Bobby Moncur hopped from
one foot to another like someone jumping into the bath when the
water is too hot, until he was knotted as adeptly as if aboy scout had
roped him up.”
Liverpool suffered early defeats in all three cup competitions they
entered in the 1971/72 season. Drawing Bayern Munich in the second
round of the European Cup Winners’ Cup did Liverpool no favours,
and they went out 3-1 on aggregate. A fourth round defeat to West
Ham saw them out of the League Cup whilst in another tough battle
with Leeds in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool bowed out
after a replay at Elland Road.
So Liverpool only had eyes for the League title as they set about
snatching it from the Arsenal’s grasp. But they looked far from being
title contenders in the New Year, in ninth place, after taking just 28
points from 24 games. Liverpool got themselves back into the race after
winning an astonishing 13 games from 14.The attack policy was being

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1971/72 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 C Shield A Leicester £ 0-1
2 Div 1 H Nottm For WwW 3-1 51427 5 K Keegan '12, T Smith '15 pen, E Hughes ‘55
3 Div 1 H Wolves W 3-2 51869 3 J Toshack '7, S Heighway '27, T Smith ‘89 pen
4 Div A Newcastle L 2-3 39720 8 E Hughes '10, K Keegan ‘75
5 | Aug 24 Div A Crystal Palace WwW 1-0 29489 4 J Toshack '57
6 | Aug 28 Div H Leicester W 3-2 50970 3 S Heighway '25, K Keegan '35, J Toshack '71
7 | Sep 01 Div 1 A Man City L 0-1 45144 6
8 | Sep 04 Div A Tottenham h 0-2 50124 9
| 9 | Sep 07 LC 2 H Hull City {| W_ 30 31612 C Lawler '34, S Heighway '38, B Hall '53 pen
10} Sep11 Div 1 H Southampton Ww 1-0 45878 7 J Toshack '32
11 | Sep 15 ECWC 1:1 A Servette L 1-2 21000 C Lawler '81
Sep 18 Div A Leeds United L 0-1 41381 8
Sep 25 Div 1 H Man Utd D 2-2 55634 7 B Graham '7, B Hall '24
Sep 29 ECWC 1:2 H Servette Ww 20 38591 E Hughes '27, S Heighway '60
Oct 02 Div A Stoke D 0-0 28698 8
Oct 05 Les | H Southampton Ww 1-0 28964 S Heighway ‘50
Oct 09 Div 1 H Chelsea D 0-0 48464 9
Oct 16 Div 1 A Nottm For lw 32 20945 8 E Hughes '5, S Heighway '65, T Smith '78 pen
Oct 20 ECWC 2:1 H Bayern Munich D 0-0 42949
Oct 23 Div 1 H Huddersfield WwW 20 41627 7 T Smith '57, A Evans ‘80
Oct 27 LC 4 A West Ham L 1-2 40878 B Graham '30
Oct 30 Div 1 7 A Sheff Utd | D 1-1 39023 L 7 K Keegan '47
Nov 03 ECWC 2:2 A Bayern Munich L 13 | 40000 f A Evans '37
_|_ Nov 06 Div 1 H Arsenal W 3-2 | 46929 6 E Hughes ‘41, | Callaghan ‘55, | Ross '87
ov 13 Div 1 A Everton L 0-1 56563 6
Nov 20 Div A Coventry W 2-0 25325 6 J Whitham '80, ‘89
Nov 27 Div 1 H West Ham Ww 1-0 43399 6 E Hughes '69
Dec 04 Div A Ipswich D 0-0 21359 6
Dec 11 Div 1 H Derby W 32 44601 5 J Whitham '14, '44, '53
Dec 18 Div H Tottenham D 0-0 43409 6
Dec 27 Div A WBA L 0-1 43904 6
Jan 01 Div 1 H Leeds United iL 0-2 53847 3)
Jan 08 Div A___| Leicester E 0-1 26421 9
Jan 15 FAC 3 A Oxford W 30 18000 K Keegan ‘47, '81, A Lindsay '84
Jan 22 Div A Wolves D 0-0 33692 [ 10
Jan 29 Div H Crystal Palace Ww 41 39538 10 C Lawler ‘38, ‘66, | Callaghan '72, K Keegan ‘82
Feb 05 FAC 4 | H Leeds United D 0-0 56300
Feb 09 FAC 4 Rep A Leeds United It 0-2 45821
Feb 12 Div 1 A Huddersfield Ww 10 | 18702 8 J Whitham '73
Feb 19 Div H Sheff Utd Ww 20 42005 6 J Toshack ‘42, '82
Feb 26 Div 1 H Man City WwW 3-0 50074 5 L Lloyd '37, K Keegan '53, B Graham '65

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H Stoke Ww 4 Harry Burrows (og) ‘40, K Keegan ‘53
H WBA Ww 4 T Smith '31 pen, C Lawler '58
A Man Utd Ww 2 C Lawler '60, J Toshack ‘62, E Hughes '84
H Coventry Ww 3 K Keegan '21, T Smith '67 pen, J Toshack '85
A West Ham Ww 3 J Toshack '9, S Heighway ‘46
H Ipswich W 2 J Toshack '39, '66
A Derby L 4
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LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER TOTAL
Goals
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Emlyn Hughes 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 9
Chris Lawler 42 0 IL 6 | 3 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
lan Callaghan 4| 0 2 3 0 0 3 I 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Steve Heighway 40 0 4) 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 0 i 1 0 0 0 8
Alec Lindsay 38 0 “i i [2 0 1 ea NS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tommy Smith aie eo Glee 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Larry Lloyd 33 0 | ihe sip 2 0 | 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kevin Keegan 35 0 el 3 0 2 1 0 0 3S 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
John Toshack 28 1 13 i 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Brian Hall 24 2 Ik 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
lan Ross 20 1 i 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 ‘|| 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bobby Graham 10 1 Z 1 i 0 2 ] 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
Peter Thompson 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 i 0 4 0
Alun Evans 6 0 | 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 i. | 1 1 0 0 1 2
Jack Whitham 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
John McLaughlin 3 Zuid 0 Oo | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zz 0
Phil Boersma | 3 Z 0 0 ] 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 3 0
Phil Thompson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

DIVISION 1

WwW D
Derby County 16 4 1 43
Leeds United 7 4 0 54
Liverpool 17 3 1 48
Manchester City 42 16 3 2 48
Arsenal 42 5 2 4 36
Tottenham Hotspur 42 6 a 3 2 45
Chelsea 42 2 7 2 4) 20 5
Manchester United 42 3 2 6 39 26 8
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 0 | i 4 35 23 4
Sheffield United 42 10 8 3 39 26 4
Newcastle United 42 0 6 5 30 18 5
Leicester 42 9 6 6 18 11 7
Ipswich Town 42 7 8 6 19 19 8
|West Ham United 42 0 | i6 mew 6
Everton 42 8 I 4 28 7 9
West Bromwich Albion 42 Lee | 7 8 22 23 4
Stoke City 42 6 10 5 26 25 5 12 13 31
Coventry City 42 7 10 4 27 28 5 14 17 44
Southampton 42 Sis) 8 31 28 2 15 21 52
Crystal Palace 42 4 8 9 26 31 5 | 12 13 34
Nottingham Forest 42 [ 6 4 11 25 1 29 5
Huddersfield Town 42 4 7 10 6

310 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS tweaked to allow defence in numbers, breaks forward in numbers.
Total games Everything indicated that these methods would pay big dividends.
Games won
With just two matches ofthe 1971/72 season remaining, the Reds,
| Games drawn
Games lost
along with Manchester City, Derby, and Leeds, could still win the title.
Clean sheets — League Manchester City had already played all 42 of their games and had
| Clean sheets — Overall 57 points. Derby (41 games) and Liverpool (40 games) were only a
Total goals
point behind and would meet next. Leeds were fourth with 55 points
after 40 games.
Derby had title dreams of their own and beat Liverpool at the
County Ground leaving the Reds in fourth place. Leeds jumped to
second with a 2-0 win over Chelsea, only needing a draw in their final
game to win the title. The situation was simple: for Liverpool to win
the Championship they had to beat Arsenal and hope Leeds would
lose to Wolves.
While Brian Clough had taken Derby’s players on a well-earned
holiday in Spain, Liverpool and Leeds sweated out the title race in
England. Both results went Derby’s way: Wolves controversially beat
Leeds 2-1, and Arsenal kept a firm grip, despite Liverpool’s pressure,
holding them to a 0-0 draw. It handed the title to Clough’s team.
Liverpool thought they had won it at one stage when Toshack found
a way through the Arsenal back four with just two minutes to go, But
League his late strike was ruled out for offside, to protests and Shankly’s great
League Cup disappointment.
European Cup Winners Cup
Liverpool’s first League game of the 1972/73 season was not devoid
Charity Shield
of incident. Larry Lloyd and Manchester City’s Wyn Davies were sent
off for fighting at the end of the first half. Shankly wasn’t happy with
the sending-off as Davies had headbutted Lloyd. Liverpool became
PLAYER DEBUTS
- Kevin Keegan against Nottm For 14.08.1971 the first team to fight a three-match ban before the newly-formed
Phil Thompson against Man Utd 03.04.1972 independent disciplinary tribunal and won. City were conquered 2-0
and United were beaten with the same score line when Ian Callaghan
broke Billy Liddell’s appearance record for Liverpool by playing his
535th game. A four-point start for Shankly’s men. Liverpool visited
Crystal Palace next, where Tommy Smith accidentally broke Peter
Wall’s leg. Wall, who had left Liverpool two years earlier, was out of
action for one year.A 1-1 draw with a struggling Palace team was an
unsatisfactory result. Arsenal, double winners from 1971, made the best
start of the season, winning their first three games.
Liverpool’s first loss of the season came against Leicester at the
end of August, letting a 2-0 lead slide. Another defeat followed but
Liverpool didn’t lose again for the next two months. John Toshack
started the season in fine form scoring six goals in seven games but in
the middle of September he got injured against Carlisle and was out
for six weeks. This was a particularly memorable month for Tommy
Smith, who missed penalties in two consecutive games.
The season’s first Merseyside derby on 7 October had added weight
because the teams were fighting for top spot in the League. The match
was goalless until the seventy-seventh minute when Peter Cormack,
who had arrived in the summer, endeared himself to the Reds’ faithful

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1972/73 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Augi2 | Div1 H an City eaez0 55383 1 B Hall '3, | Callaghan '84 |
2 | Aug 15 Div 1 ie H |_ Man Utd WwW 20 54779 1 J Toshack '12, S Heighway '20
3 | Aug 19 Div 1 A Crystal Palace jd) 1-1 30054 2 E Hughes '75
4 | Aug 23 Div 1 A Chelsea WwW 21 35375 1 J Toshack '3, | Callaghan '13
5 | Aug 26 Div 1 H West Ham (wines 50491 1 J Toshack '44, Bobby Ferguson (og) '62, E Hughes '64
6 | Aug 30 Div 1 A Leicester L 2-3 28694 4 J Toshack '8, '16
7 | Sep 02 Div 1 A Derby IE ate? 32524 6 J Toshack '16
8 | Sep 05 LC 2 A Carlisle D 1-1 16257 K Keegan '42
9 | Sep 09 Div1 | H Wolves W 42 43386 4 E Hughes '28, P Cormack ‘76, T Smith '80 pen, K Keegan '84
10 | Sep 12 UEFAC 1:1 H Frankfurt WwW 20 33380 K Keegan '12, E Hughes ‘75
11. | Sep 16 Div 1 A | Arsenal D 0-0 47597 5

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4] Sep 26 UEFAC 1:2 A Frankfurt Dug 030 17500
5| Sep 30 Div 1 A Leeds United Q WwW 21 46468 1 L Lloyd '40, P Boersma ‘65
16 | Oct 03 LC 3 | A WBA D -1 17756 S Heighway ‘86
7| Oct 07 Div H Everton W. 0 55975 1 P Cormack '77
8 | Oct 10 LC 3 Rep H WBA NVoeeees 26461 E Hughes '62, K Keegan ‘120
19 | Oct 14 Div A Southampton D - 24110 C Lawler '40
20 | Oct 21 Div H Stoke WwW 2 45604 E Hughes '66, | Callaghan '90 |
21 | Oct 24 UEFAC 2:1 H AEK Athens W 30 31906 P Boersma '9, P Cormack '28, T Smith '78 pen
22 | Oct 28 Div A Norwich D 4 36625 P Cormack '18
23 | Oct 31 LC 4 H Leeds United D 2-2 44609 K Keegan ‘31, J Toshack '80
24 | Nov 04 Div 1 IL H Chelsea Wo 3 48932 J Toshack '33, '55, K Keegan '50
25 | Nov 07 UEFAC 2:2 A AEK Athens WETS 19412 E Hughes '18, ‘44, P Boersma '87
26 | Nov1i Div 1 A Man Utd Haase OZ 53944 1
27 | Nov 18 Div 1 H Newcastle W 3-2 46153 P Cormack '5, A Lindsay '35, J Toshack '48
28 | Nov 22 LC 4 Rep A Leeds United Ww -0 34856 K Keegan '90
29 | Nov 25 Div 1 A Tottenham Waa 45399 S Heighway '28, K Keegan '40
30} Nov29 | UEFAC 3:1 A Dynamo Berlin D 00 15835
31 | Dec 02 Div 1 if H Birmingham WwW 43 45407 1 A Lindsay '32, '55, P Cormack '44, J Toshack '77
32 | Dec 04 Hers H Tottenham D al 48677 E Hughes '78
33 | Dec 06 LC 5 Rep | A Tottenham L -3 34565 | Callaghan ‘85
34 | Dec 09 Div 1 A WBA D 1-1 27213 1 P Boersma '21
35 | Dec 13 UEFAC 3:2 H Dynamo Berlin W 3-1 34140 P Boersma '1, S Heighway '25, J Toshack '56
36 | Dec 16 Div 1 A Ipswich D 1-1 25693 1 S Heighway '24
37 | Dec 23 Div 1 H Coventry WwW 20 41550 i J Toshack '6, '22
38 | Dec 26 Div 1 A Sheff Utd W 30 34040 1 P Boersma '27, C Lawler '50, S Heighway '81
39 | Dec 30 Div 1 | H Crystal Palace WwW 1-0 50862 1 P Cormack ‘66
40 | Jan 06 Div 1 A West Ham WwW 10 34480 1 K Keegan '75
41 | Jan 13 FAC 3 A Burnley Deseo 35730
42 | Jan 16 FAC 3 Rep H Burnley W 3-0 56124 J Toshack '31, '49, P Cormack '75
43 | Jan 20 Div 1 H Derby D 1-1 45996 1 J Toshack '23
44 | Jan27 Div 1 | A Wolves L 1-2 32957 1 K Keegan ‘17
45 | Feb 03 FAC 4 H Man City D 00 56296
46 | Feb07 FAC 5 A jan City Le 0-2 49572
47 | Feb 10 Div 1 H Arsenal 2 49898 2
48 | Feb 17 Div 1 A jan City D 1-1 40528 2 P Boersma ‘77
49 | Feb24 Div 1 H Ipswich WwW 24 43875 1 S Heighway '67, K Keegan '80
50 | Mar03 | Div1 A Everton W 20 it 54269 1 E Hughes ‘80, '88
51 | Mar 07 UEFAC 4:1 wt Dyn. Dresden WwW 20 33270 B Hall '25, P Boersma '60
52 | Mar 10 Div 1 H Southampton MN sie 41674 ] L Lloyd '37, K Keegan '38, '87
53 | Mar 17 Div1 A Stoke W 1-0 33540 | John Mahoney (og) '65
54 | Mar 21 UEFAC 4:2 A Dyn. Dresden WwW 10 33634 K Keegan ‘53
55 | Mar24 | Div1 H Norwich Weel 42995 1 C Lawler ‘50, E Hughes '55, B Hall '88 }
56 | Mar 31 Div 1 H Tottenham D 1-1 48477 1 |_K Keegan '70 l)
57 | Apr 07 Div 1 A Birmingham | OL 1-2 48114 1 T Smith '60 i
58 | Apr 10 UEFAC SF:1 H Tottenham WwW 1-0 42174 A Lindsay '17 |
59 | Apr 14 Div 1 H WBA WwW 10 43853 1 K Keegan '14 pen
60} Apr 17 Div 1 A Coventry W 2-1 27280 1 P Boersma '36, '60
61} Apr 21 Div 1 A Newcastle L 1-2 37240 1 K Keegan '24
62 | Apr 23 Div 1 H Leeds United aN 20) 55738 1 P Cormack '47, K Keegan ‘85
63 | Apr 25 UEFAC SF:2 A Tottenham L 1-2 46919 S Heighway '55
64 | Apr 28 Div 1 H Leicester D 00 56202 1 [ae
65 | May10 | UEFAC Final:1 H Gladbach WwW 3.0 41169 K Keegan '21, '33, L Lloyd '62
66 | May 23 | UEFAC Final:2 (es Gladbach (aoe 34905
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LEAGUE | FACUP —|_—LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
[Player __—_| Starts |Subs | Goals |Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals Subs | Goals
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Alec Lindsay 37 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 | 5
Peter Cormack 30 0 4 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 10
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Played] W | dD | t | fF | aA | wi] po | t | F | A {Points|
Liverpool 42 17 3 1 | 45 19 8 7 6 27 23 60
Arsenal 42 14 5 2 31 14 9 6 6 26 29 57
Leeds United 42 15 4 2 45 13 6 7 8 26 32 53
Ipswich Town 42 10 7 4 34 20 7 ji 7 21 25 48
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 1K) 3 5 43 23 Gy 8 1S 8 23 31 47
West Ham United 42 12 5 4 45 25 5 7 9 22 28 46
Derby County 42 15 3 3 43 18 4 5 {12 13 | 36 46
Tottenham Hotspur 42 10 5 6 33 23 6 8 7 25 25 45
Newcastle United 42 1Z 6 3 35 [ 19 4 i 10 25 32 45
Birmingham City 42 1 7 3 39 22 4 5 2 14 32 42
Manchester City 42 12 4 2) 36 | 20 3 7 11 21 40 41
Chelsea 42 9 6 6 30 22 4 8 9 19 29 40
Southampton 42 8 agile Zo 3 7 11 21 35) 40
Sheffield United 42 11 4 6 28 18 4 6 1 23 4 40
Stoke City 42 1 8 2 38 17 S 2 16 23 39 38
Leicester 42 Fi 9 5 23 18 3 8 10 17 28 37
Everton 42 one 7 27 21 4 6 1 14 28 37
Manchester United 42 9 7 5 24 19 3 6 12 20 4 37
Coventry City 42 9 5 i 27 24 4 4 13 13 31 35
Norwich City 42 if 9 | 5 De 19 4 i 16 14 44 32
Crystal Palace 42 i i | 7 25 21 2 5 14 16 37 30
West Bromwich Albion 42 8 7 6 25 24 1 3 7 13 38 28

314 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS by scoring the winning goal with a brilliant header in the far corner in
Total games 66 front of the Anfield Road end. Liverpool didn’t let go of the top spot
until 10 February, when Arsenal beat the Reds 2-0 at Anfield and went
Games lost
one point above them. Liverpool drew with Manchester City but then
Clean sheets — League 14 won five in a row gaining two points’ advantage on the Gunners.
Clean sheets — Overall Shankly had realised in his time in Europe that you can’t afford
Total goals
to let European opponents have much time with the ball at their feet.
He had taught his men to apply constant pressure when playing on
the continent and when retrieving the ball, annoy the opponents with
sweet, swift passing and keeping possession. Liverpool mastered this in
the 1970's and were looking to apply their style and force in the UEFA
Average goal minute — Overall
Cup, which was formerly known as the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the
European Fairs Cup. Frankfurt, AEK Athens and East German sides
GOAL MINUTES
Dynamo Berlin and Dynamo Dresden were knocked out before an
Goals from 1 to 15 11
Goals from 16 to 30 all-English semi-final against holders Tottenham Hotspur. Alec Lindsay
Goals from 31 to 45 gave Liverpool a narrow advantage to take down to London for the
Goals from 46 to 60 second game, but before White Hart Lane Liverpool had to attend to
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
local matters where the Reds were top. Liverpool had a three-point
Goals from 91 to 120 lead over Arsenal, who had a game in hand, when faced with Leeds at
Anfield on 23 April in their penultimate League game of the season.
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS Cormack put Liverpool in the lead just after half-time before Keegan
League 72 wrapped up the two points five minutes from time. Arsenal drew 2-2
with Southampton and could still equal Liverpool's points tally if they
won their two remaining games and the Reds would lose their last
game. Liverpool had a better goal average and Bill Shankly seemed
pretty sure the Championship was theirs again, ending a seven-year
PLAYER DEBUTS
wait. “I think we can call ourselves champions now,” he said. “I’m
Peter Cormack against Derby 02.09.1972
Frank Lane against Derby 02.09.1972 delighted for the players, for the club, and especially for the fans, who
Trevor Storton against Frankfurt 26.09.1972 have again proved themselves the greatest in the world.”
Liverpool could now concentrate on the UEFA Cup semi-final
second leg against Spurs. For forty-five minutes, everything went
according to plan, until Martin Peters levelled the scores on aggregate.
Steve Heighway scored the crucial away goal. A second strike from
Peters made the last fifteen minutes extremely tense, but the Reds held
out to reach their second European final.
Their fourth set of German opponents in the 1972/73 season
would be Borussia MOénchengladbach. They had some wonderful
players, like Gunter Netzer, Jupp Heynckes, Ulrich Stielike, Rainer
Bonhof and Berti Vogts. The first leg was played at Anfield on 9 May.
A surprise decision had been made by Shankly to drop his second top
scorer Toshack for Brian Hall, as he opted for an on-the-floor passing
game. Monsoon conditions forced the referee to abandon the game
after less than half an hour. Liverpool made the immediate decision
to allow spectators in for just 10p the following night, a decision
which club secretary Peter Robinson admitted gave him a sleepless
night in case it attracted a larger than capacity crowd, but on the day
attendance was slightly below. Shankly noticed during the abandoned
game that the German defence struggled to cope with high crosses

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1973/74 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 25 Div 1 H Stoke ry WwW 1-0 52935 1 S Heighway '6
2 | Aug28 | Div1 ihe Coventry Tae ees g
3 | Sep 01 Div1 | A Leicester od) 1- | 29347 11 J Toshack '50
4 | Sep 04 Div 1 H Derby WwW 2.0 45237 4 P Thompson ‘35, K Keegan '85 pen
5 | Sep 08 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 1-0 47016 s) K Keegan '35
6 | Sepi2_ | Divi A Derby L 1-3 | 32867 8 P Boersma '26
7 | Sep 15 Div 1 A Birmingham D 1-1 35719 8 B Hall '85
8 | Sep19 || EC 11 A Jeunesse d'Esch D 1-1 7000 B Hall '43
9 | Sep 22 Div1 H Tottenham W 3-2 42901 8 C Lawler '28, '90, A Lindsay ‘76 pen
Sep 29 Div 1 A Man Utd D = 0-0 53882 6
Oct 03 | EC 1:2 H Jeunesse d'Esch WwW 2-0 28714 Léon Mond (0g) '47, J Toshack '56
Oct 06 Div H Newcastle WwW 2-1 45612 5 P Cormack '20, A Lindsay ‘86 pen
Oct 08 LC 2 A West Ham D 2-2 25823 P Cormack '34, S Heighway ‘55
Oct13_ | Div] | A Southampton L 0-1 22018 7
Oct 20. | Div hae ih Leeds United lL o4 | 44gt1 7
16 | Oct 24 EC 2:1 A RS Belgrade LE 1-2 30000 C Lawler '72
| Oct 27 Div H Sheff Utd Ww 1-0 40641 6 K Keegan '26
18 | Oct 29 LC 2 Rep H West Ham WwW 1-0 26002 J Toshack '22
19 | Nov 03 Div A Arsenal Ww 20 39837 6 E Hughes '77, J Toshack '85
20 | Nov 06 EC 2:2 H RS Belgrade L 1-2 41774 C Lawler '84
Nov 10 Div H Wolves Ww 1-0 38088 4 S Heighway '22
Nov 17 Div H Ipswich W 42 | 37420 E 3 | K Keegan '17, '22, '90 pen, P Cormack '44
Nov 21 LC3 A Sunderland | W_ 20 36208 K Keegan '12, J Toshack '47
ov 24 Div A QPR DEL 26254 4 L Lloyd '26, J Toshack '75
ov 27 LC 4 A Hull City D 0-0 19748
Dec 01 Div H West Ham Ww 1-0 34857 2 P Cormack ‘14
Dec 04 LC 4 Rep H Hull City W 3-4 17120 | Callaghan '12, '19, '73
Dec 08 Div 1 A Everton Ww 10 56098 2 A Waddle '67
Dec 15 Divi A Norwich D 1-1 20628 2 P Cormack ‘17
Dec 19 LC5 A Wolves L 0-1 15242 ala
Dec 22 Div 1 H Man Utd Ww 20 40420 2 K Keegan ‘30 pen, S Heighway ‘65
Dec 26 Div A Burnley L 1-2 24404 i P Cormack '84
Dec 29 Div 1 A Chelsea Ww 1-0 32901 I 2 P Cormack '21
Jan 01 Div 1 H Leicester | D 1-1 39110 2 P Cormack ‘67
Jan 05 FAC 3 H Doncaster D 22 | 31483 K Keegan '3, '57
Jan 08 FAC 3 Rep A Doncaster Ww 20 22499 S Heighway '15, P Cormack ‘60
Jan 12 Div 1 H Birmingham W 3-2 39094 Z K Keegan ‘15, ‘31, P Thompson '69
Jan 19 ih Div A L Stoke D 1-1 32789 2 | T Smith '90
Jan 26 FAC 4 H Carlisle D 0-0 47211
Jan 29 [ FAC 4 Rep A Carlisle Ww 20 21262 P Boersma ‘50, J Toshack '81
Feb02 | Div H Nonwich W 10] 31742 2 P Cormack ‘90
Feb 05 Div 1 H Coventry | W 21 21656 2 A Lindsay '28 pen, K Keegan '57
Feb 16 FAC 5 H Ipswich Ww 20 45340 B Hall '33, K Keegan '55
Feb 23 Div | A | Newcastle D 00 | 41727 2
Feb 26 Div 1 H Southampton Ww 10 27015 2 P Boersma '87
Mar 02_| Div H | Burnley Ww 1-0 42562 2 J Toshack '89
47 | Mar09 | FAC6 A Bristol City Ww 10 37671 J Toshack '48
48 | Mar 16 Div 1 H Leeds United Ww 1-0 56003 Z S Heighway '82
49 | Mar 23 Div 1 A Wolves WwW 1-0 35867 2 B Hall '27
50 | Mar 30 [ FAC SF N Leicester D 0-0 60000 (at Old Trafford)
51 | Apr 03 FAC SF Rep N Leicester W 34 55619 B Hall '46, K Keegan ‘62, J Toshack '86 (at Villa Park)
52 | Apr 06 Div 1 H QPR WwW 2-1 54027 2 |_Alindsay ‘7 pen, Terry Mancini (og) '29
Apr 08 Div 1 A Sheff Utd L 0-1 31809 2 i
Apr 12 Div 1 A Man City D 1-1 43284 2 P Cormack '18
Apr 13 Div 1 A Ipswich D 1-1 33285 2 E Hughes '62
Apr 16 Div 1 H Man City Ww 40 50781 Z B Hall ‘3, '12, P Boersma ‘16, K Keegan '35
Apr 20 Div 1 H Everton [19 0-0 55858 2
Apr 24 Div 1 H Arsenal L 0-1 47997 2
Apr 27 Div 1 A West Ham D 2-2 36160 vé J Toshack '58, K Keegan '90
May 04 | FAC Final N Newcastle W 30 100000 | K Keegan '57, '88, S Heighway '75 (at Wembley)
Div1 A Tottenham D 24178 S Heighway ‘67

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that Heighway and Callaghan had been putting into the box. When
the match was replayed, he put Toshack up front, which was one of the
smartest tactical moves he ever made. Toshack caused havoc and set up
two goals for his strike-partner Keegan, who also missed a first-half
Clean sheets — League penalty. Larry Lloyd headed in a corner just after the hour before Ray
Clean sheets — Overall Clemence brilliantly saved a penalty. “Jupp Heynckes was a powerful
Total goals
striker of the ball,’ recalled Clemence. “But I’d watched him take a
penalty a few weeks earlier when he put the ball to the keeper’s right,
and I made a mental note of that. As he kicked the ball, I was on my
way and I managed to get a hand to the ball.” How important that save
would turn out to be!
In Germany, Gladbach tore Liverpool apart in the first period on a
sodden pitch and Heynckes scored twice to leave Liverpool’s hopes in
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
the balance. But the Germans had run themselves into the ground and
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[soalsfomasiogo——SSSCSC~iSCCi goal would force extra-time. Resilient defending throughout the
second half finally brought its reward and at the final whistle hundreds
of Liverpool fans climbed over the fences to salute their heroes on
the pitch. That invasion spoiled the presentation somewhat as a tired
Tommy Smith lifted the huge cup towards the skies. “I never realised
how big the cup was. It had a big stone base and weighed a ton,” he
recalled. “I remember on the lap of honour some big fat guy jumped
Ss 2 on my back and I nearly collapsed. After such a gruelling match I was
absolutely knackered. I eventually made it to the dressing room and
I said to Shanks, “Here you are boss, the cup’s yours. I handed it to
him but I don’t think he realised how heavy it was either. He nearly
dropped it!”
Shankly’s second batch of champions had outdone the first in his
mind. “The happiest day of my life,” he said. “I have known nothing
like it as player or manager. This title gave me greater pleasure than
the previous two, simply because here we had a rebuilt side, some of
them only two or three seasons in first-team football and they stayed
the course like veterans. I wanted that title more than at any time in
my life. That’s why it is such a relief.” Liverpool’s third championship
under Shankly team equalled Arsenal’s record of eight.
Liverpool’s style under Bill Shankly was simple on the surface,
but was based on a detailed ideology and training routines whose
objective was to get the best out of the players. He would recall later
on in life:

“We had devised a system ofplay which minimized the risk of injuries,
The team played in sections of the field, like a relay. We didn’t want players
running the length of the field, stretching themselves unnecessarily, so our
back men played in one area, and then passed on to the midfield men in
their area, and so on to the front men. So, whilst there was always room for
individuals within our system, the work was shared out.

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1974/75 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 10 C Shield N at,Leeds United Ws 1-1 67000 P Boersma ‘19 (at Wembley, Liverpool won 6-5 on pens)
2 | Augt7_| Divi A Luton W 21 21062 7 T Smith '31, S Heighway '74
3 | Aug 20 Div 1 A Wolves D 0-0 33499 3
4 | Aug 24 Div 1 H Leicester [ WE 251 49398 3 A Lindsay '1 pen, ‘65 pen
5 | Aug 27 Div 1 [ H [ Wolves W 20 42449 2 5 Heighway '51, J Toshack '56
6 | Aug 31 Div 1 A Chelsea W 3-0 39461 1 R Kennedy '22, P Boersma '34, '76
7 | Sep 07 Div 1 H \ Tottenham |W 5-2 47538 i P Boersma ‘4, '9, ‘41, E Hughes '71, R Kennedy '87
8 | Sep 10 LC 2 H Brentford W 2-1 21413 R Kennedy ‘30, P Boersma '44
9 | Sep 14 Div 1 A Man City L 0-2 45194 Ie 2
A Lindsay '3 pen, P Boersma ‘13, '40, P Thompson ‘30, ‘74,
Sep 17 ECWC 1:1 H Stramsgodset WwW 11-0 24743 S Heighway ‘42, P Cormack ‘65, E Hughes '76, T Smith ‘85,
| Callaghan '87, R Kennedy '88
Sep 21 Div 1 H Stoke S| WSO 51423 2 John Ritchie (og) '43, P Boersma '45, S Heighway ‘55
Sep 24 Div1 H Burnley L 0-1 44639 Z
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Oct 01 ECWC 1:2 A Stramsgodset | Ww 1-0 16346 R Kennedy '17
Oct 05 Div1 A Carlisle Ww 1-0 20844 2 R Kennedy '36
Oct 08 LC3 A | Bristol City D 0-0 25573
Oct12_| Div H | Middlesbrough | W 20 | 52590 2 | Callaghan '57, K Keegan '83 pen
Oct 16 LC 3 Rep H Bristol City Ww 40 23694 S Heighway '38, '75, R Kennedy ‘48, '82
Oct 19 Div 1 A OPR Ww 1-0 27392 1 B Hall '6
Oct 23 ECWC 2:1 H Ferencvaros D 1-1 35027 aie | K Keegan '36
Oct 26 Div 1 H Leeds United Ww 1-0 | 54996 opel S Heighway '73
Nov 02 Div 1 A Ipswich POE 30564 1
ov 05 ECWC 2:2 A Ferencvaros D 0-0 30000
Nov 09 Div 1 H Arsenal L 1-3 43850 2 R Kennedy '53
Nov12 | LC4 H Middlesbrough Le S04 24906 |
ov 16 Div A Everton D 0-0 56797 2
Nov 23 Div 1 H West Ham D 1-1 46348 2 T Smith '12
Nov 30 Div A Coventry D Ale S| 23089 3 K Keegan '48
Dec 07 Div H Derby D 2-2 41058 4 R Kennedy '18, S Heighway '22
Dec 14 Div H Luton Ww 20 | 35151 2 J Toshack '46, S Heighway '85
Dec 21 Div 1 A Birmingham ih 1-3 23608 4 J Toshack '43
Dec 26 Div H Man City Ww 41 46062 1 3 B Hall '22, ‘72, J Toshack ‘25, S Heighway ‘41
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Jan 18 Div H Coventry Wiatr2et 43668 4 S Heighway ‘35, K Keegan '89
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Feb 01 Div 1 A Arsenal L 0-2 43028 5
Feb 08 Div 1 H Ipswich | W 5-2 47421 5 } B Hall '6, J Toshack ‘9, '65, A Lindsay ‘42, P Cormack '87
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Feb 19 Div A West Ham D = 0-0 40256 5
Feb 22 Div | H Everton [ D 600 55853 4
Mar 01 Div 1 H Chelsea D 2-2 Ie 42762 5 S Heighway ‘40, P Cormack ‘89
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Mar 19 | Div 1 A Leicester D 1-1 28012 5 J Toshack '35
Mar 22 Div A Tottenham Ww 20 34331 4 K Keegan ‘46, P Cormack '66
Mar 25 Div1 H Newcastle Ww 40 41147 2 K Keegan '7, J Toshack ‘43, '70, TMcDermott ‘72
Mar 29 Div 1 H Birmingham Ww 1-0 ; 49454 1 K Keegan '64 pen
Mar 31 Div 1 A Stoke L 0-2 45954 2 |
Apr 05 Div 1 A Leeds United Ww 20 34971 1 K Keegan ‘41, '51
Apr 12 Div 1 H Carlisle WwW 20 46073 2 | J Toshack '64, K Keegan '74
Apr 19 Div 1 A Middlesbrough IL 0-1 34027 2
53 | Apr 26 Div 1 H QPR iva 42546 2 J Toshack '16, '85, K Keegan '52 pen

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Liverpool 42 14 5 2 44 17 6 6 9 16 22 | 51
Ipswich Town 42 17 Z 2 47 14 6 3 iz 19 30 51
Everton 42 10 ‘) 2 33 19 6 g Comnnce 23 50
Stoke City 42 12 7 2 40 18 5 8 8 2 | 30 49
Sheffield United 42 12 7 2 35 20 6 6 9 ] 23 31 49
Middlesbrough 42 11 7 3) 33 14 7 5 9 | 21 26 48
Manchester City 42 16 3 2 40 15 2 7 pa A T 39 46
Leeds United 42 10 8 3 34 20 6 5 10 23 29 45
Burnley 42 11 6 ALO 29 6 5 10 28 38 45
Queens Park Rangers 42 10 4 NCES 7 6 6 a 29 37 42
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 12 5 4 43 21 Zz 6 13 14 33 39
West Ham United 42 10 Call 38 22 3 7 1 20 37 39
Coventry City 42 | 8 Sh fl 31 27 4 Ca ail 20 35 39
Newcastle United 42 12 4 5 39 23 3 5 3 20 | 49 39
Arsenal 42 [10 6 D 5 31 16 3 5 13 | 16 33 37
Eacomngtalh City 42 ell lee i i, | 34 28 4 5 Zo L 33 37
Leicester 42 8 7 | 6 25 17 4 5 12 21 43 36
Tottenham Hotspur 42 | 8 4 9 29 27 5 4 12 23 36 34
Luton Town 42 8 eile 27 26 3 5 13 20 39 33
Chelsea 42 4 9 8 22 31 5 6 10 20 41 33
Carlisle United 42 Smee 11 22 21 4 3 14 21 38 29

322 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

“It was no accident that during my time at Anfield eight players played
more than three hundred League matches — Ian Callaghan 502, Chris
Lawler 396, Roger Hunt 384, Peter Thompson 377, Tommy Smith 367,
| Ron Yeats 359, Ian St John 335 and Tommy Lawrence 305. Emlyn
| Hughes, who had played 264 League matches during my time, is now
) well past the 300 mark and Ray Clemence, Kevin Keegan and Steve
Heighway are among those well on the way. We didn’t believe in resting
players simply because we had a heavy programme of matches. We wouldn’t
put in young players who were not familiar with the pattern and who
would consequently put extra pressure on the rest of the team.”
AveragegolminuteLeague ——*| a —
AveragegolminuteOveral i Interviewed shortly after securing the 1973 League and UEFA
Cup double, Bill Shankly pointed proudly to the glistening League
Championship trophy and described it as the club’s “bread and butter.”
Shankly must have been excited at the prospect of again pitting his wits
against Europe’s finest for the first time in seven years. His players made
very hard work of beating the minnows from Esch in Luxembourg
| 3-1 on aggregate and then faced Red Star Belgrade in the second
[coalstonstora Si round. Chris Lawler grabbed what appeared to be a priceless away goal
in Yugoslavia but Red Star repeated their 2-1 victory a fortnight later
at Anfield. Yet another Lawler goal was “‘too little, too late.’ Shankly’s
a dream ended in disappointment before autumn turned into winter.
There was still a lot to learn before the greatest prize of all could
Se a be won.
FA Cup
Charity Shield Liverpool were almost unbeatable at home in the League, winning
18 out of 21 and only losing once. But only four away wins proved
costly. Don Revie’s Leeds led the way the whole season, finishing five
points ahead ofLiverpool who, significantly, scored 20 less goals in the
League than in the previous season.
Bill Shankly was coolness personified on most occasions, but in
Phil Thompson’s autobiography he revealed an embarrassing moment
for the boss following a 2-2 draw with West Ham on 27 April.

“We were getting beat 2-1 and laying siege to the Hammers’ goal in
the closing minutes. Bill Shankly clearly thought we were not going to score
and headed from the stand down towards the dressing room, anticipating
the final whistle. Then Kevin Keegan scored, literally with the last kick of
the match. The boss heard the roar, but assumed it was the referee calling
a halt to the proceedings. We all trooped into the dressing room, delighted
to have secured a last-gap point. Shanks was already in there and looking
exceedingly annoyed. He looked at the bubbly mood of the lads and started
to have a go. He must have thought: ‘Bastards! They’ve lost and they’re all
smiling.’ He started to say: ‘You should never lose to a team like this.’ Bob
started to interrupt him and he looked even angrier. Then he heard Bob
say: ‘Bill, we’ve equalized in the last second. It was a draw.” Shanks’ face
went as red as the colour of the red tie he was wearing. He immediately
said: ‘Great result, lads. Fantastic.
You deserved it.’ We all started laughing
but he couldn’t see the funny side.”

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 323

1975/76 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 16 Div 1 A OPR L 0-2 27113 18
2 | Aug 19 Div H West Ham D 2 40564 15 | Callaghan '24, J Toshack '81
3 | Aug 23 Div 1 H ottenham W 3-2 42729 13 K Keegan '54 pen, J Case ‘68, S Heighway '72
4 | Aug 26 Div A Leeds United WwW 30 36186 8 R Kennedy ‘26, | Callaghan '84, '88
5 | Aug 30 Div A Leicester D 1-1 25008 8 K Keegan '50
6 | Sep 06 Div H Sheff Utd WwW 1-0 37340 5 R Kennedy '78
7 | Sep 10 Lez A York WwW 1-0 9421 A Lindsay '88 pen
8 | Sep 13 Div A pswich L 0-2 28132 7
GaileSepui UEFAC 1:1 A Hibernian L 0- 19219
0 | Sep 20 Div1 H Aston Villa WwW 3-0 42779 4 J Toshack '62, K Keegan '77, J Case '86
1 | Sep 27 Div A Everton D 00 55570 8
2| Sep 30 UEFAC 1:2 H Hibernian WwW 3- 29963 J Toshack '21, '53, '64
3 | Oct 04 Div H Wolves Ww 20 36391 6 B Hall '60, J Case '86 i}
4 | Oct 07 LC3 H Burnley D 1- 24607 J Case '81
5 | Oct 11 Div H Birmingham WwW 3- 36532 4 J Toshack '13, '59, '86
6 | Oct 14 LC 3 Rep A Burnley L 0- 19857
7 | Oct 18 Div A Coventry D 0-0 20695 5
8 | Oct 22 UEFAC 2:1 A Real Sociedad We? 3+ 16256 S Heighway '20, | Callaghan '61, P Thompson '82
On Wet 2 Div H Derby D 1- 46324 5 J Toshack '27 |
20 ov 01 Div A iddlesbrough WwW 1-0 30952 5 T McDermott '71

21| Novos | UEFAC22 H Real Sociedad W 60 23796 ‘acavari ss Bete 2S la

22 ov 08 Div H an Utd WwW 3-4 49136 \ 4 S Heighway '12, J Toshack '46, K Keegan '78
23 ov 15 Div A ewcastle We. 244 39686 B Hall '41, R Kennedy '88
24 ov 22 Div H Coventry D 1-1 36929 3 J Toshack '28
25 ov 26 UEFAC 3:1 A Slask Wroclaw Wr eZal 40000 R Kennedy ‘61, J Toshack ‘75
26 ov 29 Div 1 H orwich L wae, 34780 6 E Hughes '87
27 | (Deci02 Div H Arsenal D 2-2 27447 5 P Neal '23 pen, '59 pen
|28 | Dec 06 Div A Burnley D 0-0 18426 5
29 | Dec10 | UEFAC 3:2 H Slask Wroclaw W 30 17886 J Case ‘22, '30, '46
30 | Dec 13 Div 1 | A Tottenham Ww 40 29891 2 K Keegan '43, J Case '54, P Neal '74, S Heighway ‘86
31 | Dec 20 Div H QPR WwW 2-0 39182 1 J Toshack '22, P Neal '75 pen
32 | Dec 26 Div A Stoke D 1-4 32092 i J Toshack '8
33 | Dec 27 Div H an City W 1-0 53386 1 P Cormack '61
34 | Jan 03 AC 3 A West Ham Ww 2-0 32363 K Keegan '37, J Toshack '82
35 | Jan 10 Div H Ipswich D 3-3 40547 3 K Keegan '13, '33, J Case '78
36 | Jan 17 Div A Sheff Utd D 0-0 31255 3
37 | Jan 24 FAC 4 A Derby L 0-1 38200
38 | Jan 31 Div A West Ham Ww 40 26741 2 J Toshack '63, '75, '81, K Keegan '88
39 | Feb 07 Div H Leeds United Ww 20 54525 i K Keegan ‘40, J Toshack '71
40 | Feb 18 Div A an Utd D 00 59709 1
41 | Feb 21 Div H ewcastle Miey2-0) 43404 1 K Keegan '26, J Case '51 |
42| Feb24 | Div A Arsenal as 36127 1 |
43 | Feb 28 Div A Derby D -] 32800 1 R Kennedy '86
44 ar 03 UEFAC 4:1 A Dyn. Dresden D 0-0 32182
45 ar 06 Div H iddlesbrough L 0-2 41391 Z
46 jar 13 Div A Birmingham Ww -0 31397 2 P Neal '83 pen
47 ar 17 UEFAC 4:2 H Dyn. Dresden WwW 24 39300 J Case '24, K Keegan '47
48 ar20 | Div A orwich Ww -0 29013 3 D Fairclough '59
49 ar 27 Div H Burnley Ww 2-0 36708 4 D Fairclough '39, ‘61
50 ar 30 UEFAC SF:1 A Barcelona Ww -0 70000 J Toshack '13
51 | Apr 03 Div H Everton Ww -0 54632 2 D Fairclough '88
52 | Apr 06 Div H Leicester WwW 1-0 36290 2 K Keegan ‘58
53 | Apr 10 Div 1 A Aston Villa D 0-0 44250 2
54 | Apr 14 UEFAC SF:2 H Barcelona D -1 55104 P Thompson '50
55 | Apr 17 Div 4 Cale W538 44069 1 P Neal '37 pen, J Toshack ‘43, R Kennedy '51, E Hughes ‘73,
D Fairclough '78
Apr 19 Div 1 A Man City Ww 30 50439 ] S Heighway '73, D Fairclough '88, ‘89
Apr 28 UEFAC Final:1 H FC Bruges W = 32 49981 R Kennedy ‘59, J Case '61, K Keegan ‘64 pen
May 04 | Div A Wolves W 3-1 48900 1 K Keegan '76, J Toshack '85, R Kennedy '89
UEFAC Final:2 A FC Bruges D ileal 29423 K Keegan '15

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS The FA Cup was Liverpool’s only hope of silverware. Once again
z the club were drawn against their cup-bogey team Leicester in the
semi-finals. Liverpool avenged their semi-final defeat in 1963 with
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a aa a 3-1 win in the replay at Villa Park. Prior to the Cup final Shankly
and Newcastle manager Joe Harvey were interviewed by the BBC
as Shankly recalled. “On match day the BBC linked me up with Joe
Harvey for a talk on television from our hotels. When Joe and I had
finished our téte a téte and I was taking off the microphone harness, I
Average goals per game — League said: ‘Jesus Christ’, Joe Harvey is beaten already and the bloody game
Average goals per game — Overall hasn’t even started.’ Iheard David Coleman laughing and I realized what
Average goal minute — League
I had said had gone over. I hadn’t meant it to, because we had finished
Average goal minute — Overall
our talk.” In one of the most one-sided finals in history, Liverpool
destroyed Newcastle 3-0. A magnificent second half performance by
GOAL MINUTES
the Reds saw them score all three via a Kevin Keegan brace and a
Goals from 1 to 15 if
| Goals from 16 to 30 Steve Heighway drive. Once more Liverpool fans thronged to greet
the team home at St George’s Hall - this time in victory.
Goals from 46 to 60 Nobody could suspect what was going to happen when Liverpool
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
called a press conference on 12 July 1974. You could hear a pin drop
Goals from 91 to 120 when John Smith made his opening address: “It is with great regret
that I as chairman of Liverpool Football Club have to inform you
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS that Mr. Shankly has intimated that he wishes to retire from active
League 66 participation in League football. And the Board has with extreme
UEFA Cup reluctance accepted his decision. I would like at this stage to place
on record the Board’s great appreciation of Mr. Shankly’s magnificent
League Cup
achievements over the period of his managership.”
After signing his last contract for Liverpool in July 1971, Shankly
PLAYER DEBUTS
agreed a three-year contract, with the option of extending it to five
| Joey Jones against OPR 16.08.1975
David Fairclough against Middlesbrough 01.11.1975 years. So three years later when John Smith asked him to take the
Brian Kettle against Real Sociedad 04.11.1975 option of the two years, Shankly said no and chose to retire. Smith said
of Shankly in February 1974 that he “would be happy if he would stay
with us for life.” Shankly’s response was: “Staggered. It may be another
year, or two, or three. But, one day I’ll decide that that’s enough and
leave straight away. My career as a manager must have an abrupt end.’
Bill Shankly loved football so much that his decision sent shockwaves
round the world. What those closest to him had realised all along
though was that the constant strains and stresses of managing one of
the top clubs in the country had taken its toll of him. Approaching the
age of 61, it’s easy to see how he thought “Enough is enough”.As he
said himself: “All the arguments had been won.”
He recalled in his autobiography:

“After the FA Cup Final I went into the dressing room and Ifelt
tired from all the years. I said to a bloke who was looking after the dressing
room, ‘Get me a cup oftea and a couple of pies, forChrist’s sake.’ When I
sat down with my tea and pies, my mind was made up. If we had lost the
final I would have carried on, but I thought, ‘Well, we've won the Cup
now and maybe it’s a good time to go.’ I knew I was going to finish. Kevin
Keegan sensed my feelings then. He said so later. I didn’t go running

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1976/77 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 14 C Shield N Southampton WwW 1-0 76500 J Toshack '50 (at Wembley)
2 | Aug 21 Div 1 H Norwich WwW 1-0 49753 4 S Heighway '55
3 | Aug 25 Div 1 A WBA We iceh | 30334 | 1 J Toshack '40
4 | Aug 28 Div1 A Birmingham ih 1-2 33228 7 D Johnson '75
5 | Aug 31 LC 2 H WBA D 1-1 23378 | | Callaghan '27
6 | Sep 04 Div 1 H Coventry WwW 3-1 40371 3 K Keegan '56, D Johnson ‘73, J Toshack '80
7 | Sep 06 LC 2 Rep A WBA L 0-1 22662
8 | Sep 11 Div 1 A Derby W 3-2 26833 1 R Kennedy ‘6, J Toshack '54, K Keegan '80
9 | Sepi4 EC ish H Crusaders Ww 20 22442 P Neal '18 pen, J Toshack ‘64
10 | Sep 18 Div 1 H Tottenham WwW 20 47421 1 D Johnson '7, S Heighway '30
11. | Sep 25 Div1 A Newcastle 0-1 33204 1

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Ray Clemence 42 0 0 8 0 0 Z | 0 Oe 8 0 0 0 0 62 0 0
Emlyn Hughes 0 8 0 0 a 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 62 0
Ray Kennedy 0 8 0 1 2 0 0 ) 0 1 0 0 61 0
Phil Neal 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 8 ii 0 4 0 0 61 0
Joey Jones 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
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Kevin Keegan 0 8 0 4 2 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0
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Manchester City 15 5 | 1 38 | 13 6 8 | 6
Ipswich Town 15 4 2 41 11 7 4 10
Aston Villa 17 3 1 55 17 5 4 12
Newcastle United 14 6 1 40 15 4 7 10
Manchester United 12 | 6 3 4 22 6 ‘ 10
West Bromwich Albion 10 6 5 38 22 6 7 8
Arsenal 11 6 4 37 20 5 5 11
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Leicester 42 8 9 4 30 28 4 S) 8
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Queens Park Rangers 42 10 | ie 4 31 Zl 3 5 13 16 31
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around celebrating with the team. I didn’t get carried around. I let the
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Average goals per game — League for it, though I believe you retire when you are in your coffin and the lid is
Average goals per game — Overall nailed down and your name is on it.”
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On 27July in the Liverpool Daily Post under the headline:““Marching
into Shankly’s shoes” the world learned who was replacing Shankly.
GOAL MINUTES
“Two weeks of speculation were ended last night when the annual
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 meeting of Liverpool Football Club heard Bob Paisley named as the
Goals from 31 to 45 17 club’s new manager. It’s a job many have already labelled “Mission
Goals from 46 to 60 1 Impossible.” Paisley knew the enormity of the task at hand “It’s like
Goals from 61 to 75 3
being given the Queen Elizabeth to steer in a force 10 gale,” he said.
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 As Shankly’s right-hand man for fifteen years Paisley was humble
when taking over the lofty mantle.“ Nobody could have greater respect
and admiration for the boss and I would be failing him if after all that
time I could not plunge into the job with confidence,” he recalled.
European Cup “T will probably never be able to equal the wonderful relationship he
has with the crowd but I do claim I will be his equal in loyalty and
League Cup
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dedication. I have always had and always will have every bit as great a
hunger for trophies and thirst for success as he has.”
Paisley didn’t really fancy the job according to Peter Robinson. “It
PLAYER DEBUTS
David Johnson against Norwich 21.08.1976 was definitely a crisis time when Bill left,’ he would recall. “It was a
bombshell and Bob was very reluctant to take the position as manager.
When we approached him he said no. In the end the Chairman,
directors and I had to gang up on him.”
Bob’s wife, Jessie, disclosed what made him finally accept the job.
“The persuasion was that he did it for the sake of the others there
because he was afraid that when another manager came, was what
they did in those days, they’d bring in their own staff with them,” she
recalled. “He was afraid that might happen. So he took it for the sake
of everybody else as well as himself.”
The 1974/75 season couldn't have got off to a worse start when
Kevin Keegan received his marching orders along with Billy Bremner
in the Charity Shield at Wembley. Keegan played in the opening League
match at Luton but didn’t feature in the First Division again until
October after being banned for eleven games. Paisley was satisfied with
the start of the League campaign, winning six out of eight games.
Shankly’s parting gift was the FA Cup, so for the third time the
club entered the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Liverpool got off
to a great start in Paisley’s first European game, beating Norway’s
Stromsgodset 11-0, which is still the biggest-ever victory in the
history of the club! Even more impressive was the fact that nine

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1977/78 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 C Shield N__|_ Man Utd D 82000 __|_ (at Wembley)
Zz Div 1 A Middlesbrough D 1-1 31000 10 K Dalglish ‘7
3 Div 1 H Newcastle WwW 20 48267 3 K Dalglish '46, T McDermott '87
4 Div 1 H WBA W 3-0 48525 2 K Dalglish '18, S Heighway '81, J Case '85
5 Lez H Chelsea WwW 2-0 33170 K Dalglish '25, J Case ‘47
6 Div 1 A Birmingham w 10 | 28239 2 | _RKennedy '2
7 Div 1 H Coventry WwW 2-0 45574 2 D Fairclough ‘65, K Dalglish '67
8 Div 1 A Ipswich D eta 29658 Z K Dalglish '22
9 Div 1 H Derby Ww 1-0 48359 ] T McDermott '80
10 Div 1 A Man Utd L 0-2 55109 4 i
1 Div 1 A Arsenal D 0-0 47110 3 |
12 Div 1 H |_ Chelsea Wis 2-0) 40499 SB K Dalglish '2, D Fairclough '79
13 Div 1 A Leeds United W 2-1 45500 2 J Case '36, '63
4 EC 2:1 H__|_Dyn. Dresden WwW 5-4 39835 |_ A Hansen ‘14, J Case '21, '57, P Neal '44 pen, R Kennedy '66
15 i Div 1 H Everton dD 00 51668 2
16 LGiS H Derby WwW 2-0 30400 D Fairclough ‘72, ‘75
17 Div 1 A Man City L 1-3 49207 2 D Fairclough '29
[8 | EC 2:2 (Nina | Dyn. Dresden Le lee 33000 S Heighway '67
19 | Div 1 H Aston Villa L 1-2 50436 5 Frank Carrodus (og) '65
20 ov 12 Div 1 fils A QPR Let 02 25625 6
| 21 Nov 19 { Div 1 H__| Bristol City D 1-1 41053 6 [ K Dalglish
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23 | Nov26 | Div1 A Leicester Ww 40 26051 5 Davelough 18,'S Hetghivay Gs Eee

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24 ov 29 LCs H Coventry D 2-2 33817 D Fairclough ‘40, P Neal '44 pen
25 | Dec 03 Div 1 H West Ham W 2-0 39659 4 K Dalglish '37, D Fairclough '82
261 Dec 06 ESC:2 4 Hamburg SV Ww 60 34931 P Thompson ‘21, T McDermott ‘40, ‘55, ‘56, D Fairclough ‘86,
K Dalglish '88
Dec 10 Div 1 A Norwich iE 1-2 24983 3 P Thompson '80
Dec 17 Div1 H QPR Ww 10 38249 3 P Neal '30 pen
Dec20 | LC4 A Coventry WwW 2-0 36105 J Case '5, K Dalglish '80
Dec 26 Div 1 A Nottm For D 1-1 47218 il 4 S Heighway '30
Dec 27 Div 1 H Wolves Ww 1-0 50294 4 P Neal '22 pen
Dec 31 Div 1 A Newcastle W 2-0 36456 3 P Thompson ‘48, K Dalglish '89
Jan 02 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Ww 20 49305 3 D Johnson '39, S Heighway ‘80
Jan 07 FAC 3 A | Chelsea E 2-4 45449 D Johnson ‘60, K Dalglish '81
Jan 14 Div 1 A WBA W 1-0 35809 3 D Johnson '10
Jan 17 LC5 A Wrexham Were s-4 25641 K Dalglish '14, '58, '87
Jan 21 Div 1 H Birmingham L 2-3 48401 4 P Thompson ‘74, R Kennedy '87
Feb 04 Div A Coventry L 0-1 28965 4
Febo7 | LCSE1 H Arsenal WwW 2-1 44764 K Dalglish '26, R Kennedy '81
Feb 14 LC SF:2 A Arsenal D 0-0 49561
Feb 25 Div1 H Man Utd WwW 3-4 49590 4 G Souness '39, R Kennedy '49, J Case '84
Mar 01 EC 3:1 A Benfica WwW 2-1 80000 | J Case '37, E Hughes '72
Mar 04 Div A Chelsea L 1-3 35550 5 P Neal '48 pen
Mar 08 Div 1 A Derby ge 2-4 23413 5 D Fairclough '70, K Dalglish '88
Mar 11 Div 1 H Leeds United WwW 1-0 48233 5 | K Dalglish ‘47
Mar 15 BGS:2 H Benfica WwW 4-1 48364 | Callaghan '6, K Dalglish '17, T McDermott '78, P Neal '88
Mar 18 LC Final N Nottm For D 0-0 100000 (at Wembley)
Mar 22 LC Final Replay N Nottm For L 0-1 54375 [ (at Old Trafford)
Mar 25 Div 1 A | Wolves W 3-4 27531 ) J Case '35, K Dalglish ‘73, ‘82
Mar 29 | EC SF:1 A Gladbach L 1-2 67000 D Johnson ‘88
Apr 01 Div 1 A Aston Villa W 3-0 40190 5 K Dalglish '3, '19, R Kennedy ‘21
Apr 05 Div 1 A Everton Ww 1-0 52759 5 D Johnson ‘13
Apr 08 Div 1 H |_ Leicester W 3-2 42979 4 T Smith '42, '76, S Lee '56
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Apr 18 Div 1 H Ipswich D 2-2 ADO | 4 K Dalglish '58, G Souness '62
Apr 22 Div 1 H Norwich WwW 3-0 44857 4 John Ryan (og) '4, D Fairclough ‘35, '46
Apr 25 Div 1 H Arsenal Ww 1-0 38318 3 D Fairclough '24
Apr 29 - Div 1 A West Ham WwW 20 37448 3 T McDermott '38, D Fairclough ‘66
May 01 Div1 H Man City Ww 40 44528 2 K Dalglish '24, '55, '80, P Neal ‘53 pen
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Phil Neal 42 | 0 4 rae aE Gi [0 1 9 0 2 0 a 7
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players out of the eleven used got their names on the scoresheet. Only
goalkeeper Clemence and Brian Hall failed to score. The Norwegian
goalkeeper’s name (Inge Thun) allowed the local sportswriters to print
a“ THUNDERSTRUCK” headline the following morning.
Ferencvaros visited Anfield for the third time in the second
round. Keegan scored in the thirty-sixth minute, but a last-minute
equaliser from Mate gave the Hungarians a valuable away goal, which
changed the whole complexion ofthe tie.A goalless draw in Budapest
eliminated Liverpool from the competition and to make matters worse
Tommy Smith received a fine and a European ban for feigning injury
Average goal minute — League
when a missile was thrown on to the pitch late in the game.
Average goal minute — Overall
The honeymoon period was soon over for Paisley. Liverpool had
a one-point lead over Manchester City with a game in hand in late
GOAL MINUTES
October, but then went six weeks without a win with the new boss
putting his foot down and addressing his critics. “It’s the crowd I feel
sorry for because they are as frustrated as the players, who are affected
by the atmosphere generated from the terraces,” he said. “I took over
an established side when I became manager. I have tried not to disturb
the side, to give everyone a fair crack of the whip, to keep faith with
them, to give them a vote of confidence. I have leaned over backwards
to help them individually and to give them every chance. Some may
League have taken that as a sign of weakness in me. Now the time has come
to act to show that I can be as strong as anyone.”
With Liverpool defeated in all knock-out competitions by January,
the Reds strengthened their League position when they beat Tottenham,
Newcastle and Birmingham, and found themselves top of the pile —
albeit for only a couple of days as a defeat at Stoke let Everton back
on top. Wins over Leeds and Carlisle meant Liverpool were just two
points behind new leaders Derby with two matches to go. But the team’s
challenge faltered after a 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park,
and as Derby managed a point from their game, the title was theirs.
Steve Ogrizovic against Derby Liverpool beat Queens Park Rangers on the final day to finish runners-up
Sammy Lee against Leicester but Paisley was disappointed with his first season in charge.“When you
count second place as failure, then standards are becoming fantastically
high,” he said. “We never celebrate second place here.”
The groundwork had been laid for the glory that lay ahead.
Paisley had the knack of turning ordinary players into good ones,
good ones into greats, and greats into Kenny Dalglish! His team was
gradually taking shape. The players he was bringing in — along with
the now established nucleus of Clemence, Thompson, Hughes, Keegan,
Heighway, Toshack and Callaghan — were starting to look more the part.
He was combining the great players left from the Shankly era with his
own men to form one master team. Paisley’s first signing, Phil Neal, was
fantastically consistent at the back, and he transformed Ray Kennedy
from a lumbering forward into a creative midfielder on the left flank.
The move was so successful that it immediately saw off Peter Cormack,
who had played in that position for the previous two seasons.
Liverpool had always been close to the top in the 1975/76 season,

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1978/79 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Div OPR K Dalglish '27, S Heighway '76
Div A Ipswich WwW 340 28114 1 G Souness '17, K Dalglish '22, '74
Div A Man City j Ww 41 46710 1 G Souness '15, '48, R Kennedy '34, K Dalglish '56
LC 1 A Sheff Utd L 0-1 35753

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6 [Sep0s | Div1 sheer Birmingham W 30 S100 9 lead G Souness 12, '57, A Kennedy ‘81
7 | Sep 13 EC 1:1 A ottm For L 0-2 38316
8 | Sep 16 Div H Coventry Ww 1-0 51130 i G Souness '27
9 | Sep 23 Div A WBA D 1-1 33834 | 1 K Dalglish ‘70
10 | Sep 27 EGile2 LL H Nottm For D 0-0 51679
11 [Sep 30 Div1 H Bolton W 30 47099 1 J Case '13, '39, ‘55
12 | Oct 07 Div A orwich W 41 25632 1 S Heighway '6, '10, D Johnson '36, J Case '49
13 | Oct 14 Div H Derby Ww 5-0 47475 {| D Johnson '29, R Kennedy '55, '78, K Dalglish '61, ‘80
14] Oct 21 Div 1 H Chelsea WwW 2-0 45775 1 D Johnson '6, K Dalglish ‘71
15 4 Oct 28 |Div [ A Everton L 0-1 53131 1
16 | Nov04 Div H Leeds United D 1-1 | 51657 i ai McDermott '81 pen
17 | Nov11 Div A QPR WwW 3-1 26626 S Heighway '29, R Kennedy ‘45, D Johnson '85
18 | Nov 18 Div H an City Ww 10 47765 | P Neal '86 pen
19 | Nov 22 Div 1 A Tottenham D 0-0 50393
If20 | Nov 25 Div H L Middlesbrough Ww 2-0 39812 1 alk T McDermott ‘30, G Souness '69
21 | Dec 02 Div A Arsenal L 0-1 51902 ‘
22 | Dec 04 ESCH A Anderlecht lL 1-3 35000 J Case '27
| 23 | Dec 09 Div H Nottm For WwW 20 51469 T McDermott '29 pen, '48
24} Dec 16 Div 1 A Bristol City L 0-1 28722
[25 |_ Dec 19 ESC:2 H Anderlecht Ww 2-1 | 23598 | E Hughes ‘13, D Fairclough '85
26 | Dec 26 Div A Man Utd WwW 3.0 54940 R Kennedy '5, J Case '25, D Fairclough '67
27 | Jan 10 FAC 3 A Southend D 00 31033
28 | Jan 17 FAC 3 Rep H Southend Ww 340 37797 J Case '38, K Dalglish '75, R Kennedy '85
29 | Jan 30 FAC 4 H Blackburn Ww 10 43432 K Dalglish '82
30 | Feb 03 Div H WBA Ww 24 52211 1 K Dalglish '21, D Fairclough '53
31 | Feb 13 Div 1 H Birmingham WwW 1-0 35207 i G Souness '37

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Feb 28 FAC 5 jet H Burnley Ww 30 47161 ] D Johnson ‘43, ‘61, G Souness '59
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Mar 06 Div A Coventry D 0-0 26629 1
Mar 10 FAC 6 A __|_|pswich WwW 1-0 31322 K Dalglish '52
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Mar 20 Div H Wolves Ww 2-0 39695 1 T McDermott '34, D Johnson '48
Mar 24 | Div1 H \pswich Ww 20 43243 1 K Dalglish '41, D Johnson ‘81
Mar 31 FAC SF N Man Utd D 2-2 52584 K Dalglish '17, A Hansen ‘82 (at Maine Road)
Apr 04 FAC SF Rep N Man Utd L 0-1 53069 (at Goodison Park)
Apr 07 Div H Arsenal Ww 30 47297 1 J Case ‘49, K Dalglish '73, T McDermott '88
Apr 10 Div A Wolves Ww 10 30857 ] A Hansen '33
Apr 14 Div 1 H Man Utd W 20 46608 1 K Dalglish '36, P Neal '46
Apr 16 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 1-3 44029 1 D Johnson '65
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Liverpool 42 2 0 51 4 11 6 4 34 12
Nottingham Forest 42 10 0 34 10 10 8 3 27 16
West Bromwich Albion 42 5 3 | 38 15 Titts (eaa 4 34 20
Everton 42 if 2 32 17 5 10 6 20 23
Leeds United 42 4 6 al 25 7 10 4 29 27
Ipswich Town 42 4 6 L 34 21 9 5 Tea 28
Arsenal 42 8 2 37 18 6 6 a 24 30
Aston Villa 42 ) 4 37 26 7 7 7 22 23
Manchester United 42 7 5 29 25 6 8 il 31 38
Coventry City 42 7 3 4 29 3 9 9 17 39
Tottenham Hotspur 42 8 6 19 25 6 7 8 29 36
Middlesbrough 42 5 6 33 21 sj 5 11 24 29
Bristol City 42 6 4 34 19 4 4 13 13 32
Southampton 42 10 Zz 35 20 3 6 12 12 33
Manchester City 42 5 7 34 28 4 8 9 24 28
Norwich City 42 10 | 4 29 19 0 13 8 22 38
Bolton Wanderers 42 5 6 36 28 2 6 13 18 | 47
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 4 7 26 26 3 4 14 18 42
Derby County 42 5 8 25 25 2 Gah 13 19 46
Queens Park Rangers 42 g 8 24 33 2 ae ts 21 40
Birmingham City 42 ) ih 24 25 1 Dee us) 13 39
Chelsea 42 5 13 23 42 2 5 14 21 50

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS but didn’t manage to capture the top spot until 20 December, and
then only because of a better goal average than Manchester United
and Derby. The team was also progressing well in Europe. In the
quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Liverpool were again paired with
Dynamo Dresden, the club they had beaten at the same stage of the
1972/73 competition. They didn’t manage a win in Dresden, as they
had three years previously, but were satisfied enough with a 0-0 score
line, especially as another brilliant penalty save from Clemence had
prevented a narrow defeat. After Case and Keegan had given the Reds
what seemed to be a comfortable lead in the home game, a strike from
a Heidler led to a tense last few minutes with the threat of asecond
Average goal minute — Overall
German goal, which would have put Liverpool out.
The wonderful setting of the Nou Camp in Barcelona was the scene
for one of the club’s best-ever European performances. Playing in an
all-white kit, the team’s defensive performance was immense and they
[[Gosisfomattoas Ci snuffed out the threat of the brilliant Johan Cruyff and the creativity of
Johan Neeskens. John Toshack drove home the only goal of the game

[Goalstom76w090 Sd in the thirteenth minute. In the second leg at Anfield, Phil Thompson
Goals from 91 to 120 fons ome | prodded the ball over the line from six inches out to score on 50
minutes, but within a minute Rexach had equalised. Liverpool held

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European SuperCup match ofthe season, which would decide whether Liverpool or Queens
Park Rangers would win the title. Anfield was silenced early on in the
home leg as the Belgians raced into a two-goal lead.A dreadful header
PLAYER DEBUTS by Phil Neal fell woefully short of Ray Clemence and Lambert raced
in to lob the ball over the goalkeeper and into the net. Only minutes
later a sensational strike by Cools left the Reds staring at a bad home
defeat. There were no further goals before half-time and in the interval
Paisley sent on Jimmy Case in place of Toshack. Case was told in no
uncertain terms what to do once he came on. “You're supposed to
prepare the player to go onto the pitch,’ he told LFChistory.net. “I
thought I’m gonna get a big speech, ‘Do this, do that’ They said, ‘Go
on and cause fucking havoc. So that’s what I did. And those were the
exact words out of Joe Fagan and Ronnie Moran.’ It was a move
which had an immediate effect. Ray Kennedy’s thunderbolt reduced
the arrears before the same player dragged a shot against a post and
Case, following up, stabbed the ball home from close range. Then
Heighway was chopped down in the area and Keegan calmly sent
Jensen the wrong way from the spot. Three goals in five astonishing
minutes early in the second period had completely turned the game
round.
Liverpool had finally hit top gear from the middle of March 1976,
winning seven out of their eight League games. David Fairclough’s
introduction into the team was crucial as he scored seven times during
this great run. The team hadn’t played in the League for two weeks
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of the season on 4 May, with the Championship at Kevin Keegan’s announcement after the Charity
stake. Queens Park Rangers had finished their League Shield that he wanted a fresh challenge left Reds’
programme ten days earlier, with a 2-0 home win over supporters shell-shocked. He was, however, staying one
Leeds and were one point ahead of Liverpool. But a more season to capture the big one. “I could have tried
draw would be enough for the Reds as they had a better to get away this summer but I know that everyone at
goal average. Paisley had purposely arranged the fixture the club is desperately keen to win the European Cup
after the end of the regular season, thinking it would be which is the big prize. I am just as keen and that would
a good warm up for the UEFA Cup Final. “I thought be a great note on which to leave,”he said.
we would lose the title and win the cup,” he admitted to Paisley had transformed Terry McDermott from a
the Daily Mirror's Frank McGhee. journeyman right midfielder into a central midfielder
Liverpool left it late against Wolves and ran riot in the who could run “box to box” and support the strikers
last fifteen minutes with goals from Keegan, Toshack and with lethal effect. With Ray Kennedy throwing his left
Ray Kennedy clinching the title. A banner proclaimed: foot bombs in and around the penalty area this made
“QPR: Quality from Paisley’s Reds.” Paisley thanked the most of Terry Mac’s boundless energy.A bad injury
John Bond for inspiring his men to victory. “I have to Phil Thompson curtailed his season. The “soon to be
always made it a policy never to criticize other teams or retired” Tommy Smith was drafted in to his place. John
other managers and I know I’m right,” he said. “I’ve got Toshack’s days were soon numbered as a series of thigh
to be grateful to John Bond, the Norwich manager, for injuries were gradually catching up with him.
saying that it would be a bad thing for English football Bob’s boys were ready to come of age in the
if Liverpool won the title and a great thing if QPR did European Cup.There was very much a “Journey into the
it instead. I didn’t have to motivate our players after that. Unknown” in round two. Liverpool travelled to Turkey
John Bond did it for me.” for the first time and faced pretty miserable conditions
The team set off for Belgium knowing that if they on and off the pitch. Owing to the prevailing political
could hold out for a draw against FC Bruges, the UEFA situation there, Liverpool decided on the government’s
Cup would be theirs for a second time. But again there was advice not to take up an allocation of tickets for the
an early shock. Tommy Smith was penalised for a handball trip. A ridiculous penalty-decision gave Trabzonspor a
and Lambert drove the penalty out of Clemence’s reach. narrow lead to bring to England and when they turned
But Liverpool’s reply was instant.A free-kick on the edge up at Anfield two weeks later thousands of their British-
of the box was touched sideways by Hughes for Keegan based fans occupied a large section of the Main Stand
to drive into the net. The rest of the game was even but as to make a noisy atmosphere which affected the home
time wore on Bruges put more into attack and Liverpool, crowd too. But within twenty minutes, the Turks were
not surprisingly, more into defence, knowing that a draw sitting quietly back in their seats. Heighway, Johnson ~
would be enough on the night. There were still some and Keegan scored the goals, making the second half
heart-stopping moments though and the final whistle something of a stroll.
was greeted with great joy by the thousands of Liverpool Four months separated the second round from the
fans who had made the short journey across the Channel. quarter-final but before the turn of the year Liverpool
Emlyn Hughes stepped proudly forward to receive the already knew that they would be facing Saint-Etienne
trophy and complete the club’s second League and UEFA who had so unluckily lost the previous season’s final to
Cup ‘double’ in four seasons. Bayern Munich at Hampden Park. The Liverpool team
The start of the 1976/77 season saw the arrival of faced an incredibly hostile atmosphere at the Geoffrey
David Johnson from Ipswich. He was one of the best Guichard stadium. According to Robbie “Mottman”
centre-forwards in the country at the time, but like a lot Ashcroft, “St. Etienne fans started throwing bread rolls
of good players struggled to maintain a regular starting over at the Liverpool supporters. It soon became clear
place at Anfield. “Mad Dog” Joey Jones made the left- what was going on. The bread rolls had bricks inside
back position his own as Phil Neal was switched again them, most of the lads picked up the rolls, threw the
to right-back by Paisley with brilliant effect. Now Joey bricks back and ate the rolls. ‘You're not getting your
wasn't the best player in the world. He wasn’t even the bread back, you’re not getting your bread back na na na
best player in his house! What he lacked in skill he made na na na na na— Bon Appetit!” Liverpool were unlucky
up for in heart. Joey’s clenched fist salute to the Kop was to lose on the night. Ten minutes from time all the Reds’
to become his trademark. defensive heroics were undone as Bathenay drove the

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ball past Clemence following a corner. The semi-final with Zurich was almost an anti-climax
St. Etienne’s lead was wiped out with only two after the drama of the St. Etienne tie. Zurich scored an
munutes on the clock at Anfield, Keegan’s cross from early penalty but Phil Neal quickly equalised and added
the left drifting over Curkovic and into the corner of a penalty of his own in the second half before Heighway
the Anfield Road goal. Clemence was in inspired form all but sealed the club’s place in the final even before the
as the French came back strongly, but even he could home leg, which was subsequently won 3-0.
do nothing about Dominique Bathenay’s sensational, Only three days later Liverpool had the small matter
swerving strike from way out. Ray Kennedy made the of an FA Cup semi-final against their greatest rivals
scores 2-1 on the night but Liverpool were still behind Everton to deal with. Terry Mac’s delightful chipped
on the away goals rule. goal was the highlight from a 2-2 draw at Maine Road,a
With time running out, Paisley sent on Fairclough result that was aided by referee Clive Thomas inexplicably
to replace the tiring Toshack and the youngster, who had disallowing a late Everton “winner”. Liverpool won
a growing reputation for coming off the bench to score the replay 3-0 in surprisingly easy fashion and looked
vital goals, obliged again. With just six minutes left, he forward to an FA Cup and European Cup final at the
raced onto Ray Kennedy’s lob forward, brushed aside season’s end. But they also had to protect their lead in
the defender who was chasing him and calmly slotted the League first. Keegan’s goals against Ipswich and
the ball past Curkovic to start off wild celebrations the Manchester United proved decisive and gave Liverpool a
likes of which Anfield has rarely seen before. four-point lead over Manchester City with four matches
Many fans have great stories to tell about this match still to be played. Suddenly Liverpool seemed to run out
frequently using the superlative of the adjectives in their of steam, but three consecutive draws were still enough
vocabulary, but the most painful story of all definitely to seal the Championship with a game to go. On to
belongs to Liverpool fan “BB” who shared his story Wembley, where Liverpool’s treble dream died at the
with LFChistory.net: hands of Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
And so to Rome, where Borussia M6nchengladbach
“We got into The Kop at around 6pm and there, for awaited. Liverpool hadn’t won a game for three weeks
three and a half hours, we were squeezed, bashed, mauled and their resources stretched by six games in eighteen
and pushed, something you don’t get now we all have nice days. But their fantastic travelling support inspired them.
plastic seats. Needless to say, I didn’t see David Fairclough’s David Johnson’s poor display in the FA Cup final meant
goal, he had just controlled Ray Kennedy’s pass and got lan Callaghan took his place in the European Cup final.
into the penalty area when it all went black, And that was A midfielder for a striker? Negative? Not a bit of it!
that. Now we had to get out and get home but we couldn’t Terry McDermott’s typical run and shot gave the Reds a
move. Now, ifanyone out there remembers The Kop how it deserved half time lead. Allan Simonsen equalised in the
was then get ready for a tear-jerking tale.At the top, in the fifty-fifth minute with a sensational strike. Nine minutes
middle, you had the choice of going left or right. On that later Tommy Smith headed a rare goal — his first for two
night, I had no choice as, being about two foot shorter than and a half years. Keegan, in his greatest-ever and final
all around me, I had to trust luck — we went right. Then it display for Liverpool, was running Gladbach ragged with
happened. There, just at the top of the steps leading down his aggression and Bertie Vogts in the end was so tired of
and past the bogs was a post, some 24 inches tall. These “Mighty Mouse” running at him that he conceded the
days, Health and Safety would have come down on such penalty which sealed Liverpool’s first European Cup.
an obstacle like a proverbial ton of,bricks but that night, it Paisley didn’t touch a drop of alcohol that night
was my bollocks that hit it full on. Screaming with pain, as he said he wanted to savour the victory rather than
I was lifted from behind by some massive red faced docker have his brain befuddled. That was at least his official
and carried to safety. The post had ripped my Brutus Golds explanation! Frank Keating, the Guardian’s former chief
and pierced the skin from my inner thigh to knee as Mr. sports writer said that even though Paisley didn’t drink
Stevedore yanked me skywards. If you remember seeing an that night he sure wanted to.““The party afterwards was
adrenaline propelled 14-year-old running from Anfield to at the Holiday Inn, just down from St Peter’s itself. It was
James Street Station, with blood coming from a leg wound, at the last of its type,’ he wrote in 1996.
about 9:30pm on 16 March 1977, please contact your local
sports psychologist — for that spotty faced youth was me.” “Tt was still (just) the age ofsoccer’s innocence then. The
press were invited and the world and his wife were allowed

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to gatecrash so long as they were decked in red. Anumber January to March killed any chances of retaining the
of the obits to Paisley mentioned that, however much the title. Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat to Birmingham City on
champagne bubbled, the beaming manager bursting out of 21 January didn’t seem a significant result at the time
his ill-fitting Burton’s blue suit refused to take a drink, so but after that Liverpool played eighty-five home games
he could ‘drink in the atmosphere and the achievement.’ in a row without defeat in all competitions — a run
Well, true in fact but not in theory. Halfway through the do that ended on 31 January 1981 with a 2-1 defeat to
a big mitt gripped my arm fondly. ‘A Keating’s a boy who Leicester City. Nottingham Forest eventually surprised
should know,’ said Bob. ‘Do you think there’s any chance of the football world by taking the 1977/78 First Division
getting a bottle of Guinness round here?’ I searched every Championship just twelve months after coming out of
nook. The St Peter’s Holiday Inn did not stock Guinness. the Second Division. Liverpool were unstoppable in the
‘Ah me,’ said Bob, ‘that means only me and the Pope up European Cup. In the semi-finals they came up against
the road and Horace [Yates, the teetotal sports editor of the their opponents from the previous year’s final, Borussia
Liverpool Daily Post] over there are the only three sober Monchengladbach. Liverpool lost 2-1 in Germany but
men in Rome tonight. 2) Dalglish was the architect of the 3-0 win at Anfield.
In the final Liverpool played FC Bruges, who had
Back in Liverpool Paisley addressed the crowd from beaten the relatively strong Juventus in the semi-finals.
St. George’s Hall. “In the 38 years I’ve been here, this The only goal of this final came in the sixty-fifth minute.
excels everything. And of course it’s the biggest day in Souness played the sweetest of touches to Dalglish,
Liverpool Football Club’s life.” which had “please score” written all over it; Kenny lifted
Liverpool needed somebody to replace Kevin the ball ever so gently over Jensen before disappearing
Keegan, who was leaving for Hamburg SV. Liam Brady over the advertising hoardings to celebrate in front of
and Trevor Francis were linked with the Reds but his adoring public. The recipe to Kenny’s goal was quite
£440,000, a record transfer fee between two British simple, according to the man himself: “I noticed a habit
clubs, persuaded Celtic to part with Kenny Dalglish. A of the Bruges goalkeeper, Jensen, that proved to be his
letter in the Echo from a lady who was a Celtic supporter undoing. Each of the two times Terry Mac ran through
said “Kenny’s smile will light up Anfield when he scores.” and shot low, Jensen dropped down to block the ball. So
Was she right or what? Bill Shankly couldn’t believe when Graeme Souness played me in, Jensen came out as
Celtic let him go. “I would have moved heaven and he had for Terry and I knew he was going to go down
earth to keep him,” he said. “I would rather have quit early. | dummied to play it,Jensen fell for it, allowing me
and got out of the game altogether than sold a player of the opening to lift the ball over the top of him.” Paisley
his brilliance.” had masterminded his second European Cup success.
Dalglish scored on his League debut at Middlesbrough’s Liverpool started the 1978/79 season brilliantly. In
Ayresome Park and also on his Anfield debut three days their first eleven League games they won ten, scoring
later against Newcastle. “Just after half-time, Ray Kennedy thirty-five goals and conceding only four. Liverpool beat
started wandering off down the inside left. | raced towards Tottenham 7-0 at Anfield which is still today considered
the box. Ray’s pass came in and I clipped the ball past one of the greatest games in the club’ history. Their
Newcastle’s keeper, Steve Hardwick, as he came out. best goal was their last, one that is still talked about in
The goal was at the Kop end and I nearly finished up awe today. The ball was inside Liverpool’s penalty-area
in amongst them. Their appreciation was magnificent. It during a rare spell of Spurs pressure. Clemence passed
really touched me. That was the start of the relationship to Ray Kennedy, then to Dalglish for a quick pass up
between the Kop and me.” towards the centre-circle where Johnson was waiting.
The Liverpool fans had found a new hero to adore. Quick control and a smart turn then a wonderful pass
Paisley strengthened in January by buying Graeme out towards Heighway, who never broke stride as he
Souness. Unlike a lot of players Souness took no time crossed the ball first-time. McDermott had run almost
at all to settle in to life at Anfield and became an almost the whole length of the pitch and met the cross at the far .
instant hero with a stunning volleyed goal against post with a bullet header, which flashed past Daines. It
Manchester United at Anfield, which won the BBC really typified Liverpool’s style during a season in which
Goal of the Season award. A bear of a man with the they played some wonderful football.
touch of a violinist, he could hit a ball like it had been It was very much against the odds that the two
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342 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

of the European Cup but it still happened! Liverpool lost points ahead of Nottingham Forest. Ray Clemence kept
2-0 to Nottingham Forest in the first leg, which bred 17 clean sheets and conceded only four goals at home.
defiance in Paisley ahead of the second leg at Anfield In spite of the dearth of cups many people believe this
“As Churchill might have said, we’ve got to fight them to be Liverpool’s best-ever team.
in the penalty box and every other part of the field. Liverpool’s miserly defence was made of stainless
We’ve just got to run and run until we drop. It’s all in the steel. The previously gawky Alan Hansen had, by astute
lap of the Gods but there will be blood and thunder out coaching, been turned into a top-class centre-half. His
there!” he said. Despite Liverpool’s best efforts no goals seemingly effortless command of the middle of defence
were scored on the night. belied a touch of steel reminiscent of another Scottish
Liverpool and Forest met in the League two and centre-half, “Rowdy” Yeats. Emlyn Hughes was coming
a half months later at Anfield and this time there was to the end of his Liverpool days but was still a key player.
no way out for Brian Clough’s defending champions. Phil Thompson tossed up with a sparrow for a pair of legs
McDermott scored both goals in a 2-0 win and Clough and an eagle for a nose, losing both times but was like
admitted they had been second best. “They murdered a vulture in the tackle! “Barney Rubble” by nickname
us... we didn’t get a kick from three o’clock onwards.” and “Barney Rubble” by nature, Alan Kennedy had come
Half-way through the season Liverpool named a new though leaps and bounds to make a real impression at
captain, as Emlyn Hughes was in and out of the team. left-back. Who could beat Phil Neal for consistency? 417
Kenny Dalglish was given the captain’s armband but games in a row for Liverpool between 23 October 1976
that didn’t last long as Phil Thompson explained in his to 24 September 1983. A Liverpool record.
autobiography: “It was 7 April, 1979.An hour before our This was Paisley’s best season yet as manager but no
home game with Arsenal, Bob Paisley started to name thanks to him of course. “I don’t want to take anything
the team. I was fully expecting Kenny to be captain but away from the players,” he said with the modesty that
Bob turned round and said: ‘Phil, you will lead the team was his hallmark. “They did it, not me. The quality and
today. I was stunned. I always thought my chance would consistency of our football this season has been the best
come but not on that day. I never asked Bob or Kenny I’ve ever known.” Liverpool’s talisman had been Keegan’s
about the change of heart.” successor, who had proved a godsend to Paisley. “I just
From mid-December Liverpool only lost two games hoped that after the trials and tribulations of my early
for the rest of the campaign; against Manchester United years in management, someone up high would smile on
in the FA Cup semi-final replay and Aston Villa in the me and guide my hand. My plea was answered when
League. Bolton boss Ian Greaves watched his side lose we got Kenny Dalglish. What a player, what a great
4-1 to the Reds and was suitably impressed: “If you professional!” Dalglish had scored 56 goals in 116 games
entered Liverpool for the World Cup I’d back them to in his first two seasons at Liverpool and his contribution
win it.’ Southampton’s Lawrie McMenemy was equally had won over the media, who voted him the Football
powerless to stop the Red machine when the Saints lost Writers’ Player of the Year in 1979. His colleagues in
2-0. “It was like trying to baptise a baby in the Niagara the PFA were not as impressed and didn’t even include
Falls,’ was his metaphoric judgement. him in the top six players of the year! Although Dalglish
The Reds were second after the first round of League and Johnson accounted for 37 of the League goals, there
matches but top in the remaining 41. Liverpool gained were important contributions from the midfield — no
a record total of 68 points and only conceded 16 goals, fewer than 33 came from the quartet of Ray Kennedy,
which was a Football League record. Liverpool won 19 Graeme Souness, Terry McDermott and Jimmy Case.
games, drew two and lost none at Anfield, finishing eight Liverpool had a great team.

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Liverpool are seen off from Lime Street
station ahead of the 1971 FA Cup Final.

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Liverpool v Benfica, 1984: This generation
was defined by great European nights.

1979-1989
1979/80 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 11 C Shield N Arsenal W 3-4 92000 T McDermott '38, '65, K Dalglish ‘63 (at Wembley)
2 | Aug2i_| Divi H Bolton D 00 45900 14
3 | Aug 25 Div 1 H WBA WwW 3-4 48021 9 D Johnson '11, ‘58, T McDermott '52
4 | Aug 29 LC 2 A Tranmere D 0-0 16759
5 | Sep 01 Div 1 A Southampton i 2-3 21402 16 D Johnson '16, C Irwin '74
6 | Sep 04 LC 2 Rep H Tranmere Ww 40 24785 P Thompson ‘46, K Dalglish ‘49, ‘75, D Fairclough '83
7 | Sep 08 Div 1 H Coventry Ww 40 39926 8 D Johnson '27, '90, J Case '58, K Dalglish '62
8 | Sep 15 Div A Leeds United D 1-1 39779 8 T McDermott '81
9 | Sep 19 EC 1:1 H Dinamo Tbilisi W 2-4 35270 D Johnson '19, J Case '44
10 | Sep 22 Div 1 H Norwich dD 00 44120 7
11 | Sep 25 LC 3 H Chesterfield W 3-4 20960 D Fairclough '10, K Dalglish '34, T McDermott '80
12 | Sep 29 Div A Nottm For I 0-1 28262 QB
13 | Oct 03 ECTEZ A Dinamo Tbilisi L 0-3 90000
14 | Oct 06 Div 1 H Bristol City Ww 40 38213 8 1 D Johnson '3, K Dalglish '30, R Kennedy '34, T McDermott '80
15 | Oct09 Div 1 A Bolton D 1-1 25571 7 K Dalglish '80
16 | Oct 13 Div A Ipswich Ww 2-4 25310 6 Allan Hunter (og) ‘18, D Johnson '54
17 | Oct 20 Div H Everton D 2-2 52201 5 Mick Lyons (og) '8, R Kennedy ‘55
18 | Oct 27 Div A Man City Ww 40 48128 3 D Johnson '12, K Dalglish '31, ‘67, R Kennedy '86
19 | Oct 30 LC 4 H Exeter Ww 20 21019 D Fairclough ‘60, ‘90
20 | Nov03 Div 1 H Wolves WwW 30 49541 3 K Dalglish '4, '52, R Kennedy ‘67
21 | Nov 10 Div 1 A Brighton Ww 44 29682 2 R Kennedy '19, K Dalglish ‘65, '83, D Johnson '67
22 ov 17 Div 1 H Tottenham WwW 2- 51092 1 T McDermott '34, '69
23 | Nov 24 Div A Arsenal D 0-0 55561 2
24 | Dec 01 Div 1 H Middlesbrough Ww 40 39885 2 T McDermott '5, A Hansen '13, D Johnson ‘73, R Kennedy '84
25 | Dec 05 es) A Norwich Ww 3-1 23000 D Johnson '11, '31, K Dalglish '37
26 | Dec 08 Div 1 A Aston Villa WwW 3- 41160 1 R Kennedy '55, A Hansen '60, T McDermott '74
27 | Dec 15 Div 1 H Crystal Palace Ww 3-0 42898 1 J Case '44, K Dalglish '48, T McDermott '67
28 | Dec 22 Div A Derby WwW 3- 24945 1 Roger Davies (og) '16, T McDermott '53 pen, D Johnson '55
29 | Dec 26 Div H Man Utd W 20 51073 1 A Hansen '15, D Johnson '85
30 | Dec 29 Div A WBA W 2-0 34915 1 D Johnson '24, '44
31 | Jan 05 FAC 3 H Grimsby Town Ww 50 49706 | G Souness '19, D Johnson ‘42, '65, '74, J Case '87
32 | Jan 12 Div H Southampton D 1-1 44655 1 T McDermott ‘60 pen
33 | Jan 19 Div 1 A Coventry L. 0-1 31578 ]
34 |Jan 22 LC SF:1 A Nottm For e 0) 32234
35 | Jan 26 FAC 4 A Nottm For W 20 33277 K Dalglish '31, T McDermott '71 pen
36 | Feb 09 Div 1 A Norwich ie MM Bes 25624 1 D Fairclough ‘4, '18, '75, K Dalglish '88, J Case ‘89
37 | Feb 12 LO'SE:2 H Nottm For D i 50880 D Fairclough '89
38 | Feb 16 FAC 5 H Bury WwW 2-0 43769 D Fairclough '64, '81
39 | Feb19 Div 1 H Nottm For W 20 45093 i T McDermott ‘80, R Kennedy '84
40 | Feb 23 Div 1 H Ipswich Del 47566 1 D Fairclough '8
41 | Feb 26 Div 1 A Wolves rs ee 36693 1
42 | Mar 01 | Div A Everton WwW 2- 53013 i D Johnson '19, P Neal '31 pen
43 | Mar 08 FAC 6 A__|_ Tottenham We 1-0 48033 T McDermott '38
44 | Mar 11 Div H Man City Wi 2:0 40443 1 Tommy Caton (og) '56, G Souness '83
45 | Mar 15 | Div A Bristol City [ Wh es= 27187 1 R Kennedy ‘5, K Dalglish '55, '89
46 | Mar 19 Div 1 H Leeds United WwW 3-0 37008 1 D Johnson '33, '80, A Kennedy '60
4] | Mar 22 Div i H |_ Brighton Ww 1-0 42747 1 A Hansen '70
48 | Mar 29 | Div A Tottenham ee | 32114 1
49 | Apr 01 Div | H | Stoke Ww 0 36415 il K Dalglish '34
50 | Apr 05 Div A Man Utd L 2 57342 1 K Dalglish '14
51 | Apr 08 Div H Derby W 3-0 40932 1 C Irwin '20, D Johnson '50, Keith Osgood (og) '83
52 | Apr 12 FAC SF Arsenal DL 0-0 50174 (at Hillsborough)
53 | Apr 16 FAC SF Rep Arsenal D 1 40679 D Fairclough ‘51 (at Villa Park)
54 | Apr19 Div H Arsenal D 1-1 46878 1 K Dalglish '12
56.1 Apr 23 Div1 A Stoke WwW 20 32000 1 D Johnson '34, D Fairclough ‘60
56 | Apr 26 Div 1 A Crystal Palace D 0-0 45583 1
57 | Apr 28 FA SF Rep 2 Arsenal D 1-1 42975 K Dalglish '90 (at Villa Park)
58 | May 01 FA SF Rep 3 Arsenal I 0-1 35335 (at Highfield Road)
59 | May03 | Div1 i H Aston Villa Ww 41 51541 1 D Johnson '3, '72, A Cohen '50, Noel Blake (og) ‘78
May06 | Div1 A Middlesbrough L 0-1 24458 ] IE

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
aS a FA CUP
Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Kenny Dalglish 42 0 16 8 0 2 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 60 0 23
Phil Neal 42 0 1 I 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 60 0 1
Phil Thompson 42 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 il 2 0 0 0 0 60 0 1
Ray Clemence 4) 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 59 0 0
Graeme Souness 41 0 1 8 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 59 0 2
Ray Kennedy 40 0 9 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 56 0 S)
David Johnson 37 0 21 a | w 3 6 0 2 |2 0 1 0 0 54 0 27
Alan Hansen Ree: 8 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 o | se aaa.
Terry McDermott Tal Oo 1. Molle Sele 2 7 0 1 2 6 Maio ee a SE
Jimmy Case 37 i 0 a 5 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 52 0 5
Alan Kennedy Sf | 0 i 5 0 0 7 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 51 0 1
David Fairclough § b) 5 1 4 3 1 4 2 1 1 al 0 0 0 0 12 14 lg
Colin Irwin 7 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 13 1 2
Sammy Lee 6 1 0 4 0 0 oi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
Steve Heighway 2 | 7 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8) 8 0
Avi Cohen 3 1 Pol heals 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ogrizovic i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Liverpool 6 0 4 7
Manchester United 7 | 1 43 8 7 i 7 22 27
Ipswich Town 42 14 4 3 43 is 8 5 8 25 26
Arsenal 42 8 10 8 24 12 10 6 5 28 24
Nottingham Forest 42 6 4 i] 44 ili 4 4 3 19 32
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 9 6 6 29 20 10 a 8 29 27
Aston Villa 11 5 5 29 22 5 9 7 22 28
Southampton 4 Z a 53 24 4 7 0 12 29
Middlesbrough 11 7 3 31 14 5 5 11 | 19 30
West Bromwich Albion 9 8 4 2 11 8 7 27 41
Leeds United 0 7 4 3 7 1 16 33 40
Norwich City Doha 3 3 Fa alleen eae |i
Crystal Palace 9 | 3 3 7
Tottenham Hotspur 1 5 4) 4 5
Coventry City a 2 7 CS
Brighton & Hove Albion 8 8 5 SpUPEy
Manchester City 8 8 5 4 5
Stoke City 9 4 8 4 6
Everton 7 7 7 2
Bristol City 6 6 9 3
Derby County 9 4 8 2
Bolton Wanderers 5 11 5 0

348 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The Story Of The Decade
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS iverpool never failed to score at home in the League throughout the
Total games whole of the 1978/79 season. But they didn’t get on the scoresheet
Games won
in their first game of 1979/80 when they faced Bolton at Anfield. The
Games drawn
Games lost club again dropped out of the European Cup in the first round, this time
Clean sheets — League to Dinamo Tbilisi in extraordinary circumstances. Liverpool won 2-1
Clean sheets — Overall
at Anfield but in the middle of the night before the game in Georgia,
Total goals
Average attendance at home — League
hundreds of people shouting ‘Dinamo’ marched around the hotel the
Average attendance at home — Overall Liverpool players were staying in. Not only did the Liverpool players
miss out on sleep, but a torrential downpour didn’t help matters on the
field. The Tbilisi team was full of Soviet internationals and Liverpool
Averagegoalminute league +t =|
[Averagegoalminute Overs «Ysa_—* lost 3-0. That defeat proved to be a turning point, as Liverpool went
unbeaten from 6 October until 19 January winning twelve league
games and drawing four. At the end of their unbeaten run Liverpool
GOAL MINUTES
were top, two points above Manchester United with a game in hand.
Goals from 16 to 30 Disappointment awaited in the semi-finals of both domestic cups at the
Goals from 31 to 45 hands of Nottingham Forest and Arsenal.
Goals from 46 to 60
Neither Merseyside derby passed without incident, either.
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90 Controversy reigned in the 2-2 draw at Anfield when a hard tackle
Goals from 91 to 120 by Garry Stanley on David Johnson caused a mass brawl resulting in
Terry McDermott and Stanley becoming the first players to be sent
off in a derby in the twentieth century. McDermott couldn’t help but
laugh at the situation: “I made contact with Garry’s teeth — or vice
League Cup versa. I’ve still got the scar on my hand today and the referee sent
FA Cup
Charity Shield
us both off. The irony was that Garry and I are good friends and we
European Cup often used to go out for a drink together. That plus the fact that we
were both just about the two softest players on the park. I remember
PLAYER DEBUTS
sitting in the bath and laughing when I thought of all those hard men
Colin Irwin against WBA 25.08.1979 still running about out there, while us two softies had been sent off. I
Avi Cohen against Leeds United 15.09.1979 think it was for dropping our handbags.’ The icing on the cake in this
colourful game was when a female streaker ran the length of the field,
entertaining the crowd no end.
Dixie Dean attended the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on
1 March 1980. There was a special lunch before the game to launch
the Liverpool and Everton annuals and Dixie, Bill Shankly and Billy
Liddell were all there. “Ladies and gentlemen, today we are joined by a
man who ranks amongst the greatest there is: Shakespeare, Rembrandt
and Bach. This man is Dixie Dean,’ Shankly eulogised Dean. A few
hours later, at his beloved Goodison, 73-year-old Dean passed away
during the game.
Liverpool and Manchester United were neck and neck for the rest
of the 1979/80 season and both were on 58 points when Paisley’s team
played Aston Villa in the penultimate game. Liverpool were in an ideal
position to clinch the league title with a game in hand and a +49
goal difference compared to United’s +32. David Johnson opened the
scoring in the third minute. Alan Kennedy’s injury gave new recruit Avi
Cohen a chance to prove himself but he was unfortunate to score an
own goal in the twenty-sixth minute, confessing that he “wanted the
ground to swallow me up.’ Cohen made amends when he scored his

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 349

1980/81 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 C Shield West Ham W. - 90000 T McDermott '17 (at Wembley)
2 | Aug 16 Div 1 H Crystal Palace WwW 3-0 42777 2 K Dalglish '25, R Kennedy '32, A Kennedy '83
3 | Aug 19 Div A Coventry dD 00 22807 3
| 4 | Aug23 | Divt A Leicester Lee 28455 8
5 | Aug 27 Lomas A Bradford City ! 0-1 16232
6 | Aug 30 Div r Nanvich awe as 35315 5 A Hansen ba T McDermott '65, A Kennedy '72,
D Johnson '87
7 | Sep02 LC 1:2 H | Bradford City WwW 40 21017 K Dalglish '9, ‘34, R Kennedy '36, D Johnson '59
8 | Sep 06 | Div A Birmingham Di 4 27042 5 K Dalglish ‘49
9 | Sep 13 Div 1 H WBA WwW 40 36792 3 T McDermott '27 pen, G Souness ‘44, D Fairclough '67, ‘71
O| Sep1/ EC id A Oulu Palloseura D 1-1 14000 T McDermott '15
1 | Sep 20 Div A Southampton D 2-2 24085 4 G Souness '8, D Fairclough '56
21 Sep 23 1C3 r Winder WwW 50 16566 S Lee wh teks K Dalglish '17, Glen Cockerill (og) '75,
D Fairclough '80
13 | Sep 27 Div H Brighton WwW 41 35836 2 G Souness '37, '57, T McDermott '56 pen, D Fairclough '83

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15 | Oct 04 Div 1 A Man City W 3-0 41022 2 K Dalglish '38, G Souness '52, S Lee '83
16 | Oct 07 Div H Middlesbrough W 42 28204 2 T McDermott ‘1, '79 pen, R Kennedy ‘61, K Dalglish '86
17 | Oct 11 Div H Ipswich D 1-1 48084 2 T McDermott '39 pen
8 | Oct 18 Div A Everton D 2-2 52565 3 S Lee '23, K Dalglish '56
SamOct 22 EC 2:1 A Aberdeen WwW 1-0 24000 T McDermott '5
20 | Oct 25 Div H Arsenal D 1-1 40310 3 G Souness '48
21 | Oct 28 LC 4 H Portsmouth WwW 41 32021 K Dalglish '22, D Johnson '39, '80, G Souness '85
22 | Nov01 Div 1 A Stoke D 2-2 22864 4 D Johnson '24, K Dalglish '79
93! Novos | £022 4 ease WwW 40 36182 Willie Miller (og) '37, P Neal '43, K Dalglish ‘58,
A Hansen ‘71
24 | Nov 08 Div H Nottm For D 0-0 43143 5
25 | Nov 11 Div 1 H Coventry W 24 26744 i D Johnson '28, '80
26 | Nov 15 Div 1 A Crystal Palace D 22 31154 3 R Kennedy '45, T McDermott '77
27 | Nov 22 Div H Aston Villa Wo 2 48114 3 K Dalglish '66, '88
28 | Nov 25 Div A___| Wolves L 1-4 25497 3 P Neal '44
29 | Nov 29 Div 1 A Sunderland W 42 32340 2 D Johnson '14, T McDermott '35, S$ Lee '82, '84
30 | Dec 02 LC5 H Birmingham WwW 3-4 30236 K Dalglish '23, T McDermott '66, D Johnson '85
31 | Dec 06 Div H Tottenham Wo 2 39545 1 D Johnson '19, R Kennedy ‘59
32 | Dec 13 Div A Ipswich D 1- 32274 2D J Case '61
33 | Dec 20 Div H Wolves WwW 1-0 33563 1 R Kennedy '33
34 | Dec 26 Div A Man Utd D00 57073 1
35 | Dec 27 Div 1 H Leeds United D 00 44086 1
36 | Jan 03 FAC 3 H Altrincham WwW 44 37170 T McDermott '27, K Dalglish '39, '54, R Kennedy '88
37 | Jan 10 Div A Aston Villa Liat BOL 47960 3
38 | Jan 14 IGS A Man City WwW 10 48045 R Kennedy '81
39 | Jan17_| Div A Norwich WwW 1-0 23829 3 T McDermott '23
40 | Jan 24 FAC 4 A Everton Lb 1-2 53804 J Case '76
41 | Jan31 Div H Leicester L 1-2 35154 3 Alan Young (og) '15
42 | Feb07 Div 1 A WBA ao? 27905 3
43 | Feb 10 LC SF:2 H Man City D 1-1 46711 K Dalglish '23
| 44 | Feb 14 Div H Birmingham D222 32199 3 D Johnson '25, P Neal '33
45 | Feb 21 Div A Brighton D 2-2 23275 3 D Johnson '27, T McDermott '65
46 | Feb 28 Div 1 H Southampton W 20 41575 2) R Kennedy '13, T McDermott ‘60
47 ar 04 EC H CSKA Sofia W 5-1 37255 il G Souness '16, '51, '80, S Lee ‘45, T McDermott '62
| 48 | Mar 14 LC Final N West Ham D 1-1 100000 A Kennedy '118 (at Wembley, aet - 0-0 after 90 mins)
49 ar18 | EC 3:2 A CSKA Sofia W 1-0 60000 D Johnson ‘10
50 ar 21 Div 1 H Everton WwW 1-0 49743 5 John Bailey (og) '77
51 ar 28 Div A Arsenal L 0-1 47058 6
52 | Apr 01 LC Final Rep N West Ham W 2-4 36693 K Dalglish '25, A Hansen '28 (at Villa Park)
53 | Apr 03 Div H Stoke WwW 3-0 33308 4 R Whelan '27, T McDermott '52, '81
54 | Apr 08 ECISE:| H Bayern Munich D 0-0 44543
55 | Apr 11 Div A Nottm For D 00 27363 5
56 | Apr 14 Div H Man Utd L 0-1 31276 5
57 | Apr 18 Div A Leeds United D 0-0 39206 6
58 | Apr22_| EC SF:2 A Bayern Munich Dirt 75000 R Kennedy '83
59 | Apr 25 Div A ottenham D “| 35334 8 | H Gayle '25
60 | May 02 Div H Sunderland L 0-1 40337 8
61 | May05 | Div1 A Middlesbrough W241 19102 6 R Kennedy ‘7, C Irwin '28
62 | May19 | Div1 H Man City WwW 1-0 24462 5 R Kennedy '16
63 | May 27 EC Final N Real Madrid W -0 48360 A Kennedy '81 (at Parc de Princes, France)

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351
APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE | FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Player | Starts | Subs | Goals Goals | Starts Goals | Starts Goals | Starts
Phil Neal ATG 2 0 9 0 0 9 0 eal 0 0
Ray Clemence 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Kennedy 41 0 8 0 1 g 0 2 g 0 2 0 0 0
Terry McDermott 40 0 is 0 1 8 0 i 8 0 6 0 1 0
Sammy Lee 37 0 4 0 0 i 0 2 9 0 a 0 0 0
Graeme Souness oF 0 6 0 0 8 0 1 8 0 6 0 0 0
Alan Hansen 36 0 0 0 8 0 ] 9 0 1 0 0 0
Kenny Dalglish 34 0 8 0 fi 8 0 7 9 0 1 0 0 0
David Johnson 29 0 8 0 0 5 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 13
Phil Thompson 25 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 40 0 0
Jimmy Case 14 10 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 21 15 2
Alan Kennedy 19 0 Z 0 0 i} 0 i 6 0 i 0 0 34 0 4
Colin Irwin 19 2 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 i 0 0 0 0 27 ) 1
Avi Coheni 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
Richard Money 12 2 0 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 15 a. 0
David Fairclough 6 a 4 0 0 Ss ] 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 4 i
Steve Heighway 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ] 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0
lan Rush il 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 i) 0 0
Howard Gayle 3 ] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 a Zz 1
Steve Ogrizovic 1 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 helo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Sheedy 1 0 0 0 0 Dill en 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Whelan ] 0 1 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Colin Russell 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

DIVISION 1

HOME
Team Played| W D L WwW
Aston Villa 42 6 3 2 10
Ipswich Town 42 5 4 2 8
Arsenal 42 3 8 0 6
West Bromwich Albion 42 5 4 2 5
Liverpool 42 13 5 3 4
Southampton 42 5 4 Zz 5 6 10 29 34
ottingham Forest 42 ele 3 4 9 Gael ca
anchester United 42 3 11 ] 6 it 8 21 Ue,
Leeds United 42 0 5 6 19 19 7 5 g 20 28 44
ottenham Hotspur 42 g ) a 44 31 5 6 0 26 37 43
Stoke City 42 8 g 4 31 23 4 g 8 20 37 42
anchester City 42 0 7 4 35 25 4 4 3 21 34 39
Birmingham City 42 i 5 5 32 23 2 it Z 8 38 38
iddlesbrough 42 4 4 Bix 38 16 2 ] 18 15 45 i
Everton 42 8 6 7 OZ 25 5 4 12 23 33 | 36
Coventry City 42 9 6 6 31 30 4 4 13 i 38 | 36
Sunderland 42 | 0 4 7 4 3 14 20 34 | 35
Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 i 2 8 2 wh 42 i 35 35
Brighton & Hove Albion 42 | 10 3 8 4 4 13 24 4) 35
Norwich City 42 | 9 7 5 4 0 7 5 48 33
Leicester 42 7 5 9 6 1 4 20 44 32
Crystal Palace 42 4 ili 0 3 8 5 46 19

352 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS only goal FOR Liverpool 24 minutes later. Johnson added his second
Total games and twenty-seventh of the season, pleasing his coach in the process.
Games won 31
“Ronnie Moran had a go at me for not scoring enough goals with
Games drawn 22
Games lost 10
my left foot. I lashed one and it hit the post and shot across into the
Clean sheets — League net,” he said afterwards. A Noel Blake own goal crowned a decisive 4-1
Clean sheets —Overall victory and Liverpool’s second consecutive title. The preferred eleven
Total goals 113
— Clemence, Neal, Alan Kennedy, Thompson, Ray Kennedy, Hansen,
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall Dalglish, Case, Johnson, McDermott and Souness — missed only 28
League games between them. Paisley’s continuity policy was long
Average goals per game — Overall 2.52 before the days of squad rotation! Terry McDermott had a brilliant
Average goal minute — League 48
season and became the first Liverpool player to be voted Player of the
Average goal minute — Overall
Year by both press and players.
Liverpool lost at home for the first time in three years against
GOAL MINUTES
Leicester on 31 January 1981, ending an 85 match unbeaten run.
Goals from 16 to 30 Since the 7 February 1978 Liverpool had won 69 and drawn 16 in 63
Goals from 31 to 45 League, 9 League Cup, 6 FA Cup, 6 European Cup and 1 Super Cup
Goals from 46 to 60
games. 212 goals were scored and only 35 conceded.A single loss was
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
not such a disaster in itself but the team had been knocked out of the
Goals from 91 to 120 FA Cup by Everton a week earlier and lost the following League game
2-0 to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. Liverpool failed to
score on nine occasions in 21 League games in the second half of
the season and in the end had a total of 62 goals compared to 81 the
season before. Strikers Dalglish and Johnson had only 16 League goals
between them. Dalglish went 16 games without a League goal from
Charity Shield late November to the end of the season.
Paisley blamed Liverpool’s poor League form on injuries. “I have
been at Anfield in various capacities since 1939 and I can never recall
PLAYER DEBUTS
Richard Money against WBA 13.09.1980 a season so plagued by injuries as the 1980/81 campaign,” he said.
Howard Gayle against Man City 04.10.1980 “Players went down like ninepins and hardly a game went by without
our suffering another casualty or injury worry.” Liverpool failed to
Kevin Sheedy against Birmingham 14.02.1981
have a settled defence, although Ray Clemence only missed one
Ronnie Whelan against Stoke 03.04.1981
Colin Russell against Sunderland 02.05.1981 game and Phil Neal was ever-present. The left-back position was split
between Avi Cohen, Richard Money and Alan Kennedy. Alan Hansen
missed nine games after a knee operation, Phil Thompson was out for
two months after breaking his collar-bone playing 40 games out of 63,
but Colin Irwin was an able deputy.
Liverpool finished fifth in the League, their worst placing for
ten years. There were no such problems in the League Cup and in
Europe. Dalglish scored seven goals when the Reds won the League
Cup including the first of two in the replayed final against West Ham.
Finnish side Oulu were led like lambs to slaughter in the European
Cup. Souness and McDermott both scored hat-tricks in a 10-1 rout at
Anfield. The Reds brushed Aberdeen and CSKA Sofia aside and when
the semi-final draw was made it was clear that the club would face
formidable opposition: Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid.
Bayern turned out to be their opposition and the first leg at Anfield
ended in a goalless draw with Paul Breitner claiming in the papers that
Liverpool didn’t play intelligent football. Breitner’s damning words

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1981/82 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 29 Div A Wolves L 0-1 28001 7
2 | Sep 01 Div 1 H Middlesbrough D 1-1 31963 5 P Neal '53 pen
3 | Sep 05 Div H Arsenal WwW 2-0 35269 0 T McDermott '44, D Johnson '89
[4 Sep 12 Div A _|_ Ipswich L 0-2 26703 6
5 | Sep 16 EC 1:1 A Oulu Palloseura WwW 10 8400 K Dalglish '84
6 | Sep 19 Div H Aston Villa D 0-0 37474 ff
mall Sep 22 Div 1 A Coventry W 2-1 16731 1 LA Kennedy '2, T McDermott '26 pen
8 | Sep 26 Div A West Ham D 1-1 30802 2 |_D Johnson ‘77
; K Dalglish '26, T McDermott ‘40, '75, R Kennedy '46,
9 | Sep 30 EC 1:2 H Oulu Palloseura Ww 7-0 20789 D Johnson ‘60, | Rush ‘67, M Lawrenson '72

10 | Oct 03 Div H Swansea D 2-2 48645 ! T McDermott '59 pen, ‘64 pen
111 octa7 ere 4 eye WwW 50 11478 | Rush 15, 7, T McDermott '27, K Dalglish '37,
R Whelan ‘68
12 | Oct 10 Div H Leeds United WwW 3.0 35840 8 | Rush '17, '89, Trevor Cherry (og) '26
13 | Oct 17 Div 1 A Brighton D 3-3 26321 10__|_K Dalglish 12, R Kennedy '39, T McDermott '73
14 | Oct21_ | EC2:1 A AZ 67 Alkmaar Di« 22 12000 | D Johnson '26, S Lee '49
15 | Oct 24 Div 1 H [ Man Utd L 1-2 41438 12___ | _T McDermott '74 pen
161 Oct 28 Lez i, Exéter WwW 60 11740 | Rush ‘15, '78, K Dalglish ‘23, P Neal '44, K Sheedy '53,
Nicky Marker (og) '80
Oct 31 Div 1 A Sunderland WwW 20 27854 9 G Souness '61, T McDermott '77
Nov 04 EG H AZ 67 Alkmaar W = '3r2 29703 T McDermott '42 pen, | Rush ‘68, A Hansen '85
Nov 07 Div 1 H |_ Everton W 3-1 48861 7___| _KDalglish ‘47, ‘52, | Rush '75
Nov 10 LC 3 H Middlesbrough WwW 41 16145 K Sheedy '29, | Rush '64, D Johnson '74, '80
Nov 21 Div 1 A _ _| WBA Dera 20871 9 ‘K Dalglish '90
Nov 28 Div 1 H Southampton lh 0-1 37189 iKth sa
Dec 01 LC 4 A Arsenal dD 0-0 37917
Dec 05 Div A Nottm For WwW 20 24521 10 | M Lawrenson '57, R Kennedy ‘59
Dec 08 LC 4 Rep H Arsenal WwW 3-0 21375 C Johnston '95, T McDermott '101 pen, K Dalglish ‘108 (aet )
Dec 13 WCC N Flamengo L, 0-3 62000 |_ (at National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan)
Dec 26 Div 1 H Man City L 1-3 37929 12 R Whelan '85
Jan 02 FAC 3 A Swansea WwW 40 24179 A Hansen '35, | Rush ‘45, '88, M Lawrenson ‘73
Jan 05 Div 1 H | West Ham WwW 3-0 28427 9 T McDermott '25, R Whelan '27, K Dalglish '68
Jan 12 LC5 H |_ Barnsley i} 0-0 33707
Jan 16 Div H Wolves We 2-1 26438 7 R Whelan '74, K Dalglish '82
Jan 19 LC 5 Rep A Barnsley WwW 3-4 29639 G Souness '37, D Johnson '81, K Dalglish '89
Jan 23 FAC 4 A | Sunderland W 3-0 28582 K Dalglish '6, ‘15, |Rush ‘79
Jan 26 Div A Notts County WwW 40 14407 5 |__R Whelan ‘44, | Rush '67, '75, '84
Jan 30 Div A Aston Villa W 3.0 35947 5 | Rush '3, T McDermott '23, '73
Feb 02 LC SF:1 A Ipswich WwW 2-0 26690 T McDermott ‘47, | Rush ‘49
Feb 06 Div H Ipswich WwW 4-0 41316 3 T McDermott '14, | Rush '17, K Dalglish '44, R Whelan '57
Feb 09 LC SF:2 H Ipswich De eez2 34933 | Rush '26, K Dalglish '47
Feb 13 FAC 5 A Chelsea be) 02 41422
Feb16_| Div1 A Swansea L 0-2 22604 7
Feb 20 Div 1 H Coventry WwW 40 28286 6 G Souness '5, S Lee '13, | Rush '34, T McDermott '64 pen
Feb 27 Div 1 A Leeds United WwW 2-0 33689 4 G Souness '40, | Rush '76
Mar 03 | EC 3:1 H CSKA Sofia WwW 1-0 27388 R Whelan '65
Mar 06 | Div1 H Brighton (EE Say 28574 6
Mar 09 Divt A Stoke WB 16758 4 T McDermott ‘15, K Dalglish '29, G Souness '48, S Lee '80,
R Whelan ‘87
Mar 13 LC Final N Tottenham W 3-1 100000 R Whelan ‘87, '111, |Rush '119 (atWembley, aet 1-1 after90mins)
Mar 17_| EC 3:2 A CSKA Sofia 202 60000
Mar 20 Div 1 H Sunderland WwW 1-0 30344 4 | Rush '14
Mar 27 Div 1 A Everton W 3-1 51847 3 R Whelan '21, G Souness '57, C Johnston ‘81
Mar 30 | Div 1 H Birmingham W 3-4 24224 2 | Rush '10, ‘74, T McDermott '78
Apr 02 Div 1 H Notts County WwW 1-0 30126 1 K Dalglish '61
Apr 07 Div 1 A Man Utd WwW 1-0 50969 1 C Johnston '63
53 |}Apr 10 Div1 A Man City WwW 50 40112 1 ne oeNeal '42 pen, C Johnston ‘58, A Kennedy ‘59,

54 | Apr 13 Div 1 H Stoke WwW 20 30419 1 A Kennedy '4, C Johnston '34

WCC = World Club Championship

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355
APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP
Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Kenny Dalglish 0 13 3 0 ee 10 0 5
Bruce Grobbelaar 42 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 62
Phil Neal 42 0 Z 3 0 0 10 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 62
Mark Lawrenson 3y Z 2 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 1 i 0 0 56
Graeme Souness 34 1 5 3 0 0 g 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 53
Alan Hansen 35 0 0 3 0 1 8 0 0 5 0 i 1 0 0 52
Sammy Lee 2 0 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 | 49
lan Rush 32 0 17 3 0 3 10 0 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 48
Phil Thompson 34 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 a 0 0 0 0
Alan Kennedy 32 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Whelan 31 1 10 3 0 0 8 0 3 il 3 1 0 0 0
Terry McDermott 28 1 14 3 0 0 10 0 3 | 5 0 3 | 0 0
David Johnson 10 5 2 0 i 0 ] 4 3 3 2 0 1 0
Ray Kennedy 15 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 ( 0 0
Craig Johnston 13 3 6 0 1 0 0 Z 1 0 0 0 0
Kevin Sheedy 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

DIVISION 1

HOME | AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A_ | Points
Liverpool 42 14 3 4 39 14 12 6 3 41 18 | 87 |
Ipswich Town 42 17 1 3 i | ee 4 8 (el ERE |
Manchester United Ries IDE 2. | a) 8” Wet eee Be al e200 20m earn
Tottenham Hotspur 42 12 4 5 4) 26 8 7 6 26 22 71
Arsenal 42 13 5 3 27 16 7 6 8 21 22 71
Swansea 42 13 3 5 34 16 8 10 24 35 69
Southampton 42 1S 2 4 49 30 4 Z 10 23 37 il 66
Everton 42 11 il 3 33 21 6 6 9 23 29 64
West Ham United 42 9 10 2 42 a 5 6 10 24 28 | 58
Manchester City 42 9g 7 5 32 23 6 6 g if 27 58
Aston Villa g 6 6 28 24 6 6 g 27 29 5
Nottingham Forest 7 7 if 19 20 8 5 8 23 28 Bj
Brighton & Hove Albion 8 au 6 30 24 5 6 0 13 28 52
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Notts County 8 5 8 32 33 5 3 13 29 36 47
Birmingham City 8 6 7 29 25 2 8 11 24 36 44
West Bromwich Albion 6 6 g 24 25 5 5 1 22 32 44
Stoke City 9 2 10 27 28 2 6 12 17 35 44
Sunderland 6 5 10 19 26 5 6 0 19 32 44
Leeds United 6 11 4 23 20 4 | 16 16 4 42
Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 5 8 19 20 Z 5 4 13 43 40
Middlesbrough 4 9 i 20 24 3 6 2 14 28 39

356 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS were pinned on Liverpool's dressing room wall and Howard Gayle ran
Total games the Bayern defence a merry dance down the wing in Germany before
Ray Kennedy scored from 20 yards. Colin Irwin’s mistake in the final
minute let in Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. A 1-1 draw was enough for
the Reds to progress to the final on away goals. Paisley told reporters:
“T think we played with intelligence tonight,” the irony of which was
hopefully not lost on Breitner and his Bayern teammates.
Average attendance at home — Overall
Real Madrid the opposition, Parc des Princes the venue. Real
Average goals per game — League Madrid were taking part in their ninth European Cup final but hadn’t
won the competition since their record sixth European title in 1966.
Average goal minute — League
The final in Paris was not pleasing for the eye, as both teams were
Average goal minute — Overall
careful in their approach. Alan Kennedy got the crucial goal in the
eighty-first minute, taking a Ray Kennedy throw-in on his chest, going
GOAL MINUTES
past defender Cortes and then smashing home from a tight angle. Bob
Goals from 16 to 30 Paisley didn’t care how the win came about. “It was a very physical first
Goals from 31 to 45 half and some of the Real Madrid tackling was outrageous, to say the
Goals from 46 to 60
least,” he said.““But at the same time they had players of real quality.We
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
started quite well but we were upset, probably, by some of the tackles.
Goals from 91 to 120 It was a triumph for our character once again. We started with three
players — Dalglish, Thompson and Alan Kennedy — short of match
practice, and Souness was hurt shortly after the kick-off. ’m sure Real
didn’t begrudge us our victory. I was so proud to be the manager ofthe
first British club to win the European Cup three times.”
European Cup
Peter C reminisced about this great occasion in the “Greatest
FA Cup
European Story Ever Told”, which covers fans’ stories about following
their beloved Reds in Europe:
PLAYER DEBUTS
Bruce Grobbelaar against Wolves 29.08.1981 “Ours was an ocean of red and white; waves of plain and chequered
Craig Johnston against Wolves 29.08.1981 flags, Union Jacks and the odd Tricolor, scarves, hats, banners and naturally
Mark Lawrenson against Wolves 29.08.1981 the singing and chanting. We didn’t really have a song for the occasion
but it mattered not. Ours is a rich history, with songs aplenty; a colourful
tapestry unsurpassed anywhere, and we, the five of us and many thousands
more, sang our hearts out. Pity about the game, though, it was shit. That
was until Ray Kennedy took a throw-in down the left with nine minutes
remaining and his namesake, Barney Rubble, took it in his stride, beat the
full-back and drove it into the back of the onion bag for the winner! Our
end went berserk as all the frustrations of the previous 80 minutes were
emitted in pure, unadulterated pleasure. I kissed and hugged everybody and
then cried buckets as we bellowed “We Shall Not Be Moved,” dancing on
the spot, jumping up and down as the end neared and the final whistle
went unheard in the celebrations.”

Liverpool’ reliable custodian, Ray Clemence, departed for the

bright lights of London, joining Tottenham, and his successor, Bruce
Grobbelaar, was struggling. Jimmy Case was sold and his best mate
Ray Kennedy left mid-season already unbeknown to him at the time
suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Experienced players were replaced
by unproven twenty somethings who would certainly need some time

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1982/83 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
C Shield 2 Tottenham = 82500 | Rush '32 (at Wembley)
Div 1 WBA Ww 35652 S Lee '57, P Neal '72 pen
Div 1 Birmingham 20176
Div 1 Arsenal 36429 D Hodgson ‘41, P Neal '83
Div 1 Nottm For 27145 D Hodgson '11, '20, G Souness '81, | Rush '89
Div 1 Luton 33694 G Souness '32, | Rush '44, C Johnston '75
EC 1:1 Dundalk 16500 R Whelan ‘7, '26, |Rush '31, D Hodgson ‘75
Div 1 Swansea 20322 | Rush '15, '23, C Johnston '84
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EGie2 Dundalk 12021 R Whelan '81
Div1 Ipswich 24342
EG 231 Ipswich 19328 | Rush '18, '64
Div1 West Ham 32500 G Souness '77
Div 1 Man Utd 40853
EC 2:1 HJK Helsinki 5722
Div 1 Stoke 29411 M Lawrenson '27
1 .
MG zee Ipswich 17698 R Whelan '7, M Lawrenson '43
Div 1 Brighton 27929 M Lawrenson 19, K Dalglish '37, '43
EC2:2 HJK Helsinki 16434 |_K Dalglish '26, C Johnston '30, P Neal '44, A Kennedy ‘61, '69
Div 1 Everton 52741 | Rush '11, '51, '71, '85, M Lawrenson '55
GS Rotherham United 20412 C Johnston '79
Div 1 Coventry 27870 ; K Dalglish '8, | Rush ‘24, '73, '82
Div 1 Notts County 16914 C Johnston '52, K Dalglish ‘55
Div 1 Tottenham 40691 P Neal '20 pen, K Dalglish ‘49, '78
LC 4 Norwich 13235 M Lawrenson '42, D Fairclough '79
Div 1 Norwich 22909
Div 1 Watford 36690 | Rush '22, P Neal '34 pen, '43 pen
Div 1 Aston Villa 34568 D Hodgson '5, K Dalglish '9, A Kennedy '27, | Rush '88
Div 1 Man City 44664 K Dalglish '18, '24, '86, P Neal '22, | Rush '64
Div 1 Sunderland 35041
Div 1 Notts County 33643 | Rush '15, '78, '87, K Dalglish '30, '72
Div 1 Arsenal 37713 | Rush '23, G Souness '53, K Dalglish '70
FAC 3 Blackburn 21967 D Hodgson '29, | Rush '45
Div 1 WBA 24560 | Rush '90
LC 5 West Ham 23953 D Hodgson ‘68, G Souness '87
Div 1 Birmingham 30986 P Neal '8
FAC 4 Stoke 36666 K Dalglish '23, | Rush '88
Div 1 Luton 18434 1 | Rush '32, A Kennedy '43, G Souness '79
LC SF:1 Burnley 33520 G Souness ‘41, P Neal '71 pen, D Hodgson '80
Div 1 Ipswich 34976 1 K Dalglish '66
LC SF:2 Burnley 20000
FACS Brighton 44868 |C Johnston '70
Div 1 Man Utd 57397 1 K Dalglish '39
EC 3:1 Widzew Lodz 45531
Div 1 Stoke 30020 1 K Dalglish '7, '47, P Neal '35, C Johnston '76, G Souness '89
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EG 332 Widzew Lodz 44494 P Neal '14 pen, | Rush ‘80, D Hodgson '89
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359
APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP | EUROPE OTHER TOTAL
|Player Starts Goals |Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Bruce Grobbelaar 42 0 0 0 8 0 0 | 6 0 0 0 0 60 0 0
Alan Kennedy 42 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 i 6 0 2 0 0 60 0 6
Phil Neal 42 0 8 3 0 0 8 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 60 0 11
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Graeme Souness 4\ 0 @ 3 0 0 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 59 0 11
Kenny Dalglish 42 0 18 3 0 ii 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 58 0 20
Sammy Lee 40 0 8 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 58 0 3
ark Lawrenson 40 0 5 3 0 0 8 0 a 3 0 0 0 0 55 0 df
Alan Hansen 34 0 0 3S 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 52 0 0
an Rush 34 0 24 3 0 2 8 0 2 5 0 2 0 i 51 0 31
Craig Johnston 30 3 7 2 1 6 0 1 4 0 ] 0 0 0 42 4 10
Ronnie Whelan 26 2 Z i 0 0 3 3 2 6) 0 3 0 0 36 5 7
David Hodgson 20 2 4 3 0 4 | Z, 3 2 2 0 il 0 30 7 9
Phil Thompson 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 ] 0 0 0 & 1 0
David Fairclough 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 Q ] 0 | 0 0 0 0 3 8 4
Steve Nicol 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Terry McDermott 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0

DIVISION 1

AWAY
D L Ww D L F A __| Points
Liverpool 4 1 55 16 8 6 z 32 21 82
Watford 6 2 g 49 20 6 a 2 25 37 1
Manchester United 4 7 0 39 0 5 6 0 7 28 70
Tottenham Hotspur 42 5 4 a 50 5 5 5 1 15 35 69
Nottingham Forest 42 2 5 4 34 18 8 4 g 28 32 69
Aston Villa 42 7 2 2 4] 15 4 8 4 15 35 68
Everton 42 3 6 2 43 1g 5 4 i 23 TS 64
West Ham United 42 13 3 o 4) 23 pe 1 3 27 39 64
Ipswich Town 42 i 3 if oo 23 4 10 i 25 27 58
Arsenal 42 i 6 4 36 9 5 4 2 22 37
West Bromwich Albion 42 1 5 5 35 20 4 id 0 6 29
Southampton 42 11 5 5 36 22 4 7 10 8 36
Stoke City 42 13 4 4 34 21 3 5 3 9 43
orwich City 42 0 6 o 30 18 4 6 i 22 40
otts County 42 2 4 5 37 25 3 3 5 8 46
Sunderland 42 ay 10 4 30 22 5 4 2 18 39
Birmingham City 42 9 7 5 29 24 3 7 | i 31
Luton Town 42 7 fh if 34 33 5 6 0 3] Dil
Coventry City 42 10 5 6 29 7 3 4 4 19
anchester City 42 0 5 7. 26 23 4 3] 4 |
Swansea 42 10 4 7 32 29 0 7 4 9
Brighton & Hove Albion 42 8 Hy 6 25 22 i 6 4 3

360 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS to settle in. 24-year-old Mark Lawrenson was signed from Brighton for
Total games a club record of £900,000 to form a three-man defensive partnership
Games won
with Thompson and Hansen. Australian Craig Johnston was pure pace
Games drawn
Games lost
and power and Irishman Ronnie Whelan highly rated, both in their
early twenties.
Liverpool were soon written off as title contenders as they were in
Total goals
the bottom half of the League in October 1981, with three wins, five
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
draws and three defeats. Dalglish finally ended an eleven-month League
goal-drought when he got on the scoresheet against Brighton on 17
Average goals per game — Overall October. His lack of goals wasn’t as alarming to Liverpool’s fortunes as
Average goal minute — League 50
might be expected as a very special striker from Wales had emerged. He
Average goal minute — Overall
had drawn a blank in the nine games he played the previous season but
this season he scored 30 goals in 49 games and Dalglish even managed
GOAL MINUTES
to score 22 goals. lan Rush had strapped his scoring boots on!
| | Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 Liverpool had easily dispatched of CSKA Sofia from Bulgaria the
Goals from 31 to 45 previous season, but this time CSKA knocked Liverpool out of the
Goals from 46 to 60 quarter-finals of the European Cup. Bob Paisley was fed up. “They
Goals from 61 to 75
have got to be professional not playboys or fly-by-nights,” he said. “I
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 am talking about the attitude. The players seem to be saying sorry and
think it’s over and done with. They will have to change their attitude.”
Paisley also vented his frustration at the fans during that season. He
League didn’t want Liverpool to end up fifth in the League again. “I never
League Cup thought the day would come when I would have to appeal to our own
European Cup
fans for more support, but that is what we need right now. Too many
FA Cup
Charity Shield
take it for granted that we only have to turn up to win.”

he Reds were humiliated 3-1 at home by Manchester City on

PLAYER DEBUTS
David Hodgson against Tottenham 21.08.1982 Boxing Day. With the Reds down to twelfth place drastic action
Steve Nicol against Birmingham 31.08.1982 was required. Paisley took the captaincy off Phil Thompson choosing
Souness as his new first-in-command on the pitch. Alan Kennedy was
recalled into the starting line-up, Lawrenson moved to midfield and
Dalglish from the middle to up front.
Phil Neal told LFChistory.net that some old Bootroom spirit got
them going again. “Joe Fagan sat us all down at Anfield before we
went on the bus to train at Melwood,’ he recalled. “The boss had
gone down in his car. Joe had a go at every single player, to Souness,
to Dalglish, to me, to Clemence. He said: “We’ve had more meetings
in the last month at this club then I’ve had in seventeen years. Hansen,
start heading the ball, Souness, you haven’t won a tackle, Dalglish, you
should have twice as many goals by now. Joe was such as strong man
that no one would doubt what he was saying. His finishing words were:
‘T’ve said my piece.We can get on the bus now down to Melwood. I
want high tempo in training. At the end of the day we’re getting out
of this. You're all playing as individuals, start playing as a team. I’m not
having another meeting from now till the end of the season’ Joe had
had enough. He could look at you and cut you in half. You would
never mess with Joe. I looked at Smitty, Souness but Joe would take the
pair of them. He was such a strength behind Bob.”

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1983/84 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 20_| C Shield N__|_ Man Utd Lai 2 92000 (at Wembley) |
2 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Wolves D 1-1 26249 10 | Rush '46
3 | Aug 31 Div A Norwich WE ated 23859 i G Souness '29
4 | Sep 03 | Div1 H Nottm For W 1-0 31376 3 | Rush '84
5 | Sep 06 Div 1 H Southampton Disa: 26331 5 | Rush '60
6 | Sep 10 Div A Arsenal W 2-0 47896 4 C Johnston '17, K Dalglish '67
7 | Sep 14 EGia4 A Odense BK W 1-0 28000 K Dalglish '14
8 | Sep17 Div H Aston Villa W 2-1 34246 3 K Dalglish '73, | Rush '79
9 | Sep 24 Div A Man Utd L 0-1 56121 4
0 | Sep 28 EC 1:2 H Odense BK Wie 75:0 14985 Robinson '14, '72, K Dalglish '32, '40, Frank Clausen (og) '65
1 | Oct 01 Div 1 H Sunderland L 0-1 29534 6
2 | Oct 05 Kall A Brentford W441 17859 Rush '23, '70, M Robinson '51, G Souness '57
3} Oct 15 Div 1 A West Ham W 3- 32555 5 Robinson '15, '25, '74
4 | Oct 19 EC 2:1 H Athletic Bilbao DL .0-0 33063
15 | Oct 22 Div A QPR W 1-0 27140 2 S Nicol '83
6 | Oct 25 1e2-2 r Brantiard We ne 9902 G Souness oF pen, D Hodgson '64, K Dalglish ‘69,
Robinson '86
7 | Oct 29 Div H Luton W 6-0 31940 2 Rush '2, '5, '36, '55, '88, K Dalglish '38
8 ov 02 EC 2:2 A Athletic Bilbao WwW 1-0 47500 Rush '66
9 ov 06 Div H Everton W 3-0 40875 i Rush '16, M Robinson '60, S Nicol '85
20 | Nov 08 LC 3 A Fulham SAA 20142 Rush '65
21 | Nov12 Div A Tottenham D 2-2 45032 M Robinson ‘6, | Rush '65
22 ov 19 Div H Stoke WwW 1-0 26529 1 Rush '67
23 | Nov22_ | LC3Rep H Fulham | 15783 ‘ K Dalglish '50
24 | Nov26 | Div A pswich D 1 23826 ail K Dalglish '62
25 | Nov 29 LC 3 Rep 2 A Fulham W 1-0 20905 G Souness '116
26 | Dec 03 Div H Birmingham Ww -0 24791 1 | Rush '86
27 | Dec 10 Div A Coventry L 0-4 20586 1

28| Dec17 | Div “ otts County |W 50 22436 oe G Spuness!22;per, BS Daskat iva ate
29 | Dec 20 LC 4 A Birmingham D = 17405 G Souness '26
| 30 | Dec 22 LC 4 Rep H Birmingham W 3-0 11638 S Nicol '39, | Rush ‘53, '74 pen
31_| Dec 26 Div A WBA W 2 25139 S Nicol '16, G Souness '62
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32 || Dec. 27 Div H Leicester D 2-2 33664 S Lee '74, | Rush '83
33 | Dec 31 Div A ottm For Ww -0 29692 | Rush '28
34 | Jan 02 Div H Man Utd D - 45122 1 C Johnston '32
35 | Jan 06 FAC 3 H Newcastle WwW 40 33566 M Robinson '8, | Rush '28, '86, C Johnston '63
36 | Jani4 | Div H Wolves ima: 23325
37 | Jan 17 LC 5 A Sheff Wed D222. 49357 S Nicol '21, P Neal '60 pen
38 | Jan 20 Div A Aston Villa W 3-1 19566 Rush ‘46, ‘70, '80
39 | Jan 25 LC 5 Rep H Sheff Wed W 3-0 40485 Rush '38, '83, M Robinson ‘71
40 | Jan 29 FAC 4 A Brighton L 0-2 19057
Feb 0 Div H Watford W 3-0 20746 1 Rush '10, S Nicol '41, R Whelan '45
Feb 04 Div 1 A Sunderland D 0-0 25646
Feb 07 LC SF H Walsall D 22 31073 R Whelan '14, ‘73
Feb 1 Div H Arsenal Wo 2 34642 1 A Kennedy ‘12, P Neal '78
Feb 14 LC SF:2 A Walsall W 20 19591 Rush ‘13, R Whelan '49
Feb 18 Div A Luton D 0-0 14877
Feb 25 Div 1 H QPR w 20 | 32206 1 | Rush '8, M Robinson '55
Mar 03 Div A Everton D Jel 51245 1 Rush ‘17
Mar 07 | EC 3:1 H Benfica WwW 1-0 39096 Rush '67
Mar10_| Div H Tottenham Wit 23! 36718 1 K Dalglish '41, R Whelan '43, S Lee '88
Mar 16 Div A Southampton Ib 0-2 19698 i
Mar 21 ECS2 A Benfica Wo 4 70000 R Whelan '9, '87, C Johnston ‘33, | Rush '79
Mar 25 LC Final N Everton D 0-0 100000 at Wembley)
Mar 28 LC Final Rep N Everton W 1-0 52089 G Souness '21 (at Maine Road)
Mar 31 Div A Watford WwW 2-0 21293 J Wark '58, | Rush '80
Apr 07 Div1 H West Ham W 6-0 38359 Rush '6, '18, K Dalglish '12, RWhelan '28, G Souness '62, ‘70
Apr 11 ECSE H Din. Bucharest WwW 1-0 36941 S Lee '25
Apr 14 Div A Stoke ib 02 24372 1
Apr 18 Div 1 A Leicester D 33 26553 i R Whelan '14, | Rush '59, J Wark '81
Apr 21 Div 1 H |_ WBA W 3-0 35320 Ken McNaught (og) '20, G Souness '25, K Dalglish '29
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Apr 28 | Div1 H pswich DI 2e2 32069 1 A Kennedy '31, | Rush '37
May 05 | Div1 A Birmingham D(0-0 18809
May 07 Div1 H Coventry WwW 5-0 33393 | 1 |_| Rush ‘43, '45, '57 pen, '81, A Hansen ‘71
May 12 | Div1 A Notts County dD 0-0 18745 1
May 15 | Div1 H |_ Norwich Bye tle 38837 1 | Rush '30
May30 | EC Final N AS Roma Wineed 59693 P Neal 14 (at Stadio Olimpico, Italy, aet 1-1 after90 mins.
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER TOTAL
Player Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Bruce Grobbelaar 42 0 0 2 13 0 0 g 0 0 0 0 67 0 0
Alan Hansen 42 0 ( 2 0 0 13 0 0 ) 0 0 0 67 0
Alan Kennedy 42 0 2 2 0 0 13 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Sammy Lee 42 0 a fs 0 0 13 0 0 g 1 0 0 0
Mark Lawrenson 42 0 0 2 0 0 Zz 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
lan Rush 4 0 32 2 0 Zi 12 0 8 9 5 0 0 0
Phil Neal 4) 0 {| 2 0 0 12 0 {| 8 1 0 0 0
Graeme Souness 37 0 7 2 0 0 12 0 5 9 0 0 0 0
Craig Johnston 28 i A 2 0 1 1 | 0 8 | 1 0 3
Kenny Dalglish 33 0 a 0 0 0 8 0 2 8 3 0 0 1
Michael Robinson 23 6 2 0 il 8 1 a 5 2 0 0 3
Steve Nicol 19 4 5 2 0 0 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 6
Ronnie Whelan 20 3 4 0 i 0 4 il 3 5 Z 0 0 5
David Hodgson ] 4 0 0 0 0 Z Zz ] 0 0 1 0 9
John Wark 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gillespie 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CANON FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A Points
Liverpool 42 14 5 2 50 12 8 9 4 23 20 80
Southampton 42 5 4 2 44 17 7 7 7 22 21 7]
Nottingham Forest 42 4 4 3 47 17 8 4 9 29 28 74
Manchester United 42 4 co 4 43 18 6 1 4 28 a 74
Queens Park Rangers 42 4 4 3] 37 12 8 3 10 30 25 73
Arsenal 42 0 5 6 4) 29 8 4 9 33 31 63
Everton 42 9 9 3 21 12 7 5 ) 23 30 62
Tottenham Hotspur 42 1 4 6 31 24 6 6 g 33 4) 61
West Ham United 42 0 4 i 39 24 7 5 9 21 31 60
Aston Villa 42 4 3 4 34 22 3 6 Z 25 39 60
Watford 42 9 7 5 36 31 il 2 12 32 46 57
|pswich Town 42 11 4 6 34 23 4 4 3 21 34 53
Sunderland 42 8 8) 4 26 18 5 4 12 16 35 52
Norwich City 42 9 8 4 34 20 & e i 4 Zo 51
Leicester 42 1 5 5 40 30 7) 7 2 25 38 51
Luton Town 42 7 a g 30 33 i 4 0 23 oo 51
West Bromwich Albion 42 10 4 7 30 25 4 5 2 18 oy 51
Stoke City 42 1 4 6 30 23 2 i 12 4 40 50
Coventry City 42 8 5 8 33 33 5 6 10 24 44 50
Birmingham City 42 ih ui 7 19 18 5 5 i 20 32 48
Notts County 42 6 i 8 31 36 4 4 3 19 36 4)
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364 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS The last 25 League games of the season saw just two defeats and
aos | three draws and included a club record of eleven straight League
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Clean sheets — League Liverpool’s thirteenth League Championship was confirmed with
Clean sheets — Overall a game to spare as Tottenham were defeated 3-1 at Anfield. Paisley’s
Total goals
fifth Championship had been much harder to win than his previous
Average attendance at home — League
four. “Rebuilding is a constant task for a manager and it’s nice to be
able to take it steadily,’ he admitted. “Last season I couldn’t do that but
had to change half the team from that which won the double of the
Average goal minute — League
European Cup and League Cup the previous year. The most difficult
Average goal minute — Overall
job of all is how to time the introduction of youngsters. So the success
of the five young players, all of them under 24, who came into the
GOAL MINUTES
team and did so well made winning the title my proudest moment.’
Goals from 16 to 30 Liverpool played Spurs in the League Cup final. The game was going
Goals from 31 to 45 the way of the Londoners after an early goal from Steve Archibald, but
Goals from 46 to 60 Whelan equalised three minutes from time. Cue Paisley the motivator
| Goals from 61 to 75
and psychologist. Obviously players from both sides were very tired,
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 but according to Phil Neal: “Paisley would not let us sit down before
extra time started. He was bellowing: ‘Get up off your feet, don’t them
let them see you are tired.” Paisley had pulled off a psychological
stroke that Shankly himself would have been proud of. Meanwhile, the
Tottenham players were lying all over the pitch, cramped-up muscles
being massaged back to life. Whelan added his second in the 111th
Charity Shield minute and Jan Rush confirmed Liverpool’s second successive League
Cup success. Both goalscorers were only twenty years of age and
making their Wembley debuts, so the future was bright.
PLAYER DEBUTS
| Michael Robinson against Man Utd 20.08.1983 Paisley announced at the start of the 1982/83 season that he
| Gary Gillespie against Walsall 07.02.1984 would retire after this one. Could he go out on a winning note? You
John Wark against Watford 31.03.1984 bet he could! Liverpool were equal on points with West Ham and
Manchester United when they visited Goodison Park on 6 November
1982. Rushie’s four goals in a 5-0 win are still celebrated in song
as he destroyed his boyhood heroes with pace and accuracy and the
most clinical display of finishing seen in a match of such importance.
Liverpool had a one-goal lead at half-time but six minutes into the
second half Rush scored his second with a shot from the edge of the
area that slightly deflected away from Southall’s dive. Four minutes
later the unmarked Dalglish crossed for Mark Lawrenson to steer the
ball in at the back post. Rush grabbed his hat-trick, showing a coolness
beyond his years to steer his second shot into goal after the first had
rebounded from the post. He completed the rout five minutes from
time with another run from the halfway line, which ended with him
rounding the keeper and stroking the ball into an unguarded net.
Rushie scored another hat-trick seven days later against Coventry
and ended up with 24 League goals from 34 matches. Few will have
given him as much pleasure as the four he grabbed at Goodison
especially as Everton’s captain had to give him a lift home after the
game! “I was banned from driving at the time so the funny thing was I

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1984/85 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
C Shield 4 Everton 100000 (at Wembley)
Div1 Norwich 22005 Steve Bruce (og) '2, K Dalglish '24, P Neal '67 pen
Div 1 West Ham 32633 P Walsh ‘1, J Wark '75, '85
Div 1 QPR 33982 R Whelan ‘82
Div1 Luton 14127 P Neal '47 pen, K Dalglish ‘71
Div 1 Arsenal 50006 A Kennedy '82
Div 1 Sunderland 34044 P Walsh '17
ECA Lech Poznan 35000 J Wark '62
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Div1 Sheff Wed 40196
EC 1:2 Lech Poznan 22143 J Wark '13, '19, '89, P Walsh '38
Div1 WBA 29346
UG272 Stockport Cou. 13422 M Robinson '97, R Whelan ‘115 (aet - 0-0 after 90 mins)
Div 1 Tottenham 28599
Div 1 Everton 45545
EG21 Benfica 27733 | Rush '44, '71, '76
Div1 Nottm For 19838 R Whelan ‘36, | Rush '50
LC3 | Tottenham 38690
Div1 | Stoke 20611 R Whelan ‘86
EG2-2 Benfica 35000
Div 1 Southampton 36382 | Rush '46
Div1 Newcastle 28003 S Nicol '24, J Wark '89
Div1 Ipswich 34918 J Wark '41, '53
Div 1 Chelsea 40972 J Malby '28
Div1 Coventry 27237 J Wark '8, '89, | Rush '23 pen
WCC Independiente 62000 at National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan)
Div1 Aston Villa 24007
Div1 QPR 11007 J Wark '38, | Rush ‘60
Div 1 Leicester 38419 P Neal ‘60 pen
Div 1 Luton 35403 J Wark '26
Divi Watford 27073 Rush '88
FAC 3 Aston Villa 36877 | Rush ‘4, '74, J Wark ‘49
ESC Juventus 55384 at Stadio Communale, Italy)
Div 1 Norwich 30627 J Wark '36, | Rush '80, '89, K Dalglish '86
FAC 4 Tottenham 27905 | Rush '17
Div 1 Sheff Wed 48246 M Lawrenson ‘85
Div 1 Arsenal 28645 | Rush '32, P Neal '52, R Whelan '87
FAC 5 York 13485 | Rush '52
R Whelan '15, '55, J Wark '28, '58, '79, P Neal '72,
FAC 5 Rep York 43010
P Walsh ‘83
Div 1 Stoke 31368 S Nicol '14, K Dalglish '28
Div 1 Nottm For 35696 J Wark '49 pen
EC 3:1 Austria Vienna 20000 S Nicol '86
FAC 6 Barnsley 19838 | Rush '55, ‘80, '84, R Whelan '72
Div 1 Tottenham 43852
EC 3:2 Austria Vienna 32761 P Walsh '16, '55, S Nicol '39, Erich Obermayer (og) '46
Div 1 WBA 20500 S Nicol '6, K Dalglish '56, J Wark ‘64, ‘70, '82
Div Man Utd 34886
Div 1 Sunderland 24096 | Rush ‘1, '30, J Wark '70
Div 1 Leicester 22942 R Whelan '82
EC SF:1 Panathinaikos 39488 J Wark '35, | Rush '48, '49, J Beglin '85
FAC SF Man Utd 51690 R Whelan '87, P Walsh '119 (at Goodison, aet 1-1 after 90 mins)
FAC SF Rep Man Utd 45775 Paul McGrath (og) '39 (at Maine Road)
Div 1 Newcastle 34733 J Wark '57, G Gillespie '69, P Walsh '80
EC SF:2 Panathinaikos 56400 M Lawrenson '61
Div1 Ipswich 24484
Div1 Chelsea 33733 R Whelan ‘4, S Nicol ‘11, '27, |Rush '68
Div1 Coventry 18951 P Walsh '44, ‘58
Div 1 Aston Villa 33001 R Whelan '66, | Rush '68
Div 1 |_ Southampton 23001 J Wark '31
Div 1 Watford 29130 | Rush ‘52, '81, K Dalglish '57, J Wark '59 pen
Div1 West Ham 22408 P Walsh '26, '36, J Beglin ‘56
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS had to get a lift off Kevin Ratcliffe; he recalled. ‘As we were walking
Total games back to his car none of the Evertonians were giving me stick but they
Games won
were all giving him loads! We got in the car and there was me, Kevin
Games drawn
Games lost
and the match ball so you can imagine what that journey must have
Clean sheets —ad been like for him.”
Liverpool won the League Championship eleven points ahead of
Total goals
second-placed John Barnes-inspired Watford, despite losing five out
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
oftheir last six remaining games. Dalglish, the architect of Liverpool's
Average goals per game — League League win, was voted double Player of the Year. He scored 18 goals
Average goals per game — Overall in the League and Rush, who was voted Young Player of the Year,
Average goal minute — League
benefited from playing upfront with him, as many of his goals came
Average goal minute — Overall
after a brilliant pass from his partner. Liverpool won the League
Cup in dramatic style. Ronnie Whelan’s fabulous extra-time goal
GOAL MINUTES
against Manchester United settled the match. Souness, as captain,
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 graciously allowed Paisley to climb Wembley’s thirty-nine steps to
Goals from 31 to 45 lift the trophy.
Goals from 46 to 60 The title was hardly guaranteed in spectacular fashion. It followed a
Goals from 61 to 75
2-0 defeat at White Hart Lane when three rounds were left to play, but
Liverpool’s rivals mathematically unable to catch up with them anymore.
“Mental and physical fatigue rather than relaxation might explain such
a relapse, almost unprecedented in Liverpool’s recent history. After a
display so devoid of effervescence, they were reluctant even to drink
the celebratory champagne,’ one newspaper concluded. Spurs manager,
Keith Burkinshaw, admitted Liverpool were worthy of their title: “I said
in October that they would win the League because over 42 matches
European Super Cup they are so clearly a cut above everybody else in the First Division. I just
Charity Shield hope somebody gives them a better run next season.”
The club again promoted from within when they replaced Paisley
PLAYER DEBUTS with ‘Smokin’ Joe Fagan, who had been at Melwood since June 1958.
Paul Walsh against Everton 18.08.1984 Liverpool tried to strengthen the team but found it more difficult
Jan Malby against Norwich 25.08.1984
than usual. Charlie Nicholas preferred the glamour of London when
Jim Beglin against Southampton 10.11.1984
Kevin MacDonald against Luton 29.12.1984 he joined Arsenal for £,750,000, withstanding Liverpool’s advances just
like Paul Rideout, who moved from Swindon to Aston Villa, Trevor
Steven (Burnley — Everton), Steve McMahon (Everton — Aston Villa)
and Michael Laudrup (Bréndby — Juventus). Laudrup was ready for
the move, but Liverpool’s last-minute demands of him signing for four
years instead of three killed the deal. Centre-half Gary Gillespie did
arrive from Coventry and striker Michael Robinson from Brighton.
Liverpool made the worst possible start to the 1983/84 season, in
their opening League game, against Wolves at Molineux, conceding a
penalty after only 90 seconds. Palmer, the Wolves skipper, scored from
the spot. A familiar face equalised in the 1-1 draw. “Souness slipped a
pass through the middle to Rush, who was away like a flash holding
off two defenders and then changing direction suddenly to leave
himself virtually an open goal. It was a beautiful piece of opportunism,”
recorded one reporter, clearly impressed.
September went as planned as Liverpool won three League games
out of four before facing Manchester United in front of the biggest

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1985/86 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 17 Div 1 H Arsenal W R Whelan '33, S Nicol '61
2 | Aug 21 Div A Aston Villa Dy 222 20197 8 | Rush '39, J Malby '85
3 | Aug 24 Div A Newcastle it 0-1 29670 10
4 | Aug 26 Div H |pswich WwW 5-0 29383 4 S Nicol '15, | Rush '23, '67, J Malby '27, C Johnston ‘90
[5 | Aug 31 Div A West Ham Di 22 9762 8 C Johnston '52, R Whelan '83
6 | Sep 03 Div 1 H Nottm For WwW 2-0 27135 4 R Whelan ‘55, '69
7 | Sep 07 Div 1 H Watford W 3-1 31395 2 P Neal '27 pen, C Johnston '67, | Rush '72
8 | Sep 14 Div A Oxford D 2-2 1474 4 | Rush '62, C Johnston '75
9 | Sep17 SSSC GP H Southampton W 2-1 6189 J Malby '6, K Dalglish '28
0 | Sep 21 Div 1 A Everton WWE nge2 51509 2 K Dalglish '1, |Rush '16, S McMahon '42
1 | Sep 24 LC 2:1 H Oldham W 30 6150 S McMahon '25, '76, |Rush '33
2| Sep 28 Div H Tottenham WwW 41 41521 2 M Lawrenson '44, |Rush '56, J Malby ‘61 pen, '67 pen
13 | Oct 05 Div A QPR L 2 24621 Zz P Walsh '9
4} Oct09 IC22 A Oldham W 5-2 7719 R Whelan '5, '48, J Wark '25, | Rush '65, K MacDonald '72
5| Oct 12 Div 1 H Southampton Ww -0 31070 2 S McMahon '60
16 | Oct 19 Div A Man Utd D 1-1 54492 2 C Johnston '46
7 | Oct 22 SSSC GP A Southampton D 1-1 10503 P Walsh '81
18 | Oct 26 Div 1 H Luton W 32 31488 2 P Walsh ‘31, '35, J Malby '65
19 | Oct 29 Les H Brighton WwW 40 5291 P Walsh '11, '71, '72, K Dalglish '80
20 | Nov 02 Div 1 H Leicester W -0 31718 Zz | Rush '84
21 | Nov 09 Div 1 A Coventry WwW 3-0 6947 2 J Beglin '5, P Walsh '47, | Rush '81
22 | Nov 16 Div H WBA WwW 41 28407 2 S Nicol '45, J Malby ‘62, M Lawrenson '73, P Walsh '87
23 lov 23 Div 1 A Birmingham WwW 2-0 5062 2 | Rush '10, P Walsh '26
24 ov 26 LC 4 H Man Utd WwW 21 41291 J Malby ‘57, '58 pen
25 ov 30 Div H Chelsea Dey viel 38482 2 J Malby '85 pen
26 | Dec 03 SSSC GP H Tottenham WwW 2-0 4855 K MacDonald ‘19, P Walsh '34
27 | Dec 07 Div1 H Aston Villa WwW 3-0 29418 Zz J Malby '2, P Walsh '67, C Johnston '81
28 | Deci4 | Div A Arsena i 0-2 35048 2
29 | Dec 21 Div H Newcastle D 1-1 30746 2 S Nicol '34
30 | Dec 26 Div A Man City L 0-1 35584 2
31 | Dec 28 Div 1 A Nottm For D 1-1 27141 4 K MacDonald '55
32 | Jan 01 Div 1 H Sheff Wed D222 38964 3 | Rush '49, P Walsh '76
: : K MacDonald '23, P Walsh '33, S McMahon '73,
33 | Jan 04 FAC 3 H Norwich WwW 5-0 29082 R Whelan ‘78, J Wark ‘81

34 | Jan 12 Div 1 A Watford W 3-2 16967 3 P Walsh '44, '85, | Rush '75
35 | Jan 14 SSsv GP A Tottenham WwW 3-0 10078 | Rush ‘49, ‘61, M Lawrenson ‘56
36 | Jan 18 Div 1 H West Ham W 3-1 41056 3 J Malby ‘58 pen, | Rush '67, P Walsh ‘70
37 | Jan 21 hes H Ipswich WwW 3-0 19762 P Walsh '17, R Whelan '28, | Rush ‘66
38 | Jan 26 FAC 4 A Chelsea W 21 33625 | Rush '45, M Lawrenson ‘47
39 | Feb 01 Div A Ipswich L 1-2 20551 4 R Whelan '36
40 | Feb05 SSSC SF:1 A Norwich Oat 5330 K Dalglish '79
41 | Feb09 Div 1 H Man Utd D 1-1 35004 3 J Wark '40
42 | Feb12 LC SF:1 A QPR iE 0-1 5051
43 | Feb15 FAC 5 A York D 1-1 2443 J Malby '64 pen
44 | Feb18 FAC 5 Rep H York WwW 3-1 29362 J Wark '19, JMalby '94, K Dalglish '98 (aet, 1-1 after 90 mins)
45 | Feb 22 Div H Everton IL 0-2 45445 3
46 jar 02 Div A Tottenham We Bel 6436 3 J Malby ‘66, | Rush ‘90
47 ar 05 UOSEZ H QPR D 2-2 23863 S McMahon '42, C Johnston '69
48 ar 08 Div H QPR W 41 26219 Z S McMahon ‘19, '75, | Rush '29, J Wark '43
49 ar 11 FAC 6 H Watford D 00 36775
50 ar 15 Div A Southampton W 2-1 19784 2 J Wark '53, | Rush ‘59
51 ar 17 FAC 6 Rep A Watford , WW 2-4 28097 J Malby '86 pen, | Rush '108 (aet 1-1 after90 mins)

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54 ar 31 Divi H an City W 20 43316 1 S McMahon '32, ‘58
55 | Apr 05 FAC SF N Southampton W 20 44605 Rush '99, '104 (at White Hart Lane, aet 0-0 after 90 mins)
56 | Apr 12 Div 1 H Coventry WwW 5-0 42729 1 R Whelan '20, '26, '83, J Malby ‘46, | Rush ‘78
57 | Apr 16 Div A Luton W 1-0 15390 i C Johnston ‘17
| 58 | Apr 19 Div 1 A WBA W 2-1 22010 1 K Dalglish '23, | Rush '55
59 | Apr 26 Div H Birmingham WwW 5-0 42021 ] Rush '25, G Gillespie '46, '58, '83 pen, J Malby '49 pen
60 | Apr 30 Div A Leicester WwW 20 25799 i Rush '20, R Whelan '28
61 | May 03 Div A Chelsea WwW 1-0 43900 1 K Dalglish '23
62 | May06 | SSSC SF:2 H orwich WwW 3-1 26696 K MacDonald '56, J Malby '72 pen, C Johnston '79
63 | May 10 FAC Final N Everton W 34 98000 Rush '57, '84, C Johnston ‘63 (at Wembley)

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Everton 42 6 8 2 54 8 10 5 6 33 23 86
West Ham United 42 17 Z 2 48 6 9 4 8 26 24 84
Manchester United 42 Z 5 4 35 2 10 5 6 35 24 76
Sheffield Wednesday 42 3 6 2 36 23 8 4 9 27 31 73
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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS crowd of the season at Old Trafford, 56,121 fans. Frank Stapleton
Total games proved too hot to handle and scored the winning goal. Liverpool
Games won
lost again, 1-0 in the League to Sunderland at Anfield, but the good
Games drawn
Games lost
news was that title-challengers United squandered a 3-0 lead against
Clean sheets — League Norwich, 18-year-old Brian Donowa equalising 40 seconds from time.
Clean sheets — Overall Liverpool got back on track in the League when Michael Robinson
Total goals
scored a hat-trick against top-team West Ham at a windswept Upton
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
Park. He had been under a lot ofpressure after failing to score for 784
Average goals per game — League minutes in his first ten games at the club.
Average goals per game — Overall Odense Boldklub were easy prey in the first round of the European
Average goal minute — League
Cup. After a 1-0 win in the first leg, Liverpool beat them 5-0 at Anfield
Average goal minute — Overall
without Phil Neal, who missed out on making his 418th consecutive
appearance for the club — a run that stretched back to October 1976.
Next up were Athletic Bilbao and their infamous centre-half, Andoni
Goals from 16 to 30 Goikoetxea — “The Butcher from Bilbao.” He broke Diego Maradona’s
Goals from 31 to 45 leg in a League game in Spain earlier in the season and was serving
Goals from 46 to 60 a ten-game ban, which unfortunately didn’t apply to European
Goals from 61 to 75
competitions, and Liverpool feared for their key duo, Dalglish and Rush.
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 The game at Anfield finished goalless, despite relentless pressure from
the hosts. Goikoetxea escaped with a yellow card in the sixtieth minute
for punching Rush in the stomach! Liverpool so completely outplayed
Bilbao in Spain that the Spanish fans applauded the team off the field.
League Cup Predictably Rush got the winner in the sixty-sixth minute.
Jan Rush became the fourth player in Liverpool’s history to score
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five goals in one game, doing so against Luton in a 6-0 victory at
Anfield on 29 October. Rush had to take two pain-killers before the
PLAYER DEBUTS
game because of an illness that had sidelined him in the previous game
Steve McMahon against Oxford 14.09.1985
Mark Seagraves against OPR 12.02.1986 against Brentford in the League Cup. Imagine what damage he could
have done fully fit? Amazingly Tony Woodcock scored five goals as
well on the same day in Arsenal’s victory over Aston Villa.
The first Merseyside derby of the season took place at Anfield
on 6 November. Steve Nicol continued to impress at Liverpool by
creating a goal for Rush in the sixteenth minute and completing a 3-0
rout with a header five minutes before time. After 12 games Liverpool
topped the First Division with 26 points, one more than Manchester
United. After an entertaining 2-2 draw at Tottenham, the Reds hosted
Stoke who resorted to defending for their lives to prevent defeat. The
Potters’ manager, Ritchie Barker, encouraged their supporters not to
bother to travel to Anfield as it wouldn’t be pretty. Barker was true to
his word but Rush headed in the only goal of the match, his sixteenth
in 21 games. The visiting players were booed off the field for their
cowardly performance.
Kenny Dalglish enjoyed a career highlight on 26 November when
he scored his 100th League goal for Liverpool against Ipswich with a
fantastic shot into the top corner at Portman Road. Two weeks later
Liverpool suffered their biggest defeat of the season, 4-0 at Coventry's
Highfield Road where diminutive Terry Gibson scored all four! Fired-
up Liverpool took revenge on Notts County, beating them 5-0 in the

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11] Sep 27 i"Div 1 H Aston Villa De e8:3 38298 5 J Wark '24 pen, '43, S McMahon '79
12 | Sep 30 SSSC Final:2 A Everton Ww 41 26068 | Rush '10, '27, '84, S Nicol ‘62
13. | Oct 04 Div 1 A Wimbledon W 3-1 15978 3 J Malby ‘50, | Rush ‘56, '90
141 Oct07 | G22: A Fulham W 32 7864 § McMahon '2, Paul Parker (og) '6, J Malby '43 pen
15} Oct 11 Div 1 H Tottenham L 0-1 43139 5
16 | Oct 18 Div 1 H |_ Oxford Ww 4-0 34512 3 | Rush '29, '89, K Dalglish '33, J Malby '53 pen
17.| Oct 25 Div 1 A Luton L 1-4 13140 5 J Malby '81 pen
18 | Oct 29 LC 3 H Leicester Ww 41 20248 S McMahon '5, '7, '60, K Dalglish ‘30
19 | Novo1 | Div1 H Norwich W 62 36915 3 S Nicol '15, P Walsh '30, '58, '75, | Rush '48, '70
20 | Nov 08 Div 1 A OPR W 31 24045 1 | Rush '9, S Nicol '15, C Johnston '76
21 | Nov 16 Div1 "| Sheff Wed Dearet 28020 2 | Rush '58
22 | Nov 19 LC 4 A | Coventry D 0-0 26385
23 | Nov23 | Div1 A Everton D 0-0 48247 3
24 | Nov26_ | LC4Rep H Coventry WwW 3-1 19179 J Malby ‘4 pen, '39 pen, '72 pen
25 | Nov29 | Div1 H |_Coventry Ww 20 31614 3 J Malby ‘24 pen, J Wark '90
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27 | Dec 14 Div 1 H Chelsea W 3-0 25856 3 R Whelan '31, | Rush '51, S Nicol '78
28 | Dec 20 Div 1 A Charlton D 0-0 16564 3
29 | Dec 26 Div1 H Man Utd eS 0 40663 4
30 Dec 27 Div1 A |_SheffWed Ww 10 40959 3 | Rush '64
31 |_Jan 01 Div 1 A Nottm For D 1-1 32854 3 | Rush '88
32 | Jan 03 Div 1 H West Ham Ww 1-0 41286 3 S McMahon '86
33 | Jan11 | FAC3 A Luton dD 00 | 11085
34 | Jan 17 Div 1 A Man City WwW 1-0 35336 3 | Rush '72
35 | Jan 21 LC5 A Everton [A tet 53323 | Rush '83
36 | Jan 24 Div 1 H | Newcastle Ww 20 38054 3 P Walsh '53, | Rush '79
37 | Jan 26 FAC 3 Rep H | Luton D 00 34822
[38 | Jan 28 FAC 3 Rep 2 A Luton Le s0-3 14687
39 | Feb 11 LOSE A Southampton D 0-0 22818
40 | Feb 14 Div1 H Leicester W 43 34259 3 P Walsh ‘30, | Rush '39, ‘47, '86
4 | Feb21_ | Div1 A Aston Villa D 2-2 32093 3 C Johnston ‘1, P Walsh '62
42 | Feb25 LGSE2: H Southampton WwW 3-0 | 38481 R Whelan ‘67, K Dalglish '75, J Malby '85
43 | Feb 28 Div1 H Southampton WwW 1-0 33133 Z J Aldridge '60
44 | Mar 07 Div 1 H Luton WwW 2-0 | 32433 1___|_JMolby '17 pen, Mal Donaghy (og) '39
45 | Mar10 | Div1 A Arsenal WwW 1-0 47777 1 {| Rush ‘20
46 | Mar14 | Div1 A Oxford W 3-1 14211 1 J Wark '35, '63, |Rush '53
47 | Mar18 | Div1 H OPR Ww 2-1 28988 1 | Rush '18, '71
48 | Mar22 | Div A Tottenham tL 01 32763 1
49 | Mar 28 | Div1 H | Wimbledon ire 34409 1 |KDaiglish 47
50} Apr 05 LC Final N Arsenal L 1-2 96000 | Rush '23 (at Wembley)
51 | Apr 11 Div 1 A Norwich L 1-2 22879 2 _|_tRush '36
52 | Apr 18 Div 1 H Nottm For W 3-0 37359 2 K Dalglish '34, R Whelan ‘51, G Ablett '68
53 | Apr 20 Div 1 A Man Utd ls 0a 54103 2
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55 | May02 | Div1 A Coventry L 0-1 26709 2
56 | May04 | Div1 H Watford Ww 1-0 40150 2 | Rush '82
57 | May09 | Div1 A Chelsea Dy 33 29245 2 | Rush '9, SMcMahon '77, J Aldridge '84

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP
Subs | Goals | Starts Subs Goals
lan Rush 0 30 3 0 0 g 0 4 3 0 0 40
Alan Hansen 0 0 3 0 0 g 0 0 2 0 0 53 0 0
Ronnie Whelan 39 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 3 0 0 ee) 0 5
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Craig Johnston 27 2 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 36 1 S
Paul Walsh 23 0 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 | 0 30 2 6
Jim Beglin 20 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 30 0 0
Kenny Dalglish 12 6 6 0 0 0 4 2 | 0 i 8 8
Steve Nico 14 0 3 0 0 0 5) 0 1 2 0 21 0 5
John Wark 8 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 12 5 7
Nigel Spackman 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Mike Hooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 12 0
John Aldridge 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 q 8 2
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Alan Irvine 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 mo 0 0 0 4 0
John Durnin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0
Brian Mooney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TODAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L E A WwW D L F A_ | Points
Everton 42 6 4 1 49 q 10 4 7 27 20 86
Liverpool 42 15 3 3 43 16 8 5 8 29 26 71
ottenham Hotspur 42 4 3 4 40 4 7 5 9 28 29 7)
Arsenal 42 2 5 4 31 2 8 5 8 27 23 70
orwich City 42 gy 10 2 27 20 8 7 6 26 31 68
Wimbledon 42 1 5 5 32 22 8 4 ) 25 28 66
Luton Town 42 4 5 D 29 3 4 vi 0 8 22 66
ottingham Forest 42 2 8 1 36 4 6 3 We 28 37 65
Watford 42 2 5 4 38 20 6 4 i 29 34 63
Coventry City | a2 4 4 3 35 7 3 8 10 Grlivenllincs
lanchester United 42 6 3 5 38 8 1 1 9g 4 2h 56
Southampton 42 1 5 5 44 24 3 5 3 25 44 52
| Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 7 5 39 24 4 6 1 9 35 52
Chelsea 42 8 6 7 30 30 5 7 9 23 34 52
West Ham United 42 10 4 i 33 28 4 6 i 9 39 52
Queens Park Rangers 42 g ot » 31 27 4 4 ig ie ol 50
Newcastle United 42 0 4 7 elo) 29 Z i Z 14 36 47
| Oxford United 42 8 8 5 30 25 3 5 13 14 44 46
Charlton Athletic 42 il 7 I 26 22 4 4 3 19 os) 44
Leicester 42 g 7 3) 39 24 Z 2 7 15 52 42
anchester City 42 8 6 7 28 24 0 9 ie 8 33 39
Aston Villa 42 7 7 7 25 25 1 5 15 36

376 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS next game at Anfield.
Total games
Games won
he New Year got off to a disastrous start as Manchester United’s
Games drawn
Games lost Kevin Moran broke Kenny Dalglish’s cheek-bone in an aerial
Clean sheets — League challenge during a battle between the top two. Moran was wearing a
Clean sheets — Overall support brace on his wrist which caught Dalglish full in the face. The
Total goals
Irishman went unpunished despite Liverpool’s claims that he set out to
Average attendance at home — League 36,188
Average attendance at home — Overall 33,586 injure Dalglish. Moran himself received a bad cut to his head and Joe
Average goals per game — League 2.05 Fagan had to restrain Graeme Souness when the skipper confronted
Average goals per game — Overall 2.44 the perpetrator. Dalglish spent two months on the sidelines and was
Average goal minute — League 52
hardly encouraged by the team’s hospital visit. ““When they walked in
Average goal minute — Overall
the door all their faces fell?’ he recalled. “When Mark Lawrenson saw
my face he had to be taken to a side-room for a cup of tea. It didn’t
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
bother me my face was a mess. When Joe came in with the players
Goals from 16 to 30 he obviously got a fright as well. ‘There’s the papers, he said, I'll leave
Goals from 31 to 45 them there. I can’t stay, thanks, bye.”
Goals from 46 to 60
Sheffield Wednesday faced Liverpool in the fifth round of the
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
League Cup on 17 January. Wednesday’s coach Robin Ray had studied
|Goals from 91 to 120 Liverpool’s team intensely and revealed that Souness was the most
involved ofall the midfielders, touching the ball 59 times in the first half
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS and 48 times in the second. Rush was closely watched, mainly moving
League in straight lines between the full-backs and centre-backs, hardly ever
League Cup 25 attacking the middle of defence. Ray’s study didn’t help Wednesday a
Screen Sport Super Cup 7
great deal as they lost 3-0 in the replay at Anfield with Rush scoring
Charity Shield 1
FA Cup 0 two. Rush was on fire in freezing conditions at Villa Park three days
later. Liverpool led the League by two points from Manchester United
but had suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat to bottom side Wolves the
PLAYER DEBUTS
Mike Hooper against Everton previous Saturday. Liverpool were 1-0 down at half-time but the
Barry Venison against Everton game had hardly restarted when a long ball was played to Rush, who
John Durnin against Fulham 07.10. 986 controlled it on the edge of the box and struck it home. His second was
Brian Mooney against Fulham
a sweet left-foot volley on 70 minutes and ten minutes later he scored
Gary Ablett against Charlton 20.12.1 986
Alan Irvine against Charlton 20.12.1986 with an outrageous chip over Nigel Spink. Quite possibly his greatest
John Aldridge against Aston Villa 21.02.1987 ever hat-trick.
Nigel Spackman against Southampton 25.02.1987 The exploits of the team’s star striker attracted the attentions of
Real Madrid and Napoli, the latter willing to pay £4.5 million for
him — which was a colossal sum back then — and a £1 million signing-
on fee. Unfortunately for them Chairman John Smith was watching
tennis at Wimbledon and refused to talk until that had finished, which
would conveniently take things beyond the Italian transfer deadline.
Napoli instead turned their attentions to Diego Maradona, allowing
Rush to remain and terrorise defences for three more years before
Juventus persuaded Liverpool to let him leave.

iverpool’s dream of winning four major competitions perished

when they were knocked out of the FA Cup for the second
consecutive season by Brighton and Hove Albion. Gillespie finally
made his debut against Walsall in the first leg of the League cup semi-
final on 7 February. He didn’t exactly win his fellow defenders over

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 377

1987/88 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Augii5 Div A Arsenal WwW 2-1 54703 a J Aldridge '9, S Nicol '88 (at Wembley)
[2 |Aug 29 Div 1 A Coventry W 41 27637 7 |_ S Nicol '20, '49, J Aldridge '52 pen, P Beardsley '83
3 | Sep 05 Div 1 A West Ham D 1-1 29865 9 J Aldridge '50 pen
4 | Sep 12 Div H Oxford W 20 42266 7 J Aldridge ‘13, J Barnes '37
5 | Sep15 | Div H Charlton W 3-2 36637 3 J Aldridge '9 pen, A Hansen '71, S McMahon ‘73
6 | Sep 20 Div 1 A Newcastle Ww 41 24141 3 $ Nicol '20, ‘47, '70, J Aldridge ‘37
7 | Sep 23 Giza A Blackburn D 1-1 13924 S Nicol '30
8 | Sep29 | Div H Derby W 40 43405 2 J Aldridge '41 pen, ‘68 pen, '73, P Beardsley '47

i9} Oct03 | Div1 H Portsmouth W 40 44366 2 Henle S MN Set aneneem tes)

Oct 06 LC i2:2 H Blackburn WwW 1-0 29994 J Aldridge '89
Oct 17 Div 1 H OPR Ww 40 43735 1 C Johnston '41, J Aldridge '65 pen, J Barnes ‘79, '85
Oct 24 Div 1 A Luton WwW 1-0 | 12452 1 G Gillespie ‘71
Oct 28 | LC3 H Everton Ce 44071 a
Nov 01 Div 1 H Everton WwW 2-0 44760 1 S McMahon '35, P Beardsley '70
lov 04 Div 1 A Wimbledon D 1-1 13544 1 R Houghton ‘62
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ov 15 Div A Man Utd D 1-1 47106 2 J Aldridge '21
ov2t_ | Div H Norwich Doo | 37446 2
Nov 24 Div1 H Watford WwW 40 37396 1 S eMahon ‘54, R Houghton '64, J Aldridge '68,
J Barnes '71
ov 28 Div A Tottenham Ww 2-0 47362 fl S McMahon '63, C Johnston '80
Dec 06 Div 1 H Chelsea WieZal ay 31211 1 1 “SA dridge '67 pen, S McMahon '87
Dec 12 Div A Southampton D 2-2 19507 1 J Barnes ‘11, '38
Dec 19 J) Div 1 H Sheff Wed WwW 1-0 35383 1 G Gillespie '76
Dec 26 Div 1 A Oxford W 3-0 13680 1 J Aldridge '42, J Barnes '54, S McMahon '61
Dec 28 Div H Newcastle Ww 40 44637 1 S McMahon '4, J Aldridge '48 pen, '76, R Houghton '88
Jan 01 Div H Coventry vi Ww 40 38790 1 P Beardsley '22, '83, J Aldridge '53, R Houghton '75
Jan 09 FAC 3 A Stoke D 0-0 31979
Jan 12 FAC 3 Rep H Stoke | WwW 1-0 39147 P Beardsley '9
Jan 16 Div H Arsenal ae Waez20 44294 i J Aldridge '44, P Beardsley '61
Jan 23 Div A Charlton WwW 2-0 28095 1 P Beardsley '30, J Barnes ‘60
Jan 31 FAC 4 A Aston Villa WwW 2-0 46324 J Barnes '53, P Beardsley '86
Feb 06 Div H West Ham D 0-0 42049 1
Feb 13 Div A Watford WwW 41 23838 i P Beardsley '29, '49, J Aldridge '47, J Barnes ‘60
Feb 21 FAC 5 A Everton WwW 1-0 48270 R Houghton '76
Feb 27 Div 1 A Portsmouth (Ee ey 28117 1 J Barnes ‘49, '85
Mar 05 Div A QPR WwW 1-0 23171 1 J Barnes '34
36 | Mar 13 FACE A Man City Ww 40 44047 R Houghton '32, P Beardsley '53 pen, C Johnston ‘77,
J Barnes '85
37 I Mar 16 Div 1 A Derby hi D {-1 26356 1 C Johnston '54
38 | Mar 20 Div 1 A Everton il IE 0-1 44162 ]
39 | Mar 26 Div 1 H Wimbledon WwW 2-1 36464 1 J Aldridge ‘34, J Barnes '78
40 | Apr 02 Div 1 A Nottm For IE 1-2 29188 1 J Aldridge '70 pen
4 | Apr 04 Div1 H Man Utd D 3-3 43497 1 P Beardsley ‘38, G Gillespie '41, S McMahon '46
42 | Apr 09 FAC SF N Nottm For W 2-4 51627 J Aldridge '14 pen, '51 (at Hillsborough)
43| Apr 13 Div y NouRioR Ww 50 39535 1 R Houghton 18, J Aldridge '37, '88, G Gillespie '58,
/ P Beardsley ‘79
44 | Apr 20 Div 1 A Norwich D 0-0 22509 i
45 | Apr 23 Div 1 H Tottenham Ww 1-0 44798 1 P Beardsley '34
46 | Apr 30 Div 1 A Chelsea D 1-1 35625 1 J Barnes ‘75
47 | May 02 Div 1 H Southampton D 1-1 37610 4 J Aldridge ‘41
May 07 Div 1 A Sheff Wed W 51 35893 1 C Johnston '31, '90, J Barnes '36, P Beardsley '87, '88
May 09 | Div1 H Luton LD 1-1 30376 1 J Aldridge ‘17
FAC Final N Wimbledon L 98203 (at Wembley)

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS with his performance. “There was a big pressure to perform and we
|| Total games were expected to hammer Walsall,’ he recalled. “At one point I was
| Games won 32
trying to clear the ball off the line. It smacked Phil Neal in the back
|| Games drawn 14
| Games lost 4 and bounced in for an own goal. Nealy gave me one of his stares.”
| Clean sheets — League 21 Walsall and Liverpool drew 2-2 with the Reds 2-0 winners in the
|| Clean sheets — Overall 27 replay.
| Total goals ie)
Manchester United beat Arsenal 4-0 on 17 March 1984 on their
|| Average attendance at home — League 39,682
| Average attendance at home — Overall 39,429 way to the summit ofthe First Division after Liverpool had lost 2-0 to
Average goals per game — League 2.45 Southampton at The Dell the previous day, effectively losing the top
| Average goals per game — Overall Higad spot for the first time since early-November. United had 64 points from
| Average goal minute — League 53
32 games (18 wins, 10 draws, 4 defeats) and Liverpool 63 points (18
[Average goal minute — Overall 53
wins, 9 draws, 5 defeats). lan Rush was the top-flight’s top-scorer with
22 goals, Steve Archibald (Tottenham) and Gary Lineker (Leicester)
GOAL MINUTES
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10 Liverpool and Everton drew 0-0 after extra-time at Wembley in
18 the League Cup final on 25 March. In the evening Ian Rush was voted
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20
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0 Steve Nicol in second place. Five Liverpool players were voted in the
Team of the Year: Mark Lawrenson, Alan Hansen, Graeme Souness,
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS | Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush. Further good news was reported from
87 Anfield that eventful weekend when Liverpool confirmed a new four-
10 year contract for 33-year-old Kenny Dalglish.
|| League Cup 2
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replay, securing Liverpool the cup for an unprecedented four years in
| PLAYER DEBUTS a a row. The Reds turned their attentions towards the European Cup
i|John Barnes against Arsenal 15.08.1 a]
semi-finals, where they beat Dynamo Bucharest 1-0 in the first leg
| Peter Beardsley against Arsenal | 15.08.1987
24.10.1987 at Anfield. Former skipper Emlyn Hughes commented that he had
05.03.1988 never seen such a dirty team as Dynamo in a European competition,
but Souness got away with fracturing Lico Mavila’s jaw. Kevin Sheedy
could vouch for that his former team-mate at Liverpool and later
adversary was a handful. “I nutmegged Souness once in training,” the
Everton star claimed. “He just laughed, but then a few years later I
did the same thing against him in a match and he elbowed me in
the face.” Liverpool’s skipper was a tough customer who could take
care of himself and protect his teammates. “Being successful has
always been more important to me than being popular,” he said. “I
long ago accepted that the name of Graeme Souness would top few
popularity polls, regardless of whether the votes were cast by my fellow
professionals or by the supporters. In that respect I suppose you could
say that I have achieved my ambition for, thanks to Liverpool, I have
a cupboard full of memories and scarcely a friend on the terraces or
in the dressing room.” Dundee United recorded a surprising 2-0 win
over AS Roma in Scotland and the media predicted an All-British final
in Rome. In the second leg Rush netted twice in a 2-1 win and Roma
bounced back in the Olympic Stadium and beat Dundee United 3-0.
Liverpool beat Coventry 5-0 on 7 May while Manchester United
lost 2-1 to Ipswich at home, opening a five point lead for the Reds

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1988/89 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 20 C Shield N Wimbledon WwW 2-1 54887 J Aldridge '23, '69 (at Wembley)
2 | Aug 27 Div 1 A Charlton W 3-0 21389 4 J Aldridge '23, '52, ‘54

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5 | Sep 10 | iv A |_ Aston Villa Deh 41409 5 R Houghton '64
6 | Sep 17 Div 1 H Tottenham D 1-1 40929 4 P Beardsley ‘78
7 | Sep 20 MC FL CT SF A Arsena L 1-2 29135 S Staunton ‘80
8 | Sep 24 Div1 A Southampton WwW 3-1 21046 2 J Aldridge '31, P Beardsley ‘47, JMalby '84 pen
9 | Sep 28 LC 2:1 H__|_Walsal Ww 1-0 18084 G Gillespie '44
10 | Oct 01 Div H Newcastle L 1-2 39139 iS G Gillespie ‘3
11 | Octos | Divi A Luton pact ial ee
12 | Oct 12 LC 2:2 A I. Walsal WwW 3-1 | 12015 J Barnes ‘30, | Rush '72, J Malby '83 pen
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141) Oct26 | Div A | Nottm For Wk te 29755 7 | Rush ‘58
5 | Oct 29 Div A West Ham | Ww 20 30198 | 4 | Rush '69, P Beardsley ‘80
6 | Nov 02 LC3 H Arsena D -1 31951 J Barnes '66
7 | Nov05 Div H Middlesbrough W 3-0 39489 3 | Rush '44, J Aldridge ‘75, P Beardsley ‘87
18 | Nov0g | LC 3 Rep A Arsena D 0-0 54029
19 | Nov 12 Div 1 | H Millwall DA tet 41966 | 5 S Nicol '15
20 | Nov 19 Div 1 A QPR Ww 1-0 20063 | 4 J Aldridge '28
21 | Nov23 LC 3 Rep 2 N | Arsenal Ww 21 21708 ‘ * |S McMahon '61, J Aldridge '87 (at Villa Park)
22 | Nov 26 Div H Wimbledon D -1 36188 4 R Houghton ‘63
23 | Nov 30 LC 4 A 1 West Ham L -4 26971 J Aldridge '34 pen
24 | Dec 04 Div 1 A Arsenal D (EE 31863 4 J Barnes '46
LI Dec 11 Div H Everton D 1-1 42372 4 R Houghton '30
26 | Dec17 Div 1 H Norwich L 0-1 34225 6
27 | Dec 26 Div A___| Derby Ww 1-0 25213 3 | Rush ‘17
28 | Jan 01 Div A Man Utd li 1-3 44745 5 J Barnes '70
29 | Jan 03 Div H Aston Villa Ww 1-0 39014 4 R Whelan ‘66
30 | Jan 07 FAC 3 A Carlisle [w 30 | 18556 J Barnes '33, S McMahon ‘65, ‘84
31 | Jan 14 Div A Sheff Wed De 22 31524 5 S Nicol '76, J Aldridge '77
32 | Jan 21 Div H Southampton Ww 20 35565 4 J Aldridge '73, | Rush '78
33 | Jan 29 FAC 4 A Millwall W 2-0 23615 J Aldridge '57, | Rush '63
34 | Feb 04 Div A Newcastle Diz 30966 5 | Rush '15, J Aldridge '50
35 | Feb 18 FAC 5 A Hull City W 32 20058 J Barnes '15, J Aldridge '52, '53
36 | Mar 01 Div 1 H Charlton Ww 20 30283 6 P Beardsley '14, J Aldridge ‘88 pen

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; J Aldridge '34, '42, '76 pen, P Beardsley '69,
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39 | Mar 18 FAC 6 H Brentford Ww 40 42376 | S McMahon '15, J Barnes '62, P Beardsley ‘79, '82
40 | Mar 22 Div 1 A Coventry WwW 3-1 23807 4 J Barnes '11, J Aldridge '28, R Whelan '56
41 | Mar 26 Div 1 A Tottenham Vie eA 30012 3 J Aldridge ‘50 pen, P Beardsley ‘64
42 | Mar 29 Div 1 H Derby Ww 1-0 42518 Ss J Barnes '2
43 | AprO Div A Norwich WwW 1-0 26338 2 R Whelan ‘21
44| Apr 08 Div 4 Shett Wed Wo & 39672 2 SIMeMahion '8, P Beardsley ‘42, '66, R Houghton '57,
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
ee LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP OTHER TOTAL
Player | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Ray Houghton 38 0 i 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 i 52 0 8
Steve Nicol 38 0 2 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 By 0 Z
Ronnie Whelan ae rad Es 0 0 6 OC PS (ae Re RT ee:
Peter Beardsley oa 4 10 5 0 Z. 6 0 0 3 0 0 47 4 2
Gary Ablett 34 i 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 48 {l 0
John Aldridge 31 4 21 6 0 6 4 1 2 1 0 2 42 5 31
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Steve McMahon 28 i 3 6 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 | 39 1 il
lan Rush 6 8 fi 1 i 3 4 0 2 0 0 23 9 1
Steve Staunton 17 4 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 | 1 0 ] 25 4 1
Bruce Grobbelaar 21 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 28 0 0
Mike Hooper 7 0 0 i 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 0
David Burrows 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Gary Gillespie 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
Barry Venison 4 1 0 0 | 0 4 0 0 2 0 ] 2 i
Jan Malby 2 i 2 3 0 0 D 0 i 0 1 4
Nigel Spackman 8 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Hansen 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 0 0 0
Alex Watson 1 1 0 1 | 0 0 0 ips 0 0 0
John Durnin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kenny Dalglish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0
Mike Marsh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BARCLAYS FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1

HOME AWAY
| Team Played| W D L F A WwW D L F A_ | Points
Arsenal 38 10 6 3 ob 9 12 4 3 38 7 76
Liverpool 38 11 5 3 33 11 11 5 3 32 7 76
ottingham Forest 38 8 7 4 31 6 9 6 4 33 LT 64
orwich City 38 8 7 4 23 20 g 4 6 25 25 62
Derby County 38 i) 3 i 23 8 8 4 7 7 20 58
ottenham Hotspur 38 8 6 5 31 24 7 6 6 29 22 5/7
Coventry City 38 i) 4 6 28 23 5 9 5 19 19 55
Everton | 38 10 7 2 33 8 4 5 10 ji 27 54
Queens Park Rangers | 38 9 By @ 23 6 5 6 8 20 21 53
illwall 38 10 3 6 27 21 4 8 7 20 oi 53
anchester United 38 10 5 4 27 3 3 7 g 8 22 51
Wimbledon | 38 10 3 6 30 g 4 6 9 20 27 51
Southampton 38 6 if 6 25 26 4 8 7 Dil 40 45
Charlton Athletic 38 6 if 6 25 24 4 5 10 (ie) 34 42
Sheffield Wednesday 38 6 6 7 21 25 4 6 9 3 26 42
Luton Town 38 8 6 5 Be 21 2 5 12 10 31 4]
Aston Villa 38 7 6 6 25 22 2 il 10 20 34 40
Middlesbrough 38 6 iy 6 28 30 3 5 11 6 3] 39
West Ham United 38 3 6 10 19 30 7 2 10 8 32 38
Newcastle United 38 3 6 10 19 28 4 4 11 3 30) 31

384 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

at the top. Rush scored four goals and his thirtieth League goal of
the season, the first player in six years to do so in the First Division,
and eventually finished the top-flight’s topscorer for the only time
Games drawn
Games lost 8
in his career, with a total of 32. He also won the European Golden
Clean sheets — League Boot, with Marco van Basten coming second with 28 goals from 34
Clean sheets — Overall matches.
Total goals 98
With two rounds to go Liverpool had 78 points from 40 games,
Average attendance at home — League 38,700
Average attendance at home — Overall 36,863 with Manchester United coming second with 73 from 40. Notts
Average goals per game — League County and Liverpool drew 0-0 at Meadow Lane while Tottenham
Average goals per game — Overall and United drew 1-1.The Reds celebrated their third Championship
Average goal minute — League
win in a row!
Average goal minute — Overall
Fagan took his team to Israel for a short break and to play a
friendly against the Israeli national team. Rifat Turk became £200
GOAL MINUTES
richer thanks to Grobbelaar who had promised he would pay that
Goals from 1 to 15
amount to any player in the Israeli team who would score past him,
Liverpool won 4-1.
Goals from 46 to 60 Finally the day of the European Cup Final, 30 May, had arrived.
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
Fagan said he had been to Italy a few weeks back to see Roma play and
Goals from 91 to 120 tongue-in-cheek revealed he was not going back there as they were
too good. Roma graciously offered Liverpool the opportunity to wear
their traditional red at Stadio Olimpico, where they hadn’t lost the
whole season. Fagan was low-key in his pre-match talk, according to
FA Cup skipper Souness. “Joe pulled out a piece of paper with Roma’s team-
| League Cup
list written on it and ripped it up,” he said. “‘If we play, he said, ‘there’s
Centenary Trophy
Charity Shield nothing in this for them.”
The score was 1-1 after 120 minutes and a dramatic penalty shoot-
out resolved the game, where Alan Kennedy unwittingly took the
PLAYER DEBUTS
Steve Staunton against Tottenham 17.09.1988 responsibility for Liverpool’s final spot-kick. He told LFChistory.net:
David Burrows against Coventry 22.10.1988
Mike Marsh against Charlton 01.03.1989 “To this day I’ve got no idea why he [Fagan] gave me the opportunity
to take a penalty. He may have panicked. He may have looked at the rest
of the team and thought, ‘Why not Ronnie Whelan, Michael Robinson’ or
whoever was still on the pitch at the time? And then to say: ‘Alan, how are
you feeling?’ And I says: ‘I’m fine,’ because I hadn’t been picked. He says:
‘Ok’ and then he walks off: Then he pointed to Graeme Souness and Ian
Rush. Phil Neal was always going to take one. But the two others, Steve
Nicol and me thought no chance. He picked Steve Nicol, the youngest man
of the team. I didn’t realise he had picked me at the time. It suddenly sinks
in and I panicked.

“No player had any confidence in me. In the end they were thinking
to themselves, ‘He’s bound to miss this one. Who's going to take the next
one?’ That didn’t obviously give me the confidence I needed when I am
walking up there. You put the ball down... I thought of my family, my
girlfriend at the time... I just felt I can’t let these people down... We were
so bad the week before we had to abandon the practice. The kids beat us in
the penalty shoot-out. They say you should be clear, be focused and never
change your mind, I didn’t have any of those three in my mind. I opened

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 385

up my body at the end... I didn’t know why I did it... tickets fell into the hands of Juventus supporters it was |
Tancredi the goalkeeper went to his left-hand side and I a recipe for problems,” Robinson told the Liverpool |
got the ball into the right hand side. You can't imagine the Echo. “I asked why we couldn’t have a complete end. |
reliefIhad at that particular moment. I just wanted to be But they were adamant the outlined system was the |
with all my family, all myfriends, all the players and just only way they could comply with UEFA regulations. |
to say a big thank you. What a reliefitwas. And I saw all Anyway the tickets were already in their boxes. There |
the players afterwards and they were telling me, ‘We can’t was no way they were going to change things.” The |
believe you scored that goal.’ I says, I know!’” worst case scenario came true an hour before the game
when a crowd of people in the Liverpool Y-section |
Fagan now had to live up to his own and fans’ charged the supposedly neutral Z-section that was full |
expectations after such a fairytale season but the omens with Juventus fans. 39 died, mostly Italians, when crush
were not good. One of the strongest characters in the barriers gave way and a wall, blocking the victims‘ escape |
side, Graeme Souness, had left for Italy, where he was route, collapsed.
paid a small fortune. Phil Neal was appointed Liverpool's An unnamed Liverpool fan told Tony Evans at the |
new Captain. Sunday Times what he felt were the real reasons for
Paul Walsh was bought in May for £700,000 and Joe the disaster:
Fagan was said to be monitoring the 19-year-old Scot,
Paul McStay of Celtic, to fill the void left by Souness. “We limped home, quickly throwing off any shame,
Eventually midfielders Jan Molby and Kevin MacDonald repeating the mantra that it was a construction problem,
arrived from Ajax and Leicester City respectively. just a wall collapsing, hiding from the scale of what had
Fagan’s buy from the previous season, John Wark, happened. The disaster has a long causal chain — stabbings
came into his own and was the season’s top scorer, despite and beatings in Rome, hair-trigger tempers, aggression on
playing in midfield. Fagan’s men started the 1984/85 both sides, excessive drinking, poor policing and a stadium
season terribly only winning two out of the opening ripe for disaster. Remove any one link and the game may
eleven League matches and sitting in seventeenth. As if have passed offpeacefully. But it didn’t.”
Souness’ absence wasn’t bad enough, goal-machine Ian
Rush only played in the Charity Shield defeat to Everton The game itself was decided by a bogus penalty
before injury kept him out until October. Liverpool after 58 minutes. Gillespie‘s foul on Boniek a good yard
reached fourth in February and despite winning twelve outside the penalty area was moved inside the box. Michel
out of their last seventeen League games they came Platini sent Bruce Grobbelaar the wrong way from the
runners-up to Everton, who won the title by a mile. spot. To make matters worse Whelan was outrageously
Liverpool met Greek team Panathinaikos in the hacked down in Juventus‘ penalty area fifteen minutes
semi-finals of the European Cup at Anfield and were from time but the referee gave Liverpool a throw-in! The
3-0 up with five minutes to go when Jim Beglin scored. match was secondary to what happened prior to kick-
“T managed to time my run and the ball hit me on the off. “There were no winners on the night of weeping,”
head and it flew into the top corner,” he recalled.
The said the headline in the Times match report.
owner of Beglin’s local chip shop wasn’t too pleased. Fagan had told his players that after the match they
“He had put quite a few quid on Liverpool to win 3-0 could simply call him “Joe” instead of “Boss” as he had
and was preparing to clean up before I scored. Next decided it was his last match in charge. He was already
time I saw him he said he would never serve me again.” 62-years-old when he took the Liverpool job and had
A 1-0 win in Greece set up another European final committed himself to only two years.““There was a game
again against Italian opposition, this time Juventus. offootball in the end, but I don’t think anyone’s heart was
UEFA decided that the final should be played at the in it,’ Fagan concluded.“Mine certainly wasn’t. Football
crumbling Heysel stadium in Brussels. Liverpool's Chief is a game, but not any longer to some. It was UEFA’s |
Executive Peter Robinson complained to UEFA about decision that we should play, not ours. What a sad way
the allocation of tickets. “UEFA rules were such that for me to end.” When he came out of the airplane from
both clubs should have 50% and we — Liverpool and Brussels, his sadness was there for everyone to see. The
Juventus — were given 14,500 each. I was immediately great gentleman cried on Roy Evans’ shoulder.
concerned that the neutral area was in the middle of Dalglish received a phone call the day before the
the Liverpool tickets and expressed concern that if those Heysel final from John Smith, the Liverpool Chairman.

386 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Smith asked if he and Peter Robinson could pay him a Dalglish made his first purchase when he signed
visit.““Sure, no problem,” was Dalglish’s reply. Smith then Steve McMahon from Aston Villa for £350,000 in
broke the news to him that Fagan was quitting and they September. In the middle of October Liverpool was
needed another manager, “Are you interested?“ Dalglish second but still ten points behind Manchester United,
was stunned; the only thing he could say was ”You who had won 11 and drawn two. Liverpool won five on
-| can still come.“ Dalglish accepted the offer with the the spin and reduced the gap to just two points but their
-| condition that Bob Paisley would be by his side for the inconsistency crept in again. The media and the fans
first two years. Smith wasn’t nervous giving Kenny such mussed 35-year-old Dalglish the player, but he resisted
a huge responsibility. “Kenny is entering the managerial picking himself for the starting line-up. Champions
side for the first time and we have every reason to believe Everton leapfrogged Manchester United and Liverpool.
he will have a successful period in office,” he said. “We When Everton beat Liverpool 2-0 on 22 February the
feel we have a man of great ability on the field who has Reds trailed their blue neighbours by eight points.
got an old head on young shoulders.” The defeat to Everton signalled another turning-
Kenny accepted the job not in the most ideal of point in the season. Liverpool won four out of their next
situations as the club — in common with all English teams five games and when Steve McMahon scored both goals
_— was banned from taking part in European competition in a 2-0 win over Manchester City on 31 March the
for an indefinite period. Graeme Souness felt Kenny was Reds were in the desired top position with 70 points after
| the right appointment. “People are a bit frightened of 36 games. Everton were on the same points total with a
| him,” he said. “He growls at them, he makes them jump. game in hand but one goal worse off than their rivals.
| These are essential qualities for a manager.” Dalglish was Dalglish was playing more regularly and clearly proved
(| modest: “If you’re not good enough then you're not to be a good influence. Liverpool beat Southampton in
| good enough.” Then he added prophetically. “I would the FA Cup semi-finals with a Rush brace in extra-time.
_ be the first to realise if |wasn’t good enough and then I They only conceded one goal and scored 15 in reply in
| would confront it.” five consecutive League wins.
Dalglish’s first game as manager was against Arsenal Liverpool went to Stamford Bridge for their final
| at Anfield. Grobbelaar was in goal, Neal and Kennedy League game of the season. Everton, who had lost
| full-backs, Hansen and Lawrenson in the centre of the the previous game 1-0 to Oxford United, took on
_ defence, Nicol, Whelan, Molby and Beglin in midfield Southampton at Goodison Park. Liverpool had 85 points
| with Dalglish and Rush upfront. Liverpool beat the compared with Everton’s 80 but the Blues had a game
| Gunners 2-0, drew 2-2 with Aston Villa and then lost 1-0 in hand. Everton scored six past the Saints but that didn’t
to Newcastle. The doubters re-emerged but were soon matter as in the twenty-third minute at the Bridge Kenny
silenced with a 5-0 thrashing of Ipswich and four wins Dalglish chested down Beglin’s pass and volleyed the ball
.| and two draws in the next six League games. Dalglish with the outside of his right foot into the far corner. The
took over a good team but in the first part of the season player-manager had won his team the League title.
| he had to replace the victorious full-backs of the Paisley Could Liverpool repeat Tottenham’s and Arsenal’s
era. Alan Kennedy’s time in the top-flight came to an feat and become the third team that century to win both
| end in September and only three months later Phil Neal the League and the FA Cup in the same season? In the
| took charge of Bolton Wanderers. Alan Hansen took final their archrivals Everton wanted revenge and were
over as captain from Neal. Nicol and Beglin became the 1-0 up until the fifty-seventh minute. But they couldn’t
| new full-back pair. : cope with Jan Molby and Ian Rush who were marvellous
Jan Molby had played only 24 games when Fagan on the day — as so many times during that season — and
| was in charge, but Dalglish had great faith in the Dane the double was secured with a classic 3-1 win.
and he didn’t let him down. Molby’s position in the Liverpool fans were in shock when it was announced
team became a source of great speculation in the press that Ian Rush would be leaving for Juventus when the
as he was playing in the middle of the defence in one 1986/87 season was over. Dalglish knew it would be
_ game as the fifth defender, but in the next game he was difficult to repeat the League and Cup success. Two
| controlling the play from midfield. This was a completely shocking setbacks certainly had their effects on the team.
different system which proved that Dalglish was unafraid Kevin MacDonald broke his leg in two places after a
| to take chances and didn’t just rely on the good, old tackle by Southampton’s Mark Dennis at The Dell in
methods that had guaranteed success through the years. September which effectively finished his Liverpool

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 387

career. When Liverpool played Everton in the quarter- team on the strong foundations laid by his predecessors,
finals of the League Cup on 21 January promising left- with the ever-helpful Bob Paisley by his side for the first
back Jim Beglin had his leg shattered by Gary Stevens. couple of years in management. The vintage of 1987/88
Bob Paisley never forgot this horrific incident that the was Kenny’s team, taking a more adventurous approach.
Irishman never fully recovered from. “I’ve seen one or
two broken legs in going on fifty years in the game but He” was the first stop in the new season and as
not one made me really wince, Jim’s did,” he said. early as the ninth minute Aldridge headed home
At the turn of the year, Arsenal had 48 points at the from a John Barnes cross. Liverpool couldn't play at Anfield
top, with Liverpool trailing nine points behind in third. for a few weeks because of a collapsed sewer underneath
Liverpool took 1987 by storm and won nine out of the Kop and had to play again away at Coventry, where
the next 11 League games, keeping six clean sheets and Nicol scored a brace in a 4-1 victory. Coventry manager,
progressing in the League Cup. Liverpool had in mid- John Sillett, said Liverpool’s performance was probably
March gained a few points lead on their neighbours, the finest he had ever seen in the First Division. Next |
Everton, with Arsenal falling by the wayside. It certainly was West Ham, but a rare mistake by Hansen allowed
looked like Liverpool would retain the title but then the Hammers back into the game and the result was a
the Reds lost three League games in a row. Everton draw. On 12 September Liverpool returned to Anfield
took their chance and won the Championship by a and goals from Aldridge and Barnes against Oxford made
nine-point margin. the crowd go wild. Dalglish was happy with his new
Incredibly Liverpool had never lost a game in which signing. “Barnes did what we expected him to do. He
Rush scored. The tally had reached 145 games when made a goal, scored one, and entertained.
You remember
Liverpool faced Arsenal in the League Cup final. Rush that,’ he said. The fans had no reason to keep quiet for
gave Liverpool the lead but astonishingly Charlie Nicholas the first 29 League games of the season as they remained
replied with two and another trophy slipped away. undefeated.
Dalglish was forthright about Liverpool’s failure. Liverpool’s opponents didn’t know where to look as
“The Board had approached me at Christmas 1986 and the Reds had so many attacking options. Even Steve Nicol
said there was money available for players,’ he would scored a brilliant hat-trick against Newcastle. Everybody
say. was getting in on the act, a hallmark of a great team as
Ronnie Moran explained. “Shanks always preached that
“T gave them the names offive players and I got four of we had eleven captains,” he said.““He wanted to see players
them — Barnes, Beardsley, Houghton and Aldridge. It took think things out and rectify things if they were going
time to buy these four. That was instrumental in 1986/87 wrong... Mind you, if you tried something stupid and it
being such a fruitless season at Anfield. It was my fault didn’t come off we had a saying that we would ‘hit you on
we didn’t win anything. I didn’t want to spend Liverpool’s the head with a big stick from the touchline’ I remember
money rashly. Bringing in any old player for a short-term Steve Nicol getting a hat-trick once at Newcastle.
tonic seemed irresponsible. I wanted to wait until those four Nobody told him where he had to go and what to do,
quality players became available. That shows how supportive he just worked it out himself. He got the match ball and
Liverpool’s directors were. They were also prepared to wait I told him it was probably the only one he’d ever get but
until the right players were ready. The board knew Liverpool nobody told him off for joining in the attack.”
might not win anything that season but that I was planning Three consecutive 4-0 League wins followed against
for the future. Their patience was rewarded.” Derby, Portsmouth and the leaders Queens Park Rangers.
Rush, now a Juventus player, was in the stands watching
Golden boy Rush went to Italy in the summer of Barnes tearing Rangers apart and scoring two wonderful
1987 and not much had been seen of his replacement, individual goals in the space of six minutes in front of the
John Aldridge, who had been signed in January. The Kop. John Aldridge, set a new club record by scoring in his
manager told Aldridge to be patient as he intended tenth consecutive League game and Rush couldn't help but
to play another system with wide men the following be impressed. “I always felt that John was the main man to
season where he would fit in. Dalglish signed Watford’s take over from me. He is scoring goals at a faster rate than I
John Barnes and Newcastle’s Peter Beardsley in the ever did, and Liverpool look a better side than they did last
summer. After taking over from Joe Fagan at the end year,’ was his generous praise. Peter Shilton, Derby’s ‘keeper
of the 1984/85 season Dalglish had slowly rebuilt the was stunned by the performance against the Rams.“ This is

388 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

the best Liverpool team I have ever played against,” he said. more offensive style of football than previous Liverpool
Alan Ball, the Portsmouth manager, thanked Liverpool for teams and was more about individual play of great
the lesson: “It was a valuable experience for my team; it was players, even though team spirit remained high. This was
a sheer joy to watch them in the second half. They have Kenny Dalglish’s team.
players that can play football and win games. I bet I could The build-up to the 1988/89 season wasn’t as
play for that team.” expected. Peter Robinson was relaxing in the Spanish
Liverpool’s play revolved around John Barnes and sun when he spotted a magazine article that said talented
his mesmerising skills that even George Best admired. Soviet striker, Alexander Zavaroy, was on his way to
“John Barnes can be the greatest,’ he said. “He was Juventus and that meant that there would be one foreign
described by the England boss Bobby Robson as the player too many at the club. Robinson suspected who
black Best, and I reckon he is right. Barnes has the would be left out and immediately phoned Dalelish. On
ability to become the best, the most exciting winger in 18 August, two days before Liverpool played Wimbledon
British Soccer since me. His transfer to Liverpool was in the Charity Shield, the press was stunned; Kenny
the perfect move for a man who was born with stunning Dalglish announced that Jan Rush had returned to
talent. The Anfield Academy will take that natural Liverpool. The excitement before the season was great
ability, harness it with consistency, and produce a truly and the fans wondered how he was going to use Barnes,
world-class performer.” Beardsley, Aldridge and Rush in the same side. Rush
Liverpool didn’t falter in the League until 20 March. started on the bench in the first League game against
The Reds had played 29 games, won 22, drawn 7, scored Charlton Athletic and Aldridge reminded everyone who
67 goals and conceded 13. The bookies in England was the main goalscorer with a stunning hat-trick. There
had stopped taking bets on who would win the title. was an important part of the defence missing, as Hansen
Liverpool had equalled Leeds’ League record, set in 1974, was out injured for the majority of the season, Lawrenson
but Everton and Wayne Clarke made sure Liverpool had retired and after only six games Grobbelaar was
didn’t stay undefeated for 30 games. The bookies injured and out for four months. Rush finally got on the
were relieved because they would have lost a fortune scoresheet in his tenth game ofthe season, against Walsall
if Liverpool hadn’t lost a game throughout the season. in the League Cup, and then scored three goals in the
Dalglish wasn’t amused: “As the final whistle signalled a next five. Some dissatisfaction became evident after the
1-0 defeat, I felt so frustrated I kicked a bucket placed 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest on 26 October. This was
outside the dugouts at Goodison. It was plastic, so the Liverpool’s third League defeat of the season, one more
side buckled and the water shot up all over me. I was than all of the season before. Dalglish’s decision to bring
soaked, standing there dripping as I congratulated the Rush back to Anfield seemed to have backfired. After
other bench... Drip, drip. I met Howard Kendall and ten League matches Liverpool were fourth and eight
Colin Harvey afterwards for a drink and they gave me points behind top team Norwich.
some stick about the bucket.” After a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United on 1 January
The Reds were by no means out of steam, despite enough was enough. Dalglish locked the door to the
the Merseyside derby defeat, and saved their best for dressing room and let his frustration out. He told his
a fourth place Nottingham Forest team at Anfield on players offin no uncertain terms. Ray Houghton revealed
13 April. Liverpool destroyed Forest 5-0 prompting that he had never seen Kenny so angry. Everyone spoke
Sir Tom Finney, one of the best players ever to play in their mind and it is safe to say that this was the turning-
England, to declare:“It was the finest exhibition I’ve seen point of the season. Liverpool won 15 out of the next
the whole time I’ve played and watched the game. You 18 League games and drew three times. Aldridge scored
couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil. 15 League goals during this run. Losing was no longer
The moves they put together were fantastic.” on the agenda.
On 23 April Beardsley scored the winner against Before the semi-finals of the FA Cup against
Tottenham at Anfield and the title was secured with Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989 everything changed
four games to go. The only disappointment was when forever. Congestion outside the Leppings Lane end
Liverpool unexpectedly lost to Wimbledon in the of Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium prior
FA Cup final, which prevented another double. John to the 3.00pm kick-off saw police officers open gates
Barnes was voted Player of the Year by both the Football inviting hundreds of supporters into the central pens.
Writers’ Association and the PFA. This team played a When the game was stopped at 3.06pm, scores were

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 389

dead. 96 Liverpool supporters would lose their lives from Liverpool in front but Stuart McCall equalised less than
injuries sustained at Hillsborough. It was the country’s a minute before the final whistle. Ian Rush came off
worst-ever football disaster and would precipitate huge, the bench in extra-time and scored twice, overcoming
belated changes to English football and the way fans McCall’s second equaliser. Liverpool won the FA Cup
were treated. The victims’ families and Liverpool fans all for the second time under Dalglish.
over the world are still demanding JUSTICE some two Steve Nicol’s contribution to Liverpool’s cause over
decades later! the years was finally recognised when the Football
Adrian Tempany’s testament revealed the horror of Writers’ Association voted him the Player of the Year.
Hillsborough and how it was to be stuck in the Leppings The Scot is simply one of greatest utility men to have
Lane stand: graced the club and the ones who appreciated him the
most were his team-mates, like Alan Hansen. “When I
‘T thought: ‘We've been left to die,’ Many people was switched from the left side to the right of Liverpool
already had. People bigger than me, smaller than me, and back four towards the end of my career, when my knee
smarter than me were gone. Now it was my turn. Fifty problems had taken their toll on my running, it made
seconds, my brain was telling me: you’ve got 50 seconds me feel I could light a cigar and read a newspaper to
left... I heaved and strained, my body wouldn’t move an have Steve on the outside,’ he said. “His fitness was
inch. Those pressed tight around me were heavy, some were astonishing. Dieticians would be horrified at the amount
unconscious; others were gibbering, trying to black out what he ate. It was not unusual for him to go through six or
was happening. I counted down to 20 seconds, and then at eight packs of crisps in one go. But he never carried
15, or 14, I gave up.At 10 seconds, nine, eight, I floated any excess weight, hardly missed a tackle and gave the
away for a moment, briefly euphoric. Then I settled into my impression of being able to bomb up and down that
body, opened my mouth towards the sky and sucked what right touchline forever. Suffice it to say that after our
I could out of it. And then I closed my eyes. Five seconds first match together on the right, I thought, “Where have
later, they opened. The sky was still blue. And the police you been all my life?’”
had finally opened the gate in the fence and were swearing Three days after the FA Cup final Liverpool beat
at us. And I had survived.” West Ham 5-1 at Anfield. The last League game was
between the top two teams. Liverpool had 76 points but
When the city of Liverpool needed someone strong Arsenal 73. Liverpool’s goal difference was 65-26 (+39)
to ease it through these difficult times Dalglish took the and Arsenal’s 71-36 (+35). Liverpool could even lose by
lead role.“I cannot even think of the name Hillsborough, one goal at Anfield. Alan Smith scored for Arsenal after
even cannot say the word, without so many distressing 52 minutes. In the final minute Arsenal attacked for the
memories flooding back,” he would admit. very last time and Michael Thomas scored the deciding
“T don’t know how many funerals I went to. Marina goal. The referee blew the final whistle 45 seconds later.
and I went to four in one day. All the funerals were Nine months of hard work had gone down the drain in
harrowing. All those families mourning the loss of their the final seconds of the season.
loved ones. Most of the church services ended with “You'll “When television realised in advance that the race
never walk alone.” I couldn’t sing through any ofthe songs was between Arsenal and Liverpool, they moved our
or hymns. I was too choked up. The words could never fixture to the end of the season. It was a bad decision
come out. I just stood there in a daze, still trying to come and one that probably cost us the title,’ recalled Dalglish.
to terms with what had befallen the club and the people I “Three big, tense games in six days takes a lot out of
had so admired. I did what I had to do after Hillsborough, players. We were very disappointed not to win the
certainly not through any delusions of grandeur.” League but Arsenal deserved to. They had one more goal
About two weeks later the team tried to concentrate than us. But if Iwas going to pick between the League
on football again. Liverpool beat Forest 3-1 in the or the FA Cup that week I would have picked the Cup
replayed semi-final and as fate would have it Everton because of Hillsborough. It meant a lot more to the
would be their opponents in the final. Aldridge put people at that particular time that we won the Cup.”

390 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Kenny Dalglish resigns his position as Liverpool manager in
February 1991. The shock decision defined Liverpool's decade.

1989-1999
1989/90 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 12 C Shield N Arsenal Ww 1-0 63149 P Beardsley '33 (at Wembley)
Aug 19 Div H Man City WES 37628 2 J Barnes '7 pen, P Beardsley ‘60, S Nicol '90
Aug 23 Div A Aston Villa D 1 35796 2 J Barnes '24
Aug 26 Div A Luton D 0-0 11124 5
Sep 09 Div A Derby Ww 3.0 20034 i) | Rush '50, J Barnes '82 pen, P Beardsley '90
S Nicol '7, ‘90, S McMahon '15, | Rush '45,
Sep 12 Div H Crystal Palace Ww 90 35779 1 G Gillespie '56, P Beardsley ‘61, J Aldridge '67 pen,
J Barnes '79, G Hysen '82
7 | Sep 16 Div H Norwich 1 B00 36885 2
8 | Sep 19 LC 2:1 H Wigan Ath. W 5-2 19231 G Hysen ‘4, | Rush '64, '66, P Beardsley '81, J Barnes '88
9 | Sep 23 Div A Everton Ww 3 42453 1 J Barnes '33, | Rush ‘62, '64
0} Oct 04 LC 2:2 A Wigan Ath*. Ww 30 17954 S Staunton '59, '72, '88*
1| Oct 14 Div A Wimbledon WwW 2- 13510 1 P Beardsley '3, R Whelan '55
2} Oct 21 Div A Southampton L 1-4 20501 2 P Beardsley ‘57 pen
3 | Oct 25 ise A Arsenal L 0- 40814
4] Oct 29 Div H Tottenham Ww 1-0 36550 1 J Barnes '25
15 ov 04 Div H Coventry L 0-1 36433 2
6 ov 11 Div A QPR L 2-3 18804 3 J Barnes '32 pen, '58
7 | Nov19 Div 1 A Millwall W 24 13547 6 J Barnes '36, | Rush '70
8 lov 26 Div H Arsenal Ww 24 35983 1 cl S McMahon '30, J Barnes '65
19 ov 29 Div A Sheff Wed k s02 32732 1
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26 | Jan 01 Div A |_ Nottm For D222 24518 1 |_| Rush '13, '38
27 | Jan 06 FAC 3 A Swansea D 0-0 16098

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Aston Villa 38 13 if 3 3 36 8 4
Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 i 6 35 7 5
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Chelsea 38 8 7 4 31 8 5
Everton 38 14 3 2 40 3 5
Southampton 38 10 5 4 40 5 5
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Norwich City 38 7 10 2 6 4
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Coventry City 38 11 2 6 3 5
Manchester United 38 8 6 5 5 3
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Crystal Palace 38 8 7 4 5 2
Derby County 38 9 1 9 4 6
Luton Town 38 8 8 3 2 5
Sheffield Wednesday 38 8 6 5 3 4
Charlton Athletic 38 4 6 sy) 3 3
Millwall 38 4 6 9 i 5

394 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The Story Of The Decade
THE SEASON IN NUMBERS fter surrendering the title on the last day of the 1988/89 season
to Arsenal, Kenny Dalglish strengthened the defence by signing
Swedish international defender Glenn Hysen from Fiorentina. He
dropped John Aldridge, who had scored 21 goals in his previous 23
Clean sheets — League games, in favour of old favourite Ian Rush. Rarely, if ever, have such
Clean sheets — Overall
two accomplished goalscorers been on Liverpool’s books at the same
Total goals
time. Liverpool started the season on a winning note with eight wins in
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall their first eleven matches, drawing the other three. Crystal Palace were
Average goals per game — League beaten 9-0 as Liverpool broke their record for most goals in a top-flight
Average goals per game — Overall
match, which also signalled the end of Aldridge’s stay at Liverpool. He
Average goal minute — League
Average goal minute — Overall
came on as a substitute and ran straight to the spot to score a penalty.
He threw his shirt and boots into the Kop at the final whistle. He had
every right to feel he shouldn‘t have been dropped from the starting
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
line-up, as he later told LFChistory.net: “I felt aggrieved to a certain
Goals from 16 to 30 degree when Rushie returned. I felt though I could play with Rushie
Goals from 31 to 45 and Peter Beardsley. I didn’t want to be prized out and in the end |
Goals from 46 to 60
was. It hurt a lot when I left-You don‘t sell someone who has scored 31
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90 goals a season. Dalglish has never given me a reason for doing so and I
Goals from 91 to 120 was very bitter for some time.”
Liverpool had lost only one game out of 36 from 3 January to
14 October 1989, but suddenly they lost four out of five. Liverpool
soon got back on track and by mid-April it became clear that either
Aston Villa or Liverpool would be crowned champions. The Reds had
League Cup
the FA Cup in their sights as well, but surprisingly lost 4-3 to Crystal
Charity Shield 1
Palace in the semi-final. Israeli Ronny Rosenthal joined on loan from
Standard Liege in Belgium and made an immediate impact in his first
PLAYER DEBUTS
Glenn Hysen against Arsenal 12.08.1989
start for the team by scoring a hat-trick against Charlton. He scored
Nick Tanner against Man City 02.12.1989 one in the following draw with Nottingham Forest but was only a
Ronny Rosenthal against Southampton 31.03.1990 substitute as Liverpool fetched a point from Arsenal. Dalglish put him
back in the starting 11 and Rosenthal obliged with one goal in a
4-1 victory over Chelsea. Liverpool needed four points from their last
three games to win the League Championship. On 28 April the Reds
beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 after going behind while their main
rivals for the title, Aston Villa, drew 3-3 with Norwich City. Liverpool
celebrated their eighteenth title win. Kenny Dalglish had won his third
title in five years as manager. He retired as a player after a total of 835
games for Celtic and Liverpool.
Liverpool started the 1990/91 season by winning 12 out oftheir first
13 League games with a goal difference of 30-7, leading Arsenal by eight
points in the middle of November. They conceded a late equaliser to
Manchester City in a 2-2 draw, resulting in press criticism — hardly fair
to a team that had only dropped two points. Liverpool played their main
rival Arsenal next, who had lost their previous game 6-2 to Manchester
United. Everyone expected Liverpool to attack as usual but Dalglish
used a defensive formation, resulting in their biggest loss in over a year
— 3-0 — and the media blamed one man. But Dalglish refused to take
responsibility and blamed the players which he never usually did as he
has always said that it was the worst thing a manager could do.

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1990/91 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
C Shield N Man Utd D 1-1 66558 J Barnes '51 pen (at Wembley)
Div 1 A Sheff Utd Wisi 27009 2 J Barnes '59, R Houghton ‘65, | Rush '88
Div 1 H Nottm For Ww 20 | 33363 1 | Rush '52, P Beardsley '83
Div 1 H Aston Villa Ww 2-4 38061 1 P Beardsley '12, J Barnes '87
Div 1 A Wimbledon WwW 2-1 12364 i J Barnes '27, R Whelan '31
Div1 H Man Utd W 40 35726 1 | P Beardsley '11, ‘32, '81, J Barnes ‘44
Div 1 A Everton W 3-2 39847 ] | P Beardsley '36, ‘68, J Barnes '37 pen
Le2t | 4 Crewe W541 17228 § MeMahon '30, G Gillespie '31, R Houghton ‘67,
Rush '72, ‘85
Div 1 pea Sunderland W 10 31107 1 R Houghton 44
Div H Derby WwW 2-0 37036 i R Houghton '37, P Beardsley '85
1 LC 2:2 | A Crewe WwW 41 7200 | Rush '18, '48, '74, S Staunton ‘42
2 Div 1 A Norwich [pes HAG |e toiae 1 G Gillespie ‘2
3 Div H Chelsea | w 20 38463 1 Rush '3, S Nicol '17
4 Les A Man Utd L 1-3 42033 R Houghton '83
15 | Div1 A Tottenham Ww 3-4 35033 1 Rush '38, '48, P Beardsley ‘67
16 Div H Luton Ww 40 35207 1 Rush '5, ‘39, J Malby '9 pen, P Beardsley '71
7 Div A Coventry WwW 1-0 22571 1 P Beardsley '73
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22 37849 | 1 Rush '82, R Rosenthal '86
9 Div A Arsenal a 0-3 40419 1
20 Div 1 H Sheff Utd SLWieeZ0 33516 I 1 J Barnes ‘61,1 Rush '75
21 Div 1 H Southampton | W 3-2 31894 1 R Rosenthal '33,.'43, R Houghton '83
22 Div A QPR D 1-1 17848 1 J Barnes '48
23 Div A Crystal Palace L 0-1 26280 1
24 Div 1 H Leeds United WwW 3-0 36975 1 J Barnes ‘7, R Rosenthal '33, | Rush ‘89
25 FAC 3 A Blackburn D 1-1 18524 Mark Atkins (og) ‘90
26 FAC 3 Rep H Blackburn W 30 34175 R Houghton '15, | Rush '23, S Staunton ‘82
| divt A Aston Villa D 0-0 40026 1
Div 1 H Wimbledon D 1-1 35030 ys J Barnes '33
FAC 4 H Brighton D 22 32670 | Rush '48, '55
FAC 4 Rep A Brighton W 32 14392 S McMahon ‘10, ‘114, |Rush '106 (aet— 1-1 after 90 mins)”
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Div 1 H Everton Wesel 38127 1 J Malby '17, D Speedie '49, ‘53
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FAC 5 Rep 2 A Everton L 0-1 40201
Div 1 H Arsenal L 0-1 37221 2
Div1 | A Man City Ww 30 35150 2 J Malby '39 pen, ‘44 pen, J Barnes ‘86
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46 | Apr 23 Div 1 | H [ Crystal Palace Ww 3-0 36767 2 | Rush '41, J Barnes '55, Eddie McGoldrick (og) '88
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48 | May06 | Div1 A__|_Nottm For L 1-2 26151 | 2 J Malby '56 pen
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Ronny Rosenthal 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 i 0 5
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David Speedie 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Barry Venison 6 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hooper y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Carter 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Marsh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Arsenal 38 15 4 0 51 0 g 9 1 23 8 83
Liverpool 38 14 Selle 2 42 13 [ 9 4 6 35 27 76
Crystal Palace 38 1 6 2 26 7 9 3 7 24 24 69
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Manchester City 38 12 3 4 35 25 5 8 6 29 28 62 |
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Wimbledon 38 | 8 6 o 28 a 22 6 8 5 25 24 56
Nottingham Forest 38 11 4 4 42 21 ci 8 8 23 29 54
Everton 38 g 5 5 26 15 4 7 8 24 31 51
Tottenham Hotspur 38 | 8 9 2 35 22 3 7 9 6 28 49
Chelsea 38 10 6 3 33 25 3 4 12 25 44 49
Queens Park Rangers 38 8 5 | 6 ZI Ne eee 4 5 0 if 31 46
Sheffield United 38 9 3 7 23 23 4 4 1 3 32 46
Southampton 38 9 | 6 4 3 | 2 3 3 13 25 a7 | 45
Norwich City 38 9 3 7 27 32 4 3 2 4 32 | 45
Coventry City 38 10 6 3 30 16 1 3 13 2 33 44
Aston Villa 38 i, 9 3 29 25 2 3) 12 7 33 4)
Luton Town 38 7 5 i 22 18 3 2 14 20 43 37
Sunderland oui 6 7 15 16 2 4 13 23 44 34
Derby County 38 3 8 8 25 36 2 1 16 Z 39 24

398 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Dalglish’s squad was getting old. Bruce Grobbelaar was 33, Glenn
Total games 49 Hysen 31, Gary Gillespie 30 and Ian Rush, Steve Nicol, Peter Beardsley,
Games won 27
Steve McMahon and Ronnie Whelan were all 29. Dalglish had
Games drawn 12
Games lost 10
established a powerful youth system, with Steve Heighway at the helm,
Clean sheets — League 4 but none of the youngsters were quite up to it yet. Robbie Fowler
Clean sheets — Overall 16 and Steve McManaman were still thought of as too young to make an
Total goals
impact, turning 16 and 19 respectively that season. Dalglish bought a
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
promising lad from Bournemouth, Jamie Redknapp, in the New Year
Average goals per game — League as well as signing winger Jimmy Carter from Millwall, who wasn’t up
2.26 to Liverpool standards. David Speedie was signed but many believed
the 30-year-old Scotsman was over the hill. His signing served its
purpose in stopping the decline of the team. He scored in a 1-1 draw at
Manchester United and grabbed two in a 3-1 win over Everton.
GOAL MINUTES
Liverpool beat second division Blackburn and Brighton in the
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 FA Cup before being drawn against Everton in the fifth round at
Goals from 31 to 45 Anfield. The teams drew 0-0 and football expert Jimmy Hill wasn’t
Goals from 46 to 60 impressed. “They aren’t showing stability. The great technical players
Goals from 61 to 75
that used to be in the Liverpool midfield are probably turning in
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 their graves seeing the average players of today.’ Everywhere Dalglish
turned there was criticism. Three days later 37,000 attended Goodison
Park to see the replay. The game was a treat for the fans but agonising
for Dalglish. Liverpool took the lead four times but Everton equalised
every time, a 4-4 draw the result. The Liverpool dressing room
League Cup
wasn't a joyful place to be in after the game. Ronnie Moran told the
Charity Shield
players off and the players argued among themselves. You could hear
the yelling out in the hallway. The next morning Dalglish attended
PLAYER DEBUTS
his monthly meeting with Chief Executive Peter Robinson and
Steve McManaman against Sheff Utd 15.12.1990
Jimmy Carter against Aston Villa 12.01.1991 Chairman Noel White. Twenty minutes in Dalglish said, "I’m going
David Speedie against Man Utd 03.02.1991 to resign as Liverpool manager.” He complained about being tired and
that the stress he felt before games was becoming unbearable. He had
headaches and was getting rashes all over his body. But Dalglish was to
drop another bombshell. “I want to leave now, today.”
22 February 1991 turned out to be a day to remember in the history
of Liverpool Football Club. At 11am there was a press conference at
Anfield. Nobody suspected what it was about. Most thought that
John Barnes was on his way to Italy and one reporter joked that
Dalglish was probably going to resign after the 4-4 draw. Noel White
sitting beside a pale-looking Kenny Dalglish addressed the press:
“Thank you for coming at such short notice. ’m going to read a
short statement: With great regret I have to say that Kenny Dalglish
has requested to the Board of Liverpool to resign as manager.” Silence
in the room. Everyone’s focus was on Dalglish. “This is the first time
since I came to the club that I take the interest of Kenny Dalglish
over Liverpool Football Club,” he said. ‘This is not a sudden decision.
The worst I could have done was not to decide. One could argue that
this decision hadn’t come at a good time but there is no good time
im cases like this. The main problem is the pressure I put on myself
because of my strong desire to succeed. The stress that comes right

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1991/92 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1_| Aug 17 Div 1 H Oldham W 2-1 38841 4 R Houghton ‘53, J Barnes '78
2 | Aug 21 Div 1 A Man City L 1-2 37322 | ) S McManaman '75
3 | Aug 24 | Divt A Luton D000 11132 "1
4 | Aug 27 Div 1 H | OPR Wie -o 32700 3___|_D Saunders '62
5 | Aug 31 Div 1 H Everton W 3-1 39072 2 D Burrows '1, D Saunders '15, R Houghton '62
6 | Sep 07 Div 1 A Notts County W 2-1 16051 a R Rosenthal '70, M Walters '88 pen
7 | Sep 14 Div 1 H Aston Villa D 1-1 38400 3 M Walters '39 pen
8 | Sep 18 UEFAC 1:1 UL H Kuusysi Lahti W 6-1 17131 D Saunders '11, '78, '86, '87, R Houghton '33, '90
9 Sep 21 Div 1 A | Leeds United L 0-1 32917 a
0| Sep 25 LC 2:1 hook Stoke Dia 222. 18389 | Rush '16, '71
1} Sep 28 Div 1 H Sheff Wed D 1-1 37071 9 R Houghton '17
2} Oct 02 UEFAC 1:2 A Kuusysi Lahti L 0-1 8800
3 | Oct 06 Div 1 A Man Utd | D 0-0 44997 13
14 | Oct 09 LC 2:2 A Stoke W 3-2 22335 S McManaman '9, D Saunders '56, M Walters '84
5 | Oct 19 Div A Chelsea D 22 30230 10 S McManaman '4, | Rush '59
6| Oct 23 UEFAC 2:1 A Auxerre L 0-2 20000
7 Div H Coventry WwW 10 33339 8 R Houghton '35
8 LC 3 H Port Vale D 2-2 21553 S McManaman '8, | Rush '65
9 Div 1 | H Crystal Palace L 1-2 34231 9 G Hysen '43
UEFAC 2:2 H Auxerre WwW 30 23094 J Malby ‘4 pen, M Marsh '29, M Walters '83
Div A West Ham D 0-0 23569 11
LO3 Rep A Panvate Wood 18725 $ MeManaman ‘21, M Walters '29, R Houghton '43,
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Div | A Wimbledon D 0-0 13373 1
UEFAC 3:1 A Swarowski Tirol We 20.0 12500 | 0 Saunders ‘57, '78
Div H Norwich WwW 2-4 34881 9 J Malby '3, R Houghton '30
LC 4 A Peterborough L 0-1 14114
Div A Southampton D 1-1 19053 10 | _J Redknapp '74
UEFAC 3:2 H Swarowski Tirol w 40 | 16007 D Saunders '39, '58, '67, B Venison '72
Div H jottm For WwW 2-0 35285 +8 S McMahon ‘16, J Malby '80
Div A Tottenham W 2-1 27434 4 D Saunders '29, R Houghton '81
Div 1 H jan City D 252 36743 4 D Saunders '9, S Nicol '82
Div A QPR D 0-0 21693 5
Div A Everton D 1-1 37681 6 N Tanner ‘41
Div 1 | H Sheff Utd W 2-1 35993 5 R Houghton '52, D Saunders '79
FAC 3 A Crewe Ww 40 7457 S McManaman ‘10, J Barnes '26, '28, '89 pen
Div H Luton We 21 35095 IL 3 S McManaman '85, D Saunders '90
Div 1 A Oldham W 3-2 18952 3 S McManaman '18, D Saunders '42, M Thomas '73
Div 1 H Arsenal WwW 2-0 33753 3 J Malby '45 pen, R Houghton ‘69
Div 1 H Chelsea L 1-2 38681 3 R Rosenthal ‘31
FAC 4 A Bristol Rovers D 1-1 9464 D Saunders '38
Div A Coventry Dee 21540 3)
FAC 4 Rep H Bristol Rovers W 2-1 30142 S McManaman '50, D Saunders '77
FAC 5 A Ipswich D 00 26140
Div 1 | A Norwich L 0-3 20411 3)
|_FAC 5 Rep H Ipswich* W 3-2 27355 R Houghton ‘45, JMalby ‘98, S McManaman '100)
Div 1 j H Southampton D 0-0 34449 5
UEFAC 4:1 A Genoa L 0-2 | ' 40000
FAC 6 H Aston Villa WwW 1-0 29109 M Thomas '67
Div 1 H West Ham WwW 10 30821 5 | D Saunders '3
Div 1 A Crystal Palace L 0-1 23680 5
UEFAC 4:2 H Genoa L 1-2 38840 | Rush '49
Div H Tottenham W241 | 36968 4 D Saunders '48, '81
Div A Sheff Utd L 0-2 26943 4
Div 4 Notts County Ww 40 25457 4 M Themes 12,S McManaman ‘34, | Rush ‘58,
B Venison '76
FAC SF N Portsmouth D 1-1 41869 | R Whelan '116 (at Highbury, aet - 0-0 after 90 mins)
Div H Wimbledon L 23 26134 ] M Thomas '7, R Rosenthal '45
Div A Aston Villa L 0-1 35755 5
FAC SF Rep N Portsrnouth Ww 0-0 40077 (at Villa Park, aet - 0-0 after 90 mins. Liverpool won 3-1 on pens)
Div H Leeds United D 0-0 [ 37186 6
Div A Arsenal L 0-4 38517 6
Div 1 A Nottm For D 1-1 23787 6 | Rush '40
Div H Man Utd W 20 | 38669 6 | Rush '12, M Walters '87
Div A Sheff Wed D 0-0 34861 6
FAC Final N Sunderland W 79544 M Thomas ‘47, | Rush '67 (at Wembley)

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THE SEASON IN NUMBERS before and after games has got the better of me. Some might have
difficulty understanding my decision but this decision stands. I would
be betraying everyone if Iwouldn’t let them know there is something
wrong. I have been involved with football since I was 17. Twenty years
with the two most successful teams in Britain; Celtic and Liverpool.
Clean sheets — Overall 24 I’ve been at the front all these years and it is time to end it.”
Total goals 88
The red half of Liverpool was in turmoil that day. The news spread
Average attendance at home — League 34,941
Average attendance at home — Overall 31,846 quickly, people in the street thought the press were playing ajoke - as they
Average goals per game — League 1.62 had when first hearing similar news when Shankly quit unexpectedly in
Average goals per game — Overall 1.93 1974. Another Liverpool legend had gone from Anfield.
Average goal minute — League 47
Dalglish left Liverpool top of the League three points ahead of
Average goal minute — Overall 50
Arsenal with 16 wins, six draws and two defeats. The club turned to
56-year-old Ronnie Moran to look after first-team matters until a
GOAL MINUTES
permanent successor could be named. The whole club still seemed
Goals from 1 to 15
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Goals from 31 to 45 as an excuse for a tame 3-1 defeat at Kenilworth Road. The next two
Goals from 46 to 60 matches were lost as well, the FA Cup fourth round second replay at
Goals from 61 to 75 14
Goodison and, more crucially, the home League fixture with title rivals
Goals from 76 to 90 20
Goals from 91 to 120 3 Arsenal, decided by Paul Merson’s second-half goal. Three defeats were
followed by three victories, the third of which was a stunning 7-1
triumph at the Baseball Ground against relegation-bound Derby. That
League 47 day the Reds went back to the top of the table because of Arsenal’s
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FA Cup 14
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League Cup
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stayed in charge for only two more matches, an uninspiring 1-1 home
PLAYER DEBUTS
draw with Coventry and an astonishing game at Leeds’ Elland Road
Dean Saunders against Oldham
Mark Walters against Oldham which Liverpool won 5-4 after being 4-0 in front until the sixty-
Mark Wright against Oldham eighth minute! Graeme Souness took over as boss and two 3-0 wins
Steve Harkness against QPR in a row kept the pressure on Arsenal who had a three-point lead
Barry Jones against Kuusysi Lahti
with three games to go. However, Liverpool slipped up and lost two
Rob Jones against Man Utd
Jamie Redknapp against Auxerre games on the bounce, eventually finishing a disappointing seven points
Michael Thomas against Tottenham behind champions Arsenal.
Istvan Kozma against Ipswich The first thing Souness had to do was find a new leader in defence,
Don Hutchison against Notts County
which had been missing since Alan Hansen retired through injury
in 1991. Derby had just been relegated to the Second Division and
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half similar in style and build to Hansen, and 27-year-old striker Dean
Saunders whose father, Roy, played 146 games for Liverpool from
1953-1958. Peter Beardsley was sold to Everton still well in his prime
and the promising Steve Staunton followed him out of the exit door.
Rangers wizard Mark Walters, an old acquaintance of Souness, was
brought down from Scotland and the best purchase Souness ever made
arrived in October. Right-back Rob Jones took a big leap from fourth
division Crewe Alexandra to the First without any apparent problems.
The team was in dire straits early on in the 1991/92 season and it
certainly didn’t help that key players were out injured. Mark Wright
and John Barnes only lasted the first two matches before being three

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1992/93 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 08 C Shield Leeds United L 3-4 61291 Rush '34, D Saunders '65, Gordon Strachan (og) '89 (at Wembley)
2 | Aug 16 Prem A ottm For L 0-1 20038 21
3 Aug 19 Prem H Sheff Utd W 2-1 33107 1 Walters '43, P Stewart '65
4 | Aug 23 Prem H Arsenal IL 0-2 34961 5
5 | Aug 25 Prem A pswich D He 20109 = Walters '39, J Malby '70 pen
6 | Aug 29 Prem A Leeds United D 1! 29597 6 R Whelan '44, J Malby '70 pen
7 | Sep 01 Prem H Southampton D 1-1 30024 6 Wright '61 |
8 | Sep 05 Prem Chelsea W 2-4 34199 4 D Saunders '27, J Redknapp ‘90
9 | Sep 12 Prem A Sheff Utd L 0-1 20632 5
0} Sep 16 ECWC 1:1 H Apollon Limassol W 6-1 2769 P Stewart ‘4, '38, | Rush '39, '50, '55, '74
1| Sep 19 Prem A Aston Villa IL 2-4 37863 7 Walters '43, R Rosenthal '85
Sep 22 e217 ii Chesterfield air 2593 R poseeaish ‘31, D Hutchison ‘58, M Walters '72,
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3 | Sep 26 Prem H Wimbledon L 23 29574 g J Malby '34 pen, S McManaman '39
4] Sep 29 ECWC 1:2 A Apollon Limassol Wis 521 0000 Rush ‘62, D Hutchison ‘68
by Oct03 Prem H Sheff Wed Ww -0 35785 a D Hutchison '80
6 | Oct 06 LC 2:2 A Chesterfield WwW 44 0632 D Hutchison '19, J Redknapp ‘35, M Walters '42, | Rush '56
7 | Oct 18 Prem A an Utd D 2-2 33243 6 D Hutchison '23, | Rush '44
8} Oct 22 ECWC 2:1 A Spartak Moscow L 2-4 55000 M Wright '65, S McManaman ‘79

9} Oct25 | Prem H orwich wa 36318 3 vines ae ee

20 | Oct 28 LC3 A Sheff Utd D 0-0 17856
Zi Ocrsil Prem A Tottenham L 0-2 32917 4
22 ov 04 ECWC 2:2 H Spartak Moscow i 0-2 37993
23 ov 07 Prem H iddlesbrough WwW 4- 34974 1 R Rosenthal '8, '38, S McManaman ‘44, | Rush '90
24 ov 11 LC 3 Rep H Sheff Utd WwW 30 17654 S McManaman '33, ‘42, M Marsh '84 pen
25 ov 23 Prem A QPR Ww -0 21056 1 R Rosenthal '87
6 ov 28 Be 4 Crystal Palace W 5-0 36380 8 S MeManaman ‘6, ‘19, M Marsh '9, R Rosenthal '61,
D Hutchison '76
27 | Dec 01 LC 4 H Crystal Palace D 18525 Marsh '77 pen
28 | Dec 07 Prem A Everton L “2 35826 0 Wright '62
29 | Dec 13 Prem H Blackburn W 2 43668 s) Walters ‘77, '85
30 | Dec 16 LC 4 Rep A Crystal Palace a 2 19622 Marsh ‘26 pen
31 | Dec 19 Prem A Coventry L 5 19779 0 J Redknapp '64
32 | Dec 28 Prem H Man City D 43037 i Rush '49
33 | Jan 03 FAC 3 A Bolton D 2-2 21502 ark Winstanley (og) ‘56, | Rush ‘82
34 | Jan 09 Prem H Aston Villa L -2 40826 | J Barnes ‘41
3b: Jan 13 FAC 3 Rep H Bolton L 0-2 34790
36 | Jan 16 Prem A Wimbledon i 0-2 11294 2
ath Jani Prem A Arsenal Ww -0 27580 Z J Barnes ‘59 pen
38 | Feb 06 Prem H ottm For D 0-0 40463 i
39 | Feb 10 Prem A Chelsea D 0-0 2098 3
40 | Feb 13 Prem A Southampton L -2 17216 5 D Hutchison ‘60
41 | Feb 20 Prem H Ipswich D 0-0 36680 5
42 | Feb27 Prem A Sheff Wed D 33964 5 D Hutchison '20
43 ar 06 Prem an Utd L 2 44374 3 Rush '50
44 ar 10 Prem QPR Ww -0 30370 4 Rush ‘71
45 ar 13 Prem A iddlesbrough \ 22463 4 D Hutchison '11, | Rush '81
46 ar 20 Prem H Everton Ww 1-0 44619 3 R Rosenthal ‘90
47 lar 23 Prem A Crystal Palace D 18688 0 Rush '49
48 | Apr 03 Prem A Blackburn L 1-4 15032 13 Rush '84
49 | Apr 10 Prem H Oldham iW -0 36129 3 Rush '60
50 | Apr 12 Prem A an City D te 28098 2 Rush '66
51 | Apr 17 Prem H Coventry Ww 40 33328 8 Walters '16, '33, '49 pen, D Burrows '75
52 | Apr 21 Prem H Leeds United Ww 20 34992 5 J Barnes '54, M Walters '73 pen
53 | May 01 Prem A Norwich L 0- 20610 q
54 | May 05 |_ Prem A Oldham L 2-3 15381 8 Rush '30, '59 |

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LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 405

APPEARANCES & GOALS
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[Player Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals |Starts |Subs | Goals |
Mark Walters 26 yn|i oe 1 TE Be ie 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
lan Rush 31 1 14 il 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 5 1 0 1 4 1 22
Don Hutchison 27 4 i 1 1 0 Sind 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 36 6 10
Mark Wright 32 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 Oi 1 0 0 38 3 4
Mike Marsh 22 6 1 Z 0 0 6 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 35 6 4
David Burrows 29 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 39 1 2
Jamie Redknapp 27 Z 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 2 3
Steve McManaman 27 4 4 0 0 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 36 4 7
Steve Nicol 32 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0
Rob Jones 30 0 0 2 0 0 Ee eal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 1 0
Ronny Rosenthal 16 1 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 20 16 7
David James 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0
John Barnes 26 5 doko [| 2° oh of 6 fo eo |) oer eee
Paul Stewart 21 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 28 ees
Torben Piechnik 15 0 2 0 0 5 do a 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0
Ronnie Whelan 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 1
Mike Hooper 8 0 Zz ee 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0
Stig Inge Bjarnebye 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
Jan Malby 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 3
Michael Thomas 6 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1
Steve Harkness 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
Bruce Grobbelaar 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0
Nick Tanner 2 a iG LE 0 PA jovial 1 0 1 0. (Li6 Stil ekD
Dean Saunders 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 0 ] dh 0 2
Istvan Kozma 0 1 0 0 Clay ae 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
Phil Charnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

FA PREMIER LEAGUE

D L D
Manchester United 5 2 39 14 10 7
Aston Villa 13 5 3 36 16 8 6
Norwich City 13 6 2 31 19 8 3
Blackburn Rovers [ 13 4 4 38 18 7 is
Queens Park Rangers 1 5 5 4 32 6 7
Liverpool 13 4 4 41 18 3 7
Sheffield Wednesday 9 8 | 4 34 26 6 6
Tottenham Hotspur 11 Ik 5 5 40 25 3) 6
Manchester City 7 8 6 30 25 8 4
Arsenal 8 6 i) 25 20 ie aes
Chelsea i) if 5 29 22 5 7
Wimbledon S) 4 8 33 23 5 8
Everton 7 6 8 26 27 8 2
Sheffield United 10 6 5 33__|_ 19 4 4
Coventry City 7 4 10 29 28 6 g
Ipswich Town 8 9 4 29 22 4 Hh
Leeds United ie 8: eke a6 em | ep neg
Southampton 10 6 5 30 2 S 5
Oldham Athletic 10 6 5 43 30 J 4
Crystal Palace 6 9 6 27 25 5 i
Middlesbrough 5 |. 8 3 5 | meee
Nottingham Forest 4 4 6 11 24 37 40

406 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS and four and a half months out respectively and Jan Molby wasn’t
Total games 55 ready for action until late-October. Rush was also unavailable from
Games won
mid-November until mid-February.
Games drawn
Games lost
Clean sheets — League iverpool’s six year European ban was finally over and the Reds
Clean sheets — Overall made their return against Finnish team Kuusysi Lahti, whom
Total goals
they easily beat. The Reds lost the away game at Auxerre 2-0 in the
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall next round but an impressive performance at Anfield ensured a 3-2
Average goals per game — League 1:95 aggregate victory. Tirol were an easy prey but Liverpool went out of
Average goals per game — Overall 2.04 the UEFA Cup to Genoa who won 2-0 in Italy and 2-1 at Anfield in
Average goal minute — League 6)
the quarter-final.
Average goal minute — Overall 53
Souness could have been a more successful manager at Liverpool
if he had taken the advice of one Michel Platini, who dropped in at
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
Souness’ office after Liverpool's victory over Auxerre. “Michel Platini
Goals from 16 to 30 said he had a player for me, a player who’d had some problems back
Goals from 31 to 45 in France but who would love to come and play for Liverpool. That
Goals from 46 to 60
player was Eric Cantona. But at that time we didn’t really need any
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
more problems, so that was one that got away,’ Souness would recall.
Goals from 91 to 120 The Frenchman joined Leeds the following February while Souness
bought Hungarian Istvan Kozma from Dunfermline!
Liverpool finished sixth, eighteen points behind Cantona-inspired
Premier League champions Leeds, a total disaster! The FA Cup proved more successful.
League Cup Lower-League teams Crewe, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich were pushed
European Cup Winners Cup 10
out of the way, Aston Villa were beaten in the quarter-finals 1-0 and a
Charity Shield 3
FA Cup
penalty shoot-out was needed in the semi-finals against Portsmouth,
to reach the final where second division Sunderland awaited. Souness
had a final to look forward to but a more pressing matter for him was
PLAYER DEBUTS
Paul Stewart against Leeds United 08.08.1992 triple heart bypass surgery. His assistant, former Liverpool player Phil
David James against Nottm For 16.08.1992 Boersma, took a lighthearted look at the moment his boss told him
Phil Charnock against Apollon Limassol 16.09.1992 about the heart surgery: “He’s a vain bastard, I thought he was going
Torben Piechnik against Aston Villa 19.09.1992
to tell me that he was having a nose job.” Liverpool triumphed over
Stig Inge Bjarnebye against Coventry 19.12.1992
Sunderland in the final with the promising Steve McManaman the
catalyst. Michael Thomas scored a beauty and Jan Rush scored his fifth
goal in an FA Cup final, which is still a record.
The 1992/93 season was the dawn of the new Premier League and
Sky’s first televised match was Nottingham Forest versus Liverpool
at the City Ground, in which they lost to a spectacular goal from
Teddy Sheringham. Watford’s David James was signed as a replacement
for the ageing Grobbelaar. Souness proved more miss than hit on
the transfer market when picking up Paul Stewart and Torben
Piechnik. He sold his most expensive player, Dean Saunders,
who came back to haunt him nine days later when he scored two
in Aston Villa’s 4-2 victory at Villa Park. A 4-4 draw at Anfield
against third division Chesterfield, in which they were 3-0 down, was
the lowest point. Liverpool had made their worst start to a season for
39 years and then they were relegated! The alarm bells were seriously
ringing! At the end of September Liverpool were nineteenth, with
only two wins from ten games. The team was truly a shambles

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1993/94 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 14 Prem H Sheff Wed WwW 2-0 44004 N Clough ‘39, “47
2 | Aug 18 Prem A QPR WwW 3-4 19635 Z | Rush “20, S Nicol 39, N Clough “43
3 | Aug 22 Pra A Swinden WwW 50 17017 | 1 N Ruddock “19, S McManaman ‘36, 61, R Whelan “70,
M Marsh “80
4 | Aug 25 Prem H Tottenham L Tee 42456 2 N Clough “18
5) Aug 28 Prem H Leeds United Ww 20 [ 44068 2 |_| Rush ‘24, J Malby “39 pen
6 | Sep 01 Prem A Coventry L 0-1 16740 3}
7 | Sep 12 Prem H Blackburn L 0- 37355 5
8 | Sep 18 Prem A Everton L 0-2 38157 i]
9 | Sep 22 Lene A Fulham WwW 3-4 13599 | Rush “19, N Clough “40, R Fowler “83
10 | Sep 25 Prem A Chelsea L 0- 31271 13
1] Oct 02 Prem H Arsenal D 0-0 42750 13
12 | Oct 05 G22 H Fulham Ww 50 12541 R Fowler ‘13, ‘21, “47, 55, 70
13 | Oct 16 Prem H Oldham Wi 2. 32661 10 R Fowler ‘87, Graham Barlow (og) “90
4] Oct 23 Prem A Man City D 1- 30403 9 | Rush “89
5 | Oct 27 LC3 H Ipswich W 32 19058 | Rush 1, 16, 64
16 | Oct 30 Prem H Southampton W 42 32818 7 R Fowler “14, “29, “85, | Rush 63
17 | Nov 06 Prem H West Ham Ww 20 42254 5 N Clough “67, Alvin Martin (og) 83
| 18 | Nov21 Prem A Newcastle | L 0-3 36374 i]
19 | Nov 28 Prem H Aston Villa WwW 2-1 38484 | R Fowler 45, J Redknapp “62
20 | Dec 01 LC 4 H Wimbledon D 1-1 19290 J Molby 15 pen
21 | Dec 04 Prem A Sheff Wed L 1-3 32177 9 R Fowler “37
22 | Dec 08 Prem H QPR W 3-2 24561 7 J Barnes ‘25, | Rush “32, J Malby 79 pen
23.| Dec 11 Prem H Swindon D 2-2 At 32739 8 J Barnes 71, M Wright “86
24 | Dec 14 LC 4 Rep A Wimbledon* L 2-2 11343 N Ruddock “38, Hans Segers (og) “90
25 |Dec 18 Prem A Tottenham D 3-3 31394 ii |_R Fowler “48, “54 pen, J Redknapp ‘51
26 | Dec 26 Prem A Sheff Utd D 00 22932 6
27 | Dec 28 Prem H Wimbledon D 1-1 32232 4 8 ’ John Scales (og) “27
28 Jan 01 Prem A Ipswich WS 2a 22355 7 N Ruddock “57, | Rush 88
29. | Jan 04 Prem H Man Utd D 33 42795 8 N Clough “25, “38, N Ruddock “79
30 | Jan 15 Prem A Oldham Ww 30 14573 6 J Dicks “47, R Fowler “54, J Redknapp “81
31 | Jan 19 FAC 3 A Bristol City D 1-1 21718 Rush 63
32 | Jan 22 Prem H Man City Ww 2-1 41872 5 Rush “22, ‘90
33 | Jan 25 FAC 3 Rep H Bristol City L 0-1 36720
34 | Feb 05 Prem A Norwich D 2-2 19746 5 an Culverhouse (og) “53, J Barnes 77
35 | Feb 14 Prem A Southampton L 2-4 18306 5 J Dicks “68 pen, | Rush “86
36 | Feb 19 Prem A Leeds United L 0-2 40053 il
37 | Feb 26 Prem H Coventry WwW 1-0 38547 5 Rush 3
38 | Mar 05 Prem | A Blackburn L 0-2 20831 6
39 | Mar 13 Prem H Everton WM ly 2: 44281 5 | Rush “22, R Fowler “44
40 | Mar 19 Prem H Chelsea ie 2 38629 6 Rush 8, Craig Burley (og) 19
41 | Mar 26 Prem A Arsenal L 0-1 35556 6
Mar 30 Prem A Man Utd L 0 44751 6
Apr 02 Prem H Sheff Utd L 1-2 36642 6 Rush “4
Apr 04 Prem A Wimbledon D 1 13819 J) J Redknapp 65
Apr 09 Prem H Ipswich Ww 1-0 30485 7 J Dicks “75 pen
Apr 16 Prem H Newcastle L 0-2 44601 7
Apr 23 Prem A West Ham Ww 2 26096 i R Fowler “13, | Rush 88
Apr 30 Prem H Norwich L 0-1 44339 8
May 07 | Prem A Aston Villa |L 1-2 45347 8 R Fowler 17

* aet - 2-2 after 90 mins. Liverpool lost 4-3 on penalties

408 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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APPEARANCES & GOALS

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Player |Starts
Starts |Subs |Goals | |Starts |Subs
Subs ||Goals
Goals |
lan Rush 4 i 14 2 0 1 5 I 0 4 48 i 19
Neil Ruddock 39 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 1 46 0 4 |
Rob Jones 38 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 45 0 0
Jamie Redknapp 29 6 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 35 6 4
Mark Wright 31 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 36 0 1
Bruce Grobbelaar 29 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 36 0 0
Steve Nicol 27 4 La 2 0 0 2 0 0 31 4 1
Steve McManaman 29 1 je Zz 0 0 1 1 0 a 2 Z
Robbie Fowler 27 1 2 0 0 5 0 6 33 1 18
Nigel Clough 25 2 7 2 0 0 Z 0 1 29 2 | 8 |
John Barnes 24 aD 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 28 2 3
Julian Dicks 24 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 28 0 3
Ronnie Whelan 23 0 1 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 23 0 1
ark Walters 7 10 0 | 0 0 | 0 2 0 8 12 0
Steve Harkness (oe lad 0 0 wie oa a 0
Don Hutchison 6 5 0 0 1 0 Zz 1 0 8 7 0
David James uh 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
Dominic Matteo 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 0
Jan Malby 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 0 3
Paul Stewart i 1 0 0 0 0 quia en hae 0
Stig Inge Bjornebye 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 Oe 6 4 0
Michael Thomas 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 6 0
David Burrows 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 i 0
Ronny Rosenthal 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Mike Marsh 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Torben Piechnik 1 Oe et 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Manchester United
|Blackburn Rovers 42
Newcastle United 42 9
Arsenal 42 8
Leeds United 42 5
Wimbledon 42 6 6 21 32
Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 9 IL 28 30
Liverpool 42 5 5 11 26 32
Queens Park Rangers 42 | 8 8 5 Gunlecomlanez
Aston Villa 42 8 23 18 7 7 7 23 32
|Coventry City 42 g a i 5 7 9g 20 28
|Norwich City | 42 4 lL. 26 pe) 8 8 5 oS) 32
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Chelsea | 42 11 31 20 2 7 12 18 33
Tottenham Hotspur 42 4 7 4 10 25 26
Manchester City | eT se 2 | seal 10 Claman eae
Everton 42 8 4 4 8 16 33
Southampton 9 3 5 3 9 a
Ipswich Town 5 4 8 9 4 26
Sheffield United 6 2 8 1 8 37
Oldham Athletic 5 4 5 12 8 35
Swindon 4 i 8 12 N DS

410 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS and Souness knew who to blame, according to Bruce Grobbelaar.
Total games “The boss says the older, more experienced players are not helping
the youngsters,” he said. “The youngsters are showing us they have
determination and fire. We have to show that fire too.”
Ian Rush was back in business and his 287th goal for Liverpool in
a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on 18 October 1992 broke Roger Hunt’s
scoring record at the club. Rush had great respect for the World Cup
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall winning forward.““Obviously I am proud and privileged to have beaten
Average goa!s per game — League 1.57 the record ofa great player like Roger Hunt. He was my father’s hero.
Average goals per game — Overall 1.68 My dad used to call him Sir Roger.’ The game came at a price as
Average goal minute — League 50
Jan Molby was stretchered off and only made one more appearance
Average goal minute — Overall 48 |
that season.
Left-back Stig-Inge Bjornebye was purchased from Rosenborg
GOAL MINUTES
in December 1992 and unhappily for him and his teammates made
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 his debut in a 5-1 loss at Coventry, Liverpool’s biggest defeat for 16
Goals from 31 to 45 years! Liverpool won seven out of their last twelve League games and
Goals from 46 to 60 10
managed to haul themselves from fourteenth to fifth. On the upside
Goals from 61 to 75 12
T Rush scored 22 goals and Mark Walters was also into double figures.
Goals from 76 to 90 17
Goals from 91 to 120 Steve McManaman‘s future looked bright and Jamie Redknapp’s
influence on the team was growing.
Souness wasn’t even present for the final game ofthe season against
Premier League Tottenham at Anfield. He was told instead to go to Coventry to run
League Cup the rule over the Sky Blues’ game against Leeds. Liverpool recorded
their biggest win of the season 6-2. Souness was given one more season
and it was rumoured that the real reason why he was staying was it
PLAYER DEBUTS wasn't financially viable for Liverpool to terminate the Scotsman’s five
Nigel Clough against Sheff Wed 14.08.1993
year contract. Roy Evans was promoted to assistant manager, clearly
Neil Ruddock against Sheff Wed 14.08.1993
Julian Dicks against Everton 18.09.1993 indicating he would take over if things didn’t work out as planned.
Robbie Fowler against Fulham 22.09.1993 In the summer of 1993, Souness signed Nigel Clough from
Dominic Matteo against Man City 23.10.1993 Nottingham Forest and Neil Ruddock from Tottenham. Clough scored
two goals on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday at Anfield in mid-
August. Liverpool scored three past Queens Park Rangers and five past
Swindon. Souness was defiant: “We can only get better. I have some
of the best players in the country and if they have the desire we have
a chance in all three domestic competitions this season.” Tottenham
beat Souness’s side but Liverpool picked themselves up and beat Leeds
2-0. Things started to go pear-shaped again and Liverpool lost three
matches in a row without scoring a single goal, the third one being
a 2-0 loss against Everton. After the Everton debacle Souness axed
Nicol, Whelan, Walters and McManaman and decided it was time to
hand a debut to one of Anfield’s most prominent youngsters. Robbie
Fowler responded in emphatic fashion scoring on his debut versus
Fulham in the second round ofthe League Cup. Fowler’s performance
in the second leg at Anfield was incredible. He became the fifth player
in Liverpool’s history to score five goals in one match. He scored three
times with his left foot, once with his head and once with his right
foot.A new star was born but Souness wanted to keep Fowler under
wraps.‘ He’s played four games now and everyone is going to know his

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1994/95 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
J Malby '12 pen, S McManaman '14, '70, R Fowler '45
1 | Aug20 | Prem A Crystal Palace W 6H 18084 1 ee = -
2 | Aug 28 Prem H Arsenal WwW 30 30017 | 5 R Fowler '26, ‘29, ‘31
3 | Aug 31 Prem A Southampton Ww 20 15190 4 R Fowler '21, J Barnes '78
4 | Sep 10 Prem H West Ham D 0-0 30907 4
5 | Sep 17 Prem A Man Utd L 0-2 43740 5
6 | Sep 21 Lez H Burnley Ww 20 23309 J Scales '42, R Fowler '84
7 | Sep 24 Prem A Newcastle D 1-1 34435 6 Rush '70
ect) Oct Prem H Sheff Wed Ww 41 31493 5 Rush '51, S McManaman ‘54, '86, Des Walker (og) ‘66
9 | Oct 05 UC 22 A Burnley WwW 41 19032 J Redknapp '15, '69, R Fowler ‘50, N Clough '75
10 | Oct 08 Prem H |_ Aston Villa W 3-2 32158 3 | Ruddock ‘20, R Fowler '26, '57
1] Oct 15 Prem A Blackburn L 23 30263 5 R Fowler '27, J Barnes '59
12 | Oct 22 Prem H Wimbledon WwW 3-0 31139 4 S McManaman '21, R Fowler '35, J Barnes ‘64
3) Oct. 25 LC 3 H Stoke Ww 2-1 32060 Rush ‘4, '56
4] Oct 29 Prem A pswich WwW 3-1 22513 5 J Barnes '39, R Fowler '56, '59
15} Oct 31 Prem A QPR L 1-2 18295 5 J Barnes ‘65
6 | Nov05 Prem H Nottm For Ww 1-0 33329 4 R Fowler ‘14
7 | Nov 09 Prem H Chelsea WwW 3-1 32855 3 | RFowler "9,10, N Ruddock '25
8 ov 21 Prem A Everton L 0-2 39866 4
9 ov 26 Prem H ottenham D 1-1 35007 4 R Fowler ‘39 pen
20 | Nov 30 LC 4 A Blackburn WwW 3-1 30115 Rush ‘19, '51, ‘73
21 | Dec 03 Prem A Coventry D 1-1 21029 4 Rush '2
22 | Dec 11 Prem H Crystal Palace D 00 30972 4
23 | Dec 18 Prem A Chelsea D 0-0 27050 5
24 | Dec 26 Prem A Leicester WwW 2-1 IL. 21393 4 R Fowler '67 pen, | Rush '77
25 | Dec 28 Prem H Man City W 2-0 38122 3 Terry Phelan (og) '55, R Fowler '82
26 | Dec 31 Prem A Leeds United Ww 20 38563 ess J Redknapp ‘18, R Fowler '76
27 | Jan 02 Prem H orwich WwW 40 34709 3 J Scales '14, R Fowler ‘38, '47, |Rush '83
28 | Jan 07 FAC 3 A Birmingham D 0-0 25326
| 29 | Jan 11 LCS) H Arsenal il WwW 1-0 35026 | Rush ‘59
30 | Jan 14 Prem H Ipswich IL 0-1 32733 3 |
31 | Jan 18 FAC 3 Rep H Birmingham Ws 36275 J Redknapp '21 (aet -1-1 after 90 mins. Liverpool won 2-0 on pens)
132] Jan 24 | Prem H Everton dD 00 39505 3
33 | Jan 28 FAC 4 A Burnley D 0-0 20551
34 | Feb 04 Prem A Nottm For ‘| D 1- 25418 4 R Fowler '90
35 | Feb 07 FAC 4 Rep H Burnley Ww 1-0 32109 J Barnes '44
36 | Feb 11 Prem H QPR D 1-1 35996 | 4 J Scales '71
37 | Feb 15 LC SFA H Crystal Palace W 1-0 25480 R Fowler '90
38 | Feb 19 FAC 5 H Wimbledon D 1-1 25124 R Fowler '33
39 | Feb 25 Prem A Sheff Wed Wo) -2- 31964 4 J Barnes '42, S McManaman '59
40 | Feb 28 FAC 5 Rep A Wimbledon Ww 20 12553 J Barnes '10, | Rush '38
41 | Mar 04 Prem H Newcastle Ww 20 39300 4 R Fowler '57, | Rush '63
42 | Mar 08 LC SF:2 A Crystal Palace WwW 10 18224 R Fowler '27
43 | Mar 11 FAC 6 H Tottenham L 1-2 39592 R Fowler '38
44) Mar 14 Prem H Coventry L 2-3 27183 4 J Malby '76 pen, David Burrows (og) ‘90
45 | Mar 19 Prem H Man Utd W 2-0 38906 4 J Redknapp '25, Steve Bruce (og) '85
46 | Mar 22 Prem A Tottenham D 0-0 31988 5
47 | Apr 02 LC Final N Bolton WwW 2-1 hi 75595 S McManaman ‘37, '68 (at Wembley)
| 48 | Apr 05 | Prem H Southampton WwW 3-1 29881 5 | Rush '28, ‘53, R Fowler '70 pen
49 | Apr 09 Prem H Leeds United L 0-1 37454 5
50 | Apr 12 Prem A Arsenal W 1-0 38036 5 R Fowler ‘90
51 | Apr 14 Prem A Man City l 1-2 27055 5 S McManaman '21
52 | Apr 17 Prem H Leicester W 2-0 36012 4 _|_R Fowler ‘75, | Rush '80
53 | Apr 29 Prem A Norwich WwW 2-1 21843 4 S Harkness '7, | Rush '84
54 | May02 | Prem A___|_ Wimbledon D 0-0 12041 4
55 | May06 | Prem A Aston Villa L 0-2 40154 4
56 | May10 | Prem A West Ham L 0-3 22246 5
57 | May14 | Prem H Blackburn W 2-1 40014 4 J Barnes '64, J. Redknapp ‘90

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP
Goals
Robbie Fowler 42 0 25) 7 0 8 0 | 4 0
David James 42 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 0
Steve McManaman 40 0 i 7 0 0 8 0 2 0
Jamie Redknapp 36 5 | fo S 0 1all 8 0 2 5
Neil Ruddock 37 0 2 7 0 0 8 0 0 0
John Barnes 38 0 7 6 0 2 6 0 0 0
lan Rush 36 0 12 |7 0 1 [ 7 0 6 0
John Scales |__35 0 2 7 0 OR, 0 1 0 3
Phil Babb 33 1 0 Sen 0 if 0 0 1 0
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Stig Inge Bjarnebye 31 0 0 5 oe 7 0 0 43 1 0
Michael Thomas 16 7 0 2 | 0 1 2 0 19 10 0
Mark Walters 7 11 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 10 13 0
Jan Malby 2 2 NeW 0 0 f2 0 0 14 2 2
Nigel Clough 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 1
Steve Harkness 8 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
Dominic Matteo 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Mark Wright Se el hoe Ce . CMR siamo em UE:
Mark Kennedy 4 He 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
Steve Nicol 4 [ 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 5 0 0
Lee Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0

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Manchester United 42 16 4 1 42 4 6 5 35 24
Nottingham Forest 42 42 6 3 36 18 5 6 36 Oi
Liverpool 42 13 L 3 38 | 13 6 7 27 24 74
Leeds United | 42 13 | 5 3 35 15 8 6 24 23 73
Newcastle United 42 14 6 i 46 20 6 9 21 27 72
Tottenham Hotspur 42 10 5 6 32 25 9 6 34 33 62
Queens Park Rangers 42 11 3 7 36 26 6 9 25 33 60 |
Wimbledon 42 9 5 fi 26 26 6 9 22 39 56
Southampton 42 8 g 4 33 27 8) 8 28 36 54
Chelsea 42 7 if 7 25 22 8 7 25 33 54
Arsenal 42 6 g 6 27 21 3 iileslls 25 28 51
Sheffield Wednesday 42 7 7 7 26 26 5 10 23 31 51
West Ham United 42 9 6 6 28 19 5 12 6 29 50
Everton 42 8 9 4 31 23 8 10 [ 3 28 50
| Coventry City 42 7 if 7 23 25 i g 21 oy 50
Manchester City 42 8 7 6 37 28 6 1 6 36 49
Aston Villa 42 6 g 6 27 24 6 10 24 32 48
Crystal Palace 42 6 6 g 16 23 6 10 8 26 45
Norwich City 42 8 8 5 Dy, 21 5 14 10 33 43
Leicester 42 5 6 10 28 37 2 15 7 43 29
Ipswich Town 42 5 3 13 24 34 3 16 12 59 27

414 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS name. We will do our best to make sure his life does not change one
Tota! games bit. I do not want to go overboard about him but I think he’s going to
Games won
be very special,’he said. Fowler celebrated his feat in modest fashion.
Games drawn
Games lost
“I went round the chippy with my mates and got a big kiss from my
Clean sheets — League mum when I got home!” Ronnie Moran kept Fowler’s feet on the
Clean sheets — Overall ground in his own unique way as “God” fondly recollects. “Ronnie
Total goals
came in the dressing room and said: ‘I don’t know what you're looking
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
so smug about. You should have scored seven’ Those words will live
Average goals per game — League with me forever and | think they sum up the greatness of the man.”
Average goals per game — Overall Four games later Fowler scored his first Premiership hat-trick against
Average goal minute — League
Southampton. The master, lan Rush, had found a perfect disciple.
Average goal minute — Overall
Liverpool ended 1993 by drawing four League games in a row and
were in ninth place with nine wins from 22 games. Liverpool’s clash
GOAL MINUTES
with Manchester United on 4 January at Anfield was one of the most
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 dramatic games in Souness’s reign at the club. Liverpool looked dead
Goals from 31 to 45 and buried at 3-0 but Nigel Clough scored within a minute of United’s
Goals from 46 to 60 third and added a second in the thirty-eighth minute. Ruddock
Goals from 61 to 75
equalised 11 minutes from time with a thunderous header and almost
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 knocked himself out in the process, 3-3 the result. Alex Ferguson wasn’t
amused and blamed Schmeichel for the defeat. The Dane didn’t take
well to Ferguson’s criticism. “It was ridiculous and I reacted, giving
Premier League him a lot of abuse. The following day he called me into his office and
299
League Cup sacked me.I didn’t want to stay anyway. So I said “Fine?” Unfortunately
FA Cup
Schmeichel stayed at United until 1999. Two League wins in a row
signalled a change of fortunes but a 1-1 draw away with first division
PLAYER DEBUTS Bristol City in the FA Cup third round caused concern in more ways
John Scales against West Ham 10.09.1994
than one. Fowler broke his ankle and was absent until the beginning of
Phil Babb against Man Utd 17.09.1994
Lee Jones against Burnley 05.10.1994 March. Reds’ worries changed to panic when the Bristol City replay
Mark Kennedy against Leeds United 09.04.1995 was lost at Anfield 1-0. Liverpool’s form was totally unacceptable and
Souness handed in his resignation, clearly under pressure from the
Board to leave. He was not present at the mandatory press conference
but instead issued a statement: “This is a sad day for me. After a great
deal of soul searching I have reached the conclusion that the best thing
for the club and I is that we should part company. I took this job
believing that I could return the club to its former glory but this proved
to be more difficult than I anticipated. The fans have been very patient
but I feel that their patience is now running out.”
Souness was only half-way into his five year contract. TheChairman
David Moores claimed Souness’ heart surgery, his father’s death and
the unprecedented amount ofplayers’ injuries did not help the Scot in
the job. Finally it came down to just one thing.“The results have been
well below what is expected by the club and its supporters.

hen Roy Evans was appointed reserve team trainer in August

1974, Chairman John Smith predicted, “We have not made
an appointment for today but for the future. One day, Roy Evans will
be our manager.” Evans was now promoted to become Liverpool's
fourteenth full-time manager and couldn’t have been prouder, as he

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 415

1995/96 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 19 Prem H Sheff Wed WwW 1-0 40535 6 S Collymore '61
Aug 21 Prem A Leeds United L 0-1 35852 | 7
Aug 26 Prem A Tottenham WwW 3-4 31254 4 J Barnes '7, '42, R Fowler '54
Aug 30 Prem H QPR Ww 1-0 37548 3 N Ruddock '29
Sep 09 Prem A Wimbledon Jt OR 19530 6
Sep 12 UEFAC 1:1 A Spartak Vladi. WwW 2-1 33500 S McManaman ‘32, J Redknapp ‘52
Sep 16 Prem H Blackburn Ww 3-0 39502 4 J Redknapp '12, R Fowler '22, S Collymore ‘29
Sep 20 LC 2:1 H Sunderland Ww 2-0 25579 S McManaman '8, M Thomas '72
Sep 23 Prem H Bolton W 5-2 40104 3 R Fowler '11, '30, '46, '67, S Harkness '83
Sep 26 UEFAC 1:2 H Spartak Vladi. D 0-0 35042
Oct 01 Prem A Man Utd D 2-2 34934 4 R Fowler '33, '52
Oct 04 LC 2:2 A Sunderland Ww 1-0 20560 R Fowler '39
Oct 14 Prem H Coventry D 0-0 39079 4
Oct 17 UEFAC 2:1 A Brandby D 0-0 37648
Oct 22 Prem A Southampton WwW 3-1 15245 5 S McManaman '21, '54, J Redknapp '73
Oct 25 LC3 H Man City Ww 40 29394 J Scales '9, R Fowler '74, |Rush '79, S Harkness '82
' | Rush '3, '64, J Redknapp ‘5, R Fowler '47, '60,
Oct 28 | Prem H Man City W 60 | 39267 3 Neen
Oct 31 UEFAC 2:2 H Brandby L 0-1 35878
ov 04 Prem A ewcastle L 1-2 36547 4 | Rush '11
ov 18 ] Prem H Everton iE 1-2 40818 7 R Fowler '89
ov22 | Prem A West Har dD 00 24324 A |
ov 25 Prem A iddlesbrough L 1-2 29390 7 N Ruddock '63 |
ov 29 Lc 4 H ewcastle L 0-1 40077 |
Dec 02 Prem H Southampton D 1-1 38007 8 S Collymore '67 |
DecO9 | Prem A Bolton Ww 1-0 21042 6 S Collymore ‘61 |
Dec 17 Prem H an Utd W 20 40546 5 R Fowler ‘45, '87
Dec 23 Prem H Arsena W 3-4 39806 £3 R Fowler ‘40, '59, '78
Dec 30 Prem A Chelsea D 2-2 31137 3 S McManaman '33, ‘76
Jan 01 Prem H Nottm For W 42 39206 | 3 R Fowler '31, '41, S Collymore '61, Colin Cooper (og) '86
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Jan 20 Prem H Leeds United Ww 50 40254 2 N Ruddock '27, '90, R Fowler '62 pen, ‘68, S Collymore '89
Jan 31 Prem A Aston Villa Ww 20 39332 2 S Collymore '61, R Fowler ‘65
Feb 03 Prem H Tottenham D 0-0 40628 3
Feb 11 Prem A OPR WwW 2-1 18405 3 M Wright '15, R Fowler ‘30

Feb 18 | FAC4 A Shrewsbury Ww 40 7752 :.A Sree Dave Walton (3g) Eee
Feb 24 Prem A Blackburn W 3-2 30895 a S Collymore '10, '21, M Thomas '70
Feb 28 FAC 5 H Charlton Wena 36818 R Fowler '12, S Collymore '59
Mar 03 Prem H Aston Villa Ww 30 39508 3 S McManaman '2, R Fowler '5, '8
Mar 10 FAC 6 A Leeds United D 0-0 34632
Mar 13 Prem H Wimbledon D 2-2 34063 3 S McManaman '35, S Collymore '68
Mar 16 Prem H Chelsea WwW 20 40820 3 M Wright ‘53, R Fowler '62
Mar 20 FAC 6 Rep H Leeds United Ww 30 30812 S McManaman '57, '73, R Fowler '83
Mar 23 Prem A Nottm For L 0-1 29058 3
Mar 31 FAC SF N Aston Villa WwW 30 39072 R Fowler ‘16, '86, J McAteer ‘90 (at Old Trafford)
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Apr 08 Prem H West Ham Ww 20 (i 40326 3 S Collymore '22, J Barnes '38
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Apr 27 Prem H Middlesbrough WwW 1-0 40782 3 S Collymore '70
May 01 Prem A Arsenal D 0-0 38323 3
May 05 | Prem A Man City Dee? 31436 sl Steve Lomas (og) ‘6, | Rush '41
May 11 FAC Final Man Utd IL 0-1 79007 (at Wembley)

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417
APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE TOTAL
Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
David James 0 0 i 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 53 0 0
Steve McManaman 38 0 6 il 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 1 53 0 10
Robbie Fowler 36 2 28 7 0 6 4 0 2 3 1 0 50 3 36
John Barnes 36 0 3 7. 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 50 0 3
Rob Jones 33 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 47 0 0
Stan Collymore 30 { 14 7 0 5 Z ZB 0 1 i 0 40 4 19
Mark Wright 28 0 2 il 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 42 0 2
Phil Babb 28 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 40 0 0
Jason McAteer 27 2 0 vl 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 37 5 3
John Scales 27 0 0 i 0 2 0 2 0 0 38 0 1
ichael Thomas 18 9 1 5 0 0 i 2 1 0 25 12 #
Steve Harkness 23 1 1 i 0 4 0 4 0 0 32 1 2
Jamie Redknapp 19 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 28 5 4
an Rush 10 10 5) 0 4 2 0 2 (l 0 14 15 7
eil Ruddock 18 2 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 25 3 5
Dominic Matteo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
lark Kennedy ] 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 i 0 1 5) 0
Stig Inge Bjarnebye 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
igel Clough ] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 {| i 0

FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP

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Manchester United 5 4 0 10 3
Newcastle United i 1 i a J
Liverpool 38 14 4 1 6 7
Aston Villa 38 i 5 3 a 4
Arsenal 38 0 yi 2 7 5
Everton 38 0 5 4 7 5
Blackburn Rovers 38 4 Z 3 4 5
Tottenham Hotspur 38 g 5 5 i} 8
ottingham Forest 38 | 6 2 4 7
West Ham United 38 g 5 3 5 4
Chelsea 38 i 7 D 5 i
iddlesbrough 38 8 3 8 o i
Leeds United 38 8 3 8 4 4
Wimbledon [36 (ew line aes 5 | 5
Sheffield Wednesday 38 7 5 al 3 5
Coventry City 38 6 ‘i 6 2 7
Southampton 38 u vf 5} 2 4
anchester City 38 if if 5 2 4
Queens Park Rangers 38 6 5 8 2 1
Bolton Wanderers 38 a 4 10 a 1

418 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS wrote in his programme notes on 26 February 1994 on the occasion
of his first game at Anfield as boss.

Games drawn
2914
Games lost 10
“T’ve been on this planet for 45 years and have supported Liverpool for
Clean sheets — League 16 42 of them. Today’s game against Coventry City is my first at Anfield as
Clean sheets — Overall 26 manager and the pride Ifeel is almost indescribable. I’m a Liverpool lad. I
Total goals 98
stood on The Kop as a youngster and understand the football expectations
Average attendance at home — League 39,552
Average attendance at home — Overall 37,526 of all our supporters. It was almost 30 years ago when I was presented to
Average goals per game — League 2.42 manager Bill Shankly as a 15-year-old prospect and the respect I had for
Average goals o game— Overall 2.37 that man was ultimate. ‘You are joining the greatest club in the world’ he
told me in his office. I believed him then, and I believe it now. I came from
Average goal minute— Overall
a similar background to a lot of our supporters and we have a common
bond — success for the Club.”
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
Evans’ record in the remainder of the season was won five, two
Goals from 31 to 45 drawn and nine lost. Liverpool finished in eighth place, the club’s
Goals from 46 to 60 worst League position since Shankly’s debut season in the top-flight
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
in 1962/63.
Goals from 91 to 120 On 30 April 1994 Liverpool waved goodbye to the most famous
terrace in the world, the Kop.A plethora of Liverpool legends saluted
the crowd before the game such as Joe Fagan, who came out arm in
arm with the widows ofBob Paisley and Bill Shankly, Kenny Dalglish,
Tommy Smith and the one and only Billy Liddell! The standing
Kop was man of the match as Liverpool lost 1-0 to Norwich on this
emotional occasion.
Evans honed his beloved 5-3-2 formation with David James in
PLAYER DEBUTS
goal, Ruddock in the centre of defence with Scales and Babb by his
Stan Collymore against Sheff Wed 19.08.1995
Jason McAteer against Blackburn 16.09.1995 side. Rob Jones and Stig Inge Bjornebye were attacking full-backs,
Jamie Redknapp and John Barnes in the middle and as Evans himself
put it, “[This] McManaman fella plays in a non-specified role, as free
as he likes, so long as he doesn’t forget he has to defend sometimes.”
Fowler and Rush were responsible for the goalscoring. Crystal Palace,
Arsenal and Southampton were comprehensively beaten by a total of
11 goals to 1 at the start of the 1994/95 season. Fowler scored an
incredible hat-trick against Arsenal in only 4 minutes and 35 seconds,
which is still a Premier League record. The youngster was perplexed
after the match: “I didn’t really have a clue today’s goals came so
quickly. I thought they were 15 minutes apart.”
At the turn of the year Liverpool were in third place with 45
points from 23 games and Robbie Fowler was firing on all cylinders
with 20 goals already to his name. The Reds went all the way in the
League Cup, where Steve McManaman scored Liverpool’s goals in a
2-1 victory over Bolton and the club’s first trophy in three years was in
place. On the final day of the season Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn were
top, two points ahead of Manchester United and fate would have it
that Rovers had to play at Anfield. The scores were 1-1 three minutes
into injury-time when Jamie Redknapp’s brilliant free-kick ended in
the net. Rarely has a Liverpool winner been celebrated so quietly. To

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1996/97 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
i Aug 17 Prem A Middlesbrough D 373 30039 S Bjornebye ‘4, J Barnes ‘29, R Fowler ‘65
2 | Aug 19 Prem H Arsenal WwW 20 38103 1 S McManaman ‘68, '74
3 | Aug 24 Prem H Sunderland D 0-0 40503 6
4 | Sep 04 Prem A Coventry WwW 1-0 23021 3 P Babb '68
5 | Sep 07 Prem H Southampton WwW 2 39189 3 S Collymore '39, S McManaman '89
6 | Sep 12 ECWC 1:1 A Mypa 47 Ww 1-0 4767 S Bjarnebye '61
7 | Sep 15 Prem A Leicester VWies:0 20987 i P Berger ‘58, ‘77, M Thomas ‘61
8 | Sep21 ae 4 Gres WS 40739 1 R Fowler a, P Berger '42, '49, Andy Myers (og) '45,
J Barnes '57
9 | Sep 26 ECWC 1:2 H ypa 47 WwW 3 39013 P Berger '18, S Collymore '59, J Barnes '78
10 | Sep 29 Prem A West Ham Ww 2 25064 1 S Collymore '3, M Thomas '55
1 Bet 72 Prem A jan Utd IL 0- 55128 3
TZ Cet, ECWC 2:1 A Sion NN od: 15500 R Fowler '24, J Barnes '60
31 Der Z3 Lee A Charlton D | 15000 R Fowler '21
4] Oct 27 Prem H Derby Ww 2 Seals 3 R Fowler '47, '51

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6 | Nov 03 Prem A Blackburn L 0-3 29598 4
7 | Nov13 LC 3 Rep H Charlton Ww 4 20714 Wright ‘14, J Redknapp '18, R Fowler '48, '73
8 | Nov 16 Prem A Leeds United We 220 39981 2 Ruddock '13, S McManaman '90
9} Nov 20 Prem H Everton D 1: 40751 2 R Fowler '30
20 | Nov 23 Prem H Wimbledon D 1- 39027 2 S Collymore ‘1
21 | Nov27 Lo 4 H Arsenal W 42 32814 S McManaman '26, R Fowler '39 pen, '52, P Berger ‘72
22 | Dec 02 Prem A ottenham Wi 2-0 32899 2 Thomas ‘45, § McManaman ‘49
23 | Dec 07 Prem H Sheff Wed L 0- 39507 3
241] Dec 14 Prem H iddlesbrough Wb 39491 2 R Fowler '1, '28, '77, '85, S Bjarnebye '45
25 | Dec 17 Prem H ottm For Ww 42 36126 S Collymore '6, ‘63, R Fowler '27, Des Lyttle (og) ‘51
26 | Dec 23 Prem A ewcastle D ils 36570 R Fowler '45
27 | Dec 26 Prem H Leicester D 1- 40786 S Collymore '80
28 | Dec 29 Prem A Southampton WwW 1-0 15222 J Barnes '76
29 | Jan0 Prem A Chelsea L 0- 28329 1
30 | Jan 04 FAC 3 H Burnley Ww 1-0 33252 S Collymore '12
31 | Jan 08 IGS A iddlesbrough L 1-2 28670 S McManaman '65
32 | Jan Prem H West Ham D 0-0 40102
33 | Jan 18 Prem H Aston Villa W 30 40489 J Carragher '50, S Collymore '58, R Fowler '63
34 | Jan 26 FAC 4 A Chelsea t 2-4 27950 R Fowler '10, S Collymore '21
35 | FebO Prem A Derby Ww -0 18102 2 S Collymore '75
36 | Feb 19 Prem H Leeds United Ww 40 38957 2 R Fowler '21, S Collymore '36, '37, J Redknapp '87
37 | Feb 22 Prem H Blackburn D 0-0 40747 2
38 ar 02 Prem A Aston Villa It 0- 39330 2
og ar 06 ECWC 3:1 A Brann D 12700 R Fowler '9
40 ar 10 | Prem H Newcastle W 43 40751 2 S McManaman ‘29, P Berger '30, R Fowler '42, '90 |
4 ar15 | Prem A Nottm For D 29181 2 R Fowler '3 |
42 jar 20 | ECWC 3:2 H Brann Wis: 40326 R Fowler '26 pen, ‘77, S Collymore ‘60 |
43 ar 24 Prem A Arsenal Wie a2 38068 2 S Collymore '51, J McAteer '65
44 | Apr 06 Prem H Coventry L 40079 oS R Fowler ‘52
45 | Apr 10 ECWC SF:1 A Paris St Germain L 0-3 35142
46 | Apr 13 Prem A Sunderland WwW 2- 21938 c R Fowler '33, S McManaman '47
47 | Apr 16 Prem A Everton D 40177 2 Claus Thomsen (og) '26
48 | Apr 19 Prem H Man Utd L 3 40892 3 J Barnes '19
49 | Apr 24 ECWC SF:2 H Paris St Germain Wo 20 38948 R Fowler '11, M Wright '79 |
50 | May03 | Prem H Tottenham WOT EZ= 40003 2 S Collymore '14, P Berger '43 |
51. | May06 | Prem A Wimbledon L 1-2 20016 Z Owen ‘74 |
52 | May 11 Prem A Sheff Wed D 1- 38943 i J Redknapp '83

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE | FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE TOTAL
Player Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals|
Stig Inge Bjarnebye 38 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 2 oO 0 4
David James 38 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 52 0 0
Steve McManaman 37 0 vi 2 0 0 4 0 2 8 0 1 51 0 10
Jason McAteer 36 | ] 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 50 1 |
John Barnes 34 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 3 46 ] y/
Robbie Fowler 32 0 18 1 0 1 4 0 5 i 0 7 44 0 31
ark Wright 33 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 43 0 2
ichael Thomas 29 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 3g o 3
Dominic Matteo 22 4 0 Z 0 0 = 0 0 ” 0 0 34 4 0
|S an Collymore 25 5 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 31 6 16
Patrik Berger 13 10 6 1 1 0 @ 0 1 6 0 2 23 11 9 |
Jamie Redknapp 18 ef 2 j 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 24 8 3
Phil Babb 21 i i 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 73) 2 1
eil Ruddock 15 2 ] 0 0 0 2 0 0 Z 1 0 1g 3 1
Bjorn Tore Kvarme iy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
Steve Harkness 5 iD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5) 0 0 8 2 0
ark Kennedy 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 | 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
John Scales 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 i 0 6 1 0
Rob Jones a 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jamie Carragher | 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 |
Michael Owen | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 i
Lee Jones 0 vs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
David Thompson 0 2D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L F A_ | Points
Manchester United 38 12 5 2 38 17 9 rs 3 38 27 75
Newcastle United 38 13 8 3 54 20 6 8 5 19 20 68
Arsenal 38 10 5 4 36 18 g 6 4 26 14 68
Liverpool 38 10 6 3 38 19 9 5 5 24 18 68
Aston Villa 38 11 a 3 27 13 6 5 8 20 21 61
Chelsea 38 9 8 2 33 22 i 3 9 25 33 isfs)
Sheffield Wednesday Ma 38 8 10 i 25 16 6 5 8 25 35 57
Wimbledon 38 9 6 4 28 21 6 5 8 21 25 56
Leicester 38 ii 5 7 22 26 5 6 8 24 28 47
Tottenham Hotspur 38 8 4 7 19 7 5 3 11 25 34 46
Leeds United 38 i i 5 15 13 4 6 g 3 25 46
Derby County 38 8 6 5 25 a 3 7 g 20 36 46
Blackburn Rovers 38 8 4 it 28 23 ee 11 7 4 20 42
West Ham United 38 7 6 6 27 20 3 6 10 2
Everton 38 i 4 8 24 22 3 8 8 20
Southampton aoe Tepe. Sale ee 8
Coventry City a 8 7 (oun ees 5 6 8 g
Sunderland 38 | 7 6 6 20 18 3 4 12 5
Middlesbrough 38 | 8 5 6 34 25 Z 7 10 i
Nottingham Forest ear 9 ee ee 7 9 6

422 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS everyone’s relief, United failed to score the winner at Upton Park and
Total games Liverpool's prodigal son had won the Premiership.
Games won
Robbie Fowler scored 25 Premiership goals and 31 in total and was
Games drawn
Games lost
voted Young Player of the Year by his fellow professionals. Liverpool
finished fourth, their highest League finish since Kenny Dalglish’s final
season four years earlier. Evans was feted for being at the heart of the
club’s revival and philosophised on his predecessors’ legacy: “When

78 96 Graeme resigned after we'd lost the FA Cup tie to Bristol City last
year it was all gloom and doom, everyone was saying that Liverpool
Average goals per game — Overall had gone, it was the end. To me it was a matter of getting the players
Average goal minute — League 47
to have a bit more faith in their own ability, which we knew they had.
Average goal minute — Overall | 46
We tried to make it less intense.”
Evans needed a new partner for now peroxide-blond Robbie
GOAL MINUTES
Fowler, as Ian Rush was in the twilight of his glorious career. In the
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 summer of 1995, Liverpool paid a club record fee of £8.5 million for
Goals from 31 to 45 Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest and he started already to repay
Goals from 46 to 60 the Reds’ faith in him by scoring a wonderful winner against Sheffield
Goals from 61 to 75
Goals from 76 to 90
Wednesday. Fowler, who was surprisingly left out of the starting line-up
Goals from 91 to 120 == in the first two games of the season, continued to cement his place in
Anfield folklore. He scored four goals in a 5-2 victory over Bolton
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS Wanderers on 23 September and held on to his place for the rest of the
season. Evans was adamant that his decision to leave Robbie out of the
European Cup Winners Cup first eleven was the right one.““He didn’t like it at the time but he realises
League Cup
now that it did him good. There will be times over the next couple of
years when I need to boot him up the backside again,” he said.
Stan Collymore only scored one goal in six after his promising start
PLAYER DEBUTS
so Evans decided to drop him in favour of Ian Rush when Liverpool
David Thompson against Arsenal 19.08.1996
Patrik Berger against Southampton 07.09.1996 visited Old Trafford on 1 October. The spotlight was on the infamous
Jamie Carragher against Middlesbrough 08.01.1997 Eric Cantona who was returning from an eight month absence after
Bjorn Tore Kvarme against Aston Villa 18.01.1997 his misadventures at Selhurst Park. Fowler equalised in the thirty-third
Michael Owen against Wimbledon 06.05.1997
minute with an explosive shot from a difficult angle in the box that left
one of the greatest ‘keepers in Europe, Peter Schmeichel, to grasp thin
air. Seven minutes into the second half Fowler pushed Gary Neville
out of the way and chipped Schmeichel exquisitely. Cantona equalised
from the penalty spot in the seventy-first minute and the game ended
in a 2-2 draw.
Liverpool were back in Europe after a three year absence, playing
in Vladikavkaz only 50 miles from war-torn Chechnya. McManaman
and Redknapp scored wonderful goals in a 2-1 win before a goalless
draw at Anfield. Unfortunately Liverpool were knocked out by the
mighty minnows ofBrondby in the second round, a shock followed by
a nightmare November when Liverpool lost three out of four League
games and exited the League Cup at Anfield against Newcastle.
However, from 9 December eighth placed Liverpool showed impressive
form, giving hope that the glory days were to return under Evans. They
remained unbeaten for three-and-a-half months, winning 14 games
from 19 and moving to within a touching distance of Newcastle and
Manchester United.

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1997/98 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 09 Prem A Wimbledon D 1-1 26106 8 Owen '71 pen
2 | Aug 13 Prem | H Leicester L 1-2 35007 13 P Ince '85
3 | Aug 23 Prem A Blackburn D 1-1 30187 15 M Owen '52
4 | Aug 26 Prem A Leeds United Ww 20 39775 8 S McManaman '23, K Riedle '74
5 | Sep 13 Prem H Sheff Wed WwW 2-4 34705 7 P Ince '55, M Thomas ‘68
6 | Sep 16 IL UEFAC 1:1 A Celtic D 2-2 48526 M Owen ‘6, S McManaman '89
7 | Sep 20 Prem A Southampton D 1-1 15252 I. 7 iDK Riedle ‘37
8 | Sep 22 Prem H Aston Villa W 30 34843 6 R Fowler '56 pen, S McManaman ‘79, K Riedle '90
9 | Sep 27 Prem A West Ham lg 1-2 25908 9 R Fowler '52
10 | Sep 30 UEFAC 1:2 H Celtic D 0-0 38205
11 | Oct 05 Prem H Chelsea WwW 4-2 36647 6 P Berger '20, ‘35, '57, R Fowler '63
Za Oculs LC3 A WBA WwW 20 21986 P Berger '52, R Fowler ‘89
13} Oct18 Prem A Everton L 0-2 40112 9
14] Oct 21 UEFAC 2:1 A Strasbourg L 0-3 18813
5 | Oct 25 Prem H Derby Ww 40 38017 5 R Fowler '26, '84, 0 Leonhardsen ‘65, S McManaman '89
6 | Nov01 Prem A Bolton D 1-1 25000 8 R Fowler ‘1
7 | Nov 04 UEFAC 2:2 H Strasbourg Ww 20 32426 R Fowler ‘63 pen, K Riedle '84
18} Novo8 Pyar 4 Tattenhae WwW 40 38006 F S MeManaman ‘47, 0 Leonhardsen ‘49, J Redknapp ‘65,
[ M Owen '86
19 | Nov 18 LC 4 H Grimsby Town W 30 28515 M Owen '27, '45 pen, '57
20 | Nov 22 Prem H Barnsley L 0-1 41011 8
21 | Nov 30 Prem A Arsenal ite SON) 38094 7 S McManaman '56
22 | Dec 06 Prem H Man Utd L 1-3 41027 8 R Fowler '59 pen
23 | Dec 13 Prem | A Crystal Palace Ww 3-0 25790 6 S McManaman '39, M Owen '56, @ Leonhardsen ‘61
24 | Dec 20 Prem H Coventry WwW 1-0 39707 5 M Owen ‘14
25 | Dec 26 Prem H Leeds United Ww 3-1 43854 4 M Owen ‘46, R Fowler '79, '83 |
26 | Dec 28 Prem A Newcastle WwW 24 36702 4 S McManaman '32, '44
27 | Jan 03 FAC 3 H Coventry L 1-3 33888 ‘ J Redknapp '7
28 | Jan 07 LC5 A Newcastle W 2-0 33207 Owen ‘95, R Fowler '103 (aet - 0-0 after 90 mins)
29 | Jan 10 Prem H Wimbledon W 20 38011 4 J Redknapp ‘71, ‘84
30 | Jan 17 Prem A Leicester D 0-0 21633 4
31 | Jan 20 Prem H Newcastle WwW 1-0 42791 3 Owen ‘16
32 | Jan 27 LC SFA H | Middlesbrough Ww 24 33438 J Redknapp ‘31, R Fowler '82
33 | Jan 31 Prem H Blackburn D 0-0 43890 4
34 | Feb 07 Prem i H Southampton L 2-3 43550 3 al Owen '24, '90
35 | Feb 14 Prem A Sheff Wed DoS 35405 2 Owen '26, '72, '80
36 | Feb 18 LC SF:2 A Middlesbrough L 0-2 29828
37 | Feb23 | Prem H Everton pune 44501 2 P Ince ‘67 =
38 | Feb 28 Prem A Aston Villa L 1-2 39372 4 Owen '6 pen
39 | Mar 07 Prem H Bolton te eal 44532 2 P Ince ‘58, M Owen ‘65
40 | Mar 14 Prem A Tottenham D 3-3 30245 33 S McManaman '21, '89, P Ince '64
41 | Mar 28 Prem A Barnsley W 3-2 18684 3 K Riedle ‘44, ‘59, S McManaman ‘90
42 | Apr 10 Prem A Man Utd D 1- 55171 3 M Owen '36
43 | Apr 13 Prem H Crystal Palace WwW 2- 43007 g @ Leonhardsen ‘29, D Thompson '85
44 | Apr19 Prem A Coventry D 1- 22721 3 M Owen '33
45 | Apr 25 Prem | A Chelsea L 1-4 34639 4 K Riedle '45
46| May02 | Prem 4 Weentee mh 8 AAAI A 3 base J McAteer '21, '25, @ Leonhardsen ‘45,

47 | May 06 Prem H Arsenal Ww 40 44417 3 P Ince '28, '30, M Owen ‘40, @ Leonhardsen '87
48 | May 10 Prem A Derby L 0-1 30492 2

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
cManaman 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 ie 4 0
Owen 34 2 18 0 0 4 4 3 3
31 0 8 0 4 0 4 0 0 40 0 8
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Leonhardsen 27 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 33) 3 6
KarlHeinz Riedle 18 7 6 0 2 0 2 1 [ 22 12 7
Dominic Matteo 24 2 0 | 0 4 0 2 0 0 31 i 0
Stig Inge Bjernebye | 24 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 | 31 0
Steve Harkness 24 0 0 3S 0 0 0 ZS) 2 0
Bjarn Tore Kvarme 22 0 0 Z 0 4 0 0 He 0
Robbie Fowler 19 9 0 4 3 3 | 27 13
Patrik Berger 6 16 3 0 1 2 | 0 9 19 4
Jamie Redknapp 20 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 26 0 5
Rob Jones 20 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 25 0
Jason McAteer 15 6 2 0 3 0 0 20 6 2
Jamie Carragher 17 S 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 3 0
Phil Babb 18 0 0 0 2 ‘| 0 0 21 0
Danny Murphy 6 10 0 0 ] 0 0 0 6 i 0
ichael Thomas 10 1 1 0 0 i 0 0 12 i ]
Brad Friedel (a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
ark Wright 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
David Thompson 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Neil Ruddock 2 0 0 0 0 ‘ 0 0 4 0 0
ark Kennedy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0

AWAY
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Arsenal 38 5 Z a 8 if 4 25
Manchester United | 38 | 3 4 2 10 4 5 31
Liverpool I 38 13 2 4 5 9 5 26
Chelsea 38 3 Z 4 7 1 1 34
Leeds United | 38 9 5 5 Sl 21 8 3 8 26 Zs, 59
Blackburn Rovers IL 38 11 4 4 40 26 5 6 8 17 26 58
Aston Villa | 38 9 3 it 26 24 8 3 8 23 24 57
West Ham United i 38 3 4 2 40 18 3 4 12 16 39 56
Derby County 38 Z 3 4 33 18 4 4 19 31 55
Leicester 38 | 6 10 e] 21 7 4
Coventry City (ae 9 Fates 4 7
Southampton 38 | 40 i 8 28 4 5
Newcastle United (FS 5 Se 3 6
Tottenham Hotspur 38 if 8 4 23 4 3
Wimbledon 38 5 6 8 18 5 8
Sheffield Wednesday 38 9 a 5 30 3 3
Everton 38 ii 5 7 25 2 8
Bolton Wanderers 38 vu 8 4 25 2 5
Barnsley 38 ih 4 8 25 3 i
Crystal Palace 2 5 12 15 6 4

426 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS March 1996 saw the club’s two most scintillating performances in
Total games recent years. Three goals in the opening eight minutes in a Premier
Games won
League game at Anfield left Villa breathless. The Press Association
Games drawn
Games lost
reported on one of Fowler’s greatest-ever goals as follows. “Fowler
Clean sheets — League tricked former Anfield defender Steve Staunton with a Cruyff-like
Clean sheets — Overall 18 flick and turn to go clear and crash a 30-yarder at 78 miles per
Total goals 82
hour beyond the Australian goalkeeper’s [Mark Bosnich] despairing
Average attendance at home — League 40,628
Average attendance at home — Overall 39,100
fingertips into the top right hand corner.” Villa faced the wrath of
Average goals per game — League 2.21 Fowler again when Liverpool beat them in the FA Cup semi-final.
Average goals per game — Overall The boy wonder scored Liverpool’s second four minutes from time
Average goal minute — League
in another 3-0 win. “Redknapp again delivered a perfect dead-ball,
Average goal minute — Overall
although Staunton might have felt he had cleared the danger with a
header. That was counting without Fowler‘s genius as he controlled on
GOAL MINUTES
his chest before sending in a dipping left-foot volley that went in off
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 the post. It was a glorious finish, yet so tough on Villa, who had given
Goals from 31 to 45 their all in vain.”
Goals from 46 to 60 But the real drama was on 3 April when second placed Newcastle
Goals from 61 to 75
came for a visit to Liverpool who were third. Fowler put Liverpool
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 ahead after only two minutes but two goals in four minutes from
Ferdinand and Ginola put Newcastle in command. Fowler equalised
with 55 minutes on the clock. James’s mistake allowed Asprilla to
Premier League score the Magpies’ third but Collymore was on hand in the sixty-
League Cup eighth minute to level the scores. With only 45 seconds remaining
UEFA Cup
Collymore ran along the touchline celebrating the winning goal. Old
Liverpool favourite Kevin Keegan, who was managing the Magpies,
could hardly believe what he had just seen. “In all my time as a
PLAYER DEBUTS
manager I have never known a team play that well and not win. If
Paul Ince against Wimbledon 09.08.1997
Danny Murphy against Wimbledon 09.08.1997 Robert Lee had scored at the start of the second half and put us 3-1
KarlHeinz Riedle against Wimbledon 09.08.1997 up it would have probably been game over. But Liverpool are made
Byvind Leonhardsen against WBA 15.10.1997 ofpretty stern stuff. In the last five or 10 minutes they came on really
Brad Friedel against Aston Villa 28.02.1998
strong. It reminded me of the Liverpool side 20 years ago and I’m
sure it makes the Liverpool fans hope real glory is around the corner.”
Second-from-bottom Coventry beat the Reds 1-0 in the following
match, destroying their supporters’ optimism.
The Reds had to settle for third place but still had to play champions
Manchester United in the FA Cup final.A terribly disappointing game,
which never rose to the occasion, was decided when Eric Cantona
capitalised on a David James mistake in the final minutes. Legend Ian
Rush said his goodbyes at Wembley but was not worried about the
future. “I leave it [Liverpool] in good hands. Robbie will probably
eclipse all that I have achieved at Liverpool,” he said. Fowler had
completed another great season and was again voted the PFA Young
Player of the Year. He had improved his scoring record by five goals
from the previous season and scored 36 goals in all competitions. Few
were surprised by his progress. Least of all, Jim Aspinall, the Liverpool
scout who had spotted his skills when Robbie was 11. “He knew
when and where to put the ball away, and run into space. He had such
a lovely touch on the ball,” recalled Aspinall.

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1998/99 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Aug 16 Prem A Southampton WwW 2-4 18202 2 K Riedle ‘39, M Owen '73
2 | Aug 22 Prem H Arsenal D 0-0 44429 4
3 | Aug 30 Prem A Newcastle WwW 44 36740 | M Owen '17, '18, '32, P Berger '45
4 | Sep 09 Prem H Coventry W 20 41771 { P Berger ‘26, J Redknapp '48
5 | Sep 12 Prem A West Ham i 1-2 26029 2 K Riedle '87
6 | Sep 15 UEFAC 1:1 A Kosice W 30 4500 P Berger ‘18, K Riedle '23, M Owen ‘59
7 | Sep 19 Prem H Charlton D 3-3 44526 3 R Fowler '33 pen, '82, P Berger '67
8 | Sep 24 Prem A an Utd L 0-2 55181 4
9 | Sep 29 UEFAC 1:2 H Kosice Ww 50 23792 J Redknapp '23, '55, P Ince '52, R Fowler '53, '90
0} Oct 04 Prem H Chelsea D 1-1 44404 5 J Redknapp '84
1 | Oct 17 Prem A Everton D 0-0 40185 7
2 | Oct 20 EFAC 2:1 Valencia D 0-0 26004
3 | Oct 24 Prem H ottm For W 5-1 44595 3 M Owen ‘10, '38, '71 pen, ‘77, SMcManaman '23
4) Oct 27 LC 3 H Fulham W 3-4 22296 Simon Morgan (og) ‘53, R Fowler '66 pen, P Ince '76
Sy Ocksi Prem A Leicester L 0-1 21837 4
6 ov 03 UEFAC 2:2 A Valencia D 2-2 53000 S McManaman '81, P Berger '86
y ov 07 Prem H Derby 1-2 44020 8 J Redknapp '84
8 ov 10 LC 4 H Tottenham 1-3 20772 M Owen ‘81
Si ov 14 Prem H Leeds United L 1-3 44305 1 R Fowler ‘68 pen
20 ov 21 Prem A Aston Villa W 4-2 39241 9 P Ince '2, R Fowler ‘7, '58, '66
21 ov 24 UEFAC 3:1 A Celta Vigo L 1-3 32000 M Owen '35
2D ov 29 Prem H Blackburn WwW 20 41753 8 P Ince ‘30, M Owen '33
23 | Dec 05 Prem A Tottenham L 1-2 36521 9 P Berger ‘55
24 | Dec 08 UEFAC 3:2 H Celta Vigo L 0-1 30289
25 | Dec 13 Prem A Wimbledon L 0-1 26080 12
26 | Dec 19 Prem H Sheff Wed W 2-0 40003 9 P Berger ‘19, M Owen '34
27 | Dec 26 Prem A Middlesbrough WwW 3-4 34626 9 Owen '17, J Redknapp '35, V Heggem '88
28 | Dec 28 Prem H Newcastle W 42 44605 ie Vi Owen '67, ‘80, K Riedle '71, '84
29 | Jan 03 FAC 3 A Port Vale Ww 30 16557 M Owen ‘34 pen, P Ince '38, R Fowler ‘90
30 | Jan 09 Prem A Arsenal D 0-0 38107 7

31| Jani6 | Prem H Southampton WoT 44011 6 i es :anit 35, Saree

32 | Jan 24 FAC 4 A lan Utd L 1-2 54591 Owen '3
33 | Jan 30 Prem A Coventry L 1-2 23056 6 S McManaman '86
34 | Feb 06 Prem H Middlesbrough We ted 44384 5 Owen '9, V Heggem ‘44, P Ince '45
35 | Feb 13 Prem A Charlton L 0-1 20043 5
36 | Feb 20 Prem H West Ham D 2-2 44511 6 R Fowler '22, M Owen '45
37 | Feb 27 Prem A Chelsea L 1-2 34822 i M Owen ‘77
38 | Mar 13 Prem A Derby L 2-3 32913 9 R Fowler ‘36 pen, ‘57
39 | Apr 03 Prem H Everton WW 3:2 44852 8 R Fowler '15 pen, '21, P Berger '82
40 | Apr os Prem A ottm For D ce 28374 8 J Redknapp '15, M Owen ‘72
41 | Apr 12 Prem A Leeds United D 0-0 39451 9
42 | Apr 17 Prem H Aston Villa L 0-1 44306 9
43 | Apr 21 Prem H Leicester L 0-1 36019 10
44 | Apr 24 Prem A Blackburn WwW 3-1 29944 9 S McManaman '23, J Redknapp '31, 8 Leonhardsen '32
45 | May 01 Prem H Tottenham W 3-2 44007 8 J Redknapp ‘49 pen, P Ince '77, S McManaman '79
46 | May05 | Prem H Man Utd D 2-2 44702 a J Redknapp ‘69 pen, P Ince '89
47 | May08 | Prem A Sheff Wed L 0-1 27383 6
48 | May16 | Prem H Wimbledon W 30 41902 i! P Berger '12, K Riedle '50, P Ince ‘65

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Player Starts Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs
Jamie Carragher 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 0
Paul Ince 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 |
Patrik Berger 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 |
Jamie Redknapp { 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
Steve Staunton 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 i 0 |
Michael Owen Sela pial 2 0 2 2 0 1 5 1 2 |
KarlHeinz Riedle 16 18 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 ilk 2 2 1 19 21 6 |
Vegard Heggem 27 2 2 4 0 0 { 0 0 4 1 0 33 3 2
Robbie Fowler 23 2 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 a 1 2 31 4 18
David James 26 0 0 Z 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 33 0 0
Steve McManaman 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 28 3 5
Stig Inge Bjarnebye 20 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 28 3 0
Phil Babb 24 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 { 0 T 28 2 0
Dominic Matteo 16 4 ] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Oa 5 1
Jason McAteer 6 7 ] 1 0 2 0 0 3 Z 0 12 10 0
David Thompson 4 10 0 0 0 Z 0 0 2 0 0 8 10 1
Brad Friedel 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 1 0
Rigobert Song 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
Byvind Leonhardsen 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 a 0 3 4 1
Steven Gerrard 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0
Steve Harkness 4 2 0 ] 1 0 0 0 Ih 0 6 5 0
Bjorn Tore Kvarme 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Sean Dundee 0 ie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Danny Murphy 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 i 3 0
|Jean Michel Ferri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0

FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP

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Arsenal 38 14 5 0 34 i 8 7 4 25 12 78
Chelsea 38 12 6 1 29 13 8 9 2 28 7 75
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West Ham United 38 11 8 5 32 26 5 6 8 14 27 o/
Aston Villa 38 10 3 6 33 28 | SI i 7 18 18 95
Liverpool 38 i 10 5 4 44 24 5 4 10 24 25 54
Derby County 38 8 7 4 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 52
Middlesbrough 38 | 7 o a 25 18 5 6 8 23 36 51
Leicester 38 7 68 6 2 25 5 7 L 15 21 49
Tottenham Hotspur 38 | 7 i 5 28 26 o i 8 19 24 47
Sheffield Wednesday 38 7 5 y, 20 iS 6 2 11 21 27 46
Newcastle United 38 i! 6 6 26 25 4 i 8 22 29 46
Everton 38 6 8 5 22 12 5 Z 12 20 35 43
Coventry City 38 8 6 5 26 21 3 3 13 is 30 42
Wimbledon 38 7 i 5 22 21 3 iS 11 18 42 42
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Blackburn Rovers 38 6 5 8 Ya 24 | g 9 7 28 35
Nottingham Forest 38 3 7 9g 18 31 4 - 13 ty 38 30

430 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Liverpool started the 1996/97 season in fine form. Five Premiership
Total games wins in a row and Liverpool were at the top of the table at the end of
Games won
September. New signing Patrik Berger was flourishing up front and
Games drawn
Games lost
voted Player of the Month. Dominic Matteo was superb in defence
Clean sheets — League and Mark Wright’s career at Anfield had been revitalised. Steve
Clean sheets — Overall McManaman was causing the opposition considerable trouble further
Total goals
up field. Roy Evans warned the rest of the Premiership. “There’s still
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall room for improvement. We’ve not played out of our skins yet. We
Average goals per game — League probably deserve to be where we are, it’s nice to be top, but what’s
Average goals per game — Overall important is staying there,” said the Liverpool boss.
Average goal minute — League
Liverpool lost a crucial six-pointer to Manchester United despite
Average goal minute — Overall
creating a number of chances, but as the Sunday Times reported
“without Robbie Fowler, Liverpool finished like Mr. Magoo in
GOAL MINUTES
a darkened room.” Fowler was soon back in the side, scoring four
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 against Middlesbrough. When Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 4-2
Goals from 31 to 45 on 17 December 1996 they moved two points clear of the Gunners
Goals from 46 to 60 at the top of the Premiership, their first real challenge for the League
Goals from 61 to 75
Championship in seven years.
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 19-year-old Jamie Carragher was introduced into the first-team
fold in midfield and scored in his first start, a 3-O win over Aston Villa

GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS at Anfield. Stan Collymore was finally finding the net after a stop-
Premier League 68 start season. Evans was clearly feeling the pressure of being a manager:
UEFA Cup | "1 “When you look at all the managers and younger lads than me coming
FA Cup
into it you see that once they’ve been in it for a year or two they
League Cup
certainly age. It’s three years in one I’d say. Even myself, I look in
the mirror sometimes and say ‘Bloody hell’ At least my hair was grey
PLAYER DEBUTS
before I started.”
Vegard Heggem against Southampton 16.08.1998
Sean Dundee against Fulham 27.10.1998 Evans’ team and Manchester United were neck and neck in the
Steven Gerrard against Blackburn 29.11.1998 League Championship race. Pressure was mounting on Evans to
Rigobert Song against Coventry 30.01.1999 play his youth team prodigy Michael Owen, but he resisted. Owen
Jean Michel Ferri against Chelsea 27.02.1999
might have given Liverpool the extra firepower that went eventually
missing. Liverpool’s thriller against Newcastle epitomised the Reds’
inconsistent form for the rest of the season. Keegan had resigned as St.
James’ supremo and as at Liverpool in 1977 he was replaced by Kenny
Dalglish. Liverpool were 3-0 up with goals from McManaman (29
mins.), Berger (30 mins.) and Fowler (42 mins.) at half-time. An irate
Newcastle fan threw his shirt in disgust in Dalglish’s face. This was
hardly a pleasant return to his old stamping ground. Keith Gillespie got
one goal back in the seventy-first minute and then all hell broke loose
in the final minutes of the match. Faustino Asprilla cut Liverpool’s lead
down to one in the eighty-seventh minute and 90 seconds later Warren
Barton equalised! Would there be a repeat of the 4-3 scoreline from
last season? Apparently lightning does strike the same place twice and
so was the case that evening. Anfield erupted when Robbie Fowler
scored in the second minute of injury-time. Despite the win Evans
was seething: “We let them back into the game and nearly lost it. It
would have been ridiculous if we hadn’t come away with three points,
absolutely stupid.”

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 431

The Daily Telegraph’s Henry Winter analysed Roy Evans’ most genuine championship challenge ended
Evans’ team accurately: in fourth place with 68 points, the same total as Newcastle
and Arsenal above them, all three with seven less points
“Tt is easy to paint Liverpool as a bunch ofspice boys, than champions Manchester United. Roy Evans’ last words
enjoying all the trappings of success without first winning of the 1996/97 season were prophetic. “It is important to
the trophies. Yet a definite streak ofpassion courses through start out with great aspirations but you cannot go on not
these young Merseysiders. These are hungry young men fulfilling them and expect to remain in the job.”
simply needing leading... Imperious when the force is with Evans was without Robbie Fowler for the first six
them, they still require a sergeant-major to direct them back weeks of the new season due to an injury he picked up
into contention whenever the initiative is lost. Mark Wright in a pre-season game in Norway. Another key player,
and John Barnes, both valuable, highly experienced cogs in Jamie Redknapp, missed the first part of the season. Stan
the red machine, are not necessarily the clenched-fist types Collymore failed to settle at Liverpool and had been
to stem a turning tide... Beautiful to watch, Liverpool have sold to Aston Villa and John Barnes was handed a free
no one who induces a physical fear, a Tommy Smith figure transfer. Neil Ruddock made his last appearance for the
of bruising days gone by. This may explain their widespread club in October. Newcomers Myvind Leonhardsen and
popularity but also why they remain second favourites behind Karl-Heinz Riedle hardly set Anfield alight, but a sound
Manchester United for the title. They have the makings of investment was made in Danny Murphy from Crewe
a championship side but not yet the finishing. They can and new skipper, Paul Ince, signed from Inter Milan.
dominate teams, splice together move after exhilarating Evans realised it was his last chance to bring the title
move, yet always give opponents a chance.” to Anfield. Liverpool usually started their season with a
bang but a 1-1 draw against Wimbledon, where Michael
Liverpool beat championship-hopefuls Arsenal 2-1 Owen scored from the penalty spot on his full debut,
with Fowler famously protesting a penalty decision in and a 2-1 loss to Leicester didn’t help ease the pressure
his favour. After knocking out Norwegian team Brann, on the boss.
Liverpool’s European adventure went horribly wrong in Fans and former players were calling for improvement.
France, when David James gifted Paris St. Germain a 3-0 Rex Nash, editor of Through The Wind And Rain spelt it
victory. Evans was understandably furious claiming: “I out loud and clear:
cannot believe that I have seen a Liverpool performance
showing so little passion and pride.” Liverpool managed “From the fan’s point of view, Evans doesn’t seem to
to pull two back in the second leg, but couldn’t find the have learned the lessons from last season, the conclusion
precious third goal. of which was very irritating. He still seems to be playing
A win over relegation favourites Coventry would put people out ofposition and to be still struggling to motivate
Liverpool top of the League thanks to a shock 3-2 win them. There are 20 passes and yet we end up where we
by Derby at Old Trafford. Liverpool lost to a last minute started, just like last season. Liverpool fans don’t like to
Dion Dublin header, leaving Evans perplexed. “How do get on the back of the manager so early in the season and
you explain that? We got caught out at two corners. It’s a everyone knows Evans is a good man but the perception is
bit embarrassing at the end of the day and it puts us back that this is a club in turmoil.”
to square one but there’s still all to play for.”
Disaster loomed, Fowler, who had scored 31 goals, Legend Tommy Smith pin-pointed Liverpool's
was sent off in a 1-1 draw against Everton and was problems. “I’m quite happy with his [Evans’] signings,
banned for three games. Fate would have it that the but the problem is with the defence and I think he’s
top two, Liverpool (64 points from 34 games) and got to sort out a few of them, and bring a few in. Mark
Manchester United (66 points from 33 games) faced Wright needs to stick properly on his man, Phil Babb
each other next at Anfield. Gary Pallister headed United meets the ball well but can’t use it and Dominic Matteo
in front in the twelfth minute but their lead only lasted tries to play too much like Alan Hansen when he can’t.
two minutes as John Barnes produced a header of his And I sometimes wonder where the wing-backs are
own inside Schmeichel’s right hand post. Pallister scored in defence.”
the third header of the match just before half-time and Liverpool won two games in a row against Leeds
Andy Cole buried Liverpool's title ambitions early in and Sheffield Wednesday before a UEFA Cup first
the second half. round tie with Celtic. Owen scored in the sixth minute

432 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

in his first European game but the hosts struck back America due to David James’ inconsistent form.
with two goals. McManaman’s brilliant solo goal in the When Evans’ side was dumped out of the FA Cup
dying seconds rescued a draw and proved ultimately the at the first hurdle by Coventry The Times delivered its
deciding goal after a goalless draw at Anfield. damning verdict. “Huckerby exposed the deficiencies
Evans was running short of options in defence as that have undermined Roy Evans’s reign at Anfield
Harkness, Jones, Matteo, Babb and Ruddock got injured for so long. Even when they are not conceding goals,
at one time or another and because of Wright’s loss of Liverpool do not dominate opposition forwards. There
form. Liverpool had agreed a £4 million fee with Inter is no strength there, mentally or physically. They have
for defender Massimo Paganin but his wage demands relied on their brilliant forwards to win matches, but
proved a stumbling block and he joined Bologna. Evans sometimes a side needs to grind out results. Without a
turned his attentions to Jaap Stam at PSV, Erik Hoftun secure defence, that is impossible.”
at Rosenborg, Alexander Holovko at Dynamo Kiev Liverpool had beaten Middlesbrough 2-1 in the first
and Winston Bogarde at Milan. Just before Bogarde leg of the League Cup semi-final at Anfield and Evans
was due to fly over to Liverpool for a medical, Peter eyed Wembley again. But two Boro goals in the opening
Robinson pulled the plug on the deal. The Dutchman four minutes at the Riverside killed the Reds off early.
subsequently went to Barcelona where he struggled to Liverpool struggled to find any consistency for the rest
make an impression. of the season but Michael Owen was a Liverpool and
Berger scored the only hat-trick of his Reds’ career England sensation. He became the youngest-ever player
in a 4-2 victory against Chelsea. Evans had in recent in the twentieth century to make his debut for England,
games reverted to a traditional 4-4-2 and the extra man aged 18 years and 59 days. He was top-scorer in the
in midfield seemed to strengthen the team. Wing-backs Premier League with 18 goals, along with Dion Dublin
Rob Jones and Stig Inge Bjornebye were criticised and Chris Sutton, and voted PFA Young Player of the
for being too predictable using long hopeful balls to Year and was third in the vote for the PFA Player of the
the front two as a way of attacking. A poor display in Year award.
the Merseyside derby resulted in a 2-0 defeat and the Roy Evans accepted third place was not good enough
Reds suffered a 3-0 loss at the hands of Strasbourg in as only the top two places guaranteed Champions League
the UEFA Cup. Evans reverted to five in defence just qualification. “This is the highest we have finished for
for this match with Fowler alone up front. He took the quite a long period and to get into Europe and come
blame but emphasised he was not the only culprit. “I third is no mean achievement. The only difference 1s the
can talk all day, so can the players, but it’s what happens history of Liverpool Football Club,” he said,
out on the pitch that counts.We can’t afford to be down, Evans tried to get quality players like Lilian Thuram,
to wallow in it. The defence has been criticised, I have Marcel Desailly, Jari Litmanen and Teddy Sheringham
taken some flak, but I won’t start blaming individuals. during the summer of 1998 but proved unsuccessful.
We are all in this together. Me, the team, everyone.
The Whether Liverpool's Board was fully committed to Evans’
fans don't like getting beaten, but then neither do we.” ideas is open to debate but he was clearly not trusted to
Despite a 2-0 win at Anfield Liverpool were out of bring success to the club by himself. As when Evans was
Europe in the second round. promoted to become Souness’ assistant in 1993, Gerard
A purple patch of four League wins in a row in Houllier was brought to the club but Liverpool’s Board
December lifted spirits.At the end ofJanuary Liverpool took it one step further and, for the first time since the
were in fourth place, with 45 points from 24 games just dawn of Liverpool Football Club, decided to have joint-
as Blackburn and Chelsea above them, and United were managers. How could two managers control the club,
now only four points away. Steve McManaman, who having different ideas how the team was supposed to play
had been linked with Juventus and AC Milan, was in and who should be in the first XI? If the appointment
particularly impressive form. Evans hoped McManaman of Kenny Dalglish as the club’s first player-manager in
would stay put. “Steve has never at any stage said he the middle of the 1980’s had been a surprise, this was
wants to leave Liverpool and we will be doing everything even more so. There could only be one winner in this
we can to keep him before his contract expires in 18 partnership and it wasn’t going to be Evans. If the club’s
months’ time. Apart from his goals, his contribution to fortunes improved, Houllier could claim it was because
the team when he does not have the ball is excellent.” of his arrival; if they didn’t, he would be able to claim
Evans brought in a new keeper, Brad Friedel, from that too much had been done wrong before his arrival.

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Peter Robinson, who was at the heart of Liverpool’s their tenure in front of the Anfield Road stand. Phil Babb
business for 35 years, was instrumental in persuading attacked the post with brute force unsuccessfully trying
his old friend Houllier to come to Anfield. “Back at to prevent Pierluigi Casiraghi‘s first goal for Chelsea in
Liverpool, we all had a meeting and decided Gerard a 1-1 draw on 4 October 1998. Babb’s privates came off
was the right man. The Chairman, Roy, Rick Parry and the worst, prompting one fan to shout while Babb was
myself went twice to see him, and the result was we lying there holding his manhood. ‘Don’t rub them Phil,
came up with a joint-managership idea. I must say that count them’
wasn’t my idea and I did have reservations but everyone Attendances at Anfield for League games remained
wanted it to work and the two participants were very high, but only 22,000 turned up to watch Fulham in
enthusiastic. They felt it could work, but I could see as the League Cup towards the end of October and less
we went along there were difficulties,’ he recalled. than 21,000 for the visit of the much more high-profile
Evans explained in Derek Dohren’s book “Ghost on Tottenham in the next round. Spurs were having a bad
the Wall” how he viewed what potential role Houllier time themselves but they outplayed the home team, who
would play at Anfield. “Initially, |understood Gerard was only had a late Owen goal as consolation in a humbling
coming in to replace Ronnie Moran, who had retired in 3-1 defeat. This defeat came only three days after unfancied
the summer. We'd talked about getting in another coach Derby County had also won at Anfield in the League.
and we'd discussed the possibilities of having some On 12 November 1998 Evans left the club, leaving
foreign input but it soon became clear Gerard was there Houllier in sole charge after their 18 games together
to be more than a coach.We were all sitting together only produced seven wins. Liverpool played great
trying to thrash out how it was going to work. The football at times under Evans but in-between were well
question of respective job titles came up and someone, below average. His sides looked promising for the first
I can’t remember who, suggested the joint-manager few months ofa season but then fell apart.
titles for both of us. I swallowed any reservations I had One of Houllier’s first tasks was to bring ex-skipper
and agreed and that was that.” Phil Thompson back to the club as his assistant. It was
Initially things seemed to be fine but it didn’t take a popular appointment because everyone knew what
long for the first rumblings of discontent to be noticed. the club meant to Tommo. The Gerard Houllier reign
A good start had been made to the League programme started with a home defeat by Leeds, the club’s third
with three wins and a draw from the opening four loss at Anfield in a week. The new management team
fixtures. Then came an away match with West Ham introduced its own ideas to try to turn around what
which highlighted the difference between Evans’ had so far been a disappointing season. There was an
offensive approach and Houllier’s defensive tactics, as early exit from Europe, where Celta Vigo beat Liverpool
Evans explained in Dohren’s biography. “We had started home and away. Steven Gerrard was introduced into
the season well and had just gone to St James’ Park where the first team as a late substitute in the home fixture
we stuffed Newcastle 4-1. He insisted we brought in with Blackburn in late November but results were
Steve Harkness as an extra defender at the expense of inconsistent and seventh place in the League was not
Karl-Heinz Riedle and the players were a bit mystified enough to guarantee European football. The most
by it. Anyway, we went and lost 2-1 (Riedle ironically heartbreaking result came at Old Trafford in the FA
substituting Harkness and scoring the Reds’ goal) and Cup fourth round when Liverpool held on to Michael
the players came to me asking why the changes had Owen’s early goal until the match was virtually over
been made. They sussed for the first time that Gerard only to concede two goals in injury-time.A new regime
and I weren’t on the same wavelength.” had taken over at Anfield which promised to instill
Despite the doom and gloom that characterised this much-needed discipline and gain better results so the
unlikely union between two managers with two different club’s performance in the twenty-first century wouldn’t
ideas on how to play football the most hilarious and fade by comparison to what had already been achieved
painful incident in Anfield’s history took place during in the previous century.

434 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The return of the King; January 2011.

1999-2011
1999/2000 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 07 Prem A Sheff Wed W 24 34853 3 R Fowler '75, T Camara '84
2 | Aug 14 Prem H Watford It 0-1 44174 13
3 | Aug 21 Prem A iddlesbrough L 0-1 34783 17
4 | Aug 23 Prem A Leeds United W 2-1 39703 g T Camara ‘45, Lucas Radebe (og) '55
5 | Aug 28 Prem H Arsenal Wo 20 44886 8 R Fowler '8, P Berger '76
6 | Sep1i Prem H jan Utd L 23 44929 12 S Hyypia ‘23, P Berger '68
7 | Sep 14 LC 2:1 A Hull City W 5-4 10034 D Murphy '10, '30, E Meijer ‘48, '75, S Staunton '89
8 | Sep 18 Prem A Leicester D 2-2 21623 12 M Owen ‘24 pen, '39
3 | Sep 21 LC 2:2 H Hull City W 42 24318 D Murphy '33, L Maxwell '46, K Riedle ‘65, ‘89
0] Sep 27 Prem H Everton L 0-1 44802 12
1 | Oct 02 Prem A Aston Villa D 0-0 39217 ile!
2} Oct 13 Ke A Southampton L 1-2 13822 M Owen ‘53
3} Oct 16 Prem H Chelsea Ww 10 44826 11 D Thompson '47
4} Oct 23 Prem A Southampton D 1-1 16241 11 T Camara '81
Sl OcuZz Prem H West Ham Wo 10 44012 g T Camara '43
6 ov 01 Prem Bradford City Wo 34 40483 6 T Camara '21, J Redknapp '41 pen, V Heggem '80
Ns ov 06 Prem H Derby WwW 20 44467 5 D Murphy ‘65, J Redknapp ‘69
18 ov 20 Prem A Sunderland WwW 20 42015 5 M Owen ‘63, P Berger '85
3 ov 27 Prem A West Ham it 0-1 26043 6
20 | Dec 05 Prem H Sheff Wed Ww 44 42517 S Hyypia '21, D Murphy '41, S Gerrard ‘69, D Thompson '79
21} Dec i2 FAC 3 A Huddersfield Ww 20 23678 T Camara '35, D Matteo '59
22 | Dec 18 Prem H Coventry Ww 20 44024 8) M Owen ‘45, T Camara ‘74
23 | Dec 26 Prem A ewcastle D ap 36445 5 M Owen '31, '52
24 | Dec 28 Prem H Wimbledon W 3-4 44107 5 M Owen '58, P Berger ‘68, R Fowler '80
25 | Jan 03 Prem A Tottenham Lk 0-1 36044 5
26 | Jan 10 FAC 4 H Blackburn lk 0-1 32839
27 | Jan 15 Prem A Watford Wis 21367 4 P Berger ‘10, D Thompson ‘41, V Smicer ‘71
28 | Jan 22 Prem H iddlesbrough D 0-0 44324 4
29 | Feb05 Prem H Leeds United Wo 3-1 44793 4 D Hamann ‘19, P Berger ‘69, D Murphy ‘90 |
30 | Feb 13 Prem A Arsenal Ww 1-0 38098 3 T Camara '18
31 | Mar 04 Prem A jan Utd D 1- 61592 4 P Berger '27
32 | Mar 11 Prem H Sunderland D 1- 44693 4 P Berger '2 pen
33 | Mar 15 Prem H Aston Villa D 0-0 43615 3
34 | Mar 18 Prem A Derby Ww 20 33378 a M Owen '17, T Camara '86
35 | Mar 25 Prem H ewcastle W 2 44743 3 T Camara '51, J Redknapp '88
36 | Apr0i Prem A Coventry W 3.0 23098 3 M Owen '23, '37, E Heskey ‘78
37 | Apr 0g Prem H Tottenham W 20 44536 2 P Berger '34, M Owen ‘61
38 | Apr 16 Prem A Wimbledon W 2 26102 2 E Heskey '36, '64
39 | Apr 21 Prem A Everton D 0-0 40052 2
40 | Apr 29 Prem A Chelsea Ee 0-2 34957 3
41 | May 03 Prem H Leicester L 0-2 43456 4
42 | May 07 Prem H Southampton D 0-0 44015 3
[43| May14 | Prem A Bradford City Lo 18276 4

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LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 437

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE
Player Starts | Subs | Goals
Sami Hyypia 38. 0 2
Jamie Carragher 33 3 0 2 0 0 2) 0 0
Sander Westerveld 36 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Patrik Berger 34 0 9 1 0 0 1 1 0
Titi Camara 22 1 i) 2 0 i 0 2 0
Dominic Matteo 32 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 33 1 1
Stephane Henchoz 29 0 0 2 0 0 Z 0 0 33 0 0
Steven Gerrard 26 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 i
David Thompson 19 8 3 0 ] 0 5] 0 0 iv 9 3
Dietmar Hamann 27 1 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 |
Michael Owen 22 5 11 ( 0 0 2 0 ] fia) 5 12
Danny Murphy 9 14 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 14 6
Vladimir Smicer 13 8 1 2 0 0 j) 0 0 17 8 1
Vegard Heggem 10 12 1 0 0 0 1 Z 0 11 14 1
Erik Meijer 7 14 0 0 0 0 8) 0 2 0 14 2
Jamie Redknapp 18 4 a 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 4 3
Rigobert Song 14 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 5 0
Steve Staunton 7 5 0 ] 0 0 3 0 ] 11 5 ]
Robbie Fowler 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 3
Emile Heskey 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Brad Friedel 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
Jon Newby 0 i 0 0 Zz 0 0 1 0 0 | 0
KarlHeinz Riedle 0 ] 0 0 0 0 1 0 Z 1 i 2
Djimi Traore 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Frode Kippe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 1 0
|Layton Maxwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 (ion eo y

FA CARLING PREMIERSHIP
——

Team Played| W D [E
Manchester United 38 15 4 0 59 3 3
Arsenal 38 teh eS: 2 42 8 4 7
Leeds United 38 12 2 5 29 9 4 6
Liverpool 38 11 4 4 28 8 6 5
fos 38 12 5 2 35 6 6 7
Aston Villa 38 8 8 3 23 7 5 7
Sunderland 38 10 6 3 28 6 4 8
Leicester 38 10 3 6 31 6 4 ¢)
West Ham United 38 11 | 5 3 32 4 5 10
Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 3 6 40 5 5 9
Newcastle United 38 0 a ‘) 4 42 4 5 0
Middlesbrough i 38 8 5 6 723} 6 5 8
Everton 38 7 | 9 3 36 5 5 g
Coventry City 38 2 1 6 38 | 0 7 12
Southampton 38 8 4 7 26 4 4 11
Derby County a oes ean 3 8
Bradford City 38 6 8 5 26 3 ]
Wimbledon 38 6 7 6 30 1 i}
Sheffield Wednesday 38 6 3 10 21 2 4
Watford 5 4 10 24 ai 2

438 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

The Story Of The Decade
66 :
Werre a very, very modest club at Liverpool. We don’t talk.
We don’t boast. But we’re very professional. ag
- John Smith, Chairman 1973-1990
Games lost
Clean sheets — League 15 hese words of wisdom and Liverpool’s mantra throughout the
Clean sheets — Overall 16
years were thrown on the scrapheap in the first decade of the
Total goals 63
Average attendance at home — League 44,073 twenty-first century. There is no precedent of the club’s great name
Average attendance at home — Overall being dragged through the mud as in recent times.
Fresh winds of change swept through Anfield in the summer of
Average goals per game — Overall
1999. Sami Hyypia and Stephane Henchoz arrived to bolster a fragile
Average goal minute — League
Average goal minute — Overall defence. They did so with immediate effect because nineteen fewer
goals were conceded in the League in 1999/2000 than during the
previous season. Vladimir Smicer was brought in to fill the void left
GOAL MINUTES
by Steve McManaman’s departure to Spain. Other arrivals included
Goals from 16 to 30 10 forward Titi Camara, goalkeeper Sander Westerveld, and midfield
Goals from 31 to 45 enforcer extraordinaire Dietmar Hamann, whose debut against
Goals from 46 to 60 9
\ | Goals from 61 to 75
Sheffield Wednesday was disastrous. The German ruptured his ankle
Goals from 76 to 90 ligaments and was more or less out for three months. Paul Ince was
Goals from 91 to 120 0 told his services were no longer needed and was not, as he recalled, a
happy chappy! “I said to him [Houllier]:“You’ve had months to tell me
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS but you decided you were going to do it just before pre-season. I can’t
Premier League believe this — it’s total crap! I just wanted to punch Houllier in the face.
League Cup
If Iwas younger I would have. He would have deserved it.”
Four League defeats before the end of September did not suggest
that the club was climbing to the top under Houllier. Liverpool
lost to both their eternal rivals, Manchester United and Everton, in
07.08.1999
07.08.1999 remarkable games. Jamie Carragher scored two own goals against
07.08.1999 United and Westerveld and Gerrard were sent off against Everton
— along with their opponents’ forward Francis Jeffers — with Steve
Staunton deputising excellently in goal.
The Reds were in twelfth place when they finally clicked into
gear in the middle of October, winning eight out of the remaining
eleven League games of the year. Titi Camara played against West
Layton Maxwell against Hull City
Jon Newby against Hull City
Ham despite losing his father earlier in the day and scored the winner.
Liverpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1, where young prodigy Steven
Gerrard “a wonderful talent, a young man with the steel ofa Stiles and
the style of aSouness” — as Ric George described him in the Liverpool
Echo —“‘side-stepped, danced and dribbled past three defenders before
finishing decisively” for his first senior goal.
Liverpool kept their momentum until the end of April and a place
in the lucrative Champions League beckoned.
The Reds were second,
16 points behind leaders United but three ahead of Arsenal, who had
a game in hand. Liverpool hadn’t lost in the League for four months
but failed to score in their four remaining games and had to settle for
a UEFA Cup place.
Several more signings of variable quality arrived in the summer
of 2000. The experience and athleticism of Markus Babbel and
Gary McAllister were welcome, but the Liverpool careers of Nicky

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2000/01 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
i Prem H Bradford City W : E Heskey '67
2 | Aug 21 Prem A Arsenal IL 0-2 38014 9
3 | Aug 26 Prem A Southampton D 3:3 | 15202 11 M Owen '24, '64, S Hyypia '55
4 | Sep 06 Prem H Aston Villa WwW 3-1 | 43360 5 M Owen '5, '14, '33
5 | Sep 09 Prem H Man City W = 32 44692 4 M Owen '11, D Hamann ‘56, '82
6 | Sep 14 UEFAC 1:1 A Rapid Bucharest WwW 1-0 9782 N Barmby '29
7 | Sep 17 Prem A West Ham D 1-1 25998 4 S Gerrard '12
8 | Sep 23 Prem H Sunderland D 1-1 44713 4 M Owen '34
9 | Sep 28 UEFAC 1:2 H Rapid Bucharest D 0-0 37954
10 | Oct 01 Prem A Chelsea i 0-3 34966 ui
1 {| Oct 15 Prem A Derby WwW 40 30532 4 E Heskey '17, '55, ‘67, P Berger '81
Za Ock21 Prem H Leicester Ww 1-0 44395 3 E Heskey '69
3} Oct 26 UEFAC 2:1 H Slovan Liberec WwW 1-0 29662 E Heskey '87
4| Oct29 Prem H Everton WwW 3-1 44718 3 N Barmby '12, E Heskey '56, P Berger '78 pen
5 ov 01 Les H Chelsea Ww 24 29370 | D Murphy '12, R Fowler '104 (aet - 1-1 after 90 mins)
6 lov 04 Prem A Leeds United L 3-4 40055 4 |_S Hyypia '2, C Ziege ‘17, V Smicer '61
7 ov 09 UEFAC 2:2 A Slovan Liberec W 3-2 6808 N Barmby '31, E Heskey '75, M Owen '82
8 ov 12 Prem H Coventry Ww 44 43701 3 G McAllister '12, S Gerrard '50, E Heskey '81, ‘86
9 | Nov 19 Prem A Tottenham L 1-2 36036 4 R Fowler '18
20 | Nov 23 UEFAC 3:1 A Olympiacos D 2-2 43855 N Barmby '38, S Gerrard '67
21 lov 26 Prem A Newcastle L 1-2 51949 5 E Heskey '78
C Ziege ‘6, V Smicer '26, M Babbel '28,
Bole alte 2 oe eae HONS R aed "39, '82, '85 pen, S Hyypia ‘59, D Murphy '65
23 | Dec 02 Prem H Charlton WwW 30 43515 4 Mark Fish (og) '5, E Heskey '78, M Babbel '90
24 | Dec 07 UEFAC 3:2 H Olympiacos Ww 20 | 35484 E Heskey '28, N Barmby ‘60
25 | Dec 10 Prem H Ipswich L 0-1 43509 6
26 | Dec 13 LC 5 H Fulham” W 3-0 20144 M Owen '105, V Smicer '113, N Barmby '120
27 | Dec17 Prem A Man Utd WwW 1-0 67533 3) D Murphy '43
28 | Dec23_| Prem H Arsenal Ww 40 44144 4 S Gerrard '11, M Owen '61, N Barmby ‘70, R Fowler '90
29 | Dec 26 Prem A Middlesbrough iL 0-1 34696 6
30 | Jan 01 Prem H Southampton WwW 2-1 38474 5 S Gerrard '12, M Babbel '86
31 | Jan 06 FAC 3 H Rotherham United | W 3-0 30689 E Heskey '47, '75, D Hamann ‘73
32 | Jan 10 LC SET A Crystal Palace L 1-2 25933 V Smicer '78
33 | Jan 13 Prem A Aston Villa W 3-0 41336 4 D Murphy '24, '53, S Gerrard '32
34 | Jan 20 Prem H Middlesbrough D 0-0 | 43042 4
35 | Jan 24 LC SF:2 H Crystal Palace WwW 5-0 41854 V Smicer '12, D Murphy '15, '51, | Biscan ‘18, R Fowler '89
[36 | Jan 27 FAC 4 A Leeds United WwW 20 37108 N Barmby '87, E Heskey '90
37 | Jan 31 Prem A Man City D 1-1 34629 4 E Heskey ‘43
38 | Feb 03 Prem H West Ham W 3-0 44045 3 V Smicer '20, R Fowler '45, '57
39 | Feb 10 Prem A Sunderland D 1-1 47553 3 J Litmanen '79 pen
40 | Feb 15 UEFAC 4:1 A AS Roma WwW 2-0 59718 M Owen 46, '71
41 | Feb18 FAC 5 H Man City WwW 4-2 36231 J Litmanen ‘7 pen, E Heskey '12, V Smicer '54 pen, M Babbel '85
42 | Feb 22 UEFAC 4:2 H AS Roma L 0-1 | 43688 ai
43 | Feb 25 LC Final N Birmingham** WwW 1-1 73500 R Fowler ‘30
44 jar 03 Prem A Leicester L 0-2 | 21924 3
45 lar 08 UEFAC 5:1 A Porto D 0-0 21502
46 | Mar 11 FAC 6 A Tranmere W 42 16344 D Murphy ‘11, M Owen '27, S Gerrard '52, R Fowler '82 pen
47 ar 15 UEFAC 5:2 H Porto WwW 20 40502 D Murphy '33, M Owen '38
48 jar 18 Prem H Derby D 1-1 43362 6 M Owen '51
49 ar 31 Prem H Man Utd WwW 20 44806 4 S Gerrard '15, R Fowler ‘40
50 | Apr 05 UEFAC SF:1 A Barcelona D 0-0 90832
51 | Apr 08 FAC SF N Wycombe W 2-4 40037 E Heskey '78, R Fowler '83 (at Villa Park)
52 | Apr 10 Prem A Ipswich D 1-1 [ 23504 5 E Heskey '46
53 | Apr 13 Prem H Leeds United I. 1-2 44116 5 S Gerrard '54
54 | Apr 16 Prem A Everton W 3-2 40260 5 E Heskey '5, M Babbel '58, G McAllister '90
| 55 | Apr 19 UEFA SF:2 H Barcelona WwW 1-0 44203 G McAllister '45 pen
56 | Apr 22 Prem H Tottenham W 3-1 43547 5 E Heskey '7, G McAllister '73 pen, R Fowler '88
57 | Apr 28 Prem A Coventry W 2-0 23063 5 S Hyypia ‘83, G McAllister '86
98 | May 01 | Prem A Bradford City WwW 2-0 22057 3 M Owen '47, G McAllister '67
59 | May05 | Prem H Newcastle WwW 3-0 44363 3 M Owen '25, '71, '82
60 | May08 | Prem H Chelsea D 2-2 43588 3 M Owen '8, '60
61 | May 12 FAC Final N Arsenal WwW 2-1 72500 M Owen '83, '88 (at Millennium Stadium)
: M Babbel '4, S Gerrard '16, G McAllister '41 pen, R Fowler '73,
pay ab UEFAC Final iM BIGeS LD ee Ee Delfi Geli (og) '117 (at Westfalenstadion, Be at 90 mins)
Prem A Charlton Ww R Fowler ‘55, '71, D Murphy ‘61, M Owen '80
*aet - 0-0 after 90 mins
** at Millennium Stadium, aet - 1-1 after 90 mins. Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties
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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts
Sander Westerveld 0 0 4 0 0 13 0 0
Markus Babbel 38 0 3 5 0 1 4 0 1 13 0 1 0
Sami Hyypia 35 0 3 6 0 0 6 0 1 11 0 0 0
Jamie Carragher 30 4 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 4
Emile Heskey 38 3 14 3 2 5 3 1 0 g 2 3 8
Stephane Henchoz 32 0 0 oS 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 88 0 0
Dietmar Hamann 26 4 2 5 0 2 S 0 13 0 0 46 a 3
Steven Gerrard 2) 4 7 2 2 4 0 0 9 0 2 44 6 10
Gary McAllister 21 g 5 4 0 2 3 0 4 8) 2 31 18 7
Vladimir Smicer 16 11 2 4 l 5 1 4 6 5 qo si 18 vy
Robbie Fowler 15 12 8 3 2 2 5 0 6 6 5 1 29 19 le
Danny Murphy 13 14 4 4 5 0 4 6 4 1 28 i 10
ichael Owen 20 8 16 4 3 i 1 10 | 4 S35) 11 24
ick Barmby 21 5 2 2 3 2 4 6 3 4 31 15 8
Christian Ziege 11 5 1 2 0 dl 3 6 a 0 20 We My
Patrik Berger 1 3 he 0 0 ] 0 0 3 Z 0 15 6 Z
gor Biscan 8 5 0 3 0 4 0 i 0 0 0 15 6 1
Djimi Traore 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
Jari Litmanen 4 i 1 1 ] 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 yy 2
Gregory Vignal 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
Rigobert Song 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dal) ee 0 0
Vegard Heggem | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0
Bernard Diomede | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0
Stephen Wright 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Erik Meijer 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Pegguy Arphexad 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0
Steve Staunton 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Richie Partridge 0 0 pmo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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HOME AWAY
Team WwW D L F A Ww D L F A __| Points
Manchester United O iB 2 49 Zz 9 6 4 30 19 80
Arsenal 38 Te Be: ihe 7 Pol 18 8, hae
Liverpool | 38 13 4 2 40 14 7 5 7 31 25 | 69
Leeds United 38 | 3 5 36 ZI 9 5 5 28 22 68
Ipswich Town 38 1 5 3 31 5 9 1 g 26 27 66
Chelsea 38 3 3 3 44 20 4 i 8 24 25 61
Sunderland 38 g 7 3 24 6 6 5 8 22 25 5/7
Aston Villa 38 8 8 3 Af 20 5 7 7 19 23 54
Charlton Athletic 38 i 5 3 31 9 3 5 1 19 38 52
Southampton 38 11 2 6 27 22 3 8 8 13 26 52
Newcastle United 38 0 4 5 26 7 4 5 0 18 33 51
Tottenham Hotspur 38 i 6 Z Sh 16 2 4 3 16 38 49
Leicester 38 0 4 5 28 23 4 2 3 il 28 48
Middlesbrough 38 4 7 8 18 23 5 8 6 26 21 42
West Ham United | 38 6 6 7 24 20 4 6 9 21 30 42
Everton (Een iike 8 Baer eae lls 1 Eee |e
Derby County | 38 8 7 4 23 24 7) 5 2 14 35 42
Manchester City | 38 4 3 12 20 31 4 i 8 21 34 34
Coventry City 38 4 7 8 14 23 4 3 12 22 40 34
Bradford City 38 4 7 8 20 29 1 4 4 10 4) 26

442 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Barmby, Christian Ziege and Jari Litmanen would only be brief. Igor
Biscan joined in December and even though he had limited talent his
Games won 38
popularity was almost unrivalled.
Games drawn 14
Games lost
Emile Heskey was in the best form of his career with Michael
Clean sheets — League Owen also among the goals at the start of the 2000/01 season. The
Clean sheets — Overall atmosphere was tense at rainy Anfield when Barmby played his first
Total goals
match against Everton after his controversial move across Stanley
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall Park. In the twelfth minute, Barmby drowned out Blues supporters’
chants of“Judas” when he headed into the Anfield Road goal. Kevin
Campbell equalised six minutes later but Heskey scored his sixth goal
i in four games and a Berger penalty in the seventy-eighth minute killed
Everton off. Star of the game was the versatile Steven Gerrard as the
Liverpool Echo noted:“Gerrard is a magnificent player.A gem. He could
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
play anywhere, and has, and while the label ‘central midfielder’ should
be stuck to him with extra-adhesive tape, it’s clear he’s the best right-
back in the country too. And left-back for that matter.”
Goals from 46 to 60
At the end of October Liverpool were third in the League, only
three points behind leaders Manchester United, but lost all their three

5 away games in November, to Leeds, Tottenham, and Newcastle.

The Reds beat Chelsea in extra-time in the third round of the
League Cup, with Robbie Fowler’s 151st career goal. It was his first
7 goal for ten months after returning from injury in April. Fowler scored
League Cup 20 a hat-trick in the next round in Liverpool’ biggest-ever away win, 8-0
UEFA Cup against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. Fulham visited Anfield in
the fifth round and after a goalless ninety minutes Owen, Smicer and
Barmby scored three in extra-time.
PLAYER DEBUTS
Liverpool faced the top two teams, Manchester United and Arsenal,
Markus Babbel against Bradford City 19.08.2000
Nick Barmby against Bradford City 19.08.2000 in a six-day period before Christmas. Danny Murphy’s free-kick in the
Gary McAllister against Bradford City 19.08.2000 forty-third minute ended United’s two-year unbeaten home run in the
Christian Ziege against Man City 09.09.2000 Premiership and the Gunners were beaten 4-0 at Anfield. But Liverpool’s
Bernard Diomede against Rapid Bucharest 14.09.2000
inconsistency in the League reared its ugly head again when a 1-0 defeat
Pegguy Arphexad against Chelsea 01.11.2000
Richie Partridge against Stoke 29.11.2000 at second-from-bottom Middlesbrough at the Riverside followed. The
Stephen Wright against Stoke 29.11.2000 team bounced back on New Year’s Day against Southampton with a
Igor Biscan against Ipswich 10.12.2000 Gerrard special from 35-yards out, and Litmanen orchestrated a 3-0
Gregory Vignal against Rotherham United 06.01.2001
Jari Litmanen against Crystal Palace 10.01.2001
away win over the Villains with his one-touch total football.
It was in the cup competitions that Liverpool took their place in
the history books.A 5-0 win at Anfield rescued a poor 2-1 away defeat
at Crystal Palace in the first leg of the League Cup semis. Robbie
Fowler’s incredible goal looked to have won the League Cup at the
Millennium Stadium, but Darren Purse’s penalty deep into stoppage-
time meant extra-time and then penalties, which Liverpool won when
Andy Johnson missed Birmingham’s last penalty.
Liverpool had travelled to Romania, the Czech Republic and
Greece on their way to a fourth round UEFA Cup showdown with
Roma in the Eternal City, where a brace from Michael Owen clinched
an unlikely win. The second leg was highly controversial as the Spanish
referee appeared to change his mind and give a corner-kick after
originally pointing to the penalty spot following a handball in the area

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2001/02 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 08 CL 30R:1 A Haka WwW 50 44940 E Heskey '32, M Owen '56, ‘66, ‘89, S Hyypia '88
Aug 12 C Shield N Man Utd W 24 70227 _|_G McAllister '2 pen, M Owen ‘15 (at Millennium Stadium)
Aug 18 Prem : H West Ham WwW 2-1 43935 ae | M Owen '17, '78

Aug21 | CL30R:2 H Haka Ww 44 31602 Dana Wise Bie 0,

Aug 24 ESC N Bayern Munich W 3-2 13824 J Riise '23, E Heskey '45, M Owen ‘46 (at Stade Louis II, Monaco)
Aug 27 Prem A Bolton L 1-2 27205 ili E Heskey '66
Sep 08 Prem H Aston Villa L 1-3 44102 15 S Gerrard '46
Sep 11 CL1GP H Boavista D \-1 30015 Owen '29
Sep 15 Prem A Everton W 3-4 [ 39554 8 S Gerrard '11, M Owen '31 pen, J Riise ‘52
Sep 19 CL 1GP A Dortmun' D 00 50000
Sep 22 Prem H Tottenham Wo «7120 [ 44116 5 J Litmanen '57
Sep 26 CL 1GP H Dynamo Kiev Ww 1-0 33513 J Litmanen '23
Sep 30 Prem A ewcastle Ww 20 52095 6 J Riise '2, D Murphy '86
Oct 09 LC 3 H Grimsby Town L 1-2 32672 G McAllister '101 pen (aet - 0-0 after 90 mins)
Oct 13 Prem H Leeds United D 1-1 44352 6 D Murphy '69
Oct 16 CL1GP A Dynamo Kiev Wo 2-4 55000 D Murphy '43, S Gerrard '66
Oct 20 Prem A Leicester Ww 44 21886 4 R Fowler ‘4, '43, '90, S Hyypia '10
Oct 24 CL 1GP A Boavista D 1-1 6000 D Murphy '17
Oct 27 Prem A Charlton W 20 22887 4 J Redknapp ‘13, M Owen '43
Oct 30 CL 1GP H Dortmund Ww 20 41507 V Smicer '15, S Wright '81
ov 04 Prem H an Utd WwW 3-1 44361 2 M Owen '31, '51, J Riise '39
ov 17 Prem A Blackburn D 1-1 28859 { M Owen '30
ov 20 CL 2GP H Barcelona L 1-3 41521 M Owen '26
ov 25 Prem H Sunderland WwW 1-0 43537 1 E Heskey '22
Dec 01 | Prem A Derby We 120. 33289 | M Owen '6
Dec 05 CL 2GP A AS Roma D =-0-0 57819 2
| Dec 08 | Prem H Middlesbrough Ww 20 43674 ig M Owen '27, P Berger '45
Dec 12 Prem H Fulham D 0-0 37163 1
Dec 16 Prem A Chelsea L 0-4 41174 1
Dec 23 fiPrem H Arsenal L 1-2 44297 3 J Litmanen '55
Dec 26 ] Prem A Aston Villa Wo 2-4 42602 3 J Litmanen '9, V Smicer '73
Dec 29 Prem A West Ham D i 35103 4 M Owen '88
Jan 01 Prem H Bolton D -1 43710 4 S Gerrard '50
Jan 05 FAC 3 H Birmingham W 30 40875 M Owen ‘16, '24, N Anelka '85
Jan 09 Prem A Southampton [ 0-2 31527 5
Jan 13 Prem A Arsenal D 1 38132 5 J Riise '66
Jan 19 Prem H Southampton D “1 43710 5 M Owen '8
Jan 22 Prem A Man Utd Ww 0 67599 6 D Murphy '84
Jan 27 FAC 4 A Arsenal LU 0-1 38092
Jan 30 Prem H Leicester Ww -0 42305 4 E Heskey '57
Feb 03 Prem A Leeds United Ww 40 40216 S Rio Ferdinand (og) ‘17, E'Heskey ‘60, '62, M Owen '89
Feb 09 Prem A Ipswich | WwW 6-0 25608 1 A Xavier ‘16, E Heskey ‘43, ‘90, S Hyypia '52, M Owen ‘62, '71
Feb 20 CL 2GP H Galatasaray D 0-0 41605
Feb 23 Prem H Everton D 1-1 44371 3 N Anelka '72
Feb 26 CL 2GP A Galatasaray D 1-1 22105 E Heskey '79
Mar 02 Prem A Fulham Ww 20 21103 3 N Anelka '13, J Litmanen '90
Mar 06 Prem H Newcastle W 30 44204 3 D Murphy '32, '52, D Hamann '75
Mar 13 CL 2GP A Barcelona D 0-0 75362
Mar 16 Prem A Middlesbrough WwW 2-1 31253 | 2 E Heskey '33, J Riise '83
Mar 19 CL 2GP H AS Roma WwW 20 41794 J Litmanen '7 pen, E Heskey '63
Mar 24 Prem H Chelsea WwW 1-0 44203 1 V Smicer '90
Mar 30 Prem H Charlton W 20 44094 1 V Smicer '22, M Owen '35
Apr 03 CL OF:1 H Leverkusen WwW 1-0 42454 S Hyypia '44
Apr 09 CL OF:2 A Leverkusen L 2-4 22500 A Xavier '41, J Litmanen '78
Apr 13 Prem A Sunderland WwW 1-0 48335 2 M Owen '55
Apr 20 Prem H Derby Ww 20 43510 1 M Owen ‘15, '89
Apr 27 Prem A Tottenham L 0-1 36017 3
May 08 | Prem H Blackburn W 43 40663 2 D Murphy '23, N Anelka '38, S Hyypia '51, E Heskey '85
May 11 Prem H Ipswich W 44088 2 J Riise '12, '35, M Owen ‘46, V Smicer '56, N Anelka '87

CL 30R = Champions League 3rd qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase; CL 2GP = Champions League 2nd Group Phase; ESC = European Super Cup

444 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Player Goals | Starts
Sami Hyypia 37 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 57 0
Stephane Henchoz 37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 ] 0 0 56 0
John Arne Riise 34 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 i i 0 0 51 5
Danny Murphy 31 5 6 i (| 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 47 9
Emile Heskey 26 9) g 1 1 0 0 1 0 if 0 5 1 0 0 45 11
Jamie Carragher 33 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 52 1
Jerzy Dudek % i o 0 2 0 0 0 0 |) ee 0 0 0 0) Laem RG
Dietmar Hamann il 0 1 o 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 i 0 0 48 0
Steven Gerrard 26 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Oe ] 0 0 0 42 3
Michael Owen 25 4 19 2 0 2 0 0 0 IE i 0 6 1 0 ] 39 4
Gary McAllister 14 i 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 i 0 | 21 17 z
Vladimir Smicer e 9 4 ] 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 23 12 5
Jari Litmanen 8 3 4 0 i 0 0 0 4 a 3 0 0 0 13 19 i
Patrik Berger 12 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ] 7 0 0 0 13 18 ‘{
Nicolas Anelka 13 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1s 7 8
Stephen Wright 10 2 0 i 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 3 1
Robbie Fowler 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 10 i} 4
Abel Xavier 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 14 Z
Nick Barmby ie 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 0 7 0
Igor Biscan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3S 0 1 0 5 0
Gregory Vignal a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0
Jamie Redknapp 2 2 1 0 0 0 | 0 i Z i 0 0 3 2
Markus Babbel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 i 0 0 0 5 0
Chris Kirkland i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pegguy Arphexad 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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Bernard Diomede 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 aL 0 0 0 0 1 0
Djimi Traore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 i 0
Milan Baros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 || 0 0 0 0 0
Frode Kippe 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BARCLAYCARD PREMIERSHIP

HOME AWAY
Team Played| W D L F A Ww D L
Arsenal 38 2 4 3 42 25 14 5 0
Liverpool 38 12 5 2 33 14 12 3 4
Manchester United 38 | 2 6 40 il 13 3 3
Newcastle United 38 2 E 4 40 23 o 3 5
Leeds United 38 9 6 4 31 2 9 6 4
Chelsea 38 1 4 4 43 21 6 g 4
West Ham United 38 Z 4 3 oo 14 3 4 a
Aston Villa 38 8 t 4 22 Ww 4 i 8 24 30 50
Tottenham Hotspur 38 0 4 5 32 24 4 4 1 i 2 50
Blackburn Rovers 38 8 6 5 33 20 4 4 1 22 31 46
Southampton 38 7 5 7 23 22 5 4 0 23 32 45
Middlesbrough 38 7 5 a 23 26 5 4 0 12 21 45
Fulham 38 7 a 5 21 16 3 7 9 5 28 44
Charlton Athletic 38 5 6 8 23 30 5 8 6 5 19 44
Everton 38 8 4 7 26 ve) s 6 0 g 34 43
Bolton Wanderers 38 5 z 7 20 31 4 6 i] 24 31 40
Sunderland $80 | 7 5 18 16 3 3 S 1 85 40
Ipswich Town 38 6 4 9 20 24 3 5 1 21 40 36
Derby County 38 5 4 10 20 26 3 au 4 3 37 30
Leicester 38 3 7 ig 15 34 2 6 1 5 30 28

446 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS by Babbel. Liverpool survived a 1-0 defeat and up next were Porto.
Total games Following a 0-0 draw in Portugal the Reds netted twice at home.
Games won
The team had gone off the rails again in the League, but a
magnificent win over Manchester United preceded the semi-finals in
the FA Cup and UEFA Cup. Gerrard scored the first goal against
Ferguson’s men with a tremendous shot that was just a blur to the
Total goals
goalkeeper, Fabian Barthez. Gary Neville, whose Scouser-friendly
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall attitude had won him a multitude of admirers at Merseyside, was taken
Average goals per game — League 1.74 for a ride by Fowler when he added the second goal.
Average goals per game — Overall 1.69 A daunting clash with Barcelona awaited at the Nou Camp.
Average goal minute — League
Liverpool put up a defensive wall that Barca couldn’t breach and Houllier
Average goal minute — Overall
was pleased with a goalless draw. Liverpool had breezed through the
FA Cup, facing Wycombe Wanderers, who were eighteenth in the
GOAL MINUTES
Nationwide Second Division, in the semi-finals. Their manager was
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 Lawrie Sanchez, who scored Wimbledon’s winner against Dalglish’s
Goals from 31 to 45 side in the 1988 FA Cup final. Sanchez’ underdogs didn’t produce an
Goals from 46 to 60 18 upset this tume around losing 2-1 to a Heskey header and a brilliant
Goals from 61 to 75 12
free-kick from Fowler.
Goals from 76 to 90 20
Goals from 91 to 120 Everton and Liverpool were heading for a 2-2 draw in the League
at Goodison Park on 16 April, when Gary McAllister prepared to
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS take a free-kick 44-yards-out in stoppage-time. Paul Gerrard in the
Premier League 67 Everton goal expected a cross but McAllister had other ideas and hit a
Champions League dipping shot into the bottom right-hand corner, 3-2 the result. In the
European Super Cup
following game McAllister’s confident penalty past Barcelona’s Pepe
FA Cup
Charity Shield
Reina was the only goal at Anfield. Few had predicted that a 36-year-
League Cup —|rm][o old free transfer from Coventry would be pulling all the strings in the
last third of Liverpool’s adventurous season, scoring in five consecutive
PLAYER DEBUTS games. McAllister scored from the penalty spot in a 3-1 win against
John Arne Riise against Man Utd 12.08.2001 Tottenham, a beauty ofa free-kick defeated his former club Coventry,
and another exquisite free-kick followed against Bradford City. No
wonder fans still sing today about Gary Mac’s baldy head, his sweet
Nicolas Anelka against Aston Villa 26.12.2001
right foot and numerous goals after signing on a free.
Milan Baros against Barcelona These were exciting times for a Liverpool supporter. The League
Cup was in the bag as well as an FA Cup final and a UEFA Cup final,
while a Champions League place was a realistic prospect for the first
time in the club’s history. Michael Owen scored a hat-trick against
Newcastle and a Liverpool win against Chelsea in the penultimate
game of the season would clinch third place ahead of Leeds and
Ipswich. It would mean third round qualifying games in next season’s
Champions League. Owen put the hosts twice ahead at Anfield but
they had to settle for a draw with Chelsea, needing a win in the final
game against Charlton Athletic at the Valley.
First was the small business of two cup finals. Liverpool had a score
to settle with Arsenal, having lost twice in an FA Cup final to the
Gunners in 1950 and 1971. Fredrik Ljungberg put Arsenal ahead in
the seventy-second minute, but the double-substitution of Fowler and
Berger woke the team from its slumber. Owen’s goals in the eighty-
third and eighty-eighth minutes won Liverpool the cup and crowned

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2002/03 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
| 1 | Aug1 C Shield Arsenal L 0-1 67337 (at Millennium Stadium)
| 2 | Aug 18 Prem A Aston Villa We 10 41183 5 J Riise '47
3 | Aug 24 Prem H Southampton W 3-0 43058 2 E Diouf '3, ‘51, D Murphy ‘90 pen
4 | Aug 28 Prem A Blackburn D 2-2 29207 i D Murphy '31, J Riise '77
5 | Sep 02 Prem H Newcastle D 2-2 43241 3 D Hamann ‘53, M Owen '73 pen
6 | Sep] Prem H Birmingham D 2-2 43113 4 D Murphy '25, S Gerrard '49
7 | Sep 14 Prem A Bolton W 32 27328 3 Baros '45, '71, E Heskey '88
8 | Sep i7 CL 1GP A Valencia L 0-2 43000
9 | Sep2 Prem H WBA WwW 20 43830 2 Baros '55, J Riise ‘90
10 | Sep 25 CL 1GP H Basel D 1-1 37634 Baros '34
1 | Sep 28 Prem A Man City W 30 35131 2 Owen ‘4, '64, '88
{2 | Oct02 CL 1GP H Spartak Moscow W 5-0 40812 E Heskey '7, '89, B Cheyrou '15, S Hyypia '28, S Diao '81
3] Oct 06 Prem H Chelsea WwW 1-0 43856 v Owen '89
4] Oct 19 Prem A Leeds United W 1-0 40187 1 S Diao '66
5a} iOer 22. CL 1GP A Spartak Moscow Wo 3 15000 Owen '29, '70, '90
6 | Oct 26 Prem H Tottenham NINE GE 44084 | D Murphy '71, M Owen '85 pen
7 | Oct 30 CL WGP H Valencia L 0- 41831
18 ov 02 Prem H West Ham WwW 2-0 44048 ] Owen '27, '54
| 9g ov 06 LC3 H Southampton Ww 3 35870 P Berger ‘45, E Diouf ‘56, M Baros ‘59
20 ov 09 Prem A Middlesbrough L 0- 34747 ]
21 | ov 12 CL 1GP A Basel D 3-3 35000 D Murphy ‘60, V Smicer '63, M Owen '85
22 | ov 17 Prem H Sunderland D 0-0 43074 2
23 ov 23 Prem A Fulham L 23 18144 2 D Hamann ‘62, M Baros '86
24 F ov 28 UEFAC 3:1 A Vitesse Arnhem Ww -0 27000 M Owen '27
25 | Dec 01 Prem H Man Utd L -2 44250 2 S Hyypia '82
26 | Dec 04 LC 4 H Ipswich* Ww -| 26305 E Diouf '54 pen
27 | Dec 07 Prem A Charlton L 0-2 26694 4
28 | Dec 12 UEFAC 3:2 H Vitesse Arnhem W -0 23576 Owen '20
29 | Dec 15 Prem A Sunderland L -2 37118 5 Baros '67
30 | Dec 18 LC5 A Aston Villa W 43 38530 D Murphy '27, '90, M Baros ‘53, S Gerrard '66
31 | Dec 22 Prem H Everton D 0-0 44025 5
32 | Dec 26 Prem H Blackburn D 43075 5 J Riise '17
33 | Dec 29 Prem A Arsena D 38074 6 D Murphy ‘70 pen
34) Jan 01 Prem A ewcastle L 0- 52147 it
35 | Jan 05 FAC 3 A an City W -0 28586 D Murphy ‘47 pen
36 | Jan 08 LOSR1 A Sheff Utd IR 2 30095 N Mellor '34
37 | Jan 11 Prem H Aston Villa D 43210 7 M Owen '38
38 | Jan 18 Prem A Southampton Ww -0 32104 6 E Heskey '14
39 | Jan 21 LC SF:2 H Sheff Utd Wir 920 43837 E Diouf '7, M Owen '107 (aet - 2-2 (agg) after 90 mins)
40 | Jan 26 FAC 4 A Crystal Palace D 0-0 26054
41} Jan 29 Prem H Arsena D 2-2 43668 6 J Riise '52, E Heskey '90
42 | Feb02 Prem A West Ham WwW 3-0 35033 6 M Baros '7, S Gerrard ‘9, E Heskey ‘68
43 | Feb05 FAC 4 Rep H Crystal Palace L 0-2 35109
44 | Feb 08 Prem H iddlesbrough D 1-1 42247 6 J Riise '74
45 | Feb 20 UEFAC 4:1 A Auxerre WwW 1-0 20452 S Hyypia ‘73
46 | Feb 23 Prem A Birmingham L ii 29449 7 Owen '76
47 | Feb27 UEFAC 4:2 H Auxerre WE 2G 34252 Owen '66, D Murphy '73
48 ar 02 LC Final an Utd W 2-0 74500 S Gerrard '39, M Owen ‘86 (at Millennium Stadium)
49 ar 08 Prem H Bolton W 2-0 41462 6 E Diouf '43, M Owen ‘67
50 ar 13 UEFAC 5:1 A Celtic D 1-1 59759 E Heskey '16
5] ar 16 Prem A ottenham W 32 36077 6 Owen '51, E Heskey '72, S Gerrard '82
52 ar 20 UEFAC 5:2 H Celtic ld 0-2 44238
53 ar 23 Prem H Leeds United Ww 3 43021 5 Owen '12, D Murphy '20, S Gerrard ‘73
54 | Apr 05 Prem A an Utd L 0-4 67639 5
55 | Apr 12 Prem H Fulham WwW 20 42120 6 E Heskey '35, M Owen '59
56 | Apr 19 Prem A Everton W 2 40162 5 Owen '31, D Murphy '64
57 | Apr 21 Prem H Charlton We 2-4 42010 5 S Hyypia '86, S Gerrard '90
58 | Apr 26 Prem A WBA WwW 60 27128 5 Owen '15, ‘49, ‘61, '67, M Baros '47, '84
59 jay03 | Prem H an City IL 1-2 44220 a Baros '58
60 ay 11 Prem A Chelsea ie 1-2 41911 5 S Hyypia ‘10

CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase

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LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 449

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER
Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts =
Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 Z 0 0
Danny Murphy 36 0 7 3 0 ] 4 0 2 2 0 ve 0 ] 0 1
John Arne Riise 31 6 6 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Jamie Carragher 34 1 0 3 0 0 e) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Steven Gerrard 32 2 5 2 0 0 6 0 2 i 0 0 0 0 2
Michael Owen 32 3 iL 2 0 0 3 2 i 7 0 0 5
Emile Heskey 22 10 6 Z i 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 37 15 g
Djimi Traore 30 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 4 0
El Hadji Diouf 21 8 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 35 12 6
Jerzy Dudek 30 0 0 1 il 0 2 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 45 1 0
Dietmar Hamann 29 1 2 1 0 0 | 0 0 i 2 0 1 0 0 39 S) a
ilan Baros 7 0 g 0 1 0 f 2 2 3) 6 | 0 ] 0 22 20 12
Salif Diao 13 3 ] 1 0 3 0 5 3 i 0 0 0 22 18 2
Vladimir Smicer 10 4 | 0 0 4 0 3 o i 0 4 0 18 16 i
Stephane Henchoz 19 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 i 0 0 a2 0 0
Bruno Cheyrou 8 i 0 2 0 0 ] 0 3 2 i 0 ] 0 14 (5 1
Chris Kirkland 8 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
gor Biscan 3 3 0 0 i 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 8 0
arkus Babbel au 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 | 0 { 0 6 i 0
Abel Xavier 4 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 6 0 0
eil Mellor 1 2 0 i 0 0 2 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 i
Patrik Berger 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
Gregory Vignal 0 i 0 0 0 0 iD G 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 i 2 0
Jon Otsemobor 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
John Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

BARCLAYCARD PREMIERSHIP

| HOME AWAY
|Team Played] W | D L F w | oo L
| anchester United 38 16 2 i te 42 ] 6 4
|Arsenal 38. | 15 2 2 47 8 7 4
ewcastle United 38 15 2 2 36 6 4 El
Chelsea 38 12 5 2 4 7 5 7
Liverpool 38 9 8 2 30 9 2 8
Blackburn Rovers 38 ( i g 24 7 5 it
Everton 38 11 5 é 28 6 3 0
Southampton 38 9g 8 2 25 4 5 0
| Manchester City 38 9 2 8 28 6 4 g
ottenham Hotspur 38 9 4 6 30 5 4 0
iddlesbrough 38 10 7 2 36 g 3 3
Charlton Athletic 38 8 3 8 26 6 4 9
Birmingham City 38 8 5 6 25 5 4 0
Fulham 38 1 3 5 26 2 6 ]
Leeds United 38 7 2) 9 25 if 2 0
Aston Villa 38 11 2 6 25 { 7 1
Bolton Wanderers 38 yr 8 4 27 3 6 0
West Ham United 38 5 a 7 21 24 | 5 5 3) 21 35 42
West Bromwich Albion 38 3 5 4 7 34 | 3 3 3 Z 31 26
Sunderland 38 3 2 14 11 31 1 5 3 0 34 19

450 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

ae THE SEASON IN NUMBERS him the Prince of Wales. The Reds had enjoyed huge slices of luck
Total games with Henchoz using all his limbs to prevent an Arsenal goal.
Games won
Few could have prepared for the drama that ensued at the Westfalen
Games drawn
Games lost
Stadium in the UEFA Cup final against Alaves. The Spanish team
Clean sheets — League looked dead and buried 3-1 at half-time but five minutes into the
Clean sheets — Overall second half a brace from Javi Moreno levelled the scores. Substitute
Total goals
Robbie Fowler put Liverpool ahead again with a quarter of an hour
Average attendance at home — League 43,242
Average attendance at home — Overall 40,864 left, but Jordi Cruyff, son of Johan, equalised a couple of minutes from
Average goals per game — League 1.58 the end. It took a free-kick from the golden boot of McAllister to
Average goals per game — Overall 1:55 settle matters in the 117th minute, when Delfi Geli headed Liverpool's
Average goal minute — League
“golden goal” into his own net.
Average goal minute — Overall
The Cup treble had been completed and the Champions League
qualifying place was achieved comfortably at the Valley, where Charlton’s
GOAL MINUTES
supportersgave the Liverpool team verygenuine applause considering
Goals from 1 to 15 1
Goals from 16 to 30 10 they had been on the wrong end of a 4-0 scoreline.
Goals from 31 to 45 10 There were now real hopes of mounting a serious challenge for the
Goals from 46 to 60 18
Premiership title in the 2001/02 season. John Arne Riise was brought in
Goals from 61 to 75 22
from Monaco and a tubby Milan Baros from Banik Ostrava. Haka from
Goals from 76 to 90 21
Goals from 91 to 120 Finland were no equals to Liverpool in Europe and the treble became
a quintet when the Charity Shield and the European Super Cup were
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS wrapped up. West Ham were beaten2-1 at Anfield in the opening game
Premier League of the Premier League but then Liverpool’s season took a turn for the
League Cup worse. Houllier proved he wasn’t afraid to make controversial decisions
Champions League
after Sander Westerveld’s late error gifted Bolton all the points at the
UEFA Cup
Reebok Stadium.The Dutchman was ruthlessly axed with Jerzy Dudek
Community Shield and Chris Kirkland immediately arriving to replace him. Westerveld
was understandably not impressed. “*When I returned from international
PLAYER DEBUTS duty last week Houllier told me that I was the number three keeper at
Bruno Cheyrou against Arsenal 11.08.2002 the club,’ he complained. “He said I was still allowed to train with the
El Hadji Diouf against Arsenal 11.08.2002 first team but I would be sitting in the stands on Saturday. I’m absolutely
Salif Diao against Blackburn 28.08.2002
disgusted with that. I’m looking for a new club as of now. There’s no use
Jon Otsemobor against Southampton 06.11.2002
| John Welsh against Ipswich 04.12.2002 staying at Liverpool as long as Gerard Houllier is there.”
Neil Mellor against Ipswich 04.12.2002 Markus Babbel had been replaced at half-time against Bolton as
the German powerhouse was exhausted. Babbel was diagnosed with
Guillan-Barre Syndrome, an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral
nerves. Babbel’s condition was very serious and for a while he was
wheelchair-bound. “I was unable to lift my legs,” he said. “When I
came to the hospital for tests doctors decided straight away to keep me
in. I was given injections for five days and the symptoms of paralysis
in my legs finally stopped. Right now I can only take a couple ofsteps
—and that is with someone else helping me. My hands were affected
too. I barely had any feeling in them.’ Babbel only played seven games
for Liverpool the following season and left the club in the summer
of 2004.A tragic end to the all too-short Anfield career of one of the
most talented right-backs in the club’s history.
Aston Villa beat Liverpool at Anfield in the followinggame, where
Gerrard was sent off for a nasty tackle on George Boateng, and a dour
home draw with Boavista in the first group phase of the Champions

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2003/04 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Aug 17 Prem H Chelsea IE Tez 44082 14 Owen '79 pen
2 | Aug 24 Prem A Aston Villa D 0-0 42573 16
3 | Aug 27 Prem H Tottenham D 0-0 43778 15
4 | Aug 30 Prem A Everton We 33-0 40200 2) Owen '38, '52, H Kewell '79
5 | Sep 13 Prem A Blackburn W344 30074 6 Owen '11 pen, '67, H Kewell '89
6 | Sep 20 Prem H Leicester W 2-4 44094 6 Owen '20 pen, E Heskey '75
7 | Sep 24 UEFAC 1:1 A Olimpija D 1-1 0000 Owen '77
8 | Sep 28 Prem A Charlton IL 2-3 26508 8 V Smicer ‘15, M Owen '52 pen |
8 | Oct 04 Prem H Arsenal L 1-2 44374 8 H Kewell '14
0} Oct 15 UEFAC 1:2 H Olimpija W 30 42880 A Le Tallec '29, E Heskey ‘36, H Kewell '47
1} Octi8 Prem A Portsmouth I! 0- 20123 S)
2} BeeZs Prem H Leeds United W 3 43599 9 Owen '35, D Murphy ‘57, F S.-Pongolle ‘84
3} Oct 29 GES A Blackburn W 43 16918 D Murphy '41 pen, E Heskey '49, '61, H Kewell '79
4 ov 02 Prem A Fulham Wy eZ 17682 jy E Heskey '17, D Murphy '89 pen
5 ov 06 UEFAC 2:1 A Steaua Bucharest D 20000 D Traore '23
6 ov 09 Prem H an Utd L =2 44159 8 H Kewell '75
7 ov 22 Prem A iddlesbrough D 0-0 34268 9
8 ov 27 UEFAC 2:2 H Steaua Bucharest Ww -0 42837 H Kewell '48
g ov 30 Prem H Birmingham Nites Si 42683 6 S Gerrard '35 pen, H Kewell ‘69, E Heskey '78
20 | Dec 03 LC 4 H Bolton L 2-3 33185 D Murphy '66, V Smicer '88
21 | Dec 06 Prem A ewcastle D 52151 5 D Murphy '5
22) Dee 13 Prem Southampton L -2 41762 9 E Heskey '75
23 | Dec 26 Prem H Bolton WwW 3- 42987 9 S Hyypia '30, F S.-Pongolle '47, V Smicer '54
24 | Dec 28 Prem A an City D 2-2 47201 6 V Smicer ‘66, D Hamann '80
25 | Jan 04 FAC 3 A Yeovil W 20 9348 E Heskey '70, D Murphy ‘77 pen
26 | Jan 07 Prem A Chelsea Ww -0 41420 5 B Cheyrou '33
27 | Jan 10 Prem H Aston Villa W -0 43771 5 lark Delaney (og) ‘37
28 | Jan17 Prem A ottenham L 2 36104 5 H Kewell '75
29) Jan21 Prem A Wolves D 29380 5 B Cheyrou '42
30 | Jan 24 FAC 4 H ewcastle W 2 41365 B Cheyrou '2, '61
St Jan 3 Prem H Everton D 0-0 44056 o
32 | Feb 07 Prem A Bolton D 2-2 27552 6 S Hyypia '51, S Gerrard '69
33 | Feb 11 Prem H an City W 2 43257 4 M Owen'3, S Gerrard ‘51
34 | Feb15 FAC 5 Portsmouth D 34669 M Owen '2
oo) | frel22 FAC 5 Rep A Portsmouth L 0- 19529
36 | Feb 26 UEFAC 3:1 H Levski Sofia W 20 39149 S Gerrard '66, H Kewell '70
3/7 | Feb 29 Prem A Leeds United D 2-2 39932 6 H Kewell '21, M Baros ‘42
38 ar 03 UEFAC 3:2 A Levski Sofia WwW 42 40281 S Gerrard '6, M Owen ‘10, D Hamann ‘43, S Hyypia ‘66
og ar 11 UEFAC 4:1 H Marseille D 1 44270 M Baros '55
40 ar 14 Prem A Southampton L 0-2 32056 8
4j ar 17 Prem H Portsmouth W 30 34663 5 D Hamann '6, M Owen '28, '58
42 ar 20 Prem H Wolves Ww 1-0 43795 4 S Hyypia '90
43 ar 25 UEFAC 4:2 A arseille L 1-2 58000 E Heskey '15
44 ar 28 Prem A Leicester D 0-0 32013 4
45 | Apr 04 Prem H Blackburn Ww 40 41559 4 M Owen ‘7, '24, Andy Todd (og) '22, E Heskey '79
46 | Apr 09 Prem A Arsenal ib 2-4 38119 4 S Hyypia '5, M Owen '42
47 | Apr 12 Prem H Charlton iE 0-1 40003 4
48 | Apr17 Prem H Fulham D 0-0 42042 4 |
49 | Apr 24 Prem A an Utd Ww 1-0 67647 4 D Murphy '61 pen
50 | May 02 Prem H iddlesbrough Ww 20 42031 4 D Murphy '49 pen, E Heskey '53
51 | May08 | Prem A Birmingham W 30 29533 4 M Owen '28, E Heskey '51, S Gerrard '85
52 | May 15 Prem H ewcastle D 1-1 44172 4 M Owen ‘67

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Player Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts
Sami Hyypia 38 0 4 4 0 0 i 0 0 8 0 i 51
Harry Kewell soe he 7 3 0 0 0 Zz | 8 0 3) 47
Steven Gerrard 34 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 ie 1 id 45
cmile Heskey 25 10 if a Z 0 2 4 2 2 34
Danny Murphy 19 12 5 ] 2 0 2 6 1 0 28
gor Biscan 27 Z 0 | 0 0 2 0 0 9 2 0 30
Jerzy Dudek | 30 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 38 0 0
ichael Owen 29 0 16 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 38 0 19
Dietmar Hamann 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 34 1 3
John Arne Riise 22 6 0 i 0 0 i 0 4 0 0 28 i 0
El Hadji Diouf 20 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 |3 1 0 26 7 0
Steve Finnan 19 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 i 0 oe 4 0
Jamie Carragher 22 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 0 0
Stephane Henchoz 15 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 | 3 1 0 2 4 0
Viadimir Smicer 15 a 3 ] 0 0 0 Zz 1 0 19 6 4
Florent S.-Pongolle 3 12 2 ] 2 0 0 i 2 0 68 DE 2
Anthony Le Tallec 3 10 0 1 o 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 8 15 1
Bruno Cheyrou 9 3 2 S 1 a 0 0 0 i i 0 13 6 4
Milan Baros 6 7 1 0 i 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 10 2
Chris Kirkland 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 0
Djimi Traore u 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Va 0 1 11 0 1
Salif Diao 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Z 1 0 5 2 0
Jon Otsemobor 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Paul Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
John Welsh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Patrice Luzi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 «+ 0 0 0 ] 0

HOME AWAY
Team Played D L F A WwW D L F A | Points
Arsenal 38 4 0 40 14 11 8 0 ae 12 90
Chelsea 38 4 3 34 13 12 3 4 33 17 79
anchester United 38 4 3 37 15 1 2 6 27 20 75
Liverpool 38 4 5 29 15 6 8 5 26 22 60
ewcastle United 38 11 5 3 33 14 2 12 5 19 26 56
Aston Villa 38 g 6 4 24 19 6 5 8 24 25 56
|Charlton Athletic 38 7 6 6 29 29 7 5 Hi 22 22 53
|Bolton Wanderers 38 6 8 5 24 21 8 3 8 24 80 53
Fulham 38 9 4 6 29 21 5 6 8 23 25 52
Birmingham City 38 8 5 6 26 24 4 9 6 24 43 50
iddlesbrough 38 8 4 7 25 23 5 5 9 19 2 48
Southampton 38 8 6 5 24 7 4 5 0 20 28 47
Portsmouth 38 10 4 5 35 19 2 5 2 12 35 45
Tottenham Hotspur 38 9 4 6 oh 27 4 D 13 14 30 45
Blackburn Rovers 38 5 4 10 25 31 7 4 8 26 28 44
Manchester City 38 5 g 5 31 24 4 5 0 24 30 4
Everton 38 8 5 6 27 20 1 7 11 18 37 39
Leicester 38 3 10 6 19 28 a 5 1 29 37 33
Leeds United 38 5 ii vl 25 31 3 2 4 15 48 33
Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 i 5 7 23 35 0 it 2 15 42 33

454 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS League was hardly raising expectations. But suddenly the team clicked
Total games 52 into gear, minus a hiccup when Grimsby Town knocked the Reds out
Games won 23
of the League Cup, and won three games on the trot in the League
Games drawn 16
Games lost ie before Leeds’ visit on 13 October. Houllier complained of chest pains
|
Clean sheets — League 15 at half-time and was rushed into hospital for an immediate and life-
Clean sheets
— Overall 19 saving eleven hours of heart surgery.
Total goals 80
Assistant manager Phil Thompson stepped in to deputise and
Average attendance at home — League 42,677
Average attendance at home — Overall 41,777 recalled Robbie Fowler for his first game against Leicester. Fowler
Average goals per game — League 158 responded with a hat-trick. Borussia Dortmund came to Anfield for
Average goals per game — Overall 1.58 a match that would determine both clubs’ future in the Champions
Average goal minute — League 48
League. With a quarter of an hour gone,Vladimir Smicer profited from
Average goal minute — Overall 48
Emile Heskey’s knock-down to drive the ball into the corner ofthe net
and nine minutes from time Stephen Wright thumped a header into
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15 a
the Kop goal to seal a victory that guaranteed Liverpool’s progress into
Goals from 16 to 30 the next group stage. Liverpool were on a great run in the League and
Goals from 31 to 45 the 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough on 8 December was Thompson's
Goals from 46 to 60 iS
sixth in seven games as caretaker manager and the Reds had a six-point
Goals from 61 to 75 7
Goals from 76 to 90 14
lead over Arsenal at the top of the League.
Goals from 91 to 120 0 Further progress into the knock-out stage of the Champions League
was seriously threatened when Barcelona gave Liverpool a football
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS lesson and won 3-1 at Anfield, despite Michael Owen having given
Premier League Liverpool a half-time lead. When Fowler ran on as sub he asked Frank
UEFA Cup de Boer politely if Liverpool could please have a kick of Barca’s ball.
League Cup
Roy Evans once famously said he would rather jump in the Mersey
FA Cup
than sell Fowler, but Houllier had been looking to sell Liverpool’s
prodigal son who had come to be known amongst fans as “God”.
PLAYER DEBUTS
Fowler felt the management’s lack of faith in him and left Anfield for
Harry Kewell against Chelsea 17.08.2003
Steve Finnan against Chelsea 17.08.2003 pastures new at Elland Road.
Anthony Le Tallec against Blackburn 13.09.2003 An immense honour came Michael Owen’s way in the middle
Florent S.-Pongolle against Olimpija 15.10.2003 of December when he was voted 2001 European Footballer of the
Patrice Luzi against Chelsea | 07.01.2004
Paul Jones against Aston Villa | 10.01.2004
Year, ahead of runner-up Real Madrid star Raul. Owen was the first
Englishman to win Ballon d’Or since Kevin Keegan in 1979 and is the
only Liverpool player to have won this prestigious award.
After a dreadful run of one win in nine League games, Liverpool
were down to fifth but resurrected their League form when Danny
Murphy scored the winner at Old Trafford for the second year running
on 22 January, reducing Manchester United’s lead to two points. In the
next seven League games the team scored nineteen goals, conceding
just two in six wins. Nicolas Anelka arrived on loan from Paris Saint
Germain in December and his precocious talent inspired the team
on a few occasions in his short stay at Anfield, especially in a 3-0 win
against Newcastle when floodlight failue delayed the match by half an
hour. The mercurial Frenchman lit up Anfield on the night.
Liverpool had four successive draws in the second group phase of
the Champions League, with Roma in the Italian capital, home and
away with Galatasaray and another 0-0 with Barcelona in the Nou
Camp, where the team’s negative tactics were greeted with derision
by Barca’s Frank De Boer. Phil Thompson responded in his trademark

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2004/05 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 10 CL 30R:1 A Graz AK W 2-0 15000 S Gerrard '23, '79
2 | Aug 14 Prem A Tottenham D 11 35105 5 D Cissé '37
3 | Aug 21 Prem H Man City W 24 42831 si M Baros '48, S Gerrard '75
4 | Aug 24 CL 30R:2 H Graz AK L 0-1 42950
5 | Aug 29 Prem A Bolton L 0-1 27880 | 10
6 | Sep1i Prem H WBA WwW 3-0 42947 8 S Gerrard '16, S Finnan '42, L Garcia ‘60
7 | Sep 15 CL 1GP H Monaco Ww 20 33517 D Cissé '22, M Baros '84
8 | Sep 20 Prem A Man Utd ik 1-2 67857 12 John O'Shea (og) '54
9 | Sep 25 at:Prem H Norwich W 3-0 43152 | 7 M Baros '23, L Garcia '26, D Cissé '64
0] Sep 28 CL1GP A Olympiacos L 0-1 33000
1] YOcta3 Prem A Chelsea L 0-1 42028 11
AZSIOGEG) Prem A Fulham W 4-2 21884 jj Zat Knight (og) '50, M Baros ‘71, X Alonso '79, | Biscan '90
Sy Oct CL1GP H Deportivo D 00 40236
14 | Oct 23 Prem H Charlton W 2-0 41625 5 J Riise '52, L Garcia '74
5 | Oct 26 LC3 A illwall W 30 17655 S Diao '18, M Baros '70, ‘90
16 | Oct 30 Prem A Blackburn D 2-2 26314 6 J Riise '7, M Baros '54
7 | Nov03 CL 1GP A Deportivo WwW 1-0 a 32000 Jorge Andrade (og) '14
8 | Nov 06 Prem H Birmingham L 0-1 42669 Hi
9 | Nov 10 LC 4 H iddlesbrough Ww 20 28176 N Mellor ‘83, ‘89
20 lov 13 Prem H Crystal Palace W 32 42862 6 M Baros '23 pen, ‘45, '90 pen
21 ov 20 Prem A iddlesbrough i 0-2 34751 8
22 ov 23 CL 1GP A onaco L 0- 15000
De ov 28 Prem H Arsenal W 2 43730 7 X Alonso '41, N Mellor ‘90
24 | Dec 01 LCS A Tottenham* W 36100 F §.-Pongolle '117 pen
25 | Dec 04 Prem A Aston Villa D 42593 7 H Kewell '17
26 | Dec 08 | CLIGP H Olympiacos WwW 3- 42045 F S.-Pongolle '47, N Mellor '80, S Gerrard '86
271| Dec 11 | Prem A | Everton Lo i a ae,
28 | Dec 14 Prem H Portsmouth D 1 35064 6 S Gerrard ‘70
29 | Dec 19 Prem H Newcastle WwW 3- 43856 6 Titus Bramble (og) '35, N Mellor '38, M Baros '61
30 | Dec 26 Prem A WBA Ww 50 27533 6 J Riise ‘18, ‘83, F S.-Pongolle '51, S Gerrard '55, L Garcia '89
31 | Dec 28 Prem H Southampton Ww -0 42382 6 F S.-Pongolle '44
32 | Jan01 Prem H Chelsea L 0- 43886 6
33 | Jan 03 Prem A Norwich WwW 2- 24503 5 L Garcia '58, J Riise '64
34 | Jan 11 LC SF:1 H Watford Ww -0 35739 S Gerrard '56
35 | Jan 15 Prem H Man Utd L 0- 44183 5) |
36 | Jan 18 FAC 3 A Burnley L 0- 19033
37 | Jan 22 Prem A Southampton L 0-2 32017 5
38 | Jan 25 LC SF:2 A Watford Ww 1-0 19797 S Gerrard '77
39 | Feb01 Prem A Charlton WwW 24 27102 3 F Morientes '61, J Riise '79
40 | Feb05 Prem H Fulham WwW 3 43534 5___|_F Morientes ‘9, S Hyypia ‘63, M Baros '77
41 | Feb 12 Prem A Birmingham J 0-2 29318 5 3
42 | Feb 22 CLKO:1 H Leverkusen WwW 3- 40952 L Garcia '15, J Riise '35, D Hamann ‘90 |
43 | Feb 27 League Cup Final N Chelsea** L 2-3 71622 J Riise ‘1, A Nunez '113 |
44 | Mar 05 Prem A Newcastle L 0- 52323 5
45 | Mar 09 CL KO:2 A Leverkusen Wiss 23000 L Garcia '28, '32, M Baros ‘67 |
46 | Mar 16 Prem H Blackburn D 0-0 37763 5
47 | Mar20 | Prem H Everton Vibes aie 44224 5 S Gerrard '27, L Garcia ‘32 i
48 | Apr 02 Prem H Bolton Ww 1-0 43755 5 | Biscan '86 |
49 | Apr 05 CLOF1 H Juventus WwW 2- 41216 S Hyypia '10, L Garcia '25 :
50 | Apr 09 Prem A Man City L 0- 47203 5 |
51 | Apr 13 CL OF:2 A Juventus D600 55464 ‘|
52 | Apr 16 Prem H Tottenham D 2-2 44029 6 L Garcia '44, S Hyypia '63 ;
53 | Apr 20 Prem A Portsmouth Wiha 7H: 20205 5 F Morientes '4, L Garcia '44 ;
54 | Apr 23 Prem A Crystal Palace y 0- 26043 5 i
55 | Apr 27 [Si A Chelsea D 0-0 40497 My
56 | Apr 30 Prem H Middlesbrough D 1- 43250 5 S Gerrard '52
57 ay03 | CLSF:2 H Chelsea Ww 1-0 42529 L Garcia ‘4 |
58 jay 08 Prem A Arsenal i 1-3 38119 5 S Gerrard '51 i
59 ay15 | Prem H Aston Villa Ww 2- 43406 5 D Cissé '20 pen, ‘27 i!
60 | May 25 i CL Final N AC Milan*** W 33 65000 S Gerrard '54, V Smicer ‘56, X Alonso '59 |
CL 30R = Champions League 3rd qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase; CL KO = Champions League 1st knockout round
*aet - 0-0 after 90 mins, Liverpool won 4-3 on penalties. ** at Millennium Stadium, aet - 1-1 after 90 mins. *** at Ataturk Stadium , aet - 3-3 after 90 mins. Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties.

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John Arne Riise 3 6 0 0 0 3 2 i 15 0 1 52 5 8
Jamie Carragher 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 56 0 0
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Djimi Traore 8 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 34 | 8 0
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Djibril Cissé 6 4 0 0 0 0 Cay te 4 5 1 14 11 5
Josemi Rey 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 il 0 [Sealy a4 0
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Neil Mellor 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 11 5 5
Fernando Morientes 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 3
Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14 0 0
Salif Diao 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 8 6 1
Mauricio Pellegrino 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 a 0 a 0 | 0 12 1 0
Darren Potter 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 5 5 0
Anthony Le Tallec 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 2 0 3 4 0
John Welsh 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 0
Scott Carson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
Zak Whitbread 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Stephane Henchoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 3] 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
David Raven 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 i 0
Richie Partridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Z: 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mark Smyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP

ae ees i AWAY
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Chelsea 38 14 5 0 35 6 15 3 1 37 9 95
Arsenal 38 13 5 1 54 19 12 3 4 33 17 83
Manchester United 38 12 6 1 31 12 10 5 4 27 [ 14 i
Everton 38 12 2 3 24 | 15 6 5 8 21 | 31 61
Liverpool 38 12 4 3 31 15 5 3 11 21 26 58
Bolton Wanderers 38 9 5 5 25 18 7 5 7 24 26 58 |
Middlesbrough 38 9 6 4 29 19 5 7 7 24 27 55 |
Manchester City 38 8 6 5 24 14 5 7 7 | 23 25 52
Tottenham Hotspur 38 9 5 5 36 22 5 5 9 11 19 52
Aston Villa 38 8 6 5 26 7 4 5 10 | 19 35 47
Chariton Athletic 38 8 4 7 | 29 29 4 6 9 13 29 46
Birmingham City 38 8 6 tale 24 | 15 3 6 10 16 31 45
Fulham 38 8 4 7 29 26 4 4 11 23 34 44
Newcastle United 38 7 i | ) 25 25 3 7 9 22 32 44
Blackburn Rovers 38 5 8 6 21 | 22 4 7 8 11 21 42
Portsmouth 38 8 4 7 30 26 2 5 12 13 3 39
West Bromwich Albion 38 5 8 6 1% 24 1 8 10 19 37 34
Crystal Palace 38 6 5 8 21 | 19 1 7 11 20 43 33
Norwich City 38 7 5 i! 29 32 0 7 12 13 45 33
Southampton 38 5 9 5 30 30 1 5 is 15 36 32

458 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS style mocking the Netherlands’ failure to win a place in the World Cup
finals. “Nobody likes being criticised, particularly by players who will
be in Disneyland this summer on their holidays rather than the World
Cup in Japan,” he sniped.
Despite failing to win in their first five matches of the second group
stage, Liverpool could still qualify if they beat Roma on Merseyside
by a two-goal margin and what was more they could top the group as
41,303
well. Houllier returned to take his place on the bench against Roma
on an extraordinarily emotional night. Jari Litmanen’s early penalty-
1.61 kick and Emile Heskey’s second half header ensured a quarter-final
5I0
place. Phil Thompson provided the necessary comic relief for Houllier
in a tense atmosphere, as he recalled fondly in an interview with
LFChistory.net:

“In the afternoon I bit into an apple and my crown in the bottom row
of my teeth had come out. It was on a prong, a piece of metal stake. I just
kept pushing it back in, because I had to leave it until the next day to get
something done, to get it cemented. It was very, very loose. It was a high-
pressure game we had to win 2-0. After about ten minutes into the game I go
to the touchline and whistle! My tooth went out like a rocket as I whistled.
I could see where it landed. It’s gone just on the pitch, probably about six
inches inside the line. I am on my hands and knees moving the grass apart
to find this tooth. Gerard yelled at me: ‘Phil, what are you doing?’ Get back
League Cup
here.’ I turned round and pulled my bottom lip down and held my tooth up.
Everybody just burst out laughing and Gerard was killing. The TV actually
goes over when it all happened and Martin Tyler actually said: ‘Even in the
PLAYER DEBUTS
height of the seriousness of the game, they can still laugh about it. Ba
Darren Potter against Graz AK 10.08.2004
Djibril Cissé against Graz AK 10.08.2004
Josemi Rey against Graz AK 10.08.2004 The team’s first League game after Houllier’s return was against
Stephen Warnock against Graz AK 10.08.2004 Chelsea on 24 March. The match was heading for a goalless draw
Luis Garcia against Bolton 29.08.2004
when Vladimir Smicer’s last-minute volley sent Liverpool back to the
Xabi Alonso against Bolton 29.08.2004
Zak Whitbread against Millwall 26.10.2004 top of the Premiership with six games to go. Liverpool had 65 points
Antonio Nunez against Arsenal 28.11.2004 compared to United’s 64 after 32 games, but Arsenal were on 63 with
David Raven against Tottenham 01.12.2004
two games in hand.
Mark Smyth against Tottenham 01.12.2004
15.01.2005
Houllier had no option but to continue after his heart surgery.“ When
Mauricio Pellegrino against Man Utd
Fernando Morientes against Man Utd 15.01.2005 people told me I had to stop being a manager, Itold them I would rather
| Scott Carson against Newcastle 05.03.2005 stop breathing than give up football,” he said. “I took the decision to
carry on after my operation even though I know I’m taking some risks.
But I’ve taken risks all my life. I was taking risks before I went into the
operating theatre. Life is only interesting if you live on the edge.”
Liverpool edged out Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a single goal from
Sami Hyypia in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.A potentially
mouth-watering all-English semi-final with Manchester United awaited,
but in the Bay Arena a week later Liverpool’s dreams fell apart. Abel
Xavier scored a vital away goal near the interval and Litmanen’s terrific
individual goal twelve minutes from time cut Leverkusen’s lead on the
night to 3-2 and put the Reds ahead on the ‘away goals’ rule. Leverkusen
were to have the last word, however, with Lucio adding a fourth, six

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2005/06 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
L1QR:1 H TNS WwW 3-0 S Gerrard ‘8, '21, '90
L 10R:2 A TNS WwW 3-0 8009 D Cissé '26, S Gerrard ‘85, ‘86
L 20R:1 A FBK Kaunas WwW 3-1 8300 D Cissé '26, J Carragher '29, S Gerrard '54 pen
L 20R:2 H FBK Kaunas WwW 2-0 43717 S Gerrard '77, D Cissé '86
L 30R:1 A CSKA Sofia WwW 3-4 16512 D Cissé '24, F Morientes '30, '58
Prem A Middlesbrough D 0-0 31908 ri
Prem H Sunderland Ww 10 44913 7 X Alonso '24
L 30R:2 H CSKA Sofia L 0-1 42175
ESC | N CSKA Moscow* WwW 3-1 17000 D Cissé '82, '103, L Garcia ‘109
Prem A Tottenham D 0-0 36148 10 |
CL 1GP A Real Betis WwW 2-1 45000 F S.-Pongolle '2, L Garcia '13
Prem H Man Utd D 0-0 44917 11 |
Prem A Birmingham [DP 27733 13 L Garcia '68, D Cissé '85 pen
L1GP H Chelsea D 0-0 42743
Prem | H Chelsea L 1-4 44235 13 I S Gerrard '36
Prem a H Blackburn WwW 1-0 44697 | 12 D Cissé '75
CL 1GP A Anderlecht WwW 1-0 21824 D Cissé '20
Prem A Fulham L 0-2 22480 12
es A Crystal Palace L 1-2 19673 S Gerrard '40
Prem | H West Ham W 20 44537 12 X Alonso '18, B Zenden '82
CL1GP ir H Anderlecht WwW 3-0 42607 F Morientes '34, L Garcia '61, D Cissé '89
Prem A Aston Villa W 20 42551 12 S Gerrard '84 pen, X Alonso '89
Prem H Portsmouth WwW 3-0 44394 8 B Zenden '23, D Cissé '38, F Morientes '79
CL 1GP H Real Betis D 0-0 42077
Prem A Man City WwW 1-0 47105 7 J Riise '60
Prem A Sunderland Ww 20 32697 4 L Garcia '30, S Gerrard '45
Prem H Wigan Ath. W 3-0 44098 3 P Crouch '19, ‘42, L Garcia ‘70
CL 1GP A Chelsea D 00 41598 ‘ q
Prem H Middlesbrough WwW 20 43510 Zz F Morientes ‘71, '77
WCC SF N Deportivo Sap.** WwW 30 43902 P Crouch '3, '58, S Gerrard '32
Dec 18 WCC Final N Sao Paolo** L 0-1 66821
Dec 26 Prem H Newcastle Ww 20 44197 3 S Gerrard '14, P Crouch ‘43
Dec 28 Prem A Everton W 3-4 40158 3 P Crouch '11, S Gerrard '18, D Cissé ‘47
Dec 31 Prem H WBA Ww 1-0 44192 3 P Crouch ‘51
35 | Jan 02 Prem A Bolton D 2-2 27604 3 S Gerrard '67 pen, L Garcia '82
36 | Jan07 FAC 3 A Luton W 5-3 10170 S Gerrard '15, F S.-Pongolle '61, '73, X Alonso ‘68, '90
37 | Jan 14 Prem H Tottenham Ww 1-0 44983 3 H Kewell '58
38 | Jan 22 Prem A Man Utd L 0-1 67874 a
39 | Jan 29 FAC 4 A Portsmouth W 2-4 17247 S Gerrard '36 pen, J Riise '40
40 | Feb01 Prem H Birmingham D 1-1 43851 3) S Gerrard '62
41 | Feb05 Prem A Chelsea L 0-2 42316 3
[42] Febo8 | Prem [A | Chariton L 02 ami 3
43 | Feb 11 Prem A Wigan Ath. Ww 10 25023 3 S Hyypia '30
44 | Feb14 Prem H Arsenal Ww 1-0 44065 3 L Garcia '87
45 | Feb 18 FAC 5 H Man Utd WwW 1-0 44039 P Crouch '18
46 | Feb 21 CLKO:1 A Benfica L 0-1 63702
47 | Feb26 Prem ger H Man City W 1-0 44121 3 H Kewell '41
48 | Mar04 | Prem H Charlton D 00 43892 2
49 | Mar08 | CLKO:2 H Benfica L 0-2 42745
50 | Mar 12 Prem A Arsenal L 1-2 38221 3 L Garcia '75
R Fowler '16, Michael Brown (og) '34, F Morientes '70,
51 | Mar15 | Prem H Fulham Wo 5 42293 3 ‘inne alba a
52 | Mar19 | Prem A Newcastle W 3-1 52302 3 P Crouch '10, S Gerrard ‘35, D Cissé ‘52 pen

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FAC Final N West Ham*** W 33 71140 D Cissé ‘32, S Gerrard '54, ‘90
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*** at Millennium Stadium, aet -3-3 after 90 mins. Liverpool won 3-1 on penalties CL 3QR = Champions League 3rd qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase;
460 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD CL KO = Champions League Knockout Round; ESC = European Super Cup; WCC = World Club Championship
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Team Played] W | D L F Al win L F A | Points
Chelsea |_38 18 1 0 47 9 11 3 | 5 oe aILats 91
Manchester United 38 13 ee 37 8 12 3 4 35 26 83
Liverpool 38 15 3 1 32 8 10 4 5 25 17 82
Arsenal 38 14 3 2 48 13 6 4 9 20 18 67
Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 5 2 31 16 6 i |e 22 22 65
Blackburn Rovers 38 13 3 Boul) 31 17 6 3 10 20 25 63
Newcastle United | 38 11 <) 3 28 15 6 2 11 19 27 58
Bolton Wanderers 38 11 5 3 29 13 4 6 9 20 28 56
|West Ham United 38 9 3 7 30 25 7 4 8 22 30 55
|Wigan Athletic 38 7 3 g 24 26 8 3 8 21 26 51
Everton 38 8 4 7 22 22 6 4 8) 12 27 50
Fulham 38 13 2 4 31 21 1 4 14 17 37 48
Charlton Athletic 38 8 4 7 22 21 3) 4 10 19 34 47
Middlesbrough 38 7 5 7 28 30 5 4 10 20 28 45
Manchester City 38 9 2 8 26 20 4 2 |_ 13 7 28 43
Aston Villa 38 6 6 7 20 20 4 6 g 22 35 42
Portsmouth 38 5 7 7 7 24 3) esi 20 38 38
Birmingham City _ 38 6 5 8 19 20 Z 5 12 ig 30 34 |
West Bromwich Albion 38 6 2 11 21 24 1 7 1 10 34 | 30
Sunderland 38 1 4 14 WE le SY 2 2 15 14 32 15

462 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS minutes from full time. It was a cruel way to go out having been so
Total games close, but many people questioned the wisdom of replacing Hamann
Games won
with Smicer with a third of the match still to play. It wasn’t to be the last
Games drawn
Games lost
decision made by the manager following his heart operation and period
Clean sheets — League of convalescence that would be questioned by the supporters.
Clean sheets — Overall When Liverpool returned to League action on 13 April against
Total goals
Sunderland, Arsenal were top having won both the games they had
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
in reserve on the Reds. The Gunners were unstoppable and a total of
Average goals per game — League thirteen straight League wins in the last part of the season won them
Average goals per game — Overall the League by a margin of seven points.
Average goal minute — League
Liverpool’s 80 points were enough for United to win the League
Average goal minute — Overall
the previous season and evidence of the improvement under Houllier
and Phil Thompson was shown in the second place League finish. It
GOAL MINUTES
entered the club directly into the Champions League’s group stage the
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 following autumn without having to pre-qualify first.
Goals from 31 to 45 Reds’ supporters were surprised that the club didn’t take up the
Goals from 46 to 60 option to sign Anelka at the end ofthe season. Phil Thompson explained
why to LFChistory.net:“Arséne Wenger rang up Gerard and said:‘Gerard,
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 I have to tell you. Nicolas’ brothers have just rang me up and they’ve
asked me to take Nicolas back to Arsenal? Once his brothers tried to sell
Nicolas to Arsenal while he was on loan at us, that was the end.”
Premier League 97 Liverpool spent a fortune on Africans, El-Hadji Diouf and Salif
Champions League 20 Diao, and a little-known French midfielder, Bruno Cheyrou. Optimism
20
was higher than ever during the summer of 2002 and with good
European Super Cup
World Club Championship reason. The team made a blistering start to the League programme
League Cup with nine wins and three draws from the opening dozen matches.
The Daily Telegraph liked the look of Houllier’s Reds after a 1-0 win
Tt
PLAYER DEBUTS over Aston Villa. “Yesterday it was Aston Villa who had no answer to
Jose Reina against TNS 13.07.2005 another display of defensive solidarity, midfield mastery and forward
Boudewijn Zenden against TNS 13.07.2005 flair by Liverpool... The impression was that Liverpool — fifteen clean
Mohamed Sissoko against FBK Kaunas 26.07.2005
sheets in their last twenty games — had another gear to move in to
Peter Crouch against FBK Kaunas 26.07.2005
Antonio Barragan against CSKA Sofia 10.08.2005 should it have been necessary.”
Jan Kromkamp against Luton 07.01.2006 Liverpool were the only unbeaten team in the League and had a
Daniel Agger against Birmingham 01.02.2006 four-point lead over Arsenal. Meanwhile they were taught a valuable
lesson in the Champions League. Liverpool lost 2-0 to Valencia in
the Mestalla but it was the way they lost that caused concern. The
Guardian described Valencia’s performance as “irrepressible, swarming
all over opponents in the unbearable humidity to such devastating
effect that the contest appeared won and lost by the interval...
This was breathless football played to a deafening din.” The master
plan of Valencia’s manager, Rafael Benitez, worked to perfection.
“Liverpool are a great team but we stopped them from showing their
strength,” Rafa told reporters. Only a draw with Basel at Anfield was
a huge disappointment in the next round after dominating most of
the game. Spartak Moscow were trounced 5-0 on Merseyside and 3-1
in Russia, where Michael Owen scored a terrific hat-trick. Valencia
repeated their Mestalla victory at Anfield, albeit to a somewhat
fortuitous goal.

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 463

2006/07 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
Aug 09 CL 30R:1 H Maccabi Haifa WwW 2- 40058 | C Bellamy '33, M Gonzalez '88
Aug 13 C Shield N Chelsea Ww 2-4 56275 J Riise '9, P Crouch ‘80 (at Millennium Stadium)
Aug 19 Prem A Sheff Utd D 1-1 31726 fi R Fowler '70 pen
Aug 22 CL 30R:2 A Maccabi Haifa iD) PME 12500 P Crouch '54
Aug 26 Prem H West Ham W 2 43965 5 | D Agger ‘42, P Crouch '45
Sep 09 Prem A Everton i! 0-3 40004 9
Sep 12 CL 1GP A PSV Eindhoven D 0-0 35000
Sep 17 Prem A Chelsea L 0- 41882 15
Sep 20 Prem H Newcastle Ww 20 43754 9 D Kuyt '29, X Alonso '79
Sep 23 Prem H Tottenham W 3-0 44330 6 M Gonzalez ‘63, D Kuyt '73, J Riise '89
Sep 27 CL 1GP H Galatasaray W 32 41976 P Crouch '9, ‘52, L Garcia '14
Sep 30 Prem A Bolton L 0-2 25061 i)
Oct 14 Prem H Blackburn D 1-1 44206 10 C Bellamy '64
Oct 18 CL 1GP A Bordeaux Ww 1-0 31471 P Crouch ‘58
Oct 22 Prem A Man Utd L 0-2 75828 11
Oct 25 kee H Reading W 43 42445 R Fowler '44, J Riise '45, G Paletta ‘49, P Crouch '76
Oct 28 Prem H | Aston Villa W 3-4 44117 8 D Kuyt '32, P Crouch '38, L Garcia ‘44
Oct 31 CL 1GP H Bordeaux Ww 3-0 41978 L Garcia '23, ‘76, S Gerrard ‘71
Nov 04 Prem H Reading Ww 20 43741 7 D Kuyt '14, '73
Nov\08 | LC4 A Birmingham WwW 1-0 23061 D Agger ‘45
Nov 12 Prem A Arsenal L 0-3 60110 9
Nov 18 Prem A | Middlesbrough D 0-0 31424 g
23 | Nov 22 CL 1GP H PSV Eindhoven Ww 2-0 41948 S Gerrard '65, P Crouch ‘89
24 | Nov 25 Prem H Man City Ww 1-0 44081 i] S Gerrard '67
25 | Nov 29 Prem H Portsmouth D 0-0 42467 7
26 | Dec 02 Prem A Wigan Ath. WwW 4-0 22089 5 C Bellamy '9, '25, D Kuyt '40, Lee McCulloch (og) '45
27 | Dec 05 CL 1GP A Galatasaray L 23 23000 R Fowler ‘22, '89
28 | Dec 09 Prem H Fulham Ww 40 43189 4 S Gerrard '54, J Carragher ‘60, L Garcia '66, M Gonzalez ‘90
29 | Dec 16 Prem A Charlton Ww 30 27111 3 [ X Alonso '3 pen, C Bellamy '82, S Gerrard '88
30 | Dec 23 Prem H Watford WwW 20 42807 e] C Bellamy '47, X Alonso '88
131 | Dec 26 Prem A Blackburn L 0- 29342 6
32 | Dec 30 Prem A Tottenham WwW 1-0 36170 4 L Garcia '45
33 | Jan 01 Prem H Bolton W 3.0 41370 3 P Crouch '61, S Gerrard ‘63, D Kuyt '83
34 | Jan 06 FAC 3 H Arsenal iL 1-3 43619 D Kuyt ‘71
35 | Jan 09 LC5 H Arsenal L 3-6 42614 R Fowler '32, S Gerrard '68, S Hyypia ‘80
36 | Jan 13 Prem A Watford W 30 19746 3 C Bellamy '34, P Crouch ‘40, ‘48
37 | Jan 20 Prem H Chelsea WwW 20 44245 S D Kuyt '4, J Pennant '18
38 | Jan 30 Prem A West Ham WwW 2- 34966 3 D Kuyt '46, P Crouch '53
39 | Feb 03 Prem H Everton D 0-0 44234 3
40 | Feb10 Prem A Newcastle L 1-2 52305 3 C Bellamy '6
41 | Feb21 CLKO:1 A___| Barcelona Ww 2 88000 C Bellamy ‘43, J Riise '74
42 | Feb 24 Prem H Sheff Utd Ww 40 44198 3 R Fowler '20 pen, '25 pen, S Hyypia ‘70, S Gerrard ‘73
43 | Mar 03 | Prem H Man Utd L 0-1 44403 3
44 | Mar 06 | CLKO:2 H Barcelona L 0-1 42579
Mar 18 Prem A Aston Villa D 0-0 42551 4
Mar 31 Prem H Arsenal WwW 44 43958 3 P Crouch ‘4, '35, '82, D Agger ‘60
Apr03 |. CLQF:1 A PSV Eindhoven W 3-0 36500 S Gerrard '27, J Riise ‘49, P Crouch '62
Apr 07 Prem A Reading Wo 2-4 24121 3 A Arbeloa '15, D Kuyt ‘85
Apr 11 CL OF:2 H PSV Eindhoven WwW 1-0 41447 P Crouch '67
Apr 14 Prem A Man City D 00 45883 3
Apr 18 Prem H Middlesbrough Ww 20 41458 3 S Gerrard '58, '65 pen
Apr 21 Prem H Wigan Ath. WwW 20 44003 3 D Kuyt ‘30, '68
Apr 25 CL SF:1 A Chelsea L 0-1 39483
Apr 28 Prem A | Portsmouth i 1-2 20201 3 S Hyypia ‘58
May 01 CL SF:2 H Chelsea* Ww 1-0 42554 D Agger '22
May 05 | Prem A | Fulham L 0-1 24554 3
May 13 | Prem H Charlton Dh VEZ 43134 3 X Alonso ‘62, H Kewell '90 pen
May 23 | CL Final N AC Milan E 63000 D Kuyt '89 (at Olympic Stadium, Greece)

CL 30R = Champions League 3” qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase
“aet - 1-0 (1-1 agg) after 90 mins. Liverpool won 4-1 on penalties.

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LEAGUE FA CUP TOTAL

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Jermaine Pennant 20 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 g 5 0 0 0 33 19 1
Jose Reina 35 We ILA 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 51 0 0
Steven Gerrard 35 1 7 1 Qk 1 0 1 10 2 3 0 1 0 4] 4 11
Jamie Carragher 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 49 2
Xabi Alonso 29 3 4 | 0 0 0 2 0 13 Z 0 0 fee het 43 8 4
Peter Crouch 19 13 9 0 0 1 0 1 8 6 7 0 1 30 ik) 18
John Arne Riise 29 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 12 0 v8 0 1 44 4 5
Dirk Kuyt 27 7 12 0 1 0 2 0 10 1 i 0 0 0 38 10 14
Steve Finnan 32 1 0 0 0 i) Lo 0 12 0 0 0 0 46 1 0
Daniel Agger 23 4 Z 0 0 2 0 1 12 0 ] 0 0 39 4
Craig Bellamy 23 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 4 72 ies 0 33 g 9
Mark Gonzalez 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 ] 1 0 0 20 | 16 3
Boudewijn Zenden S) Me 0. 0 0 0 2 0 0 i 4 0 0 0 19 11 0
Sami Hyypia 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 3
Mohamed Sissoko 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 25 3 0
Luis Garcia 11 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 0 17 | 10 6
Fabio Aurélio 10 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 14 ce ew
Robbie Fowler 6 10 3 0 0 0 Smet ll 2 3 Zz 0 0 0 10 13 7
Alvaro Arbeloa 8 1 I. i 0 0 0 0 Coen | 4 i 0 0 0 0 12 2 1
Javier Mascherano 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wi |e 8 4 0 0 | 0 0 0 11 0 0
Gabriel Paletta 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 1
Stephen Warnock 1 0 0 US Lo 0 3 0 0 2 i 0 0 0 0 6 i 0
Danny Guthrie 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Jerzy Dudek 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Lee Peltier 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 he J) 0 0 4 0 0
Harry Kewell 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Nabil El Zhar 0 3 ie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Emiliano Insta 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jan Kromkamp | 0 IP 0 0 0 0 0 ik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0 0
Daniele Padelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Miki Roque 0 0 0 0 0 0 mele 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Florent S.-Pongolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
James Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP

Ww D L D
Manchester United 38 5 2 2 3 3 37
Chelsea 38 12 (fete oD 4 3 2
Liverpool 38 14 4 1 39 7 Gers 9 18 me
Arsenal 38 2 6 1 43 16 i} 5 7 20
Tottenham Hotspur al) 38 2 3 4 34 22 5 6 8 23
Everton 38 11 4 4 33 17 4 9 6 19
Bolton Wanderers 38 “) a) 5 26 20 7 S y) 21
P
L
Reading 38 1 2 6 29 20 5 5 g 23
Portsmouth 38 11 2) 3 28 15 3 7 g 17
Blackburn Rovers 38 | 9 3 7 31 25 6 4 g) 21
Aston Villa 38 7 8 4 20 14 4 9 6 23
Middlesbrough 38 i 10 3 6 31 24 2 7
Newcastle United 38 7 7 5 23 20 4 3
Manchester City 38 5 6 8 10 16 6 3
West Ham United 8 2 9 24 26 4 a]
|Fulham 1 7 Ol RONIEE 1 8
|Wigan Athletic 5 4 10 18 | 30 5 4
Sheffield United 7 6 6 24 21 3 2
Charlton Athletic il 5 7 19 20 1 5
Watford 3 9 7 19 25 2 4

466 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Houllier’s Reds had won seven successive Premiership games and
Total games one more win would be the club’s best in the Premier League. The
Games won
following match at Middlesbrough on 9 November would prove a real
Games drawn
Games lost
watershed in Liverpool’s season. The manager was criticised for having
Clean sheets — League too cautious an approach in a match that a confident team should have
Clean sheets—Overall been capable of winning. It resulted in a 1-0 defeat.
Total goals imeid Next up were Basel in Switzerland, where Liverpool needed a win
Average attendance at home— League 43,561
Average attendance at home— Overall 43,064 to progress in the Champions League. The Reds were three goals down
Average goals per game —League at the interval and seemingly heading for a terrible humiliation before
Average goals per game — Overall they recovered to square the match 3-3. The club had to settle for
Average goal minute — League
dropping down into the UEFA Cup. Instead oftaking responsibility for
Average goal minute — Overall
their failure Houllier picked out Steven Gerrard for criticism. “We are
missing the good Steven Gerrard at the moment,” he said. “Stevie was
GOAL MINUTES
not at the races against Basel. Once a player starts to believe everything
Goals from 1 to 15
that is written about him and thinks ‘I am king ofthe world’ then there
is difficulty and danger.”
Goals from 46 to 60 Gerrard revealed in his autobiography that troubles in his parents‘
Goals from 61 to 75
marriage were tearing him apart at the time and he was shocked by
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 Houllier‘s outburst following their Champions League demise. “What
Gerard did in Basle broke the code,’ he said. “At the very least he
should have warned me what he was planning to tell the media, not
Premier League throw an unexpected bomb at me in a crowded press conference.”
Champions League Gerrard‘s father charged down to Houllier‘s office and told him the
League Cup
real reason behind his son‘s poor form. “Dad knows me better than
Community Shield 2
anyone.‘I haven‘t seen you smile for ages, Steven, he said. “You are not
the happiest of people anyway! But I can tell? Dad got everything out
in the open and from then on my form came back sharpish. I felt as if
PLAYER DEBUTS
Mark Gonzalez against Maccabi Haifa ame | a huge stone weight had been lifted off my chest.”
Craig Bellamy against Maccabi Haifa 09.08.2006 Liverpool would not taste victory again in a League match until
Jermaine Pennant against Maccabi Haifa 09.08.2006 the second half of January 2003, a terrible run of 11 League games
Fabio Aurélio against Chelsea 13.08.2006
without a win. Five points out of possible 33 drew comparisons with
Dirk Kuyt against West Ham 26.08.2006
Gabriel Paletta against Reading 25.10.2006 the 1953/54 relegation season! The Reds were down to seventh,
11 points off the pace.
James Smith against Reading 25.10.2006 As the performances and results worsened, so did the criticism.
Danny Guthrie against Reading 25.10.2006
Nabil El Zhar against Portsmouth 29.11.2006
None of the summer buys proved to be worth a fraction of what the
Miki Roque against Galatasaray 05.12.2006 club had paid for them, as Phil Thompson confessed to LFChistory.net:

| Javier Mascherano against Sheff Utd

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24.02.2007
“Diouf, Diao and Cheyrou will always be there as failures, if you
Emiliano Insta against Portsmouth 28.04.2007
Daniele Padelli against Charlton 13.05.2007
want. You live and die by your signings and your results. We spent £20
million on these players. They just never hit it off. Maybe the club was a
bit too big for them. They certainly weren't of the calibre that we wanted.
That was a shame. When you buy aforeign player and even when you buy
an English player, he might be a great player at another club. When they
come to your club it can be totally different. The training, the methods and
everything. At that particular time we needed the money to be spent more
wisely and we just got it wrong. Three players for so much, that’s a third
of a football team.”

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 467

2007/08 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
| Aug 11 Prem A Aston Villa WwW 2-1 42640 ec Martin Laursen (og) '30, S Gerrard '87
2 | Aug 15 CL 3QR:1 A Toulouse W -0 30380 A Voronin '43
3 | Aug 19 Prem H Chelsea D “1 43924 7 F Torres '16
4 | Aug 25 Prem A Sunderland Ww 20 45645 4 M Sissoko '37, A Voronin ‘87
5 | Aug 28 CL 30R:2 H oulouse Ww 40 43118 P Crouch '19, S Hyypia '49, D Kuyt '87, '90
6 | Sep01 Prem H Derby WwW 6-0 44076 i X Alonso '26, ‘69, R Babel ‘45, F Torres ‘56, ‘77, A Voronin '76
7 | Sep 15 Prem A Portsmouth D 0-0 20388 Z.
8 | Sep 18 CL 1GP A Porto D “1 41208 D Kuyt17
9 | Sep 22 Prem H Birmingham D 0-0 44215 3
0} Sep 25 LC 3 A Reading W 42 23567 Y Benayoun '23, F Torres '50, '71, ‘86 |
1 | Sep 29 Prem A Wigan Ath. W -0 24311 4 Y Benayoun '75
12 | Oct 03 CL 1GP H arseille L 0-1 41355
3p OctO7 Prem H Tottenham D 2-2 43986 4 A Voronin '12, F Torres '90
4] Oct 20 Prem A Everton Ww 2-4 40049 4 D Kuyt '54 pen, '90 pen
5 | Oct 24 CL 1GP A Besiktas L 1-2 32500 S Gerrard '85
16 | Oct 28 Prem H Arsenal D 1-1 44122 6 S Gerrard '7
7 | Oct 31 LC 4 H Cardiff WwW 2-4 41780 N El Zhar ‘48, S Gerrard '66
8 | Nov03 Prem A Blackburn D 0-0 30033 ih
9 ov 06 cL GP ir Besiktas W 8.0 41143 ee Y Benayoun '32, ‘52, '56, S Gerrard '69,

20 ov 10 Prem H Fulham W 20 43073 4 F Torres '81, S Gerrard '85 pen

a ov 24 Prem A Newcastle W 30 52307 5 S Gerrard '27, D Kuyt ‘46, R Babel '66
22 ov 28 CL 1GP H Porto Ww 41 41095 F Torres '19, '78, S Gerrard '82 pen, P Crouch '87
23 | Dec 02 Prem H Bolton WwW 40 43270 3 S Hyypia '17, F Torres '45, S Gerrard '56 pen, R Babel ‘85
24 | Dec 08 Prem A Reading L 1-3 24022 4 S Gerrard '28
25 | Dec 11 CL1GP A arseille Ww 40 53000 S Gerrard '4, F Torres '11, D Kuyt '47, R Babel ‘90
26 | Dec 16 Prem H an Utd L 0- 44459 Re
27 || Bee 18 LC5 A Chelsea L 0-2 41366
28 | Dec 22 Prem H Portsmouth Ww 4 43071 5 Y Benayoun '13, Sylvain Distin (og) ‘16, F Torres ‘67, '85
29)\)) (Dee 26 Prem A Derby WwW 2- 33029 4 F Torres '11, S Gerrard '90
30 | Dec 30 Prem A an City D 0-0 47221 4
31 | Jan 02 Prem H Wigan Ath. D 1- 42308 a F Torres '49
32 | Jan 06 FAC 3 A Luton D | 10226 P Crouch '73
33 | Jan 12 Prem A iddlesbrough D ile 33035 4 F Torres ‘71
34 | Jan 15 FAC 3 Rep H Luton WwW 50 41446 R Babel '45, S Gerrard '52, '64, '71, S Hyypia ‘57
35) Jan 21 Prem H Aston Villa D 2-2 42590 5 Y Benayoun ‘19, P Crouch '88
36 } Jan 26 FAC 4 H Havant WwW 5-2 42566 L Leiva '27, Y Benayoun '44, '56, ‘59, P Crouch '90
37 | Jan 30 Prem A West Ham L 0-1 34977 7
38 | Feb 02 Prem H Sunderland W 30 43244 5 P Crouch '57, F Torres ‘69, S Gerrard '89 pen
39 | Feb 10 Prem A Chelsea D 0-0 41788 5
40 | Feb 16 FAC 5 H Barnsley L [pe 42449 D Kuyt '32
41 | Feb 19 CLKO:1 H nter Milan Ww 20 41999 4 D Kuyt ‘85, S Gerrard '88
42 | Feb 23 Prem H iddlesbrough W 3-2 43612 F Torres '28, '29, '61
43 ar 02 Prem A Bolton WwW 3-1 24004 5 Jussi Jaaskelainen (og) '10, R Babel ‘60, F Aurélio '75
44 ar 05 Prem H West Ham Ww 40 42954 F Torres '8, '60, '81, S Gerrard '83
45 ar 08 Prem H ewcastle W 3.0 44031 4 J Pennant '43, F Torres '45, S Gerrard '51 |
46 ar 11 CLKO:2 A nter Milan WwW 1-0 71801 F Torres '68
47 | Mar 15 Prem H Reading WM 43524 J Mascherano ‘19, F Torres '48
48 ar 23 Prem A an Utd L 0-3 76000 4
49 ar 30 Prem H Everton Ww 1-0 44295 4 F Torres ‘7
50 | Apr 02 CL OF:1 A Arsena D 1- 60041 D Kuyt '26
51 | Apr 05 Prem A Arsena D 1- 60111 4 P Crouch '42
52 | Apr 08 CL OF:2 H Arsena W 42 41985 S Hyypia ‘30, F Torres '69, S Gerrard '86 pen, R Babel '90
53 | Apr 13 Prem H Blackburn WwW 3-1 43283 4 S Gerrard '60, F Torres '82, A Voronin ‘90
54 | Apr 19 Prem A Fulham W 20 25311 4 J Pennant '17, P Crouch '70
55 | Apr 22 CL SF:1 H Chelsea D 1- 42180 D Kuyt '43
56 | Apr 26 Prem A Birmingham D 22 29252 4 P Crouch '63, Y Benayoun ‘75 |
57 | Apr 30 CUStEZ A Chelsea L 2-3 38900 F Torres ‘64, R Babel '117 (aet - 1-1 after 90 mins)
58 | May04 | Prem H Man City Ww 1-0 43074 4 F Torres '58
59 | May 11 Prem A Tottenham WwW 20 36063 4 A Voronin ‘69, F Torres '74

CL 30R = Champions League 3” qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase

468 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

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LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 469

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP Ce ee
TOTAL
Goals | Starts |Subs |Starts | Subs | Goals |Starts |Subs
Subs |
|Goals
Goals |
Jamie Carragher 1 0 3 13 0 0
Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 onl 0 0
Steven Gerrard 32 L 2 1 | 1 2 3 1 1 ae 1 3 0 | 6
Ryan Babel 15 15 4 4 0 i 2 0 IL 0 8 5 5
Dirk Kuyt 24 8 3 2 2 ] 0 0 0 0 2 7
Yossi Benayoun 15 15 | 4 3 0 3 i 2 1 7 4 3
Fernando Torres ee ok en ae 1 . hoe Ante a 6
John Arne Riise 22 i 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 0
Sami Hyypia 24 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 2
Alvaro Arbeloa 26 2 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 8 ] 0
Javier Mascherano 25 Qe je 1 i 0 0 1 0 chon ne 0
Peter Crouch 9 12 5 4 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 4
Steve Finnan AAS te 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 Aw 0 0
Lucas Leiva iZ 6 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 oe ee i
Fabio Aurélio 13 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 2 0 1
Andriy Voronin 13 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 6
Xabi Alonso 16 3 ws 3 0 0 | 0 0 4 0 0 | 2
Jermaine Pennant 14 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Z 3 0 n 2
Martin Skrtel 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 | 0
Harry Kewell 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6 0
Mohamed Sissoko 6 3 i 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 | 0 4 1
Charles Itandje 0 0 0 4 0 0 Seen’ 0 0 Cee 0 0
Daniel Agger 4 ] 0 0 0 0 0 Oe 1 0 0 1 0
Jack Hobbs 1 1 0 0 0 0 y | 1 | 0 ONO 0 2 0
Sebastian Leto 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Emiliano Insta i i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0° 0 0 (l 0
Nabil El Zhar 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Damien Plessis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

D
Manchester United 1 1 5 4
Chelsea 2 7 0 36 13 3 3
Arsenal 4 5 0 oF 11 6 3
Liverpool 2 [eet B | 13 9 7 2 24 |
Everton 1 4 4 34 17 8 4 7 | 21
Aston Villa 0 3 6 34 22 6 g 4 37
Blackburn Rovers 8 7 4 26 19 7 6 6 24
Portsmouth i 8 4 24 aul 14 9 1 9 24
Manchester City ] 4 4 28 20 4 6 ] 7
West Ham United 7 7) | 5 24 24 Garces 10 18
ean Hotspur 8 5 6 46 | 34 3 8 8 20
Newcastle United 8 5 6 25 26 3 5 1 20
Middlesbrough 7 5 Fs 27 23 3 hits! Bad 16
Wigan Athletic 8 5 6 21 17 eal S 12 13
Sunderland 9 3 7 23 21 7 3 14 13
Bolton Wanderers 7 5 7 23 18 2 5 1 13
Fulham 5 5 9 eel a Sal 16
Reading 8 2 9 2 4 13 22
Birmingham City 6 | 8 5 Pa 3 14 16
Derby County 1 5 0 3

470 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS Apart from failing to strengthen the team, Gerard Houllier seemed
to have a never-ending supply of excuses to explain the latest miserable
performance. Anything else was to blame rather than his team selection,
Games lost 9 the players and the tactics they had been asked to employ. Liverpool
Clean sheets — League 18 were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Celtic 2-0 at Anfield, despite
Clean sheets — Overall 25 managing a decent 1-1 draw in the away leg in Glasgow. Liverpool
Total goals
celebrated yet another victory in the latest incarnation of the League
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall
Cup, this time named the Worthington Cup after its sponsors. Gerrard
Average goals per game — League and Owen’s goals conquered bitter rivals Manchester United in the
Average goals per game — Overall final at the Millennium Stadium.
Average goal minute — League
Thanks to seven League victories out ofnine at the business end of
Average goal minute — Overall 56
the season Liverpool still had a chance to reach the Champions League
qualifiers by winning the final League game at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea were in the all-important fourth place equal on points with
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 the Reds but with a goal difference of +29 compared to Liverpool’s
Goals from 31 to 45 +21. Sami Hyypia scored in the tenth minute but Marcel Desailly
Goals from 46 to 60 equalised only a few minutes later and Jesper Gronkjer scored the
Goals from 61 to 75
winner for the Londoners in the twenty-seventh minute. It effectively
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 catapulted the team on to another level as Roman Abramovich bought
the club the following month. No doubt that the Russian would have
hesitated to buy Chelsea if they hadn’t qualified.
Harry Kewell arrived from Leeds United as well as Irish right-
back Steve Finnan and the two French starlets Anthony Le Tallec and
Florent Sinama-Pongolle in the 2003/04 pre-season. In mid-October,
Houllier took the captain’s armband off Hyypia and gave it to Gerrard,
fulfilling the local boy’s dream. “I was captain of my school side and
I used to go along to Anfield to watch the team,” he said. “I used to
11.08.2007
Fernando Torres against Aston Villa 11.08.2007 watch Barnes with the captain‘s armband and dream that one day it
Ryan Babel against Aston Villa 11.08.2007 would be me captaining the team I love.”
Yossi Benayoun against Toulouse 15.08.2007 There were many comparisons with the previous season when
Sebastian Leto against Toulouse 28.08.2007
it came to lack of entertainment. One difference however was that
there was no Champions League football to look forward to and no
consolation cup victory either. Playing in the Champions League
was financially important for the club but many supporters found it
difficult to associate a ‘target’ of finishing fourth as success. It was for
Gerard Houllier though. He reached his target, perhaps as much due
to Newcastle’s faltering end to the season as his own team’s ability, but
it wasn’t enough to pacify the Liverpool board and Houllier left the
club with one year of his contract still to run.
Who knows how much his life-threatening illness took out of
Houllier? He never seemed the same man after he returned. Certainly
some of his expensive signings failed to deliver the goods, but he also
changed a lot of the negative culture that can be around a football club
when it comes to diet and lifestyle. Gerard Houllier had a dream for
Liverpool Football Club and right to the end, he still believed he was
the man to take Liverpool that one step further. He had to be pushed
out of the door instead of opening it himself, nevertheless walking
away with some pride and dignity intact. Nobody could say that he

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 471

2008/09 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Aug 13 CL 30R:1 A Standard Liege D 0.0 27600 |
2 | Aug 16 Prem A Sunderland WwW 10 43259 6 F Torres '83
3 | Aug 23 Prem H iddlesbrough Ww 2 43168 1 J Carragher '85, S Gerrard '90
4 | Aug 27 CL 30R:2 H Standard Liege WwW 1-0 43889 D Kuyt '118 (aet - 0-0 after90mins)
5 | Aug 31 Prem A Aston Villa D 0-0 41647 2
6 | Sep 13 Prem H jan Utd WwW 2- 44192 2 Wes Brown (og) '26, R Babel '77
7 | Sep 16 CL 1GP A arseille | Wien Z2 45000 S Gerrard '26, '32 pen
8 | Sep 20 Prem H Stoke D 0-0 43931 2
9 | Sep 23 C's H Crewe (MW ede 28591 D Agger ‘15, L Leiva '58
0} Sep27 Prem | A Everton Ww 20 39574 2 F Torres '59, '62
1} Oct01 CL 1GP H PSV Eindhoven Ww 3 41907 D Kuyt ‘5, R Keane '34, S Gerrard '76
2} Oct 05 Prem A jan City W 3-2 47280 2 F Torres '55, ‘72, D Kuyt ‘90
3) Oct 18 Prem H Wigan Ath. W 3-2 43868 2 D Kuyt ‘37, '85, A Riera ‘80
4] Oct 22 CL1GP A Atletico Madrid D 1- 44500 R Keane '14
15 | Oct 26 Prem A Chelsea Ww 1-0 41705 i X Alonso '10
6 | Oct 29 Prem H Portsmouth Ww 1-0 43378 il S Gerrard '76 pen
7 | Nov01 Prem A Tottenham L 1-2 36183 2 D Kuyt '3
8] Nov04 CL 1GP il ee] Atletico Madrid D 1-1 42010 S Gerrard '90 pen
) ov 08 Prem H WBA Ww 3-0 43451 1 R Keane ‘34, '43, A Arbeloa '90
20 ov 12 Lo4 A Tottenham L 2-4 33242 D Plessis '49, S Hyypia '63
21 lov 15 Prem A Bolton Ww 20 24893 2 D Kuyt '28, S Gerrard '73
22 | Nov 22 Prem H Fulham D 0-0 43589 2
23 ov 26 CL 1GP H arseille Ww 1-0 40024 S Gerrard '23
24 | Dec01 Prem H West Ham D 0-0 41169 1
25 | Dec 06 Prem | A Blackburn Ww 3-4 | 26920 1 X Alonso ‘69, Y Benayoun '79, S Gerrard '90
26 | Dec 09 CL 1GP A PSV Eindhoven | WwW 3-1 35000 ‘ | R Babel '45, A Riera '68, D N'Gog ‘77
27 | Dec 13 Prem H Hull City IIe D 2-2 43835 v¥) S Gerrard '24, '32
28 | Dec 21 Prem A Arsenal D 1-1 60094 i R Keane ‘42
29 | Dec 26 Prem H Bolton WwW 30 43548 i A Riera ‘26, R Keane ‘53, ‘58
30 | Dec 28 Prem A ewcastle WW 5- 92114 1 S Gerrard '31, ‘66, S Hyypia '36, R Babel '50, X Alonso '76 pen
Jan 03 FAC 3 A Preston Ww 20 23046 A Riera '24, F Torres ‘90
Jan 10_| Prem A | Stoke D 00 27500 1
Jan 19 Prem H Everton D \- 44382 2 S Gerrard '68
Jan 25 FAC 4 H Everton D 1- 43524 S Gerrard '54
Jan 28 Prem A Wigan Ath. D 1- 21237 3 Y Benayoun ‘41
Feb 01 Prem H Chelsea Ww 20 44174 2 F Torres ‘89, ‘90
Feb 04 FAC 4 Rep oA Everton \ 0-1 37918
Feb 07 | Prem A | Portsmouth W 32 20524 1 | F Aurélio ‘69, D Kuyt '84, F Torres ‘90
Feb 22 Prem H Man City D ] 44259 Zz D Kuyt '78
40 | Feb 25 CL KO:1 A Real Madrid Me lO) 71579 Y Benayoun '82
41 | Feb28 Prem A Middlesbrough heat 0-2 33724
42 | Mar 03 [ Prem H Sunderland Ww 20 41587 3 DN'Gog '52, Y Benayoun ‘65
43 | Mar 10 CLKO:2 H Real Madrid Ww 40 42550 F Torres '16, S Gerrard '28 pen, ‘47, A Dossena ‘89
44 | Mar 14 Prem A Man Utd He Ww 41 75569 2 F Torres '28, S Gerrard '44 pen, F Aurélio '77, A Dossena ‘90
45 |Mar 22 Prem H Aston Villa Ww 50 44131 2 D Kuyt '8, A Riera '33, S Gerrard '39 pen, ‘50, ‘65 pen
46 | Apr 04 Prem A Fulham Ww 1-0 25661 f Y Benayoun ‘90
| CL OF:1 H__| Chelsea L 1-3 42543 F Torres '6
Prem H Blackburn Ww 40 43466 2 F Torres ‘5, '33, D Agger '83, D N'Gog ‘90
CL OF:2 A Chelsea D 44 38286 F Aurélio '19, X Alonso '28 pen, L Leiva ‘81, D Kuyt '83
Prem H Arsenal D 4-4 | 44424 1 F Torres '49, '72, Y Benayoun ‘56, ‘90
Prem | A Hull City WwW 3-1 i 24942 2 X Alonso '45, D Kuyt '63, '89
Prem H Newcastle Ww En| 44121 zZ Y Benayoun '22, D Kuyt '28, L Leiva ‘87
Prem A West Ham Ww 3-0 34951 1 S Gerrard '2, '38, R Babel '84
Prem A | WBA W 20 26138 2 S Gerrard '28, D Kuyt '63
Prem H Tottenham I) W CAL 43937 2 F Torres '31, Alan Hutton (og) '64, Y Benayoun '81

~ CL3QR = Champions League 3" qualifying round; CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase —

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LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 473

APPEARANCES & GOALS
LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE
Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals | Starts Goals | Starts
Jamie Carragher 38 0 | 8 0 0 0 | 0
Jose Reina 38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dirk Kuyt 36 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Xabi Alonso 20 GANG 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 | 0
Steven Gerrard 30 1 16 8 0 1 0 0 0 8 be
Alvaro Arbeloa 29 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Yossi Benayoun 21 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 | 5 4
Ryan Babel 6 21 3 iz 1 0 2 0 0 S 7
Albert Riera 24 4 3 2 0 0 0 7 2
Lucas Leiva 3 12 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 6
Javier Mascherano 27 0 0 Z 0 0 0 0 8 0 |
Fernando Torres 20 4 14 2 1 1 0 g 0 6
Fabio Aurélio 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 27 6 3
Martin Skrtel 20 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 29 ii 0
Robbie Keane 6 3 5 i 0 0 0 i 0 6 { Z 23 5 7
Daniel Agger 15 3 ] i 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 23 8 2
Andrea Dossena 2 4 i 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 19 7 ja
Sami Hyypia 2 4 i i 0 Z 0 0 0 0 15 4 2
Nabil El Zhar i 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 16 0
David N'Gog } 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 Z. 1 14 3
Emiliano Insta S) 1 0 1 0 0 i i 0 0 0 0 0
Damien Plessis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Z 0 | 1 i 0 i
Jermaine Pennant 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Philipp Degen 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Oh 0 0 0
Jay Spearing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Stephen Darby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Martin Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

HOME AWAY
Team [Played WwW ie D L F A WwW D L F A Points
Manchester United 38 6 2 ] 43 3 WZ 4 3 2% 1 90
Liverpool 38 12 7 0 41 13 13 4 2 36 14 86
Chelsea 38 1 6 2 33 7 14 2 3 35 12 83
Arsenal 38 1 5 3 31 6 g i 3 37 21 72
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Aston Villa 38 7 ) 3 27 21 10 2 7 27 27 62
Fulham 38 1 3 5 28 16 3 8 8 1 18 53
Tottenham Hotspur 38 o | 5 Ge o | 4 4 mien we
West Ham United 38 9 2 8 23 22 5 i yi 9 23 51
Manchester City 38 8] 0 6 40 18 2 5 2 18 32 50
Wigan Athletic 38 8 5 6 17 8 4 4 {! 7 Zh 45
Stoke City 38 0 5 4 22 5 2 4 3 6 40 45
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Portsmouth 38 8 3 8 26 2g 2 8 9 Z. 28 4)
Blackburn Rovers 38 6 7 6 2 23 4 4 | 8 37 4
Sunderland 38 6 3 10 21 25 3 6 0 3 29 36
Hull City 38 3 5 11 18 36 5 6 8 21 28 35
Newcastle United 38 5 ii a 24 29 2 6 1 6 30 34
Middlesbrough 38 5 9 5 Az 20 2 2 5 11 a OZ
West Bromwich Albion 38 7 i ] 26 33 {| 5 3 0 34 32

474 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS had been an unqualified success; but nobody could say that he had
Total games been an outright failure either.
Liverpool turned to Valencia boss, Rafael Benitez, whose tactics
against them in the Champions League had impressed the board. It felt
his philosophy would suit Liverpool perfectly: “My ideas are near to
the Milan of Arrigo Sacchi, I like technical and aggressive teams that
Total goals
don’t allow the opponents to play. I like teams that play the ball with
speed and look to score with as few passes as possible.”
Benitez’s first season in English football hadn’t even started in earnest
when he had to persuade his captain Steven Gerrard not to move to
Chelsea. A similar attempt to convince Michael Owen to extend his
contract proved fruitless. Benitez inherited a good squad from Houllier
but it’s probably fair to say not a great one. He immediately brought in
GOAL MINUTES
two quality signings, Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso from Spain. Rafa’s first
Goals from 1 to 15
Goals from 16 to 30 League season — the 2004/05 campaign — was a huge disappointment.
Goals from 31 to 45 18 Eleven of nineteen away matches were lost and the team eventually
Goals from 46 to 60 13 finished in fifth place immediately behind neighbours Everton.
Goals from 61 to 75 15
But it was the cup competitions that would build momentum as
Goals from 76 to 90 35
Goals from 91 to 120 Rafa’s debut season reached a thrilling, if unlikely climax. Although
humbled by Burnley in the third round of the FA Cup, Liverpool
GOALS SPLIT DOWN TO COMPETITIONS reached the final of the other domestic cup competition before losing
|eae
Premier League 77] to Chelsea after extra-time.
Champions League =| 22 In Europe a remarkable journey began where some of the
League Cup 4
home legs during that epic run were reminiscent of great evenings
FA Cup 3
in previous decades. Gerrard saved Liverpool from being eliminated
from the group stage of the Champions League against Olympiakos;
PLAYER DEBUTS
Leverkusen were punished for knocking Liverpool out of the quarter-
Robbie Keane against Standard Liege 13.08.2008
Andrea Dossena against Standard Liege 13.08.2008 finals in 2002; breathtaking goals from Hyypia and Garcia finished
David N'Gog against Aston Villa al 31.08.2008 off Juventus at Anfield and then Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea marched
Albert Riera against Man Utd +
13.09.2008 in with his troops only to face a 119 decibel Anfield and a “Was it or
Philipp Degen against Crewe 23.09.2008
wasn't it over the line?’ debate of monumental proportions.
Diego Cavalieri against Crewe —}
23.09.2008
Stephen Darby against Tottenham 12.11.2008 Sheila Walsh, Rafa’s private secretary, erased any doubts regarding
Jay Spearing against PSV Eindhoven 09.12.2008 the validity of Luis Garcia’s fourth minute goal.““After the game, Sheila,
Martin Kelly against PSV Eindhoven 09.12.2008 who was sitting right in line in the main stand, said to me that the ball
had crossed the line. She was a very honest person so that was good
enough for me. It was a goal,” said Rafa confidently.
Istanbul 2005 was Rome 1977 for a new generation of Reds.
3-0 down to AC Milan at half time, even Hollywood wouldn't have
been able to conjure up the plot that followed. Gerrard was again the
leading man, starting a six-minute second half resurrection that defied
logic and inspired legends that will be everlasting.At 3-3, Jerzy Dudek
repeatedly defied Milan’s attackers in normal and extra time. When it
came to penalties, the Pole was again a hero as Liverpool prevailed to
be crowned champions of Europe for a fifth time. It was a hard act
to follow but Rafael Benitez had quickly cemented himself into the
hearts and minds of Liverpool’s huge worldwide fan-base.
“How can I leave after a night like this? I will be having talks shortly
but it’s looking good,” said Gerrard delighted after the biggest moment

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 475

2009/10 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 Aug 16 Prem A Tottenham L 1-2 35935 11 S Gerrard '56 pen
2 | Aug 19 Prem H Stoke Ww 40 44813 4 F Torres '4, G Johnson ‘45, D Kuyt '78, D N'Gog '90
3 | Aug 24 Prem H Aston Villa | L 1-3 43667 10 |_F Torres '72
4 | Aug 29 Prem A Bolton W 32 23284 7 G Johnson ‘41, F Torres ‘57, S Gerrard '83
5 | Sep12 Prem H Burnley Ww 40 43817 5 Y Benayoun '27, '61, ‘82, D Kuyt '41
6 | Sep 16 CL 1GP H Debrecen VSC Ww 1-0 41591 D Kuyt ‘45
if [ Sep 19 Prem A West Ham W 3-2 34658 3 F Torres '20, ‘75, D Kuyt '42
8 | Sep 22 LC3 A Leeds United Ww 1-0 38168 D N'Gog '66
9 | Sep 26 Prem H Hull City W 6-4 44392 3 F Torres '12, '28, '47, S Gerrard '61, R Babel '88, ‘90
10 | Sep 29 CL 1GP A Fiorentina L 0-2 33426
1} Oct 04 Prem A Chelsea lg 0-2 41732 5 |
12 | Oct 17 Prem A Sunderland 0-1 47327 8 |
3} Oct 20 CL1GP H Lyon L 2 41562 Y Benayoun '41 |
14 | Oct 25 Prem H an Utd Ww 20 44188 5 F Torres '65, D N'Gog '90
15 | Oct 28 | LC 4 A__| Arsenal L 2 60004 E Insta '26
16 | Oct 31 Prem A Fulham L 1-3 25700 5 IeF Torres '42
7 Nov 04 CL 1GP A Lyon D 1-1 39180 R Babel '83
| 18 | Nov 09 Prem H Birmingham D 2-2 42560 7 D N'Gog '13, S Gerrard ‘71 pen
| 19 |Nov 21 Prem H Man City D 2-2 44164 7 M Skrtel ‘50, Y Benayoun '77
20 | Nov 24 CL1GP A Debrecen VSC_|_W -0 42000 D N'Gog '4
Nov 29 Prem A Everton Ww 2-0 39652 3) Yobo (og) '12, D Kuyt '80
Dec 05 Prem A Blackburn D 0-0 29660 7
Dec 09 CL 1GP H Fiorentina L -2 40863 Y Benayoun '43
Dec 13 Prem H Arsenal L 2 43853 7 D Kuyt ‘41
Dec 16 Prem H Wigan Ath. Wo 3224 41116 6 D N'Gog '9, F Torres '79
Dec 19 Prem A Portsmouth L 0-2 20534 7
Dec 26 Prem H Wolves WwW 20 41956 7 S Gerrard '62, Y Benayoun ‘70
Dec 29 Prem A Aston Villa WwW 1-0 42788 7 F Torres ‘90
Jan 02 FAC 3 A Reading D 1-1 23656 r S Gerrard '36
Jan 13 FAC 3 Rep H Reading L 1-2 31063 Ryan Bertrand (og) ‘45 (aet - 1-1 (2-2 agg) after 90 mins)
Jan 16 Prem A Stoke D 1-1 27247 7 S Kyrgiakos '58
Jan 20 Prem H Tottenham Ww 20 42016 iI 6 D Kuyt ‘6, '90 pen
Jan 26 Prem A Wolves D 0-0 28763 5
Jan 30 Prem H Bolton Ww 20 43413 5 D Kuyt '37, Kevin Davies (og) '70
Feb 06 Prem H Everton We. 1-0 44316 4 D Kuyt '55
Feb 10 Prem A Arsenal L 0-1 60045 4
Feb 18 EL 32:1 H Unirea Ww 1-0 40450 D N'Gog '81
Feb 21 Prem A an City D 60-0 47203 | 6
Feb 25 EL 32:2 ee Unirea WwW 3-1 25000 J Mascherano '30, R Babel '40, S Gerrard '57
Feb 28 Prem H x Blackburn WwW 24 42795 6 S Gerrard '20, F Torres '44
ar 08 Prem A Wigan Ath. L 0-1 17427 6
Mar 11 EL 16:1 A Lille L 01 | 18000 |
ar 15 Prem H Portsmouth WwW 41 40316 5 F Torres '26, '77, R Babel '28, A Aquilani '32
ar 18 EL 16:2 H Lille Ww 30 [ 38139 S Gerrard '9 pen, F Torres '49, '89
jar 21 Prem A Man Utd LE 1-2 75216 6 alt F Torres '5
Mar 28 Prem H Sunderland Ww 30 43121 5 F Torres '3, '60, G Johnson '32
Apr 01 EL OF:1 A Benfica it 1-2 62629 D Agger '9
Apr 04 Prem A Birmingham D 1-1 27909 6 S Gerrard '47
Apr 08 EL OF:2 H Benfica W 4-4 42377 D Kuyt '27, L Leiva '34, F Torres '58, '82
Apr 11 Prem H Fulham D 0-0 42331 6
Apr 19 Prem H West Ham WwW 340 37697 6 Y Benayoun '19, D N'Gog '29, Robert Green (og) ‘59
92 | Apr 22 EL SF:1 A Atletico Madrid LeeenGcl 50000
53 | Apr 25 Prem A Burnley Ww 40 21553 7 S Gerrard '52, '59, M Rodriguez '74, R Babel '90
54 | Apr 29 EL SE:2 H Atletico Madrid WwW 2-4 42040 A Aquilani '44, Y Benayoun '95 (aet 1-0 (1-1 agg) after 90 mins)
May 02 H Chelsea L 0-2
May 09 A Hull City dD 0-0
CL 1GP = Champions League 1st Group Phase; EL = Europa League

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APPEARANCES & GOALS

FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE TOTAL

Player Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals | Starts | Subs | Goals
Jamie Carragher 37 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4G 0 0
Dirk Kuyt 35 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2
Jose Reina 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
Lucas Leiva yd 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 IL 0 12 1 |
Steven Gerrard 32 ] 9 2 0 1 0 ] 0 3 0 2
| Javier Mascherano 31 3 0 0 0 0 1 0| 0 é 1 | 1
Yossi Benayoun 19 11 6 1 i 0 0 | 0 9 3 i)
Emiliano Insta 30 | 0 i 0 0 1 0 i 0 0 0
Ryan Babe 9 16 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 5 iz
David N'Gog 10 14 5 1 Il | 0 i 0 5 4 7}
Daniel Agger 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Glen Johnson 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ue ae 0
Fernando Torres 20 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 {| 4
Martin Skrtel 16 3 1 ] 1 0 1 | 1 0 5 1 | 0 1
Alberto Aquilani g 9 | | 1 0 0 Hed ieee 3 2 j fe
Fabio Aurélio 8 6 0 1 0 0 aa 0 0 3 4 0 0
Sotirios Kyrgiakos 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2 0 2 1
Maxi Rodriguez 14 3 1 0 [ 0 0 0 O) Peo 0 0 0 3 1
Albert Riera 9 3 0 0 og) 6 1 0 0 2 i ao 4 | 9
Andriy Voronin 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 OCD mae 1 2 0 9 0
Philipp Degen 3 4 0 | 0 0 2 0 [- 0 0 1 0 5 0
Dani Pacheco 0 4 0 [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 is 0
Nabil El Zhar i 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0
Daniel Ayala Z 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jay Spearing il 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 is 0
Andrea Dossena ] 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 i 0 2 0
Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stephen Darby 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 tS 0 1 0
Martin Kelly i 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Nathan Eccleston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Damien Plessis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 hh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Robinson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

= D L A Ww D
Chelsea 1 | 4 10 4 5
Manchester United 1 z 2 1 3 5
Arsenal 2 2 5 8 4 7
Tottenham Hotspur 2 3 2 7 5 ih
Manchester City 4 3 20 6 g 4
Aston Villa 8 3 6 9 5 5
Liverpool 3 3 15 5 6 8
Everton 6 i 21 5 7 7
Birmingham City 9 2 3 5 2 12
Blackburn Rovers 6 3 8 3 5 i
Stoke City 7 6 6 21 4 8 7
Fulham 11 8 5 5 1 il 11
Sunderland ) 7 3 19 2 4 13
Bolton Wanderers 6 6 i 31 4 3 12
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 6 8 22 4 5 10
Wigan Athletic 6 7] 6 24 3 2 14
West Ham United il 5 7 29 i 6 12
Hull City 6 6 7 30 0 6 13
|Burnley 7 5 7 30 1 1 W
|Portsmouth seat osc al eae RE

478 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS of his career. Only five weeks later, the stand-off between the club and
its captain regarding an improved long-term contract offer resulted in a
transfer request, with Chelsea ready to offer Gerrard a way out. Liverpool
revealed his desire to leave and all hell broke loose. Gerrard agonised
over his decision “eating paracetamol like Smarties” and finally came to
his senses. “Could I really put on a Chelsea shirt and face Liverpool in
Total goals
front of the Kop? No. No. No.I couldn‘t jump over the edge ofthe cliff.
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall I could see the great possibilities of Chelsea but my heart wouldn't let
Average goals per game — League me leave Liverpool,’ Gerrard said in his autobiography. Jamie Carragher
was overjoyed at the news of Gerrard's transfer U-turn: “When the
Average goal minute — League
news came through on the TV, I nearly choked on my cornflakes.”
Average goal minute — Overall
Three goalless draws and a 1-0 win over Sunderland was a quiet
start to the 2005/06 season but then followed the biggest defeat at
GOAL MINUTES
Goals from 1 to 15
Anfield for 34 years, 4-1 to Chelsea. The leaks in Liverpool’s defence
Goals from 16 to 30 were plugged seemingly for good at the end of October when
Goals from 31 to 45 a club record was set with new recruit Pepe Reina in goal by not
conceding in eleven consecutive games. Liverpool finally gave way
Goals from 61 to 75
after a total of 1,041 minutes to Sao Paolo in the final of the World
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 Club Championship in Yokohama on 18 December. During this run
another newcomer, Peter Crouch, also set a new club record for a
striker by not scoring in his first 18 games. When he finally broke
Premier League the deadlock in a 3-0 win over Wigan at Anfield he had played 1,229
Europa League minutes without a goal. The defeat in Japan did not knock the team
Champions League
out of its stride. Liverpool added three more League victories before
League Cup
the end of the year, taking their tally to ten League wins in a row.
Halfway through the season Liverpool were third, but miles behind
Chelsea who were in a class of their own the whole season.
PLAYER DEBUTS
Glen Johnson against Tottenham 16.08.2009 The arrival of Rafa Benitez had seen a considerable rise in the
Daniel Ayala against Tottenham 16.08.2009 club’s fortunes and his Reds equalled a club record from 1989 by
Sotirios Kyrgiakos against Bolton 29.08.2009 winning 11 in a row from 15 March to 7 May 2006. Liverpool’s 3-3
draw in the FA Cup final against West Ham put an end to Rafa‘s
Nathan Eccleston against Arsenal 28.10.2009
Dani Pacheco against Fiorentina 09.12.2009 winning streak statistically speaking, as that game is interpreted as a
Maxi Rodriguez against Stoke 16.01.2010 draw rather than a penalty shoot-out win. As in Istanbul Gerrard was
Jack Robinson against Hull City 09.05.2010 the man for the big moment in the final by literally scoring with the
last kick of normal time at the Millennium Stadium — from long range
as he was too exhausted to run any further.
Rafa replaced his struggling countryman, Fernando Morientes,
with Craig Bellamy and Dirk Kuyt. However, Liverpool’s consistent
form from the last third of the previous season was nowhere to be seen
for the first three and a half months of the 2006/07 season. But nine
league wins in eleven matches preceded the takeover of the club by
Americans George Gillett andTom Hicks on 6 February 2007.The pair
paid £174.1m at £5,000 per share and took over £44.8m ofdebt in a
total outlay of £218.9m. Hicks noted at the time, somewhat ironically,
that “Liverpool is like buying the Boston Red Sox in baseball, or the
Montreal Canadiens in ice hockey, they are the biggest and the best.”
Little did he know that the owner of Boston Red Sox would buy the
club three-and-a-half-years later.

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 479

2010/11 MATCH DETAILS & LINE UPS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENT RESULTS ATTENDANCE POSITION SCORERS
1 | Jul 29 EL 30R:1 A FK Rabotnicki W 20 22000 D N'Gog '17, '58
2 | Aug 05 LE 30R:2 H FK Rabotnicki W 20 31202 D N'Gog '22, S Gerrard '40 pen
3} Aug 15 Prem H Arsena D Fy 44722 8 D N'Gog ‘46
4 | Aug 19 EL PO:1 H Trabzonspor Ww 1-0 40941 R Babel '44
5 | Aug 23 Prem A an City L 0-3 47087 7
6 | Aug 26 EL PO:2 A Trabzonspor WwW 2-1 21065 Remzi Giray Kacar (og) ‘83, D Kuyt '88
7 | Aug 29 Prem H WBA Ww 1-0 41194 SI F Torres ‘65
8 Sep 12 Prem A Birmingham D 0-0 27333 3
9 | Sep 16 EL'GS H Steaua Bucharest W 44 25605 J Cole '1, D N'Gog '55 pen, ‘90, L Leiva '81
0 | Sep 19 Prem A an Utd L 2-3 75213 6 S Gerrard ‘64 pen, '70
1} Sep 22 LCS H orthampton* L 2-2 22577 M Jovanovic; '9, D N'Gog '116
2} Sep 25 Prem H Sunderland D 22 43626 a D Kuyt '5, S Gerrard '64
3 | Sep 30 EL GS A Utrec! D 00 23662
4] Oct03 Prem H Blackpool L 1-2 43156 8 S Kyrgiakos '53
5 | Oct 17 Prem A Everton L 0-2 39673 9
6 | Oct2 EL GS A apoli De 00 55489
7 | Oct 24 Prem H Blackburn WwW 2-4 43328 8 S Kyrgiakos '48, F Torres '53
8] Oct3 Prem A Bolton W 0 25171 2 Rodriguez '86
9 ov 04 EL GS H apoli Wr sel 33895 S Gerrard '75, '88 pen, '89
20 ov 07 Prem H Chelsea Ww 20 44238 9 F Torres '11, '44
21 ov 10 Prem A Wigan Ath. D “1 16754 9 F Torres '7
22 ov 13 Prem A Stoke L 0-2 27286 1
23 ov 20 Prem H West Ham W 30 43024 9 G Johnson '18, D Kuyt '27 pen, M Rodriguez '38
24 ov 28 Prem A ottenham L 2 36310 10 Skrtel '42
25 | Dec 02 ELGS A Steaua Bucharest D -1 20000 Jovanovic; '19
26 | Dec 06 Prem H Aston Villa W 30 39079 8 D N'Gog ‘14, R Babel '16, M Rodriguez ‘55
27 | Dec11 Prem A ewcastle L -3 50137 9g D Kuyt '49
28 | Dec 15 ELGS H Utrecht D 0-0 37800
29 | Dec 29 Prem H Wolves L 0- 41614 m2
30 | Jan 01 Prem H Bolton Ww 2 35400 g F Torres '49, J Cole ‘90
31 | Jan 05 Prem A Blackburn L 3 24522 12 S Gerrard '81
32 | Jan 09 FAC 3 A an Utd L 0- 74721
33 | Jan 12 Prem A Blackpool L -2 16089 13 F Torres '3
34 | Jan 16 Prem H Everton D 2-2 44795 13 R Meireles '29, D Kuyt '68 pen
35 | Jan 22 Prem A Wolves WwW 30 28869 10 F Torres ‘36, '90, R Meireles '50
36 | Jan 26 Prem H Fulham Ww -0 40466 7 John Pantsil (og) '52
37 | Feb 02 Prem H Stoke W 20 40254 7 R Meireles '47, L Suarez '79
38 | Feb 06 Prem A Chelsea Ww 0 41829 6 R Meireles ‘69
39 | Feb 12 Prem H Wigan Ath. D -1 44609 6 R Meireles '24
40 | Feb17 FL 32:1 A Sparta Prague D 0-0 17564
41 | Feb 24 EL 32:2 H Sparta Prague W -0 42949 D Kuyt 86
42 | Feb27 Prern A West Ham L 3 34941 6 G Johnson 84
43 | Mar 06 Prem H Man Utd W 3- 44753 6 D Kuyt 34, 39, 65
44) Mari0 | EL 16:1 A SC Braga L 0- 12991
45 | Mar 17 EL 16:2 H SC Braga D 0-0 37494
46 | Mar 20 Prem A Sunderland WwW 20 47207 6 D Kuyt “33 pen, L Suarez 77
47 | Apr 02 Prem A WBA L 1-2 26196 6 M Skrtel 50
|48 | Apri1 Prem H Man City W 3-0 44776 68 A Carroll “13, “35, D Kuyt 34
49 | Apr17 Prem A Arsena D fs 60029 6 D Kuyt “90 pen
50 | Apr 23 Prem Birmingham W 5-0 44734 6 M Rodriguez 77, “66, 73, D Kuyt 23, J Cole 86
51 | May 01 Prem H Newcastle Ww 30 44923 5 M Rodriguez 10, D Kuyt 59 pen, L Suarez 65
52 | May 09 | Prem A Fulham AW 5-2 25693 ‘) M Rodriguez “1, ‘7, 70, D Kuyt ‘16, L Suarez 75
53 | May 15 | Prem H Tottenham mG 44893 6
54 | May22 | Prem A Aston Villa aro 42785 6
* aet - 1-1 after 90 mins. Liverpool lost 2-4 on penalties

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APPEARANCES & GOALS
| __ LEAGUE LeaGuecup | EuROPE | OTHER—| TOTAL
Goals Starts | Subs Goals | Starts |Subs | Goals |Starts |Subs | Goals |Starts
Starts |
|Subs
Subs |
| Goals
Goals |
Jose Reina 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Martin Skrtel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 : ;
Lucas Leiva 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 1
Raul Meireles 32 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5
Dirk Kuyt 32 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 15
Jamie Carragher 28 0 0 0 0 0 cpl all 09 1 0 0 0 0 0
David N'Gog ) 16 2 0 1 0 1 0 18 3 5 0 0 0 8
Glen Johnson 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 oe a 7 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 2
Maxi Rodriguez 24 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 OA 2 0 0 0 0 6 10
Joe Cole tue | L 2 0 0 0 0 ee 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
Sotirios Kyrgiakos 10 6 2 0 0 0 i 0 0 ) D 0 0 0 0 8 2
Fernando Torres 22 i 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Z 9
Steven Gerrard 20 ] 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Od) 0 2 8
Martin Kelly 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Daniel Agger 12 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 i 0 0 17 4 0
Jonjo Shelvey 0 15 0 0 | 0 0 i 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
Fabio Aurélio J 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
| Christian Poulsen 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 OF eo 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jay Spearing 10 1 0 0 0 0 | OE rao. 5 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
Paul Konchesky 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milan Jovanovic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0
Ryan Babel 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 7 10 2
Luis Suarez 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 4
Andy Carroll 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 i 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 2
Danny Wilson i 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
John Flanagan 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Me 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Dani Pacheco 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
athan Eccleston 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 i 6 0
Jack Robinson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Diego Cavalieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PV RAW 0 0 0 0 Zz 0 0
Brad Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Paine 0 Onl 0 2 0 0
Alberto Aquilani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 i 0 0 0 0 1 | 0
Javier Mascherano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0
David Amoo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Stephen Darby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ouelino 0 0 1 0
Lauri Dalla Valle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thomas Ince 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

D
|Manchester United 1 0 5 10
|Chelsea 38 14 3 2 7 5
Manchester City 38 Ne 2 8 4
Arsenal 38 11 4 4 8 7
Tottenham Hotspur 38 9 g 1 7 5
Liverpool 38 12 4 3 5 3
Everton 38 9 7 3 4 8 it
Fulham 38 8 7 4 3 i) 7
Aston Villa 38 8 Yi 4 4 5 10 22 40
Sunderland 38 7 5 7 ad 6 ak 8
West Bromwich Albion 38 8 6 3 30 30 4 3] 10
Newcastle United 38 6 8 5 41 SS 5 9
Stoke City 38 10 4 5 oi 18 3 3 3
Bolton Wanderers 38 10 5 4 34 24 2 5 z
Blackburn Rovers 38 7 a 5 22 16 4 SEN
|Wigan Athletic 38 5 8 6 22 | 34 4 i 8
|Wolves 8 4 7 30 30 3 3 13
Birmingham City 6 8 5 19 22 2 7 WE
Blackpool 5 5 9 30 37 5 4 10
West Ham United 5 5 9 24 31 2 7 10

482 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

THE SEASON IN NUMBERS |isrnnes the Americans’ arrival Liverpool started to struggle again
Total games 54 in the League finishing 2006/07 with fourteen points less than in
Games won
the previous campaign. But on the European stage they became the
Games lost
opponent most other clubs both respected and feared. Rafa’s tactical
Clean sheets — League ili awareness was a match for any of his colleagues on the continent. Golf
Clean sheets — Overall B| partners, Bellamy and Ruise, netted for the Reds at the Nou Camp
Total goals
in the last sixteen of the Champions League and they proceeded to
Average attendance at home — League
Average attendance at home — Overall the next round on the away-goals rule after a 1-0 defeat at Anfield.
Average goals per game — League New signing Alvaro Arbeloa switched seamlessly from right to left-
Average goals per game — Overall back and won many admirers by curtailing the threat of 19-year-old
Average goal minute — League
Lionel Messi in the star-studded Barca team. PSV Eindhoven proved
Average goal minute — Overall
less of astumbling block and fate would have it that Liverpool faced
Mourinho and Chelsea again in the semis as two years previously.
GOAL MINUTES
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Daniel Agger
Goals from 16 to 30 levelled the aggregate score before Liverpool decimated Abramovich’s
Goals from 31 to 45 Army in the penalty shoot-out. Liverpool were in the Champions
Goals from 46 to 60 League final for the second time in three years against AC Milan but
Goals from 61 to 75
the Reds’ comeback came too late in Athens, and they fell to a 2-1
Goals from 76 to 90
Goals from 91 to 120 defeat.
Money was found to buy the likes of Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel
and Javier Mascherano. For the first time under his tenure, Benitez led
Liverpool to the summit of the Premier League after thrashing Derby
Europa League County 6-0 on the first day of September 2007. It was still early days
League Cup
but The Guardian wondered if Liverpool would finally last the course
until the end of the season: “For the first time in five years Liverpool
topped the Premier League last night and they are beginning to believe
PLAYER DEBUTS
the appearance will not be as fleeting or as false this season as it has
Milan Jovanovic against FK Rabotnicki 29.07.2010
Lauri Dalla Valle against FK Rabotnicki 29.07.2010 been during the past seventeen years.” Sadly it proved to be yet another
David Amoo against FK Rabotnicki 29.07.2010 false dawn and the club had to settle for fourth place, eleven points
Joe Cole against FK Rabotnicki 05.08.2010 behind champions Manchester United.
Christian Poulsen against Trabzonspor 19.08.2010
Liverpool struggled initially in the group stages of the Champions
Raul Meireles against Birmingham 12.09.2010
Paul Konchesky against Birmingham 12.09.2010 League, drawing at Porto and losing to Marseille and at Besiktas.
Brad Jones against Northampton 22.09.2010 Rafa’s position as manager was undermined when Gillett and Hicks
Thomas Ince against Northampton 22.09.2010 met Jiirgen Klinsmann for talks in November 2007, with the Spaniard
Jonjo Shelvey against Northampton 22.09.2010
constantly being linked to Real Madrid. Benitez continued to insist
Danny Wilson against Northampton 22.09.2010
Luis Suarez against Stoke 02.02.2011 that he saw his future at Liverpool but it was clear that a serious power-
Andy Carroll against Man Utd 06.03.2011 struggle was developing between the club’s manager, the owners and
John Flanagan against Man City 11.04.2011
Chief Executive Rick Parry.
The team responded in the best way possible by beating Besiktas
8-0 at Anfield, which remains the biggest win in Champions League
history! Porto and Marseille were both hit by four goals before Italian
Champions, Inter Milan, were beaten 3-0 on aggregate in the last 16.
The second leg in the quarter-finals against Arsenal at Anfield -- after
a 1-1 draw at the Emirates -- was not for the faint-hearted. With six
minutes to go the game stood at 2-2 after Adebayor’s equaliser in the
eighty-fourth minute. Only a minute later Toure fouled Babel in the
penalty area and Gerrard put the Reds one up from the spot. Babel’s
sprint towards Arsenal’s goal at the Kop end in the ninetieth minute

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 483

evoked memories of David Fairclough’s run against Individual honours came Liverpool’s way when Steven
St. Etienne and the end result was the same — 4-2 in Gerrard was voted the Football Writers’ Footballer of the
Liverpool’s favour. Incredibly, for the third time in four Year. The most emotional moment of the season was
years, Liverpool and Chelsea met in the semi-finals of when arguably one of the best defenders ever to grace
Europe’s premier competition. This time, however, the the club, Sami Hyypia, broke down in tears at Anfield as
second leg was at Stamford Bridge, where a 3-2 defeat the final whistle was blown on his Liverpool career.
prevented a showdown with Manchester United in the Liverpool had run Manchester United very close for
final in Moscow. the Premier League title and hopes were high that the Reds
Liverpool had their best-ever start to a Premier would go one better in 2010. Roy Evans was expected to
League season in 2008/09. They were top at the end of take his troops one step further to a Premiership win in
October, with eight wins and two draws, three points the 1997/98 season as well.Aswas Gerard Houllier in the
ahead of Chelsea whom they beat 1-0 at Stamford 2002/03 season. Both attempts, however, failed miserably,
Bridge ending their 86-match unbeaten run at home. sealing the fate of managers. The same happened to Rafa
Captain Gerrard could sense something special was Benitez in the 2009/10 season.
about to happen. “The city will explode if we win the Early exits from the two domestic cups followed a
League, and I don’t want it to happen when I’m retired. miserable Champions League campaign. Although the
I’m 28 and realise the years are flying by,’ he said. “I team reached the semi-final of the inaugural Europa
don’t want to retire and have just Istanbul and a couple League, Premier League results and performances were
of FA Cups to remember. It will be a disaster, personally, often woeful and the team finished the season in seventh
if Idon’t win the League here.” place. Liverpool Football Club was no longer a member
The team’s first defeat of the season came at White ofthe so-called “Big Four” of English football. Nineteen
Hart Lane on 1 November, but the Reds responded competitive defeats placed even more strain on an already
with two wins on the trot. Then came a bleak period fractious relationship between manager and owners.
of seven draws out of ten when doubts were first raised Rafa’s reign ended after six seasons, an era that had begun
about their title credentials. In March 2009, Rick Parry with the hope and belief that the glory days really were
announced that he would be leaving at the end of returning to Anfield. Sadly, but maybe not surprisingly,
the season; and in the same month Benitez signed a following the change of ownership of the club in 2007
new five-year contract that would take him up to the and all the ensuing problems that occurred, the last four
year 2014. years not only left Liverpool without a trophy to their
From 3 March 2009 Liverpool won ten out of name, they left many supporters wondering how and
their final 11 League games, on a couple of occasions why such a proud and dignified man had been allowed
recapturing the top spot. But Manchester United always to depart in such an acrimonious way.
won their game in hand leaving the Reds four points Rafa didn’t have the riches of Chelsea, Arsenal,
behind them at the end. Tottenham and Manchester United and had comparatively
The year 2009 should have been the year Liverpool made a little go a long way. Benitez was interested in
finally won the Premier League. They only lost twice promising players like Southampton’s Gareth Bale and
in the League, beat their main title rivals, Chelsea and Theo Walcott but he knew he didn’t have the financial
Manchester United, at home and away. But unlike support to buy them. Top-class players like Xabi
champions United Liverpool drew seven games at home Alonso, Javier Mascherano and Sami Hyypia were not
compared to United’s two: Stoke 0-0 (in which Gerrard adequately replaced. Rafa blamed Gillett and Hicks and
scored a legitimate goal), Fulham 0-0, West Ham 0-0, their decision to hire Christian Purslow as managing
Hull 2-2, Everton 1-1, Manchester City 1-1 and Arsenal director for his downfall. “We have a saying in Spanish:
4-4. Tt ultimately proved their undoing. ‘White liquid in a bottle has to be milk’ What does
This lack of killer instinct also presented itself in the this mean? It means that after 86 points and finishing
FA Cup when Everton beat the Reds 1-0 in a fourth second in the league, what changed? The Americans,
round replay, and Chelsea knocked them out of the they chose a new managing director and everything
quarter-finals of the Champions League.A vital ingredient changed. So, what changed? The managing director
was missing that was certainly present when they recorded is involved in all the decisions: new lawyer, new chief
a 5-0 aggregate win over Real Madrid and won 4-1 at of press, new manager, nine new players, new medical
Old Trafford. staff, new fitness coaches — they changed everything...

484 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

So, white liquid in a bottle: milk. You will know who about whether Roy Hodgson was the right man to lead
is to blame.” the Liverpool revolution. Un-Scouselike comments were
David Moores, who was Liverpool’s chairman from being aired.
1991-2007 and sold the club to Gillett and Hicks, sent “Why’s he screaming at the lad, he’s only a teenager?’
an open letter to The Times in May 2010 expressing his “Why’s he laughing with Keys and Gray about our
concerns for the state of the club: title chances after the Chelsea win?’
“Why is he insulting journalists asking sensible and
“Tt has been hard for me, sitting mute on the sidelines reasonable questions?’
as the club I love suffers one blow after another. Since “Why is he inviting other clubs to buy our players?’
resigning from the Board I have not set foot inside Anfield “Why’s he rubbing his face?’
and it hurts, I hugely regret selling the club to George Liverpool’: great battle hymn You’ll Never Walk Alone
Gillett and Tom Hicks. I believe that, at best, they have was slowly but surely changing. At the end of the storm,
bitten off much more than they can chew. Giving them that there’s another storm.
benefit of the doubt that they started off with grand ideals Scousers are notorious for their humour and always
that they were never realistically going to achieve I call have been, but this was getting beyond a joke. Liverpool
upon them now to stand back, accept their limitations as were so close to the relegation zone even the most ardent
joint owners ofLiverpool Football Club, acknowledge their fan began to quiver. And the manager was still trying to
role in the club’s demise, and stand aside, with dignity, to lower fans’ expectations. Liverpool needed a miracle of
allow someone else to take up the challenge. Don’t punish biblical proportions to get out of this mess. The season
the club’s supporters any more, God knows they’ve taken was over before Christmas. Some thought it was over
enough. ‘ake an offer, be realistic over the price, make before Bonfire Night. There was a danger Hodgson’s
it possible. Let the club go. It is a sign of strength, not effigy would be atop many a November blaze.
weakness, to concede for the greater good.” The rumbles in and around the ground continued.
The truth was coming to light, this man was palpably
When the club announced the mutual parting of not for Liverpool. Others have tried and failed but at
Rafa Benitez and Liverpool, fans were wondering who least they understood the club. They knew about the
the top ten managers in the world were. ‘Who were Liverpool Way and that didn’t include a struggling
the managers of title winners in Spain, Italy, Brazil defensive side who were pretty pleased with a draw.
and Argentina?’ asked a fan. “Buggerdivino, his friend In January 2011, the club heard the masses. Hodgson
retorted. *Where’s he from?’ the fan asked nonplussed. left and King Kenny donned the mantle “The New
Within a month of Rafa’s departure Roy Hodgson was Messiah.”To be fair to Hodgson, he left with the best
unveiled as the new Liverpool manager and charged with wishes of everyone who had worked with him. He has
the task of rectifying the club’s longest league barren patch. dealt very respectfully with his departure from the club.
Never in the history of the club had any fan gone Liverpool’s battle hymn from 1965, its tune
through two decades of domestic sterility, unless the most recently sung to the ‘Bounce song for the now
period of World War II is included, where there was no unmentionable’, needed a change oflyrics following the
League title to play for. This had become not just a period team’s success at Stamford Bridge:
of no reign but had escalated into a full-blown drought!
Gillett and Hicks were finally forced out of the club While on the bus from Kensington hoorah, hoorah,
on 15 October 2010 after a series of dramatic events I heard my mate make this remark hoorah, hoorah,
that could fill a book on its own. The pair claimed they We made poor Chelsea weep and ill
had been the victims of an “epic swindle” and that It's Liverpool 1 and Chelsea O
Liverpool’s Board seriously undervalued the club. New and we'll all get blind drunk cos Kenny came marching home.
England Sports Ventures (changed their name to Fenway
Sports Group in March 2011) purchased Liverpool he path of Liverpool Football Club from John
Football Club for £300 million and eliminated all of Houlding to John Henry has been long and
the acquisition debt placed on the club by its previous eventful. Liverpool fans hope better times are ahead for
owners, reducing its debt servicing obligations from the club since the takeover of Fenway Sports Group. In
£25m-£30m a year to £2m-£3m. an interview with FourFourTivo magazine in April 2011
It wasn’t long before questions were being asked the club’s principal owner, John Henry, gave candid

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 485

promises for a greater future. “Our number one priority ourselves in a position to be successful on all fronts.
is to win the Premier League title. That is what we take Success is winning championships, nothing less. And
with us each day to work as the force that drives us when you win a championship — and we will — success
to excel. If we can accomplish that we will have put isn’t measured or accomplished by winning once.”

486 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

Shankly statue.

CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS

PART 2
CAREER RECORDS - aL. PLAYERS

LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE

Player DOB Career Starts | Subs
Alan ACOURT 30 September 1934 1952 - 1964
Gary ABLETT 9 November 1965 1986 - 1992
Daniel AGGER 2 December 1984 2006 -
Andrew AITKEN 25 August 1909 1930 \- 1931
John ALDRIDGE 8 September 1958 1987 - 1989
George ALLAN 23 August 1875 1895 - 1897 /1898-1899
Messina ALLMAN 883 1908 - 1909
Xabi ALONSO 25 November 1981 2004 - 2009
David AMOO 3 April 1991 2010 -
Eric ANDERSON 2 March 1931 1953 - 1957
Nicolas ANELKA 14 March 1979 2001 - 2002
Alberto AQUILANI 07 July 1984 2009 -
Alvaro ARBELOA 7 January 1983 2007 - 2009
Tom ARMSTRONG 898 1920 - 1920
Alan ARNELL 25 November 1933 1953 - 1961
Steve ARNOLD 05 January 1951 1970 - 1973
Pegguy ARPHEXAD 8 May 1973 2000 - 2003
Alf ARROWSMITH 1 December 1942 1960 - 1968
Charlie ASHCROFT 03 July 1926 946 - 1955
Fabio AURELIO 24 September 1979 2006 - 2010 / 2010 -
Daniel AYALA 07 November 1990 20089 -
Phil BABB 30 November 1970 994 - 2000
Markus BABBEL 08 September 1972 2000 - 2004
Ryan BABEL 9 December 1986 2007 - 2011
Jack BALMER 06 February 1916 1935 - 1952 0 0
| John BAMBER 11 April 1895 1919 - 1924 0 0
Alan BANKS 05 October 1938 958 - 1961 0 0
William BANKS |January 1893 1914-1915 0 0
Henry BARKAS 21 January 1906 930 - 1932 0 0
Nick BARMBY 11 February 1974 2000 - 2002 9 9
John BARNES 07 November 1963 1987 - 1997 4 4
Fred BARON 29 December 1901 925 - 1927 0 0
Kevin BARON 9 July 1926 944 - 1954 0 0
Milan BAROS 28 October 1981 2001 - 2005 68 45 23 19 68 45 | 23
Antonio BARRAGAN _|_ 12 June 1987 2005 - 2006 0 0 0 ORE 2 Oa ae
Harold BARTON 30 September 1911 1928 - 1934 103 103 0 0 0
Wilf BARTROP [22 November 1887 914 - 1915 3 3 0 0 0
Bernard BATTLES 13 January 1875 896 - 1896 / 1898 - 1898 3 3 0 0 0
Harry BEADLES 28 September 1897 921 - 1924 17 7 0 0 0
Peter BEARDSLEY 18 January 1961 1987 - 1991 131 120 1 0 0
Frank BECTON | 28 October 1873 895 - 1898 70 70 0 0 0
Augustus BEEBY 1889 1908 - 1911 16 16 0 0 0
Jim BEGLIN 29 July 1963 983 - 1989 64 64 0 0 0
Craig BELLAMY 13 July 1979 2006 - 2007 27 23 4 23 4
Yossi BENAYOUN |_05 May 1980 2007 - 2010
Thomas BENNETT April 1891 919 - 1921
f Patrik BERGER 10 November 1973 996 - 2003
Arthur BERRY 3 January 1888 908 - 1909 /1912-1912
Louis BIMPSON 14 May 1929 1953 - 1959
Igor BISCAN 04 May 1978 2000 - 2005 72 50 22 2
Stig Inge BUORNEBYE 11 December 1969 1992 - 2000 139 132 7 2 vi
Robert BLANTHORNE 8 January 1884 1905 - 1907 2 2 0 1 0 0
Ernie BLENKINSOP 20 April 1902 1934 - 1937 71 71 0 0 0 0
Reginald BLORE 18 March 1942 959 - 1960 1 i 0 0 0 0
Phil BOERSMA 24 September 1949 969 - 1975 9 17 0 0
John BOVILL 21 March 1886 1911 - 1914 0 if 0 0
George BOWEN July 1875 1901 - 1902 0 0 0 0
Sam BOWYER 12 October 1887 907 - 1912 0 14 0 0
James BRADLEY |_5 May 1881 905 - 1911 0 5 0 0

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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE

Career
Thomas BRADSHAW 24 August 1873 0 0 0 0
Tom BRADSHAW 07 February 1904 277 277 0 3 0 0 0 0
Philip BRATLEY 26 December 1880 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken BRIERLEY 03 April 1926 60 60 0 8 0 0 0 0
Tom BROMILOW 7 October 1894 341 341 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joseph BROUGH 9 November 1886 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 0
Derek BROWNBILL 04 February 1954 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
John BROWNING 27 January 1915 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les BRUTON 01 April 1903 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fred BUCK 12 July 1880 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ben BULL May 1873 il i 0 1 0 0 0 0
Keith BURKINSHAW 23 June 1935 i i 0 0 0 0 0 0
David BURROWS 25 October 1968 | 1988 - 1993 146 135 i 3 34 32 2 2
Matt BUSBY 26 May 1909 936 - 1939 115 115 0 3 0 0 0 0
| Tom BUSH 22 February 1914 933 - 1947 ie 61 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gerry BYRNE 29 August 1938 957 - 1969 274 273 1 2 0 0 0 0
Joe CADDEN 13 April 1920 948 - 1952 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
lan CALLAGHAN 10 April 1942 960 - 1978 640 636 4 49 0 0 0 0
Titi CAMARA 11 July 1972 999 - 2000 33 22 11 a 33 22 11 9
Jonathan CAMERON Unknown 1892 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James CAMERON 1868 1894 - 1895 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert CAMPBELL 23 April 1937 958 - 1961 24 24 0 2 0 0 0 0
Don CAMPBELL 19 October 1932 953 - 1958 47 47 0 Z 0 0 0 0
Ken CAMPBELL 6 September 1892 911 - 1920 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie CARLIN 06 October 1940 if, 959 - 1962 1 il 0 0 0 0 0 0
John CARLIN 1880 903 - 1907 eZ 32 8 0 0 0 0
Len CARNEY 30 May 1915 946 - 1948 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lance CARR 18 February 1910 933 - 1936 Sif 31 0 8 0 0 0 0
amie CARRAGHER 28 January 1978 997 - 463 449 14 4 463 449 14 4
Andy CARROLL 06 January 1989 2011 - Ii 5 2 2 7 5 2 2
Scott CARSON 03 September 1985 2005 - 2008 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0
Jimmy CARTER 09 November 1965 991 - 1991 5 Zz @) 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy CASE 8 May 1954 973 - 1981 186 170 16 23 0 0 0 0
Diego CAVALIERI 01 December 1982 2008 - 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John CHADBURN 2 February 1873 IL 903 - 1904 2 Zz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edgar CHADWICK 14 June1869 1902 - 1904 43 43 0 7 0 0 0 0
William CHALMERS 03 April 1901 923 - 1925 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry CHAMBERS 7 November 1896 1919 - 1928 310 310 0 185 0 0 0 0
John CHARLTON 23 March 1908 929 - 1932 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil CHARNOCK 14 February 1975 1992 - 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Francis CHECKLAND 31 July 1895 921 - 1923 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruno CHEYROU 0 May 1978 2002 - 2006 31 17 14 2 31 17 14 2
Albert CHILDS 25 September 1930 953 - 1954 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil CHISNALL 27 October 1942 964 - 1967 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom CHORLTON 881 904 - 1912 ea 117 0 8 0 0 0 0
Frank CHRISTIE 7 February 1927 949 - 1951 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djibril CISSE 2 August 1981 2004 - 2007 49 29 20 13 49 29 20 13
James CLARK 06 February 1903 928 - 1931 39 39 0 1 0 0 0 0
Thomas CLEGHORN June 1871 1896 - 1899 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0
James CLELAND 870 { 1895 - 1895 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray CLEMENCE 05 August 1948 967 - 1981 470 470 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigel CLOUGH 09 March 1966 | 1993 - 1996 39 29 10 7 39 29 10 7
William COCKBURN 899 924 - 1928 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avi COHEN 4 November 1956 979 - 1981 18 16 2 1 0 0 0 0
Joe COLE 08 November 1981 2010 20 9 11 2 20 9 1 2
James COLLINS 30 January 1911 1936 - 1937 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan COLLYMORE 22 January 1971 995 - 1997 61 55 6 26 61 55 6 26
Robert COLVIN 5 December 1876 898 - 1898 3 3 0 0 0 0
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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

PREMIER LEAGUE
Player DOB Career Apps | Starts | Subs Gls Apps | Starts | Subs Gls
Peter CORMACK 17 July 1946 1972 - 1976 125 119 6 21 0 0 0 0
Charles COTTON August 1878 1903 - 1904 12 12 0 0 0 OED 2 0
Jack COX 21 December 1877 1897 - 1909 SZ), 327 0 72 0 0 0 0
Herbert CRAIK j 1880 1903 - 1904 i 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edmund CRAWFORD 31 October 1906 1832 - 1933 8 8 0 4 0 0 0 0
Robert CRAWFORD 4 July 1886 1808 - 1915 109 109 0 ] 0 0 0 0
Russell CROSSLEY 25 June 1927 1950 - 1954 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter CROUCH 30 January 1981 2005 - 2008 85 55 30 22 85 55 30 22
Daniel CUNLIFFE 11 June 1875 1897 - 1898 14 14 if 0 5 0 0 0 0
William CUNNINGHAM 27 October 1899 1920 - 1924 3 | 3 0 0 0 0 0
John CURRAN March 1864 1894 - 1896 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Benjamin DABBS 17 April 1909 932 - 1938 54 54 0 0 0 Wh we 0
Kenny DALGLISH 04 March 1951 1977 - 1990 355 342 ile 13 118 0 0 0 0
Lauri DALLA VALLE 14 September 1991 2007 - 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephen DARBY 06 October 1988 2008 - 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 |
David DAVIDSON 04 June 1905 | 1928 - 1930 58 58 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
John DAVIES July 1881 | 1901 - 1903 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 om
James DAWSON 13 August 1890 913-1915 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 0
Philipp DEGEN 15 February 1983 2008 - 7 3 4 0 7 3 4 0
William DEVLIN 30 July 1899 1927 - 1927 19 19 0 15 0 0 0 0
Gerald DEWHURST 14 February 1872 894 - 1894 1 ial 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salif DIAO 10 February 1977 2002 - 2007 37 19 18 1 37 I 19 18 | 1
Douglas DICK December 1868 893 - 1894 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0
Julian DICKS 08 August 1968 993 - 1994 ‘ 24 24 0 3 24 | 24 0 3S
Joe DICKSON 31 January 1934 956 - 1958 6 6 0 4 0 0 ne 0
Joseph DINES 12 April 1886 1912 - 1913 i 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bernard DIOMEDE 23 January 1974 2000 - 2003 2 i 1 0 1 | 0
El Hadji DIOUF 15 January 1981 2002 - 2005 55 « 41 14 S 55 41 14 3
Ned DOIG 29 October 1866 904 - 1908 51 51 0 0 0 0 0
Cyril DONE 21 October 1920 938 - 1952 95 95 0 33 0 0
Robert DONE 27 April 1904 927 - 1935 147 147 0 13 0 0
Willie DONNELLY 1872 896 - 1898 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrea DOSSENA 11 September 1981 2008 - 2010 18 13 5 1 18 13 5 4
John DRUMMOND 1870 894 - 1895 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerzy DUDEK 23 March 1973 2001 - 2007 127 126 1 0 i 127 126 1 0
Sean DUNDEE 07 December 1972 998 - 1999 3 0 Ie | 0 3 0 3 0
Billy DUNLOP 14 July 1871 1895 - 1910 325 325 0 2 | 0 0 0 0
John DURNIN 18 August 1965 986 - 1989 0 0 0 Oi wo 0 0 0
John EASDALE 16 January 1919 1946 - 1948 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry EASTHAM 30 June 1917 1936 - 1948 62 62 OF ee 0 0 0 0
athan ECCLESTON | 30 December 1990 2009 - 2 | 0 Z 0 Z 0 2 0
Dick EDMED 14 February 1904 1926 - 1932 160 160 0 44 0 0 0 0
Nabil EL ZHAR | 27 August 1986 2006 - 21 2 19 0 21 Z 19 0
Sam ENGLISH 18 August 1908 1933 - 1936 47 47 0 24 0 0 0 0
Alun EVANS |_ 30 April 1949 1968 - 1972 79 77 2 21 0 0 0 0
Roy EVANS 04 October 1948 970 - 1974 a 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
John EVANS 28 August 1929 953 - 1957 97 97 0 49 0 0 0 0
Chris FAGAN 05 June 1950 1970 - 1971 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie FAGAN 20 February 1917 937 - 1952 158 158 0 47 0 0 0 0
David FAIRCLOUGH 05 January 1957 1975 - 1983 98 64 34 34 0 0 0 0
Thomas FAIRFOUL 16 January 1881 913 - 1915 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert FERGUSON June 1886 912 - 1915 92 92 0 i 0 | 0 0 0
Philip FERNS 14 November 1937 1958 - 1965 Lip || al 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jean Michel FERRI 07 February 1969 1998 - 1999 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
Steve FINNAN 24 April 1976 2003 - 2008 145 134 11 1 145 134 11 t
| Patrick FINNERHAN March 1872 1897 - 1898 5 2 0 iI 0 0 0 0
Fred FINNEY 10 March 1924 1946 - 1947 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold FITZPATRICK February 1880 1907 - 1908 4 4 0 2 0 0 | 0 0
Matthew John FITZSIMMONS 10 December 1913 1936 - 1938 ] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE

Player DOB Career |Apps | Starts |Subs | Gis_|Apps |Starts | Subs | Gis_|
John FLANAGAN 01 Jan 1993 2011 - i 7 0 0 7 7 0 0
George FLEMING 20 May 1869 1901 - 1906 78 78 0 5 0 | 0 0 0
Dick FORSHAW. 20 August 1895 919 - 1927 266 | 266 0 117 0 0 0 0
Robbie FOWLER 09 April 1975 993 - 2001 / 2006 - 2007 266 225 4 128 266 225 4) 128
Abraham FOXALL 1874 1899 - 1900 1 i 0 0 G. Bee 0 0
Brad FRIEDEL 18 May 1971 998 - 2000 25 25 0 0 25 25 0 0
Jim FURNELL 23 Novernber 1937 962 - 1963 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis GARCIA 24 June 1978 2004 - 2007 77 52 25 18 77 52 25 18
Tom GARDNER 28 May 1910 1928 - 1931 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
James GARNER 18 July 1895 924 - 1926 oe G6 (Pac 0 0 0 0 0
James GARSIDE 24 January 1885 1904 - 1906 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howard GAYLE 18 May 1958 1980 - 1983 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fred GEARY 23 January 1868 895 - 1899 39 39 0 14 0 0 0 0
Hugh GERHARDI 05 May 1933 952 - 1953 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steven GERRARD 30 May 1980 998 - 387 360 27 84 387 360 27 84
Cyril GILHESPY 8 February 1898 921 - 1925 19 19 0 3 0 0 Te 0
Gary GILLESPIE 05 July 1960 983 -1991 156 152 4 14 0 0 0 0
Samual GILLIGAN 18 January 1882 910 - 1913 40 40 0 16 0 0 0 0
John GIVENS January 1870 1894 - 1895 10 10) |) 8 3 0 0 0 0
Rob GLASSEY 3 August 1914 1933 - 1936 g] | 0 4 0 0 0 0
John GLOVER 28 October 1876 1900 - 1903 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arthur GODDARD 4 June 1878 1902 - 1914 386 386 0 72 0 0 0 i 0
Archie GOLDIE 5 January 1874 1895 - 1900 125 125 0 1 0 0 0 0
William GOLDIE 22 January 1878 1897 - 1904 158 158 0 6 0 0 0 0
Mark GONZALEZ 0 July 1984 2006 - 2007 25 14 11 2 25 14 11 2
Bertram GOODE 11 August 1886 1908 - 1910 7 i ie 0 1 0 0 0 0
Patrick GORDON 9 February 1870 1893 - 1894 26 26 0 7 0 0 0 0
James GORMAN 1882 1906 - 1908 19 « 19 . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom GRACIE 12 January 1889 1912 -1914 33 33 0 5 0 0 0 0
Bobby GRAHAM 22 November 1944 964 - 1972 103, | 97 6 31 0 0 0 0
Jimmy GRAY 16 September 1900 926 - 1930 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank GRAYER 13 February 1890 912-1915 1 eh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas GREEN 25 November 1883 901 - 1903 i 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
Michael GRIFFIN April 1887 906 - 1909 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry GRIFFITHS 1 February 1886 1905 - 1908 6 6 0 0 i 0 0 0 0
Bruce GROBBELAAR 06 October 1957 981 - 1994 440 440 0 0 34 34 0 0
Gordon GUNSON 01 July 1904 930 - 1934 81 81 0 24 0 0 0 0
Danny GUTHRIE 18 April 1987 2006 - 2008 3 0 3 0 ] 3 0 3 0
Charles HAFEKOST 22 March 1890 1914 - 1915 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack HAIGH 10 September 1928 949 - 1952 1 1 0 ano 0 0 0
Brian HALL 22 November 1946 969 - 1976 155 140 15 15 0 0 0 0
Dietmar HAMANN 27 August 1973 999 - 2006 194 174 7 8 8
Edmund HANCOCK 29 March 1907 931 - 1933 10 10 0 2 0
Andrew HANNAH 17 September 1864 892 - 1895 40 40 0 1 0
David HANNAH 28 April 1867 1894 - 1897 31 31 0 1 0
Alan HANSEN 13 June 1955 1977 - 1991 434 434 0 8 0
Alf HANSON 27 February 1912 1931 - 1938 166 166 | 0 50
Sam HARDY 26 August 1883 1905 - 1912 219 ZA || ES 0
Steve HARKNESS 27 August 1971 989 - 1999 102 90 12 2 2
Jim HARLEY 21 February 1917 934 - 1948 115 115) eo 0 0 0 0
Chris HARRINGTON 25 December 1896 920 - 1921 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
James HARROP September 1884 908 - 1912 168 TSse aie 20 4 0 0 0
James HARROWER 18 August 1935 1958 - 1961 96 96 0 21 0 0 0
Ted HARSTON 27 February 1907 937 - 1939 25 5 0 3 0 0 0
Billy HARTILL 18 July 1905 936 - 1936 | 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Abraham HARTLEY 8 February 1872 1897 - 1898 | 7 | 7 0 1 0 0 0
Tony HATELEY 13 June 1941 1967 - 1968 42 42 0 Wy 0 0
Vegard HEGGEM 13 July 1975 3 54
Steve HEIGHWAY 25 November 1947 50 0

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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

LEAGUE
Player DOB Career Apps | Starts | Subs Gls Apps | Starts | Subs Gls
Stephane HENCHOZ 07 September 1974 1999 - 2005 135 al 132 3 0 135 132 3 0
Alastair HENDERSON 911 1931 - 1933 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
David HENDERSON November 1868 1893 - 1894 20 20 0 10 0 0 az 0
Hugh HENDERSON Unknown 1894 - 1895 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
James HENDERSON 870 893 - 1894 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emile HESKEY 1 January 1978 2000 - 2004 150 118 32 3 150 118 32 39
Charles HEWITT 10 April 1884 907 - 1908 16 16 0 6 0 0 0 0
Joe HEWITT 3 May 1881 904 - 1910 152 152 0 69 0 0 0 0
John HEYDON 9 October 1928 1949 - 1953 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave HICKSON 30 October 1929 959 - 1961 60 60 0 37 0 0 0 0
Alan HIGNETT 01 November 1946 1965 - 1966 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan HIGNETT 17 January 1882 907 - 1908 1 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joseph HOARE November 1881 903 - 1904 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack HOBBS 18 August 1988 2005 - 2009 2 i | 0 Z 1 | 0
Alf HOBSON 09 September 1913 936 - 1938 / 1946 - 1946 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
David HODGSON 06 August 1960 982 - 1984 28 21 7 4 0 0 0 0
Gordon HODGSON 16 April 1904 1925 - 1936 358 358 0 233 0 | 0 0 0
Ralph HOLDEN 1890 1913 - 1914 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
James HOLMES 1869 895 - 1898 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0
|_William HOOD 03 November 1914 937 - 1938 Sie 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike HOOPER 10 February 1964 985 - 1993 51 50 1 0 9 8 1 0
Fred HOPKIN 23 September 1895 921 - 1931 335 335 0 10 0 0 0 0
Ray HOUGHTON 09 January 1962 987 - 1992 153 147 6 28 0 0 0 0
Fred HOWE 24 September 1912 935 - 1938 g9 | 89 0 36 0 0 0 0
Raby HOWELL 12 October 1869 898 - 1901 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emlyn HUGHES 28 August 1947 1967 - 1979 474 474 0 35 0 0 0 0
James HUGHES December 1885 1904 - 1909 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
John HUGHES 1880 1903 - 1906 31 31 0 2 0 0 0 0
Laurie HUGHES 02 March 1924 943 - 1959 303 303 0 1 0 0 0 0
William HUGHES 1865 893 - 1894 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger HUNT 20 July 1938 958 - 1969 404 401 3 245 0 0 0 0
John HUNTER 6 April 1878 899 - 1902 37 || ve ) 0 0 0 0
Thomas John HUNTER 1880 1899 - 1902 5 5 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
William HUNTER 1888 908 - 1909 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don HUTCHISON 09 May 1971 990 - 1994 45 33 12 7 42 9 7
Glenn HYSEN 30 October 1959 1989 - 1992 72 70 2 2 0 0 0
Sami HYYPIA 07 October 1973 1999 - 2009 318 310 8 22 318 8
Paul INCE 21 October 1967 997 - 1999 65 65 0 14 65 0
Thomas INCE 30 January 1992 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emiliano INSUA 07 January 1989 2007 46 43 a 0 46 3 0
Robert IRELAND 22 July 1900 929 - 1931 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alan IRVINE 29 November 1962 986 - 1987 z 0 Z 0 0 0 0
Colin IRWIN 09 February 1957 1979 - 1981 29 26 3 3 0 0 0
Charles ITANDJE 02 November 1982 2007 -2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian JACKSON 01 April 1933 951 - 1958 126 126 0 1 0 0 0
James JACKSON 04 December 1900 925 - 1933 212 212 0 2 0 0 0
David JAMES 01 August 1972 1992 - 1999 214 213 1 0 1 0
Norman JAMES 25 March 1908 929 - 1933 8 8 0 0 0 0
William JENKINSON 2 March 1892 1919 - 1921 13 13 0 0 0 0
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Tosh JOHNSON 19 August 1901 934 - 1936 | 36 0 0
Glen JOHNSON 23 August 1984 2009 53 | 1 5
Craig JOHNSTON 25 June 1960 1981 - 1988 | 190 0 0
Allan JONES 06 January 1940 1959 - 1963 5 0 0
Barry JONES 20 June 1970 1989 - 1992 0 0 0
Joey JONES 04 March 1955 1975 - 1978 72 0 0
Lee JONES 29 March 1973 992 - 1997 3 3 0
Rob JONES 05 November 1971 991 - 1999 183 1 0

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Paul JONES 18 April 1967 2004 - 2004 p 2 0 0 2 z 0 0
Bill JONES 13 May 1921 1938 - 1954 256 | 256 0 17 0 0 0 0
Harold JONES 22 May 1933 1953 - 1954 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
John JONES 28 March 1895 1924 - 1925 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mervyn JONES 30 April 1931 1951 - 1953 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron JONES June 1914 1938 - 1939 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brad JONES 19 March 1982 2010 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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George KAYE 19 April 1919 946 - 1947 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbie KEANE 08 July 1980 2008 - 2009 19 16 3 5 19 16 3 5
William KEECH 22 February 1872 895 - 1897 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin KEEGAN 14 February 1951 1971 - 1977 230 | 230 0 0 0 0 0
Joe KEETLEY 28 January 1897 1923 - 1925 9 g 0 0 0 0 0
Philip KELLY 1869 892 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martin KELLY [27 April 1990 2008- 12 10 2 12 10 2 0
James KELSO IL 08 January 1869 1892- 1892 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arthur W KELVIN 1871 1892 - 1892 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dirk KEMP 15 October 1913 1936 - 1939 27 27 0 0 0 0 0
| Alan KENNEDY 31 August 1954 978 - 1985 251 | 249 2 0 0 0 0
Mark KENNEDY 15 May 1976 1995 - 1998 16 5 11 16 5 11 0
Ray KENNEDY 28 July 1951 974 - 1982 Dist ere 3 0 0 0 | 0
Neil KERR 13 April 1871 1894 - 1895 12 12 0 0 0 0 0
Brian KETTLE 22 April 1956 975 - 1980 3 3 0 0 0 ih 0
Harry KEWELL | 22 September 1978 2003 - 2008 93 81 12 93 81 12 12
Kevin KEWLEY 02 March 1955 978 - 1978 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill KINGHORN 27 February 1912 1938 - 1939 19 19 0 0 0 0 0
Peter KIPPAX 17 July 1922 1948 - 1950 1 1 0 0 0 ox |) 0
Frode KIPPE | 17 January 1978 1999 - 2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris KIRKLAND | 02 May 1981 2001 - 2007 25 25 0 25 25 0 0
Paul KONCHESKY 15 May 1981 2010 - [15 15 0 15 15 0 0
Istvan KOZMA 03 December 1964 1992 - 1993 6 3 3 i 0 1 0
Jan KROMKAMP 17 August 1980 2006 - 2006 14 7 7 14 7 7 0
Dirk KUYT 22 July 1980 2006 - 174 | 154 | 20 174 | 154 | 20 49
Bjorn Tore KVARME 17 June 1972 1997 - 1999 45 39 6 45 39 6 0
Peter KYLE 21 December 1878 1899 - 1900 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
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Bill LACEY 24 September 1889 1912 - 1924 230 | 230 0 0 0 0 0
Ray LAMBERT | 18 July 1922 1946 - 1956 | 308 | 308 0 0 0 0 0
Frank LANE 20 July 1948 1971 - 1975 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Chris LAWLER 20 October 1943 1963 - 1975 406 | 406 0 0 0 OS ile
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Mark LAWRENSON 02 June 1957 1981 - 1988 2m | 233 8 0 0 0 0
Hector LAWSON 21 May 1896 1924 - 1926 12 12 0 (Pio 0 0 0
Anthony LE TALLEC 03 October 1984 2003 - 2008 17 5 12 Mike 5 12 0
Herbert LEAVEY 1886 910 - 1911 5 5 0 i es 0 0 0
Sammy LEE 07 February 1959 1978 - 1986 197 | 190 7 | ee 0 0 0
Tommy LEISHMAN 03 September 1937 959 - 1963 107 | 107 0 6 0 0 0 0
Lucas LEIVA | 09 January 1987 2007 - 2011 111 89 22 1 111 89 2 1
Byvind LEONHARDSEN 17 August 1970 997 - 1999 37 34 3 7 37 34 3 7
Hugh LESTER 1891 1912 - 1913 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastian LETO 30 August 1986 2007 - 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin LEWIS |_ 19 September 1940 960 - 1963 72 72 0 39 0 0 0 0
Harry LEWIS |. 19 December 1896 919 - 1923 59 59 0 10 0 0 0 0
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John LIPSHAM 1881 3 3 0 0 0
Jari LITMANEN 20 February 1971 | 2001 - 2002 26 12 14 5 26 2 14 5
Doug LIVERMORE 27 December 1947 | 1968 - 1970 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0
George LIVINGSTONE 5 May 1876 | 902 - 1903 31 31 0 4 0 0 0 0
Larry LLOYD 06 October 1948 969 - 1974 150 150 0 4 0 0 0 0
Frank LOCK 12 March 1922 953 - 1955 4 4) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ephraim LONGWORTH 2 October 1887 910 - 1928 341 341 0 0 i ue 0 0
Norman LOW 23 March 1914 933 - 1936 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry LOWE 20 March 1886 911 - 1920 123 123 0 2 0 0 0 0
Thomas LOWRY 26 August 1945 965 - 1966 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy LUCAS 20 September 1895 916 - 1933 341 341 0 3 0 0 0 0
Joe LUMSDE 1875 1897 - 1898 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0
Patrice LUZI 08 July 1980 2002 - 2005 1 0 | 0 | 0 1 0
Kevin MACDONALD 22 December 1960 984 - 1988 40 29 11 1 0 0 0 0
Donald MACKINLAY 25 July 1891 1910 - 1929 393 393 0 33 0 0 0 0
Joseph MALONEY 26 January 1934 1953 - 1954 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike MARSH 21 July 1969 987 - 1993 69 42 27 Z 30 22 8 2
Bobby MARSHALL 1876 897 - 1899 20 20 0 2 0 0 0 0
William Henry MARSHALL 1880 902 - 1902 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Javier MASCHERANO 08 June 1984 2007 - 2010 94 91 3 1 94 91 | 3 ]
Dominic MATTEO 28 April 1974 993 - 2000 127 112 15 i 127 112 15 1
Billy MATTHEWS 14 April 1897 920 - 1922 ) g 0 4 0 0 0 0
Layton MAXWELL 03 October 1979 999 - 2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary MCALLISTER 25 December 1964 2000 - 2002 55 35 20 5 55 35 20 5
Jason MCATEER 8 June 1971 995 - 1999 100 84 16 a 100 84 16 3
Doug MCAVOY 29 November 1918 947 - 1949 2 Z 0 0 We 0 0
Neil MCBAIN 15 December 1895 1928 - 1928 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
James MCBRIDE 30 December 1873 892 - 1895 30 « 30 0 3 0 0 0 0
Donald MCCALLUM June 1880 901 - 1903 2 2 0 0 We iY 0 0
William MCCANN 871 894 - 1895 15 15 0 0 ie ea 0 0
John MCCARTNEY 1870 892 - 1898 124 124 0 5 0 0 0 0
John MCCONNELL 09 December 1890 909 - 1912 50 50 0 1 0 0 0 0
Andrew MCCOWIE 875 896 - 1899 33 33 0 11 0 0 0 0
erry MCDERIMOTT 08 December 1951 974 - 1982 232 221 1 54 0 0 0 0
Billy MCDEVITT 5 January 1898 1923 - 1925 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
John MCDONALD 1886 1909 - 1912 78 78 0 4 0 0 0 0
Jimmy MCDOUGALL 23 January 1904 928 - 1938 338 338 0 12 0 0 0 0
Robert MCDOUGALL 894 914-1915 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
John MCFARLANE 24 December 1911 928 - 1930 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy MCGUIGAN 24 February 1878 1900 - 1902 32 32 0 14 0 0 0 0
Jimmy MCINNES 7 February 1912 938 - 1939 45 45 0 2 0 0 0 0
John MCKENNA 1882 906 - 1907 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter MCKINNEY 16 December 1897 1920 - 1923 3 3 0 1 ie 0 0
John MCLAUGHLIN 25 February 1952 970 - 1976 40 38 2 2 0 0 0 0
Duncan MCLEAN 12 September 1869 1892 - 1895 51 51 0 4 0 0 0 0
John MCLEAN 22 May 1870 1894 - 1897 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
James MCLEA\ 1880 903 - 1904 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Steve MCMAHON 20 August 1961 985 - 1991 204 202 2 29 0 0 0 0

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David MCMULLAN 1901 1925 - 1928 31 31 0 0 0 0 0
Jock MCNAB 17 April 1894 1919 - 1928 200 200 0 0 0 I 0 0
Tony MCNAMARA 03 October 1929 1957 - 1958 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
Harry MCNAUGHTON 6 April 1894 1920 - 1921 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tom MCNULTY 30 December 1929 1954 - 1958 36 36 0 0 0 0 0
Billy MCOWE April 1871 1892 - 1894 23 23 0 0 0 0 0
Archie MCPHERSON 10 February 1910 1929 - 1934 130 130 0 0 0 0 0
Bill ICPHERSON 22 November 1884 1906 - 1908 48 48 0 0 0 0 0
Joe MCOQUE February 1870 1892 - 1898 0 0 0 0 0

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Hugh MCQUEEN 18 May 1863 1892 - 1895 39 39 0 13 0 0 0 0
Matt MCQUEEN 18 May 1863 1892 - 1899 77 77 0 2 0 0 0 0
Danny MCRORIE 25 June 1906 930 - 1933 33 33 0 6 0 0 0 0
Malcolm MCVEAN 7 March 1871 892 - 1897 89 89 0 26 0 0 0 0
Erik MEIJER 02 August 1969 1999 - 2000 24 7 17 0 24 7 7 0
Raul MEIRELES 7 March 1983 | 2010- 33 32 1 5 33 32 1 5
Jimmy MELIA 01 November 1937 955 - 1964 268 268 0 77 0 0 0 0
Neil MELLOR 04 November 1982 2002 - 2006 12 7 5 2 12 i | 5 Z
Arthur METCALF 8 April 1889 912 - 1915 52 52 0 23 0 0 0 0
Bill MICHAEL 874 896 - 1897 19 19 0 5 0 ees 0
Billy MILLAR |_ 25 October 1906 928 - 1929 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
John MILLER 870 1892 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John MILLER 2 March 1897 1919 - 1921 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom MILLER {|_ 30 June1890 1912 - 1920 127 127 0 50 0 yo 0
Gordon MILNE 29 March 1937 | 960 - 1967 236 234 2 17 0 0 0 0
Ray MINSHULL 5 July 1920 946 - 1951 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank MITCHELL 25 May 1890 1919 - 1923 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan M@LBY 04 July 1963 984 - 1996 218 195 23 44 35 ULI 7
John MOLYNEUX 03 February 1931 1955 - 1962 229 229 0 2 0 0 0 0
William MOLYNEUX 10 January 1944 961 - 1967 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard MONEY 13 October 1955 1980 - 1982 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brian MOONEY 02 February 1966 1983 - 1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie MORAN 28 February 1934 952 - 1965 342 342 0 15 0 0 0 0
Hugh MORGAN 20 September 1869 1898 - 1900 59 59 0 14 0 0 0 0
Fernando MORIENTES 05 April 1976 2005 - 2006 M4 32 9 8 41 32 9 8
Fred MORRIS 15 June 1929 958 - 1960 47 47 0 14 0 0 0 0
Richard MORRIS 1879 1902 - 1905 38 38 0 5 0 0 0 0
om MORRISON 21 January 1904 1927 - 1935 240 « 240 0 4 0 0 0 0
John MORRISSEY 18 April 1940 1957 - 1962 36 36 0 6 0 0 0 0
Alex MUIR 10 December 1923 947 - 1949 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby MURDOCH 25 January 1936 1955 - 1959 17 17 0 5 0 0 0 0
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Bill MURRAY 03 November 1904 1927 - 1930 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
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Phil NEAL 20 February 1951 1974 - 1985 455 453 2 41 0 0 0 0
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Jimmy NICHOLL 890 914 - 1915 52 52 0 12 0 0 0 0
John NICHOLSON 02 September 1936 1959 - 1961 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Wheeler NICKSON 1919 1946 - 1946 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve NICOL 11 December 1961 981 - 1995 343 328 15 36 67 63 4 i
Berry NIEUWENHUYS 05 November 1911 933 - 1947 236 236 0 74 0 0 0 0
Antonio NUNEZ 15 January 1979 2004 - 2005 18 8 10 0 18 8 10 0
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Ronald ORR 6 August 1880 908 - 1912 108 108 0 36 0 0 0 0
Jon OTSEMOBOR 23 March 1983 2002 - 2005 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0
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Cyril OXLEY 02 May 1904 1925 - 1928 31 31 0 6 0 0 0 0
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John PARKINSON 1869 1899 - 1900 i 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack PARKINSON 13 September 1883 903 - 1914 199 199 0 123 0 0 0 0
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LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE

Player DOB Career Apps | Starts | Subs Gls Apps | Starts | Subs Gls
Edward PARRY 8 December 1892 921 - 1927 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurice PARRY 1877 1900 - 1909 207 | 207 0 4 0 0 0 [0
Richie PARTRIDGE 12 September 1980 2000 - 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George L. PATERSON 19 December 1916 937 - 1939 2 2 0 0 0 on Ei 0
Jimmy PAYNE 10 March 1926 948 - 1956 Te | 0 38 0 0 0 0
Emest PEAKE May 1888 908 - 1914 51 51 0 5 0 0 0 0
Albert PEARSON 6 September 1892 1919 - 1921 4B 43 0 4 0 0 0 0
Joe PEARSON 1868 892 - 1892 0 0 0 0 0 aC 0
Mauricio PELLEGRINO 05 October 1971 2005 - 2005 12 i 1 0 12 i 1 0
Lee PELTIER 11 December 1986 2006 - 2008 0 0 0 0 0 Gu ipe 0
James PENMAN 26 May 1896 920 - 1921 al 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jermaine PENNANT 15 January 1983 2006 - 2009 55 36 19 3 55 36 19 3
Steve PEPLOW 08 January 1949 1969 - 1971 2 2 0 0 o | 0 0 0
Bill PERKINS 26 January 1896 1899 - 1903 107 | 107 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred PERRY | 30 October 1933 954 -1957 1 0 0 0 a we 0
Keith PETERS 19 July 1915 1939 - 1939 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
orben PIECHNIK 21 May 1963 1992 - 1994 (ha 16 1 0 7 16 1 0
George PITHER 24 June1899 926 - 1928 ee 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
Peter PLATT 23 January 1893 902 - 1904 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damien PLESSIS 05 March 1988 2008 - 2010 3 3 0 0 3 3 o | 0
Darren POTTER 21 December 1984 2004 - 2007 2 0 2 0 ez. 0 Z 0
Christian POULSEN | 28 February 1980 2010 - 12 9 3 0 12 9 3 0
David PRATT 5 March 1896 923 - 1927 [ 76 76 0 1 0 0 0 0
John PRICE 22 November 1936 955 - 1957 26% i 0 0 0 0 8
Robert PRIDAY 29 March 1925 945 - 1949 34 34 0 6 0 Oe | 0
Bob PURSELL 18 March 1899 1911 - 1920 100 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry RACE | 07 January 1908 | 1927 - 1930 4B 43 0 18 0 0 0 0
Alex RAISBECK 26 December 1878 898 - 1909 312« | 312 0 18 0 0 0 0
Bernard RAMSDEN 08 November 1917 935 - 1948 by 57 0 0 0 0 0 0
David RAVEN 10 March 1985 ‘| 2004 -2008 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Archie RAWLINGS | 2 October 1891 924 - 1926 63 63 0 8 0 0 0 0
Sam RAYBOULD 1875 1900 - 1907 ihe | ah 0 120 0 0 0 0
Jamie REDKNAPP 25 June 1973 1991 - 2002 237 | 207 | 30 Sie ea tae | 29
Tom REID 15 August 1905 926 - 1929 51 51 0 30 0 0 0 0
Jose REINA 31 August 1982 2005 - 220 | 220 0 0 220 | 220 0 0
Josemi REY | 15 November 1979 2004 - 2006 a1 16 5 0 21 16 5 0
Wally RICHARDSON 1870 893 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
KarlHeinz RIEDLE 16 September 1965 997 - 1999 60 34 26 1 60 34 26 1
Albert RIERA 15 April 1982 2008 - 2010 | 40 en ie 3 40 33 7 3
John Arne RISE 24 September 1980 2001 - 2008 234 | 198 | 38 2 234 | 198 | 38 21
Arthur RILEY 26 December 1903 925 - 1939 ae || 0 0 0 0 0 0
John ROBERTS 15 March 1910 1933 - 1933 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syd ROBERTS March 1911 929 - 1937 58 58 0 10 0 0 0
John ROBERTSON [June 1877 900 - 1902 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom ROBERTSON 1873 898 -1902 ae) We 0 31 0 0 0 0
Michael ROBINSON 12 July 1958 1983 - 1984 30 26 4 6 0 0 0 0
Robbie ROBINSON 1 October 1879 1904 - 1912 254 | 254 0 64 0 0 0 0
Jack ROBINSON 01 September 1993 2010 - 3 (me IRE 0 ph) 2 0
Maxi RODRIGUEZ 02 January 1981 2010 - 45 38 7 11 45 38 7 it
Fred ROGERS 17 April 1910 1933 - 1939 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom ROGERS 1885 1907 - 1912 38 3% | 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Ronny ROSENTHAL 11 October 1963 1990 - 194 74 32 42 21 30 16 a | 6
lan ROSS 26 November 1947 1967 - 1972 48 42 6 2 0 a 0
Jimmy ROSS 28 March 1866 1894 - 1897 B 2 0 37 0 0 0 0
Sidney ROSS 8 June1870 1892 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arthur ROWLEY 09 May 1933 1952 - 1953 " nN 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony ROWLEY 19 September 1929 1953 - 1958 60 60 0 38 0 0 0 0
Neil RUDDOCK 09 May 1968 1993 - 1998 1 4 " m5 | 11 4 11

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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

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Doug RUDHAM 03 May 1926 1954 - 1960 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0
lan RUSH 20 October 1961 980 - 1987 / 1988 - 1996 469 447 22 229 130 118 12 45
Colin RUSSELL 21 January 1961 981 - 1982 i 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0
Dave RYLANDS 07 March 1953 1974 - 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florent S.-PONGOLLE 20 October 1984 2003 - 2007 38 12 26 4 38 12 26 4
Bill SALISBURY 23 February 1899 928 - 1929 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0
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Charles SATTERTHWAITE April 1877 899 - 1902 45 45 0 13 0 0 0 0
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Dean SAUNDERS 21 June 1964 991 - 1992 42 42 0 11 6 6 0 1
Roy SAUNDERS 04 September 1930 948 - 1959 134 134 0 ‘Neen | 0 0 0
Ted SAVAGE February 1912 931 - 1938 100 100 0 2 0 0 0 0
John SCALES 04 July 1966 994 - 1996 65 65 0 i 65 65 0 Z
Alan SCOTT 17 August 1910 929 - 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
Elisha SCOTT 24 August 1894 430 430 0 0 0 0 0 0
James SCOTT 1892 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom SCOTT 06 April 1904 17 7 0 4 i 0 0 0 0
Mark SEAGRAVES 22 October 1966 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John SEALEY 27 December 1945 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
John SHAFTO. 08 November 1918 17 17 0 6 0 0 0 0
Les SHANNON 12 March 1926 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0
Albert SHEARS 12 May 1900 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin SHEEDY | 21 October 1959 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jackie SHELDON 11 February 1888 129 129 0 a 0 0 0 0
Jonjo SHELVEY 27 February 1992 15 0 15 0 is 0 3 0
Bill SHEPHERD 25 September 1920 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0
|_John G SHIELD 10 April 1915 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam SHIELDS 21 March 1929 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny SHONE 27 April 1892 76 76 0 23 0 OF ee 0
Cyril SIDLOW 26 November 1915 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mohamed SISSOKO 22 January 1985 51 42 9 1 51 42 9 1
Martin SKRTEL 15 December 1984 92 87 5 3 92 87 5 3
Bert SLATER 05 May 1936 99 99 0 0 | 0 0 0 0
Don SLOAN 27 April 1892 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vladimir SMICER 24 May 1973 121 69 52 10 121 69 52 10
Tommy SMITH 05 April 1945 1963 - 467 467 0 36 0 0 0 0
Alexander SMITH 17 January 1915 1937 - { ] 0 0 0 0 0 0
John SMITH 1866 1892 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John SMITH 21 December 1927 1951 - 57 57 0 14 0 o | 0 0
Jimmy SMITH 12 March 1902 1929 - 1 61 61 0 38 0 0 0 0
Sydney SMITH 1875 903 - 2 2 0 ] 0 0 0 0
James SMITH 17 October 1985 2006 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy SMYTH 25 February 1925 952 - 44 44 0 20 0 0 0 0
Mark SMYTH 09 January 1985 2004 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rigobert SONG 01 July 1976 999 - 34 27 i 0 34 27 7 0
Graeme SOUNESS 06 May 1953 1978's 247 246 i 38 0 0 0 0
Alex SOUTH 07 July 1931 1954 - 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nigel SPACKMAN 02 December 1960 51 39 12 0 0 0 0 0
James SPEAKMAN 1888 1908 - 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sam SPEAKMAN 9 August 1884 1912 - 1920 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay SPEARING 25 November 1988 2008 - 14 11 3 0 14 11 3 0
David SPEEDIE 20 February 1960 1991 - 1991 12 8 4 6 0 0 0 0
Eddie SPICER 20 September 1922 1946 - 1954 158 158 0 2 0 0 0 0
lan ST JOHN 07 June 1938 1961 - 1971 336 334 2 95 0 0 0 0
Fred STANIFORTH 1884 1913 - 1914 3 3 0 mis Oot Ss 0
Steve STAUNTON 19 January 1969 1988 - 1991 / 1998 - 2000 109 93 16 0 | 44 38 6 0
Willie STEEL 06 February 1908 1931 - 1935 120 | 120 0 mit eo) 0
Willie STEVENSON 26 October 1939 1962 - 1967 188 188 0 15 0 0 | 0 0
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Paul STEWART | 07 October 1964 1992 - 1996 4 4 1
James STEWART | 1885 1909 - 1913 0 0 0 0
Harry STORER 24 July 1870 1895 - 1901 0 0 0 0
Trevor STORTON 26 November 1949 1972 - 1974 0 0 0 0
James STOTT 871 1893 - 1894 0 0 0 0
Geoff STRONG 19 September 1937 1964 - 1970 5 0 0 0
William STUART 1890 1911 - 1912 0 0 0 0
Albert STUBBINS 13 July 1919 1946 - 1953 0 0 0 0
Luis SUAREZ 24 January 1987 2011 - 1 12 1 4
Nick TANNER 24 May 1965 988 - 1993 4 2 2 0
Harold TAYLOR 912 932 - 1937 0 0 0 0
Phil TAYLOR ‘|_ 18 September 1917 936 - 1954 0 0 0 0
Jack TENNANT 03 August 1907 933 - 1936 0 0 0 0
Michael THOMAS | 24 August 1967 991 - 1998 80 27 6
David THOMPSON 2 September 1977 1996 - 2000 24 24 5
Peter THOMPSON 27 November 1942 1963 - 1974 322 317 5 4) 0 0 0 0
Phil THOMPSON 21 January 1954 | 972 - 1985 340 337 3 7 0 0 0 0
Max THOMPSON |_31 December 1956 974 - 1977 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie THOMPSON 1909 1929 - 1931 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert THOMSON 21 November 1939 962 - 1965 i 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred TOMLEY 11 July 1931 953 - 1955 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando TORRES 20 March 1984 2007 - 2011 102 91 11 65 102 91 11 65
John TOSHACK 22 March 1949 1970 - 1978 172 169 3 74 0 0 0 0
John TOSSWILL 6 August 1890 912-1913 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0
Djimi TRAORE 01 March 1980 999 - 2006 88 72 16 0 88 72 16 0
Geoff TWENTYMAN 19 January 1930 953 - 1960 170 170 0 18 0 0 0 0
Dave UNDERWOOD 15 March 1928 1953 - 1956 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold UREN 23 August 1885 907 - 1912 42 « 42 0 2 0 0 0 0
Harman VAN DEN BERG 21 March 1918 937 - 1939 19 19 0 4 0 0 0 0
Barry VENISON 16 August 1964 L 986 - 1992 110 103 7 ] 0 0 0 0
Gregory VIGNAL 19 July 1981 2000 - 2005 11 7 4 0 11 7 4 0
Andriy VORONIN 21 July 1979 2007 - 2010 27 14 13 5 27 14 13 5
Alan WADDLE 09 June 1954 973 - 1977 16 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
Harold WADSWORTH 01 October 1898 919 - 1924 55 55 0 3 0 0 0 0
Walter WADSWORTH 07 October 1890 912 - 1926 218 218 0 7 0 0 0 0
John WALKER 31 May 1874 1898 - 1902 109 109 0 30 0 0 0 0
William WALKER Unknown |__ 1897 - 1898 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 0
Peter WALL 13 September 1944 { 1966 - 1970 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gordon WALLACE 13 June 1944 1962 - 1967 20 20 0 3 0 0 0 0
Paul WALSH 01 October 1962 1984 -1988 77 63 14 25 0 0 0 0
Jimmy WALSH 15 May 1901 922 - 1928 69 69 0 24 0 0 0 0
Mark WALTERS 02 June 1964 991 - 1996 94 58 36 14 69 40 29 11
John WARK 04 August 1957 1984 - 1988 70 64 6 0 0 0
Stephen WARNOCK 12 December 1981 2004 - 2007 40 27 13 27 13 1
William WATKINSON 16 March 1922 946 - 1951 24 24 0 0 0 0
Alex WATSON 05 April 1968 1988 - 1991 4 3 1 0 0 0
Henry WELFARE 20 August 1888 913 - 1913 4 4 0 0 0 0
John WELSH 10 January 1984 2002 - 2006 4 2 2 2 2 0
Alf WEST 15 December 1881 903 - 1909 / 1910 - 1911 128 128 0 0 0 0
Sander WESTERVELD 23 October 1974 1999 - 2001 75 75 0 75 0 0
Johnny WHEELER 26 July 1928 1956 - 1963 164 164 0 0 0 0
Ronnie WHELAN 25 September 1961 979 - 1994 362 351 11 40 0 2
Zak WHITBREAD 04 March 1984 2004 - 2006 0 0 0 0
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Albert WHITEHURST 22 June1898 928 - 1929 8 0 0 0
Jack WHITHAM | 08 December 1946 970 - 1972 15 0 0 0
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CAREER RECORDS - ALL PLAYERS (CONT.)

LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE

Player DOB Career Apps | Starts | Subs Gls Apps | Starts | Subs Gls
Tom WILKIE 1876 895 - 1899 Layfl 5/7 0 1 0 0 0 0
Barry WILKINSON 16 June 1935 | 954 - 1960 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan WILLIAMS 04 October 1927 945 - 1953 31 31 0 5 0 0 0 0
David WILSON 24 December 1942 967 - 1968 1 0 i 0 0 0 iN 0 0
Charlie WILSON February 1877 897 - 1905 84 84 0 3 0 0 0 0
Don WILSON 1875 |1899 - 1899 2 Z 0 0 0 0 I 0 0
Danny WILSON 27 December 1991 2010 - 2 ] 0 0 2 1 0 0
Don WOA\ 07 November 1927 950 - 1951 a 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Arthur WORGAN 1871 894 - 1894 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
ark WRIGHT 01 August 1963 991 - 1997 158 156 2 5 137 135 2 5
Stephen WRIGHT 08 February 1980 2000 - 2002 14 0 4 0 14 10 4 0
Dave WRIGHT 05 October 1905 930 - 1934 93 93 0 35 0 0 0 0 |
Vic WRIGHT 24 January 1909 1934 - 1937 81 81 0 31 0 0 0 0 |
Tom WYLLIE 5 August 1872 892 - 1893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Abel XAVIER 30 November 1972 2002 - 2004 14 3 | i 4 13 1 1
Ron YEATS 15 November 1937 961 - 1971 | 358 357 il 13 0 0 0 0
|_Tommy YOUNGER 10 April 1930 956 - 1959 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boudewijn ZENDEN 15 August 1976 2005 - 2007 23 4 g 2 23 14 9) 2
Christian ZIEGE 01 February 1972 2000 - 2001 16 1 5 1 6 1 5 1

-The LEAGUE section is a total of games played in the Premier League and the old First D ivision.

- Years of a player's career are counted from when he made his debut until his contract expired with the club. Exceptions are
players that signed before the war years and featured for the club during and after the war.

- In a perfect world we would have all the correct birthdates for all players that have worn the Liverpool shirt. Unfortunately
the world of birthdates in Victorian time UK was not perfect. We have tried to best of our knowledge to present what we
believe are the correct ones, but if you have different dates please email us at webmaster@lfchistory.net so we can correct
the database.

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AT A GLANCE - SEASON BY SEASON

MOST APPEARANCES
MOST SUB APPEARANCES
MOST GOALS
MOST CLEAN SHEETS
SQUAD NUMBERS
MANAGERS RECORDS
HIGH/LOW ATTENDANCES
BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
RECORD IN ALL COMPETITIONS
PART 3
RECORD AGAINST OTHER CLUBS
MISCELLANEOUS
AT A GLANCE - SEASON BY SEASON
HOME AWAY a
Season Div |Pld} W |} D L F AN Wap L F A | Pts | Leg Pos | FAC | LC Other Competitions
TO ee | a | ela wey Ss 1 Sl i ee Pen ss 6 S an eee
2009-10 eres SE Sareea ae a ee 7 a | a CL-FO, EL-SF
2008-09 ee a, ea one Se aa eae a ay ee 2 ie Wa CL-OF
2007-08 aie ee aie eS See ea ea Sioa 4 5 | 5 CL-SF
2006-07 PL a ese eae eS eS ie Po eee 3 SES CS-W, CL-RU
2005-06 a Se) Sa eee ee ES ea ee 3 w | 3 ES-W, WCC-RU, CL-1KO
2004-05 Te a eS Sei meae ll ee Tareas a ss 5 3 | RU | CLW
2003-04 SS AO Se Sea a a aa | ee | eo 4 Glied UEFA-4
2002-03 St oo er oa ea Er eae 5 4 |W | CS-RU, UEFA-5
2001-02 Rea ea Sa ae Se ae ae ea 2 NB CS-W, CL-QF
2000-01 S508 Se eS Sere RS ee 3 w |w | UerAWw
1 999-00 7 Se eae aaa ea Sean ae ae 4 ATES
1998-99 PL eae nn see en en es | Bean ee een esl 7 i 1% UEFA-3
997-98 TS ae aes aaa as has 3 3. | SF | UEFA2
996-97 Soe Ses eal oO ee Se ees 4 ees ECW-SF
995-96 les alee ess en ea aa Teer 3 RU | 4 UEFA-2
994-95 Fe ae SE Se Sees a a ee ee 4 6 |W
993-94 One eS Saar Se ae ea 8 ones
1992-93 one ee ey ra ea a arse 6 ome ea CS-RU, ECW-2
1991-92 MO Sey Saar eal Ir eee 6 w | 4 UEFA-4
990-91 DEN, ETS aa Se |) S| er 2 3 ls cS
989-90 tT eae Sees | ae see |e a8 Seale CS-W
988-89 Hoot ie aa ERS als 2 w | 4 CS-W, CT-SF
987-88 Divi} 40 | 15 | 5 | Oo | 49 | 9 Na Tis eo RU | 3
986-87 ies ea Saas ee aa as saa 2 3 | RU | SSSC-W
1985-86 Tone ae eee so Sa ei ans W. | SF
984-85 an Le |a S25 See ae eee ea 2 Sales WCC-RU, CS-RU, EC-RU
983-84 Tae ee Se se Ss Tes aes | a a 4 |W | CS-RU, EC-W
982-83 Toe ee ea ae ea ee ar ee 5 |W | CS-W,EC-3
1981-82 Div 1) PAZ |e RS a ga | 8 | 87 5 |W | WCC-RU, EC-3 |
980-81 Dane eee es see eS ee ae Si 5 4 |W | CS-W,EC-W
1979-80 Divi | 42 | 15 | 6 | o | 46 | 8 i Vay ax eet eo SF_| SF | CS-W,EC-1
978-79 Div R22 Se ae a aa Cae aaa 68 See EC-1, ESC-RU
1977-78 ira! RS YS) BIS Se i ee |e 2 3. | RU | CS,EC-W
976-77 yy iia eae |e ane a ies ee isi RU | 2 CS-W, EC-W
| 1975-76 Dive oe eae a a ee ae Cn oa se zoe ome eo Ag UEFA-W
974-75 De eS SSE Sia ear se ae Ss 2 AN CS-W, ECW-2
973-74 Dividl ||42eel eo |e eels 1 TS | ae ao) ae 2 wl} 5 EC-2
972-73 Dp ea ea as ae [ico 4 15 UEFA-W
1971-72 Thon eal ee SiS a ea ee ee si 3 || a CS-RU, ECW-2
970-71 TOO ioe ieee ls ee ees 5 RU | 3 EFC-SF
969-70 ThA ee el a Ae aa CNA a Se 5 aS EFC-2
968-69 SS ae Ta a | ae 2 5 |4 EFC-1
967-68 TE iS ae Gi Se oT Naa BAe 3 a |e EFC-3
966-67 ee aa eS ae ae ee ae ee 5 5 EC-2
965-66 TWO ae Sara Se Sis ar ie ls 1 3 CS, ECW-RU
964-65 On| Oe ee aes a | as ea ie 7 Ww CS, EC-SF
963-64 Hila lie loons |r lie lio To Nheabepenom yaoi it 6
962-63 i 2 eae Ss TS ee ee wo lee ae 8 SF
961-62 pv2 la lie la |o fe lio 19 15 17 V1 a |e 1 5
960-61 Wee SES ar ear ee eee io 3 re ks
959-60 By 2a || |S S| EB | Se aC |e ee SD 3 4
958-59 te |2 eT Ss Sr es Ve 2 aw | Sa ar ss 4 3
957-58 ave Te Se 1) i SOs a Ses | oie aes Cara 4 6 |
956-57 Div2 |42 | 16 | 1 Asse em Eric ene cml em ie 3 3 |
955-56 2 | ee TS Ta ies 3 5
954-55 wale Wte lt (2s ais | soe Ver "Ns5 2 11 5
953-54 Tn ne BANS me 2 |17 | 19 | 59 | 28 22 3

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TOP SCORER
League League — Name All All — Name Avg League Att Season
13 Dirk Kuyt 15 Dirk Kuyt 42820 2010-11
18 Fernando Torres 22 Fernando Torres 42889 2009-10
16 Steven Gerrard 24 Steven Gerrard | 43611 2008-09
24 Fernando Torres 33 Fernando Torres 43532 2007-08
12 Dirk Kuyt 18 Peter Crouch 43561 2006-07
10 Steven Gerrard 23 Steven Gerrard 44236 2005-06
9 Milan Baros 13 Milan Baros, Steven Gerrard, Luis Garcia 42586 2004-05
16 Michael Owen 19 Michael Owen | 42677 2003-04
19 Michael Owen 28 Michael Owen 43242 2002-03
19 Michael Owen 28 Michael Owen 43389 2001-02
16 Michael Owen 24 Michael Owen 43698 2000-01
1 Michael Owen [ 12 Michael Owen 44073 1999-00
18 Michael Owen | 23 Michael Owen 43321 1998-99
18 Michael Owen 23 ichael Owen 40628 1997-98
18 Robbie Fowler 31 Robbie Fowler 39776 1996-97
28 Robbie Fowler 36 Robbie Fowler 39552 1995-96 |
25 Robbie Fowler 31 Robbie Fowler 34175 1994-95 i
14 lan Rush 19 an Rush 38503 1993-94
14 lan Rush 22 an Rush 37009 1992-93
10 Dean Saunders 23 Dean Saunders 34941 1991-92
16 lan Rush, John Barnes 26 an Rush 36020 1990-91
22 John Barnes 28 John Barnes 36873 1989-90
21 John Aldridge 31 John Aldridge 38700 1988-89 |
26 John Aldridge 29 John Aldridge 39682 1987-88
30 lan Rush 40 Jan Rush 36188 986-87
22 lan Rush 33 lan Rush 35316 1985-86
18 John Wark a John Wark 34465 984-85
32 lan Rush 47 lan Rush 32021 1983-84
24 lan Rush 31 lan Rush 34836 982-83
7 lan Rush 30 lan Rush 36213 981-82
13 Terry McDermott 22 Terry McDermott I 37646 980-81
21 David Johnson 27 David Johnson 44578 979-80
21 Kenny Dalglish 25 Kenny Dalglish 46500 1978-79
20 Kenny Dalglish 31 Kenny Dalglish | 45659 977-78 |
12 Kevin Keegan 20 Kevin Keegan 47284 976-77
16 John Toshack 28 John Toshack 41670 975-76
12 John Toshack 13 Steve Heighway 45966 1974-75
iz Kevin Keegan 19 Kevin Keegan 42427 973-74
13 Kevin Keegan, John Toshack 22 Kevin Keegan 48103 972-73
13 John Toshack 13 John Toshack 47689 1971-72
10 Alun Evans 15 Alun Evans 45136 1970-71
13 Bobby Graham 21 Bobby Graham 43590 1969-70
13 Roger Hunt 17 Roger Hunt 47354 1968-69
73) Roger Hunt 30 Roger Hunt 46754 1967-68
14 Roger Hunt ak) Roger Hunt 46398 1966-67
30 Roger Hunt 33 Roger Hunt 46334 1965-66
25 Roger Hunt 37 Roger Hunt 41036 964-65
31 Roger Hunt 33 Roger Hunt 45031 963-64
24 Roger Hunt 26 Roger Hunt 42938 962-63
41 Roger Hunt 42 Roger Hunt 39227 961-62
19 Kevin Lewis 22 Kevin Lewis 29602 1960-61
21 Roger Hunt, Dave Hickson 23 Roger Hunt 30270 1959-60 |
21 Jimmy Melia 21 Jimmy Melia 36653 958-59 |
22 Billy Liddell 23 Billy Liddell 38475 1957-58
21 Billy Liddell 21 Billy Liddell 35735 1956-57
27 Billy Liddell 32 Billy Liddell 37323 1955-56
30 Billy Liddell 33 John Evans 36149 1954-55
13 Sammy Smith 13 Sammy Smith 40979 1953-54

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AT A GLANCE - SEASON BY SEASON (conr.)
AWAY
Season wD L F A Leg Pos |FAC | LC Other Competitions
1952-53 al |eoanlesm eSl
1951-52 Div Skee aii
1950-51 Div 5) |) Gana OMCs eas g
1949-50 Div ler aler & 8 RU
1948-49 Div Gino cen ones 12 5
1947-48 | Div APM Eaes ee an 4
1946-47 Div oe eae 1 SF
1945-46 4
1938-39 Div Pale e wa] ee foe |e aoe eae 11 5
1937-38 Div 1 ae | nin ian ir ones ian 11 5
936-37 Div ee ean] ze] 3] se eel aa) ge [oa ae 3
935-36 Div Final sud | ecu ea neal Olen re er allen os 19 4
934-35 Div fim arated |e ina zoe cal coi qe oan comm es 7 4
933-34 Div le se alee fapcl el] all gear cee eee 5
932-33 | Div Ae | pein) Se eas) | SP eae Sia ane elise
1931-32 Div 1 (eae ha ae see. | 2 tae) ss een ce 6
930-31 Div A dlc te 2) a ee ae 9 3
1929-30 Div dite aco | S| eaate lez900 | ese leate rome OU GSO Re 12 3
1928-29 Div ‘hd ela PDKeg eked etl Pancoan ee n e l eye al |isin) a 5 4
| 1927-28 Div Ol eal a eran al sil Se 16 4
1926-27 Div1 as | cil Veal lea ee Se Pema ane 9 5
925-26 Div Oe 1 ea esr sala se aa 7 4
924-25 Div EV youl Gulp meen elon cad emia apa ae 4 4
1923-24 Div Se Ea ee ee eee eae as 12 4
1922-23 Div ee ee ee ee oe hs 1 3 CS-RU
921-22 Div lie | || 843 ah |ezeaul | cell) cee cM ea 1 2
1920-21 Div iit Nye nT eae ee eRe liars op.
| 1919-20 Div Gr I oecelece ale Romae | ae ie 4 4
914-15 Div Se ee Ee ae ae as ae ae 3 2
913-14 Div aa ee a ee ee Ease 16 | RU
912-13 an eae aaa een ee ee ee a ee a ms 3
911-12 Teas. | Sole ele eee eee |e en 7 2
910-11 Div ASO it | mea cel Sin, each eatin tein ew eon line 3 2
1909-10 ine eee eee ea a ee ee 2 1
1908-09 Divi econ Roe |(Smulieseulese Wiis) lime “lett cionmlierieeiom' lias 6 2
907-08 [Div | 38 a a Ee ReneS eee 8 3
906-07 Div 0) (Sel | aa eon aly asl naz | a Seal arto ol esl eas 15 4
1905-06 DN Ny | ES ieee ee oes 1 SF SLCS-W
904-05 oe (ese esa ee Gea ee ae se 1 1
1903-04 Hea ce en Se ee a ee aa ||aE 7 1
1902-03 Bivins lines Neg aa [Ghent eco leon nce 5 1
| 1901-02 Tree |e Sls Se 2 ae | el ee oe Pe 1 2
| 1900-01 a ae a Ee Ee eS 1 1
1899-00 al SSR lisa hechn ia els 10 2
1898-99 Teele eee ale el on eee |e 2 SF
1897-98 Tech ae Pe ae ll sain ae es g 3
1896-97 Final nd om seas Se ae eee Fes 5 SF |
1895-96 AH | LRN Sn atl | a eae 1 2 |
1894-95 Gea | sac Wezel ae |e inom clea lie 16 2 |
1893-94 el a ie ae Sr ee ee 3 |
1892-93 (ea 30 | LLW

516 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

TOP SCORER
League League — Name All All— Name Avg League Att Season
13 Billy Liddell 13 Billy Liddell 40172 952-53
19 Billy Liddell 19 Billy Liddell 38018 951-52
15 Billy Liddell 15 Billy Liddell 38292 950-51
17 Billy Liddell 19 Billy Liddell [ 45783 1949-50
14 Jack Balmer 16 Jack Balmer 44031 1948-49
24 Albert Stubbins 26 Albert Stubbins 44302 947-48
24 Jack Balmer, Albert Stubbins 28 Jack Balmer, Albert Stubbins 45731 1946-47
3 Willie Fagan 1945-46
14 Berry Nieuwenhuys, Willie Fagan 16 Berry Nieuwenhuys 31421 1938-39
14 Alf Hanson 15 Alf Hanson 27690 937-38
16 Fred Howe 16 Fred Howe 23817 936-37
17 Fred Howe 17 Fred Howe 27265 1935-36
27 Gordon Hodgson | 29 Gordon Hodgson 25198 1934-35
24 Gordon Hodgson 25 Gordon Hodgson iL 29429 1933-34
24 Gordon Hodgson 24 Gordon Hodgson 23381 932-33
26 Gordon Hodgson 27 Gordon Hodgson 22758 1931-32
36 Gordon Hodgson 36 Gordon Hodgson 25993 930-31
23 Jimmy Smith | Ze Jimmy Smith 30378 1929-30
30 Gordon Hodgson 32 Gordon Hodgson 28257 1928-29
Ze Gordon Hodgson le 23 Gordon Hodgson 29797 927-28
iM Harry Chambers 21 Harry Chambers 28682 926-27
27 Dick Forshaw 29 Dick Forshaw | 27223 1925-26
19 Dick Forshaw 19 Dick Forshaw 29151 1924-25
16 Jimmy Walsh 19 Jimmy Walsh 29809 1923-24
22 Harry Chambers 25 Harry Chambers 33872 1922-23
19 Harry Chambers 21 Harry Chambers 37142 1921-22
22 Harry Chambers 24 Harry Chambers | 36666 1920-21
15 Harry Chambers 15 Harry Chambers 30222 1919-20
24 Fred Pagnam 26 Fred Pagnam 18526 1914-15
16 Tom Miller 20 Tom Miller 24736 1913-14
15 Arthur Metcalf 18 Arthur Metcalf | 23105 1912-13
12 Jack Parkinson 13 Jack Parkinson 21789 1911-12
19 Jack Parkinson 20 Jack Parkinson 7000 910-11
30 Jack Parkinson 30 Jack Parkinson 24052 909-10
20 Ronald Orr 23 Ronald Orr 18210 908-09
21 Joe Hewitt 21 Joe Hewitt | 7894 1907-08
15 Sam Raybould 7 Sam Raybould 18631 906-07
24 Joe Hewitt Ws) Joe Hewitt 7736 905-06
24 Robbie Robinson 24 Robbie Robinson 4470 904-05
g Jack Cox 9 Jack Cox 5411 1903-04
31 Sam Raybould 32 Sam Raybould 15470 1902-03
16 Sam Raybould 16 Sam Raybould 14823 1901-02
17 Sam Raybould 18 Sam Raybould 5647 1900-01
10 John Walker 10 Tom Robertson, John Walker 2705 1899-00
11 John Walker 13 Hugh Morgan 5176 1898-99
11 Frank Becton 13 Frank Becton 3733 1897-98
15 George Allan 7 George Allan 12400 1896-97
25 George Allan 28 George Allan 6333 1895-96
17 Thomas Bradshaw 18 Thomas Bradshaw 2133 1894-95
14 James Stott 14 James Stott 5357 1893-94
25 John Miller 1892-93

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MOST APPEARANCES
ALL COMPETITIONS
TOTAL LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP
Apps |Starts| Subs | Gls |Apps[Starts Subs} Gls |Apps /|Starts| Subs | Gls Apps|Starts| Subs
1 jan Callaghan 857 |850 | 7 | 68 | 640/636} 4 | 49 | 79 | 77 | 2 242.142" I 0
2 | Jamie Carragher 668 |646 | 22 | 5 [463 449 | 14 | 4 | S43 4 oO) 28) 23.) 5 1 i
3 | Emlyn Hughes 665 |665) O | 49 | 474| 474] 0 | 35 |62 621100 1 | 46 | 46] 0 0 0
4 | Ray Clemence 665 |665 | 0 0 | 470 | 470} 0 Oo) Be Se | oo @ || Sey) 0 0
E) an Rush 660 | 630 | 30 | 346 | 469 | 447 | 22 | 229) 61 | 55 GSS a78 NE 78. 0 Z 0
6 Phil Neal 650 | 648 | 2 59 | 455) 453) 2 | 41 | 45 | 45 0 3 66 | 66 0 0 0 0
7 | Tommy Smith 638 |637 | 1 | 48 | 467/467] 0 | 36 | 52 | 52} O 2 \| seh || Soe 1 D0
8 | Bruce Grobbelaar 628 | 628 | 0 0 | 440 | 440} 0 0. 62 (625) 0 0 | 70} 70] 0 0 0 0
9 | Alan Hansen 620 |618 | 2 | 14 | 434 | 434) 0 Bleu moma aa Zi 6863) || 0 1 0 0
10 | Steven Gerrard 556 | 510 | 46 | 140} 387) 360 | 27 | 84} 29 | 25 | 4 | 10} 20) 17 | 3 1 1 1
11 | Chris Lawler 549 | 549} 0 61 | 406} 406} O | 41 | 47 | 47 0 4 i || PAL 0 0 0 0
12 | Billy Liddell 534 | 534} O | 228} 492) 492} 0 | 215} 42 | 42 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 | Kenny Dalglish 515)| 407") 18 172.) B55 3421) 13 | UWI MRCSian ees 0 dsh|| 18h || ei 2 | Z. 3
14 | Ronnie Whelan 493) 475 | 18 | 73 | 362) 351) 11 | 46) 417 | 40 | 1 7. \-50" 46" |) 4 1 1 0
15 | Roger Hunt 492 | 487 5 | 286] 404/401} 3 | 245] 44 | 44 0 18 | 10 | 10 0 2 0 1
16 L Phil Thompson 477 | 470 | 7 13) 1SABI S8r || 88 7 36 i 36 0 0 43 | 42 1 3 0 0
17 | Steve Heighway 475)| 448) | 27-1) 76.1331 812 194) 50) ||S65) B8al 3 flues) sei |, 5 0 0
18 | Elisha Scott 468 | 468 | 0 0 | 430} 430] 0 Oa Se 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 | Steve Nicol 468 |451 | 17 | 46 | 343 | 328| 15 | 36 | 50 | 50 | O BN 42 ped? 80 2 0 1
20 | Sami Hyypia 464 |455/ 9 | 35 |318] 310| 8 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 0 Z NV AS) 19 | 40 1 4/0 0
21 | Ron Yeats 454 | 453) 1 16 | 358] 357] 1 TSI 00) 250i |a 20) 0 7 7 0 0 3 0 1
22 | Donald Mackinlay 434 | 434} 0 | 34 | 393) 393) 0 | 33 | 40 | 40] O 1 0 0 0 0 1 0/0
23 | lan St John | 425 |420] 5 | 118} 336 |334) 2 | 95 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 12) 6 6 0 2 2 0 0
24 | Peter Thompson |416} 405 | 11} 54 | 322) 317) 5 | 41 }.38 | 37 1 5 9 9 0 4 2 il 0
25 | Arthur Goddard 414 | 414 0 386 |386| 0 | 72 | 27 | 27 | 0 5 0 0 0 0 i} OL 0
26 | John Barnes 407 |403 | 4 | 108| 314| 310) 4 | 84) 51} 51] O | 16 | 26 | 26} O 0 AERO 2
27 | Ray Kennedy SEEM ClO ZENS Sib NW AS |S | SW) ob lh so] ise) Dy, 0 Sone
28 | Tommy Lawrence 390 |390 | 0 306] 0 0} 42) 42 | 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 0 0
29 | Alan A’ Court 381 | 381} 0 8544 S07) Ole ca ae 2 2) Z 0 0 0 OG
30 | Ronnie Moran 379 | 379 iF0 342} 0 ihe lenis || ns? 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gordon Hodgson 771-377 20 358 | 358} O | 233} 19 19 | 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bromilow 375 | 375] 0 341 | 0 41 N33" y 233 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ephraim Longworth 370 | 370| 0 341 | 0 0 |2 |2 | 0 | 0 0 Oe 0 | 0 0
Robbie Fowler 369 |309 | 60 | 183 | 266 | 225 ZA BS sea Sor Soi 16 0 0 0
Tommy Lucas 366 | 366} 0 341 Iey || (0) 0 OIG 0 0} 0 0 | 0 0
Steve McManaman 364 | 348) 16 258 28° ||| 1 B froe bse a 0 5 0 0 0
Billy Dunlop 363 | 363} 0 325 36 | 0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Cox 361 | 361} 0 327 33 0 8 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 en 0 0
Fred Hopkin 360 |360} 0 335 2Ay 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Graeme Souness 359 | 357| 2 246 24} 0 245 45) 0a 9 1 6 5 0 0
Alan Kennedy 359 | 357 | 2 | 20 | 251 | 249 AR @) 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 2 0 3 6 0 0
Jimmy McDougall 356 |356} O | 12 | 338] 338 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Lawrenson 356 |346} 10 | 18 | 241 | 233 24 | 0 2 Ua cts |e 2 1 2 0 1
John Arne Riise 348 | 296 | 52 1 | 234] 196 16 1 3 13 9 4 2 8 4 1 1
Phil Taylor 343 |343} O | 34 | 312] 312 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Lambert 341 | 341 | 0 2 | 308 | 308 330) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Raisbeck 341 | 341 | 0 28 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOs
Harry Chambers 339 | 339] 0 = Ae) | Opa ete] We || 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arthur Riley 338 | 0 {68/200 mon onl om |momleo 0 |0 yet |e
Gerry Byrne aleve 290 | OmO 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 1

518 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

TOTAL LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER
Starts} Subs} Gls |Apps|Starts| Subs} Gls |Apps/|Starts| Subs| Gls |Apps|Starts|Subs| Gls |Apps|Starts| Subs} Gls |Apps|Starts| Subs} Gls
51 | Terry McDermott 329) FSVa Ze CI |eZOZale 2 Ul oe ae Zoi 23 8 OU een eso lecOn lmOnitnoe mcdancoet nin lou 4a Aenea One| 3
52 | Laurie Hughes 326 | 326 | 0 1_ | 303) 303) 0 1 Z| EN 1 1G) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 | Kevin Keegan S23) S23 One OU 230) 230) SOM NGS eZBn e289 OL Nae 28 Zoe CG AO T4000) 120) 22 ol 16
54 | Jack Balmer 309 (208 PO Th fess eB.) Oy) Seer) 21 | 24 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 | Jose Reina 309 | 309 | 0 OU E2205) 22000 0 9 9 0 0 il il 0 Oe Vice aise ee 0 3 3 0 0
56 | Jamie Redknapp SP ON Se | PEIN A SI 0 SE DN AN LGN | Adal A TE Oe
57 | Michael Owen 297 | 267 | 307) 158.1 216) 193.) 23) 118) 1 | 14 | 8 A Va 9 50 | 46 | 4 | 22 2 i 0 1
58 | Sammy Lee 295 | 288 | 7 1) ARV) ASO 13 a i, 0 D4] Sei See el A ast de sek 10 4 9 9 0 0
ke59 | Jan Malby 292 | 260032) 641 218) 195) 23) AA 28 |) 24 | 4 4 Zaseite Pitalle Ss 9 ih ib 0 | 11 9 2 3
60 | Tom Bradshaw 298, | 291, 0 Ae 2a! 1G 3 4 4/0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 | Dick Forshaw 288 | 288) 0 | 124) 266) 266) O | 117] 21 | 21 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i i 0 0
62 | Jimmy Melia 286 | 286 | O | 79 | 268) 268; O | 77 8 Geil il 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 | Dietmar Hamann 283 | 253) 30) 11) 197) 174) 1701-8 16 a 1 ] i |. 8 4 0 Sy tole 2 Si 2 i 0
64 | Gordon Milne 282 | 280} 2 18 | 286\ 234) 2 7 | 28: |-28 0 1 0 0 0 0 (0) oe) 3 0 2 Z 0 0
65 | Bob Paisley 277 | 277| 0 12) | 282. 252) 0 HOS 25. || 25}. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 | Bill Jones 217 \.277 40 17 | 256. | 256.) 0 PS ZA 7A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 | David James 2F) 275) 1 On-| 214 | 213) 1 0 SS Els Ih a) 0 DON ae 0 0 yee 0 0 0 0 0 0
68 | Steve McMahon 277). 278: | 2) 50 | 204) 207°) 2 | 28h 30) | 30 0 7 ay i ee 0 13 5 5 0 0 iil eT 0 ]
69 | Robbie Robinson 227 u | 1G) 65) 264) 254) OO Ba ie | ty 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 | Craig Johnston 271 |.232)| 38 | 40 | 190) 165), 25.430.4°20 | 14 | 6 Ao 2 WES 3 17 | 134 4 2 9g 8 i i
71 | Jimmy Case 269 | 245) 24 | 46 | 186) 170) 16 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 2 if PLN 7A ] 3h} Sa) °a0 5 3 4 4 0 0
72 | Bill Lacey 25S P25Or Cig) Zon eZe0al 2800 Gl Aaie28 | 2B: |. 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ] 0 0
73 | Berry Nieuwenhuys 250 | 25P OM) 90] 236 | 2361, era ye27 | 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 | Tom Morrison 254 | 254) 0 4 | 240 | 240} 0 4 14 | 14) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 | Danny Murphy 249 |)178) 74) 44) 170) 114) Se Zep 15 ) 17 4 3 6/18 1 ] AGY| 37a] 9) 5 2 i i 0
76 | John Molyneux 249 | 249| 0 S|} Zeb) 22s i) 2 VE ae 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 | Alec Lindsay 248 | 246 | 2 18 | 170} 168) 2 W2aye22 |) 22 | @ | PES We} 0 cul ih sil 0 4 7 2 0 0
78 |John Toshack 247 287| 10) 96— |)172) 1699), 3 Ta e2e | 24) 0 8 Sol fish Bell So0} <SG 6 10 2 |
79 | Rob Jones 243 | 241 | 2 O } 483i) 182) 4 0 PEN PEE O22 ieZi | 0 a a 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 | Jimmy Payne 2A8) 2438) 430222) 2225 OO BENT 21 | 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 | Walter Wadsworth 242 | 242) 0 8 | 218} 218] 0 7 ZS Zemin) | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 | Dirk Kuyt 241 | 212 | 29 | 66 | 174} 154} 20 | 49 Oo 8 fi 2 S 1 2 0 54 | 49 5 15 0 0 0 0
83 | Willie Stevenson 241 | 240 | 1 18 | 188} 188} 0 ioaye 24 | 24 | 8 i 0 0 0 0 26 | 25) i | 3 3 0
84 | Sam Hardy 240 | 240) 0 Of 2194) 219). 10) G20" 20.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i il 0 0
85 | Sam Raybould 226 | 226)| © |.130)) 211 | 211.) 0 | 120) 14 | 14) 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | i 0
86 | James Jackson | 224 | 224) 0 2UZIZA 2H 0 2 oi Az 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 | Brian Hall 224 | 198) 26. | 21 |-155) 140) 15.) 15 Cl ale 2 3 o |) WW i | So) || i 8 2 2 2 0 0
88 | Emile Heskey 223'| 176) 47 | 60 } 150) 178) 32 | 39 Ay 8 5 6 BE S 2 | 45 | 40 5 13 | 2 p 0 0
89 | Jock McNab @22 | 222) B 6 | 200} 200} 0 6 ZA A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
90 | Maurice Parry | 222 | 222) 0 #4 207) 207), 0 4 4 4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0
91 | Jack Parkinson 219 219: 0 | 128") 18a 1995) OL | 123 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
92 | Larry Lloyd 218 | 218) 0 5 50 | 150} 0 4 6 6 | 0 0 2020.) 0 0 S| eo 0 | ] 0 0
93 | Dick White 21) Zi 1 op 2083) 203) 0 0 i i 0 | 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 | Steve Finnan 217 | 200} 17 1 | 145) 134) 17 1 13 2 | 0 6 5 1 kone eu 4 0 2 2 0 0
95 | Gary Gillespie 214) 205; 9 | 16 66) 182, 4 | Toh 23] 21 2 ON 2 eee 2 4 2 2 0 9 8 1 0
96 | David Johnson ZI WAT shale Pea 149 126.) 21 i 35 9 ui 2 6 19.4 155) 74 9 FETA AS 8 3 i f 0
97 | Mark Wright 210 | 206 | 4 9 be | 1565) 2 5 8 81 0 0 16 | 14 | 2 Zi han Ve 0 2 ] i 0 0
98 | Xabi Alonso 210) 184) 28) Woh TAB IZ1 4) 22 op tS 2 @ 0 Z 4 i 3 0 | 48} 45) 3 Zz 3 2 ] 0 |
Stephane Henchoz 205 | 201| 4 0 Ser | SS 0 8 So 0 iO: || 165) 18 On 4 37} 536 | 0 2 Z 0 0 |
Ray Houghton 202 | 195.)0 Fl 98 TES 140) Bo) 26h 27 | 26 i 4 14 | 14) 0 3 4 4 Oe 4 4 0 1 |

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MOST APPEARANCES
LEAGUE
Apps |Starts|
1 | lan Callaghan 640 | 636 | 4 | 49 | 18 | Gordon Hodgson 358 |358} 0 | 233 | 35 | Arthur Riley 322 | 322 | 0 0
2 | Billy Liddell 492 |492 | 0 | 215} 19 | Ron Yeats 358 |357 | 1 | 13 | 36 | Sami Hyypia 318 |310] 8 | 22
3 | Emlyn Hughes 474 |474| 0 | 35 | 20 | Kenny Dalglish | 355 |342 | 13 | 118 | 37 | John Barnes 314 | 310 | 4 | 84
4 | Ray Clemence 470 |470 | 0 0 | 21 | Alan ACourt 354 |354 | O | 61 | 38 | Alex Raisbeck 312 |312 | O | 18
5 | lan Rush 469 | 447 | 22 | 229 | 22 | Steve Nicol 343 | 328 | 15 | 36 | 39 | Phil Taylor 312 |312 | 0 | 34
6 | Tommy Smith 467 |467 | 0 | 36 |23 | Ronnie Moran 342 |342 0 | 15 | 40 | Harry Chambers 310 |310} O | 135
7 | Phil Neal 455 |453 | 2 | 41 | 24 | Tom Bromilow | 341 | 341 | 0 OE Ray Lambert 308 | 308} 0 2
8 | Jamie Carragher | 453 |439 | 14 | 4 | 25 | Tommy Lucas 341 | 341 | 0 3 | 42 | Tommy Lawrence 306 |306) 0 0
9 | Bruce Grobbelaar 440 | 440 | 0 0 | 26 | Ephraim Longworth | 341 |341| 0 0 | 43 | Laurie Hughes 303 | 303 | 0 1
0 | Alan Hansen 434 | 434) 0 8 | 27 | Phil Thompson 340 |337 | 3 7 | 44 | Jack Balmer 288 | 288| O | 99
1 | Elisha Scott 430 |430 | 0 0 | 28 | Jimmy McDougall 338 | 338) O | 12 | 45 | Tom Bradshaw 277 Za | 3
2 | Chris Lawler | 406 |406 | 0 | 41 | 29 | lanStJohn 336 |334) 2 | 95 | 46 | Ray Kennedy PAL SAUD || ls OEY
3 | Roger Hunt 404 |401| 3 | 245 30 | Fred Hopkin 335 | 335; O | 10 | 47 | Gerry Byrne 274 | 273 | 1 2
14 | Donald Mackinlay | 393 |393} 0 | 33 | 31 | Steve Heighway 331 |312 | 19 | 50 | 48 | Steve McManaman 272 | 258 | 14 | 46
15 | Steven Gerrard 386 | 359 | 27 | 84 | 32 | Jack Cox |327 | 327 | 0 | 72 | 49 | Jimmy Melia 268
|268| 0 | 77
6 | Arthur Goddard 386 |386 | 0 | 72 | 33 | Billy Dunlop 325 325 | 0 2 | 50 | Dick Forshaw 266 | 266 | O | 117
7 | Ronnie Whelan 362 | 351} 11 | 46 | 34 | Peter Thompson 322 |317 | 5 | 41 | 51 | Robbie Fowler 266 | 225 | 41 | 128

PREMIER LEAGUE
Apps |Starts| Subs} Gls Apps|Starts| Subs| Gls
1 | Jamie Carragher 463 |449| 14 | 4 | 18 | John Barnes 135 | 310) 4 | 84 | 35 | Harry Kewell
2 | Steven Gerrard 387 |360 | 27 | 84 | 19 | Stephane Henchoz 135) 1825)" 3 0 | 36 | Yossi Benayoun
3 | Sami Hyypia 318 |310 | 8 | 22 | 20 | Phil Babb |128 | 124) 4 1 37 | Martin Skrtel
4 | Robbie Fowler 266 | 225| 41 | 128 | 21 | Stig Inge Bjarnebye |128 | 132 | 7 2 | 38 | Ryan Babel
5 | John Arne Riise 234 | 196 | 38 | 21 | 22 | Jerzy Dudek |127 | 126 | 1 0 | 39 | Djimi Traore
6 | Jose Reina [ 220 |220[ 0 | 0 | 23 | Dominic Matteo 127/112| 15 | 1 | 40 | Fabio Aurélio
7 | Michael Owen 216 | 193 | 23 | 118 | 24 | Rob Jones 125 | 182 | 1 0 | 41 | Peter Crouch
8 | Steve McManaman 209 | 258 | 14 | 46 | 25 | Vladimir Smicer 121 | 69 | 52 | 10 | 42 | Steve Harkness
9 | Jamie Redknapp 202 | 207 | 30 | 30 | 26 | Neil Ruddock 115/111} 4 | 11 | 43 | Luis Garcia
0 | Dietmar Hamann 191 | 174| 17 | 8 | 27 | Lucas Leiva 1110) 88) 225) 7 44 | Sander Westerveld
1 | David James 185 | 213 | 1 0 | 28 | Mark Wright 104 | 156 | 2 5 f 45 | Igor Biscan
2 | Dirk Kuyt 174 | 154 20 | 49 | 29 | Fernando Torres 102 | 91 | 11 | 65 | 46 | Milan Baros
13 | Danny Murphy |170 | 114) 56 | 25 | 30 | Jason McAteer 100 | 84 | 16 | 3 | 47 | Alvaro Arbeloa
14 | Emile Heskey | 150 | 118 | 32 | 39 | 31 | Michael Thomas 99 | 96 | 28 | 9 | 48 | Paul Ince
5 | Patrik Berger 148 | 106 | 42 | 28 | 32 | lan Rush 98 | 447 | 22 | 229) 49 | John Scales
6 | Steve Finnan 145 | 134) 11 | 1 | 33 | Javier Mascherano 94) 97 13 1 | 50 | David N'Gog
7 | Xabi Alonso 143 | 121 | 22 | 15 | 34 | Daniel Agger 93 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 51 | Stan Collymore

FA CUP
Apps |Starts
i an Callaghan | TE) | LP 18 | Donald MacKinlay 40 | 40 | 0 1 | 35 | Sami Hyypia 0 2
2 | Bruce Grobbelaar 62 | 62 | 0 19 | Peter Thompson SBCs ala 36 | Jan Malby 4 | 4
3 | Emlyn Hughes 62 | 62 | 0 1 | 20 | Elisha Scott 0 0 | 37 | Alex Raisbeck 0 1
4 an Rush 61 | 55 | 6 | 39 | 21 | Kenny Dalglish 0 | 13 | 38 | Ray Kennedy 0 &
5 | Alan Hansen Seo Syalieal 2 | 22 | Phil Thompson 0 0 | 39 | Bill Lacey (Ole Ip ilat
6 | Ray Clemence 54 | 54 | 0 0 | 23 | Billy Dunlop 0 1_| 40 | Ephraim Longworth 0 0
7 | Tommy Smith 527) 52.) 0 2 | 24 | Steve Heighway 3 8 | 41 | Harry Chambers 0 | 16
8 | John Barnes 51 | 51 | O | 16 | 25 | Jamie Carragher 1 0 | 42 | Gordon Milne 0 1
9 | Ron Yeats 50 | 50 | 0 0 | 26 | Jack Cox 0 8 | 43 | Kevin Keegan OI ae:
0 | Steve Nicol 50 | 50 | 0 3 | 27 | Ray Lambert 0 0 | 44 | Rob Jones 0
1 | lan St John 49 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 28 | Tom Bromilow 0 0 | 45 | Arthur Goddard 0
2 | Chris Lawler 47 | 47 | 0 4 | 29 | Ronnie Moran 0 2 | 46 | Ray Houghton 1
3 | Phil Neal 45 | 45 | 0 3 | 30 | Phil Taylor 0 0 |47 | Tommy Lucas 0
zal Roger Hunt 44 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 31 | Steve McMahon 0 7 | 48 | Peter Beardsley 3
5 | Billy Liddell 42 | 42 | 0 | 13 } 32 | Steve McManaman ] 5 | 49 | Bob Paisley 0
6 | Tommy Lawrence 42) | 42 | 0. Il;0 | 33 | Gerry Byrne 0 0
7 | Ronnie Whelan 41/40} 1 7 | 34 | Steven Gerrard 4 | 10

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LEAGUE CUP
Starts| Subs| Gls Apps |Starts| Subs | Gls
1 an Rush 0 18 | Ray Kennedy 35 | 35 | 0 6 | 35 | David Fairclough 20 Were ee) AG
2 | Bruce Grobbelaar 0 19 | Robbie Fowler 35 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 36 | Peter Cormack 20 | 20 | 0 1
3 | Alan Hansen 0 20 | Craig Johnston So. | Sz Hi 98 3 | 37 | Steven Gerrard 20 A aes 7
4 | Phil Neal 0 21 | Steve McManaman 33 a2 1 10 | 38 | Neil Ruddock 20 Gi i 1
5 | Kenny Dalglish 2 22 | Tommy Smith 30) 30) | 0 2 | 39 | Larry Lloyd 20) 20550 0
6 | Ray Clemence 55, 55 | “0 0 | 23 | Jamie Carragher 2B) 23) 5 0 | 40 | David Johnson 19 ei 9
7 | Ronnie Whelan 50 | 46 | 4 | 14 | 24 | Jan Malby ee) ASN 9 | 41 | Sami Hyypia 19 Bw 3
8 ark Lawrenson 50 | 49 | 1 2 | 25 | Steve McMahon 27 | 27 | O | 13 | 42 | Barry Venison 17 Ah es 0
9 | Emlyn Hughes 46 | 46 | 0 3 | 26 | Chris Lawler ZT e27 a 20 By | 043 ark Wright 16 A Ne? Q
0 | Alan Kennedy 45 | 45 | 0 2 | 27 | Jamie Redknapp 2F i260 ot 5 | 44 | Danny Murphy 16 5 at igi
11_| Graeme Souness 45 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 28 | John Barnes 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 45 | Stig Inge Bjarnebye 16 | 16 | 0 | O
12 | Phil Thompson | 43 | 42 | 1 1 | 29 | Kevin Keegan Zaulecen ae 6 | 46 | Phil Babb 16))|16-\) 0 | 0
3 | Steve Nicol | 42 | 42 | 0 4 | 30 | Alec Lindsay Paniece| 20 1 47 | Stephane Henchoz 16 6) 0 0
4 | lan Callaghan | 42 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 31 | Rob Jones 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 48 | David Burrows 16) [165 08
5 | Sammy Lee | ao od | 8 2 | 32 | Gary Gillespie 22) 221 0 2 | 49 | Steve Harkness 15 1] 4 i
16 | Steve Heighway | 38 | 38 | 0 7 | 33 | David James ZEN Qe 0 | 50 | Igor Biscan 5 es! 1
17 | Terry McDermott | 36 | 36 | 0 5 | 34 | Jimmy Case 21a 3} 51 | Vladimir Smicer 15 Say 5

EUROPE
Apps |Starts| Subs} Gls
1 | Jamie Carragher 139 | 138 | 18 | Michael Owen 50 | 46 | 4 | 22 | 35 | Vladimir Smicer 3? | 19.1, 18 r3
2 | Steven Gerrard 116 |105 | 11 | 38 | 19 | Phil Thompson 50 | 47 | 3 5 | 36 | Alan Kennedy 36 | 36 | O 3
3 | Sami Hyypia 94 | 93 8 | 20 | Xabi Alonso 48 | 45 | 3 2 | 37 | John Toshack 36 | 30; 6 | 10
4 | lan Callaghan 89 | 88 0 | 21 | Alan Hansen 46) 45] 1 3 | 38 | Ron Yeats 36 | 36 | 0 Z
5 | Tommy Smith 85 | 84 8 | 22 | Danny Murphy 46 | 37 | 9 5 | 39 | Fabio Aurélio BP Aa VG) i |
6 | Ray Clemence 80 | 80 | 0 0 | 23 | Emile Heskey 45 | 40 | 5 | 13 | 40 | Jimmy Case $511) 90) 28. 13.
7 | Emlyn Hughes 79) 79 | 0 0 | 24 | Robbie Fowler 44 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 41 | Brian Hall 35, | 278 2
8 | John Arne Riise 7 je 8 4 | 25 | Peter Thompson 44 40 | 4 6 | 42 | Terry McDermott [34 | 33 | 1 15
9 | Jose Reina 161) 26s paw 0 | 26 | Lucas Leiva 42 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 43 | Daniel Agger Sei || Cah it 2
10 | Phil Neal 74 | 74 | 0 27 | Kevin Keegan 40 | 40 | O | 12 | 44 | Tommy Lawrence B80) Rien hn) 0
1 | Steve Heighway 62 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 28 | Ryan Babel 39 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 45 | Sammy Lee 33 | 33 | 0 4
12 | Chris Lawler | 66 | 66 | 0 29 | Jerzy Dudek 38 | 38/0 0 | 46 | Yossi Benayoun BZ Weil eile
13 | Dietmar Hamann 61 | 54 | 7 2 | 30 | Bruce Grobbelaar 38} 38) 0 0 | 47 | Luis Garcia 32) 260) 6: 14
: 14 | Dirk Kuyt 54 | 491 5 5 | 31 | Javier Mascherano es Ween al 1 | 48 | lan St John 32 | 30 | 2 | 10}
15 | Kenny Dalglish ee 32 | lan Rush 38 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 49 | Djimi Traore Se SOL 2 1
6 | Steve Finnan 5A) a7 4 0 | 33 | Graeme Souness Sa Se 6 | 50 | Roger Hunt SON 2 ae
7 | Ray Kennedy 50 | 50 | O | 12 | 34 | Stephane Henchoz oA sta |) al OQ | 51 | Alec Lindsay Sastre 4

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LEAGUE

Apps Apps Apps

522 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

FA CUP

Apps Apps Apps_|

LEAGUE CUP

1i David Fairclough David Johnson 4 17 | Phil Boersma 3 25 | Jan Malby 3

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MOST GOALS
ALL COMPETITIONS
aera eee
TOTAL La PEAS. RGU |_|__ ARE CUEat|B OTHER
|Starts |Subs | Gls | Starts|Subs | Gis | Starts |Subs Subs Se
Starts |Subs | Gis
1 lan Rush 630 30 346 447 22 229 55 6 39 78 0 36 Z 20 14 0 10
2 Roger Hunt 487 4) 286 401 3 245 44 0 18 10 0 5 29 Z 7 2g 0 1
3 | Gordon Hodgson esi 0 241 358 | 0 238 19 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 | Billy Liddell 534 0 228 492 0 215 42 0 (8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 | Robbie Fowler 309 60 183 225 4) 128 21 3 12 35 0 29 28 16 14 0 0 0
6 | Kenny Dalglish 497 18 172 342 13 118 37 0 13 yh 2 27 50 | 11 1 z 3
7 | Michael Owen 267 30 158 193 23 118 14 i 8 12 2 g 46 4 22 Z 0 1
8 | Harry Chambers 339 0 151 310 0 135 28 ll 0 16 0 De 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 | Steven Gerrard 509 46 | 140 359 27 84 23a a 10 17 3 7 105 11 38 3 i 1
0 | Sam Raybould 226 0 IL130 211 0 120 14 0 9 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 | Jack Parkinson 219 0 128 199 0 123 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 | Dick Forshaw a 288 0 124 266 0 117 21 0 if 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 | lan St John 420 5 118 334 jd 95 48 1 12 6 0 1 30 fe 10 Z 0 0
4 | Jack Balmer 309 0 110 288 0 99 21 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 | John Barnes 403 4 108 310 4 84 51 0 16 26 0 S 12 0 ut 3 4 0 2
6 | Kevin Keegan 323 0 | 100 230 0 68 28 0 14 23 0 6 40 0 2 2 0 0
7 | John Toshack 237 10 96 169 3 74 24 0 8 13 0 3 30 2 ow 1 i 1
8 | Albert Stubbins 178 0 83 159 0 75 19 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 | Fernando Torres 126 16 81 91 11 65 6 1 1 2 1 3 27 3 2 0 0 0
20 | Terry McDermott 317 12 81 221 11 54 23 0 4 36 0 5 33 i 5 4 0 3
21 | Jack Cox 361 0 80 327 0 72 33 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 | Berry Nieuwenhuys 257 0 79 236 0 74 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 | Jimmy Melia 286 0 79 268 0 77 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 | David Johnson 177 36 78 128 21 55 “Wil 2 6 15 4 9 15 8 8 2 il 0
25 | Arthur Goddard 414 0 77 386 0 72 27 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 | Steve Heighway 448 27 76 312 19 50 33 3 8 38 0 yi 62 5 1 3 0 0
27 | Joe Hewitt 164 0 74 152 0 I 69 11 0 Z <0 0 » 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
| 28 | Ronnie Whelan 4 475 | 8 73 351 11 | 46 40 1 Zi 46 4 14 23 1 6 15 1 0
ie29 | Ray Kennedy 390 3 72 272 3 51 28 0 3 35 0 6 50 0 12 B) 0 0
30 | lan Callaghan 850 7 68 636 4 49 77 2 2 42 0 ih I 88 1 10 i 0 0
31 | Steve McManaman 348 6 66 258 14 46 28 1 5 32 1 10 30 0 5 0 0 0
32 | Dirk Kuyt 212 29, 66 154 20 49 8 2 2 1 2 0 49 5 15 0 0 0
33 | Robbie Robinson 271 0 65 254 0 64 a 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 | John Aldridge 89 15) 63 69 14 50 12 0 8 7 {l 3 0 0 0 i 0 2
35 | Alan ACourt 381 0 63 354 0 61 24 0 2 2 0 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0
36 | Chris Lawler eo | 0..| e-.| 406. | So. (Ca [ear ola | a7 Se es. a
37 | Jan Malby 260 32 61 195 23 44 24 4 4 25 3 9 7 0 1 9 “i | 3
38 | Emile Heskey 176 47 60 118 32 39 9 5 6 7 5 2 40 Gh 13 Z 0 0
39 | Peter Beardsley 160 15 59 120 11 46 22 3 11 13 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
40 | Phil Neal 648 2, 59 453 Z 4 45 0 3 66 0 4 74 0 11 10 0 0
41 | Willie Fagan 182 0 57 158 0 47 24 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 | George Allan 6 [0 | se || o.| 2 | oro) 6. | 0 | of @ 10 1) come,
43 | Tor Miller 146 0 56 127 0 50 19 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 | David Fairclough 92 62 55 64 34 34 10 5 4 9 Fi 1 0 0
45 | Graeme Souness 357 2 55 246 1 38 24 0 | 2 1 6 5 0 0
46 | Peter Thompson 405 11 54 317 5 41 oy 1 5 4 6 Z 1 0
47 | John Evans i 107 0 53 97 0 49 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
48 | Alf Hanson 177 0 52 166 0 50 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
49 | Thomas Bradshaw 138 0 51 118 0 43 14 0 5 0 0 6 0 3
| 50 | Steve McMahon 275 2 2 29 30 0 7 0 0 1 0 i

524 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

TOTAL LEAGUE FA CUP LEAGUE CUP EUROPE OTHER
| Starts | Subs | Gls | Starts | Subs | Gls | Starts | Subs | Gls | Starts | Subs | Gls | Starts | Subs | Gls | Starts | Subs | Gls
a Emlyn Hughes 665 0 49 474 0 35 62 0 1 46 0 3 79 0 10 4 0 0
| 52 | Tommy Smith 637 i 48 467 0 | 36 52 0 2 30 ie 0 2 84 1 8 4 0 0
53 | Jimmy Case 245 24 46 170 16 23 20 2 7 21 i 3 30 5 13 4 0 0
54 | Dick Edmed 170 0 46 160 0 44 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 | Steve Nicol 451 17 46 328 15 36 50 0 3 42 0 4 18 2 2 ile 0 1
56 | Danny Murphy 178 71 44 114 56 25 11 4 3 15 1 [ 11 37 9 5 1 1 0
57 | Kevin Lewis 82 0 44 72 0 39 8 0 ee! 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 | Malcolm McVean 126 0 43 89 0 26 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 11
59. | Jimmy Payne 243 0 43 | 222 0 38 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60. |John Wark BA Se EU ees ie eG oR ee ee Se ee ee ee eee
61 | Frank Becton 86 0 42 70 0 38 12 0 a 4 0 0 nf 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
62 | Bobby Graham 125 12 42 oii 6 31 y 3 i 4 7 | 1 2 1B) io 5 1 0 | 0
63 | Peter Crouch 93 4] 42 55 30 22 0 il 5 5 0 i 21 9 11 Z 1 3
64 | Jamie Redknapp 270 38 41 207 30 30 i i i 26 1 5 20 6 4 0 0 |
65 | Craig Johnston 232 39 40 165 25 30 4 6 4 32 3 $ 13 4 Z 8 1 ]
66 | Ronald Orr 112 0 39 108 0 36 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 IL 0 | 0 0
67 | Jimmy Ross 0 39 73 0 37 fi 0 id Oe eno 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
68 | Tony Rowley 0 39 60 0 38 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
69 | Louis Bimpson 0 39 96 0 38 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 Shoal ae, 0 0 0
70 | Dave Hickson 0 38 60 0 37 4 0 0 3 0 i 0 0 oe ee 0 0
71 +| Jimmy Smith 0 38 61 0 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 | Ray Houghton 7 38 147 6 28 26 1 4 14 0 3 4 0 2 4 0
73 | Paul Walsh 20 37 63 14 20 6 2 3 10 2 4 7 0 3 6 2 2
74 | Cyril Done 0 37 95 0 33 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 | Fred Howe ideas (leo liicomcseee Cs | GO. | Gada nas jme eccupOb 0 | 20 shaiben| ,0
76 | Dave Wright 0 35 93 0 I ou 7 0 ie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 | Stan Collymore 10 35 55 6 26 i) 0 Hi 2 2 0 5 2 2 0 0 0
78 | Alan Arnell 0 35 69 0 33 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sami Hyypia Games PSION Soul zen| S| 0 2 ie 3 93 a Re 4 0 0
Patrik Berger 60 35 | (106 42 28 4 4 Coe? Ee pf 1 4 0 | 0
Tom Robertson 0 34 126 0 3 18) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donald MacKinlay 0 34 393 0 33 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ] 0 0
Alun Evans 6 33 77 Z. 21 9 2 3 | 7 0 2 At 2 7 1 0 0
Vic Wright 0 33 81 0 3 4 0 2 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Strong 6 33 150 5 30 23 0 1 4 0 0 6 1 | 2 2 0 0
Kevin Baron 0 32 141 0 3 12 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Taylor 0 32 312 0 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Arne Riise 52 31 196 38 2 16 | 1 a 9 4 Z V4 8 4 4 1 1
John Walker 0 31 109 0 30 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Boersma 21 30 73 8 7 7 3 1 by 3 3 13 6 8 1 0 1
Luis Garcia 36 30 52 25 18 3 | 1 1 2 6 0 26 6 11 2 i 0
Dick Johnson 0 30 77 0 | 28 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Reid 55 0 30 51 0 | 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Pagnam SU ieee as eee on ae TO OP a Oe Oe PPO enn ee 90
Harold Barton 109 0 29 103 0 25 6 | 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yossi Benayoun 81 53 29 55 oF 18 4 2 i: dl 3 1 21 11 qT 0 0 0
Bill Lacey 259 | 0 29 230 0 18 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tony Hateley a on ae aaa 0 8 p 0 ao} 4s 0 3 0 0 0
Arthur Metcalf | 63 0 28 52 0 23 at 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Walsh ‘| 77 0 27 69 0 24 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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MOST GOALS
LEAGUE
Gls_| Starts
1 | Roger Hunt 245 | 401 John Toshack Dirk Kuyt
2__| Gordon Hodgson 233 | 358. | Berry Nieuwenhuys John Evans
3 | lan Rush 229 | 447 Jack Cox George Allan
4 | Billy Liddell 215 | 492 Arthur Goddard Willie Fagan
5 | Harry Chambers | 135. hots Joe Hewitt Ronnie Whelan
6 | Robbie Fowler 128) ee225) Kevin Keegan Peter Beardsley
7 | Jack Parkinson 123 | 199 Fernando Torres 11 Steve McManaman
8 | Sam Raybould [| 2 | A Robbie Robinson Jan Malby
| 9 | Kenny Dalglish si 118 | 342 Alan A’ Court Dick Edmed
0 | Michael Owen 718) | 193 David Johnson Thomas Bradshaw
1_| Dick Forshaw 117 266 Terry McDermott Chris Lawler
12 | Jack Balmer 98 288 Ray Kennedy Peter Thompson
3 | lan St John 95 334 John Aldridge Phil Neal
4 | Steven Gerrard 84 360 Steve Heighway Kevin Lewis
15 | John Barnes 84 310 Tom Miller {_Emile Heskey
6 | Jimmy Melia 77 268 Alf Hanson
7 | Albert Stubbins 75 159 lan Callaghan

Gls
1_| Robbie Fowler Luis Garcia Fernando Morientes
2 | Michael Owen Yossi Benayoun Craig Bellamy 7
3 | Steven Gerrard John Barnes Oyvind Leonhardsen i
4 | Fernando Torres Xabi Alonso Nigel Clough 7
5 | Dirk Kuyt Paul ince Jari Litmanen 5
6 | Emile Heskey Djibril Cissé Gary McAllister 5
7 | Steve McManaman Harry Kewell Robbie Keane 5
8 | lan Rush Ryan Babel Michael Thomas 5
9 | Patrik Berger Maxi Rodriguez David Thompson 5
10 | Jamie Redknapp Neil Ruddock Raul Meireles 5
11 | Stan Collymore KarlHeinz Riedle Andriy Voronin 5
12 | Danny Murphy Vladimir Smicer Luis Suarez 4
13 | Sami Hyypia David N'Gog Jan Malby 4
14 Peter Crouch Titi Camara Florent S.-Pongolle 4
1 John Arne Riise Dietmar Hamann Jamie Carragher 4
16 Milan Baros Nigel Clough Nicolas Anelka 4

FA CUP
Starts | Sub Sub
lan Rush 39 55 6 16 | John Toshack 8 0 Emile Heskey 6
Roger Hunt 8 44 0 17 | Steve Heighway 8 3 Tom Miller 6
John Barnes 6 51 0 18 | Albert Stubbins 8 0 John Wark 6
Harry Chambers 6 28 0 19 | Michael Owen 8 i David Johnson 6
Kevin Keegan 4 28 0 20 | Jack Cox 8 0 Thomas Bradshaw 5
| Billy Liddell 3 42 0 21 | Tony Hateley 8 0 Arthur Metcalf 5
Kenny Dalglish 3 37 0 22 | John Aldridge 8 0 Tom Wyllie 5
Robbie Fowler 12 21 3 23 | Gordon Hodgson 8 0 Steve McManaman 5
Jack Balmer 2 21 0 24 | Stan Collymore 7 0 Berry Nieuwenhuys 5
lan St John 2 48 1 25 | Steve McMahon 7 0 Arthur Goddard 5
Peter Beardsley 11 22 3 26 | Jimmy Case 7 a 2 Peter Thompson 5
Bill Lacey | 28 0 27 | Dick Forshaw i} 0 Jimmy Payne 5
Willie Fagan 0 24 0 28 | Ronnie Whelan 7 1 Peter Crouch 5
Steven Gerrard 0 25 4 29 | Malcolm McVean 6 0 Cyril Done 5
Sam Raybould g 14 0 30 | George Allan 6 0 Jack Parkinson 5

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LEAGUE CUP
(x)a nni ig [=ra

1 | lan Rush Ray Kennedy 6 0 31_| John Barnes 3 0

EUROPE

1 | Steven Gerrard 38 1 17 | Peter Crouch | 33 | Alun Evans 7 2

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LEAGUE

TOTAL
CS | Starts |Subs Subs
1_| Ray Clemence 226 | 470 0 1 | Jose Reina 108 220 0
2 | Bruce Grobbelaar 184 | 440 0 2 | David James 72.66 | 213 1
3 | Jose Reina 108 220 0 3 | Jerzy Dudek 52.5), 126 1
4 | Elisha Scott 126 | 430 Hi 0 4 | Sander Westerveld 28 75 0
5 | Tommy Lawrence 98 306 0 5 | Bruce Grobbelaar 8 34 0
6 | David James 72.66 | 213 6 | Brad Friedel 6 25 0
7 | Jerzy Dudek 126 1 7 | Chris Kirkland 4 25 0
8 | Arthur Riley 322 0 8 | Mike Hooper 2.33 8 1
3 | Sam Hardy 219 0 9 | Paul Jones 1 2 0
10 | Cyril Sidlow 149 0 10 | Scott Carson 1 4 0
11_| Harry Storer 102 0 11_| Pegguy Arphexad 0.33 i 1
12 | Sander Westerveld 75 0
13 | Bill Perkins 107 | 0
14 | Ken Campbell 125 0 Notes
15 | Tommy Younger 120 0 Bruce Grobbelaar was replaced by Mike Hooper in the 57th minute in a Charity Shield match against
16 | Bert Slater 99 0 Everton on 16 August 1986 which ended 1-1. Grobbelaar hadn't conceded a goal when he went off
17 | Mike Hooper 50 1 so he has been credited with 2/3 of a clean sheet.
19 | Ned Doig 51 0 Jerzy Dudek came on for Chris Kirkland in the 25th minute in a FA Cup match against Crystal Palace
18 | Charlie Ashcroft 87 0 on 26 January 2003. Dudek didn't concede a goal and has been credited with 3/a of a clean sheet.
20 | Doug Rudham 63 0 David James got sent off in the 60th minute in the Premier League against Norwich City on 1 May 1993.
21 | Chris Kirkland 25 0 By the time he was sent off, he hadn't conceded a goal. James has been credited with 2/3 of a clean sheet.
22 | Russell Crossley 68 0 Mike Hooper came on and has been credited with '/3 of a clean sheet.
Jerzy Dudek was replaced by Pegguy Arphexad in the 55th minute in the Premier League against Ipswich
on 9 February 2002. Dudek didn't concede a goal and has been credited with 2/3 of a clean sheet.
Jerzy Dudek got injured in the 77th minute in the Premier League against Chelsea on 7 January 2004.
Patrice Luzi came on for him. Dudek hadn't conceded a goal and has been credited with 5/s of a clean sheet.
Pepe Reina got sent off in the 82nd minute in the Premier League against Chelsea on 5 February 2006.
Jerzy Dudek came on for him in the 84th minute and didn’t concede a goal and has been credited with
i/io of a clean sheet.

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|BEST SEASONS
ALL MATCHES LEAGUE MATCHES
SEASON |SEASON
970- 971,1978-1979,1983-1984 28 978-1979
2005-2006 23 | 1975-1976, 1977-1978
SIE 978 22 970-1971, 1971-1972, 2005-2006
981- 982 m1 1922-1923, 1968-1969, 1987-1988
973- 974 20 981-1982, 1983-1984, 2006-2007, 2008-2009
1975-1976, 1984-1985 19 965-1966, 1973-1974, 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1984-1985
Chie 97 nN 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2006-2007 18 1974-1975, 1976-1977, 2001-2002, 2007-2008
1976-197 N 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1987-1988 7 1920-1921, 1921-1922, 1986-1987, 1988-1989, 1994-1995, 2009-2010
972- 97 (at), 1995-1996, 2008-2009 fe 898-1899, 1904-1905, 1919-1920, 1924-1925, 1969-1970, 1985-1986,
1968-196 o , 1994-1995, 2007-2008 991-1992, 1995-1996
974- 97. or, 1980-1981, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1991-1992
1922- 92 (as), 1965-1966, 2002-2003
988- 98: oO 2009-2010
969-1 970

PREMIER LEAGUE
SEASON
22 2005-2006
20 2006-2007, 2008-2009
8 2001-2002, 2007-2008
17 994-1995, 2009-2010
16 995-1996
15 1999-2000, 2003-2004
2000-2001, 2002-2003
1887=1998
992- g co3, 1996-1997
2010-2011
1993- 994
1998- 989
HO!
STYIE2
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|er 2004-2005

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SQUAD NUMBERS

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02

1 Bruce Grobbelaar David James David James David James David James David James Sander Westerveld |Sander Westerveld |Sander Westerveld

Z Rob Jones Rob Jones Rob Jones Rob Jones Rob Jones Rob Jones Stephane Henchoz | Stephane Henchoz | Stephane Henchoz

3 Julian Dicks/ Bjorn Tore Kvarme /| Bjorn Tore Kvarme | Bjorn Tore Kvarme Christian Ziege Abel Xavier
David Burrows John Scales
4 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol Jason McAteer Jason McAteer Jason McAteer | Jason McAteer/ Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Sami Hyypia
Rigobert Song
5 Mark Wright Mark Wright Mark Wright Mark Wright Mark Wright Steve Staunton Steve Staunton Steve Staunton Milan Baros

6 Don Hutchison Don Hutchison/ Phil Babb Phil Babb Phil Babb Phil Babb Phil Babb Markus Babbel Markus Babbel
Phil Babb
ii Nigel Clough Nigel Clough Nigel Clough Steve McManaman | Steve McManaman |Steve McManaman | Vladimir Smicer Vladimir Smicer Vladimir Smicer
8 Paul Stewart | Paul Stewart | Stan Collymore Stan Collymore | Qyvind Leonhardsen |@yvind Leonhardsen| — Emile Heskey Emile Heskey Emile Heskey
9 lan Rush lan Rush i lan Rush Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler/
Nicolas Anelka
10 John Barnes John Barnes John Barnes John Barnes John Barnes Michael Owen Michael Owen Michael Owen Michael Owen

11 Mark Walters Mark Walters Mark Walters Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp
12 Ronnie Whelan John Scales John Scales Steve Harkness Steve Harkness Steve Harkness Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Jerzy Dudek
3 David James _| Michael Stensgaard |Michael Stensgaard) — Tony Warner KarlHeinz Riedle | KarlHeinzRiedle | KarlHeinz Riedle Danny Murphy Danny Murphy
14 Jan Malby Jan Malby Jan Malby Neil Ruddock Neil Ruddock Vegard Heggem Vegard Heggem Vegard Heggem Vegard Heggem
15 Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp | Jamie Redknapp Patrik Berger Patrik Berger Patrik Berger Patrik Berger Patrik Berger Patrik Berger
16 Michael Thomas | Michael Thomas | Michael Thomas | Michael Thomas | Michael Thomas Sean Dundee Dietmar Hamann | DietmarHamann | Dietmar Hamann
7 | Steve McManaman |Steve McManaman |Steve McManaman Paul Ince Paul Ince Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard
8 | Ronny Rosenthal / Phil Charnock Phil Charnock Michael Owen Michael Owen Jean Michel Ferri Erik Meijer Erik Meijer John Arne Riise
Phil Charnock
9 Torben Piechnik Mark Kennedy Mark Kennedy Mark Kennedy Mark Kennedy Brad Friedel Brad Friedel / Pegguy Arphexad | Pegguy Arphexad
Pegguy Arphexad
20 | Stig Inge Bjarnebye | Stig Inge Bjornebye | Stig Inge Bjarnebye | Stig Inge Bjarnebye |Stig Inge Bjarnebye | Stig Inge Bjarnebye | Stig Inge Bjarnebye Nick Barmby Nick Barmby

21 Mike Marsh / Dominic Matteo Dominic Matteo Dominic Matteo Dominic Matteo Dominic Matteo Dominic Matteo Gary McAllister Gary McAllister
Dominic Matteo
22 Steve Harkness Steve Harkness Steve Harkness Jamie Cassidy Tony Warner Tony Warner Titi Camara Titi Camara Chris Kirkland
23 Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler Robbie Fowler | Michael Stensgaard] Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher } Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher
24 Mike Hooper Lee Jones Lee Jones Jamie Carragher Danny Murphy Danny Murphy Danny Murphy Bernard Diomede | Bernard Diomede
25 Neil Ruddock Neil Ruddock Neil Ruddock Lee Jones David Thompson | David Thompson | David Thompson Igor Biscan Igor Biscan
26 Tony Warner Tony Warner David Thompson Jorgen Nielsen Jargen Nielsen Jargen Nielsen Jargen Nielsen Jorgen Nielsen
27 Mark Gayle Mark Prudhoe Stephen Pears Jargen Nielsen Haukur |. Gudnason |Haukur |. Gudnason | Gregory Vignal Gregory Vignal
28 Alec Chamberlain Nicky Rizzo Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Richie Partridge Richie Partridge
| Brad Friedel Stephen Wright Stephen Wright Stephen Wright Stephen Wright
Haukur |. Gudnason Djimi Traore Djimi Traore Djimi Traore Djimi Traore
Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts Frode Kippe Frode Kippe Frode Kippe
Danny Williams Jon Newby Jon Newby
Layton Maxwell Alan Navarro Alan Navarro

Jari Litmanen Jari Litmanen

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2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Dudek Diego Cavalieri Diego Cavalieri Brad Jones /
Diego Cavalieri
Stephane Henchoz | Stephane Henchoz | Stephane Henchoz | Jan Kromkamp Jan Kromkamp/ Andrea Dossena Glen Johnson Glen Johnson 2
Alvaro Arbeloa
Abel Xavier Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Paul Konchesky | 3

Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Sami Hyypia Alberto Aquilani Raul Meireles/ | 4
Alberto Aquilani
Milan Baros Milan Baros Milan Baros Milan Baros/ Daniel Agger Daniel Agger Daniel Agger Daniel Agger Daniel Agger 5
Daniel Agger
Markus Babbel Markus Babbel John Arne Riise John Arne Riise John Arne Riise John Arne Riise Fabio Aurélio 6

Vladimir Smicer il Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Harry Kewell Robbie Keane Luis Suarez i
Emile Heskey Emile Heskey Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard 8
El Hadji Diouf El Hadji Diouf Djibril Cissé Djibril Cissé Robbie Fowler Fernando Torres Fernando Torres Fernando Torres Fernando Torres | 9

Michael Owen Michael Owen Luis Garcia / Luis Garcia Luis Garcia Andriy Voronin Andriy Voronin Andriy Voronin Joe Cole 0
Michael Owen
Vladimir Smicer Vladimir Smicer Robbie Fowler Mark Gonzalez Yossi Benayoun Albert Riera Albert Riera i
| Paul Jones Mauricio Pellegrino Fabio Aurélio Fabio Aurélio Fabio Aurélio | — Fabio Aurélio Dani Pacheco \2
| Danny Murphy Danny Murphy Anthony Le Tallec | Anthony Le Tallec G
| Vegard Heggem Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Milan Jovanovic 4
Patrik Berger Salif Diao Salif Diao Peter Crouch Peter Crouch Peter Crouch Yossi Benayoun Yossi Benayoun 5
Dietmar Hamann | Dietmar Hamann | DietmarHamann | DietmarHamann | Jermaine Pennant | Jermaine Pennant | Jermaine Pennant | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | Sotirios Kyrgiakos 6
Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard Josemi Rey Josemi Rey Craig Bellamy Alvaro Arbeloa Alvaro Arbeloa Maxi Rodriguez Maxi Rodriguez 7
John Arne Riise John Arne Riise Antonio Nunez Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt Dirk Kuyt 18

Pegguy Arphexad Fernando Morientes |Fernando Morientes| Ryan Babel Ryan Babel Ryan Babel Ryan Babel )

Anthony Le Tallec Scott Carson Scott Carson _|Javier Mascherano/| Javier Mascherano | Javier Mascherano | Javier Mascherano] Javier Mascherano] 20
Scott Carson
Salif Diao Djimi Traore Djimi Traore Djimi Traore | Lucas Leiva Lucas Leiva Lucas Leiva Lucas Leiva 21

Chris Kirkland Chris Kirkland Chris Kirkland Mohamed Sissoko | Mohamed Sissoko | Mohamed Sissoko Emiliano Insta Emiliano Insta Danny Wilson 22
Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | Jamie Carragher | 23
Bernard Diomede | Florent S.-Pongolle | Florent S.-Pongolle | Florent S.-Pongolle | Florent S.-Pongolle David N'Gog David N’Gog David N’Gog 24
Igor Biscan \gor Biscan Igor Biscan Jose Reina Jose Reina Jose Reina JoseReina | — Jose Reina Jose Reina 2
Richie Partridge Richie Partridge Richie Partridge Paul Anderson Paul Anderson Scott Carson Jay Spearing Jay Spearing Jay Spearing 26
Gregory Vignal Gregory Vignal Philipp Degen Philipp Degen 27
Bruno Cheyrou Bruno Cheyrou Stephen Warnock | Stephen Warnock | Stephen Warnock Damien Plessis Damien Plessis Christian Poulsen | 28
Stephen Wright Patrice Luzi Patrice Luzi Gabriel Paletta Gabriel Paletta 29
Djimi Traore Boudewijn Zenden | Daniele Padelli Charles Itandje Charles Itandje 30
David Raven David Raven Nabil El Zhar Nabil El Zhar 31
John Welsh John Welsh John Welsh Boudewijn Zenden Stephen Darby Stephen Darby Stephen Darby 32
Neil Mellor Neil Mellor Neil Mellor Sebastian Leto Jonjo Shelvey 33
Darren Potter Darren Potter Darren Potter Miki Roque Martin Kelly Martin Kelly Martin Kelly 34
Carl Medjani Danny Guthrie Ray Putterill Conor Coady 35
Jon Otsemobor Jon Otsemobor Jon Otsemobor | Antonio Barragan 36
Jari Litmanen Zak Whitbread Zak Whitbread Lee Peltier Martin Skrtel Martin Skrtel Martin Skrtel Martin Skrtel 37
Andrea Dossena John Flanagan/ | 38
Lauri Dalla Valle
Patrice Luzi Stephen Darby Nathan Eccleston | Nathan Eccleston | 39
Paul Harrison | Paul Harrison David Martin David Martin David Martin Daniel Ayala Daniel Ayala 40
| Mark Smyth Martin Hansen 4
Robbie Foy Nabil El Zhar Nabil El Zhar Peter Gulacsi Peter Gulacsi Peter Gulacsi 42
| 43
44
James Smith Mikel Dominguez Thomas Ince 45
Jack Hobbs | Jack Hobbs | David Amoo 46
| Damien Plessis Dani Pacheco Andre Wisdom 47
Emiliano Insta _| Emiliano Instia 48
Jack Robinson Jack Robinson 49

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MANAGERS RECORDS
ALL MANAGERS
John McKenna / WE Barclay Bill Shankly Roy Evans
5 Mar 1892 — Jul 1896 01 Dec 1959 — 12 Jul 1974 Jan 1994— 16 Jul 1998
Pid ..W | Bolwke | FB igA Pld FuisA]
League | 88 51 16 21 234 | 120 1034 | 622
FA Ta oe as es ESE 103 | 50
Other | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 22 51_| 35
Total 127 | 77 20 30 | 337 | 155 114 | 54
5 5

Tom Watson eee

27 Jul 1896 — 06 May 1915 Roy Evans
/ Gerard Houllier
Bob Paisley 16 Jul 1998
— 12 Nov 1998
League 26 Jul 1974 — 01 Jul 1983
FA 63 31 13 19 98 75
ie a ee a ro eae
Total | 742 | 329 | 141 | 272

David Ashworth
17 Dec 1919 — 20 Dec 1922 Gerard Houllier
12 Nov 1998 — 24 May 2004

Joe Fagan
01 Jul 1983 — 29 May 1985

D iat ll
League Ha) 141 67

Matt McQueen
FA 7 |e i oo 2
13 Feb 1923— 15 Feb 1928 LC 16 8 ? 1 27 2
Europe | 19 14 0 3 34 10
Other 3 0 0 3 0 4
Rafael Benitez
Total | 131 | 71 | 34 | 24 | 225'| 97 | 16 Jun 2004 — 03 Jun 2010

=
Kenny Dalglish
30 May 1985 — 22 Feb 1991
George Patterson
1928 — 06 Aug 1936

Roy Hodgson
01 Jul 2010 — 08 Jan 2011
Ronnie Moran
22 Feb 1991 — 16 Apr 1991 League 4
ical Tele
| FA Europe }AOD | cue aed
Total
|Total 312 130 le

Kenny Dalglish
Don Welsh
05 Mar 1951 — 04 May 1956
Graeme Souness 08 Jan 2011 —
16 Apr 1991 — 28 Jan 1994
Pid Wale el Were
League 55 88 370 | 409
League | 115 47 34 34 164 | 133
FA) talons | Spey aaa
FA 13 5 2 17 a
Total | 232 | 81 | 58 | 93 | 387 | 423
Lc 16 7 6 3 38 22
Europe | 12 6 0 6 26 16
Phil Taylor Other ] 0 0 1 3 4
May 1956 — 17 Nov 1959 Total |157 |
66 | 45 | 46 | 248 | 186

532 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

RANKING
It’s difficult to realistically rank a football club’s managers through history given that there are many factors outside the
top man’s control. Some managers inherited poor teams; the club may have had to battle with limited finances during a
manager’s reign; his teams may have played poorly but won trophies or attractively but lost games. Ultimately, however,
a manager is judged on results and so this ranking is based on results.
The percentage figure in the final column is the number of games a manager won during all competitive games
in his time at the helm divided by the total number of games.

MANAGER
] John McKenna
/ WE Barclay 15 Mar 1892 — Jul 1896
2 Kenny Dalglish 30 May 1985 — 22 Feb 1991
3 Bob Paisley 26 Jul 1974 — 01 Jul 1983 96 955 406 57.57
4 Rafael Benitez 6 Jun 2004 — 03 Jun 2010 97 74 79 585 302 56.28
5 Joe Fagan 01 Jul 1983 — 29 May 1985 131 7\ 36 24 225 97 54.19
6 Gerard Houllier 12 Nov 1998 — 24 May 2004 307 60 73 74 516 298 52.11
7 Bill Shankly 01 Dec 1959 — 12 Jul 1974 783 407 198 178 1307 766 51.97
8 Roy Evans 31 Jan 1994 — 16 Jul 1998 226 7 56 53 375 216 51.76
) Phil Taylor May 1956 — 17 Nov 1959 150 76 32 42 294 211 50.66
10 David Ashworth 7 Dec 1919 — 20 Dec 1922 139 70 40 29 220 118 50.35
it Kenny Dalglish 08 Jan 2011 — Present day 23 1 5 7 36 19 47.83
12 Tom Watson 27 Jul 1896 — 06 May 1915 742 329 141 272 1226 1056 44.33
13 Graeme Souness 6 Apr 1991 — 28 Jan 1994 157 66 45 46 248 186 | 42.03
14 Roy Hodgson 01 Jul 2010 — 08 Jan 2011 31 13 8 10 4) 33 41.93
15 Matt McQueen 3 Feb 1923 — 15 Feb 1928 229 93 60 76 354 307 40.61
16 George Kay 06 Aug 1936 — 30 Jan 1951 357 142 93 122 551 511 SN
Y Evans / Houllier 16 Jul 1998 — 12 Nov 1998 18 7 6 5 33 20 38.88
8 George Patterson 928 — 06 Aug 1936 366 137 85 144 665 700 37,43
19 Don Welsh 05 Mar 1951 — 04 May 1956 232 81 58 | 93 387 423 34.91
Kenny Dalglish Consolidated record (2 spells as manager) 330 198 83 | 49 _|__ 883 278 —

Only full-time permanent Liverpool managers have been included in this list and not caretaker managers.

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HIGH AND LOW ATTENDANCES
HIGHEST ATTENDANCES
ALL COMPETITIONS - HOME
DATE COMPETITION VE NUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Feb 02 1952 FA Cup 4th round Wolves C Done, B Paisley
Jan 27 1934 FA Cup 4th round H Tranmere W 3-4 61036 B Nieuwenhuys, S English 2
Jan 29 1949 FA Cup 4th round H Notts County Ww 1-0 61003 B Liddell
Dec 27 1949 1st Division H Chelsea ID) VER 58757 W Fagan 2
Feb 20 1963 FA Cup 4th round replay H Burnley W 2-4 57906 R Moran (pen), | St John

ALL COMPETITIONS - AWAY

DATE COMPETITION VE NUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Apr 05 2001 UEFA Cup Semi-final 1st leg Barcelona
Oct 03 1979 European Cup 1st R 2nd L A Dinamo Tbilisi L 03 90000
Feb 21 2007 CL 1st knockout r. 1st leg A Barcelona W 2-4 88000 C Bellamy, J Riise
Mar 01 1978 European Cup 3rd R 1st L A Benfica W 2-1 80000 J Case, E Hughes
Sep 18 1948 Ist Division A Everton BD 1-4 78599 W Fagan

LEAGUE - HOME

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Dec 27 1949 1st Division H Chelsea Di 92-2 58757 W Fagan 2
Oct 23 1948 ist Division H Middlesbrough W 40 57561 J Balmer, William Whitaker (og), B Liddell (pen), A Stubbins
Sep 11 1948 1st Division H Bolton Lt 56561
Apr 28 1973 1st Division H Leicester D 00 56202
Sep 06 1947 1st Division H Burnley Ea 56074 J Balmer

LEAGUE - AWAY

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Sep 18 1948 1st Division A Everton W Fagan
Oct 22 2006 Premier League A Man Utd Gre 75828
Mar 14 2009 Premier League A Man Utd Ww 4-1 75569 F Aurélio, A Dossena, S Gerrard (pen), F Torres
Mar 21 2010 Premier League A Man Utd L 1-2 75216 F Torres
Sep 19 2010 Premier League A Man Utd IL ES} FS218 S Gerrard 2 (1 pen)

PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Jan 14 2006 Premier League H Tottenham W 1-0 44983 H Kewell
Sep 11 1999 Premier League H Man Utd Le 2-3) 44929 P Berger, S Hyypia
May 01 2011 Premier League H Newcastle W 30 44923 D Kuyt (pen), M Rodriguez, L Suarez
Mar 25 2006 Premier League H Everton W 3-4 44923 L Garcia, Phil Neville (ag), H Kewell
Sep 18 2005 Premier League H Man Utd D 0-0 44917

PREMIER LEAGUE - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Mar 23 2008 Premier League Man Utd L
Oct 22 2006 Premier League A Man Utd Pet ne 75828
Mar 14 2009 Premier League A Man Utd WwW 4-1 75969 F Aurélio, A Dossena, S Gerrard (pen), F Torres
Mar 21 2010 Premier League A Man Utd L 1-2 75216 F Torres
Sep 19 2010 Premier League A Man Utd E258 75213 S Gerrard 2 (1 pen)

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FA CUP - ALL VENUES

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

May 21 1977 FA Cup Final Man Utd 100000 J Case
May 01 1965 FA Cup Final N Leeds United W 2-1 100000 R Hunt, | St John
| May 04 1974 FA Cup Final N Newcastle WwW 3-0 100000 S Heighway, K Keegan 2
|| Apr 29 1950 FA Cup Final N Arsenal EeeOe2 100000
May 08 1971 FA Cup Final N Arsenal Let ott22 100000 S Heighway

FA CUP - HOME
COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Feb 02 1952 FA Cup 4th round Wolves C Done, B Paisley
Jan 27 1934 FA Cup 4th round Tranmere B Nieuwenhuys, S English 2
Jan 29 1949 FA Cup 4th round Notts County B Liddell
Feb 20 1963 FA Cup 4th round replay Burnley R Moran (pen), | St John
Feb 27 1932 FA Cup 6th round Chelsea

FA CUP - AWAY

DATE COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

| Jan 09 2011 FA Cup 3rd round A Man Utd L
Jan 29 1955 FA Cup 4th round | A Everton W 4-0 72000 A ACourt, B Liddell, J Evans 2
| Feb181956 | FACup 5th round is 2A Man City D 0-0 70640
Mar 11 1967 FA Cup 5th round A Everton L 0-1 64851
Jan 291921 | FACup 2nd round A Newcastle L

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Mar 26 1983 League Cup Final Man Utd 100000 A Kennedy, R Whelan
Mar 14 1981 League Cup Final N West Ham i 100000 A Kennedy
Mar 18 1978 League Cup Final N Nottm For D 0-0 100000
Mar 25 1984 | League Cup Final N Everton D 0-0 100000
Mar 13 1982 League Cup Final N Tottenham W 3-4 100000 | Rush, R Whelan 2

LEAGUE CUP - HOME

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Feb 12 1980 =
League Cup Semi-final 2L Nottm For D Fairclough
Dec 04 1972 League Cup 5th round H Tottenham Dict 48677 E Hughes
Feb 10 1981 League Cup Semi-final 2L H Man City [ave 46711 K Dalglish
Sep 13 1967 League Cup 2nd round H Bolton D 1-1 45957 P Thompson
Feb 07 1978 League Cup Semi-final 1L H | Arsenal W 2-1 44764 K Dalglish, R Kennedy

LEAGUE CUP - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Oct 28 2009 League Cup 4th round Arsenal L E Insta
Nov 09 1988 League Cup 3rd round replay A Arsenal D 00 54029
Jan 21 1987 7 League Cup 5th round A Everton Ww 1-0 53323 Ih{Rush
Feb 14 1978 League Cup Semi-final 2L A Arsenal D 00 49561
Jan 17 1984 League Cup Sth round A Sheff Wed i" Di 222 49357 P Neal (pen), S Nicol |

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HIGH AND LOW ATTENDANCES
HIGHEST ATTENDANCES (CONT.)
EUROPE - ALL VENUES
DATE COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
May 10 1978 European Cup Final FC Bruges K Dalglish
Apr 05 2001 UEFA Cup Semi-final 1st leg A Barcelona D 00 90832
Oct 03 1979 European Cup 1st R 2nd L A Dinamo Tbilisi L 0:3 90000
Feb 21 2007 CL 1st knockout r. 1st leg A Barcelona W 2-1 88000 C Bellamy, J Riise
Mar 01 1978 European Cup 3rd R 1st L A Benfica W 2-1 80000 J Case, E Hughes

EUROPE - HOME

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Apr 14 1976 UEFA Cup Semi-final 2L H Barcelona Det t 55104 P Thompson
Mar 16 1977 European Cup 3rd R 2nd L H St Etienne W 3-1 95043 D Fairclough, K Keegan, R Kennedy
Mar 08 1966 ECW Cup 3rd round 2L H Honved W 20 54631 C Lawler, | St John
Apr 19 1966 ECW Cup Semi-Final 2L H Celtic WwW 20 54208 T Smith, G Strong
May 04 1965 Eur. Cup Semi Final 1st L H Inter Milan W 3-1 54082 | Callaghan, R Hunt, | St John

EUROPE - AWAY

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Apr 05 2001 UEFA Cup Semi-final 1st leg A Barcelona D 0-0 90832
Oct 03 1979 European Cup 1st R 2nd L A Dinamo Tbilisi Rus! 30000
Feb 21 2007 CL 1st knockout r. 1st leg A Barcelona W 21 88000 C Bellamy, J Riise
Mar 01 1978 European Cup 3rd R 1st L A Benfica W 2-1 80000 J Case, E Hughes
May 12 1965 Eur. Cup Semi Final 2nd L A Inter Milan 0-8 /6601

LOWEST ATTENDANCES
ALL COMPETITIONS BEFORE 1925 - HOME
DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS
Feb 03 1892 Lancashire League Higher Walton J McBride, M McVean, J Cameron 2, J McQue 2, J Smith 2
Dec 03 1892 Lancashire League H Fleetwood Rangers Ww 7-0 1000 M McQueen, M McVean, J Miller 5
Dec 31 1892 Lancashire League H Heywood Central W 6-2 1000 M McQueen, J Miller, M McVean 2, T Wyllie 2
Dec 07 1895 2nd Division H Loughborough Town WwW 1-0 1000 F Becton
Mar 25 1893 Lancashire League H Rossendale United W 2-1 1200 M McVean, J Smith

ALL COMPETITIONS BEFORE 1925 - AWAY |

ail
DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS
Oct 22 1892 Lancashire League A Higher Walton W 5-0 150 T Wyllie 2, J Miller 3
Jan 06 1894 2nd Division A Rotherham Town W 4-1 500 D Henderson, H McQueen,J Stott 2
Oct 15 1892 FA Cup 1st Qualifier A antwich Ww 40 700 T Wyllie, J Miller 3
Oct 21 1895 2nd Division A Burslem Port Vale L 45 1000 F Geary, F Becton 3
Apr 20 1907 1st Division A otts County eR 1000
Nov 19 1892 FA Cup 3rd Qualifier A orthwich Vict. ee ile? 1000 T Wyllie
Jan 07 1893 Lancashire League A Heywood Central W 2-1 1000 J McBride, T Wyllie |

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ALL COMPETITIONS - HOME
COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS
Apr 15 1931 1st Division Birmingham
Apr06 1932 {st Division H Chelsea W 2-4 7873 E Hancock, G Hodgson
May 01 1937 {st Division H Chelsea DB! ei 8278 J Balmer
Feb 13 1929 1st Division H Man Utd L 283 8852 R Done (pen), G Hodgson |
Oct 25 1983 League Cup 2nd round 2L H Brentford Ww 40 3902 ; K Dalglish, D Hodgson, M Robinson, G Souness (pen)

ALL COMPETITIONS - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Apr 18 1927 ist Division A Cardiff
Apr 10 1929 1st Division A Huddersfield W 3-1 3997 Sam Wadsworth (og), G Hodgson 2
| Feb 25 1933 1st Division A Portsmouth hk - 132 4031 H Barton
H May 03 1961 2nd Division A Stoke eae rs] 4463 A ACourt
Sep 15 1998 UEFA Cup 1st round 1L A Kosice W 30 4500 P Berger, M Owen, K Riedle

LEAGUE BEFORE 1925 - HOME

DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Dec 07 1895 2nd Division H Loughborough Town Ww 1-0 1000 F Becton
Feb 18 1896 2nd Division H Rotherham Town W 10-1 2000 F Becton, J Ross 2, M McVean 3, G Allan 4
Mar 30 1903 {st Division H Sunderland D 1-1 3000 S Raybould ial
Mar 29 1915 i ist Division H Newcastle D 2-2 3000 T Miller, F Pagnam
Mar 31 1898 1st Division H Bury De whe 3000 F Geary, A McCowie
Dec 30 1893 | 2nd Division H Grimsby Town Ww 20 3000 T Bradshaw, D Henderson
Mar 24 1894 2nd Division H Crewe W 2-0 3000 D Dick, H McQueen
Oct 07 1895 2nd Division H Crewe W 6-1 3000 G Allan 2, F Geary 2, J Ross 2
Sep 30 1895 2nd Division H Burton Wanderers Ww 41 3000 F Becton 2, T Bradshaw 2
Nov 23 1895 2nd Division H Darwen D 0-0 3000
Feb 03 1894 2nd Division H Northwich Vict. W 40 3000 T Bradshaw, D McLean (pen), J Stott 2

LEAGUE BEFORE 1925 - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS |ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Jan 06 1894 2nd Division Rotherham Town D Henderson, H McQueen, J Stott2

Oct 211895 | 2nd Division A Burslem Port Vale L 4-5 1000 F Geary, F Becton 3
Apr 20 1907 1st Division A Notts County L 02 1000
Mar 02 1901 {st Division A Preston DP 2-2 1500 Is Raybould, C Satterthwaite
Feb 29 1896 2nd Division A Burton Swifts Ww 7-0 1500 1) McCartney, F Becton 3, J Ross 3

LEAGUE - HOME
COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS
Apr 15 1931 1st Division Birmingham
Apr 06 1932 {st Division H Chelsea W 2-1 7873 E Hancock, G Hodgson
May 01 1937 1st Division H Chelsea D 1-1 8278 J Balmer
Feb 13 1929 | ‘st Division H Man Utd wis 8852 R Done (pen), G Hodgson
Feb 01 1933 {st Division H Middlesbrough ils 9973 A Hanson

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HIGH AND LOW ATTENDANCES
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LEAGUE - AWAY
COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
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A Huddersfield W 3 3997 Sam Wadsworth (og), G Hodgson 2
A Portsmouth LivtZ 4031 H Barton
A Stoke L 3 4463 A ACourt
A Hull City D 22 6000 E Anderson, J Evans

PREMIER LEAGUE - HOME

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DATE COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

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OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

G Allan, T Cleghom, D Hannah, J Ross
J Cameron. Alfred Townsend (og), J McCartney,
H McQueen, M McVean 2, T Wyllie 3
Feb 11 1895 FA H N 40 4000 T Bradshaw, J Drummond, H McQueen, M McVean
16 1895 FA H L 02 5000
Feb 16 1898 FA H W 2-1 6000 D Cunliffe, B Dunlop

OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

T Wyllie, J Miller 3
T Wyllie
M McVean
S Raybould

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FA CUP - HOME
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COMPETITION VENUE | OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Jan 09 1946 FA Cup 3rd round 2nd leg H Chester W Fagan 2
Feb 19 1995 FA Cup 5th round H Wimbledon De te 25124 R Fowler
Feb 26 1992 FA Cup 5th round replay H Ipswich W 32 27355 R Houghton, S McManaman, J Malby
Jan 27 1985 FA Cup 4th round H Tottenham WwW 1-0 27905 { Rush
Jan 06 1996 FA Cup 3rd round H Rochdale W 7-0 28126 R Fowler, Peter Valentine (og), J McAteer,
| Rush, S Collymore 3

FA CUP - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Jan 06 1992 FA Cup 3rd round Crewe S McManaman, J Barnes 3 (1 pen)
Feb 18 1996 FA Cup 4th round A Shrewsbury Ww 40 7752 S Collymore, R Fowler, Dave Walton (og), J McAteer
Jan 04 2004 FA Cup 3rd round A Yeovil W 2-0 9348 E Heskey, D Murphy (pen)
Feb 05 1992 FA Cup 4th round A Bristol Rovers D 1-1 9464 D Saunders
Jan 07 2006 FA Cup 3rd round A Luton W 53 10170 S Gerrard, X Alonso 2, F S.-Pongolle 2 a

LEAGUE CUP - HOME

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS | ATTENDANCE | SCORERS

Oct 25 1983 League Cup 2nd round 2L H Brentford W 4-0 9902 K Dalglish, D Hodgson, M Robinson, G Souness (pen)
Oct 19 1960 League Cup 2nd round H Luton D 1-1 10502 T Leishman
Oct 07 1981 League Cup 2nd round 1L H Exeter W 5-0 11478 K Dalglish, T McDermott, R Whelan, | Rush 2
Dec 22 1983 League Cup 4th round R H Birmingham W 3-0 11638 § Nicol, |Rush 2 (1 pen)
Sep 22 1992 League Cup 2nd round 1L H Chesterfield D 44 12533 D Hutchison, R Rosenthal, M Walters, M Wright

LEAGUE CUP - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Oct 24 1960 League Cup 2nd round replay Luton D Hickson, R Hunt 2, K Lewis2
Oct 09 1990 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Crewe WwW 41 7200 S Staunton, | Rush 3
Oct 09 1985 League Cup 2nd round 1L A Oldham W 5-2 7719 K MacDonald, | Rush, J Wark, R Whelan 2
Oct 07 1986 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Fulham W 3-2 7864 Paul Parker (og), S McMahon, J Malby (pen)
Sep 10 1975 League Cup 2nd round A York W 1-0 9421 A Lindsay (pen)

EUROPE - HOME

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Sep 28 1982 European Cup 1st R 2nd L Dundalk R Whelan

Sep 16 1992 ECW Cup 1st round 1L Apollon Limassol P Stewart 2, |Rush 4
Sep 28 1983 European Cup 1st R 2nd L Odense BK Frank Clausen (og), K Dalglish 2, M Robinson 2
Dec11 1991 UEFA Cup 3rd round 2L Swarowski Tirol B Venison, D Saunders 3
Nov 02 1982 European Cup 2nd R 2L HJK Helsinki K Dalglish, C Johnston, P Neal, A Kennedy 2

EUROPE - AWAY

COMPETITION OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Sep 15 1998 UEFA Cup 1st round 1L Kosice 4500 P Berger, M Owen, K Riedle
Sep 12 1996 ECW Cup 1st round 1L A Mypa 47 Ww 1-0 4767 S Bjarnebye
Oct 19 1982 European Cup 2nd R ist L A HJK Helsinki L 0-1 5722 |
Sep 30 1969 EFC 1st round 2nd leg A Dundalk WwW 4-0 6000 | Callaghan, B Graham, P Thompson 2
Oct 24 2001 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. > Boavista D 1-1 6000 D Murphy

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BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
MOST GOALS SCORED
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Sep 171974 | ECW Cup 1st round 1L H Stramsgodset WwW 11-0 | Callaghan, P Cormack, S Heighway, E Hughes, R Kennedy,
A Lindsay (pen), T Smith, P Boersma 2, P Thompson 2
Sep 161969 | EFC ist round 1st leg H Dundalk W 10-0 32656 | Callaghan, C Lawler, A Lindsay, P Thompson, A Evans 2, B Graham 2,
T Smith 2
Sep 23 1986 | League Cup 2nd round 1L H Fulham W_ 10-0 13498 S Nicol, R Whelan, | Rush 2, J Wark 2, S McMahon 4
Feb 18 1896 il 2nd Division H Rotherham Town W 10-1 2000 F Becton, J Ross 2, M McVean 3, G Allan 4
Oct 01 1980 European Cup ist R 2nd L H | Oulu Palloseura W 10-1 21013 R Kennedy, S Lee, D Fairclough 2, T McDermott 3, G Souness 3 (1 pen)
Oct 29 1892 FA Cup 2nd Qualifier H Newtown Ww 90 fail 4000 J Cameron, Alfred Townsend (og), J McCartney, H McQueen,
M McVean 2, T Wyllie 3
Sep 121989 | 1st Division H Crystal Palace Ww 3-0 35779 J Aldridge (pen), J Barnes, P Beardsley, G Gillespie, G Hysen,
S McMahon, | Rush, S Nicol 2
Dec 06 1902 | 1st Division H Grimsby Town WwW 9-2 5000 G Livingstone, E Chadwick 2, A Goddard 2, S Raybould 4 (1 pen)
Sep 03 1892 | Lancashire League H Higher Walton Ww 8-0 200 J McBride, M McVean, J Cameron 2, J McQue 2, J Smith 2
Dec 26 1928 | 1st Division H Burnley WwW 80 42449 B Salisbury, J Clark 2, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 3
Nov 07 1967 | EFC 2nd round ‘st leg H TSV Munich WwW 80 44812 T Hateley, T Smith (pen), | St John, P Thompson, | Callaghan 2, R Hunt 2
Jan 091990 | FA Cup 3rd round replay H Swansea WwW 8-0 29194 P Beardsley, S Nicol, R Whelan, J Barnes 2, | Rush 3
Nov 29 2000 | League Cup 4th round A Stoke Ww 80 27109 M Babbel, S Hyypia, D Murphy, V Smicer, C Ziege, R Fowler 3 (1 pen)
Nov 06 2007 | Champions L. ist Group Ph. H Besiktas W 8-0 i 41143 S Gerrard, R Babel 2, P Crouch 2, Y Benayoun 3
Apr 08 1905 2nd Division H Burslem Port Vale W 8-1 13000 S Raybould, R Robinson, J Cox 2, J Parkinson 2, R Robinson 2
Oct 01 1927 1st Division H Portsmouth W 82 25525 G Pither, G Hodgson 3, W Devlin 4
Dec 03 1892 Lancashire League H Fleetwood Rangers Ww 70 1000 M McQueen, M McVean, J Miller 5
Feb 29 1896 2nd Division A Burton Swifts Ww 7-0 1500 J McCartney, F Becton 3, J Ross 3
Mar 28 1896 | 2nd Division lA Crewe Ww 7-0 3000 G Allan, F Becton, J McQue, G Allan 2, M McVean 2
Jan 04 1902 1st Division H Stoke Ww 7-0 10000 S Raybould 2, A McGuigan 5
Nov 26 1955 | 2nd Division H Fulham Ww 7-0 34995 A ACourt, A Arnell, J Evans, J Payne, G Twentyman, B Liddell 2
Sep 02 1978 ist Division H Tottenham Ww 7-0 50705 R Kennedy, T McDermott, P Neal (pen), K Dalglish 2, D Johnson 2
Sep 30 1981 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Oulu Palloseura Ww 7-0 20789 K Dalglish, D Johnson, R Kennedy, M Lawrenson, | Rush, T McDermott 2
Feb 20 1985 FA Cup 5th round replay H York Ww 7-0 43010 P Neal, P Walsh, R Whelan 2, J Wark 3
Jan 06 1996 FA Cup 3rd round H Rochdale W 7-0 28126 R Fowler, Peter Valentine (og), J McAteer, | Rush, S Collymore 3
Mar 21 2006 | FA Cup 6th round A Birmingham Ww 7-0 27378 D Cissé, Olivier Tebily (og), S Hyypia, F Morientes, J Riise, P Crouch 2
Oct 12 1895 2nd Division H Newton Heath Ww 7-1 10000 F Becton, F Becton, J Ross, T Bradshaw 2, F Geary 2
( Sep 12 1936 st Division H Grimsby Town W 7-1 20972 J Balmer, M Busby, B Nieuwenhuys, F Howe 2, V Wright 2
| Mar 23 1991 ist Division A Derby W 7-1 2053 R Houghton, J Malby (pen), | Rush, J Barnes 2, S Nicol 2
Jan 161999 | Premier League H Southampton W 7-1 44011 J Carragher, D Matteo, M Owen, D Thompson, R Fowler3
Oct 31 1914 st Division H Tottenham W 7-2 20000 W Banks, J Sheldon 2, F Pagnam 4
Sep 10 1930 st Division H Bolton W 7-2 20808 J Smith, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 2, A McPherson 2
Sep 16 1931 st Division H Middlesbrough W 7-2 20854 G Gunson, T Morrison, J Smith, H Barton 2, G Hodgson 2
Sep 14 1935 1st Division H Grimsby Town W 7-2 | 24180 L Carr, T Johnson, G Hodgson 2, F Howe 3
Apr 20 1910 st Division H Nottm For W 7-3 5000 J Stewart, S Bowyer 2, J Parkinson 4
Mar 25 1908 st Division H Man Utd w74 | 10000 J Hewitt 2, R Robinson 2, B McPherson 3
Feb 11 1933 st Division H Everton WwW 7-4 41469 A Hanson, T Morrison, S Roberts, H Taylor, H Barton 3
Sep 071946 | 1st Division H Chelsea W 7-4 49995 J Balmer, B Liddell, B Liddell, W Fagan 2, B Jones 2
Oct 07 1893 2nd Division H Middlesbrough I. W 6-0 6000 D Henderson, D McLean, H McQueen, J Stott 3
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Nov 09 1907 st Division H Notts County WwW 6-0 18000 C Hewitt, B McPherson, R Robinson, J Hewitt 3
Sep 25 1920 st Division H Preston W 6-0 | 40000 H Chambers, D Forshaw, H Wadsworth, D Johnson 3
Apr 20 1935 1st Division H Chelsea W 6-0 14297 L Carr, FHowe, B Nieuwenhuys 2, V Wright 2
Sep 071935 | 1st Division H Everton W 6-0 46082 G Hodgson 2, F Howe 4
Sep 16 1963 1st Division H Wolves W 6-0 44050 A Arrowsmith, | Callaghan, G Milne, P Thompson, R Hunt 2
Mar 07 1964 | 1st Division H Ipswich W 60 35575 | St John, P Thompson, A Arrowsmith 2, R Hunt 2
Aug 26 1967 | 1st Division H Newcastle W 6-0 51829 E Hughes, R Hunt 2, T Hateley 3
Sep 28 1968 | 1st Division A Wolves W 60 39310 A Evans 2, R Hunt 2, P Thompson 2
Nov 041975 | UEFA Cup 2nd round 2L H of Real Sociedad WwW 6-0 23796 D Fairclough, S Heighway, P Neal, J Toshack, R Kennedy 2
Dec 06 1977 | European Super Cup 2ndL | 4H Hamburg SV W 6-0 34931 K Dalglish, D Fairclough, PThompson, T McDermott 3

540 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Feb 21 1979 1st Division H Norwich WwW 6-0 35754 A Kennedy, R Kennedy, K Dalglish 2, D Johnson 2
Oct 28 1981 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Exeter W 6-0 11740 K Dalglish, Nicky Marker (og), P Neal, | Rush, | Rush, K Sheedy
Oct 29 1983 1st Division H Luton WwW 60 31940 K Dalglish, |Rush 5
Apr 07 1984 1st Division H West Ham WwW 6-0 38359 K Dalglish, R Whelan, | Rush 2, G Souness 2
Mar 22 1986 | 1st Division H Oxford W 6-0 37861 M Lawrenson, R Whelan, J Malby 2 (1 pen), | Rush 2
Oct 28 1995 Premier League H Man City W 6-0 39267 J Redknapp, N Ruddock, R Fowler 2, |Rush 2
Feb 09 2002 Premier League A Ipswich W 60 25608 S Hyypia, A Xavier, E Heskey 2, M Owen 2
Apr 26 2003 | Premier League A WBA Ww 6-0 27128 M Baros 2, M Owen 4
Sep 01 2007 | Premier League H Derby WwW 60 44076 R Babel, A Voronin, X Alonso 2, F Torres 2
Oct 07 1895 2nd Division H Crewe W 6-1 3000 G Allan 2, F Geary 2, J Ross 2
Jan 251896 | 2nd Division H Lincoln City W 6-1 4000 G Allan, F Becton, B Bull, F Geary, J Ross, J Ross
Mar 21 1896 | 2nd Division H Burton Swifts W 6-1 4000 J McQue, J Ross, G Allan 2, T Bradshaw 2
Jan 07 1905 2nd Division H Chesterfield WwW 6-1 10000 A Goddard, M Parry, A Raisbeck, R Robinson, S Raybould 2
81905 | 2nd Division H Gainsborough Tr. W 6-1 14000 A Goddard, J Parkinson 2, S Raybould 3
71906 | 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 6-1 18000 J Cox, A Goddard, J Hewitt, J Parkinson, J Carlin 2
Nov 10 1906 | 1st Division H Preston W 6-1 15000 B McPherson 2, A Raisbeck 2, S Raybould 2
Nov 291930 | 1st Division H Sheff Utd W 6-1 26837 J Smith, A McPherson 2, G Hodgson 3
Nov 191932 | 1st Division H Derby W 6-1 22279 George Collin (og), S Roberts, D Wright, G Hodgson 3
Oct 05 1946 1st Division A Grimsby Town W 6-1 20189 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen), B Liddell 2, A Stubbins 2
Oct 10 1953 {st Division H Aston Villa W 6-1 37759 Danny Blanchflower (og), B Liddell, B Paisley, J Payne, S Smyth 2
Oct 14 1961 2nd Division H Walsall W 6-1 42229 K Lewis, J Melia, | St John, R Hunt 3
Dec 26 1963 | 1st Division H Stoke W 6-1 49942 A Arrowsmith, | St John, R Hunt 4
Feb 01 1964 1st Division H Sheff Utd W 6-1 43309 P Thompson, R Hunt 2, | St John 3
| Sep 141964 | European Cup H KR Reykjavik W 6-1 32597 G Byrne, B Graham, R Hunt, W Stevenson, | St John 2
Pre-Round 2nd L
May 11 1968 | 1st Division H Nottm For W 6-1 38850 | St John, R Hunt 2, T Hateley 3
May 05 1990 | 1st Division A Coventry W 6-1 23204 | Rush, R Rosenthal 2, J Barnes 3
Sep 18 1991 UEFA Cup 1st round 1L H Kuusysi Lahti WwW 6-1 17131 R Houghton 2, D Saunders 4
Sep 161992 | ECW Cup 1st round 1L H Apollon Limassol W 6-1 12769 P Stewart 2, |Rush 4
Aug 20 1994 | Premier League A Crystal Palace W 6-1 18084 R Fowler, J Malby (pen), S McManaman 2, | Rush 2
Sep 26 2009 | Premier League H Hull City W 6-1 44392 S Gerrard, R Babel 2, F Torres 3
Dec 311892 | Lancashire League H Heywood Central W 6-2 1000 M McQueen, J Miller, M McVean 2, T Wyllie 2
Dec 25 1954 | 2nd Division H Ipswich W 6-2 24073 L Bimpson, J Evans, B Liddell 4 (1 pen)
Aug 29 1923 | 1st Division H Birmingham W 6-2 16000 D Forshaw, J Walsh 2, H Chambers 3
Mar03 1934 | 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 6-2 25946 H Taylor, S English 2, G Hodgson 3
Jan 121935 | FA Cup 3rd round A Yeovil & Petters Utd W 6-2 13000 B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright, G Hodgson 2, S Roberts 2
Nov 011986 | 1st Division H Norwich W 6-2 36915 S Nicol, | Rush 2, P Walsh 3
May 08 1993 | Premier League H Tottenham W 6-2 43385 Stuart Nethercott (og), M Walters (pen), J Barnes 2, |Rush 2
Dec 251925 | 1st Division H Newcastle W 6-3 31049 D Forshaw, C Oxley, D Pratt, H Chambers 3
| Sep 081928 | 1st Division H Leicester W 6-3 26900 R Done, D Edmed, J McDougall, T Reid, G Hodgson 2
Dec 041909 | 1st Division H Newcastle W 6-5 22000 A Goddard, J Stewart, R Orr 2, J Parkinson 2
Oct 31 1996 ECW Cup 2nd round 2L H Sion W 6-3 38514 J Barnes, P Berger, S Bjarnebye, S McManaman, R Fowler 2

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BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
MOST GOALS CONCEDED

DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

Jan 01 1934 1st Division A Newcastle iL Alec Betton (og), H Taylor
Dec 111954 | 2nd Division A Birmingham hey AS 17500 B Liddell
Nov 101934 | 1st Division , A Huddersfield 0:8 12512
May 07 1932 | 1st Division A Bolton bo at 9209 D McRorie
Sep 011934 | 1st Division A Arsenal Le hs 54062 A Hanson
Dec 07 1912 1st Division A Sunderland | 0-7 14000
Sep 01 1930 1st Division A West Ham ie 0-7; 11682
Apr 15 1963 1st Division A | Tottenham Cae) 53727 R Hunt 2
Apr 19 1930 st Division H Sunderland L 06 22799
Nov 28 1931 st Division A Arsenal L 0-6 29220
Sep 11 1935 st Division A Man City L 06 32913
Sep 261953 | 1st Division A Charlton L 0-6 31000
Feb 06 1897 1st Division A Stoke L 1-6 7000 G Allan
Oct 22 1910 1st Division A Newcastle LE 1-6 20000 E Peake
May 05 1928 st Division A Man Utd L 1-6 30625 G Hodgson
Oct 26 1929 1st Division H Man City L 1-6 39009 J Smith
Jan 16 1932 I 1st Division A Aston Villa L 1-6 32041 H Barton
Feb 01 1936 1st Division A WBA i 1-6 23083 J Balmer
Aug 28 1937 | 1st Division ‘lana Chelsea ee 15 41553 T Harston
May 021955 | 2nd Division A Rotherham United baie 7000 B Liddell
Dec 28 1957 2nd Division A Cardiff L 1-6 32000 J Wheeler
Sep 06 1913 1st Division A Blackburn L 2-6 30000 T Miller 2
Apr 03 1915 1st Division A Aston Villa Py 2-6 2000 T Miller, J Sheldon (pen)
Aug 29 1932 | 1st Division A Sheff Utd L 26 0377 E Crawford, G Gunson
Sep 02 1936 1st Division A Portsmouth L 26 7632 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys ‘
Nov 28 1914 1st Division lhe H Aston Villa L 3-6 5000 ReT Miller, J Nicholl 2
Mar 07 1928 | 1st Division A Arsenal Lt 4037 H Race, G Hodgson 2
Jan 09 2007 | League Cup 5th round | H Arsenal L 346 42614 R Fowler, S Gerrard, S Hyypia
Dec 06 1930 st Division A Sunderland L 5-6 22616 G Hodgson, F Hopkin, D McRorie, J Smith 2
Sep 15 1894 st Division A WBA L 0-5 6000
Oct 27 1894 st Division A Aston Villa Un 055 5000 ;
Jan 051895 | 1st Division A The Wednesday L 0-5 10000 ;
Apr 29 1899 ist Division A Aston Villa Ke n {ortss 41357 }
Sep 111905 | 1st Division A Aston Villa L 0-5 15000 }
Feb 20 1909 st Division A _| Woolwich Arsenal L 0-5 15000 ‘
Apr 09 1909 ist Division A Everton L 0-5 IP 45000 |
Dec 02 1911 1st Division A Aston Villa L 0-5 16000
Oct 03 1914 1st Division H Everton ores 32000
Jan 17 1925 1st Division A Man City L055 30000 |
Aug 311929 | 1st Division A Middlesbrough L 0-5 28286
Mar 18 1933 | 1st Division A Leeds United [5 12268 |
| Feb 06 1937 1st Division | A Birmingham 10:5: 21735
Mar 26 1937 | 1st Division H Man City L105 34088
Jan 261946 | FA Cup 4th round 1st leg A Bolton L 0-5 39692
Sep 111946 | 1st Division Toa | Manutd L 05 40874
Oct 04 1958 2nd Division A Huddersfield I Ts) 15934
Mar 02 1898 | FA Cup 3rd round replay H Derby Bile: 15000 F Becton (pen)
Dec 141907 | 1st Division H Newcastle ie 20000 J Parkinson
Apr 04 1908 1st Division A Aston Villa EaaaieS) 18000 R Orr
Oct 01 1908 st Division A Nottm For [By als 10000 S Bowyer

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DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Mar 10 1913 1st Division > Blackburn D MacKinlay
Feb 06 1932 1st Division Grimsby Town ss:
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Apr 27 1935 (st Division Tottenham B Nieuwenhuys
Mar 29 1937 1st Division Man City F Howe
Feb 19 1938 | 1st Division WBA J Balmer
Dec 07 1946 1st Division Wolves J Balmer (pen)
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Apr 08 1950 1st Division Newcastle W Fagan
Nov 15 1952 1st Division Arsenal J Payne
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Dec 12 1953 1st Division
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Dec 19 1953 1st Division Man Utd L Bimpson
Sep 28 1957 2nd Division Charlton T Rowley
Dec 07 1966 European Cup 2nd R ist L Ajax alata C Lawler
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Dec 15 1976 (st Division Aston Villa R Kennedy
Dec 19 1992 Premier League Coventry nla J Redknapp
Apr 20 1895 1st Division Preston i (oa) T Bradshaw 2
Nov 02 1895 2nd Division Newton Heath F Becton, J Ross
Oct 17 1903 1st Division Stoke NiN
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Apr 01 1904 1st Division Everton M Parry, R Robinson
Apr 12 1913 1st Division Sunderland fitsclan
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Mar 14 1914 1st Division Burnley W Banks, J Nicholl
Nov 29 1924 1st Division Birmingham mln
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Sep 19 1927 1st Division Bury Fe a W Devlin, Laurie Crown (og)
Jan 21 1928 1st Division Sunderland F Hopkin, T Reid
Jan 30 1929 FA Cup 4th round replay Bolton G Hodgson, J Lindsay
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Oct 24 1936 I 1st Division Brentford ee a J Balmer, B Nieuwenhuys
Oct 27 1951 1st Division WBA Pe a B Liddell (pen), J Payne
Oct 31 1953 1st Division Chelsea SS an S Smyth 2
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Mar 16 1935 i 1st Division Wolves A Hanson, G Hodgson (pen), V Wright
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Oct 21 1895 2nd Division Burslem Port Vale ae a F Geary, F Becton 3
Oct 03 1953 2nd Division Swansea Malcolm Kennedy (og), R Hunt, J Melia (pen), R Moran
Jan 19 1907 1st Division Sunderland J Cox, S Raybould, J Parkinson 3
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Jan 26 1997 FA Cup 4th round Chelsea S Collymore, R Fowler
Aug 08 1992 Charity Shield Leeds United Gordon Strachan (og), |Rush, D Saunders
Nov 04 2000 Premier League Leeds United S Hyypia, V Smicer, C Ziege
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BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
BIGGEST WINNING MARGINS

DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS

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Sep 17 1974 | ECW Cup Ist round 1L H Stramsgodset WwW 11-0 24743 | Callaghan, P Cormack, S Heighway, E Hughes, R Kennedy,
: A Lindsay (pen), T Smith, P Boersma 2, P Thompson 2
Sep 16 1969 | EFC ist round 1st leg H Dundalk WwW 10-0 32656 | Callaghan, C Lawler, A Lindsay, PThompson, A Evans 2, B Graham 2,
T Smith 2
Sep 23 1986 | League Cup 2nd round 1L H Fulham W 10-0 13498 S Nicol, R Whelan, | Rush 2, J Wark 2, S McMahon 4
Feb 18 1896 2nd Division H Rotherham Town W 10-1 2000 F Becton, J Ross 2, M McVean 3, G Allan 4
Oct 01 1980 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Oulu Palloseura W 10-1 21013 R Kennedy, S Lee, D Fairclough 2, T McDermott 3, G Souness 3 (1 pen)
Oct 29 1892 FA Cup 2nd Qualifier H Newtown Ww 9-0 4000 J Cameron, Alfred Townsend (og), J McCartney, H McQueen,
M McVean 2, T Wyllie 3
Sep 12 1989 1st Division H Crystal Palace WwW 39-0 35779 J Aldridge (pen), J Barnes, P Beardsley, G Gillespie, G Hysen,
S McMahon, | Rush, S Nicol 2
Sep 03 1892 | Lancashire League H Higher Walton WwW 80 200 J McBride, M McVean, J Cameron 2, J McQue 2, J Smith 2
Dec 26 1928 | 1st Division H Burnley WwW 8-0 42449 B Salisbury, J Clark 2, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 3
Nov 071967 | EFC 2nd round ‘st leg H TSV Munich Ww 80 44812 T Hateley, T Smith (pen), | St John, P Thompson, | Callaghan 2, R Hunt 2
Jan 09 1990 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Swansea W 80 29194 P Beardsley, S Nicol, RWhelan, J Barnes 2, | Rush 3
Nov 29 2000 | League Cup 4th round A Stoke WwW 80 27109 M Babbel, S Hyypia, D Murphy, V Smicer, C Ziege, R Fowler 3 (1 pen)
Nov 06 2007 | Champions L. 1st Group Ph. H Besiktas WwW 80 41143 S Gerrard, R Babel 2, P Crouch 2, Y Benayoun 3
Dec 06 1902 | 1st Division | H Grimsby Town W 9-2 5000 G Livingstone, E Chadwick 2, A Goddard 2, S Raybould 4 (1 pen)
Apr 08 1905 2nd Division H Burslem Port Vale WwW 8-1 13000 § Raybould, R Robinson, J Cox 2, J Parkinson 2, R Robinson 2
Dec 03 1892 | Lancashire League H Fleetwood Rangers WwW 7-0 1000 M McQueen, M McVean, J Miller 5
Feb 29 1896 2nd Division A Burton Swifts w 7-0 1500 J McCartney, F Becton 3, J Ross 3
Mar 28 1896 | 2nd Division A Crewe Ww 7-0 3000 G Allan, F Becton, J McQue, G Allan 2, M McVean 2
Jan 04 1902 {st Division H Stoke Ww 7-0 10000 S Raybould 2, A McGuigan 5
Nov 261955 | 2nd Division H Fulham Ww 7-0 34995 A ACourt, A Arnell, J Evans, J Payne, G Twentyman, B Liddell 2
Sep 02 1978 1st Division H Tottenham W 7-0 50705 R Kennedy, T McDermott, P Neal (pen), K Dalglish 2, D Johnson 2
Sep 30 1981 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Oulu Palloseura Ww 7-0 20789 k Dalglish, D Johnson, R Kennedy, M Lawrenson, | Rush, T McDermott 2
Feb 20 1985 FA Cup 5th round replay H York WwW 7-0 43010 P Neal, P Walsh, R Whelan 2, J Wark 3
Jan 061996 | FA Cup 3rd round H Rochdale w 7-0 28126 R Fowler, Peter Valentine (og), J McAteer, | Rush, S Collymore 3
Mar 21 2006 | FA Cup 6th round A Birmingham Ww 7-0 27378 D Cissé, Olivier Tebily (og), S Hyypia, F Morientes, J Riise, P Crouch 2
Oct 01 1927 st Division H Portsmouth W 8-2 25525 G Pither, G Hodgson 3, W Devlin 4
Oct 12 1895 | 2nd Division H Newton Heath W 7-1 10000 F Becton, F Becton, J Ross, T Bradshaw 2, F Geary 2
Sep 12 1936 1st Division H Grimsby Town Ww 7-1 20972 J Balmer, M Busby, B Nieuwenhuys, F Howe 2, V Wright 2
Mar 23 1991 st Division A Derby W 7-1 20531 R Houghton, J Malby (pen), | Rush, J Barnes 2, S Nicol 2
Jan 16 1999 Premier League H Southampton W 7-1 44011 J Carragher, D Matteo, M Owen, D Thompson, R Fowler 3
Oct 07 1893 2nd Division H Middlesbrough |. W 6-0 6000 D Henderson, D McLean, H McQueen, J Stott 3
Nov 09 1907 st Division H Notts County WwW 6-0 18000 C Hewitt, B McPherson, R Robinson, J Hewitt 3
Sep 25 1920 1st Division H Preston W 6-0 40000 H Chambers, D Forshaw, H Wadsworth, D Johnson 3
Apr 20 1935 st Division H Chelsea W 6-0 14297 L Carr, FHowe, B Nieuwenhuys 2, V Wright 2
Sep 07 1935 | 1st Division H Everton W 6-0 46082 G Hodgson 2, F Howe 4
Sep 16 1963 1st Division H Wolves W 60 44050 A Arrowsmith, | Callaghan, G Milne, P Thompson, R Hunt 2
Mar 07 1964 | 1st Division H pswich Ww 6-0 35575 | St John, P Thompson, A Arrowsmith 2, R Hunt 2
Aug 26 1967 | 1st Division H Newcastle W 6-0 51829 E Hughes, R Hunt 2, T Hateley 3
Sep 28 1968 st Division A Wolves W 6-0 39310 A Evans 2, R Hunt 2, P Thompson 2
Nov 041975 | UEFA Cup 2nd round 2L H Real Sociedad W 6-0 23796 D Fairclough, S Heighway, P Neal, J Toshack, R Kennedy 2
Dec 061977 | European Super Cup 2nd L H Hamburg SV Ww 6-0 34931 K Dalglish, D Fairclough, P Thompson, T McDermott 3
Feb 21 1979 st Division H orwich W 6-0 35754 A Kennedy, R Kennedy, K Dalglish 2, D Johnson 2
Oct 28 1981 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Exeter WwW 6-0 11740 K Dalglish, Nicky Marker (og), P Neal, |Rush, |Rush, K Sheedy
Oct 29 1983 st Division H Luton Ww 60 31940 K Dalglish, | Rush 5
Apr 07 1984 st Division H West Ham Ww 6-0 38359 K Dalglish, R Whelan, | Rush 2, G Souness 2
| Mar 22 1986 st Division H Oxford WwW 6-0 37861 M Lawrenson, R Whelan, J Malby 2 (1 pen), | Rush 2
| Oct 28 1995 Premier League H Man City W 6-0 39267 J Redknapp, N Ruddock, R Fowler 2, | Rush 2
| Feb 09 2002 Premier League a | Ipswich W 6-0 25608 S Hyypia, A Xavier, E Heskey 2, M Owen 2
Apr 26 2003 Premier League A WBA W 6-0 27128 M Baros 2, M Owen 4

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DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Sep 012007 | Premier League H Derby W 6-0 44076 R Babel, A Voronin, X Alonso 2, F Torres 2
Oct 31 1914 1st Division H Tottenham W 7-2 20000 W Banks, J Sheldon 2, F Pagnam 4 |
Sep 10 1930 | 1st Division H Bolton WwW 7-2 20808 J Smith, D Edmed 2, G Hodgson 2, A McPherson 2 |
Sep 16 1931 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 7-2 20854 G Gunson, T Morrison, J Smith, H Barton 2, G Hodgson 2 |
Sep 141935 | 1st Division H Grimsby Town WwW 7-2 24180 L Carr, T Johnson, G Hodgson 2, F Howe 3 |
Oct 07 1895 2nd Division H Crewe WwW 6- 3000 G Allan 2, F Geary 2, J Ross 2
Jan 251896 | 2nd Division H Lincoln City WwW 6- 4000 G Allan, F Becton, B Bull, F Geary, J Ross, J Ross
Mar 21 1896 | 2nd Division H Burton Swifts WwW 6- 4000 J McQue, J Ross, G Allan 2, T Bradshaw2
Jan 07 1905 2nd Division H Chesterfield WwW 6- 10000 A Goddard, M Parry, A Raisbeck, R Robinson, S Raybould 2
Mar 181905 | 2nd Division H Gainsborough Tr. W6- 14000 A Goddard, J Parkinson 2, S Raybould 3
Mar 171906 | 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 6 18000 J Cox, A Goddard, J Hewitt, J Parkinson, J Carlin 2
Nov 101906 | 1st Division H Preston W 6- 15000 B McPherson 2, A Raisbeck 2, S Raybould 2
Nov 291930 | 1st Division H Sheff Utd W6-1 26837 J Smith, A McPherson 2, G Hodgson 3
Nov 191932 | 1st Division H Derby Tw 6 22279 George Collin (og), S Roberts, D Wright, G Hodgson 3
Oct 05 1946 1st Division A Grimsby Town W 6-1 20189 J Balmer, W Fagan (pen), B Liddell 2, A Stubbins 2
Oct 10 1953 ist Division H Aston Villa WwW 6-1 37759 Danny Blanchflower (og), B Liddell, B Paisley, J Payne, S Smyth 2
Oct 14 1961 2nd Division H Walsall WwW 6- 42229 K Lewis, J Melia, |St John, R Hunt 3
Dec 26 1963 | 1st Division H Stoke WwW 6-1 49942 A Arrowsmith, | St John, R Hunt 4
Feb 01 1964 Ist Division H Sheff Utd WwW 6-1 43309 P Thompson, R Hunt 2, | St John 3
Sep 141964 | European Cup H KR Reykjavik W 6- 32597 | G Byrne, B Graham, R Hunt, W Stevenson, | St John 2
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May 111968 | 1st Division H Nottm For WwW 6-1 38850 | St John, R Hunt 2, T Hateley 3
May 051990 | 1st Division A Coventry W 6- 23204 | Rush, R Rosenthal 2, J Barnes 3
Sep 18 1991 UEFA Cup 1st round 1L H Kuusysi Lahti W 6-1 17131 R Houghton 2, D Saunders 4
Sep 16 1992 | ECW Cup 1st round 1L H Apollon Limassol WwW 6-1 12769 P Stewart 2, |Rush 4
Aug 20 1994 | Premier League A Crystal Palace WwW 6- 18084 R Fowler, J Malby (pen), S McManaman 2, | Rush 2
Sep 26 2009 Premier League H Hull City WwW s6-1 44392 S Gerrard, R Babel 2, F Torres 3
Oct 22 1892 Lancashire League A Higher Walton WwW 5-0 150 T Wyllie 2, J Miller 3
Mar 16 1893 | Lancashire League H Fairfield Ww 5-0 2000 D McLean, H McQueen, T Wyllie, J Miller2
Oct 28 1893 2nd Division A Woolwich Arsenal WwW 5-0 7000 J McCartney, M McQueen, J Stott, H McQueen 2
Dec 28 1893 | 2nd Division A Crewe WwW 5-0 4000 T Bradshaw, P Gordon, D Henderson, H McQueen, M McVean
Jan 12 1895 1st Division H Nottm For W 5-0 5000 D Hannah, J McOue, M McVean, M McVean, J Ross
Jan 041896 | 2nd Division A Rotherham Town WwW 5-0 2000 Bradshaw, J Ross, G Allan 3
| Sep 15 1900 1st Division H WBA WwW 5-0 18000 W Goldie, T Robertson, J Walker, S Raybould 2
Nov 011902 | 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 5-0 15000 E Chadwick, J Cox, S Raybould 3
Oct 29 1904 2nd Division H Grimsby Town W 5-0 12000 R Robinson, T Chorlton 2, S Raybould 2
Mar 041905 | 2nd Division H Blackpool Ww 50 6000 A Goddard, J Parkinson, R Robinson, J Parkinson 2
Dec 07 1907 ist Division H Aston Villa Ww 50 18000 A Goddard, J Parkinson 2, R Robinson 2
Apr 19 1913 1st Division H Bolton WwW 5-0 15000 A Goddard, A Metcalf, J Parkinson 3
Jan 11 1922 FA Cup 1st round replay H Sunderland WwW 50 46000 W Wadsworth, H Chambers 2, D Forshaw 2
Sep 191925 | 1st Division H Man Utd WwW 50 18824 H Chambers, A Rawlings, D Forshaw 3
Apr 15 1927 {st Division H Cardiff WwW 5-0 35247 D Edmed, G Hodgson, T Lucas (pen), T Reid 2
Apr 19 1935 1st Division H Stoke W 5-0 23746 L Carr, F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys, V Wright 2
Sep 28 1935 | ist Division H WBA WwW 5-0 30625 G Hodgson, F Howe, B Nieuwenhuys, L Carr 2
Feb 121947 | 1st Division H Grimsby Town W 5-0 20648 W Fagan 2, C Done 3
Mar 101956 | 2nd Division A Barnsley W 5-0 13678 J Dickson, E Anderson 2, B Liddell 2
Oct 05 1957 2nd Division | H Doncaster W 5-0 33701 L Bimpson, J Melia 2, T Rowley 2
Sep 03 1958 | 2nd Division H Brighton W 5-0 39520 A Banks, J Harrower, J Molyneux, A Arnell 2
Feb 11 1961 2nd Division H_— |. Leyton Orient W 5-0 22131 K Lewis, J Morrissey, D Hickson 3
Aug 26 1961 2nd Division H Leeds United WwW 5-0 42950 K Lewis (pen), J Melia, R Hunt 3
Sep 23 1961 | 2nd Division H Bury Ww 50 46609 R Hunt, K Lewis, | St John, J Melia 2
Nov 25 1961 2nd Division H Swansea WwW 5-0 35725 J Melia 2, R Hunt 3

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BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
BIGGEST WINNING MARGINS (CONT.)
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Nov 171962 | 1st Division ae. Leyton Orient | St John, W Stevenson, R Hunt 3
Jan 04 1964 FA Cup 3rd round Derby R Hunt, A Arrowsmith 4
Apr 18 1964 1st Division Arsenal A Arrowsmith, R Hunt, | St John, P Thompson 2
Aug 171964 | European Cup Pre-R. 1st L KR Reykjavik P Chisnall, R Hunt 2, G Wallace 2
Sep 25 1965 st Division Everton T Smith, |St John, W Stevenson, R Hunt 2
3 1965 st Division Northampton Callaghan, R Hunt, | St John, W Stevenson (pen), P Thompson
9 1966 st Division Leeds United C Lawler, |St John, P Thompson, G Strong 2
81972 st Division Newcastle S Heighway, E Hughes, K Keegan, C Lawler, J Toshack
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Oct 14 1978 1st Division Derby Johnson, K Dalglish 2, R Kennedy 2
Jan 05 1980 FA Cup 3rd round Grimsby Town Salo|o/a
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Sep 23 1980 | League Cup 3rd round Swindon eal Oo Dalglish, D Fairclough, Glen Cockerill (og), S Lee 2
Oct 07 1981 League Cup 2nd round 1L Exeter Dalglish, T McDermott, R Whelan, | Rush 2
Apr 10 1982 1st Division Man City Johnston, A Kennedy, S Lee, P Neal (pen), | Rush
Sep 25 1982 1st Division Southampton Souness, M Lawrenson 2, R Whelan 2
Nov 02 1982 | European Cup 2nd R 2L HJK Helsinki K Dalglish, C Johnston, P Neal, A Kennedy 2
Nov 06 1982 | 1st Division Everton M Lawrenson, | Rush 4
Sep 28 1983 | European Cup 1st R 2nd L Odense BK Frank Clausen (og), K Dalglish 2, M Robinson 2
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Mar 231985 | 1st Division WBA K Dalglish, S Nicol, J Wark 3
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Apr 13 1988 1st Division Nottm For P Beardsley, G Gillespie, R Houghton, J Aldridge 2
Mar 14 1989 | 1st Division Luton P Beardsley, SMcMahon, J Aldridge 3 (1 pen)
Nov 281992 | Premier League Crystal Palace D Hutchison, M Marsh, R Rosenthal, S McManaman 2
Aug 22 1993 | Premier League Swindon M Marsh, N Ruddock, R Whelan, S McManaman 2
Oct 05 1993 League Cup 2nd round 2L Fulham R Fowler 5
Jan 20 1996 Premier League Leeds United S Collymore, R Fowler 2 (1 pen), N Ruddock 2
May 02 1898 | Premier League West Ham P Ince, @ Leonhardsen, M Owen, J McAteer 2
Sep 29 1998 | UEFA Cup 1st round 2L Kosice P Ince, R Fowler
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Jan 24 2001 League Cup Semi-final 2L Crystal Palace | Biscan, R Fowler, V Smicer, D Murphy 2
Aug 08 2001 | Champions L. 3rd OR. 1st L Haka E Heskey, S Hyypia, M Owen 3
May 11 2002 | Premier League Ipswich N Anelka, M Owen, V Smicer, J Riise 2
Oct 02 2002 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. Spartak Moscow B Cheyrou, S Diao, S Hyypia, E Heskey 2
Dec 26 2004 | Premier League WBA L Garcia, S Gerrard, F S.-Pongolle, J Riise 2
Jan 152008 | FA Cup 3rd round replay Luton R Babel, S Hyypia, S Gerrard 3
Mar 22 2009 | Premier League Aston Villa lo Kuyt, A Riera, S Gerrard 3 (2 pen)
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BIGGEST LOSING MARGINS
| DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Dec 111954 | 2nd Division A Birmingham 9 17500 B Liddell
Nov 10 1934 | 1st Division A Huddersfield L 08 12512
| Jano1 1934 | 1st Division A Newcastle kL 2G) 17242 Alec Betton (og), H Taylor
| May 071932 | 1st Division lA Bolton Ey 1-8 9209 D McRorie
_ | Sep011934 | 1st Division A Arsenal L 18 54062 A Hanson
| Dec 071912 | 1st Division pal! A Sunderland Ee 20-7 14000
Sep 011930 | 1st Division A West Ham L 0-7 11682
Apr 19 1930 ist Division iL H Sunderland L 06 22799 «|
Nov 28 1931 1st Division A Arsenal L 06 29220 |
Sep 111935 | 1st Division Ma A Man City L 06 32913 |
Sep 26 1953 | 1st Division A Charlton L 06 31000
Apr 15 1963 1st Division A Tottenham ee 2— 53727 R Hunt 2
Feb 06 1897 1st Division A Stoke L146 7000 G Allan
Oct 22 1910 1st Division A Newcastle ky 16 20000 E Peake
| May 051928 | 1st Division A Man Utd L146 30625 G Hodgson
| Oct 26 1929 1st Division H Man City L 146 39009 J Smith
Jan 16 1932 1st Division A Aston Villa i 16 32041 H Barton
Feb 01 1936 th 1st Division | A WBA E16 23083 J Balmer
Aug 28 1937 | 1st Division A Chelsea IP 126 41553 T Harston
May 021955 | 2nd Division A Rotherham United L146 17000 B Liddell
Dec 28 1957 2nd Division A Cardiff iy 1-6 32000 J Wheeler
Sep 151894 | 1st Division A WBA 025) 6000 E Peake
Oct 27 1894 st Division A Aston Villa Ey 10-5 5000
Jan 051895 | 1st Division A The Wednesday Ie 10-5 10000
Apr 29 1899 1st Division A Aston Villa L 0-5 41357
Sep 11 1905 1st Division A Aston Villa L 05 15000 G Hodgson
Feb 20 1909 1st Division A Woolwich Arsenal L 05 15000
Apr 091909 | 1st Division A Everton L 05 45000 J Smith
Dec 02 1911 st Division A | Aston Villa i 0-5 16000
Oct 03 1914 1st Division H Everton i 65 32000
Jan 171925 | 1st Division A Man City | L 05 30000
Aug 31 1929 | 1st Division A Middlesbrough i 05 28286
Mar 18 1933 | 1st Division A | Leeds United Ee 05 12268
Feb 06 1937 1st Division A Birmingham i 0-5 21735
Mar 26 1937 | 1st Division H Man City | L 05 34088 G Allan
Jan 26 1946 | FA Cup 4th round 1st leg A Bolton Pe 10:5 39692
Sep 111946 | ist Division A Man Utd L045 40874 R Hunt 2
Oct 04 1958 | 2nd Division A Huddersfield > 10-5 15934
Sep 061913 | 1st Division A Blackburn L 246 30000 T Miller 2
Apr 03 1915 ist Division A Aston Villa Ie 25 12000 T Miller, J Sheldon (pen)
Aug 29 1932 [ 1st Division A Sheff Utd Ly 28 10377 E Crawford, G Gunson
Sep 02 1936 1st Division A Portsmouth L246 17632 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
Mar 02 1898 | FA Cup 3rd round replay H Derby SPIES) 15000 F Becton (pen)
Dec 14 1907 {st Division H Newcastle 1-5 20000 J Parkinson
Apr 04 1908 (st Division A Aston Villa ho AES: 18000 R Orr
Oct 01 1908 I 1st Division A Nottm For 6 | 10000 S Bowyer
Mar 101913 | 1st Division A Blackburn E45 4000 D Mackinlay
Feb 06 1932 | 1st Division A Grimsby Town Es 13124 R Done
Mar 24 1934 | 1st Division A Leeds United ES 1-5 12907 G Hodgson
Apr 27 1935 1st Division A Tottenham sel! Efe 15613 B Nieuwenhuys

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BIGGEST WINS/DEFEATS/DRAWS
BIGGEST LOSING MARGINS (CONT.) |
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS |
jar 291937 | 1st Division A Man City IEP de5 F Howe
Feb 19 1938 (st Division A WBA EES 17591 J Balmer
Dec 07 1946 1st Division H | Wolves [se ieo 52512 J Balmer (pen)
Nov 151947 | 1st Division A Sunderland L 1-5 37258 B Liddell
Apr 08 1950 1st Division A [ Newcastle L °5 48639 W Fagan
ov 15 1952 st Division H Arsenal [haFS) 45010 J Payne
Sep 051953 | 1st Division H Preston [Eva ISs) 46928 B Jones
Dec 12 1953 st Division A Portsmouth [Ls ales) 23509 S Smyth
Dec 19 1953 st Division A Man Utd L & 26074 L Bimpson
Sep 281957 | 2nd Division A Charlton eS 25403 T Rowley
Dec 071966 | European Cup 2nd R ist L A Ajax ee ates SOV22 C Lawler
Dec 15 1976 1st Division A Aston Villa iS: 42851 R Kennedy
Dec 191992 | Premier League A Coventry L 5 19779 J Redknapp
Feb 051898 | 1st Division H | Sheff Utd 0-4 18000 T Miller 2 \
Jan 11 1902 1st Division A Everton L 0-4 25000
Mar 301907 | 1st Division A Aston Villa L 0-4 26000
Sep 07 1907 st Division A Man Utd L 04 20000 G Hodgson
Apr 03 1909 \st Division A Man City L 0-4 8000 R Done
Jan 02 1911 1st Division A Sunderland L 0-4 12000 E Crawford, G Gunson
Apr 18 1914 1st Division A Middlesbrough L 0-4 15000
Sep 26 1914 st Division A WBA L 0-4 15000 W Fagan
Apr 08 1922 1st Division A Oldham L 0-4 2000 J Balmer
Mar 14 1925 st Division A Preston L 0-4 2000 F Howe
Dec 25 1926 1st Division A Burnley L 0-4 31823
Mar 241928 | 1st Division A The Wednesday L 04 2255 A Hanson, B Nieuwenhuys
Dec 251929 | 1st Division A Sheff Utd L 0-4 28311 B Nieuwenhuys
Nov 221930 | 1st Division A Portsmouth L 0-4 9337
Dec 19 1936 1st Division A Huddersfield L 0-4 14506 J Balmer (pen) |
Apr 12 1952 1st Division A Man Utd L 0-4 44899 B Liddell
Apr 26 1952 1st Division A Preston L 0-4 28638 T Rowley |
Mar 07 1953 | 1st Division A Aston Villa L 04 30000 |
Apr 06 1953 1st Division A Cardiff it 0-4 20000 S Smyth |
Sep 02 1953 st Division A Newcastle L 0-4 47000 L Bimpson
Feb 11 1956 2nd Division A Plymouth
Dec 191959 | 2nd Division H Cardiff
Sep 191964 | 1st Division H Everton
Apr 161965 | 1st Division A Chelsea zs
Nov 01 1969 | 1st Division A | Derby )
Dec 101983 | 1st Division A Coventry
Apr 20 1992 1st Division A Arsenal
Dec 16 2001 Premier League A Chelsea
Apr 05 2003 Premier League A Man Utd

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BIGGEST SCORING DRAWS
DATE COMPETITION VENUE OPPONENTS RESULTS ATTENDANCE SCORERS
Jan 19 1907 | 1st Division A Sunderland Di 5-5 20000 | J Cox, S Raybould, J Parkinson 3
Mar 23 1899 | FA Cup Semi-final replay N Sheff Utd D 44 20000 G Allan, J Cox, Peter Boyle (og), J Walker
Oct 27 1928 1st Division A Arsenal D 4-4 33782 D Edmed, G Hodgson 3
Mar 11 1939 |_ Ist Division H Portsmouth D 44 18380 W Fagan, B Nieuwenhuys, P Taylor 2
Aug 22 1953 | 1st Division H Man Utd D 44 46725 B Jones, B Liddell, L Bimpson 2
Apr 021955 | 2nd Division H Luton D 44 30710 E Anderson, A South, J Evans 2
Mar 30 1960 | 2nd Division A Aston Villa D 44 27000 R Hunt, J Molyneux, D Hickson 2
Feb 20 1991 FA Cup 5th round replay A Everton D 44 37766 J Barnes, | Rush, P Beardsley 2
Sep 221992 | League Cup 2nd round 1L H Chesterfield D 44 12533 D Hutchison, R Rosenthal, M Walters, M Wright
Apr 14 2009 CL Quarter-final 2nd leg A Chelsea D 4-4 38286 X Alonso (pen), F Aurélio, D Kuyt, L Leiva
Apr 21 2009 Premier League H Arsenal D 44 44424 Y Benayoun 2, F Torres 2

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RECORD IN ALL COMPETITIONS
AWAY NEUTRAL GROUND TOTAL
Pid) (We IDR 3) a) AN Plde Wa De) JENISE CA |Pld Ww; DL A
Division 1 1548] 483 | 415 |650 |1930}2386 0 | O | O | 0 |] O |} O |3096 1407 |769 920 |5094 |3956
Premier League SOME e lh VA ASI AV | CLD NN Werle Gi eB) |734 |361 | 183 |181 |1169 705
Top Flight Total 1915| 617 | 512) 781 |2402| 2810| O 0 0 0 0 0 | 3830| 1768| 952 |1101| 6263) 4661
Division 2 214| 81 | 50 | 83 | 363 | 348] 0 0 0 0 0 O | 428 | 243 | 82 | 103 | 977 | 571
League Total 2129| 698 | 562 | 864 |2765| 3158| 0 0 0 0 0 O | 4258) 2011| 1034) 1204| 7240) 5232
FA Cup 176 | 73 | 47 | 56 | 235) 181} 49 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 68 |} 60 | 405} 214) 89 | 102 I 670 | 383
League Cup Bt) 42 |) 199) SO AABN Ses | 14s 8 3 es Sida 20 sn eae | 415 197
Champions League 8 ASM ZT | Wale 10m MeSmeasi | 1 0 1 4 5987525 2 Ga teil es. eet
European Cup i 5 1 So.) 455) 6 ae) aa aa 7 5 1 1 10) 5 | 77) ao Zee sioinay o*
European Cup Winners Cup 14) 11 2 i LEAN me MS hal EN | 3 ide, een | 0 0 1 1 2 2S tenes Cor | 28
European Fairs Cup 11 9 0 2) OP BL AF 3 4 ca age) a Ve) 0 0 0 0 0 O22 eae 6 46 | 15
European Super Cup 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 0 1 fl A 4 3 2 0 i 6 5 7 4 1 2 16") 40
UEFA Cup 66r 25) 1) 6 Sei GOs hon eob: | 14 8 OF) 425 36) | 1 1 0 0 5 41 73) 4 Te ais | 55
Europa League 11 9 1 OO 2a ee a PS 4 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 OM 22 ees 4 | 30 | 12
Europe Total TOP TIEN 224790 S65) Bo 1572) 67) Aa 4g 790) M59i| Tae 1 4 |) 26 | 27 | 328) 185) 7T Pt) 562 | 265
Centenary Trophy 1 1 0 0 4 | 1 0 0 1 1 z 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 ] 3
Charity Shield 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 | 1 i e 3 Ve ad 3 4 Lon 4S oR 5 5 19
Community Shield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 2
Screen Sport Super Cup 4 4 0 Go} 16) 8 4 2 “a 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2 0 {| 6
World Club Championship 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 i 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 0 | 6. 5
Test Match 2 2} 0 0 6 0 vé 0 ] 1 0 z 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 3 1 id 3
Lancashire League a eC asG) | 44] 7 11 7 Z A 2 he 0 0 0 0 0 QW 22 a edie 3 19
Sheriff of London Charity Shield | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 aI 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 J 1 0 0 1
[tonal 2587| 1638| 546 |398 |5523| 2403| 2575| 884 |682 |1004| 3373| 3619

HOME
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Arsenal jee 68 | 93
Aston Villa 86 | 54 7 15 94 | 92
Barnsley 6 3 2 1 9 7
Birmingham 50 | 32 1 7 15 | 60
Blackburn 63 | 38 6 g 35 | 63
Blackpool 21 10 5 6 48 | 33
Bolton | 58 | 32 6 | 10 (Oa) 435
Bradford City IGP || ai 0 2 25 | 10 | 84.62 | 13 7 2 4 20, |-A2Z 4 53:85 ZG tS 2 6 At [e225 (869123
Bradford Park Av. 3 1 1 ] 6) oy SEE SEI| si 2 0 1 5 3 | 66.66] 6 8 1 2 10 8 | 50.00
Brentford 5 2 2 1 ii 6 | 40.00] 5 2 1 2 i) 10 | 40.00 | 10 4 3] 3 16 | 16 | 40.00
Brighton 8 6 1 1 20 Gy 5000 |ies 2 5 i 16 | 14 | 25.00 | 16 8 6 2 36 | 20 | 50.00
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Bristol Rovers 8 7 0 1 22 7) 87-50) 38 3 1 4 100) (AS SE50N Gs 16: 1 5 SZ ele 02-50
Burnley ste || 40) 8 TON 845| 252.635 eSBainid g 185255 3) 61) 2eoos 6s ai 19. |) (26; || 1259/55 A079
Burton Swifts 2 zZ 0 0 g 2 | 100.00) 2 1 1 0 8 1 50.00 | 4 S 1 0 7 3) ly 78100
Burton United 1 0 0 2 0 | 100.00} 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 ] 3 2 | 50.00
Burton Wanderers i 0 0 4 1 | 100.00} 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 | 50.00
Bury 24 | 16 vi 1 iy HP IG ||Maeve || 24 0 7 i 37 | 34 | 41.67 | 48 | 26 | 14 8 CPA || Yash || een)
Cardiff 13 6 0 7 235 8) PAGS 2 2 g 12) 38) | 15:38)))) 26 8 2 16:9) Soi oO.
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Chelsea 68 | 45 | 14 9 | 142] 69 | 66.18 | 68 i] 7 \ 14 | 37 | 67 | 148)), 25:00! || 136 |’ 62 | 28.1) (AG 20Se iGvaea 59
Chesterfield 1 0 0 6 1) 100:005)) 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 ] 0 7 2 | 50.00
Coventry 34 | 26 5 3 73 | 16 | 76.47 | 34 Sh at 10) | 40 | 29 | 38:24 | 68 |\°39) |) 16 i Seiten ees

(% figure is based on Zpts for a win, 1pt for a draw and is the number of points won di vided by the total number of points available)

550 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

RECORD AGAINST OTHER CLUBS (conr.)
HOME AWAY
Pid | W D L F A % Pld Ww D L F A % | Pld | W
Crewe 2 Zz 0 0 8 1} Fogo “2 2 i 0 0 12 0 | 100.00} 4 4
Crystal Palace 13 10 Z 1 38 if 76.92 | 13 5 4 4 19 10 | 38.46 | 26 15
Darwen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 4 0 | 100.00} 2 1
Derby 63 42 15 6 142 | 53 | 66.67 | 63 24 13 26 | 106 | 103 | 38.10 | 126 | 66
Doncaster bi) 4 0 | 12 5 | 80.00 5 1 Z 2 7 8 | 20.00 | 10 5
Everton 92 39 30 Za Ase | 103 42.39 | 92 31 27 34 | 110 | 115 | 33.70 | 184} 70
Fulham 24 iW yi) 0 56 15 | 70.83 | 24 10 6 8 34 31 | 41.69 | 48 27
Gainsborough Tr. 1 1 0 0 6 1 | 100.00} 1 1 0 0 2 1 | 100.00] 2 2
Glossop North End 2 1 1 0 ti 4 | 50.00] 2 di 0 0 4 1 | 100.00} 4 3
Grimsby Town 18 13 5 0 64 PAU PPLE |) a} 5 5 8 23 26 | 27.78 | 36 18
Huddersfield S42 6 ees) 56: IrBb" 34 | 13 7 14. | 480 | 57") 38.24 | 68 |. 25
Hull City 5 (eet | peeve? (eootes | seer lio | eles | eon) i |_7
Ipswich 30 | 20 8 2 ich 723 | 66.67 | 30 8 11 11 35 | 34 | 26.67) 60 | 28
Leeds United 50 32 11 ih 95 34 | 64.00 | 50 19 14 i 17 69 67 | 38.00 | 100) 51
Leicester 44 | 24 9 11 83, 88-5465 J 44) 12) 40) 222). BO} 6B.) 27.27 I ..88) 36 9
Leyton Orient 7 6 1 0 24 6 85.71 yi 3 1 3 13 id 42.86 | 14 9 om
Lincoln City 10 if 1 2 26 12 | 70.00 | 10 4 3 3 16 16 | 40.00 | 20 1 4
Loughborough Town 1 i 0 0 1 0 | 100.00] 1 1 0 0 4 2 | 100.00] 2 2 0 0 5 2 | 100.00
Luton 14 8 6 0 38 16) \57.14 | 14 5 3 6 14 1h S76 28 13 9 68 52 33 | 46.43
Man City 75 46 16 1S) loom te) Ones 2 [ 29 21 25) FIZ Oe S867. e150) 75 37 38 | 268 | 196 | 50.00
Man Utd 78 38 18 22 | 134) 87 | 48.72 | 78 15 | 25 38 WD | 130°" 19:23:) 156 | 53 43 L 60 | 206 | 217 | 33.97
Middlesbrough 67 37 7 IZ.) 1434 166") Be.225) 67 20 22 25 86 | 106 | 29.85 | 134 | 57 39 38 | 229 | 172 | 42.54
Middlesbrough I. i 1 0 0 6 0 | 100.00} 1 1 0 0 2 0 | 100.00} 2 2 0 0 8 0 | 100.00
Millwall 7 Malet |WOnieel i Neotel 2 | 2lnoali bata) 2 \10n0n) 4.) 9°) 4 [0 1-6. (030 | te
Newcastle 75 50 14 | 11.) 172} 76 | 66.66 | 75 22 23 30 TN 2S: S3yetsOe! 72 37 41 | 263 | 187 | 48.00
Northampton 1 1 0 0 5 0 | 100.00) 1 0 ] 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 | 50.00
Northwich Vict. 1 i 1 0 0 4 0 | 100.00) 1 1 0 | 0 3 2 | 100.00} 2 2 0 0 7 2 | 100.00
Norwich 23 15 4 4 | 53 1S) BS:2251) +23 9 7 7 31 28 | 39.13 | 46 24 | 11 ) 11 84 47 | 52.17
Nottm For 50 35 8 7 113 | 39 | 70.00 | 50 15 16 9 54 60 | 30.00 | 100} 50 24 26 | 167 | 99 | 50.00
Notts County 30 23 5 2 69 7. 76:87) 30 11 7 2 4) 46 | 36.67 | 60 | 34 12 14 | 110] 63 | 56.67
Oldham 12 9 1 2 21 12 | 75.00 | 12 5 IC S 4 18 18 | 41.67 | 24 14 4 6 39 30 | 58.33
Oxford 3 3 0 0 12 I 0 | 100.00] 3 2 IL 1 0 | 8 3 | 66.67 6 5 1 0 20 orl eacs
Plymouth 5 3 2 0 14 if 60.00 5 2 i 2 8 8 | 40.00} 10 5 3 Z 22 TS’ |} 50:00,
Port Vale 6 5 1 0 24 6 83.33 6 [ 2 2 2 | Tae tae Sasa ie 7 a 2 38] 20° 58°33
Portsmouth 30.) 161.10 4 67> |) 38: 1.89.33)... 30 9 3) | 16.) 38.054 4 S008.) 60) h 25.5) 18.1. 200) 106") SG) Say,
Preston 32 18 8 6 VSI a\iiSo eal OB.20) |) SZ. 8 9 15 4) 60 | 25.00 | 64 26 7 21 114
OPR 20) AF, @ 1 40S oe 85100) ]|-20\..|- 14 4 5 28 | 20: | 55.00.) 40.) 28 6 6 68
Reading 2 2. 0 0 4 1 | 100.00) 2 i 0 | oI 4 | 50.00 4 3 0 | a
Rotherham United 10 10 0 0 39 6 | 100.00} 10 4 a 3 18 15 | 40.00 |} 20 14 3) 3 57
Scunthorpe 4 4 0 0 10 3 | 100.00} 4 2 2 0 ii 5) SOO be <8 6 2 0 A?
Sheff Utd BO 38 iz OP SSCs GT G44 59" | 7 Bove et ) Oe Se 2eBi Me soe 2h Ser tte2
Sheff Wed 58 | 36 9 AS) AAG 67") 62:07 |) 58" 18 ON ZS heath OS STOSN IIS 54a 260) 6.3) 197!
Southampton CHL 24 g) 4 68 28 | 64.86 | 37 1 9 17 44 58 | 29.73 | 74 ho} | 18 21 112 | 86 | 47.30
Stoke 56 43 10 3 125.) 36: |)76.79 | 56 12 20 24 56 BO) 214s 120)" 55 30 27 | 183 | 116
Sunderland 24) | cat 9 | 18.1. 136.) 397 || 50,00 | .74 ik29 i 3 | 32 Tis.) 122 | 3818.) 148.) 66 | 32.) 50 | 249 | 213
Swansea 10 8 2 | 0 al, 33 5 | 80.00 | 10 Zz 2 6 18 |..22..) 20:00 | -20' | 10 i 4 6 51 27
Swindon 1 0 1 0 ?) 2 0 i 1 0 0 5 O | 100.00} 2 1 1 0 ii 2
Tottenham 67 43 19 6 1387) 55, | 63:23),}\ 68 20 5) 33 82 9975) 29:41, 19136))) 63 34 39 | 215 | 154
Walsall 2 2 0 0 9 i 100.00} 2 0 2 0 2 Z 0 4 2 2 0 11 3
Watford 8 } 7 | 0 1 20 6 | 87.50 8 5 1 2 17 | 10 | 6250) 16) 12 1 3 af 16
WBA 59! | soe eels Oe e045) 748!) S5980 59) |) 23 e168 20) 1) Oe Ste SBi98 i118} | 56:1) 38928 | 183) | 129)
West Ham 64) | S87e | 4 Sorin t04:| (29: | GEEZ 64 | 200 be 1 19) | 75 GS SOROS SFI) 296 22 | 179 | ‘88
Wigan Ath. 6 4 2 0 12 5 66.67 6 3 2 al 8 3 50.00 | 12 7. 4 1 20 8
Wimbledon 14 6 5 3 26 | 17 | 42.88 | 14 5 5 4 15 14 | 35.71 28 11 10 7 4 31
Wolves 46 30 7 9 81 41 | 65.22 | 46 15 10 21 60 66 | 32.61 92 45 CN 30 | 141 | 107

(% figure is based on 2pts for a win, 1pt for a draw and is the number of points won divided by the total number of points available)

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 551

MISCELLANEOUS
PLAYERS WHO HAVE SCORED ON THEIR DEBUT
RESULT AGAINST COMPETITION STADIUM
Jonathan Cameron 8-0 Higher Walton Lancashire League Anfield
James McBride 8-0 Higher Walton Lancashire League Anfield
Joe McQue 09. 8-0 Higher Walton Lancashire League Anfield
Malcolm McVean 03.09.1892 8-0 Higher Walton Lancashire League Anfield
John Smith 03.09.1892 8-0 Higher Walton Lancashire League Anfield
John Miller 24.09.1892 4-0 Bury Lancashire League Anfield
Hugh McQueen 29.10.1892 9-0 Newtown FA Cup 2nd Qualifier Anfield
David Henderson 23.09.1893 3-1 Small Heath 2nd Division Anfield
Arthur Worgan 03.03.1894 3-1 Burton Swifts 2nd Division Anfield
ohn Givens 17.03.1894 1-1 Lincoln City 2nd Division John 0’ Gaunts
Jimmy Ross 13.09.1894 1-2 Bolton | st Division Anfield
Frank Becton 25.03.1895 2-3 Sunderland st Division Anfield
Ben Bull 25.01.1896 6-1 Lincoln City 2nd Division Anfield
William Walker 04.09.1897 2-2 Stoke st Division Victoria Ground
Joe Lumsden 27.11.1897 3-2 Nottm For st Division City Ground
Jack Cox 12.03.1898 2-0 Notts County st Division Anfield
Tom Robertson 11.04.1898 4-0 The Wednesday 1st Division Anfield
John Hunter 02.09.1899 2-3 Stoke 1st Division Victoria Ground
William White 14.09.1901 2-2 Everton st Division Anfield
George Livingstone 06.09.1902 5-2 Blackburn 1st Division Anfield
Sydney Smith 05.09.1903 ew? Nottm For st Division City Ground
Jack Parkinson 03.10.1903 2-1 Small Heath st Division Muntz Street
Bill McPherson 06.10.1906 1-2 Woolwich Arsenal st Division Manor Ground
Charles Hewitt 02.09.1907 1-3 Nottm For st Division City Ground
Harold Fitzpatrick 12.10.1907 1-0 Sunderland st Division | Anfield
|_ Ronald Orr 04.04.1908 1-5 Aston Villa 1st Division Villa Park
Samual Gilligan 24.09.1910 2-1 Man City Ist Division Hyde Road
William Stuart 06.01.1912 3-2 Man City 1st Division Hyde Road
Tom Gracie 24.02.1912 2-2 Bury 1st Division Gigg Lane
John Tosswill 04.09.1912 2-0 Oldham 1st Division Anfield
Robert McDougall 24.01.1914 1-0 WBA 1st Division The Hawthorns
William Banks 14.03.1914 2-5 Burnley ist Division Turf Moor
Fred Pagnam 10.10.1914 13 Chelsea Ist Division Stamford Bridge
Albert Pearson 30.08.1919 3-1 Bradford City Ist Division Valley Parade
Harry Lewis 30.08.1919 3-1 Bradford City {st Division Valley Parade
Harry Chambers 30.08.1919 3-1 Bradford City 1st Division Valley Parade
Peter McKinney 09.10.1920 2-2 | Sheff Utd 1st Division Anfield
Jimmy Walsh 29.08.1923 6-2 Birmingham {st Division Anfield
Tom Reid 01.05.1926 2-2 Sheff Utd Ist Division Anfield
William Devlin 07.05.1927 3-3 West Ham 1st Division | Upton Park
Henry Race 15.02.1928 ge? Derby st Division | Baseball Ground
Albert Whitehurst 25.08.1928 3-0 Bury st Division Anfield
Billy Millar 25.08.1928 3-0 Bury st Division Anfield
Jimmy Smith .09.1 2-1 an Utd st Division Old Trafford
Ted Savage 1 4-0 |_ Grimsby Town st Division Anfield
Edmund Crawford 5-1 Wolves st Division Anfield
Rob Glassey 2-1 Preston st Division Anfield
Phil Taylor 2-2 Derby 1st Division Baseball Ground
Ted Harston 1-6 Chelsea st Division Stamford Bridge
Jimmy Mclnnes 3-1 Brentford st Division Griffin Park
Ron Jones 2-0 lan City st Division Anfield
Cyril Done 1-0 Chelsea st Division Anfield
Billy Liddell 2-0 Chester FA Cup 3rd round 1st leg Sealand Road
Len Carney 1-0 Sheff Utd 1st Division Bramall Lane
Albert Stubbins 3-1 Bolton 1st Division Burnden Park
William Watkinson 26.04.1947 2-1 Aston Villa 1st Division Villa Park
John Smith 29.09.1951 2-0 Derby ist Division Anfield

552 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

DATE RESULT AGAINST COMPETITION STADIUM
Brian Jackson 10.11.1951 1-1 Bolton 1st Division Anfield
Alan Arnell 05.12.1953 5-2 Blackpool 1st Division Anfield
Tony Rowley 19.04.1954 4-1 Middlesbrough 1st Division Anfield
Jimmy Melia 17.12.1955 | 72 Nottm For 2nd Division Anfield
Tony McNamara 21.12.1957 4-3 Bristol City 2nd Division Anfield
Alan Banks 03.09.1958 5-0 Brighton 2nd Division Anfield
Roger Hunt 09.09.1959 2-0 Scunthorpe | 2nd Division Anfield
Dave Hickson 07.11.1959 2-1 Aston Villa 2nd Division Anfield
Kevin Lewis 20.08.1960 2-0 Leeds United 2nd Division Anfield
Bobby Graham 14.09.1964 6-1 KR Reykjavik European Cup Pre-Round 2nd L Anfield
John Sealey 26.04.1965 3-1 Wolves i st Division Molineux
Alun Evans 21.09.1968 4-0 Leicester st Division | Anfield
Alec Lindsay 16.09.1969 10-0 Dundalk EFC 1st round 1st leg |_ Anfield
Kevin Keegan 14.08.1971 3-1 Nottm For 1st Division Anfield
Ray Kennedy 31.08.1974 3-0 Chelsea st Division Stamford Bridge
Sammy Lee 08.04.1978 3-2 Leicester st Division Anfield
Ronnie Whelan 03.04.1981 3-0 Stoke st Division Anfield
John Wark 31.03.1984 2-0 |_ Watford 1st Division Vicarage Road |
David Speedie 03.02.1991 1=1 {_ Man Utd 1st Division Old Trafford
Nigel Clough 14.08.1993 2-0 Sheff Wed Premier League Anfield
Robbie Fowler 22.09.1993 3-1 Fulham League Cup 2nd round 1L Craven Cottage
Stan Collymore _|__ 19.08.1995 1-0 |_ Sheff Wed Premier League Anfield
Michael Owen 06.05.1997 1-2 Wimbledon Premier League {_Selhurst Park
Titi Camara 07.08.1999 2-1 Sheff Wed Premier League Hillsborough
Layton Maxwell 21.09.1999 4-2 Hull City League Cup 2nd round 2L Anfield
Abel Xavier 09.02.2002 6-0 Ipswich Premier League Portman Road
Mark Gonzalez 09.08.2006 2-1 Maccabi Haifa Champions L. 3rd QR. 1st leg Anfield
Craig Bellamy 09.08.2006 2-1 Maccabi Haifa Champions L. 3rd QR. 1st leg Anfield
Gabriel Paletta 25.10.2006 4-3 Reading League Cup 3rd round Anfield
Luis Suarez 02.02.2011 | 2-0 Stoke Premier League Anfield

BIRTHDAY GOALSCORERS
PLAYER DATE RESULT AGAINST COMPETITION STADIUM
Robbie Robinson 01.10.1904 4- Leicester Fosse 2nd Division Anfield
Tom Bromilow 07.10.1922 5-1 Everton 1st Division Anfield
Gordon Hodgson 16.04.1927 2-2 Bury 1st Division Anfield
Robert Done 27.04.1929 1-2 Blackburn 1st Division Ewood Park
Alf Hanson 27.02.1937 2-2 Brentford {st Division Anfield
Berry Nieuwenhuys 05.11.1938 1-1 Portsmouth 1st Division Fratton Park
Billy Liddell 10.01.1948 4-1 Nottm For FA Cup 3rd round Anfield
John Evans 28.08.1954 2-3 Derby 2nd Division Baseball Ground
Jimmy Melia 01.11.1958 2-0 Stoke 2nd Division Victoria Ground
Steve Heighway 25.11.1972 2-1 Tottenham 1st Division White Hart Lane
Phil Thompson 21.01.1978 2-3 Birmingham 1st Division Anfield
Terry McDermott 08.12.1979 3-1 Aston Villa 1st Division Villa Park
Terry McDermott 08.12.1981 3-0 Arsenal League Cup 4th round R Anfield
Ronnie Whelan 25.09.1982 5-0 Southampton 1st Division Anfield
Phil Neal 20.02.1985 7-0 York FA Cup 5th round replay Anfield
Steve McManaman 11.02.1992 2-1 Bristol Rovers FA Cup 4th round replay Anfield
David Burrows 25.10.1992 4-1 Norwich Premier League Anfield
| Robbie Fowler 09.04.2006 1-0 Bolton Premier League Anfield
Peter Crouch 30.01.2007 2-1 West Ham Premier League Upton Park

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 553

MISCELLANEOUS
OWN GOALS SCORED BY A LIVERPOOL PLAYER
PLAYER DATE COMPETITION VENUE AGAINST RESULT
Thomas Cleghorn Dec 27 1897 ist Division H Sunderland L 0-2
Harry Storer Nov 18 1899 1st Division H Aston Villa D 33
Alex Raisbeck Dec 27 1902 st Division A Bury bet 4:3
George Fleming Mar 07 1905 2nd Division A Bradford City W 42
Tom Chorlton Mar 28 1910 st Division A Sunderland ee eZ
Walter Wadsworth Nov 10 1923 st Division A Huddersfield oie 1-8
Jock McNab Oct31 1925 1st Division H Sunderland DM R22
Arthur Riley Jan 21 1928 1st Division H Sunderland 8)
David Davidson Oct 27 1928 st Division A Arsena D 44
Robert Done Feb 02 1929 1st Division A Leeds United D 22
David Davidson Jan 18 1930 1st Division A West Ham L 1-4
Tommy Lucas Dec 06 1930 1st Division A Sunderland bee? 5-6
Willie Steel Sep 03 1932 1st Division A Newcastle L 3-4
Tom Bradshaw Mar 18 1933 ist Division A Leeds United be) 06
Tom Bradshaw May 06 1933 1st Division H Sheff Wed Ww 41
Tom Bradshaw Aug 29 1934 1st Division A Man City Li aevirs
Tom Bradshaw May 02 1936 1st Division A Stoke ne2
Alf Hobson Jan 09 1937 1st Division A Grimsby Town Lye al=2
Laurie Hughes Sep 04 1946 ist Division H Middlesbrough by 001
Bill Jones Jan 08 1949 FA Cup 3rd round A Nottm For Dis 22
Gerry Byrne Sep 28 1957 2nd Division A Charlton ath
John Molyneux Jan 08 1958 FA Cup 3rd round replay A Southend W 3-2
Dick White Jan 15 1959 FA Cup 3rd round A Worcester City LE eeale2
John Molyneux Dec 31 1960 2nd Division H Middlesbrough eo 4
Dick White Oct 07 1961 2nd Division A Middlesbrough Be i022
Dick White Oct 07 1961 2nd Division A Middlesbrough L 0-2
Ron Yeats Oct 14 1961 2nd Division H Walsall WwW 6-1
Ron Yeats Aug 26 1964 Ist Division A Leeds United L 24
Ron Yeats May 05 1966 ECW Cup Final N Dortmund wrt?
Ron Yeats Feb 25 1967 ist Division A Fulham Dee 2-2
Tony Hateley Aug 28 1967 1st Division A Arsenal L 02
Emlyn Hughes Jan 30 1968 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Ww 41
Tommy Smith Aug 12 1969 ist Division H Man City W 3-2
Geoff Strong Nov 26 1969 EFC 2nd round 2nd leg H Vitoria Setubal Wie 3:2
Ron Yeats Dec 13 1969 1st Division H Man Utd L 1-4
Alec Lindsay Sep 26 1970 1st Division A Southampton L 0-1
Alec Lindsay Apr 12 1971 {st Division A Chelsea L 0-1
Tommy Smith Nov 06 1971 1st Division H Arsenal W 3-2
Frank Lane Sep 02 1972 1st Division A Derby BA eeiic2:
Emlyn Hughes Jan 27 1973 1st Division A Wolves Le ite?
Alec Lindsay Dec 04 1973 League Cup 4th round R H Hull City WwW 3-1
Phil Neal Sep 11 1976 1st Division A Derby W 3-2
Phil Thompson Mar 25 1978 st Division A Wolves W 3-1
Phil Thompson Apr 16 1979 1st Division A Aston Villa led 23
Graeme Souness May 01 1979 1st Division A Bolton Ww 4-1
Avi Cohen May 03 1980 st Division H Aston Villa Ww 41
Alan Kennedy Oct 28 1980 League Cup 4th round H Portsmouth Ww 41
Phil Neal Sep 12 1981 1st Division A Ipswich Ere?
Phil Thompson Nov 04 1981 European Cup 2nd R 2L H AZ 67 Alkmaar W 32
Mark Lawrenson Apr 23 1983 1st Division H Norwich LY se?
Mark Lawrenson Jan 17 1984 League Cup 5th round A Sheff Wed Dia 2=2
Phil Neal Feb 07 1984 League Cup Semi-final 1L H Walsall D 2-2
Bruce Grobbelaar Aug 18 1984 Charity Shield N Everton kee 04
Alan Hansen Dec 04 1984 1st Division H Coventry W 3-1
Jim Beglin May 17 1985 1st Division H Watford W 43
Alan Kennedy Sep 14 1985 1st Division A Oxford De 2:2

554 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

PLAYER DATE COMPETITION VENUE | AGAINST
Ronnie Whelan Mar 05 1986 League Cup Semi-final 2L H QPR De 2-2:
Gary Gillespie Mar 05 1986 League Cup Semi-final 2L H QPR D 22 |
Craig Johnston Feb 14 1987 1st Division H Leicester W 43
Mark Lawrenson Feb 21 1987 1st Division A Aston Villa D 22
Alan Hansen Apr 02 1988 1st Division A Nottm For LY Sh
Steve Nicol Nov 26 1988 1st Division H Wimbledon DY diet
Alan Hansen May 13 1989 1st Division A Wimbledon Ww 24
Ronnie Whelan Mar 18 1990 ist Division A Man Utd W 241
Alan Hansen Apr 03 1990 1st Division H Wimbledon Ww 24
Nick Tanner Jan 11 1992 ist Division H Luton W 241
Steve Nicol Mar 13 1993 Premier League A Middlesbrough Ww 2-14
David James May 05 1993 Premier League A | Oldham Loe F223
Neil Ruddock Dec 04 1993 Premier League A | Sheff Wed ie 13
Mark Wright Dec 04 1993 Premier League A Sheff Wed Le S-8
Neil Ruddock Nov 26 1994 Premier League H Tottenham [ Die s1-4
John Barnes Aug 26 1995 Premier League A Tottenham WwW 3-1
Phil Babb Sep 09 1995 Premier League A Wimbledon |e shes
Michael Thomas Dec 14 1996 Premier League H Middlesbrough | W 51
Neil Ruddock Oct 18 1997 Premier League A Everton [er 102
Jamie Carragher Dec 05 1998 Premier League A Tottenham Ly Bez
Jamie Carragher May 01 1999 Premier League H Tottenham W 32
Rigobert Song Aug 23 1999 Premier League A Leeds United Ww 241
Jamie Carragher Sep 11 1999 Premier League H Man Utd ‘l LY #23 |
Jamie Carragher Sep 11 1999 Premier League H i Man Utd [ Uv? B23
Sander Westerveld Oct 01 2000 Premier League A Chelsea ty 103
John Arne Riise Jan 09 2002 Premier League A Southampton Le 20:2
Stephane Henchoz Feb 05 2003 | FA Cup 4th round replay H Crystal Palace Et 12
Sami Hyypia Oct 04 2003 Premier League H Arsenal Le #2
Djimi Traore Jan 18 2005 FA Cup 3rd round A Burnley L 0-1
Steven Gerrard Feb 27 2005 League Cup Final N Chelsea Li 123
Stephen Warnock Sep 24 2005 Premier League A Birmingham D 22
Xabi Alonso Feb 01 2006 |_Premier League H Birmingham De gil
Jamie Carragher [ May 132006 | _FA Cup Final N West Ham DF 333
Sami Hyypia Oct 20 2007 Premier League A Everton Ww 24
Sami Hyypia | Oct 24 2007 | Champions L. 1st Group Ph. A Besiktas Dy Bt
John Arne Riise Jan 06 2008 | FA Cup 3rd round A Luton D4
Fabio Aurélio Jan 21 2008 Premier League H Aston Villa Dw F222
Martin Skrtel Jan 26 2008 FA Cup 4th round H Havant W 52
John Arne Riise Apr 22 2008 Champions L. SF 1st leg H Chelsea De ett
Jamie Carragher Nov 01 2008 Premier League A Tottenham [= Gh?
Jamie Carragher Dec 13 2008 Premier League H Hull City D 22
Xabi Alonso Feb 28 2009 Premier League A Middlesbrough L 0-2
Lucas Leiva Aug 24 2009 Premier League H Aston Villa ive 31-3
Glen Johnson Dec 13 2009 Premier League H Arsenal Ly BiE2
Jose Reina Aug 15 2010 Premier League H Arsenal Diy U4
Jamie Carragher Oct 24 2010 Premier League H Blackburn Ww 21
Martin Skrtel Nov 28 2010 Premier League A Tottenham LP ai

LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD 555

MISCELLANEOUS
HAT TRICKS
PLAYER AGAINST
5 John Miller Dec 03 Lancashire League Fleetwood Rangers WwW 7-0
ib Andy McGuigan Jan 04 1902 1st Division H Stoke W
5 |John Evans |___ Sep 15 1954 2nd Division H ; Bristol Rovers Ww
5 lan Rush Oct 29 1983 {st Division H Luton Ww
5 Robbie Fowler Oct 05 1993 League Cup 2nd round 2L H Fulham Ww
[ 4 George Allan Sep 28 1895 2nd Division H Burslem Port Vale Ww
4 George Allan Feb 18 1896 2nd Division H Rotherham Town Ww
4 Sam Raybould Dec 06 1902 st Division H Grimsby Town Ww
4 Robbie Robinson Oct 01 1904 2nd Division H Leicester Fosse Ww
4 Jack Parkinson Apr 20 1910 st Division H ottm For Ww
4 Fred Pagnam Oct 31 1914 st Division H Tottenham Ww
4 Dick Forshaw Oct 18 1924 st Division H Sheff Utd Ww
4 William Devlin Aug 31 1927 t st Division H Bury Ww
4 William Devlin Oct 01 1927 st Division H Portsmouth Ww
4 Gordon Hodgson | Feb 14 1931 | st Division A Sheff Wed Ww
4 Harold Barton Jan 23 1932 FA Cup 4th round A Chesterfield Ww
4 Gordon Hodgson Mar 17 1934 st Division H Birmingham Ww
4 Fred Howe Sep 07 1935 | st Division H |_ Everton Ww
4 Jack Balmer Nov 16 1946 1st Division A Derby W
4 Albert Stubbins Mar 06 1948 1st Division H Huddersfield Ww
4 Louis Bimpson Sep 19 1953 1st Division H Burnley Ww
4 Billy Liddell | Dec251954 | 2nd Division H T ipswich W
4 John Evans Mar 12 1955 2nd Division A Bury Ww
4 Roger Hunt Dec 26 1963 st Division H Stoke Ww
4 Alf Arrowsmith Jan 04 1964 FA Cup 3rd round H | Derby Ww
4 Tony Hateley Feb 19 1968 FA Cup 4th round replay H Walsall Ww
4 an Rush Nov 06 1982 st Division A Everton Ww
4 an Rush May 07 1984 1st Division H Coventry Ww
ie 4 Steve McMahon Sep 23 1986 League Cup 2nd round 1L H Fulham Ww
4 Dean Saunders Sep 18 1991 UEFA Cup 1st round 1L H Kuusysi Lahti Ww
4 an Rush Sep 16 1992 ECW Cup 1st round 1L H Apollon Limassol Ww
[ 4 Robbie Fowler Sep 23 1995 Premier League H Bolton W
4 Robbie Fowler Dec 14 1996 Premier League H Middlesbrough Ww
4 ichael Owen Oct 24 1998 Premier League H Nottm For W 5-1
4 Michael Owen | Apr 26 2003 Premier League A WBA WwW 6-0
3 John Miller Oct 15 1892 FA Cup 1st Qualifier A Nantwich Ww 40
3 John Miller Oct 22 1892 Lancashire League A Higher Walton WwW 5-0
3 Tom Wyllie Oct 29 1892 FA Cup 2nd Qualifier H Newtown WwW 39-0
3 fJames Stott Oct 07 1893 2nd Division H Middlesbrough |. WwW 6-0
3 Malcolm McVean 1 Dec 09 1893 2nd Division H Walsall Town Swifts WwW 3-0
L 3 Jimmy Ross Sep 14 1895 2nd Division H Newcastle WwW 5-1
3 Frank Becton | Oct 21 1895 2nd Division A Burslem Port Vale adel)
3 George Allan Jan 04 1896 2nd Division A Rotherham Town W 5-0
3 Malcolm McVean Feb 18 1896 2nd Division H Rotherham Town W 10-1
3 Frank Becton | Feb 29 1896 2nd Division A ue Burton Swifts Ww 7-0
3 Jimmy Ross Feb 29 1896 2nd Division A Burton Swifts Ww 7-0
I © George Allan ar 28 1896 2nd Division A Crewe Ww 7-0
3 John Walker Apr 08 1899 1st Division H Derby Ww 40
3 Charles Satterthwaite | Dec 23 1899 1st Division H Glossop FC W 5-2
3 Sam Raybould jar01 1902 1st Division H an City WwW 40
3 Sam Raybould Nov 01 1902 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 5-0
3 Jack Parkinson i Mar 04 1905 2nd Division H | Blackpool WwW 5-0
3 Sam Raybould ar 18 1905 2nd Division H Gainsborough Tr. WwW 6-1
3 Robbie Robinson Apr 08 1905 2nd Division H Burslem Port Vale WwW 8-1
g Sam Raybould Apr 22 1905 2nd Division H Man Utd Ww 40
3 Joe Hewitt ov 11 1905 {st Division A Middlesbrough WwW 51
3 Sam Raybould Mar 10 1906 FA Cup 4th round H Southampton WwW 3-0

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3 Joe Hewitt Apr 28 1906 Sheriff of London Charity Shield N Corinthians W
3 Robbie Robinson Oct 27 1906 st Division H Man City WwW 5-4
3 Jack Parkinson Jan 19 1907 1st Division A Sunderland D 55
3 Joe Hewitt Nov 09 1907 ist Division H Notts County WwW 60
3 Joe Hewitt Feb 15 1908 st Division H Woolwich Arsenal Ww 41
gy Bill McPherson Mar 25 1908 1st Division H Man Utd Ww 7-4
3 Joe Hewitt Jan 01 1909 st Division A Sunderland W 41
3 Ronald Orr Jan 16 1909 FA Cup 1st round H Lincoln City W 5-1
3 Jack Parkinson Sep 18 1909 1st Division A Nottm For WwW 41
3 Jack Parkinson Jan 01 1910 st Division H Woolwich Arsenal W 5-1
3 James Stewart Jan 08 1910 st Division H Chelsea W 5-1
3 Jack Parkinson Feb 11 1911 1st Division H The Wednesday W 30
3 Arthur Metcalf Feb 01 1913 FA Cup 2nd round A Woolwich Arsenal Ww 4-1
3 Jack Parkinson Apr19 1913 1st Division H Bolton W 5-0
3 Fred Pagnam Feb 13 1915 ist Division H Chelsea Die wes
3 Dick Forshaw Apr 03 1920 1st Division H Derby W 30
3 Dick Johnson Sep 25 1920 | 1st Division H | Preston W 60
3 Danny Shone Nov 19 1921 1st Division H | Middlesbrough Ww 40
3 Dick Forshaw Feb 25 1922 1st Division H Arsenal Ww 40
3 Harry Chambers Apr 15 1922 1st Division H Cardiff WwW 5-1
{ Dick Johnson Aug 26 1922 1st Division H Arsenal We 52
3 Dick Forshaw Sep 16 1922 |_ 1st Division H Preston W 5-2
3 Harry Chambers Oct 07 1922 ist Division H Everton W 5-1
a Dick Forshaw Feb 17 1923 st Division H Blackburn W 3-0
a Harry Chambers Aug 29 1923 st Division H Birmingham W 6-2
3 Jimmy Walsh Feb 02 1924 FA Cup 2nd round A Bolton WwW 4-1
3 Dick Forshaw Sep 19 1925 st Division H Man Utd W 5-0
5] Dick Forshaw Sep 26 1925 1st Division H Everton WwW O5-1
3 Harry Chambers Dec 25 1925 st Division H Newcastle W 6-3
3 Dick Forshaw Aug 28 1926 1st Division H + Man Utd W 42
3 Gordon Hodgson Sep 11 1926 st Division H Sheff Utd | W 51
3 Harry Chambers Jan 12 1927 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Ww 44
3 Gordon Hodgson Jan 22 1927 st Division H Derby Wie
3 Gordon Hodgson Oct 01 1927 1st Division H Portsmouth WwW 8-2
3 Tom Reid Nov 12 1927 1st Division H The Wednesday W 5-2
3 Gordon Hodgson Oct 27 1928 1st Division A Arsenal D 44
3 Gordon Hodgson Dec 26 1928 Ist Division H Burnley Ww 80
@ Henry Race Apr 20 1929 st Division H Sunderland W 5-2
3 Henry Race Nov 09 1929 Ist Division H | Bolton WwW 30
3 Gordon Hodgson Sep 27 1930 1st Division H |Chelsea WwW 3-
3 Jimmy Smith Oct 25 1930 {st Division A Blackpool WwW 3-1
a Gordon Hodgson Nov 29 1930 st Division H Sheff Utd WwW 6
3 Dave Wright Feb 07 1931 st Division H Newcastle W 42
3 Gordon Hodgson Feb 28 1931 1st Division H Blackpool WwW 5-2
3 Gordon Hodgson Mar 02 1932 st Division H WBA Ww 4
3 Gordon Hodgson Oct 15 1932 st Division H Portsmouth W 43
4g Gordon Hodgson Nov 19 1932 st Division H Derby W 6-
3 Harold Barton Feb 11 1933 st Division H Everton Ww 7-4
3 Gordon Hodgson Apr 08 1933 st Division H Blackpool W 43
3 Gordon Hodgson Mar 03 1934 1st Division H Middlesbrough W 6-2
3 Gordon Hodgson Nov 17 1934 st Division H Leicester W 5-1
3 Gordon Hodgson Feb 02 1935 st Division H Leeds United WwW 42
3 Fred Howe Sep 14 1935 1st Division H Grimsby Town W 7-2
3 Fred Howe Nov 21 1936 1st Division A Man Utd W 5-2
3 Cyril Done Oct 19 1946 1st Division A Huddersfield Ww 41
3 Jack Balmer Nov 09 1946 1st Division H Portsmouth W 3-0
3 Jack Balmer Nov 23 1946 1st Division H Arsenal WwW 42

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MISCELLANEOUS
HAT TRICKS (CONT.)
DATE ell COMPETITION AGAINST a mmwn<+
Cyril Done Feb 12 1947 |st Division H Grimsby Town WwW 50
3 Albert Stubbins Mar 01 1947 FA Cup 6th round H Birmingham Ww 41
a Albert Stubbins May 10 1947 Ist Division A Charlton WwW 3-1
3 Billy Liddell Dec 01 1951 \st Division A Tottenham W 3-2
3 Tony Rowley Aug 21 1954 2nd Division H Doncaster W 32
3 iBilly Liddell Sep 18 1954 2nd Division H Fulham W 41
3 Billy Liddell Dec 17 1955 2nd Division H Nottm For W 5-2
3 | Tony Rowley Apr 14 1956 | 2nd Division H Port Vale Ww 41
3 Johnny Wheeler Nov 03 1956 2nd Division H Port Vale Ww 41
3 Alan Arnel Dec 15 1956 | 2nd Division A Huddersfield WwW 3-0
3 Billy Liddell Feb 22 1958 |_ 2nd Division A Blackburn Dy P8z3
3 James Harrower lov 26 1960 2nd Division H Sheff Utd W 42
3 Dave Hickson Feb 11 1961 2nd Division H Leyton Orient WwW 50
3 Kevin Lewis Apr 04 1961 2nd Division A Bristol Rovers i) Sod
3 Roger Hunt Aug 26 1961 2nd Division H Leeds United WwW 5-0
3 Roger Hunt Oct 14 1961 2nd Division H Walsall WwW 6-1
3 Roger Hunt Nov 25 1961 2nd Division H Swansea Ww 50
3 Roger Hunt Feb 10 1962 2nd Division A Bury W 30
3 Roger Hunt Feb 24 1962 2nd Division H Middlesbrough WwW 5-1
3} an St John Mar 28 1962 2nd Division H Rotherham United W 44
3 Roger Hunt Nov 17 1962 st Division H Leyton Orient WwW 5-0
3 | an St John Feb 01 1964 st Division H Sheff Utd Ws6-1
3 Roger Hunt Mar 27 1964 st Division A Tottenham Ww
3 Bobby Graham Sep 26 1964 st Division H Aston Villa W
3 4 Roger Hunt Dec 05 1964 st Division A Burnley W
3 Roger Hunt Sep 06 1965 st Division A West Ham Ww
3 Roger Hunt Feb 12 1966 st Division H Sunderland Ww
3 |_Tony Hateley Aug 26 1967 1st Division H Newcastle Ww
S Roger Hunt Jan 06 1968 st Division H WBA Ww
4) Tony Hateley May 11 1968 st Division H Nottm For Ww
3 Alun Evans Mar 10 1971 EFC 4th round 1st leg H Bayern Munich Ww
3 Jack Whitham Dec 11 1971 st Division H Derby W
3 Kevin Keegan Nov 17 1973 1st Division H Ipswich Ww
3 lan Callaghan [ Dec 04 1973 League Cup 4th round R H Hull City Ww
3 Phil Boersma | Sep 07 1974 1st Division H Tottenham Ww
3 John Toshack Sep 30 1975 UEFA Cup 1st round 2L H Hibernian Ww
3] John Toshack | Oct 11 1975 1st Division H Birmingham Ww
3 Jimmy Case Dec 10 1975 UEFA Cup 3rd round 2L H Slask Wroclaw Ww
y John Toshack | Jan 31 1976 1st Division A West Ham Ww
3 Terry McDermott Dec 06 1977 European Super Cup 2nd leg H Hamburg SV Ww
3 Kenny Dalglish Jan 17 1978 League Cup 5th round A Wrexham Ww
3 Kenny Dalglish May 01 1978 1st Division H Man City Ww
3 Jimmy Case Sep 30 1978 {st Division H Bolton Ww
3 David Johnson Jan 05 1980 FA Cup 3rd round H Grimsby Town Ww
3 David Fairclough | Feb 09 1980 {st Division A Norwich Ww
3 Terry McDermott Oct 01 1980 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Oulu Palloseura Ww
3 Graeme Souness Oct 01 1980 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Oulu Palloseura Ww
3 Graeme Souness Mar 04 1981 European Cup 3rd R ist L H CSKA Sofia Ww
3 an Rush Jan 26 1982 |st Division A Notts County Ww
| an Rush Nov 13 1982 {st Division H Coventry Ww
3 Kenny Dalglish Dec 27 1982 1st Division H Man City Ww
3 an Rush Jan 01 1983 1st Division H Notts County W 1
3 Michael Robinson Oct 15 1983 \st Division A West Ham
3 an Rush Jan 20 1984 {st Division A Aston Villa
3 John Wark Oct 03 1984 European Cup 1st R 2nd L H Lech Poznan
3 jan Rush Oct 24 1984 European Cup 2nd R Ist L H Benfica
3 John Wark Feb 20 1985 FA Cup Sth round replay H York
3 an Rush Mar 10 1985 | FA Cup 6th round A Barnsley WwW 40

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3 John Wark Mar 23 1985 st Division A WBA WwW 50
3 Paul Walsh Oct 29 1985 League Cup 3rd round H Brighton Ww 40
8 Ronnie Whelan Apr 12 1986 Ist Division H Coventry W 5-0
3 Gary Gillespie Apr 26 1986 st Division H Birmingham WwW 50
3 lan Rush Sep 30 1986 SSSC Final 2nd leg A Everton Ww 41 |
3 Steve McMahon Oct 29 1986 League Cup 3rd round H Leicester WwW 41
3 Paul Walsh Nov 01 1986 1st Division H Norwich W 6-2
3 Jan Malby Nov 26 1986 League Cup 4th round R H Coventry W 3-1
3 lan Rush Feb 14 1987 1st Division H Leicester W 43
3 Steve Nicol Sep 20 1987 1st Division A Newcastle Ww 41
3 John Aldridge Sep 29 1987 st Division H Derby Ww 40
3 John Aldridge Aug 27 1988 1st Division A Charlton W 3-0
3 John Aldridge Mar 14 1989 1st Division H Luton T W 5-0
3 Steve Staunton Oct 04 1989 League Cup 2nd round 2L H Wigan Ath. W 30
3 lan Rush Jan 09 1990 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Swansea W 8-0
3 Ronny Rosenthal Apr 11 1990 \st Division A Charlton Ware08 ||
3 John Barnes May 05 1990 1st Division | A Coventry |WwW 6-1 |
3 Peter Beardsley Sep 16 1990 1st Division H Man Utd WwW 40
3 lan Rush Oct 09 1990 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Crewe Ww 41
3 Dean Saunders Dec 11 1991 UEFA Cup 3rd round 2L H Swarowski Tirol Ww 40
3 John Barnes Jan 06 1992 FA Cup 3rd round A Crewe Wi £08 |
3 Mark Walters Apr 17 1993 Premier League H Coventry Ww 40
3 lan Rush Oct 27 1993 League Cup 3rd round H Ipswich W 32
3 Robbie Fowler Oct 30 1993 Premier League H Southampton Ww 42
3 Robbie Fowler Aug 28 1994 Premier League H Arsenal W 30
3 lan Rush Nov 30 1994 League Cup 4th round A Blackburn W 3-1
3! Robbie Fowler Dec 23 1995 Premier League H Arsenal WWi e321
3 Stan Collymore Jan 06 1996 FA Cup 3rd round H Rochdale Ww 7-0
3 Patrik Berger Oct 05 1997 Premier League H Chelsea W 42
3 Michael Owen Nov 18 1997 League Cup 4th round H Grimsby Town WwW. 3-0
3 Michael Owen Feb 14 1998 Premier League A Sheff Wed Di e333
3 Michael Owen Aug 30 1998 Premier League | A Newcastle | Ww 41
3 Robbie Fowler Nov 21 1998 Premier League A Aston Villa W 42
3 Robbie Fowler Jan 16 1999 Premier League | H Southampton Ww 7-1
8 Michael Owen Sep 06 2000 Premier League H Aston Villa W 3-4
3 Emile Heskey Oct 15 2000 Premier League A Derby Ww 40
3 Robbie Fowler Nov 29 2000 League Cup 4th round A Stoke WwW 80
3 Michael Owen May 05 2001 Premier League H Newcastle Ww 30
3 Michael Owen Aug 08 2001 Champions L. 3rd OR. 1st L A Haka W 50
3 Robbie Fowler Oct 20 2001 Premier League A Leicester W 4
3 Michael Owen Sep 28 2002 Premier League A Man City Ww 30
3 Michael Owen Oct 22 2002 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. A Spartak Moscow WwW 3-1
3 Milan Baros Nov 13 2004 Premier League H Crystal Palace W 32
3 Steven Gerrard Jul 13 2005 Champions L. 1st. OR. 1st leg H TNS WwW 30
3 Peter Crouch Mar31 2007 Premier League H Arsenal W 44
3 Fernando Torres Sep 25 2007 League Cup 3rd round A Reading Ww 42
3 Yossi Benayoun Nov 06 2007 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. H Besiktas Ww 80
3 Steven Gerrard Jan 15 2008 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Luton WwW 5-0
3 Yossi Benayoun Jan 26 2008 FA Cup 4th round H Havant W 5-2
3 Fernando Torres Feb 23 2008 Premier League H Middlesbrough W 32
3 Fernando Torres Mar 05 2008 Premier League H West Ham Ww 40
& Steven Gerrard Mar 22 2009 Premier League H Aston Villa WwW 50
3 Yossi Benayoun Sep 12 2009 Premier League | H Burnley Ww 40
3 Fernando Torres Sep 26 2009 Premier League } H Hull City WwW 6-1
3 Steven Gerrard Nov 04 2010 Europa League GS H Napoli W381
3 Dirk Kuyt Mar 06 2011 Premier League H Man Utd W 3-4
3 Maxi Rodriguez Apr 23 2011 Premier League H Birmingham WwW 50
3 Maxi Rodriguez May 09 2011 Premier League A Fulham WwW 5-2

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MISCELLANEOUS
SENDING OFFS
PLAYER DATE COMPETITION AGAINST
John Robertson Feb 09 1901 FA Cup 1st round A Notts County L = |
Jock McNab Mar 25 1922 1st Division A Bolton WwW 3-4
Jock McNab j Feb 14 1925 ist Division H ewcastle D
Walter Wadsworth Feb 14 1925 1st Division H Newcastle D
David Davidson Nov 10 1928 ist Division A Portsmouth Ww
Willie Fagan Mar 25 1939 Ist Division H Brentford Ww
Jim Harley Sep 02 1939 1st Division H Chelsea Ww
John Evans Jan 08 1955 FA Cup 3rd round A Lincoln City D
Dave Hickson Jan 16 1960 2nd Division H Sheff Utd Ww
lan St John Mar 24 1962 2nd Division H Preston Ww
Ron Yeats Feb 15 1964 FA Cup 5th round A Arsenal W
lan St John | Feb 26 1966 ist Division A |_ Fulham L
lan St John Dec 26 1967 st Division A Coventry D
Alun Evans | Apr 22 1969 | st Division A Coventry D
Larry Lloyd Aug 121972 |_1st Division H I Man City W
Peter Cormack Dec 09 1972 1st Division A WBA D
ommy Smith Feb 17 1973 st Division A Man City D
Emlyn Hughes Apr 07 1973 st Division A Birmingham E
Kevin Keegan | Aug 10 1974 Charity Shield N Leeds United D
Joey Jones ov 01 1975 st Division A Middlesbrough Ww
Terry McDermott Oct 20 1979 st Division H Everton D
Ray Kennedy Sep 19 1981 | st Division H Aston Villa D
Ray Kennedy Dec 01 1981 League Cup 4th round A Arsenal D
ark Lawrenson ar 17 1982 European Cup 3rd R 2nd L A CSKA Sofia IE
Craig Johnston Oct 15 1983 st Division A West Ham Ww
Kenny Dalglish [ Nov 07 1984 European Cup 2nd R 2L A Benfica E
Paul Walsh Feb 11 1987 League Cup Semi-final 1L A Southampton D
Glenn Hysen Feb 10 1990 st Division A Norwich D
Glenn Hysen Jan 05 1991 FA Cup 3rd round A Blackburn D
Steve McMahon Jan 08 1991 FA Cup 3rd round replay H Blackburn Ww |
Steve McMahon Aug 24 1991 st Division A Luton D |
Gary Ablett Oct 06 1991 st Division A Man Utd D |
Paul Stewart Sep 29 1992 ECW Cup 1st round 2L A Apollon Limassol Ww
Bruce Grobbelaar Oct 22 1992 ECW Cup 2nd round 1L A Spartak Moscow L
Mike Marsh Nov 04 1992 ECW Cup 2nd round 2L H Spartak Moscow ie
Jamie Redknapp Dec 19 1992 Premier League A Coventry IE |
David James May 01 1993 Premier League A Norwich L ;
Don Hutchison May 05 1993 Premier League A Oldham L i
Rob Jones | Sep 01 1993 Premier League A | Coventry L
Phil Babb Feb 04 1995 Premier League A Nottm For D
Neil Ruddock Feb 07 1995 FA Cup 4th round replay H Burnley Ww i
Rob Jones Oct 04 1995 League Cup 2nd round 2L A Sunderland W 4
Robbie Fowler [ Apr 16 1997 Premier League A Everton D :
Robbie Fowler Nov 01 1997 Premier League A Bolton D
Michael Owen Apr 10 1998 Premier League A Man Utd D
Jason McAteer Oct 31 1998 Premier League A Leicester [L
Steve McManaman Nov 03 1998 UEFA Cup 2nd round 2L A Valencia D
Paul Ince Nov 03 1998 UEFA Cup 2nd round 2L A Valencia D
Dominic Matteo Feb 06 1999 Premier League H Middlesbrough Ww
| Jamie Carragher il Feb 13 1999 Premier League A Charlton L
David Thompson Sep 18 1999 Premier League A Leicester D
Sander Westerveld Sep 27 1999 Premier League H Everton L
Steven Gerrard Sep 27 1999 Premier League H Everton L
Steve Staunton * Oct 02 1999 i Premier League A Aston Villa D
Gary McAllister Aug 21 2000 {Premier League A Arsenal i
Dietmar Hamann * Aug 21 2000 Premier League A Arsenal L

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Emile Heskey Nov 01 2000 League Cup 3rd round H Chelsea W 24
Igor Biscan Jan 06 2001 FA Cup 3rd round H Rotherham United W 3-0 |
Danny Murphy Mar 31 2001 Premier League H Man Utd Ww 20
Steven Gerrard Apr 13 2001 Premier League H Leeds United De aeZ
Igor Biscan Apr 16 2001 Premier League A Everton W 32
Steven Gerrard Sep 08 2001 Premier League H Aston Villa ee
Stephen Wright Oct 27 2001 Premier League A Charlton | Ww 20
Dietmar Hamann Nov 25 2001 Premier League H Sunderland Ww 1-0
Jamie Carragher Jan 27 2002 FA Cup 4th round A Arsenal I) 4021
Dietmar Hamann Sep 17 2002 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. A |_ Valencia yh 02
Salif Diao Jan 01 2003 Premier League A |_ Newcastle L 01
Sami Hyypia Apr 05 2003 Premier League A Man Utd L 04
Steven Gerrard May 11 2003 Premier League A Chelsea eZ
El Hadji Diouf * Jan 07 2004 Premier League A Chelsea W 1-0 |
Igor Biscan Mar 25 2004 UEFA Cup 4th round 2L A Marseille eieZ |
Josemi Rey Oct 16 2004 Premier League A Fulham Ww 42
Antonio Nunez Jan 18 2005 FA Cup 3rd round A Burnley i,
Milan Baros Mar 20 2005 Premier League H Everton Ww 2-4
Mohamed Sissoko Nov 30 2005 Premier League A Sunderland Ww 20
Jose Reina Feb 05 2006 Premier League A Chelsea jee
Xabi Alonso Mar 12 2006 Premier League A Arsenal ae 1-2
Steven Gerrard Mar 25 2006 Premier League H Everton W 3-4
Luis Garcia Apr 26 2006 Premier League A West Ham W 24
Jermaine Pennant Sep 18 2007 Champions L. 1st Group Ph. A Porto Dil taf
Peter Crouch Dec 19 2007 League Cup 5th round A Chelsea i. 402
Javier Mascherano Mar 23 2008 Premier League A Man Utd L 03
Lucas Leiva Feb 04 2009 FA Cup 4th round replay A Everton L 0-1
Javier Mascherano Oct 25 2009 Premier League H Man Utd Ww 20
Philipp Degen Oct 31 2009 Premier League A Fulham egal ih
Jamie Carragher Oct 31 2009 Premier League A Fulham 3
Javier Mascherano Dec 19 2009 Premier League A Portsmouth . gbe2
Sotirios Kyrgiakos Feb 06 2010 Premier League H Everton Ww 1-0
Ryan Babel Apr 01 2010 Europa League OF A Benfica Li SEZ
Joe Cole Aug 15 2010 Premier League H Arsenal D1-1
Lucas Leiva |___ Nov 13 2010 Premier League A Stoke a eZ
Steven Gerrard Jan 09 2011 FA Cup 3rd round A Man Utd [elie

“Later rescinded

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MISCELLANEOUS
EVERPRESENT FOR A SINGLE SEASON
PLAYER(S)
1892-1893 Andrew Hannah, Duncan McLean, Tom Wyllie
1894-1895 _ Thomas Bradshaw
1896-1897 35 John McCartney
1897-1898 35 Thomas Cleghorn, Harry Storer
1899-1900 38 Billy Dunlop, Tom Robertson
1900-1901 36 William Goldie, Bill Perkins, Tom Robertson
1901-1902 37 William Goldie
1902-1903 35 William Goldie
904-1905 36 Ned Doig
905-1906 44 Arthur Goddard
1909-1910 39 om Chorlton
1910-1911 40 Robbie Robinson
1912-1913 42 Robert Ferguson
1913-1914 46 homas Fairfoul
1914-1915 40 Jimmy Nicholl
1920-1921 45 Walter Wadsworth
1921-1922 46 Dick Forshaw, Fred Hopkin
1922-1923 46 Dick Forshaw, Donald Mackinlay, Elisha Scott
1923-1924 47 Elisha Scott
924-1925 46 Danny Shone
1925-1926 45 Harry Chambers
1926-1927 46 Harry Chambers
927-1928 44 Tom Bromilow, Dick Edmed
928-1929 45 James Jackson, Tom Morrison
1930-1931 43 Tommy Lucas, Archie McPherson
1931-1932 46 Tom Bradshaw, Gordon Gunson
932-1933 43 Willie Steel
936-1937 43 Alf Hanson
938-1939 45 Jack Balmer, Matt Busby
1939-1940 3 Jack Balmer, Matt Busby, Tom Bush, Willie Fagan, Jim Harley, Dirk Kemp, Jimmy McInnes, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Bernard Ramsden, Harman Van Den Berg
945-1946 4 Willie Fagan, Ray Lambert, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Bob Paisley, Robert Priday
1948-1949 46 Jack Balmer
1950-1951 43 Eddie Spicer
1955-1956 | 47 Geoff Twentyman
1956-1957 43 Ronnie Moran
1958-1959 43 Dick White
1959-1960 44 Alan A’ Court, Ronnie Moran
1960-1961 47 Bert Slater, Dick White
961-1962 47 Alan A Court, Gerry Byrne, Jimmy Melia, Gordon Milne
962-1963 48 Roger Hunt
| 1963-1964 47 lan Callaghan, Gordon Milne, Peter Thompson
965-1966 53 Gerry Byrne, lan Callaghan, Tommy Lawrence, Tommy Smith, Ron Yeats
1966-1967 52 Chris Lawler, Tommy Smith, Peter Thompson
967-1968 59 Chris Lawler, Tommy Lawrence
1968-1969 51 lan Callaghan, Chris Lawler, Tommy Smith, Peter Thompson
969-1970 54 Bobby Graham, Chris Lawler
1971-1972 53 Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes, Chris Lawler
1972-1973 66 lan Callaghan, Chris Lawler, Larry Lloyd
1973-1974 61 lan Callaghan, Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes, Kevin Keegan
974-1975 53 Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes
1975-1976 | 59 Ray Clemence, Phil Neal
976-1977 62 Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes
977-1978 62 Kenny Dalglish, Phil Neal
1978-1979 54 Kenny Dalglish, Ray Kennedy, Phil Neal
1979-1980 60 Kenny Dalglish, Phil Neal, Phil Thompson
1980-1981 63 Phil Neal
1981-1982 62 Kenny Dalglish, Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal
1982-1983 Bruce Grobbelaar, Alan Kennedy, Phil Neal

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PLAYER(S)
1983-1984 Bruce Grobbelaar, Alan Hansen, Alan Kennedy, Sammy Lee
1984-1985 Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal
1985-1986 Bruce Grobbelaar
1986-1987 lan Rush
1987-1988 Steve Nicol
1989-1990 Bruce Grobbelaar
1994-1995 Robbie Fowler, David James
1995-1996 David James, Steve McManaman
1996-1997 Stig Inge Bjarnebye, David James

PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED

PENALTIES 100 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE GAMES
SCORED | MISSED FROM
1 Jan Malby 42 Phil Neal 23.10.1976 24.09.1983
2 Phil Neal 38 13 51 Ray Clemence 09.09.1972 04.03.1978
3 Billy Liddell 34 7 4) Bruce Grobbelaar 29.08.1981 16.08.1986
4 Steven Gerrard 24 7 31 77.42 316 Chris Lawler 02.10.1965 24.04.1971
5 Tommy Smith 22 10 32 68.75 213 David James 19.02.1994 23.02.1998
6 Robbie Fowler 20 6 26 76.92 205 Alan Kennedy 23.01.1982 31.03.1985
if John Aldridge 17 | 1 18 94.44 85 lan Callaghan 17.08.1971 07.09.1974
8 Terry McDermott 16 4 20 80.00 80 Kenny Dalglish 13.08.1977 23.08.1980
3 | Gordon Hodgson 15 eek Pee | 93.75 L 77 Emlyn Hughes 31.10.1972 25.10.1975 _|
Michael Owen 13 | 10 23 56.52 53 Peter Thompson 01.09.1965 13.04.1968
Kevin Keegan 1 6 7 64.71 52 Tommy Smith 01.05.1965 12.03.1968
John Barnes 10 5 15 66.67 32 Elisha Scott 17.12.1921 25.10.1924
Willie Fagan | § 1 [ 0 90.00 129 Robbie Fowler 13.03.1994 21.09.1996
Ronnie Moran 8 lh 6 4 57.14 29 William Goldie 23.12.1899 27.04.1903
Sam Raybould a 7 5 2 | 58.33 127 Phil Neal 15.10.1983 14.09.1985
Alec Lindsay 8 3 11 72.73 120 Roger Hunt 18.11.1961 04.04.1964
Arthur Goddard 8 a 1 72.73 | 20 Gerry Byrne 08.10.1960 12.04.1963
Willie Stevenson 8 i 9 88.89 08 Emlyn Hughes 08.11.1975 17.09.1977
Danny Murphy 8 0 8 100.00 06 Bruce Grobbelaar 21.01.1989 20.02.1991 |
Dirk Kuyt 8 0 8 100.00 Dick Forshaw 30.04.1921 20.10.1923
Jackie Sheldon 7 3 | 10 | 70.00 | Steve McManaman 26.12.1994 20.11.1996
Robert Done aE 6 i 2 8 75.00 105 Jimmy Melia 28.01.1961 20.04.1963
Jack Parkinson 6 | 7 85.71 02 Ron Yeats 14.08.1965 28.04.1967
Mark Walters 6 0 6 100.00 Tommy Robertson 24.12.1898 07.09.1901
Gary McAllister os sc a ae 83.33

MOST GOALS SCORED AS SUB

POSITION | PLAYER TOTAL
David Fairclough
Ryan Babel Ny

Djibril Cissé
Steven Gerrard
Michael Owen
lan Rush
Vladimir Smicer
Robbie Fowler
Emile Heskey

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HONOURS

First Division: 1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, Premier Reserve League North: 1999-00, 2007-08.
1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76,
1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, Premier Reserve League National Champions:
1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90. = 18 times 2007-08.

FA Cup: 1965, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, FA Youth Cup: 1996, 2006, 2007.
2006. = 7 times
European Footballer of the Year:
League Cup: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001 Michael Owen
2001, 2003. = 7 times
Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year:
European Cup: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1974 Ian Callaghan
2005. = 5 times 1976 Kevin Keegan
1977 Emlyn Hughes
UEFA Cup: 1973, 1976, 2001. = 3 times 1979 Kenny Dalglish
1980 ‘Terry McDermott
European Super Cup: 1977, 2001, 2005. = 3 times 1983 Kenny Dalglish
1984 Ian Rush
Charity Shield: 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1988 John Barnes
1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1989 Steve Nicol
1986 (shared), 1988, 1989, 1990 (shared), 1990 John Barnes
2001, 2006. 2009 Steven Gerrard

Screen Sport Super Cup: 1987. PFA Player of the Year:

1980 Terry McDermott
Second Division: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1904-05, 1961-62. 1983 Kenny Dalglish
1984 Tan Rush
Lancashire League: 1892-93. 1988 John Barnes
2006 Steven Gerrard
Lancashire Senior Cup: 1918-19, 1919-20 (shared),
1923-24, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1943-44, 1946-47, PFA Young Player of the Year:
1955-56, 1958-59, 1972-73. 1983 Ian Rush
1995 Robbie Fowler
Liverpool Senior Cup: 1893, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1996 Robbie Fowler
1907, 1909, 1910 (shared), 1912 (shared), 1913, 1998 Michael Owen
TOMS S20) 1925; 1927 19295 1930 s1936)Ghared): 2001 Steven Gerrard
1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951,
1952, 1962, 1964 (shared), 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, Manager of the Year:
1982 (shared), 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009. Bill Shankly 1973
Bob Paisley 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
Central League: 1956-57, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, Joe Fagan 1984
1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, Kenny Dalglish 1986, 1988, 1990
1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84,
1984-85, 1989-90.

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NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A NOTE ON STATISTICS the third to Hugh McQueen.

GSitcen in certain matches are sometimes hard 3 March 1894 Burton Swifts 3-1- D
to determine as press reports are less than clear- McLean goal not a penalty
cut and sources sometimes differ. Official Football LFC statisticians have claimed McLean‘s goal came from
League records back in the day do not have confirmed a penalty. The Liverpool Mercury says:““McLean equalized
goalscorers so we had to take an executive decision on from a foul in goal.”A clear description of the incident
a few occasions as to which source we thought most is in the Cricket and Football Field: “It was a free kick,
reliable. In the following list we focus mainly on a few shot low, that went through a horde of players, maybe
of the differences in goalscorers between LFChistory. hitting one, before finding its way to the net.”
net and Eric Doig‘s and Alex Murphy‘s excellent The
Essential History of Liverpool. There are too many errors in 18 April 1896 Small Heath 4-0. McVean
Brian Pead‘s Complete Record, in regards to appearances - Allan
and scorers, to expand on each and every one here, but The Liverpool Courier claims that Allan scored the fourth
in fairness Pead didn‘t have the luxury of comparing stats goal:“Cleghorn took the free kick and landed the ball in
with other statisticians and we appreciate his ground- the goalmouth and McVean headed the ball to Allan who
breaking work. put it once more past the Small Heath goalkeeper.’ Both
the Mercury and the Liverpool Daily Post say otherwise
25 March 1893 Rossendale 2-1. McVean and we are going with the majority on this one. The
- Wyllie Liverpool Mercury: “From the free-kick, nicely taken by
LFC statisticians have so far claimed that the second goal Cleghorn, McVean headed the fourth goal.” Daily Post:
belongs to Wyllie but there is no mention of him in “Liverpool worked up the left and Cleghorn took a free
reports and the only proper description of the goal is kick, landing prettily into the mouth of the goal, where
in the Liverpool Mercury: “Liverpool scored again from the leather received one or two touches before McVean
a well placed corner by McQueen, McVean being headed into the net.”
the operator.”
24 October 1896 Blackburn Rovers 4-0.
28 October 1893 Arsenal 5-0. McCartney McVean - Allan
- D McLean /H McQueen - Bradshaw The weather was very bad during this game and probably
The misunderstanding that McLean scored the first difficult to assess the proper run of play. The Daily Post
goal and Bradshaw the fourth originates, we believe, claims Allan scored the third goal: “Allan took a pass
from the Liverpool Echo: “So well did McLean place from Ross and banged the leather past Ogilvie who had
the ball that it was rushed through” and “Hardly had no chance with the shot.’ However, both the Courier
the last point been registered when Bradshaw headed and Mercury agree on McVean. Liverpool Mercury: “Allan,
well in from a long kick from his defence, McQueen Ross and McVean to career down the field, and though |
had the pleasure of putting on a fourth.’ They both a blinding hailstorm faced the men McVean shot with
assisted in making the goals but didn‘t actually put the tremendous force and beat Ogilvie for the third time.”
ball into the net. It was clearly a pass from McLean Liverpool Courier.“ McVean with a swinging shot got the
that led to the scrimmage and Bradshaw simply headed 3rd goal 23 minutes from time.”
into the penalty area where Hugh McQueen scored.
To further confuse matters the Liverpool Courier claims 25 September 1897 Everton 3-1. Walker
“Bradshaw headed the fourth” but we are still going - Cunliffe
with McQueen as Lloyds Weekly Newspaper and the The Liverpool Mercury claims Walker scored the first goal,
Yorkshire Herald also credit him with the fourth goal as not Cunliffe as in the Liverpool Daily Post.We are going
well as the first to McCartney. with Mercury‘s report as it offers more detail. Daily Post:
“A lovely centre from Bradshaw was met by Robertson
Note:The Liverpool Echo is rather vague on the scorer who inadvertently gave a corner and from this the
of the third goal: “Bradshaw, Stott and H McQueen leather was well placed, Cunliffe coming in at the finish
between them converted into a third point.” Lloyds and scoring the equalising goal after little more than half
Weekly Newspaper and the Yorkshire Herald both credit an hour's play.” Liverpool Mercury: “McQue headed the

566 LIVERPOOL: THE COMPLETE RECORD

ball to Cunliffe, who had the misfortune of seeing his not Parkinson. Daily Post: “Robinson was very weak
attempt charged down, but this mattered little as Walker despite the fact that he scored three goals.” The Liverpool
met the rebound and banged the ball in to the net with Courier: First —“After halfan hour’s play the ball was got
terrific force, the teams being once again on level terms through in the softest possible fashion, Robinson being
after an half an hour’s play.” credited with the point.” Second — “Shortly afterwards
another soft goal followed, the ball cannoning offaPort
Note: Liverpool Courier for September 1897 was missing Vale player to Robinson, who, although standing in an
from the library so there was no way to check the scorer offside position, was thereby placed onside, and who
in that source. scored easily.” Sixth — “Robinson, after committing a
glaring foul, which the referee failed to notice, scored
2 October 1897 Preston North End 1-1. the sixth goal.”
McCartney - Bradshaw
Daily Post and Courier don‘t have a scorer and the goal 21 October 1905 Nottingham Forest 4-1.
has until now been attributed to Bradshaw. Daily Post: Raybould - Cox
“Corner was beautifully placed by Bradshaw, the visitors Daily Post: “Cox and Raybould were particularly
equalised.” Courier: “equalised from a corner kick.” brilliant, and the inside man ultimately turned a perfect
Thankfully we came across the Liverpool Mercury which pass from his partner to account. After this Robinson
removes any doubt: “Bradshaw forced another corner was prominent, to the discomfiture of Linacre; and
and placing the ball accurately McCartney headed past Raybould, always on the premises found the net again.”
Trainor and equalised.” Raybould was inside-forward and Cox on the wing.
Courier: “It was not until ten minutes before the interval
11 April 1898 The Wednesday 4-0. Cox passing almost in the goal mouth to Raybould who
Langley own goal - Morgan tipped the ball with the side of his foot out of Linacre‘s
The first goal is clearly an own goal by Langley. Daily Post: reach.” And to remove any doubt the match programme
“Morgan having lashed out at the leather and centred in from 28 October 1905 says: “Raybould picked up two
front of Massey, when Langley in trying to clear kicked snips in the first half, but refused with scorn one in the
the ball into the net.” Liverpool Mercury: “From a centre second. The inside left should have joined the noble
by Robertson, Morgan drove in and Langley, running band of those who have done the hat trick.”
across to clear sent the ball into the net, scoring the first
goal for the Anfielders.” 28 April 1906 Corinthians 5-1. Hewitt +
Raybould - Goddard 2
23 December 1899 Glossop FC. An unfortunate error in the otherwise excellent The
Satterthwaite - Hunter Essential History of Liverpool.The game was not included
Satterthwaite preferred to Hunter for the third goal in Brian Pead‘s book. There‘s no doubt about Hewitt
(resulting in Satterthwaite scoring a hat-trick instead of getting Liverpool's first, third and fourth goal. First:
Hunter) as there are more details in the Liverpool Mercury “Hewitt got possession and easily beating Rowlandson,
than the Echo that simply says: “From a beautiful centre put his side one up.” Third: “Rowlandson came out
by Satterthwaite, Hunter scored a third goal.” Mercury to save from Parkinson and before he could recover
says Satterthwaite scored the third and in the notes to himself Hewitt had scored another goal with a hard
the game adds: “Perhaps the most eulogised player at ground shot.” Fourth:“Hewitt, receiving a fine pass from
the end of the game was Satterthwaite and he certainly Parkinson, scored the fourth goal.” Raybould scored the
deserves great credit for his performance in scoring second goal: “Within the next three minutes Raybould
three of the goals.” cleverly headed into the net.”

8 April 1905 Burslem Port Vale 8-1. 20 April 1908 Chelsea 2-0. McPherson
Robinson - Parkinson - Parkinson
An error that has remained undetected until now. The The second goal was scored by McPherson, not
joint Everton/Liverpool match programme alerted Parkinson. Daily Post:“After Parkinson had a great drive
us: “Robinson thus did the hat-trick.’ Newspaper most luckily deflected by Whitley, McPherson with
reports substantiate that Robinson scored a hat-trick, another long shot and with almost the last kick of the

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&
game again beat the Chelsea keeper.” Liverpool Courier: the ball, but as he was trying to clear he pulled it over ©
“McPherson then obtained possession and scored with the line as he was challenged by Fagan. This happened at —
a grand shot from 15 yards.” 82 minutes.”

7 September 1912 Woolwich Arsenal 22 August 1953 Manchester United 4-4.

3-0. Peart own goal - Miller Liddell - Bimpson
Originally attributed to Liverpool‘s Tom Miller in Pead, Bimpson said to have scored a hat-trick by Pead but
but clearly an own goal:“Miller headed it. Peart tried to the Liverpool Echo credits the goal in the 20th minute
head away, but only helped the ball past Crawford.” to Liddell. “It was Bimpson’s persistence and refusal to
allow any opponent unchallenged possession which had
30 November 1912 Aston Villa 2-0. Miles something to do with Liverpool’s equalising at the 20th
own goal - Ferguson minute. When Liddell tried a long high shot Crompton,
Originally attributed to Liverpool‘s Robert Ferguson in with one eye on the inrushing Bimpson, momentarily
Pead, but clearly an own goal: “Ferguson centred and arrested the ball between one hand and the crossbar.
Hardy could have cleared easily, but Miles, in attempting When he took his hand away the ball eluded his grasp
to kick out turned the ball into his own goal.” and fell behind him over the line. It was a moot point
whether Liddell should be credited with this goal or
5 February 1927 Arsenal 3-0. Cope own whether it should be debited against Crompton. I think
goal - Reid most justice is done if we give it to Liddell.”
Originally attributed to Tom Reid in Pead, but clearly an
own goal as evident in the Liverpool Echo:“Much debate 3 March 1956 Bury 4-2. Dickson - Liddell
arose over the final goal, Scott shot, the goalkeeper The Liverpool Echo gave Liddell the goal in the 89th
brought the wet ball to earth, and then, trying to kick munute but that proved to be a hasty decision as the Echo
away, he plugged the ball up against that very able back, was rushed to the printer‘s and published that evening.
Cope, and it cannoned over the line before Reid added The Daily Post which came out on Monday had a more
the finishing touch. They term this officially “Cope put reflective view and gave Dickson the goal.
through his own goal.”
7 August 1971 Leicester City 0-1.
28 December 1929 Middlesbrough 5-2. Substitutes missing
Hopkin - Mathieson own goal Neither Pead‘s Complete Record nor The Essential History
Originally an own goal by ‘keeper Mathieson in Pead, of Liverpool include two substitutions in the Charity
but the Liverpool Echo‘s report disagrees: “Harassed by Shield against Leicester. Peter Thompson on for Brian
McPherson, the Middlesbrough backs, who had never Hall at half-time. John Toshack on for Alun Evans in the
been too sure of themselves, offered a corner, and 60th minute.
Hopkin placed it so well that although Mathieson saw
it and touched it, it slipped from his body over the 23 August 2008 Middlesbrough 2-1.
line. This made a goal practically direct from a corner. Carragher - Pogatetz own goal
This is the second time this season Hopkin has broken The Premier League‘s “Dubious Goals Panel” decided
into a goal-scoring sweat, and the popular player was that the deflection of Carragher‘s shot was sufficient for
surrounded by comrades who congratulated him upon the goal to be shown as an own goal by Middlesbrough
his noteworthy success in gaining the lead.” defender Emanuel Pogatetz. However, Liverpool Football
Club‘s and LFChistory.net‘s stance is that Carragher‘s
31 December 1949 Arsenal 2-0. Swindin goal remains with the Liverpool player.
own goal - Liddell
Originally a Liddell goal in Pead, but clearly an own 26 October 2008 Chelsea 1-0. Alonso -
goal by Arsenal’s ‘keeper George Swindin. Daily Post: Bosingwa own goal
“Liddell took a corner which swung in and Swindin The Premier League‘s “Dubious Goals Panel” decided
grasped the ball but seeing Fagan thundering down on that the deflection of Alonso‘s shot was sufficient for the
him, dropped it. It fell against his knee and over the line.” goal to be shown as an own goal by Chelsea defender
Echo: “When Liddell took the flag kick Swindin caught Jose Bosingwa. However, Liverpool Football Club‘s and

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LFChistory.net’s stance is that Alonso‘s goal remains 22 November 1924 Leeds United 1-0.
with the Liverpool player. Cockburn - Bromilow
Bromilow is in the line-up at the top of the match
report in the Echo, but just below it says that he was ill.
he reason behind several errors in line-ups in Brian Cockburn is actually mentioned in the main body of
Pead‘s Complete Record can be traced to the fact that the match report.
| the Directors of the club chose their starting line-up a few
| days in advance which the Echo printed along with their
13 March 1926 Sunderland 2-3.
| match report that was published the very same day the
Bromilow - Pratt
_ match took place.The reporters were in so much ofa rush
Pratt is in the line-up in the Echo, but not mentioned in
_ to deliver their reports that the Echo was consequently
the report. The line-up in the Daily Post shows Bromilow
_ printed with the original line-up at the head ofthe report
and he is mentioned in the report. Notes of Directors
without last-minute replacements being mentioned. So if
reveal they had originally chosen Pratt.
_ you take a hasty look at the line-up without reading the
report you will include a player that dropped out at the
_ last minute. Here are just a few examples to clarify this: 27 March 1926 West Bromwich Albion
3-0. Wadsworth - Cockburn
19 April 1913 Bolton Wanderers 5-0. Cockburn in the line-up in the Echo but no mention
Crawford - Longworth of him in the report. Wadsworth is in the line-up and
Longworth in the line-up in the Echo but Crawford the report in the Daily Post: “Although Mackinlay,
is mentioned in the report and no sign of Longworth: Bromilow and Wadsworth were not prominent, all
“During this series of onslaughts Campbell was in great played soundly and Wadsworth, on this showing, is still
_ jeopardy, but Pursell and Crawford covered him bravely.” as sturdy and effective as in the old days.” Wadsworth in
|The match programme from 26 April substantiates the line-up and report in the Courier: “More was seen
| Crawford's appearance: “Little fault could be found with of Wadsworth in the first than the second, but he had a
Crawford, who was as zealous as ever.” good game.”

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Steven Gerrard and Henry Winter, Phil Thompson, Stand Up Pinocchio, Trinity Mirror
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