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The versatile Chopsy speaks out in Shoot! in 1984.
From Liverpool's match programme on 30th April 1962.
Walter Wadsworth was a commanding centre-half who played in 74 out of a maximum 84 matches when Liverpool won and then retained the League championship in 1922 & 1923.
An exciting final is ahead on Sunday. The League cup has been ridiculed the last few years, associating it with one of Disney's most beloved characters. However spectator interest has been greater than ever because the bigger teams seem more intent on winning it.
John Player & Sons issued Football caricatures by "Mac" - a series of 50 on their cigarette cards. Tommy Lucas was one of the 50 that were featured.
With plans for a new stadium and its capacity still ongoing, it remains to be seen whether a Liverpool home match will have an attendance greater than that which saw an FA Cup fourth round tie against Wolves in February 1952.
Republishing of the first chapter of Liverpool's exploits in Europe now including a video of the dramatic Inter Milan - Liverpool clashes where a certain Spanish referee bumped LFC out of Europe.
Whenever one acquires an old programme it is always a bonus to discover that the issue holds extra historical significance.
It seems strange today with Southampton having been in the top flight of English football for so long, that when they first visited Anfield they were a non-league side.
Morientes has made a name for himself as a great goalscorer with fantastic aerial ability. Benítez wants the best and who better than the player who was voted Europe's best forward by UEFA last season.
617 friendlies and testimonials are now online on LFChistory. Chris Wood has done an amazing job by going through the list to make it as complete as possible.
Phil Neal is a true gentleman and was a brilliant servant to Liverpool. He sat down with lfchistory.net and talked about his fantastic career.
Christmas is the time for peace and joy. Then people want to take it easy at home with their loved ones. But in Britain this is the busiest time of the year for the professional footballers.
Although Liverpool were late developers in the League Cup we have certainly made up for lost time – winning it a record seven times since its inception in the 1960-61 season.
Chris Pile could have been a more familiar name among the Liverpool faithful, had it not been for bad luck with injuries. He was the youngest player ever to be involved in a European cup final when he had just turned 18.
The boy Down under is in the spotlight in Shoot! in 1982.
Craig Johnston is under Bob Paisley's microscope
Author of a series of excellent articles on his various Boot Room related websites (www.lfcbootroom.net), Derek Dohren has just written his first book that, appropriately, is the autobiography of the last boot-room boy Roy Evans.
On the 13th January 1934 Liverpool played an FA Cup third round match against Fulham at Anfield.
Roy Evans has been appointed reserve team trainer at Liverpool Football Club. Evans is the youngest ever coach in the Football League at only 25.
Paul Anthony Walsh profiled in Shoot! in 1986.
One of the most interesting areas to collect is the realm of the friendly issue.
As I have mentioned in previous articles, just a few seasons after their formation, Liverpool began to issue a joint match programme with Everton.
Robbie Ashcroft aka Mottman is well known on the web. He's written quite a lot about his experiences following his dearly beloved Liverpool and is one of the best writers on the net.
Having previously reviewed what is probably the most valuable Liverpool home match programme in monetary terms it is now worth looking at one that could be seen as being the most valuable in historic terms – that which saw Bill Shankly’s first match in charge of the Reds.
Bob Paisley's view of Kenny Dalglish.
Chris Wood received a letter from Shankly, visited him at his home and met him on a few different occasions. Here are his recollections of the GREAT man.
On October 4th 1930 Liverpool travelled to St James Park to play Newcastle United in a Division One fixture.
Brian Glanville remembers Crazy Horse in The Guardian on 10th November 2004.
The 1939-40 Football League programme was only three games old when war was declared on September 3rd and the competition abandoned.
Pre-war football programmes have always been highly sought after, with certain clubs issues being harder to obtain than others.
Mølby plays football in jail and faces an uncertain future with the Reds.
We have created a lot of lists from our database, but some lists you cannot create from facts such as missed penalties and red cards.
Chris Wood has been looking into aspects of LFC statistics for LFChistory that are often difficult to find and difficult to check... like players sent off and missed penalties etc.
The Independent press report from Liverpool - Norwich on 25.10.1992.
Once the programme collecting bug has well and truly bitten, many collectors move on from just focusing on first team related issues to obtaining programmes from any fixture featuring all levels of their chosen side.
Statistician Ged Rea (author of among others: Liverpool FC - The Ultimate book of stats and facts 1892-2001) answered our news report: "The Official LFC site got it wrong".
Rarely does the manager change his captain after the season starts. When Gerrard replaced Hyypia on 15th of October 2003 it was by no means a unique occurance at Anfield.
Rome 1977 will always be associated with Liverpool Football Club.
The Official site of Liverpool got it wrong when saying that the game vs. Fulham on Saturday is going to be Liverpool's 4000th league game.
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