March

On This Day 31st March 2019-Bobby Firmino Scores v Spurs-Image Credit-DailyPost.co.uk

On This Day 31st March

Football matches and football news seem a lifetime ago now doesn’t it. Here we are on the last day of March and instead of either celebrating being Champions, or on the verge of being crowned Champions, we are in the middle of this unprecedented, viral pandemic nightmare. It goes without saying that in times like […]

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On This Day 18th March 1990

On This Day 18th March

During all this coronavirus chaos, a bit of normality amidst all the virus updates and the possible impact on football. No mention for now on here of the impact of the virus on football. Not even a mention of the delightful, self serving,  Karen Brady. For now!! No, some normality as I say. In fact, […]

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On This Day 18th March 1990

On This Day 18th March 1990

Always nice to beat Man Utd isn’t it. On this day 18th March 1990 is no exception. A John Barnes double, one a penalty, gave us a very satisfying 2-1 victory at Old Trafford. We dominated the game throughout and after this victory we closed the gap on leaders Aston Villa to two points.

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15th March 1892

Football club owner, John Houlding, tries to retain Everton Football Club after an acrimonious split with fellow Everton board members. The result is that the rift is so severe and that instead of John Houlding patching up his differences with his other board members, he forms a new football club after agreeing an amicable solution […]

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14th March 1995

I remember this game as well – Liverpool 2, Coventry 3. Peter Ndlovu, the Coventry striker, ripped Liverpool’s defence to shreds that night. Coventry were 2-0 up at half-time through two Ndlovu goals. Jan Molby, in his last appearance for Liverpool before leaving to take over as manager of Swansea, pulled one back with a […]

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14th March 2009

Who could forget Fernando Torres five figure goal celebration salute after equalising. Who could forget Steveie G kissing the camera after his goal had put Liverpool 2-1 up. Who could forget the look on Nemanja Vidic’s face after the referee quite correctly showed him a red card – “what!!, you’re sending off a Man Utd […]

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13th March 1982

Liverpool retained the League Cup at Wembley quite comfortably when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1. Two goals from Ronnie Whelan and another from Ian Rush ensured that Liverpool became the first team to retain the League Cup since Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest, after they beat Liverpool then Southampton in 1978 and 1979. Although Spurs went […]

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12th March 1921

Future Liverpool backroom Boot Room graduate and LFC manager, Joe Fagan was born on 12th March 1921. Although he wasn’t manager for that long a time – 2 years, but having said that, a Chelsea manager would probably get a testimonial if they managed 2 years – Joe Fagan packed plenty into his time as manager. […]

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