March
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]