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20th May 1989-FA Cup Final Win v Everton-Image Credit-LiverpoolEcho.co.uk

20th May 1989

Of course the year 1989 will be remembered for the Hillsborough tragedy above anything else. It is still something that is so vivid in the memory banks. For so many others as well. Football rightly took a back seat for a few weeks until such time the club and, more importantly, the families felt it […]

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Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

Now if ever there was a player and/or manager who divided opinion it would be Graeme Souness. Loved as a player, not so as a manager. During his playing days he was the ultimate midfielder. Feared, respected, highly rated and coveted in equal measures it would seem. It was being coveted that led to Graeme […]

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Nigel Clough - Signed On This Day 7th June 1993

Nigel Clough

There are periods in football when certain players are coveted by a whole host of clubs. Many clubs would be clambouring for his signature. One such player back in the early 90’s was Nigel Clough. And on this day, 7th June 1993, he signed for Liverpool. It seemed at the time that all the top […]

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On This Day 12th April 1986 - A Ronnie Whelan Hat Trick

On This Day 12th April

Has everyone calmed down now after the euphoria of Tuesday night? What a great night. What a great result. One of Liverpool’s finest away European performances to add to the many others. Now things have calmed down a bit, all eyes on this Saturday when we play Bournemouth at Anfield.

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On This Day – 20th February 1991

I remember the day so well. Two main events that day. One on the field and one off it. The on-field event was an epic and one of, if not the best, Merseyside derby. Liverpool and Everton locked horns for the third game in a row when they met each other at Goodison Park in […]

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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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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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11th May 1996

Liverpool fell to a late Eric Cantona goal to lose 1-0 to Manchester United in a very poor FA Cup Final at Wembley. The game proved to be Ian Rush’s last game for Liverpool as he left the club to join Leeds United after scoring 346 goals for Liverpool over the course of 16 years.

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11th May 1993

Almost 12,000 fans packed into Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground as Liverpool played Wrexham in European Cup Winner Joey Jones’ testimonial. The game ended 2-2, with Liverpool’s goals coming from Ian Rush and Don Hutchison. Jones signed for Liverpool from Wrexham in July 1975 for £110,000. He rejoined The Robins three years later, then had spells in […]

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10th May 1986

Two second half goals from Ian Rush and one from Craig Johnston cancels out the opener in the first half from Gary Lineker as Liverpool beat local rivals, Everton, 3-1 in the FA Cup Final. The Cup Final win completed a domestic League and Cup double for Liverpool who also pipped Everton to the Division […]

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