Worcester City 2 Liverpool 1. A scoreline that is unthinkable now, but it actually happened on this day in 1959.Liverpool were a Second Division side at the time and Worcester City played in the Southern League. The result was a shock, but one that is often overlooked after more recent giantkillings are referenced in the […]
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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.26
Up until now, all of the articles in this ‘Greatest Own Goals of All Time’ series have been about one unfortunate own goal. This week, Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher becomes the first man to be the first player to score two own goals in one game. The match in question was at Anfield against bitter rivals […]
On This Day – 4th January
It was on this day back in 1994 that one of the greatest Premier League matches was played.Liverpool hosted champions Manchester United at Anfield in a fantastic match that was played in an incredible atmosphere. It was a six-goal thriller, with Liverpool coming back from three goals down to get a draw that seemed impossible […]
Football’s Greatest Goals No.43
It is fair to say that this week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ was the turning point in Liverpool’s successful Champions League run in the 2004/05 season. Without it, the club wouldn’t have even made it out of the group stages and their famous night in Istanbul would never have occurred. Olympiakos lead the group with ten points […]
Gerard Houllier – An Obituary
Gerard Houllier, the manager who won five trophies for Liverpool in 2001, passed away this week at the age of 73.He famously became part of the first joint-managerial team in Premier League history back in 1998, when he joined Roy Evans in the dugout at Liverpool. Evans had been the manager up to that point, […]
On This Day – 17th December
On this day in 2001, Michael Owen’s ‘Annus Mirabilis’ was made complete as he won the Ballon D’Or.The Liverpool striker won the European Footballer of the Year award just three days after his 22nd birthday. In doing so, he became the first English player to win the illustrious award since Kevin Keegan in 1979. Owen had […]
Iconic Moments in Football No.68
Liverpool fans were finally able to enjoy winning the championship last season, ending a 30-year wait to be the best club in England. German manager Jurgen Klopp masterminded the title win, managing to finally claim the one trophy that had eluded the Anfield club for so long. The wait was made all the more painful […]
On This Day – 6th December
Kevin Keegan made his first appearance back at Anfield on this day in 1977, playing for his Hamburg side in the second leg of the European Super Cup. Hamburg were visiting Merseyside after the two sides had played out a 1-1 draw in West Germany. The Germans had won the European Cup Winners Cup the […]
A Video Interview with…Paul Jones
Below is a link to the video interview that I did with Paul Jones. It was great to chat to the former Wales goalkeeper about his time in the game. The post A Video Interview with…Paul Jones appeared first on Far Post Header. Go to Source […]
Ray Clemence – An obituary
I was saddened to read that Ray Clemence passed away today at the age of 72. The former Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper won 61 caps for England during his playing career and later became a goalkeeping coach and manager. Clemence would undoubtedly have won many more caps if it wasn’t for Peter Shilton who […]