Listen "From The Second Division To Shankly"
Episode Synopsis
Life at Liverpool FC has not always been 6 times European champions. There was a time before the Reds had won any European trophy or even the FA Cup. Host Mark Kerr, and guests John Coburn and Bob Williams discuss the dark days at Anfield followed by the golden dawn of Bill Shankly. This episode includes all of the following: humiliating defeats at Birmingham City 9-1, Worcester City 2-1 and Ajax 5-1; double headers; Billy Liddell, Fred Molynueux, Bert Slater, Dick White, Alan A’Court and the impact of the arrival of Bill Shankly, Own Goals by Sandy Brown, Tommy Wright, John McLoughlin and Jamie Carragher. Tony Hateley and the Anfield postcode, changing the kit colours, goalkeepers such as Tommy Younger, Bert Slater, Jim Furnell and Tommy Lawrence and ending with the great Billy Liddell.
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