This was dubbed by fans as "The MacManaman Final" for the two fabulous goals Steve MacManaman scored en route to Liverpool's record fifth League Cup triumph. This cup final win was also the first for the then-manager Roy Evans and his reign at Anfield. M

The unthinkable has happened; Josep Guardiola has departed company with FC Barcelona. It’s May 2013 and Guardiola has just lifted the Champions League trophy for the third consecutive year and for the fourth time in five years. Pep has overtaken Bob Pais

Still, it's not the first time Fergie has missed out on a good deal, or indeed the first time a move has collapsed that could have changed the course of football history. Here we take a look at the best transfers that almost happened - and what it would

Likewise, Brighton became the first visiting side since Arsenal in 2007 to score four times at Anfield, although the goals were not necessarily in the right net. Kenny Dalglish had announced that this would be an audition for places in Sunday's Carling C

LIVERPOOL FC enjoyed a memorable victory as they toppled arch-rivals Manchester United to secure a third-straight League Cup success thanks to an extra time winner from boyhood United fan, Ronnie Whelan. In a game the Daily Mirror described as ‘one of th

That's because 29 years ago King Kenny was at the heart of Bob Paisley's Liverpool side when they were dumped out of the Cup by former Kop hero, Jimmy Case, at Anfield. Despite being relegated to the Second Division that year, Brighton embarked on a run

LIVERPOOL FC took on Tottenham Hotspur in the 1982 League Cup final at Wembley looking to become only the second team after Nottingham Forest to win the trophy in consecutive years. The Reds had eliminated Arsenal and Bobby Robson's Ipswich Town on their

Having been formed in 1892, Liverpool had to wait an incredible 73 years to land their first FA Cup trophy, which did not arrive until the 1964-65 campaign. Since then the club has been relatively regular in bringing home the oldest domestic cup competit

LIVERPOOL supporters of a certain vintage would have no doubt winced when they saw the balls being pulled from the tumbler. As first out, a home tie in the FA Cup fifth round beckoned. But that Brighton and Hove Albion were the next team immediately prom

LIVERPOOL FC legends of past and present gathered to honour the woman behind the club’s most successful manager ever. Jessie Paisley was laid to rest on Thursday beside her husband Bob after a service to honour her life at the family’s parish church in W

Liverpool FC manager Kenny Dalglish with his wife Marina and Jamie Carragher Ian Callaghan (left) and former LFC manager Roy Evans (right) Funeral of Jessie Paisley, wife of former Liverpool FC manager Bob Paisley, at St Peter's Church in Woolton The Liv

The Europa League is dimissed by many as a second rate tournament, but in the old days of the UEFA Cup it was anything but. In fact, before the European Cup expanded to become the Champions League and allowed second, third and sometimes fourth placed tea

On the 23rd of January 1919 in a little known town called Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham, was born a baby who was to grow up to be the most successful manager in Liverpool Football Club’s history. His name of course was Bob Paisley. Paisley started his

For Reds around the world, various dates in the month of May have far greater resonance than this one in mid- February. It's generally accepted that cup finals come before Valentine's. And so for those of you who weren't snowed under a mound of Valentine

The spiritual grandeur of the Shankly years preceded the Bob Paisley-Joe Fagan era in which Dalglish achieved immortality as a player. If this template was still in his head when he returned as manager in January last year, it was Ferguson’s autocratic p

Kenny Dalglish sits alongside Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley in the holy trinity of Anfield folklore. He is a true Liverpool great, and more importantly, a true football great, who transcends tribal rivalry to leave an enduring imprint on the history of th

It has been an incredible week of drama and of the unexpected. And now, as we take stock at the end of it, let’s use this as an opportunity. Let’s use the fallout of the week, in which England have lost a manager and in which Harry Redknapp has rightly b

LIVERPOOL: Former Liverpool captain Tommy Smith is to sell the medals he won during his highly successful career at Anfield. Tough-tackling defender Smith, renowned as one of the 'hardest' players of his era but a better footballer than sometimes given c

Signed for Liverpool as a schoolboy in May 1960. Handed his debut by Bill Shankly against Birmingham City in May 1963. Part of the Reds’ first FA Cup-winning side in 1965 as Leeds were beaten in the final at Wembley. Won the first of his four championshi