LIVERPOOL 4 COVENTRY CITY 0 "Liverpool FC - The Retro Series" #liverpool #liverpoolfc

"Reds close the gap in the race for the Division 1 Title"

The latest trip in our retrospective time machine takes us to an Anfield of four decades ago and a recession and riots era city of deep industrial and societal unrest amid historic levels of unemployment and a Saturday afternoon attendance of just 28,286. From on high the pitch, as it always did, appears pockmarked with umpteen patches of what appears to be snow but which was actually individual piles of sand to aid a failing drainage system that barely helped as the pitch, as it always did, cut up in large chunks. Re-watching these games I continue to be astounded that the players and stars of yesteryear managed to play such thrilling football on a surface such as this and a surface light years away from the perfect, fast snooker table green of modern football today. But play they did.

Managed by ex Manchester United manager Dave Sexton, today’s visitors from Coventry City were swept aside in just over half an hour of a one-sided contest that was over way before the shrill of the referee’s whistle for half-time, and which condemned the light blues to another in a long line of defeats as well as continuing a winless run stretching back over two months. Five years away from their ultimate club triumph at Wembley and the beating of Tottenham Hotspur in the 1987 FA Cup Final, none of today’s team would feature all those glorious years later but notably: Danny Thomas would play in a historic triumph, ironically for Tottenham Hotspur in 1984 after leaving Coventry, veteran Gerry Francis marshalled their midfield today before high profile managerial stints (Tottenham Hotspur included!) and their central striker and Number 9 Mark Hateley would outstrip his own father with his achievements soon after leaving the light blues of Coventry City. Hateley’s father played, ironically again, for Liverpool in the 1960’s, however his son would soon force a move to the darker blues of my hometown city of Portsmouth before gaining both an England place and a shock move to AC Milan before terrorising defences in Scotland for Rangers after his move back from Italy.

The opening paragraphs above are taken from my original article penned and published to my Medium blog site on 17th September 2022 and can be read in full and for free (please also consider subscribing for free too!) via my Substack blog site and the article linked immediately below:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/reds-close-the-gap-in-the-race-for-the-division-1-title-4e31e289929a

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