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Episode 14 Zatz Liverpool

Robert Zatz supporting Liverpool 1956-74
Episode 14 Zatz Liverpool
Robert Zatz joins host Mark Kerr to talk about his first match at Anfield in January 1956 v Leicester City, seeing Billy Liddell and Alan A’Court and our managers Don Welsh and Phil Taylor. Then Bill Shankly arrives and brings in the great Scots, Yeats, St John and Stevenson. He tells us how football was more attacking in 1950s and 60s, the promotion season 61-62, Roger Hunt, Leyton Orient. Back in the First Division 1962-3, the first league derby match for 9 years, 73,000 at Goodison Park, Roy Vernon, Kevin Lewis. Mersey beat music. FA Cup semi final disappointment against Leicester City, our bogey team, Gordon Banks, on the football specials trains. Robert’s friend Kevin Keegan, superstar, Keegan & Toshack, Keegan & Dalglish, Manchester United matches 1977, 1962 & 1960. Players fighting, agents and wage negotiations. Johnny Morrissey sold to Everton behind Shankly’s back. Tales of Kevin Keegan. The infamous 1974 Charity Shield, dirty Leeds, the battle of Goodison Park, Bremner & Giles.

The Voice Of Anfield - George Sephton

The Voice Of Anfield - George Sephton

How George got the job, George’s first match – and Kevin Keegan’s, nearly champions, champions and UEFA Cup winners, UEFA & VAR stupidity, 1,500 home matches, FA Cup final 1974, Newcastle Utd & Malcolm MacDonald, This Is Anfield, Jurgen Klopp vs Brendan Rogers, Shankly retires, Paisley takes over, Ian Rush, Stuart Hall, Manchester United play a home match at Anfield, talking about ancient computers, Eggheads TV quiz show, Pete Wylie “Heart As Big As Liverpool,” You’ll Never Walk Alone, Gerry Marsden at Celtic.

You can buy George Sephton’s book here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voice-Anfield-Fifty-Years-Liverpool/dp/1838952683

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Klopp’s Last Stand Part 2

Seasons 2023-23 & 23-24

Author Jeff Goulding continues talking with host, Mark Kerr, about his newly published book, Klopp’s Last Stand. We talk about the manager's last two seasons at Anfield, culminating in Jurgen’s proudest achievement, the youth players winning the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.

We paused to remember Gerard Houllier and his annus mirabilis of 2001, winning five trophies in six months.

We finish with Klopp’s final game against Wolves at Anfield and his farewell public appearance at the M&S Arena in Liverpool.

Jeff then mentions his next project, a biography of Liverpool’s longest serving manager, the legendary Ton Watson, the first man to win the Football League championship with two different clubs, including Liverpool’s first two.

Book links:

https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/klopps-last-stand

https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/stanley-park-story-0

Read George Scott’s biography, also written by Jeff Goulding, The Lost Shankly Boy, https://amzn.eu/d/09qgDZe

 

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Klopp’s Last Stand Part 1

Seasons 2020-21 And 2021-22
Klopp’s Last Stand Part 1

Host Mark Kerr talks to Jeff Goulding the author of several books about Liverpool FC, most recently, Red Odyssey, a four volume social history of the club. The conversation centres on the fourth and final volume of this series, Klopp’s Last Stand, which tells the tale of the final four years of his tenure at Anfield.

2020-21 Season   Annihilation at Villa, the Derby match wrecks the entire season, the bleak midwinter, injury crisis, defensive frailty, winning at Old Trafford, Allison’s goal at West Brom, Allardyce’s reaction, Neviile gobsmacked as we finish third. Klopp ages visibly.

The importance of supporter representation. Rafa Benitez – “We know where you live.”

2021-22 Season  Moving across Stanley Park. The Torres transfer. Carabao Cup 2022, the final against Chelsea. A tale of two penalties. Consoling Kepa and Karius.  Champions League final chaos in Paris

Book link:  https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/klopps-last-stand

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Goodbye Shankly, Farewell Klopp

With Bob Williams and George Scott
Host Mark Kerr talks to fellow Anfield tour guide Bob Williams and to the subject of the biography "The Lost Shankly Boy", a book that tells of his five years as a Liverpool player. 
 
In this episode: Shankly resigns, Paisley the unknown trainer, Ronnie Whelan brought back to earth, St John finds out he is dropped, Shankly’s big regret, injured players Chris Lawler, Gordon Wallace, the Back Room Boys, Heysel and Hillsborough, trauma of survivors, hooliganism, facilities improve, state of pitches, Klopp’s legacy, Getting a Man Utd kit for Christmas, team uniform, a boggy pitch, the Kop starts singing, Anfield expanded but at what cost to local supporters? Shankly siege vs Klopp press, Mo Salah & Luis Suarez. 
 
Bonus Tracks 
1.      Billy Liddell hat trick, Jimmy Melia gets the shock treatment, Gordon Wallace and the first goal on  Match Of The Day, Viva Bobby Graham, sporting supporters, goalkeepers – Ray Clemence, Billy Younger, Bert Slater, Jim Furnell, Tommy Lawrence – and, Loris Karius. 
2.      YNWA         
3.      George Scott signs for Liverpool
 
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You'll Never Walk Alone

Myths & Truths with Stephen Done

Stephen Done returns, he was the club’s archivist and museum curator until he retired in July 2024. We discussed more Anfield myths and legends, including: You'll Never Walk Alone - when and why did we start to sing it, did Celtic or Man U sing it first?  What is the best version of YNWA.  The back room boys, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan, Reuben Bennett, Ronnie Moran, Roy Evans, the Boot Room, the black books and inviting the opposition into the Boot Room. We moved onto Elton John at Anfield, his love of football and his total respect for LFC and why Kenny Dalglish signed John Barnes. Finally, Paul McCartney red or blue? And why is a Liverpool player on the Sergeant Pepper cover?

Stephen Don's books, some on LFC, and his Inspector Vignoles stories can be found here: Inspector Vignoles stories   https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034OKJ78   

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This Is Anfield - Myths & Stories

New Podcast Episode With Stephen Done
This Is Anfield - Myths & Stories

 

On this episode the recently retired Liverpool FC museum curator and official club archivist Stephen Done joins us to bust a few myths and give the true versions of some Anfield stories.

The topics discussed include:

The birth of our club, why did Everton leave Anfield, beer, myths about a return to Stanley Park.

The club crest & the Shankly Gates

Shankly myths - the dressing rooms, the proposed triple decker Anfield Road Stand, the original Liverpool Football Club (not us),

This Is Anfield – who put it up, when and why, plus a few stories, including Shankly and Supermac.

Promotion, Champions And Glory

 
 
Once Bill Shankly arrived at Anfield, things changed rapidly. Host Mark Kerr, and fellow Anfield tour guides John Coburn and Bob Williams talk about how Liverpool gained promotion and established themselves among England's football elite.  
 
Our next episode, number 6, is available Friday morning from 8am and this episode includes all of the following:
 
The 3-2 comeback derby match of 1970, Golden Goal, John Toshack,  Chris Lawler, Steve Heighway, and Peter Thompson - the white Garrincha.  
Ian St John & Ron Yeats sent off - see https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1kvrx - and Ian Callaghan’s one yellow card against Nottingham Forest in 1978 
 
From nearly signing Brian Clough and Frank Worthington to Kevin Keegan, UEFA Super Cup glory v Hamburg, Tony Hateley and rumours about the Anfield postcode. The new team Shankly built with Ray Clemence, Larry Lloyd and Alec Lindsay. The captaincy changing from Tommy Smith to Emlyn Hughes and later from Sammi Hyypia to Steven Gerrard.
 
We look at the stylish Willy Stevenson, compare Ian St John to Roberto Firmino, and choose all time greats in John Barnes, King Kenny and Luis Suarez, culminating in our classic 5-1 win against Arsenal in 2014 - watch the match highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tP9FAbipo 

The Second Division

A comment on Twitter about this episode

@Fitzkop1 Get yourself a drink, put your feet up and switch on to the podcast below and travel back in time. It’s like sitting with mates talking about the old days, the glory and bad days, the memorable goals, teams and the players we’ve idolised. Great stuff and really enjoyable.

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. Mark Kerr, left, John Coburn centre, and Bob Williams, right, discuss the dark days at Anfield followed by the golden dawn of Bill Shankly. This is on podcast episode 5, available now. .

 

Return Of The Lost Shankly Boy - Episode 4

George Scott Tells More Tales
 
Back by popular demand, George Scott, The Lost Shankly Boy, was described by Bill Shankly as the twelfth best player in the world. George Scott was one of five Scottish schoolboys signed by Shankly in January 1960. Alongside local lads Chris Lawler and Tommy Smith, George and his pals Bobby Graham and Gordon Wallace were known as the Shankly Boys.
 
In this episode we explore the characters in George’s memoir, including Ephraim Longworth and club secretary Jimmy McInnes.
 
We discuss: 
Wembley tickets for the 1965 FA Cup final, Istanbul and Athens. 
You’ll Never Walk Alone, Steve Heighway, Alf Arrowsmith, Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan & Peter Thompson
The Shankly formation, Ian Ross at Bayern Munich, Shankly v Klopp, Shankly’s words, playing in South Africa, Tranmere Rovers and Brian Clough
The Anfield dressing rooms, the 1965 Inter Milan semi final
Steve Peplow, Vitoria Setubal, No Surrender, On the toss of a coin
Penalties - good and bad – Tommy Smith, Ronnie Moran, Gordon Milne
Shankly Hotel
 

Bonus audio after the main episode – how and why George came to write his book plus more Shankly

 

 

The Lost Shankly Boy, the link to buy the book is below.

https://amzn.eu/d/i5tZ5b6

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