Sweet Silver Song

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.