WEST HAM 1 LIVERPOOL 1 - "Liverpool FC - The Retro Series"

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"Volume 10 in my retrospective series of decades old Liverpool games sees the Reds in their pleasingly alternative and always favourite “away” strip of all yellow facing off with the claret and blue dressed “Hammers” of West Ham United fresh from their FA Cup Final triumph of 1980 and their subsequent promotion to the English 1st Division as the 1980/81 2nd Division Champions. This top flight match was also the first between these two teams since their April fools day League Cup Final Replay five months earlier in which Liverpool won 2–1 to secure their first ever triumph in this coveted domestic cup competition.

Riding on the crest of a wave and unbeaten at home for well over a year, this East London vintage was a team for the ages with Phil Parkes in goal behind a tough defensive line of Ray Stewart and Frank Lampard flanking a central defensive duo of Liverpudlian and Liverpool fan Alvin Martin and captain Billy Bonds. In the absence of the legendary Trevor Brooking, the West Ham midfield was dotted with ex Manchester United star Stuart Pearson, a still ridiculously young Paul Allen and Paul Goddard and grizzled veteran David Cross in attack. The Reds of Liverpool in their alternative yellow left new signing Mark Lawrenson on the substitutes bench following his suspension, Alan Kennedy retained his team place at left back and as per my recent volumes in this series that are linked below, their team remained a late 1970’s and early 1980’s all star team, from Bruce Grobbelaar in goal through a spine of Phil Thompson and Alan Hansen in defence, Graeme Souness, Sammy Lee and Terry McDermott in midfield alongside Ray Kennedy with Kenny Dalglish and David Johnson in attack.".

The above opening two paragraphs are taken from my original article penned and published to my Medium blog site on 18th June 2022 and which can now 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/west-ham-united-1-liverpool-1-2af4950ff584

Although this piece of writing is not contained within the book I'm trying to promote, I thought I'd link it here anyway as it's my pride and joy and the book on Liverpool Football Club I've always wanted to write. If you are able, please consider taking a chance on this 540 page opus to two seasons in the storied life of Liverpool FC as well as 8 personal stories interwoven throughout of my European travels with the Reds. There are also other ways and means of supporting me, if you are able, to thumb the eye of the traditional publishers who refused to read my original manuscript!

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