LIVERPOOL 2 MAN UTD 2 "Liverpool FC - The Retro Series" #liverpoolfc #lfc #mufc #manchesterunited

FA Cup Semi-Final thriller at Maine Road!

Although this semi-final was played at a neutral venue, as was customary at the time, the venue was just across the city of Manchester for the “Red Devils” of Manchester United and just a short half an hour journey for the “Reds” of nearby Liverpool. Manchester City’s now defunct ground of Maine Road was the venue for a heaving crowd of 52,584 watching the Greenhoff brothers (Jimmy and Brian) the backbone of a developing team (and winners of this very competition just short two years ago) that included Gordon McQueen alongside his captain Martin Buchan in the centre of defence and Steve Coppell and Mickey Thomas providing crosses and scoring chances for their grizzled Scottish International striker Joe Jordan. Across the park in their pleasing all yellow alternative strip stood a Liverpool team that almost picked itself in this trophy laden era. Four of the defensive back five were England regular Internationals and European Cup Winners, with Scotland’s Alan Hansen completing a formidable back line of Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes and Phil Thompson. Kenny Dalglish and David Johnson led the attack, with fellow all-time greats Ray Kennedy, Graeme Souness, Jimmy Case and Terry McDermott providing the steel as well as the attacking nous from midfield.

The scant (but valuable) 9 minutes of highlights commence almost immediately with the game’s first goal, and a goal I’ll never tire of admiring from my footballing hero.

GOAL! Liverpool 1 Manchester United 0 (Kenny Dalglish, 17 minutes)

“You can’t give him a moment to think, or a yard to work with in the area”

The opening paragraphs above are taken from my original article penned and published to my Medium blog site on 9th July 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/liverpool-2-manchester-united-2-d238df546cf4

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