BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 LIVERPOOL 1 "Liverpool FC - The Retro Series" #lfc #liverpoolfc #retro

"Reds edge closer to their 13th League title with vital win at St Andrews".

One of the many and rarely spoken about privileges of being a Liverpool fan is that players, especially so in the 1970s through to the latter part of the following decade, well they are always “our” players. Sure Bruce Grobbelaar played in goal for Southampton after leaving Anfield but he was always, as the song that often serenaded him in his Reds playing days, “Brucie Grobbelaar in OUR goal”. Today’s captain Graeme Souness would joyously lift the European Cup and hoist it one handed to a Roman sky as well as managing other football clubs, but he’ll forever be remembered as a Liverpool legend rather than for his post Anfield spell in Italy for Sampdoria. Phil Neal was signed from Northampton, Ronnie Whelan from Home Farm, Mark Lawrenson from Brighton, Ian Rush from Chester and Craig Johnston from Middlesbrough, but all are synonymous for playing virtually their entire careers for Liverpool, with Craig Johnston ostensibly retiring after leaving Liverpool and after a glittering and trophy laden career. On and on it goes. Ian Rush played for Newcastle United after leaving Anfield but he’ll be the Reds record goal scorer forever now, and his great mate Kenny Dalglish managed Blackburn Rovers to the Premier League title and were crowned Champions at Anfield on a poetic day of epic proportions for the Scotsman with the widest smile and most mischievous laugh in football. But there’s only one “King” of Anfield and that’s forever Kenny Dalglish.

The above opening paragraph is taken from my original article first penned and published to my Medium blog site on 14th November 2022 and which can be read for free and in full (please also consider subscribing for free too!) via my Substack blog site and original article linked immediately below:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/reds-edge-closer-to-their-13th-league-title-with-vital-win-at-st-andrews-b29285bb2f61

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