Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 15th May 1982

Well, the October sun was shining and I was drawn, once more, to beautiful Ironbridge on the banks of the River Severn.......

Welcome, to Volume 6 of my Liverpool Football Club "The Retro Series".

Liverpool fans of every individual red stripe and persuasion will each have their own personal indelible memories burned into their red heart. Mine are, in any order your footballing fancy takes you:

Attending the 1986 FA Cup Final and standing directly behind that camera and watching Ian Rush wheel away in delight as the 3–1 come from behind win was assured over neighbours Everton in the first all Merseyside FA Cup Final.

Having that lucky yellow ticket for “The Kop’s Last Stand” as we said goodbye to a standing Kop for the last time. Had a rather good view of Jeremy Goss’ “screamer” that day and the ovation for The King pre-match still moves me to tears. I’ll take the memory of that explosive roar with me to the great footballing beyond.

My first European trip in 1996, and the quaint Swiss town of Sion. Afternoon merriment and after a short local detour, we were the heroes of the coach before God scored a brilliantly cheeky equaliser in a 2–1 victory.

Good fortune smiled once more on the outskirts of the German city of Dortmund as we circled the city with a lost coach driver in search of the imposing Westfalenstadion. Our small party of three were allocated front row seats in the top tier for that golden goal hullabaloo with Deportivo Alaves in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final, still THE greatest European final of all time. I can still picture my travelling companions with tears in their eyes.

Or finally, two years later and having a prime high view directly in line with Michael Owen who, after racing from the half-way line and evading the horribly crude and desperate late challenge from a retreating Roy Keane, smashed the decisive second goal past a flailing Fabien Barthez in the Manchester United goal, sealing the 2003 League Cup Final.

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