English Leagues the 80s: Liverpool Nottingham Forest First Division 1987 1988

"The Mighty Reds"

13 April 1988
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance 39,535

 Many still consider this match be the finest performance by the finest vintage of Liverpool teams throughout the club’s history, Just before Liverpool clinched the First Division title in 1988, Liverpool hit five without reply and Brian Clough’s team knew they had been let off lightly. Just four days earlier Liverpool had beaten Forest 2-1 in the semi-final of the FA Cup at Hillsborough, and just a few weeks later Forest would finish third in the First Division. In front of almost 40,000 at Anfield, Aldridge scored twice while Gary Gillespie, Peter Beardsley and Ray Houghton also found the net…. The legendary Sir Tom Finney said of the game:  “It was the finest exhibition I’ve seen the whole time I’ve played and watched the game. You couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil.” Ten days later Liverpool clinched their 17th Championship and their 9th in 14 seasons!

Liverpool dominated the match from start to finish, and took the lead in the eighteenth minute. Alan Hansen won the ball in his own half, and played a through-ball to Ray Houghton, who ran diagonally towards the opposition penalty area. He played a one-two with John Barnes, before beating Des Walker and lifting the ball over goalkeeper Steve Sutton under pressure from close range. The second goal also began in Liverpool's half - Peter Beardsley received the ball, and in one motion played in a long-distance pass in front of John Aldridge, who was between two defenders. Aldridge ran onto the pass, and clipped it over the advancing 'keeper from the edge of the area. In the second half, Liverpool made it 3–0, an unmarked Gary Gillespie smashing a John Aldridge  cross into the roof of the net from inside the penalty area in the 58th minute. The fourth goal came in the 79th minute. The move started on the left wing, Barnes beat two defenders before approaching the penalty area, and cutting the ball back to an advancing Beardsley, who hit a low drive into the bottom right-hand corner. Liverpool rounded off the scoring in the 88th minute - a long ball from Bruce Grobbelaar was cleared by Steve Chettle, but Nigel Spackman  won the ball back as Forest tried to move forward. He continued running into the area and received the ball back from Beardsley, before cutting the ball across for Aldridge to score his second from close range.
John Motson, who was commentating on the game, described it as "almost fantasy football". Liverpool's performance was described by former England international Tom Finney as "the finest exhibition of attacking football ever seen"., while former European Footballer of the Year Michel Platini said Liverpool resembled "a continental team, not an English one". In his 1999 autobiography, John Barnes said it was "the best Liverpool performance he ever played in.

Liverpools Team : Bruce Grobbelaar, Gary Gillespie, Gary Ablett, Steve Nicol, Nigel Spackman, Alan Hansen, Peter Beardsley, John Aldridge, Ray Houghton, John Barnes, Steve McMahon

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English Leagues the 80s: Chelsea Liverpool FA Cup 1981 1982

FA Cup
Round 5
13 February 1982
Stanford Bridge,
London
Attendance: 41,422
Referee: Stephen Bates 

 The 1982 game didn’t have the goals and goalmouth drama of other cup clashes between the sides, but it was certainly the biggest giant-killing of the lot. Once again, Liverpool arrived as European champions, and this time they were facing a mid-table Division Two side who were, let’s be honest, basically crap. This Chelsea side had been beaten 6-0 less than four months earlier by Rotherham, who would also win 4-1 at the Bridge later that season. This Chelsea side had been knocked out of the other domestic cup competition, the League Cup, by Wigan Athletic of Division Four. This Chelsea side was one year away from finishing in the lowest position of any Chelsea side ever. 

 Although the likes of Phil Neal, Alan Hansen and Kenny Dalglish remained from the Liverpool side humbled by Clive Walker and Co four years earlier, they had now been supplemented by players of the quality of Graeme Souness, Mark Lawrenson and Ian Rush. 

Chelsea could boast no such strength in depth, with Chris Hutchings, Micky Nutton and Peter Rhoades-Brown failing to strike fear into the hearts of the Reds players when Bob Paisley gave his team-talk.

 Peter Rhoades Brown now, there was a funny one. He made his debut while he was still only 17, in Chelsea’s last game of the 1970s – a 2-0 defeat at Wrexham – but really caught the eye for the first time in the early weeks of the 1980/81 campaign, when he and fellow wide-man Phil Driver briefly combined to provide a string of opportunities which were snaffled up by target-man Colin Lee, whose 14 goals in as many games helped propel Chelsea to the top of the Division Two table in the autumn of 1980. Sadly, though, in terms of consistency that was as good as it got for the speedy winger from Hampton. For the remainder of his Chelsea career he would continually flatter to deceive, often cruising past his marker only to deliver a cross onto the head of the burly skinhead sitting in Row X. Thankfully, he was wearing Billy Dane’s boots on the day that Liverpool came to town.
The match itself was late kicking off, with the teams running out at five to three only to immediately retreat as a game of hooligan tennis was being played out on the North Stand terrace, with Chelsea fans lobbing sticks, stones and coins at their Liverpool counterparts, and the Reds fans eagerly returning the sticks and stones from whence they came. The funniest sight, though, was that of the ball boys, who instead of retreating back into the players’ tunnel with the teams, stood huddled on the halfway line watching the violent scenes unfold, until a club steward strolled onto the pitch and in no uncertain terms reminded them where they were supposed to be. Their eager sprint back towards the East Stand was reminiscent of a hotly-contested school sports day race.
Chelsea had needed two games with Hull City and a further three with Wrexham simply to reach this stage of the competition, but they had no such problems dispatching the mighty Liverpool. The deadlock was broken early on by Rhoades-Brown, whose boots guided him to dispossess McDermott in midfield, and then race onto Colin Lee’s well-weighted pass before firing low past Bruce Grobbelaar in the Liverpool goal. Billy’s Boots then made Rhoades-Brown do some strange screamy, shouty, jumpy, arm-thrashing kind of celebration, the likes of which I hope we never see again.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the afternoon was how well-deserved the victory was. Liverpool conjured few chances, and those they did manage were dealt with comfortably by 17-year-old Steve Francis in the Chelsea goal. Micky Droy and Micky Nutton kept Dalglish and Rush relatively quiet, while Colin Pates nullified the threat of Souness with a midfield performance of incredible maturity. However, the man of the match was Colin Lee, who battered Lawrenson and Hansen into submission, before earning his reward in the closing stages, when his two-yard toe-poke ensured it would be Chelsea that progressed into the quarter-finals. Conveniently, I have forgotten who we lost to in the last eight. (Kelvin Barke, Celery! Representing Chelsea in the 1980s)

CHELSEA: Steve Francis Gary Locke Chris Hutchings Mickey Nutton Micky Droy (c) Colin Pates Peter Rhoades-Brown Kevin Hales Colin Lee Clive Walker Mike Fillery    
LIVERPOOL: Bruce Grobbelaar Phil Neal Mark Lawrenson Alan Kennedy Ronnie Whelan Alan Hansen Kenny Dalglish Sammy Lee Ian Rush Terry McDermott Sub off.png 70' Graeme Souness

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English Leagues the 80s: Tottenham Hotspur Queens Park rangers FA Cup 1981 1982

Final Replay
Wembley Stadium, 
London
Thursday 27th May
Referee: C White
Attendance: 90,000

Cent unième édition de la Cup! La finale « cockney » avec deux clubs londoniens : le « grand » Tottenham contre les « petits » Queen's Park Rangers. Cent dix-neuf mille spectateurs pour une recette record de près d'un milliard de centimes. Une fête un peu gâchée par les événements des Falkland. Os-valdo Ardiles, de Buenos Aires, avait quand même envoyé un télégramme à ses amis de Tottenham. Ricardo Villa, lui, devait jouer, mais au matin même de la rencontre, le manager Keith Burkinshaw, le remplaça par le jeune Graham Roberts, Paul Priée prenant la place de ce dernier en défense centrale. Une question de protocole : Ricardo Villa aurait dû serrer la main de la princesse Anne qui présidait le match. Il se contenta de suivre les événements à la télévision. Lui, le héros de la saison dernière, qui avait marqué deux buts lors de la seconde édition 1981 contre Manchester City.

On crut, en première mi-temps, que Tottenham ne ferait qu'une bouchée de Queen's Park Rangers. Par précipitation ou maladresse, Crooks, Hazard ou Archibald manquèrent l'immanquable. 0-0 à la mi-temps. Scénario identique en seconde mi-temps. Prolongations. Score toujours vierge à l'issue du premier quart d'heure. Changement de camp. Joie pour les 30 000 supporters de Tottenham : Hoddle bat le gardien Hucker, le grand homme de ce match. La Cup est gagnée, pense-t-on. Pas du tout, un dernier sursaut des rouges de Queen's Park Rangers. Rentrée en touche-fusée de Stainrod, tête d'Hazell qui prolonge sur l'arrière droit Fenwick, démarqué. Egalisation. Deux jours après Angleterre-Hollande, prévu le mardi, ce sera un nouveau rendez-vous : jeudi 26 mai : 19 h 30. Toujours à Wembley. Seconde édition : Villa ne joue toujours pas et Q.P.R. a perdu Clive Allen. Surprise : la domination des Rouges voulant rattraper le penalty transformé par Hoddle (6e). Mais les dieux étaient avec Tottenham !

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Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Price, Roberts, Perryman, Hazard (Brooke), Archibald, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
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English Leagues the 80s: Wimbledon Liverpool FA Cup 1987 1988

Final
14 May 1988
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 98,203
Referee: Brian Hill

Il y a des légendes qui se construisent à grands coups de courage et d'obstination. Celle de Wimbledon est née de ces deux sentiments lors d'un après-midi de mai, sur cette pelouse de Wembley où les plus aristocrates des aristocrates anglais pourraient pique-niquer sans même déplier une nappe tant ce tapis naturel égale les meilleures moquettes de Buckigham. Cent quarante horse guards pour accompagner l'hymne de la Coupe « Abide with me » (restez à mes côtés) puis pour jouer le «God saye thé Queen » sous le regard de la princesse de Galles, Lady Diana, face à face dans un ordre impeccable, les équipes de David Wimbledon et Goliath Liverpool. Spectacle grandiose dans une ambiance de fête que seul le sport anglais sait générer. Liverpool arrivait pour cette Cup avec son dix-septième titre de champion d'Angleterre en poche, avec le meilleur joueur anglais, Barnes, le meilleur buteur, Aldridge, le meilleur coach, Kenny Dalglish. Pour lui donner la réplique, le F.C. Wimbledon sans titre et sans médaille.

Cette 107e Cup devait donc permettre au F.C. Liverpool de réaliser le second doublé et d'établir ce faisant un nouveau record historique dans le football anglais. Mais comme ses petites sœurs (car elle reste l'aînée et la plus grande) la Cup donne de la joie pour tous. Surtout aux sans grade. L'an passé c'est Coventry qui trouvait son bonheur en battant Tottenham. C'était une surprise. Mais que dire du succès de Wimbledon, obtenu sur trois actions majeures ? Juste après la demi-heure, malgré une faute de Phelan, Beardsley file au but et pique son ballon au dessus de Beasant. Hélas pour Liverpool, l'arbitre Brian Hill, qui n'a pas appliqué la règle de l'avantage, a déjà sanctionné l'acte d'anti-jeu de Phelan. Coup franc... qui ne donnera rien si ce n'est une contre-attaque stoppée à proximité du poteau de corner de Liverpool pour une charge de Nicol sur le même Phelan. Coup franc de Wise... prolongé de la tête par Sanchez dans le but de Grobbelaar. Troisième et dernière action, juste à l'heure de jeu, le penalty tiré par Aldridge et dévié par Beasant.

Ce n'était pas le jour de Liverpool. C'était celui de John Fashanu qui n'a pas cessé de sauter et de sauter encore pour dominer dans les airs le tandem Hansen-Gillespie, c'était celui de Denis Wise, le petit ailier, qui, avec Beasant et Phelan, fut à la base de la résistance de Wimbledon, et de la perte de Liverpool. C'est ce que retiendra l'histoire. Encore une fois, la Cup a été un formidable spectacle, qui s'est d'ailleurs prolongé fort tard dans la nuit. Même si les supporters des « Reds » de Liverpool, déçus et abasourdis, avaient bien du mal à se remettre de ce K.O. ! Des scènes empreintes d'une grande tristesse ne se comptaient plus dans les parcs qui bordent le temple de Wem-bley. Et, comme pour mieux respecter le déception des « Reds », les fans de Wimbledon extériorisaient à peine leur joie, de façon très flegmatique. Sans doute ne réalisaient-ils pas très bien ce qui leur arrivait !
Pour 1988 c'est le nom de Wimbledon qui sera gravé sur le socle de la Cup, alors qu'en 1982-83 ce club évoluait encore en division IV. A Wimbledon. les filets de tennis ne sont plus les seuls à tenir la vedette. Ceux des buts du Plough Lane Ground, le stade du Wimbledon F.C., sont eux aussi prêts à vibrer aux futurs exploits des joueurs du manager Bobby Gould.

But : Lawrie Sanchez (36') pour Wimbledon.

Wimbledon : Beasant (cap.) - Goodyear, Young, Thorn, Phelan - Wise, Jones, Sanchez, Cork (puis Cunningham, 57") -Fashanu, Gibson (puis Scales, 64'). Entr. : Bobby Gould.

 
Liverpool : Grobbelaar - Nicol, Gilles-pie, Hansen (cap.), Ablett - Houghton, Mc-Mahon, Spackman (puis MSlby 73'), Bar-nés - Beardsley, Aldridge (puis Johnson, 64'). Entr. : Kenny Dalglish.

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