The early days of satellite tv, did have an option for crowd noise only

Was at that game, Clarke hat-trick

Gordon Strachan was fukin shyte . His tiny little strides when he ran made me wanna puke . One lucky bastard that .

there was a huge cheer in the Liverpool end at this game in the late second half and we incorrectly thought Newcastle had scored and we started singing we were gonna win the league

Athelstan Edwardson yeah it was strange that. It happened a lot in the 80’s. I would have rather it been us winning all the trophies and them beating us though!!!!! 😂😂

Athelstan Edwardson I bet they were!! I would have rather we had our success in the 70’s and 80’s when football was better. What an atmosphere there would have been at Old Trafford!!

Athelstan Edwardson definitely. Making sure you turned up early if it was a big game so you didn’t get locked out!!

Athelstan Edwardson I always felt that the 92/93 and 93/94 seasons were the last ones that still felt like proper football. Mainly because the last of the terraces didn’t go until the end of the 93/94 season.

My second United game and I can remember everything about the day apart from the goal as I was behind some very tall guy squeezing past on his way out of United road.

I was at the game mate . £1.70 it was 🤑

Programme was 40p.

@@scherben8870 Yeah your right. Went up following season to 50p.

Only thing davenport ever did for us!!

It's a cracking goal as well. To be fair to him, he did three other decent things: his overhead kick v Wednesday in Oct 1986; his twenty yarder v Cov City three weeks after that; and his great pass that put Strachan through for his equaliser at Anfield the year after this match. To think we could have had Lineker instead...

I think Brucie might have saved it if he hadn't broken his elbow.

Or Hansen would have just passed back to him, and ended the move.

scherben I don’t want to think about that. We got davenport instead of lineker bloody hell !! It’s all come back to me now!!

I agree generally but the atmosphere at this game was dire at times. It was a weird game as Man Utd had nothing to play for and we were hanging onto a title ambition by a flimsy thread. I still am baffled by our tactics to this day. I don't know if we actually played for a draw or hoped to contain Man U and then try and sneak a goal almost like a European away game. It almost worked I suppose if Walsh scored, but the overall lack of drive amongst Liverpool (supposedly going for a title) in this game saw some dogs abuse amongst our support. I reckon this was the game Kenny realized he needed a new forward line. I always thought Walshy was hard done by. He did not play great here but he looked the one player who had a bit about him. He was not any worse than Whelan, Johnston or Rush who were awful. Walshy like Beardsley I think was harshly treated by Kenny who probably had unreasonable expectations for the number 7 shirt. The full game is elsewhere on YT.

This channel is mostly games from 85/86 - 90/91 and I've uploaded highlights of every Liverpool-Utd game from that period. If I get round to doing other seasons, I'll obviously include any games that are available. Times change, sometimes in good ways and sometimes bad. If you could have the passion of the 80s without the violence and sick celebration of death that would be better than the watered-down atmosphere created by lots of tourists at both clubs who don't have the depth of emotional engagement. The fact that some of the sick songs are still there seems hard to justify.

@@DaveWallerLFC Absolutely spot on.

@@smashdalde9713 By Liverpool's 80s standards, I suppose it was: one of only two seasons without a trophy.

@@smashdalde9713 Yes they could have had two more Doubles, 88 and 89.

And 90. Lost in cup semi final before winning the league. An incredible period of domestic dominance.

@Athelstan Edwardson I remember that - mind you, Everton fans would know what they were talking about, having themselves blown the double in 85 (also a treble) and 86.

Always turned up for these games in the 1980s. Record at Anfield too was second to none..unlike now!

It was a great save by our talented young keeper; who then got injured for four years a few months later.

The poor sensitive souls that inhabit twitter are like Bond villains: they can't tolerate any sort of failure. They'd be so busy tweeting their displeasure, they'd forget to actually know anything about football. Got to admit, your poor form at the end of that season amazed me. Dalglish fixed it more than effectively, unfortunately.

The poor form was at least partly due to a long injury list. No Lawrenson, Nicol, Beglin, MacDonald, Molby by this stage, with Grobbelaar out after this game. There may have been other reasons too, but that can't have helped. Ferguson presumably wouldn't have lasted until 1993 with the current social media impatience, so if it prevents a repeat of that era it's not all bad!

:) There's a sobering thought [about Fergie]. Injuries would have knocked you off your stride. Big Ron had used the injuries excuse for us the year before, neglecting to mention he'd signed a pile of shit as replacements. Liverpool's rebound from this season is something I'd sooner forget ;)

I forgot about the handbag to 'Mae' West. Always a red one, I believe? Aye, Big Ron's long leather coat and comb over looked very suave. Him and Charlie Nicholas would have been a great pairing.

According to this article, he was a Utd fan: www.unitedindonesia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3354

@@DaveWallerLFC Great find - thanks!

Just read that the paper was sold to Murdoch in 87 so maybe he decided to cancel, or maybe they only wanted the publicity as a short-term boost for a new paper, or maybe they were outbid by Barclays. So, in answer to your question, no I don't know!

Dave Waller cheers for looking anyway Dave, I think the bit you said about being outbid by Barclays is probably the reason.

word was that the media in general would never mention their rival 'Today' while covering the league so the newspaper felt they never got the exposure.

@@randyborstol2491 cool, thanks for the info. 👍👍