News https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/home http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification mojoPortal Blog Module en-GB 120 no Episode 14 Liverpool 1956-74 Liddell To Keegan Robert Zatz joins host Mark Kerr to talk about his first match at Anfield in January 1956 v Leicester City, seeing Billy Liddell and Alan A’Court and our managers Don Welsh and Phil Taylor. Then Bill Shankly arrives and brings in the great Scots, Yeats, St John and Stevenson. He tells us how football was more attacking in 1950s and 60s, the promotion season 61-62, Roger Hunt, Leyton Orient. Back in the First Division 1962-3, the first league derby match for 9 years, 73,000 at Goodison Park, Roy Vernon, Kevin Lewis. Mersey beat music. FA Cup semi final disappointment against Leicester City, our bogey team, Gordon Banks, on the football specials trains. Robert’s friend Kevin Keegan, superstar, Keegan & Toshack, Keegan & Dalglish, Manchester United matches 1977, 1962 & 1960. Players fighting, agents and wage negotiations. Johnny Morrissey sold to Everton behind Shankly’s back. Tales of Kevin Keegan. The infamous 1974 Charity Shield, dirty Leeds, the battle of Goodison Park, Bremner & Giles.


Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/episode-14--liverpool-1956-74-.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/episode-14--liverpool-1956-74-.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/episode-14--liverpool-1956-74-.aspx Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:42:00 GMT Goodbye Shankly, Farewell Klopp Host Mark Kerr talks to fellow Anfield tour guide Bob Williams and to the subject of the biography "The Lost Shankly Boy", a book that tells of his five years as a Liverpool player. 
 
In this episode: Shankly resigns, Paisley the unknown trainer, Ronnie Whelan brought back to earth, St John finds out he is dropped, Shankly’s big regret, injured players Chris Lawler, Gordon Wallace, the Back Room Boys, Heysel and Hillsborough, trauma of survivors, hooliganism, facilities improve, state of pitches, Klopp’s legacy, Getting a Man Utd kit for Christmas, team uniform, a boggy pitch, the Kop starts singing, Anfield expanded but at what cost to local supporters? Shankly siege vs Klopp press, Mo Salah & Luis Suarez. 
 
Bonus Tracks 
1.      Billy Liddell hat trick, Jimmy Melia gets the shock treatment, Gordon Wallace and the first goal on  Match Of The Day, Viva Bobby Graham, sporting supporters, goalkeepers – Ray Clemence, Billy Younger, Bert Slater, Jim Furnell, Tommy Lawrence – and, Loris Karius. 
2.      YNWA         
3.      George Scott signs for Liverpool
 
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Read George Scott’s biography, The Lost Shankly Boy, https://amzn.eu/d/09qgDZe
 
Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance https://www.hsa-us.co.uk/ 

Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/goodbye-shankly-farwell-klopp-1.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/goodbye-shankly-farwell-klopp-1.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/goodbye-shankly-farwell-klopp-1.aspx Sun, 20 Oct 2024 06:23:00 GMT Promotion, Champions And Glory
 
 
Once Bill Shankly arrived at Anfield, things changed rapidly. Host Mark Kerr, and fellow Anfield tour guides John Coburn and Bob Williams talk about how Liverpool gained promotion and established themselves among England's football elite.  
 
Our next episode, number 6, is available Friday morning from 8am and this episode includes all of the following:
 
The 3-2 comeback derby match of 1970, Golden Goal, John Toshack,  Chris Lawler, Steve Heighway, and Peter Thompson - the white Garrincha.  
Ian St John & Ron Yeats sent off - see https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1kvrx - and Ian Callaghan’s one yellow card against Nottingham Forest in 1978 
 
From nearly signing Brian Clough and Frank Worthington to Kevin Keegan, UEFA Super Cup glory v Hamburg, Tony Hateley and rumours about the Anfield postcode. The new team Shankly built with Ray Clemence, Larry Lloyd and Alec Lindsay. The captaincy changing from Tommy Smith to Emlyn Hughes and later from Sammi Hyypia to Steven Gerrard.
 
We look at the stylish Willy Stevenson, compare Ian St John to Roberto Firmino, and choose all time greats in John Barnes, King Kenny and Luis Suarez, culminating in our classic 5-1 win against Arsenal in 2014 - watch the match highlights here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tP9FAbipo 

Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/promotion-champions-and-glory.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/promotion-champions-and-glory.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/promotion-champions-and-glory.aspx Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:38:00 GMT The Second Division A comment on Twitter about this episode

@Fitzkop1 Get yourself a drink, put your feet up and switch on to the podcast below and travel back in time. It’s like sitting with mates talking about the old days, the glory and bad days, the memorable goals, teams and the players we’ve idolised. Great stuff and really enjoyable.

Life at Liverpool FC has not always been 6 times European champions. There was a time before the Reds had won any European trophy or even the FA Cup. Mark Kerr, left, John Coburn centre, and Bob Williams, right, discuss the dark days at Anfield followed by the golden dawn of Bill Shankly. This is on podcast episode 5, available now. .

 


Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-second-division-1.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-second-division-1.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-second-division-1.aspx Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:13:00 GMT Return Of The Lost Shankly Boy - Episode 4  
Back by popular demand, George Scott, The Lost Shankly Boy, was described by Bill Shankly as the twelfth best player in the world. George Scott was one of five Scottish schoolboys signed by Shankly in January 1960. Alongside local lads Chris Lawler and Tommy Smith, George and his pals Bobby Graham and Gordon Wallace were known as the Shankly Boys.
 
In this episode we explore the characters in George’s memoir, including Ephraim Longworth and club secretary Jimmy McInnes.
 
We discuss: 
Wembley tickets for the 1965 FA Cup final, Istanbul and Athens. 
You’ll Never Walk Alone, Steve Heighway, Alf Arrowsmith, Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan & Peter Thompson
The Shankly formation, Ian Ross at Bayern Munich, Shankly v Klopp, Shankly’s words, playing in South Africa, Tranmere Rovers and Brian Clough
The Anfield dressing rooms, the 1965 Inter Milan semi final
Steve Peplow, Vitoria Setubal, No Surrender, On the toss of a coin
Penalties - good and bad – Tommy Smith, Ronnie Moran, Gordon Milne
Shankly Hotel
 

Bonus audio after the main episode – how and why George came to write his book plus more Shankly

 

 

The Lost Shankly Boy, the link to buy the book is below.

https://amzn.eu/d/i5tZ5b6


Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/return-of-the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/return-of-the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/return-of-the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:38:00 GMT The Lost Shankly Boy  
Described by Bill Shankly as the twelfth best player in the world, George Scott was one of five Scottish schoolboys signed by Shankly in January 1960. Alongisde local lads Chris Lawler and  Tommy Smith, George and his pals Bobby Graham and Gordon Wallace were known as the Shankly Boys.

We talk about George's fantastic book about his life at Anfield and and and afterwards, The Lost Shankly Boy, the link to buy the book is below.
 

Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy-1.aspx Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:11:00 GMT The Lost Shankly Boy

George Scott was a 15 year old boy who was crazy about football and his local team, Aberdeen. Despite being offered terms to sign as an apprentice by his boyhood team, George chose to travel 500 miles south to a city he didn't know and a team he had not heard of - Liverpool. George was one of new manager Bill Shankly's first signings. A player for nearly 6 years at Anfield, yet despite being the reserve team's leadiing scorer for three seasons, he never made the first team.

George talks about his team mates; Roger Hunt, Tommy Smith, Chris Lawler and Ian Callaghan. He reminisces over training at Melwood, playing 5 a side against Shankly, Paisley, Fagan, Reuben Bennett and Ronnie Moran. He talks about his last three matches as a Liverpool player, which were at Wembley, Anfield and the San Siro.

Shankly's influence did not end when George left Anfield, Bill's words became a philosphy of life and his telephone call landed George a playing contract at Tranmere.   

In our third episode George will be talking about his autobiography and sharing his memories of life as one of Shankly's boys.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Shankly-Boy-Anfield-Journey/dp/1785316788/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PXNTH5ZH7IYR&keywords=the+lost+shankly+boy&qid=1704406972&sprefix=shankly%27s+los%2Caps%2C250&sr=8-1


Mark Kerr  ...]]> https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy.aspx markkerr.bni@gmail.com (Mark Kerr) https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy.aspx https://sweetsilversong.co.uk/the-lost-shankly-boy.aspx Thu, 04 Jan 2024 22:17:00 GMT