It’s a quirk of modern top-class English football that so few elite teams have a left winger wearing the number 11 shirt. In England, left-back...
Liverpool
This is the final part of Simon Treanor’s series on Liverpool’s numbering from 1985-93. To catch up on the previous instalments: 1970-84 (introduction) 1985-86 1986-87...
By Simon Treanor Although the post-Kenny Dalglish era – and even Graeme Souness’s tenure – had begun at Liverpool during the previous season, it’s the...
The 1990-91 season is perhaps the most pivotal in Liverpool’s history – only Bill Shankly’s arrival in 1959-60 comes close. Both, of course, represent bookends...
By Simon Treanor The 1989-90 season is one that has cast an ever-growing shadow over Liverpool, and while it no longer carries the weight of...
Liverpool’s 1988-89 season is very much defined by three events at its end. Two enormously dramatic matches determined the club’s season on the pitch, but...
By Simon Treanor See here for introduction, here for 1985-86 and here for 1986-87 Last year, as Liverpool secured the title both early and late,...
Liverpool fans will hopefully be aware of our new series with Simon Treanor, looking at how Liverpool’s idiosyncratic numbering system evolved during the late 1980s...
The 1986-87 campaign has always felt like the forgotten season amongst Liverpool’s years of dominance. It’s one of only two seasons in fifteen without a...
By Simon Treanor Denis has written at length about the idiosyncratic numbering system that Liverpool adopted during their glory years. The numbering system evolved over...
