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There are fans I've spoken to who, although they claim to appreciate his stint in charge, consider him as something of a footnote in our most successful period, as if inheriting that side from Bob somehow diminishes his acheivements for the quite brief time he was at the helm. I've never understood that attitude, as it's so easy to fuck things up if you aren't highly capable for the role you're thrust into; e.g. Souness.
Joe ran as strong a leg as anyone could ever've hoped for before passing the baton to Kenny. I respected the efforts of Evans and Houllier, but for me only Rafa really looked like potentially coming anywhere within reach of our own 'Big Four'.
The greatest is always a subjective phrase, but Joe's treble puts him up there with the all time English Cub greats, not just the Liverpool ones. Rafa doesnt come close to him, he won more in one season than Rafa did in six years.
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I know, but I've been a hopeless Rafa-ite ever since you-know-what. The word 'potentially' is key in that sentence of mine there (which I'm well aware is in itself a pretty silly thing to suggest). It's just a personal view when all's said and done; if Benitez does indeed lie 5th in our league table of all-time bosses(? As daft as such a notion might be), in my eyes he's still a long, long way off breaking into those 'Champions League spots', so to speak. He was in charge that one unreal night though, and didn't do much wrong in the rest of his time here as far as I'm concerned, so I love him enough to consider it a 'Big 5'. It's a nice round number after all.

I can't help but imagine the vast majority of younger supporters of other clubs (and even many of ours) may not even recognise the name Joe Fagan, like you'd think they'd all know at least a little about Shankly and Paisley if they had any interest in world footy history at all, which is really unfortunate. He does seem very unsung at large, compared to some 'icons' who achieved considerably less in all their time wherever they managed.
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Anyone know when this book is being released?  I may be blind but I don't see a release date.  I thought it was published in 2010 but Amazon say it is only available for pre-order.  Is it available already elsewhere?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Fagan-Authorised-Biography-Andrew/dp/1845135504
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Great article. Fagan's achievements are too often glossed over by the achievements of Shanks, Bob, Kenny, Ged and Rafa.

 
Only by  so called fans who don´t know our history.
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Only by  so called fans who don´t know our history.

Those 'fans' who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing, Vic. Smoking Joe is in the 'pantheon' (so some of our Amercan cousins can relate)..of legendary managers at the club.
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No manager has ever won a 'domestic treble'.

A new book is coming out - authorized biography with his grandson involved.
I played with one of his sons, who was at Liverpool in his younger days. But I can't remember his name first name.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Fagan-Authorised-Biography-Andrew/dp/1845135504

Seem to remember his son was called Chris but was also known as "Kit".

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Seem to remember his son was called Chris but was also known as "Kit".
Kit played for  tranmere rovers for a bit , and amazing to think even in the mid 80s as manager he lived that close to the ground he walked to work !

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Joe always came across as a top bloke. If only Souness could have found the humility to be able to continue with the Liverpool way rather than ripping it all down and being so arrogant that he felt he could start everything in his own image.
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Yeah nice article, shame about the lazy piece about Heysel but that had fuck all to do with Joe. Great story about him in Munich with the mop!
Humility, think its the reason most people didn't seem to hate us in those days and the reason just about every fan I know of other clubs, hate United and Chelsea now.
Why did Souness tear it all down? Fuck knows but his fucking ego probably played a large part. He couldn't of done it at a worse time, great player, joke of a man.
As for Smoking Joe, sat with Shankly and Paisley in my eyes, as an equal.
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Great Article. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way
« Reply #55 on: September 19, 2013, 02:37:02 pm »
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/sep/19/joe-fagan-liverpool-european-cup

On Second Thoughts: Joe Fagan

The one-time Liverpool manager deserves more acclaim having won three major honours in his first season in charge of the club


a week when the Champions League group stages kicked off again amid a backdrop of reprisals and recriminations regarding the state of the national game – initiated by Greg Dyke's call to arms and hardened by England's recent dour draw in Kiev – it feels appropriate to pose this teaser: Who was the last English manager to win the European Cup? Answer: Joe Fagan. Cue, one suspects, a raising of eyebrows by some and a shrugging of shoulders by others.

It is a curiosity of this country's footballing back story that Fagan, who managed Liverpool between 1983-1985, remains such an unheralded figure. Rarely, if ever, spoken of as one of the greats and practically unheard of by many supporters under the age of 30. This, after all, is a man who 15 years before Mr. Ferguson's greatest moment became the first British manager in English football to win three major honours in one season – the old First Division title, the Milk Cup and the European Cup. Even more remarkably, the triumph occurred in Fagan's debut season in charge at Anfield, and with "old big ears" captured against Roma in Rome. "Football, bloody hell" as somebody once said.

The 1983-84 season can justifiably be judged to be the finest in Liverpool's history, yet even at the club itself there is minimum recognition of the man who led the glory charge. No statue, no gate, not even a plaque in Fagan's name. In fairness, there are tributes to his achievements at the club's museum, as well as a Joe Fagan meeting room at Liverpool's offices in Chapel Street, and having found himself sandwiched between Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley on one side and Kenny Dalglish on the other in Liverpool's roll-call of managers, it is perhaps not a great surprise that Fagan's achievements are not more obviously celebrated at Anfield, especially given the brief nature of his reign.

At practically any other club Fagan would continue to be hailed as a king among princes but on Merseyside he is generally remembered with fondness rather than pulsating adoration. Fagan probably would have preferred it that way given his modest, humble nature, with his only major regret most likely being the nature of his departure from the Anfield hotseat – the end coming amid the tragedy and cruelty of the Heysel Stadium disaster. "He lived with it all his life," said Andrew Fagan, Joe's grandson and co-author of Joe Fagan: Reluctant Champion. "He had served in the Royal Navy during the war, he understood what was a game and what was not. From what I am told he never really talked about it at home, he simply carried it with him."

If the end was bleak then the rest of Fagan's time at Liverpool was tinged with a golden hue. The born-and-bred Scouser joined the club as a coach on 30 June 1958 and, following Bill Shankly's arrival as manager 18 months later, was put in charge of the reserves. Having caught the eye of the Scot, Fagan was made first-team coach in July 1971 and following Shankly's shock resignation three years later, became Bob Paisley's assistant.

Paisley's spell in charge was glorious – he led Liverpool to 14 major honours in nine seasons – and it only enhanced Fagan's reputation as a coach and potential successor despite his only previous managerial experience coming with non-league Nelson in the early-1950s. "To Kopites, Fagan's appointment [as manager] felt like an obvious promotion after the successful in-house succession from Shankly to Paisley," says writer and long-time Anfield season-ticket holder Mike Nevin. "In Papal terms, white smoke from the chimneys on the roofs of Back Rockfield Road filled the Anfield skies in no time once Paisley's decision to retire was known."


Bob Paisley, left and Joe Fagan on the bench at Anfield. Photograph: Pa/PA Archive/PA Photos

But as the title of the book Andrew Fagan wrote alongside author and LFC TV senior producer Mark Platt suggests, Joe Fagan did not himself deem his elevation from assistant to manager as an obvious step. "He was very reluctant to take the job," says Platt. "Joe's feeling was that he was so ingrained in the club's rise to champions of Europe that he was almost duty-bound to take the job, especially as he was next in line to the throne. He also felt that if an outsider came in there was a strong chance he'd destroy the bootroom ethos that was behind Liverpool's success. Joe pretty much told Roy Evans, Ronnie Moran and the rest of the staff that he took the manager's job so they would keep theirs.

"The club's long-term plan was to give the manager's job to one of the senior players – Phil Neal and Kenny Dalglish were both in the frame – but they still had much to offer as players so Joe was seen as a more than worthy short-term appointment. And given he was 62 when he took the job, just two years younger than Paisley, that was all it was ever going to be, short term."

It it no surprise Fagan was so protective of Liverpool's bootroom given he essentially founded the fabled inner sanctuary. It was he, after all, who took delivery of the crates of Guinness given as a thank you from the brewery's team, which Fagan sometimes coached. With no obvious place to put the gifts Fagan ended up storing them in the same room as the boots which, holding a consistent and increasing supply of alcohol, became an obvious place for the backroom staff to gather, relax and share their thoughts.

Fagan officially became Liverpool manager on 1 July 1983 and soon two contradictory charges were thrown at him – that he was too soft to be the manager of a team that had to compete for major honours having won three of the last four league championships and three of the last seven European Cups, and that he was bound to succeed given the strength of the side Paisley had left him. Put another way, Fagan could not win or lose.

The soft-touch charge in particular was a myth. The laconic Fagan was anything but, with a host of players and coaches who worked with "Uncle Joe" testifying to his steely, no-nonsense attitude. Neal, who Fagan made Liverpool captain following Graeme Souness's departure to Sampdoria in the summer of 1984, tells a story of how the then assistant manager took it upon himself to hold the players to account after they found themselves 12th in the First Division following a 3-1 home defeat to Manchester City on Boxing Day 1981 . "One morning we came into training and Joe Fagan said to Bob Paisley: 'Boss, you go down to Melwood. I'm going to have the lads,'" remembers Neal.

"Joe sat us all down and had a go at every single player, to Souness, to Dalglish, to me. He said: 'We've had more meetings in the last month at this club than I've had in 17 years. [Alan] Hansen, start heading the ball, Souness, you haven't won a tackle, Dalglish, you should have twice as many goals by now'. Joe was such a strong man that no one would doubt what he was saying. His finishing words were: 'I've said my piece. You're all playing like individuals, start playing as a team. I'm not having another meeting from now 'till the end of the season'. We went on to win the league."

Souness also remembers Fagan as a man who could get his message across "with a single look", a device he may well have used when telling Dalglish in October 1984 that he had been dropped for the upcoming league visit to Tottenham, a close-to-unthinkable decision at the time and one that stunned John Smith and Peter Robinson, the club's chairman and chief executive, when they heard the news upon landing in London for the game having been in Germany securing a new kit deal with Adidas. Liverpool lost 1-0 and Fagan admitted afterwards that he had made a mistake in dropping Dalglish, yet his reason for doing so was sound. The Scot had lost some of the spark that made him the key creative cog of a winning machine and, as Fagan saw it, when Dalglish played badly so did Liverpool.


Kenny Dalglish vies for possession with Bryan Robson during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final with Manchester United in April 1985. The match came near the end of a difficult season for the Scot. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images

This touches on the other charge laid against Fagan – that success as manager was inevitable given Liverpool's strength at the time. There is no doubt he was taking over an awesome side, but therein also lay a problem. "Liverpool were so far in front of everyone else, domestically at least, that complacency had begun to set in," says Platt. "They won the title in '83 at a canter and, if anything, it had been too easy. The team failed to win any of their last seven games, losing five, and it was obvious that the players had taken their foot of the pedal. The danger was this attitude carried into the following season, and so Joe's main task was to remotivate the squad and stop them thinking winning was easy."

It helped Fagan that the squad he inherited from Paisley was not only talented but also fully accepting of his rise from No2 to No1, no one more so than the captain. "Souey was a big fan of Joe's," recalls Mark Lawrenson in Reluctant Champion. "That pre-season he called a meeting just for the players. He came in and said: 'Right, we think the world of this fella and this year we are absolutely determined to be successful for him.' To a man everyone said: 'Yep, you're right.'"

The squad of 1983-84 contained seven players – Neal, Hansen, Lawrenson, Alan Kennedy, Souness, Dalglish and Ian Rush – who would walk into many Kopites' "greatest Liverpool XI" and would have been strengthened to an even greater degree had Fagan been able to secure his key summer transfer targets: Charlie Nicholas of Celtic and Brondby's Michael Laudrup. For different reasons neither were signed, leaving Fagan instead to wrap up deals for the young Scottish defender Gary Gillespie from Coventry and the Brighton forward Michael Robinson. Gillespie did not feature until February, in a 2-2 draw with Walsall in the semi-finals of the Milk Cup, but Robinson was prominent straightaway, starting in the opening-day draw with Wolves as the manager opted for a three-man attack that also contained Dalglish and Rush.

It was a tactic Fagan turned to regularly during that season and contradicted the perception of him being an orthodox British coach and of the Liverpool team of that time being less than imaginative. Nevin describes them as "seldom fluent", while in a tribute to Fagan on the club's own website the side of 83-84 is deemed to have operated with "cool, calculating efficiency".

In fairness, the stats back up those assertions. In Fagan's first season, Liverpool won 22 league games, scoring 73 goals and conceding 32, which compares to 24 games won, 87 goals scored and 37 conceded in Paisley's final campaign in charge. In other words, they appeared to have become tighter at the back and less rampant up front. But it should be noted that under Fagan, Liverpool beat Luton and West Ham 6-0 and Notts County and Coventry 5-0 en route to winning their 15th league title and won every European away game prior to Rome, including a 4-1 victory over Benfica in Lisbon. The Milk Cup, meanwhile, was secured with a 1-0 win against Everton in a final that to be replayed at Maine Road after the initial tie at Wembley had ended goalless.

The European Cup final was, as Nevin puts it, "more absorbing than thrilling". Liverpool took the lead through Neal's 14th-minute strike before Roberto Pruzzo headed in an equaliser just before half-time. There were no more goals, leaving the visitors from Merseyside with the daunting prospect of having to beat Roma in a penalty shootout in front of a largely partisan crowd at the Stadio Olimpico. Here, though, came an opportunity for the manager to shape his own crowning moment.

"With exhausted, limp players preparing for a shootout, Fagan played his trump psychological card, explaining to his team that he didn't care if they prevailed on penalties or not after such an epic season-long effort," recollects Nevin. "The pressure removed, enter stage left Bruce Grobbelaar's jelly legs to cause Roman mental implosion."

With Grobbelaar having done his bit to put off the home side, Kennedy tucked away the decisive penalty to crown Liverpool kings of Europe for the fourth time since 1977. Fagan, in turn, joined Jock Stein, Matt Busby, Paisley, Brian Clough and Tony Barton as part of the select group of British managers to have landed club football's greatest prize.


Joe Fagan celebrates winning the 1984 European Cup with his Liverpool players. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Souness collected the trophy and it was to be his final act as a Liverpool player ahead of his departure to Sampdoria. Platt describes losing the Scot as a "massive blow" for Fagan, the man who was not only his captain but also the driving force of an all conquering side. The manager reacted by signing Jan Molby from Ajax, but the 21-year-old was a different player to Souness and not yet ready to become an influential member of the Liverpool side (that would come a season later when he inspired Dalglish's team to the league and FA Cup double). Soon realising this, Fagan then deployed Lawrenson in centre-midfield before also using Kevin MacDonald after he arrived from Leicester in November '84.

None of them, however, came close to filling the void left by Souness, and with Dalglish suffering a dip in form and Rush out injured until October, the 1984-85 campaign proved a gruelling affair for Liverpool. They found themselves 17th after a 1-0 home defeat to Everton on 20 October, and while Fagan's men were able eventually to string some wins together they could not maintain their grasp on the title and finished second to Howard Kendall's side. Liverpool also lost to another rival, Manchester United, in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Another European Cup final was reached, however, but this, prior to Hillsborough, was to be the darkest moment in the club's history. Rioting by Liverpool supporters in Brussels led to the death of 39 Italian and Belgian fans and a subsequent five-year ban from European football for all English clubs. Juventus's victory was something of an afterthought, especially for Fagan who had told his players before the game that, afterwards, they could call him Joe instead of boss having taken the decision some months earlier to retire. He returned from Belgium a broken man, seen crying on the shoulder of Evans as he stepped off the plane and barely able to comprehend what he had witnessed the previous evening.


The aftermath of crowd rioting at Heysel in 1985 which left 39 Italian and Belgium fans dead. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

It was an awful way for Fagan's spell as Liverpool manager to end and it is further credit to the then 64-year-old that he took it upon himself to speak for the club at a memorial service at Liverpool's Catholic cathedral. "We pray for the families and friends who have suffered through bereavement," he told the congregation. "We pray that the sporting spirit, so treasured on Merseyside, may never be lost to violence or bitterness."

The address characterised Fagan's warmth as a man, a quality Liverpool's all-time record-appearance holder Ian Callaghan saw from the time they first worked together at reserve level.

"Joe was a lovely man, someone who was always around to give you advice and help in any he could," says Callaghan. "I remember once, we were at the Daresbury hotel, where we always stayed before a home game, and I was injured and needed to get to Anfield for some treatment if I was to stand any chance of playing that afternoon. Nobody was around to take me so Joe said he would. We got in his car and, on the way, he asked if I was hungry and wanted to eat something before my treatment. I said I wouldn't mind so he drove me to his house where his wife Lil made me scrambled eggs. That was typical not just of Joe but of his entire family – they were lovely, down-to-earth people."

Joe, Lil and their six children lived in a semi-detached house in Lynholme Road, a short walk from Anfield, and it was where they remained even after Fagan, upon becoming Liverpool manager, was offered a larger place by the club in Southport, Formby and the Wirral. The property became Fagan's sanctuary after retirement, offering him a quiet, family-orientated existence which suited him perfectly. Eventually he became a source of advice and encouragement to Evans after he took the manager's job in the mid-1990s and who looked upon Fagan as a mentor, describing him in later years as the "glue that held everything together" during Liverpool's golden era.

Fagan died following a battle with cancer on 30 June 2001, aged 80. It was perhaps apt given how his managerial achievements were overshadowed by those of Shankly and Paisley that his passing should occur in the same week as the Liverpool legend Billy Liddell and his fellow bootroom disciple Tom Saunders. Once again Fagan did not have the spotlight to himself but the fact that hundreds of Everton as well as Liverpool fans lined the streets as his funeral procession made its way to Anfield Crematorium showed Fagan had left his mark on the city of his birth.

"When you look at the all-time greats of Liverpool, Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, you have to have Joe up there," said Hansen shortly after Fagan's death, while Dalglish described his contribution to the club as "immense".

From Souness, who attributes much of his success as a player to Fagan, came perhaps the greatest tribute. "Joe was Mr Liverpool," he said. "His contribution should never be allowed to fade from the memory."
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Re: Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way
« Reply #56 on: September 19, 2013, 02:38:14 pm »
was gonna post that very article just couldnt find joes thread

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Re: Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way
« Reply #57 on: February 23, 2022, 02:44:10 pm »
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Some video content on Joe Fagan's two seasons as manager of Liverpool...







Season 1983/84 - The Treble...


Not only a Treble... but also a 3rd consecutive League Title win, as well as a 4th consecutive League Cup win (consisting of a 12-match 1984 League Cup campaign).


Some info and audio / video highlights from The Treble winning season...







LFCHistory.net Season Info Page for 1983/84 : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Games/25

Wikipedia Page for Liverpool's 1983/84 Season : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Liverpool_F.C._season

Liverweb.org Season Info Page for 1983/84 : https://web.archive.org/web/20140108214251/http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=198384

Liverpool Wiki Page for the 1983/84 Season : https://liverpoolfc.fandom.com/wiki/1983-84_season











Match Highlights...



Dave Waller's youtube video playlist for Liverpool's 1983/84 Season:-

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC3KiSUH0tweJQTFRtNJCV_JC5mhOf3gM



Paul Collins' youtube video playlist for Liverpool's 1983/84 Season:-

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLte5vKHiXI7GAf26HDy3QvvaK0s1_Cl0E



idamaria7's youtube video playlist for Liverpool's 1983/84 Season:-

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiIQcmZy0mXuu0Db2RekWGr4JVOmDZvRQ



'Race for the Championship 1983/84' - 90 minute video:-

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'Notts County v Liverpool 12/05/1984' - 15 minute video (penultimate day of the league season):-

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'Liverpool v Norwich City 15/05/1984' - 3 minute video (final day of the league season):-

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'Liverpool FC 1983/84 I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It' - the Chris Rea song set to highlights of matches from the 1983/84 season (by Dave Waller):-

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'“Work it out for yourself" - Graeme Souness' hilarious Liverpool stories' (a 3 minute video):-

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1984 League Cup Final (& Replay)...









'Liverpool v Everton 25/03/1984 Milk Cup Final' - 42 minute highlights:-

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'1984 League Cup Final : Liverpool 0-0 Everton' - 6 minute highlights:-

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^ LFCHistory.net Match Info page: https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1392




'1984 League Cup Final Replay : Liverpool 1-0 Everton' - 30 minute highlights:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/TAN2BMYO9cs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/TAN2BMYO9cs</a>



'30 seconds of the goal from the 1984 Milk Cup Final Replay':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/fD4AzcODoO8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/fD4AzcODoO8</a>


^ LFCHistory.net Match Info page: https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1393




Road to the Wembley - The 1984 Milk Cup Final...


2nd Round; 1st Leg : Brentford 1 - 4 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1351
2nd Round; 2nd Leg : LFC 4 - 1 Brentford : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1355

3rd Round : Fulham 1 - 1 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1359
3rd Round; Replay : LFC 1 - 1 Fulham : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1362
3rd Round; 2nd Replay : Fulham 0 - 1 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1364

4th Round : Birmingham City 1 - 1 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1368
4th Round; Replay : LFC 3 - 0 Birmingham : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1369

5th Round : LFC 3 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1378

Semi Final; 1st Leg : LFC 2 - 2 Walsall : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1382
Semi Final; 2nd Leg : Walsall 0 - 2 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1384

Final : LFC 0 - 0 Everton : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1392 : at Wembley
Final; Replay : LFC 1 - 0 Everton : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1393 : at Maine Road



'Home and Away was a TV programme broadcast in 1984 and focused on a group of Everton and Liverpool supporters, and their trip to Wembley for the Milk Cup Final - the first major cup final between the two clubs. The show also takes a look at the people who didn't go the match and what they got up to back in Liverpool. Home and Away also features footage of the game itself and also reaction of the players from both teams'...

Part 1 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=onUuVNUXqRo
Part 2 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7YxXZONkA
Part 3 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=llY6u6Fl-54
Part 4 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv2wEvLa_BA
Part 5 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=45MuMIAlDCc









1984 European Cup Final...











'1984 European Cup Final : Liverpool 1-1 Roma (LFC win 4-2 on pens)' - 9 minute highlights; from UEFA:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/FJ9so4Obhnk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/FJ9so4Obhnk</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/FJ9so4Obhnk



'1984 European Cup Final : Liverpool 1-1 Roma (LFC win 4-2 on pens)' - full game:-

www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ld3j4



'1984 Final highlights' (15 minutes; Italian comms):-

www.dailymotion.com/video/xya5ww



'Kings of Europe: 1984' - 5 minute highlights video from LFC (free to watch; no account or sign-in required):-

www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/302381-watch-video-liverpool-fc-european-cup-1984




'3 minute highlights' (goals and penalties; with Des on comms):-

www.dailymotion.com/video/x541i2w



'Roma x Liverpool' - 6 minute highlights; Italian comms:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7OwxYpDPSoI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7OwxYpDPSoI</a>



'A whole radio show featuring John Peel trying to hold it together on the night Liverpool won the European Cup in 1984' (approx 1 hour long - a fantastic listen):-

https://soundcloud.com/johnpeelarchive/when-liverpool-won-the?



'Just the Penalties; 4-2':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/9OhgpbJvWK8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/9OhgpbJvWK8</a>


^ LFCHistory.net Match Info page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1406

LFCInEurope.com Match Info Page: http://lfcineurope.com/8384-5.html

Wikipedia Page for the 1984 European Cup Final - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_European_Cup_Final




'Liverpool 1984 - I Don't know What It Is But I Love It' - Chris Rea song set to images from the 1984 European Cup Final:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7F7hDYDzwU4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7F7hDYDzwU4</a>





Road to the European Cup 1984 Final...


1st Round; 1st Leg : Odense Boldklub 0 - 1 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1346
1st Round; 2nd leg : LFC 5 - 0 Odense Boldklub : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1349

2nd Round; 1st Leg : LFC 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1353
2nd Round; 2nd Leg : Athletic Bilbao 0 - 1 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1357

3rd Round; 1st Leg : LFC 1 - 0 Benfica : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1388
3rd Round; 2nd leg : Benfica 1 - 4 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1391

Semi Final; 1st Leg : LFC 1 - 0 Dinamo Bucharest : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1396
Semi Final; 2nd Leg : Dinamo Bucharest 1 - 2 LFC : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1400

Final : LFC 1 - 1 Roma (LFC win 4-2 on penalties) : www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1406 : played at Stadio Olimpico, Rome.



'1983-1984 European Cup: Liverpool FC All Goals (Road to Victory)':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/krkIY75hSTc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/krkIY75hSTc</a>


LFCHistory.net's 'Liverpool In Europe: Match Info Pages' - www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/ListGamesByType/4

LFCInEurope.net's 'Liverpool in Europe: Match Info Pages' - http://lfcineurope.com














'Fagan: No Ordinary Joe | Documentary' - 15 minute documentary from LFC:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/yuRymaR92Kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/yuRymaR92Kw</a>



'Joe Fagan - Liverpool's Unsung Hero | AFC Finners | Football History Documentary' - 17 minute documentary:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/1Ls2RA6KEBo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/1Ls2RA6KEBo</a>



'When Liverpool Ruled The World' - A BBC doc broadcast the night before the 2001 UEFA Cup Final; covers Liverpool's glory years in Europe ('77-'84):-

www.facebook.com/Kop-Kings-1748362865375147/videos/when-liverpool-ruled-the-world-lfc-documentary/1877202859157813







Season Info & Articles...


LFCHistory.net's Joe Fagan page - www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/11

'Manager: Joe Fagan' - www.thisisanfield.com/clubinfo/managers/fagan

'Joe Fagan - The reluctant hero of Anfield' - www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joe-fagan---reluctant-hero-5189297

'Joe Fagan' article - www.theasiankop.com/joe-fagan

'Fagan’s treble heroes in the year Merseyside won the lot' - www.thisisanfield.com/2020/05/liverpool-fc-season-1983-84

'A look back at Liverpool’s treble winning 1983/84 season' - https://thefalse9.com/2018/06/liverpool-1983-84-joe-fagan-tactics.html

'Liverpool set a quadruple record that has still not been broken' - https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-everton-league-cup-final-1984-milk-cup-graeme-souness-412945

'The treble in Joe Fagan's words...' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/162861-the-treble-in-joe-fagan-s-words

'On Second Thoughts: Joe Fagan' - www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/sep/19/joe-fagan-liverpool-european-cup

'Joe Fagan was more than a co-pilot. He validated the Liverpool Way' - www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/jun/30/joe-fagan-liverpool-manager-remembering

'Why Joe Fagan is one of the greatest managers' - thesefootballtimes.co/2016/08/17/why-joe-fagan-deserves-to-be-remembered-as-one-of-footballs-greatest-managers

'Joe Fagan: Remembering Liverpool's most underrated manager' - www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/joe-fagan-remembering-liverpools-most-3233334

'Joe was a quiet man but a great man' - www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/joe-was-a-quiet-man-but-a-great-man-an-emotional-graeme-souness-remembers-liverpools-1984-european-cup-win-38172040.html

'The story of how Joe Fagan found eternal glory in Rome' - www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/04/21/untold-story-joe-fagan-mastermind-behind-liverpools-historic

'We are the Champions: 1983-84 – Liverpool' - https://gameofthepeople.com/2017/10/02/we-are-the-champions-1983-84-liverpool

'Joe Fagan has earnt his place among the Anfield Heroes' - https://playupliverpool.com/2001/07/03/joe-fagan-has-earned-a-place-among-the-anfield-heroes

'Remembering Liverpool's European Cup Win Of 1984' - www.thesportsman.com/articles/remembering-liverpool-s-european-cup-win-of-1984

'The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977-84' - www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/may/23/liverpool-great-european-cup-teams

'The greatest moments in Liverpool’s history – by those that were there' - www.thetimes.co.uk/article/are-juergen-klopps-champions-the-best-liverpool-side-in-club-history-58cbnhjlf

'Flashback: Liverpool win treble 15 years before United' - https://talksport.com/football/157364/flashback-liverpool-win-treble-15-years-man-united-14053093661

'Liverpool FC Treble 1984 - a Gallery' - https://liverpoolfclatesttransfernew.blogspot.com/2018/12/liverpool-fc-treble-1984.html

'Fagan is a true Liverpool legend' - www.irishtimes.com/sport/fagan-is-a-true-liverpool-legend-1.316064

'I Don’t Know What It Is But I Love It' - www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/59-Clubs/12726-i-don-t-know-what-it-is-but-i-love-it

'Joe Fagan: “We shall respect them, but we are going to win here…”' - https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/2018/4/22/17267624/joe-fagan-we-shall-respect-them-but-we-are-going-to-win-here-team-talk-champions-league-semi-final

'Trackies, relaxing and a brief pep talk: Fagan's prep for '84 Euro Cup final' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/428054-trackies-relaxing-and-a-brief-pep-talk-fagan-s-prep-for-84-european-cup-final

'On this day in 1921: Joe Fagan is born' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/428055-on-this-day-in-1921-joe-fagan-is-born

'In numbers: Joe Fagan's 27 years at Liverpool FC' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/428057-in-numbers-joe-fagan-s-27-years-at-liverpool-fc

'History makers: How Liverpool became League Cup kings' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/391207-history-makers-how-liverpool-became-league-cup-kings

'Memories of Joe Fagan | 'I looked at him as my second dad - I admired him'' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/features/428056-memories-of-joe-fagan-i-looked-at-him-as-my-second-dad-i-admired-him-so-much

'Remembering Joe Fagan' - www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/437102-remembering-joe-fagan

'Five teams to win the English top-flight in three consecutive seasons' - https://thefootballfaithful.com/teams-win-english-league-three-consecutive-seasons

'One Great Season - 15 tribute articles' (from LFC) - https://web.archive.org/web/20090815023650/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164619090606-0911.htm








^ Liverpool Squad Photo for the 1984/85 Season (with the trophies won from the previous season).






Some RAWK threads on the 1983/84 Treble Season & Joe Fagan...


'Liverpool 1984 - The Greatest Team : Remembered' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=279306.0
'Your memories of the 84 Treble?' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=243451
'1984 A Vintage Year' (this thread) - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=59803
'1983/84 : Forgive my Indulgance' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=19438
'I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It' by Tony Evans book review thread - www.redandwhitekop.com/article.php?id=13047764

'1984 European Cup Final: John Peel audio' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=304648
'Rome 84 audio BBC documentary' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=56359
'Memories of Rome 84 - From Rome to Home' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=304648
'Setting the record straight re Rome 84' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=287057
'The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977-84' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=306061
'All Liverpool European Cup Wins' (the audio / video thread) - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=112969.msg17178860#msg17178860

'1984 League Cup Final' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=271093
'"Home & Away" - Liverpool v Everton '84 Milk Cup Documentary' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=254418
'League Cup Semi Final 1984 - Walsall vs Liverpool (1st leg Anfield). My memories' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=108508
'Liverpool FC & the League Cup - We've won it 8 times' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=286080
'All Liverpool League Cup Wins' (the audio / video thread) - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=112969.msg17174826#msg17174826

'Joe Fagan' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=242935
'The Great Joe Fagan' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=242935
'Joe Fagan video - 'I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It'' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=281880.msg9346099#msg9346099
'Well it was twenty years ago today, that Joe Fagan got the boys to play...' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=62179
'Joe Fagan 'Reluctant Champion' in 10 short stories...' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=282891
'On This Day: RIP Joe Fagan' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=223344

'Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=277655
'On Second Thoughts: Joe Fagan (Guardian article)' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=308761.msg12021301#msg12021301
'Joe Fagan Waver (Banner arrived, pictures on third page!)' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=286965
'Building The Joe Fagan Stand - the journey begins... Nelson FC' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=317529
'Certainly no Regular: Joe, a tribute to Fagan.' - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=51051

'Liverpool to honour Joe Fagan as part of Anfield Road End redevelopment' - www.thisisanfield.com/2021/03/liverpool-to-honour-joe-fagan-as-part-of-anfield-road-end-redevelopment












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1984/85 Season...



Wikipedia Page for the 1984/85 Season: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Liverpool_F.C._season

Liverpool Wiki for the 1984/85 Season: https://liverpoolfc.fandom.com/wiki/1984-85_season

LFCHistory.net Page for the 1984/85 Season: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Games/26










1984/85 Season - youtube playlist by Paul Collins; 33 matches:-

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLte5vKHiXI7HyA227KW8P56GySB11hrB4



1984/85 Season - youtube playlist by idamaria7; 54 matches:-

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiIQcmZy0mXuu4YB5nb4oFUI1MhpNb56F








^ from www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Seasons/1984-85/ClubResults/1984-85.Liverpool.html (with all matches for the 1984/85 season; league, cups & European)

& www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Games/26 & http://lfcineurope.com







'1984-1985 European Cup: Liverpool FC - All Goals (Road to the Final)':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/1x9qmND3dqg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/1x9qmND3dqg</a>



'Juventus 1-0 Liverpool : 1984/85 European Cup Final - 29th May 1985' (5 minute video):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/iGOwI8AkfWI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/iGOwI8AkfWI</a>

^ or click here for 8 minutes match content - www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jv066



Full Match Replay' (Spanish comms):-

www.bilibili.com/video/BV13M4y1u7WA





LFC XI: Grobbelaar, Neal, Hansen, Lawrenson, Beglin, Nicol, Whelan, Wark, Dalglish, Rush, Walsh.
Subs: Pile (GK), Gillespie, Lee, Molby, C. Johnston.


LFCHistory.net Match Info: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1469
LFCInEurope.com Match Info: www.lfcineurope.com/8485-5.html
Wikipedia Page for the Match: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_European_Cup_Final


'29th May 1985; BBC1 - Joe Fagan interview post-Heysel' (10 minutes) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om9SgvtcRx4

'HEYSEL ... Alan Hansen - BBC Documentary' (3 minutes) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmx2s8sRraQ

'Heysel Disaster 1985: Requiem for a cup final' (90 documentary by the BBC in 2005) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=44xynnPXmAE






Some articles on the 1984/85 season...


1984/85: Fagan’s farewell, domestic woes & darkness in Europe: www.thisisanfield.com/2020/05/liverpool-fc-in-1984-85-fagans-farewell-domestic-woes-and-darkness-in-europe
1984/85 Fagan’s Farewell: https://redglories.wordpress.com/2021/08/19/1984-85-fagans-farewell
Transferkmarkt page for LFC's 1984/85 season: www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/kader/verein/31/saison_id/1984/plus/1
When Liverpool Ruled The World: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/1323111.stm
Why 1984/85 was the worst season to fall in love with football: www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20758998.never-mind-danger-1984-85-worst-season-fall-love-football

The Heysel Stadium disaster, 30 years on – A Liverpool fan’s view: https://footballpink.net/2018-10-19-the-heysel-stadium-disaster-30-years-on-a-liverpool-fans-view
Liverpool, Everton & Heysel Point Scoring: Forever In Blue Screams: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2016/12/liverpool-everton-and-heysel-point-scoring-forever-in-blue-screams
Heysel 30 Years: What About Justice For The 39: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/heysel-30-years-what-about-justice-for-the-39
HEYSEL 30 YEARS: OH GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/heysel-30-years-oh-god-what-have-we-done/
HEYSEL 30 YEARS: THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/heysel-30-years-the-story-behind-the-story
HEYSEL 30 YEARS: WE MEET AGAIN: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/heysel-30-years-we-meet-again
HEYSEL 30 YEARS: THE ITALIAN VIEW: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/heysel-30-years-the-italian-view






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• A mini-index of RAWK's 'Liverpool Audio / Video thread' content info for years gone by, recent times, Season Reviews, Cup Final victories - Domestic, European, and World...


www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769.msg17787576#msg17787576 & www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=112969.0



Some 'older' League Titles - 1989/90 : 1987/88 : 1985/86 : 1983/84 : 1982/83 : 1981/82 : 1979/80 : 1978/79 : 1976/77 : 1975/76 : 1972/73 : 1965/66 : 1963/64.

A few other seasons of note - 1977/78 : 1980/81 : 1988/89 : 1990/91 : 2004/05 : 2008/09. | Legendary Managers - Shankly : Paisley : Fagan : Houllier : Rafa : Klopp.

'Season Review' videos (from 1987/88 onwards) & some older 'Club History' videos : www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=328573.msg18013134#msg18013134

« Last Edit: June 25, 2023, 05:00:38 pm by oojason »
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Some 'Useful Info' for following the football + TV, Streams, Highlights & Replays etc - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769

A mini-index of RAWK's 'Liverpool Audio / Video Thread' content over the years; & more - www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769.msg17787576#msg17787576

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Re: Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way
« Reply #58 on: February 23, 2022, 03:32:54 pm »
On the 83/84 squad photo, who was the player top right? Was it something like John McGreggor or something like that?

I can name all the others so it's doing my head in.

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Re: Joe Fagan was more than a glorified copilot. He validated the Liverpool Way
« Reply #60 on: February 23, 2022, 03:57:49 pm »
yes, that catches most out. Never played a game
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yes, that catches most out. Never played a game

I used to go to most reserve matches 84/85 era as well. Can't even remember him playing for the reserves. Think he had a lot of injury problems.

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I've just caught the last bit of Joe's documentary on lfctv and was surprised to hear he won a Treble in '84.  I had no idea or at least no memory of it being discussed as a major achievement.

I know it was the League Cup and not the FA Cup but how come this never gets brought up ad infinitum by pundits whenever we play like they do with other clubs?

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I've just caught the last bit of Joe's documentary on lfctv and was surprised to hear he won a Treble in '84.  I had no idea or at least no memory of it being discussed as a major achievement.

I know it was the League Cup and not the FA Cup but how come this never gets brought up ad infinitum by pundits whenever we play like they do with other clubs?

Doesn't count, apparently.  Or, when they did bring it up, they always made a point that it wasn't the 'proper' treble.  That's why they keep banging on about the Red Mans being the first team to win the treble, in 99.