Lovely stuff howes. I’d love a dedicated thread on Liverpool winning the title in 64 from those who actually saw it happen. Just saying....
To be honest, what I remember most is the pre-game. Knew I had to get there even earlier than usual, arrived at the ground at 12.30 ( for a 3p.m. kick-off) and the Kop gates were already shut. Had to make do with the Paddock, and that was shut shortly after I got in. The whole place was bedlam.
Strange that the official attendance was a few thousand short of the maximum for that season but there was nothing scientific about shutting down the ground back then. For all I know they went by the noise inside and 48,000 sounded like 100,000 on that day.
I was a fairly tense start as you might expect but after Tommy Lawrence saved a pen and we scored a couple, things relaxed. Then three goals in 8 minutes early in the second half, and the rest was just one big festival. I was hoarse for days after.
Wish I could remember more details but what has stuck in my memory of matches over the years is a series of snapshots with nothing in between - Liddell's disallowed goal against Man City in the '56 FA Cup 5th round replay, Sandy Brown's magnificent own goal for us at Goodison in '69, Ian St. John and Billy Bremner going to ground throwing short rights at eachother in one of the classic Leeds games in the 60s, Hunt's volley into the roof of the net against Spurs in the '68 FA Cup 5th round replay, that sort of thing.
Wish I'd kept a diary back then. Those Shankly years were special. Mind you, this year hasn't been so shabby either, and more to come.