Arnie

LFChistory tries its best to recruit some good columnists and Chris Wood and John Martin have been writing for us for a while now. We rely on the forums of the best LFC sites on the Net (with their prior permission) to promote our articles and here are our latest ones. John Martin - LFC supporter for for 60 years, a big Billy Liddell fan and used to have a pint or two with Terry Mac when he was at Anfield: The Four LFC Macs John Martin reflects on his favourite players named Mac at Anfield. Other priceless "stories" from John in our archives are: Liverpool life in the 2nd division by John Martin John Martin relives the agony and the bliss of the 1964-65 Liverpool season The magnificent 1961/62 promotion season, by John Martin The wonder left wingers of Liverpool by John Martin ************************** Chris Wood - a veteran of 1,000 games watching his beloved Reds: Chris Wood's latest chapter in Liverpool's European history. If you are interested in spending a bit of time refreshing your memory - we've got the whole European history linked on the right of the above article. Liverpool FC's European Adventure Part 1 Liverpool FC's European Adventure - the 70's From Shankly to Paisley - LFC in Europe in the 70s Liverpool in Europe: The Golden Years 1974-1985 Liverpool in Europe: The Resurgence Years 1991-2001 Liverpool in Europe: Into The New Millennium Liverpool in Europe: The glorious 2004-2005 season On the left in the Red corner archive are more articles by Chris Wood. Hope you like the articles... enjoy very much reading ynwa.tv.. Cheers, Arnie editor of LFChistory.net

lol .. .good question... he was drinking orange juice and I drank coke (and I paid of course)...no ale that day. Actually on my way to the Living Room I bumped into Xabi Alonso and his girlfriend and they liked the fact I thanked them for Xabi's autograph in Spanish, "muchos gracias, señor!" That accounts for almost all my knowledge of Spanish I'm afraid.. In the words of Borat: Xabi's girlfriend is "very nice".

Just how well he thought the academy had served the club... He clearly thought something was wrong, but didn't want to get quoted on it.

Thanks for your kind reactions... No I haven't asked him about Smicer, I had actually a few words with Smicer at Melwood at the time and I thought he was a great guy, he is constantly smiling, very talkative and has a very good "vibe" about him. I think he must have had a good relationship with the staff, Yeats included. Another matter is his ability as a player. His injuries hampered his progress, but I think he never was suited for the English game, injuries or no injuries. He was the most talented player often in training but in the rumble of the premier league he was found wanting. I remember as well Phil Thompson walking behind Smicer, both walking towards me, and taunting him with his name, singing "siiiimmmmcchhhheennnn", Smicer just shook his head at me, indicating Tommo was a complete lunatic. I didn't, of course, include in my interview Yeats' views on Houllier I heard him express off record, which are far more straightforward and let's say... more brutally honest than those expressed in the interview.

I interviewed Ron Yeats at the Living Room on Victoria Street and it was a very interesting discussion... btw... I omitted a question about Liverpool's Academy... his reply to my academy question was "no comment" and not a very happy expression, but otherwise he was very forthcoming... This is the second time I've interviewed him, a few years apart, as I consider him a remarkable person in Liverpool's history... Shankly's captain and he's also worked with managers Dalglish, Souness, Evans, Houllier and Benítez. http://www.lfchistory.net/redcorner_articl...?article_id=558 Hope you enjoy...(posted with YNWA.tv's blessing) If you have any questions regarding the interview I will answer them here... Cheers, Arnie editor of LFChistory.net

Thanks a lot, fyds I've sent you an email... Cheers, Arnie

Hello, "fyds" As I am always on the look out for historical pictures I would certainly appreciate if you could send me some pics from Liverpool's glorious past - on the same note if you are looking for some pics or would like pics of certain players/games I could hopefully provide some pics for you as well... Ones of particular interest are the hi-res one of Shanks with his arms out and the rare tinted colour pic of Shanks on the steps of the Kop on his first day on the job. The Kop at different stages pre-seated is also interesting as well - we will soon publish an article on Anfield's history and that could fit well there... A pic of Shankly on the Kop on his first day at Liverpool - that's just fantastic! Arnie - editor of www.LFChistory.net (editor@lfchistory.net)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v3zbqX_Z_s I am not sure but this clip is fantastic... Wish I could have been there...

I would like to add that John Martin contacted us at LFChistory with a penalty miss from Billy Liddell that was missing from our website. He described it in such detail and entertaining fashion and most of all he was there at the ground that I encouraged him to write about his life as a Liverpool supporter and this is the result. If you are old enough to have witnessed decades of Liverpool football following your team or know somebody, your dad, grandfather or anybody who might be able to write about his unique expericences please contact me at editor@lfchistory.net. These tales of Liverpool support will soon get lost as time passes by and I think it's important to preserve them.. Cheers, Arnie

Thanks guys for your topical discussion. I for one think it's a worthwhile effort to create articles like that focus on a pretty unique item in Liverpool's history, the scrapbook of Nivvy. So I was interested to see 19 replies to the post in one of Liverpool FC's most popular forums and thougt well.. maybe people are really talking about the articles and his pretty interesting career...but hey... I guess you can't have everything.

We have some info on Ian Callaghan at LFChistory. http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=274 I also recommend these two articles on our site: http://www.lfchistory.net/player_articles_...1&player_id=274 http://www.lfchistory.net/player_articles_...6&player_id=274 Furthermore there's a good interview with Cally on Shankly.com http://www.shankly.com/callaghanint.htm. Cheers, Arnie editor of LFChistory.net

Irwin and Cohen are far left... and Frank McGarvey is next to Hansen - http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=497 Cheers, Arnie editor of LFChistory.net