Liverpool 2 Wimbledon 1 20/08/1988 Charity Shield 

Me too.

One of the best in the world back then. Brilliant.

Don't know about robbed threw them away more like it

Eddie Power tbf for 1989 it was shock from what happened at Hillsborough

That 18 months was some rollercoaster alright. I'm still not right after Michael Thomas' goal.

Yeah we lost em fair n square but losing in 88 was painful as not expected and then losing in the final seconds in 89 was just plain gut wrenching. Even 90 we lost a good semi final but once again shouldnt have lost to Palace especially as we spanked them 9-0 earlier that season.

The reason that semi final was lost was due to Ian Rush's injury after half an hour the whole shape of them team was lost

Anthony Dry aldo was playing offside,back then the rule of not interfering with play hadn't been introduced .

"interfering with play" was in the written rule (there is a shanklyism along the lines of: what the hell is he doing on the pitch if he isn't trying to interfere with play). However it wasn't until the mid 90s that changes in the law meant that refs actually started taking this into account. When I were a lad you'd see pefectly decent goals like that one disallowed every week because one player was marginally ahead of the last defender when the shot was taken.

You can see the whistle had already gone so Tracey didn't even attempt to stop it

I feel as though you've asked about this before, but I can't find the message if you did, so maybe I imagined it! I'm not a programme expert so I wasn't aware of this one being rare. I've had a quick look and it is possible to get hold of, but is more expensive (roughly £15) than Charity Shield games of a similar time.

I think the original plan was for those games to be Monday and Thursday. Tuesday/Friday was the League's idea of being considerate. As Kenny said at the time, for the team to come as close as they did in the circumstances was an achievement in itself.

We were very unlucky. That last match at Anfield...we were just few seconds away from winning the title.

Would you have signed Rush back? If so, who should have played out of Rush, Aldridge and Beardsley? Aldridge was nearly 31 when he was sold, at a time when no one used squad rotation and having a player that good on the bench would have been a waste of his talent and the club's money.

@@DaveWallerLFC has much as I love a good footy debate especially about the reds. Have to say you make a valid point 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@@DaveWallerLFC As much.....

Bit of a downer from Bob when aldo is tryna celebrate 😂

He played a lot of games that season after Bruce Grobbelaar got meningitis.

Liverpool really lost their way after 1990. They bought players you would expect Charlton Athletic or Manchester City to buy. Beardsley left and Barnes looked lost, he wasn't the same player either. It was terrible mismanagement of the team that was hard to recover from. Then Man Utd spotted the gap and took advantage. Liverpool really were the victims of their own demise.

@@Dead-Ball-Situation Barnes had that Achilles’ tendon injury in summer 91’ and after that it was as if he spent more time on the treatment bench than on the pitch. Except for that, last hurrah in 94-95.

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What happened to Simon Tracy?

@@MartinGonzalez-qm8mw Tracey was sold to Sheffield United and had a decent spell there - promotion and stayed in the Premier League in the early to mid 90s

Only half the seats in the old wembley had a decent view. v