As a Man U fan this marked the end of one of United's most golden eras. Tommy Doc was in charge of a young, exciting and attacking team. We had just won the FA Cup and we believed the Title was within reach. All this ended with the arrival of Sexton. Dreams shattered.
I was at this match. 7 years old and my first ever game. We were down from Manchester visiting relatives in North London and my dad got us tickets. I can remember very little other than it was nil nil, we sat on red (I think) painted wooden benches and my dad turning to the bloke sitting next to him at the end of match saying "that young lad from Celtic looks a bit useful!". I had no idea there was footage of this game anywhere. So happy to have found it. Cheers!
I was 17 and also at this match. We had moved to Canada when I was six and were back in England for July and August that summer. I remember before the match there was a 6-a-side final of a youth team (?) competition. They created a mini-pitch in the middle of the field using wide white tape or cloth. Great memories of that afternoon. First time seeing my team, United, in person; but could still respect how good the Liverpool teams of that era were. If only the United of today had half the talent and excitement that their mid to late seventies teams did.
I was there that day, in the Liverpool end although I was and still am a Celtic supporter. I happened to be in London on a break and wanted to see Kenny's debut with his new club. After about half an hour the "Daaalgliiish" chants started and I never heard Kevin Keegan's name around me again. A new king was born that day for the Liverpool fans.
@@capri2673 I didn't hear that in amongst the koppites, but it sounds about right. I knew he was the business of course. He would have stood out in any team in the world.
To think it took until the early 90s for the rest of the top flight to realise that passing the ball like Liverpool had been doing for all of them years was the way forward.
Ray Kennedy was immense in this match. United could have won. They had a pretty decent team, surprisingly didn't win more trophies in those years. Liverpool's 77-78 team looked quite different later on in the season with the addition of Hansen and Souness. Cally, Tosh, Tommy Smith and Joey Jones were coming to the end of their LFC careers..
How marvellous it is finally to see footage of Kenny Dalglish’s debut for Liverpool. If I’m not mistaken the United fans are singing “what a waste of money” at him after about 2 minutes 35 seconds. Not sure that comment aged well! But seriously, thank you so much for posting this.
Not a Liverpool or United fan but was at the game that day to see Kenny Dalglish . This was the same day that the National Front went on the rampage in Lewisham SE London , my old Mum was working in Marks and Spencers that day
Haha about three minutes in, you can hear the Liverpool fans singing "who's up Mary Brown, who's up Mary Brown, Tommy Tommy Docherty." Been waiting a long time to see Kenny's debut again. I remember how excited I was to see him in a Liverpool kit for the first time. Thanks for sharing this quite rare footage.
My first Wembley game...i was 14...i remember the mancs singin... we won the cup we won the cup...and Liverpool replied we won two we won two ....!!! 😊the summer Liverpoo lads started dressing unlike anyine else....the originals....!!!
John Motson referencing how "penalty shoots-outs aren't a very satisfactory way of settling these sort of matches, so it's shared now".....Does seem a bit bizarre that the shield was shared in back then...we have shoot-outs for nearly everything these days!
Seriously how good was this Liverpool side great flicks unbelievable movement great understanding between the Liverpool midfielders and Strikers and Dalglish just wow what a game against top opposition he's was on anther level....
I like the friendly, sporting attitude; which marks a change from the Leeds/Chelsea behaviour. Look at Hughes & Buchan each wanting the other to go up the stairs first - a smiling Clemence chatting with the Utd players. Of course when Liverpool played Leeds in the Charity shield a few years earlier, "everybody was Kung Fu fighting" - and I don't think it was Liverpool's fault. Perhaps if Leeds hadn't spent the whole match trying to beat Keegan up? I don't think Kevin bore too many grudges (he was quite nice to Giles later) but it certainly makes for a more attractive spectacle, to my mind.
What about that referee ? Was he a fan in disguise ? Was the real ref left tied up in the dressing rooms? Check out his behaviour at 4.48 and 11.01. Extremely unprofessional. Un-accept-able.
