A Tactical History of Liverpool, Episode 24: Liverpool - West Ham 1969, Football League 69/70

[@mikewilliams9651]

There is some great detail in these videos. Amazing. What a nice, generous tribute to Peplow.

[@mikewilliams9651]

I have only just discovered this series today. It's an amazing labour of love and really takes me back. Thank you.

[@mikewilliams9651]

My first match was Manchester City vs Liverpool in 1968 at Maine Road. I think City were champions, it was maybe October that year, and we won 0-2, Bobby Graham with both. That's as far as I remember. I was with my Dad, my uncle and I don't think my big brother was there. I would have been 7. I might well be wrong on some of that, but I remember the occasion.

[@mikewilliams9651]

It was a midweek game. Beating the champions away that easily, I must have thought they were all going to be that easy.

[@HoldingMidfield]

@@mikewilliams9651 Based on what you've said I think it's actually from the beginning of this season, August 1969.

[@HoldingMidfield]

@@mikewilliams9651 www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/514

[@david_g_barron]

This was the very first Match of the Day to be broadcast in Colour on BBC1, and this was the first day, Saturday 15 November 1969 that BBC1 started broadcasting in Colour, although only in London (London Weekend), North (Yorkshire), North-West (Granada) and Midlands (ATV) and the ITV Regions in Brackets. Over the next two years did the rest of the UK could start broadcasting in Colour. There is the History of ITV on Wikipedia and BBC TV Timeline on here which shows the dates when the regions started broadcasting in Colour. However it does make me wonder if BBC1 were showing programmes in Colour before that for Test and Engineering Purposes, as a number of shows were being recorded before the start date of Full-Time Colour Broadcasting. With one of them being the Highlights of Manchester United v West Ham United from September 1969 being recorded in Colour. The same might have applied at London Weekend, with some of the games and studio inserts being recorded in Colour before Saturday 15 November 1969. The previous season two Match of the Days were broadcast in Colour on BBC2, which by late 1967 was a Colour Channel across the UK. November 2 1968. Chelsea 2 Manchester City 0 and March 29 1969 Manchester City 3 Stoke City 1. The former is unknown why they decided to change the channel for that match. The latter was because on BBC1 was the Eurovision Song Contest being broadcast from Madrid the same day and after the Contest, was highlights of Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion FA Cup Semi-Final which was a late programme change. As an aside The Grand National was broadcast in Colour for the first time on BBC2. However it does depend on how many people had access to Colour Television on the day of this game.

[@geoffreywilliams4266]

I went into the anfield Road end with lots of other liverpool skinheads my god I was shocked the west ham stood there ground they had some big tough boys credit to West ham Godder liverpool skinhead 69

[@danielfleissig1959]

would you consider doing a video on Liverpool's 2008-09 team?

[@HoldingMidfield]

We'll be getting there eventually but it will probably be a long time yet. I did write a post on that side a few years ago though if you don't mind reading: www.holdingmidfield.com/rafa-benitezs-liverpool/

[@mikewilliams9651]

Lawler scored a lot for a full back, didn't he.

[@HoldingMidfield]

He really did. Kept so quiet the opposition never noticed him ghosting into attack.

[@billybonds4449]

Scored over 60 goals for Liverpool and none of those were penalties. Chris was the silent assassin.

[@mikewilliams9651]

@@billybonds4449 Not West Ham Billy Bonds surely?