Match Of The Day 07/11/1981 Liverpool v Everton

[@gomey70]

The first season of 3 points for a win. Liverpool were struggling around this time and were in 10th place on Boxing Day. Lots of new faces like Grobbelaar, Whelan, Rush, Lawro etc. had come into the side. They still managed to turn it around and win the league, the first of 3 in a row. Incredible season.

[@Homebous76]

Actually, they were 12th...

[@boosra]

Twas a beautiful time. If it's any consolation to you - KZbin allows us to watch way more awesome '80's football than we ever could during the actual '80's.

[@yippyialeftside8351]

yes your right just great watching all this footy

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Yeah, we used to get match of the day about a week later in Melbourne as well,but man, I really looked forward to that,

[@mikemetaled]

No all-seaters, affordable admission, no Sky, no Premier League and no "Let's finish fourth so we get the CL money". I'm from the wrong era.

[@grimson]

Not every game was like this tho. Shit pitches meant a LOT of games were unwatchable dross for a neutral, just long balls and crosses lumped in.

[@drssexy2142]

@@grimson BULLSHIT

[@coilngraham9078]

😊😊 😊😊

[@willleon9165]

@@grimson still loads of unwatchable games on superior surfaces😂😂😂

[@alancjones64]

Kenny's first goals for ages. If social media was around back then, the fan base from abroad would have been calling for his head, Rush would be getting stick because he doesn't pass enough, and Paisley didn't bring in enough star players during the summer

[@lfcspectre4335]

Ian Rush playing his first Merseyside derby here and let history begin.

[@paulhardy7585]

Ugly fucker, just like all reds fans... Up the blues

[@skintslots]

@@paulhardy7585 Bitter as always.Never fails.

[@skintslots]

My first Merseyside derby match and standing on the Kop,great memories.Mike Ferguson got a late consolation for Everton if I remember rightly.

[@davidgbarron]

Interesting to see the teams from that day. Liverpool having Lawrenson, Whelan, Rush and Grobbelar as new or relatively new players. Everton look unrecognisable from the team that would life the 1st Division Title twice in the 1980s. It seemed the only player in the line-up that featured in the title winning side is Gary Stevens. What is even stranger is a Merseyside derby kicking off at 3PM on a Saturday, wouldn't happen now in the Premier League era.

[@seltaeb3302]

Twice? I thought it was only once, but I lost a few years in the 80s, I moved to Scotland & English football wasn't shown or discussed.

[@johnhanson5943]

Can’t watch football anymore - but in the days when Britain was still Britain - I can watch games again which I haven’t seen since boyhood.

[@seltaeb3302]

Same here. I hate the pitches and the ball that flies about like a rocket. And tackling, was every bit as satisfying as a Dalgish goal. I can't understand what 20th century fans see in the 21st century football. It's just not football. I won't even watch world cups. I can watch & enjoy today's rugby as much as it was in the 70s. The essence of game is still there albeit there's more muscle 💪. And the 🤑 money, that's all football is about now.

[@tonynesbit9673]

That 1st goal just about sums us up as the calamitous club we are.

[@drssexy2142]

🤣🤣🤣🤣you called it, son! YNWA

[@kdacheson]

Thanks for uploading, was at the game and it's the 1st time I have seen it since. A young Steve McMahon playing 7 for Everton. The Kop nearly all Liverpool and the Road End nearly all Everton, great atmosphere! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dalglish!

[@RobCLynch]

This was my first derby and I was shocked to find that one-third of the Kop (right corner main stand) was occupied by Everton fans!

[@vordman]

I'm a Blue and I stood on the Kop loads of times for derby matches. I only saw one punch-up, and I think they knew each other.

[@davidspion9548]

It was the same at Goodison back then. Liverpool had thousands in the Gwladys Street and many more all over Goodison. Everton would have a pocket of fans in the corner of the Kop and others peppered around the other stands too. The days before the derby was ruined.

[@seltaeb3302]

Derby days the fans from both clubs would stand together, no problem at all, only the 'kop' end would traditionally not mix that much only because of the club sing songs. Maybe it's different now.

[@RobCLynch]

Does anybody remember Scully running out with the team before kick off? Saluted the Kop and a banner went up with his name on it?

[@garethfieldstead7547]

That was the 83 84 season.

[@kwekubaah1803]

Those were the glory days. surely our time will come again.. U'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

[@1TheWhiteKnight1]

It has.

[@zekeboy24]

Yeah that was back in the day when players were tough.

[@cc69ist]

McDermott never offside, get the VAR out.

[@chloesdad1000]

Difference between the 2 teams, every red was a world class player most in blue were average.

[@garethfieldstead7547]

Grobelaar was world class - behave yourself soft lad - he was a constant accident waiting to happen. Whelan, Johnson, Hansen and Lawrenson were not world class. Hansen couldn't even make the 86 world cup squad for Scotland! What is so amazing is that only three years after this game, Kendall had created a side with no money, we had to change banks just to buy Peter Reid for 60,000, that played Liverpool off there own pitch. Our whole side in 84 cost less than what Liverpool paid for Walsh and Lawrenson.

[@davidcampbell7958]

yous have been pilling the trophys up since 87

[@aussieboy77]

I noticed the players ran out on the ground separately before the game started instead of walking out side by side as they do now. Anyone know why and when this tradition ended?

[@aussieboy77]

@distantvoices Thanks for that explanation. Yes I agree, much better if the teams were to come out separately as they used to.

[@swaldron5558]

True, every players happily chatted even hug opponents players before matches.

[@timberwolf534]

Bad quality video, bad audio, small screen and a derby game. GOD I AM IN HEAVEN.

[@jj9749]

1:20 Grobelaar intends to curb an impetuous streak How did that work out for him?

[@salsabil44]

Everton got off lightly here imo. A really poor Everton team against an almost top class Liverpool side.

[@adriangear106]

When football was football

[@husdu2]

really good team Liverpool... exactly 36 days after this game they would find an even better team to play against

[@alanslevin6627]

Championship standard? Liverpool were the best team in Europe at the time, you mu poet.

[@miketaylor7989]

Being a staunch Blue this was one of our few poorer displays against Liverpool given the 2 disallowed goals the penalty decision turned down we could of lost by 5 or 6 thank goodness we had games against you later on in the 80s at Anfield where we put in more of an effort despite winning or losing

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Those mid-80s Everton teams were formidable! Respect, from a Liverpool fan.

[@huytonbaddy]

i was dead center of the kop for this one.

[@paulrogers1714]

@distantvoices I shat in yours!

[@davidspion9548]

Same here.

[@simbamukandatsama6333]

What a team wow

[@ianwyj1]

Nobody had shirt sponsors...at least not for another year.

[@edmundpower1250]

Liverpool had Hitachi then but teams weren't allowed advertise on tv

[@stevenwhite9408]

No players moaning about a dodgy pitch in those days. Winter came,the pitches turned into ploughed fields.

[@jimmyjones2320]

Rip sir Roger hunt

[@rybolfc]

"Were the pride of merseysideee"

[@danieljamesmead]

Thats why he's The King.

[@seltaeb3302]

Ohh Jimmy how I wish we still had you now. No fuss & no yab yab yabbing..

[@danieljamesmead]

16:03 A young Jim Royle giving it some there

[@emadanwar9626]

I am a Liverpool fan

[@10from10]

that dalglish assist is nice. maybe a little luck but nice.

[@kakashihatake6916]

KING KENNY

[@Baiju900]

lool i was like pass back, pass back, oh wait, its 1981!!

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Ha ha imagine being a cop and a ref, likes his discipline.

[@10from10]

i was searching for video footage of liverpool - trabzonspor from 1976 for a long time, who can help?

[@davidtunnicliff5442]

+10from10 you'll be lucky.was that 10-0 or 11-0?

[@10from10]

+david tunnicliff i guess there would be tons of footage to be found if it was 10 or 11.

[@davidtunnicliff5442]

aah apologies, it was stromgodset who we beat 11-0 in 74.sorry my brain isnt so good these days..

[@donring]

1976-77EC which Liverpool went on to win, this was r2(last 16) agg3-1 1-0 in Turkey /watch?v=RPE2woG9dNs then 3-0 at Anfield, /watch?v=TWxvTOFyppY very brief clips but two good match reports here www.lfchistory.net/Images/newspapers/echo/1976-10-20-trabzonspor-932.jpg www.lfchistory.net/Images//newspapers/ian.beardsley/1976-11-03_trabzonspor.jpg and a great photo from the first leg pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp9iBPEXgAEFI12.jpg

[@Chizzbuut]

dude, im a scot and hansens gobbeldygook is just as wierd to me as it is to you, its not a scottish thing, i personally think hansen is half cut on the tv most of the time.

[@8492grob]

hey dont worry about the late everton goal too little too late mate

[@matthewwright7831]

Everton are tragic 🎶🎶

[@lastschicker]

18:14 lovely song well sung

[@ivaylodimitrov9099]

Everton most lovely team in Merseyside

[@davidspion9548]

Yes. We love playing them at Anfield. 🙂

[@kodiak64]

Even that far back Liverpool had better players than us. It's simple really, and until we have a trillionaire or sane billionaire owner (that's not Moshiri, then), nothing will change.

[@lewisgreen1633]

Everton were superb in the mid 80’s. I think only Derek mountfield wasn’t an international. Great team

[@of_doom_and_steel477]

Only 1 substitute in those days.

[@tonynesbit9673]

Oh forgot to mention are captain was a yard dog,good old mick big hero at goodison?

[@boykeramdhani2087]

When you could only have one player as a sub.

[@mikeduxbury]

The referee was 75 years old!

[@david_g_barron]

Kenny Dalglish booked by the idiot that later sent Kevin Moran off in the FA Cup Final. I would also like to know the referee could understand him.

[@jorgsiegert6929]

das waren noch Zeiten . . . . YNWA

[@of_doom_and_steel477]

15:02

[@10from10]

what exactly does merseyside mean, is it a place?

[@MichaelCasanovaMusic]

The Mersey is the river that flows through liverpool. Merseyside just means near the Mersey or on the side of the river.

[@Tom-cl4lb]

It's also the name of the county where the city of Liverpool is located.

[@FTMJarra]

no it's not, it's in Lancashire.

[@huytonbaddy]

i prefer lancashire.

[@stephancurrie3937]

FTMJarra liverpool isn't in Lancashire anymore.Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in its own right.

[@siroswaldfortitude5346]

Well you can't have a Merseyside derby without the obligatory sending off.

[@johnmasterchief2004]

back when merseyside clubs dominated

[@obarg281]

There are only two football clubs on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves.

[@garethfieldstead7547]

​@@obarg281yes Shankly only came out with that remark 60 years ago, please keep up.

[@garethfieldstead7547]

Not for another 3 years for Everton.

[@vordman]

Blue here, bloody typical the first Rush goal against us was a fluke!

[@LearsiPudih]

only 1 sub?

[@benji274]

Yep, two subs didn't come in until 1988 or so

[@lastschicker]

liverpool have pink collars where the red dye has run in the wash

[@ripvanwincle219]

Everton have always been shite.I've got cousins that were blues i felt sorry for them it wasn't fair.They were always miserable.Their dads were pricks as well funny enough.

[@saraw6446]

ripvanwincle at least they didn't murder anyone though

[@paulmcdonough1093]

won the ecwc in 85 league 85 87 never bottled it like lfc did ha ha

[@spacemunky53]

@@saraw6446 the likes of you fukwit murder the truth!!

[@saraw6446]

@@spacemunky53 Still blaming other English teams fans? Or the stadium, the police, Juve, even Roma fans ? 39 people died as result of your fans violence - this is not true?

[@edmundpower1250]

@@saraw6446 don't be envious of Liverpool's proud history it makes you sound bitter😆😆😆

[@gerwulfthered154]

Neverton

[@cam99efc]

oh everton we love you

[@ahmadshuhaimi6445]

For

[@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

Championship standard if played today

[@danyoutube7491]

The volley by Whelan that led to the first goal, the vision and execution of the assisting pass for the second; that's top quality in any era. And my God, the football in the 80s and early 90s was more entertaining and the commentators' voices a pleasure to listen to rather than something to try and ignore. Peter Drury's tone of voice is awful, I have to mute the sound.

[@zaidabraham7310]

@@danyoutube7491 If you look at football matches from this era, it is played in a similar style to lower-end Championship/League One matches nowadays. The ease at which teams passed through midfield, the long punts forward, the high number of crosses. Of course, we do have much better quality pitches now, which helps a lot. And the players are probably significantly fitter due to better fitness training + diet plans + increased health consciousness. Not to mention much more in-depth tactics due to computers and an increased focus on statistics.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@zaidabraham7310 "the ease with which teams passed through mid-field." Did you watch the FA Cup final in May? Two Premier League teams?.. It cannot really be called Englands Premier League as so few Englishmen play in it. Clubs today are owned and financed by oil barrons, TV money and UpVC window salesmen (Glazers). Income is based on TV broadcasts rather than crowd numbers. Squads are made up of players who hail from most parts of the globe... it has become like American Football. It is only a matter of time before teams change their names to Manchester City Blue Sox, Liverpool Patriots, and the Watford Plastic Cowboys. Who finishes in the top six places is almost a formality... I would agree about the higher fitness levels+diet plans+computer science, but then you can only beat what is infront of you. The European Cup remained in England from 1977-1983, now it is played by the elite teams for their elite prawn cocktail sandwich scoffers.

[@spacemunky53]

@@zaidabraham7310 prick...reds went on to win european cup! Knob head

[@edmundpower1250]

@@spacemunky53 well they had already won it

[@williambeck1574]

When Everton restart after Liverpools opener you can see the Everton boys knocking shit out of the red shite in the anny road end

[@kingkenny980]

Hahahaha. Chinny Hill aka John Keary from netherton. What a goofy goober. Lol. 💀