FOOTIE MAGS
The second part of the 1970/71 LFC ‘team set’
from Football Pictorial, and below-left young
Reds goalkeeper Ray Clemence appears on the
cover of Goal magazine in April 1971.
Inside that same issue of Goal was the latest
instalment of ‘Bobby Charlton’s Diary’, in which
the Manchester United star revealed he was at
Old Trafford for the recent, titanic FA Cup semi-
final between Liverpool and Everton.
“What a match that turned out to be: a classic
semi of excitement, drama and electrifying
atmosphere with Liverpool coming from behind
to win,” he wrote.
“A lot of people were of the opinion that
Everton might have won if Brian Labone hadn’t
gone off with a knee injury just after the interval
when they were a goal up. I didn’t subscribe to
that theory.
“I admit that both [Liverpool] goals came
from down the middle and that had Labone
been there, he might have stopped them. But I
had the impression that even if Liverpool hadn’t
scored the way they did, they would have found
another avenue to get through.
“The amount of pressure they put on
Everton in the second half had to be seen to be
believed. They simply never stopped working,
running and chasing and it paid off for them in
the end. If there’s a fitter team than Liverpool in
the Football League, I’ve yet to see them.”