August 15 – Premiership Kicks Off and Beardsley’s Reds Bow
The day that all football in England started (according to Sky, that is), and Peter Beardsley makes his Liverpool debut.
IN the 1980s there was only one club in England footballers wanted to play for. Liverpool were still head and shoulders above everybody else in the glory stakes, having been top dog in English club football for years.
In the summer of 1987 Kenny Dalglish was continuing to add to his side, after they had been beaten to the First Division title by cross-city rivals Everton in the 1986/87 season.
As well as buying Watford winger John Barnes, King Kenny also splashed the cash to bring Peter Beardsley to Anfield from his hometown club, Newcastle United. ‘Pedro’ cost Liverpool £1.9m – then a British record fee – but it would turn out to be a bargain for the Merseysiders. Click here for the full story.
1992 – The Premiership Kicks Off
THESE days you can’t move without tripping over a live football match on TV, with Saturday lunchtime and evening kick-offs, ‘Super Sunday’ games, and midweek clashes all over Sky.
But this wasn’t always the case. Before Rupert Murdock came along and revolutionised football on TV, the BBC and ITV showed highlights packages and the odd live game.
It was on this day in 1992 that all that changed, and football changed forever. August 15 was the first day of the newly re-branded Premiership. Read on here.
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