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The National Football Museum Reunites Everton And Liverpool Legends With Trophies From Their Glorious Past
Some of Merseyside's greatest ever footballers were reunited at The National Football Museum on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th August.
Greeting the former stars of Liverpool and Everton were a number of glittering trophies that the legends won in the mid 1980s when both clubs dominated English and European football. For many of the players it was the first time that they have had the opportunity to hold the trophies aloft since the cups were won over 20 years ago.
Mark Bushell, from the Museum said : “We were very fortunate that in our collections we have the the FA Cup and the Canon League Division One trophies, both of which spent a considerable amount of time on Merseyside in the 1980s. Everton and Liverpool were very much the teams to beat both domestically and internationally.”
The Museum welcomed Liverpool giants Bruce Grobbelaar, Phil Neal, David Johnson and Alan Kennedy into the Museum. Grobbelaar, who's wobbly knee antics helped to secure Liverpool the European Cup, after a penalty shoot out against AS Roma in 1984, is flying in from South Africa to see the trophies whilst Alan Kennedy is also bringing in his vast selection of medals won throughout his outstanding career.
Everton legends Kevin Ratcliffe, Graham Sharp, Peter Reid, Kevin Sheedy and John Bailey together with Managerial supremo, Howard Kendall were introduced once again to the FA Cup, which they won in 1984, and the Cannon League Division 1 Trophy that they secured in 1985.
Bushell continued: “This was a tremendous opportunity for members of the public to see football history being re-created. This was the first time that the Liverpool players will have been reunited with the Canon League trophy and the FA Cup since they achieved a memorable Double under Kenny Dalglish in his first season in charge of the club in1986. And seeing the Everton boss and captain lift their trophies once again was a dream come true for all Evertonians.”
After the photo-opportunities supporters got the chance to speak to the legends through an organised autograph session.