TO UPDATE Focus On : Liam Brady Story

Liam Brady is a true Irish soccer great. It is a major regret for many Republic of Ireland fans that this wonderful soccer talent was never displayed in a major international championship finals. Injury, bad luck and his inability to adapt fully to the Jack Charlton football philosophy all conspired to prevent him from appearing in the finals of either the Euro Championship or World Cup. Undoubtedly Liam Brady was the most Irish talented footballer of his generation and he went on to play for top soccer clubs in England and Italy. Brady was born, and raised in the 1960's, in Dublin. As a schoolboy he played for the northside Dublin football club St Kevin's Boys and very quickly came to the attention of the Irish based scouts for English top flight clubs. While Brady was playing his schoolboy soccer in Ireland the English First Division (the fore runner of the Premier League) was being dominated by football clubs from the North of England. Clubs from London were struggling to make the big breakthrough. Nevertheless it was London club Arsenal that attracted a 13 year old Liam Brady over for soccer trials. With hindsight it seems obvious that the young Brady would impress the Arsenal staff with his footballing gifts in general and his sublime left foot. Equally the professionalism in approach and the high quality set up at Highbury impressed Brady. In 1971, at the age of 15, Brady moved across to Arsenal on a full-time basis.

"Voetball de jaren zestig" "le foot Hollandais dans les années 60s"

 

Premier League 1992 1993 Manchester City Manchester United

FA Cup 1990 Manchester United Crystal Palace

UEFA European Cup 1979 1980 Dinamo Tbilisi Liverpool

First Round Second Leg

3 octobre 1979

Boris Paichadze  Stadium 

As many Liverpool supporters had anticipated two weeks  earlier,  after seeing Dynamo Tbilisi  in action   at  Anfield,   the   shortcomings   of  Bob Paisley's team were cruelly exposed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. On a wet afternoon, with the rain falling incessantly from a grey sky, a euphorie crowd of around 80,000 at the Dynamo Stadium watched Tbilisi give Liverpool a roasting. It was one of the Reds's worst defeats in Europe. Liverpool were well below par. They had not made a confident start to the season, having won only twice in their opening seven league games. Bob Paisley had been quick to argue that Liverpool's mediocre performance at Anfield had made Tbilisi look better than they were, but this was not borne out by the events of the second leg. Dynamo Tbilisi were well worth their moment of glory. They were a fine team. Nodar Akhalkatsi's team went on to win the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, and many of their players would make a mark in international football. In Tbilisi, against Liverpool, they reigned suprême.

Coupe Uefa 1992 1993 Auxerre Borussia Dortmund

 

Coupe Uefa Finale Retour 1990 1991 AS Roma Inter Milan

 

 

READINGS : Mazzola Rivera 1970 FR

Oldham Athletic AFC Golden Years

 

FA Cup 1993 1994 Manchester United Chelsea

Final
14 May 1994
Wembley Stadium London
Referee David Elleray 
Attendance 79,634

 The final score was emphatic, but it disguised the fact that for an hour Chelsea looked the better team at a wet Wembley and United were clinging to the ropes for much of the time. Gavin Peacock hit the bar in the first half and a tide of blue shirts threatened to swamp Schmeichel's area. But this United side was made of durable material and they picked up their game in the final half-hour to pull away over the closing stages, inspired to a great extent by the strut and swagger of their French talisman, Cantona.

Divison One 1968 1969 Chelsea Manchester United

 

Borussia Dortmund Season Review 2010 2011

 

Campionato Argentina 1971 Velez Huracan 3/10/1971

 

Serie A 1991 1992 Sampdoria Inter Milan

 

Division One 1984 1985 Nottingham Forest Liverpool