We don't go back very far - 2015/16 - with the 'Back Issues' story today in the Official Liverpool FC matchday programme. This one features a rare goal from Benteke. The cover star providing the assist.
Today's 'Back Issue' feature in the Official Liverpool FC matchday programme is a game from September 1982, a thriller of a match with Nottingham Forest
Issue 199 of The New Liverpool Programme Collectors Club published by Keith Stanton and LFCProgMan is being sent to all subscribers later this week. Also included will be a 20-page Offers List.
'Back Issues' returns again this season to the new look Liverpool matchday programme. The featured issue this time out is the League Cup second round tie in September 1974 against Brentford.
Following the success of the 'Reds versus Whites' article in the recent Liverpool matchday programme with Sevilla, Liverpool FC requested permission to reproduce the article on liverpoolfc.com
Please use the link below to read
'Reds versus Whites' – when Anfield held public practice matches - Liverpool FC
Check out the Liverpool matchday programme for the pre-season friendly fixture with Sevilla. Inside you'll find an feature article on 'Reds versus Whites'. A look back at the old public practice matches which took place in pre-season at Anfield.
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Programme images from previous trips to the United States by Liverpool Football Club were provided by LFCProgMan for inclusion in the LFC Pre-Season Tour issue. The programme covered all three matches against Real Betis, Arsenal and Manchester United.
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As we say "Danke Jürgen" today's 100-page bumper Official Matchday Programme takes a look back when another Liverpool manager announced (a year in advance) that he was leaving - in this case retiring. 'Back Issues' features the last 'The Anfield Review' and 'The Final Team Talk' from the Quiet Genuis, Bob Paisley.
Delighted to announce that my book:
Liverpool Football Programmes: The Definitive Collector's Guide has now reached profits of over £25,000.
All of the money has been received by the Liverpool FC charity, the LFC Foundation.
I'm also incredibly happy to report that just over a third of this money has been used for the Museum of Liverpool - House of Memories project. It is "a museum-led dementia awareness programme which offers training, access to resources, and museum-based activities to enable carers to provide person-centred care for people living with dementia."
'Back Issues' in today's programme returns to the 2000/01 season and for those that can remember the award-winning Official Matchday Magazine.
A4 size and jam packed with features.
Honoured to meet Jürgen Klopp today, spend time talking to him. And of course he loved the book!
Christmas 1972 and Crystal Palace arrive hoping to end Liverpool's all-year unbroken run of home wins. 'Back Issues' in today's Official Matchday Programme takes a look at the "Two For The Price Of One" edition.
It is back to 2012/13 in the Europa League in tonight's Official Matchday Programme and I'm featuring the group stage matches against Udinese Calcio
Thursday night Premier League football, Sheffield United the visitors. 'Back Issues' looks at the programme from the League's inaugural season between the two sides in the Reds' Centenary season.
Brighton & Hove Albion visit Anfield today and my 'Back Issues' column returns to the 82/83 season - Bob Paisley's last before retiring.
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The Europa League edition of the matchday programme features 'Back Issues' from 2010/11, the last time the Liverpool met AC Sparta Praha in European competition
'Back Isues' in today's Liverpool FC Official Matchday Programme goes back to the 1934/35 season when FA Cup holders, Manchester City, visited Anfield.
The Hatters are back at Anfield tonight and the matchday programme 'Back Issues' features the first ever home league meeting between the two clubs back in April 1955.
Today's Official Matchday Programme marks the start of me taking over the 'Back Issues' column. For the visit of Burnley I'm kicking off with an incredibly rare issue for the Theatrical Gala match which took place four days after the 1914 FA Cup Final.
It's Christmas, so what else but a Back Issues column to feature a Christmas Day programme, Arsenal the opposition back in 1935. You can read all about in the Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme from yesterday's Premier League match with the Gunners.
My Back Issues column returns to the Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme for tonight's UEFA Europa League tie with
Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, more commonly known as LASK.
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The Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme Back Issues column for tonight's UEFA Europa League tie features the Toulouse issue from the UEFA Champions 2007/08
qualifying fixture at Anfield.
Back Issues returns for this season 's UEFA Europa League matches. LFCProgMan looks back at programmes from the games involving Anderlecht. Buy your copy of the Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme for the Royale Union Saint-Gilloise fixture to read on.
Full page piece on The New Liverpool Programme Collectors Club makes it into the LFC matchday programme for the
West Ham United fixture.
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The June issue of the Liverpool FC Magazine six-pages of some of the best bits which didn't make it into This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme.
The new book, This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme, makes it into today's matchday programme, Nottingham Forest the visitors.
The May issue of the Liverpool FC Magazine contains a four page preview on the recently released book, This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme and a chance to win a copy.
This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme
was published today by Reach Sport.
This official book showcases a spectacular array of front covers and inside pages from every era: the must-read managers’ notes and the captains’ columns; the star interviews and opposition analysis; the vital stats, match reports and reaction from the team’s finest hours; and of course the fashions!
Compiled by LFCProgMan, sharing many unseen images from his comprehensive archive, and club programme editor David Cottrell, it’s an evocative guide to an Anfield institution.
It's the final day of printing for
This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme
I had the pleasure of seeing the covers being bound to the rest of the book before the full shipment left Glasgow, bound for Liverpool. It will be in the shops next month.
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Back Issues returns. LFCProgMan looks back at programmes from the 2014/15 Champions League group-stage double-header between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Buy your copy of the programme to read on.
LFCProgMan is delighted to announce profits from his first book have now exceed £22K.
A second donation to the LFC Foundation has just been made for £10,187
This second donation will be specifically earmarked for an upcoming project for young people across the Merseyside area, particularly those that are disadvantaged.
After a heavy few months of work, the initial draft of This Is Anfield: The Illustrated History of Liverpool Football Club’s Matchday Programme is complete. A few chapters now require writing. Above, just one of the home programmes we discuss.
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Work has now started on my third book. Written and researched with Dave Cottrell, the LFC matchday programme editor. It will take you on a journey from the very first LFC home programme to the present season. The Official Liverpool book will be published by Reach Sport and release is anticipated for April 2023.
'Back Issue' by LFCProgMan in the SSC Napoli UEFA Champions League issue recalls the 2010 matchday programmes for the Europa League group games.
A first for LFCProgMan. A four page feature article appeared in UEFA Champions League SSC Napoli programme yesterday. It tells the story of the Reds double-header with Gradjanski in 1936.
In the matchday programme for Rangers the 'Back Issues' by LFCProgMan looks back at the matches with Aberdeen 80/81 en route to Liverpool winning their third European Cup.
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Costco has now taken stock of the
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide for three of their North West warehouses - Chester, Haydock and Liverpool
LFCProgMan returns with the 'Back Issues' feature in the matchday programme. This will again be in each of the Champions League issues this season. This time it features programmes from the 1966 matches between the two sides.
Some of the profits from the book have
been donated to the LFC Foundation.
The £11,872 will go will go towards the funding of a partnership the Foundation are developing with the Museum of Liverpool. It will use the history of Liverpool FC and football as a tool to support people with dementia.
It is 130th anniversary of Liverpool Football Club today. To mark the occasion the author of
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
was asked to select ten of some of the rarest matchday programmes to feature in the book.
The Sports Boook Awards 2022 in association with The Sunday Times: 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Awards saw
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
pipped at the post by Toon In!
in the Illustrated Book Of The Year category
As author, I am proud to announce that Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
has today been shortlisted in the
Sports Book Awards 2022
in association with the Sunday Times
Illustrated Book Of The Year category
It's Spanish opposition - Athletic Bilbao and Deportivo La Coruna - for the Back Issues feature. Again written by LFCProgMan in Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme. Villarreal the visitors in the UEFA Champions League Semi-final first leg.
The LFC Foundation Legends Charity Match programme features the Liverpool Football Programmes: The Definitive Collector's Guide, describing it as a "Labour Of Love, it's possibly the biggest Reds book ever and all profits from its sale will go towards the LFC Foundation's life-changing projects".
This time around the Back Issues story from LFCProgMan follows two previous matchday programmes involving Benfica and on both occasions Liverpool lifted the European Cup.
LFCProgMan has written the "Back Issues" section for the Inter Milan Champions League fixture. The article features the last three visits by the I Nerazzurri, including a pre-season friendly match with the Pirelli Cup for the winners.
The Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
can now be purchased in North America.
It is available to order direct from anfieldshop.com
The author would like to extend his gratitude to
Alisha Weiss for making this possible.
Andy Marsden is announced as
LFC Foundation Champion of the Month for January 2022
The Foundation reported, "Andy, a local author and lifelong LFC fan, was nominated by our fundraising manager Rachel Bates. This was in recognition of his pledge to donate 100% of the profits from his newly released book, Liverpool Football Programmes: The Definitive Collector's Guide, to The LFC Foundation... Every penny of the profits will go to benefit those in the Liverpool region from projects led by the Foundation. In this way, the book will support two key areas that are important to me and the community: giving young people a chance of a better future and providing support to those affected by dementia"."
You can read the full story here.
Finally, after appearing in the top three of Amazon UK's Most Wished For Liverpool FC book, the Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide debuts on amazon.co.uk today.
You can now order the book using your Amazon UK account.
Phil Brough reviews the
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide in the
Programme Monthly & Football Collectable, Issue 490, February 2022
"A number of books have been written about a clubs' programmes but none as comprehensive or as wonderfully illustrated as this". Perhaps, though, the best comment "If this volume had been written under the auspices of a University, Marsden would be honoured and acclaimed."
As the announcement states the
"LFC Foundation set to receive all profits from book, ‘Liverpool Football Programmes: The Definitive Collector’s Guide’."
"Andy Marsden has selflessly pledged that all profits will be donated to the Foundation."
Why donate to the Foundation?
Simply to give back to the city I love!
"By donating all profits, the Foundation can continue to work in areas of high need and deprivation across the Liverpool City Region, aiming to deliver sustainable and long-term change for communities and to ensure that this work continues to benefit future generations."
"The LFC Foundation would like to extend it’s gratitude to Andy for tirelessly working on this project spanning 5 years, and donating every single penny."
You'll Never Walk Alone January 2022
(Issue 4), the magazine of the Official Supporters Club from Aalborg, Denmark. Steven Horton's "Talk of the Town" describes
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
as "The Bible of the Match Programmes", and continues "I myself have about 4,000 programmes, so it will be exciting to see which 1,000 I am missing. Then I have to start finding them. The biggest challenge is what they cost on eBay, for example."
The LFCProgMan website is officially launched to promote the
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
and Liverpool football programmes in general.
The Official Liverpool FC Monthly Magazine February 2022 (Issue 113) describes the Liverpool Football Programmes: The Definitive Collector's Guide as "a colossal, metatarsal-crushing, limited-edition paean to Liverpool FC matchday programmes”. And dedicates a double-page spread to the book.
"A Book That Has Provoked Memories Both Happy And Sad" featured in
Red All Over The Land, Issue 279.
Rob Clague aka @RedOnTheBay notes
"Strongly recommended, a real page turner. What a work it is, a real labour of love. Hats off to you Andy" and acknowledges how it
"stirred a few memories for me, happy, funny, and sad."
After five years in development the
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
is published today.
The Official Liverpool FC Matchday Programme for the UEFA Champions League Group B - Matchday Five game with FC Porto features a double-page spread on my book, the Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide.
Gutenberg Press Limited, Tarxien, Malta have been awarded the contract to print
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide
The Kopite (No. 297) magazine from the Official Supporters Club, Norway dedicates five pages to the upcoming Liverpool Football Programmes book. Or should that be
"Bibel Om Røde Programmer"
Andy Marsden, author of
Liverpool Football Programmes:
The Definitive Collector's Guide, announces that all profits from the book will be donated to the LFC Foundation.