by Amy Lawrence
coach convoys face delays, 25, 138, 139, 141, 142, 146
referee and linesmen make preparations, 26–7
commentators make preparations, 31–2
dressing room team-talk, 32–4
giving of flowers, 34–7
first half, 157–60
half-time, 161–2
free kick given, 162–3, 254
first goal scored by Smith, 164–8, 191, 226, 232, 254
attempt on goal by Thomas, 169–70, 226
Richardson’s leg injury, 172–3, 174
counter attack by Barnes, 174–5
second goal scored by Thomas, 177–85, 189, 197–8
final minute of game, 185–7
final whistle, 187
celebrations and trophy giving, 187–96, 201, 206, 210, 211, 214, 215
Arsenal Travel Club, 22, 137, 145
assists, 70
Aston Villa F.C., 74, 75, 78, 81, 92
Atlantic Tower hotel, Liverpool, 20
Austin, Paul, 146, 212
Australia, 11, 154, 156, 195, 203–4, 206
Avenell Road, London, 41, 124, 141, 235
back four, 56, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 95–6
back three/five, 34, 68, 96–9
Baldwin, James, 200
Balmer, Craig, 245
Banwell, Geoff, 165–6
Bar Hill, Cambridge, 231
Barcelona, FC, 71, 265, 268
Barcelona, Spain, 201
Barclay, Patrick ‘Paddy’, 190, 265
Barclays, 192
Barker, James, 230
Barnes, John, 28, 73, 96, 174, 175, 203
Baseball Ground, Derby, 81
Bates, Aaron, 204
Bates, Tim, 221
Batson, Brendon, 81, 84
Beardsley, Peter, 73, 159, 193
Beaumont, Pete, 209–10
Benn, Nigel, 142
Berlin Wall, 241
Billericay, Essex, 151
Bingley, Paul, 151
Birch, Mike, 210–11
black players, 81–7
Blackler, Lloyd, 243
Blackstock Road, London, 23
Bodø, Norway, 205–6
Bolton Wanderers F.C., 192
Boorer, Jeff, 207
Bould, Stephen, 16, 17, 51, 52, 268
Adams, relationship with, 64, 101
at Atlantic Tower hotel, 20
and back three/five, 34, 97, 98
card games, playing of, 19, 20
celebrations, 250, 255
corner kicks, 163
Graham, relationship with, 17, 63, 261
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 158, 160, 161, 163, 166, 173, 183, 193
on Marble Halls league table, 92
open-top bus parade, 255
pre-match meal, 20
signing of (1988), 52, 54, 59
at Stoke City (1980–88), 67
on team coach, 18, 19
on training, 67
Wimbledon match (27 August 1988), 88
Wimbledon match (17 May 1989), 127
Boyle, Brendan, 144, 211
Brady, William ‘Liam’ 49
Brazil, 47, 270, 272
Brennan, James, 231
Brindle, Mark, 142, 219
British Army of the Rhine, 198–200
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 11, 200, 201, 205, 264
Brockley, London, 32
Brooking, Trevor, 49
Brooks, Cliff, 197–8
Brown, Tom, 143, 147, 242
Burnley F.C., 92
Burtenshaw, Steve, 50, 54, 116
Burton, Terry, 46
Bury F.C., 92
Caesar, Gus, 48, 81, 222
Calendar, 110
California, United States, 263
Callow, Nick, 221, 222
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 231
Campbell, Kevin, 22, 187
Campbell, Sulzeer ‘Sol’, 5
Canoville, Paul, 83
Capara, Nick, 240–41
Cape Town, South Africa, 206
Capital Gold, 142, 152
Carter, Paul, 229–30
Case, James ‘Jimmy’, 73
Chaney, Lynne, 22, 23, 228, 254, 273
Channel Islands, 202
Chapman, Herbert, 54, 269
Chapman, Lee, 209
Charlton Athletic F.C., 92, 95
Checkpoint Alpha, Berlin, 198–200
Chelsea F.C., 51, 79, 83, 263, 271
Chester City F.C. 92
Chester College, 224
Childs, Ian, 150–51
Clock End, Highbury, 82, 151, 152, 254
Clough, Brian, 54, 91
coaches, 18–19, 25, 134, 135–42, 145, 146, 147, 149
Cockerill, Glenn, 85–7
Cohen, Janet, 218
Cohen, Michael, 145, 215
Colchester F.C. 51
Collins, Chris, 204
Connolly, Tom, 150
Conteh, John, 223
Cook, Iain, 228, 273
Coppock, Mick, 213
Corbett, James, 219–20
Corfu, Greece, 197
Cork, Alan, 126
Coronation Street, 55
Coules-Miller, Neale, 239
County Cavan, Ireland, 203
Covent Garden, London, 257
Coventry City F.C., 95
Cowie, Andy, 25, 184–5
Crocodile Dundee, 218
Crooks, Garth, 85
Croydon, London, 234–5
Crumlin, Dublin, 48
Crystal Palace F.C., 56, 275
Cunningham, Laurie, 84
Cutner, Simon, 220
Cyzer, Matthew, 229
Daily Mirror, 100
Daily Star, 229–30
Dalglish, Kenneth, 29, 30, 35, 57, 72, 121, 167, 190, 191
Daniels, Dave, 216
Davies, Alan
on Adams, 99
on back three/five, 98
on Cockerill, punching of (1988), 85
on Graham, 41–2
on Hillsborough disaster (15 April 1989), 112, 119
on hooliganism, 78–9, 118–19
on League, 74
on Liverpool, 72–3
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 150, 227–8
on Newcastle United match (15 April 1989), 112
on Nottingham Forest match (6 November 1988), 90
on players, ownership of, 49
on Wimbledon match (27 August 1988), 80
Davies, Mark, 224
Davis, Kieran, 245–6
Davis, Paul, 28, 29, 49, 84, 85, 258–9
Cockerill, punching of (1988), 85–7
Graham, relationship with, 43
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 175, 180, 183, 187, 188
and racial abuse, 81, 82–3
on Thomas’ goal, 258–9
Dein, David, 26, 40, 77, 117–18, 189, 264, 272
Demetriou, Theo, 223
Derby County F.C., 81, 123–5, 149
Digby, Michael, 223
Dixon, Lee ‘Dicko’, 3, 5, 10, 16, 17, 51, 52–3
Adams, relationship with, 60, 100, 101–2
Aston Villa match (31 December 1988), 92
on back four, 66
Barnes, marking of, 96
at Burnley (1982–4), 92
at Bury (1985–6), 92
card games, playing of, 18, 19
celebrations, 252–3, 256
Charlton Athletic match (26 December 1988), 92
Charlton Athletic match (21 March 1989), 95
at Chester City (1984–5), 92
Coventry City match (21 February 1989), 95
on crisis meetings, 94–5
Derby County match (13 May 1989), 123, 124, 125
dressing room talk, 32–3
emotional crash, 257–8
on festive period, 91–2
on flowers, laying of, 36–7
on forwards, 69
Graham, relationship with, 63, 65, 66, 97, 133
on Hillsb
orough disaster (15 April 1989), 17, 36, 115, 121, 122, 127
on Liverpool, 71, 74, 129
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 161, 170, 173, 176–7, 179, 182, 186–7, 192, 195–6, 215, 271
Middlesbrough match (6 May 1989), 123
Millwall match (11 February 1989), 94
Nottingham Forest match (11 March 1989), 95
open-top bus parade, 256
Rocastle, relationship with, 59, 60
on rope training, 66
signing of (1988), 52–4, 58, 59–60
Stoke City (1986–8), 52–3, 58, 92
on team coach, 19, 28
on training, 60–61, 66
Wimbledon match (17 May 1989), 126, 127
Dixon, Roy, 24, 252–3
Donnelly, Tony, 48, 50, 251
Donners, 20, 47
Double win
1971 1, 15, 31, 39, 42, 91
2002 260
Dublin, Ireland, 48, 62, 252, 257
Dundalk, Ireland, 201
Dwight, Adam, 143–4
Dyke, Gregory, 264
East Germany (1949–90), 11, 198–200
Eldridge, Carl, 146–7
Elleray, David, 93–4
Elstree, Hertfordshire, 118
England national team, 64, 65, 87, 267
European Championship (1988), 64, 99, 190
European Cup (1988–9), 201
Evans, Roy, 195
Evening Standard, 135
Everton F.C., 55, 73, 81–2, 83, 93, 150, 155, 196, 218, 224, 237, 262
FA Cup, 31, 73, 155
1949–50 155
1978–79 57
1984–85 155
1987–88 73
1988–89 108, 198, 201, 236, 242, 247
2001–02 260
Fairclough, John, 240
Fairs Cup, 39
Fashanu, John, 88
Feinberg, Mike, 152–3, 232
Ferguson, Alexander, 40, 44n, 99
‘Ferry Cross the Mersey’ (Gerry and the Pacemakers), 153
festive period, 91–2
Fever Pitch (1997 film), 224, 228, 256, 258, 263
Fever Pitch (Hornby), 79, 171, 228, 235, 241, 266–7
Finsbury Park, London, 22, 78, 142, 149
Fisher, Tony, 241
flowers, laying of, 8, 9, 30, 34–5
Foley, Theo, 50, 60–61, 62, 134, 145, 160, 173
Football League Management Committee, 118
football special trains, 78
Foster, John, 239–40
Fouch, Elda, 235
Foulser, Jeff, 31–2, 170–71, 184
Franklin, Gary, 138, 214
free kicks, 162–3, 165, 166, 168, 254
Friar, Kenneth, 25, 34, 35, 156
Friend, John, 244–5
Frow, Martin, 149–50, 204
Gaddafi, Muammar, 44
Galligan, Pat, 48
Gayle, Howard, 85
George, Charlie, 22, 39
Germany, 11, 198
Gerrard, John, 237
Gerry and the Pacemakers, 153
Gibbs, Phil, 230–31
Gilbert, Christian, 202
Glanville, Brian, 98
Glasgow, Scotland, 196
Golden Boots, 164
Golder, Ian, 247–8
Gomez Sanchez, Emerita, 218
Goodison Park, Liverpool, 81–2, 93
Gourd, Steve, 231
Graham, George, 10, 19, 29, 38–56, 261, 269, 275
and back four, 56, 66, 67–8, 96, 131
and back three/five, 96–9
and belief, 132–3
on bench, 63
Bould, signing of (1988), 52, 54
celebrations, 249
crisis meetings, 94–5
on defenders, 67–8
Derby County match (13 May 1989), 124, 128, 130
Dixon, signing of (1988), 52–4
on Double win (1971), 91
dressing room talk, 33, 34
on festive period, 91–2
and five-a-sides, 62
on flowers, laying of, 34
Foley, relationship with, 62–3
‘Gaddafi’ nickname, 44
‘Gorgeous George’ nickname, 39
half-time speech, 161
Liverpool match (5 April 1987), 57–8
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 157–63, 168, 172, 176–7, 180, 184, 188–91, 195–6
at Millwall (1982–6), 40, 42, 51, 63
on The Naked Ape, 15–17
on newspapers, 52
and press-ups, 61–2
at Queens Park Rangers (1977), 63
Richardson, signing of (1987), 52, 55
Rocastle, relationship with, 270–71
and rope training, 66
on set-pieces, 163
Smith, signing of (1987), 54–5
on stand, 63
on standards, 38
tea, spilling of, 64
and Thomas’ knee tweak, 10
trophy giving, 210, 211
on Wayne, 15
Wimbledon match (17 May 1989), 128, 130
on world-class players, 55
Graham, Nicole, 195
Grand Canyon, United States, 263
Grandstand, 107–8, 113–14
Grantham, Lincolnshire, 236
Gray, Mike, 233
Grays, Essex, 138
Greenall, David, 234
Greene, Richard, 230
Griffiths, Dean, 243–4
Grobbelaar, Bruce, 114, 162, 164, 169, 180, 181–2, 193, 194, 213, 227, 261
Gronneberg, Andy, 153–4
Groves, Perry, 18, 261
at Atlantic Tower hotel, 20
celebrations, 253, 256
at Colchester F.C. (1981–6), 51
on Graham’s management, 51, 55, 261
Littlewoods Cup final (1987), 58
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 160, 181, 193
Liverpool vs West Ham (23 May 1989), 129, 130
open-top bus parade, 256
on team coach, 18, 28
tie, 222
Guernsey 11
Guy’s Hospital, Southwark, 50
Haberdashers school, Elstree, 118
Hackney, London, 141
Hanover Street, Liverpool, 223
Hansen, Alan, 71, 95, 166
Harney, Jo, 22, 23, 255
Harris, Damian, 150
Hart, Graeme, 156
Harvey, Peter, 210
Hawley, John, 209
Hayes, Martin, 22, 44, 123, 160, 187
Helleve, Eirik, 206–7
Heysel disaster (29 May 1985), 41, 77, 118
Higgins, Alexander, 250
Higgs, Dave, 143
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 135, 150
Highbury stadium, 269
Box Office, 23
Clock End, 82, 151, 152, 254
Ladies Lounge, 23
Marble Halls, 92, 254
North Bank, 40, 80, 82, 112, 113, 119, 120, 153
renovation of, 254–5
Hilditch, John, 237
Hill, Colin, 209
Hillsborough disaster (15 April 1989), 7–9, 11–12, 17, 30, 107–20, 224–5, 246, 247–8, 259
flowers, laying of, 8, 9, 30, 34–7, 147, 156
and Liverpool vs Arsenal (26 May 1989), 132, 139, 143–4, 151, 155, 160, 188, 198, 201, 211, 217
police behaviour, 113, 119, 145–6
Hillsborough: The Truth (Scraton), 107
Hoddle, Glenn, 49
Holloway Road, London, 48
home-grown players, 45, 49, 50, 268
Honor Oak, London, 274
hooliganism, 77–8, 112, 113, 118–19
Hornby, Nicholas, 266–8
on black players, 81
Fever Pitch, 79, 171, 224, 228, 235, 241, 256, 258, 266–7
on Graham, 40–41
on Hillsborough disaster (15 April 1989), 113, 118
home-grown players, 268
on hooliganism, 77–8
on Liverpo
ol, 73
Liverpool match (26 May 1989), 149, 226–7
on Rocastle, 271–2
on salaries of players, 79–80
Hossain, Jon, 151–2, 232, 238
Houghton, Ray, 96, 179, 180, 181, 185, 252
Howard, Patrick, 148
Howe, Donald, 41
Hughes, Barry, 139, 223–4
Hughton, Christopher, 85
Hutchinson, David, 26–7, 29, 159, 163, 165–7, 191–2
Ibrox disaster (2 January 1971), 113
Ilford Palais, London, 46
Independent, 190
Ipswich Town F.C., 74, 118
Ireland, 48, 62, 201, 203, 240, 252, 257, 261
Islington, London, 232, 237–8, 239, 255, 256
Italy, 152, 207–8, 263, 267
ITN, 184
ITV, 30, 31, 110, 157, 264
Jacks, Neil, 198–200
Jagger, Joe, 231
JD’s, Liverpool, 223
Johnson, Paul, 25, 134
Johnston, Stephen, 201
Jones, Russell, 138, 212
Junior Gunners, 150, 234
Juventus F.C., 268
Katz, Richard, 233
Keegan, Kevin, 71
Kell, Steve, 155
Kemlyn Road, Liverpool, 140, 245
Keown, Martin, 3, 5, 46, 48
Keswick, Toby, 228
King, Steve, 213
Lach-Szyrma, Neil, 214
Ladies Lounge, Highbury, 23
Lancer, Jack, 207
Las Vegas, Nevada, 263
Lawrence, Amy, 49, 81–2, 120, 137–8, 144, 145–6, 216–18, 265
Lawrence, Laura, 107–11
Laws, Brian, 236
League (1970–71), 1, 30, 31, 39, 91, 125, 133, 134, 142, 186, 189, 266
League (1972–73), 74
League (1980–81), 74
League (1986–87), 90
League (1988–89), 92
Wimbledon vs Arsenal (27 August 1988), 80, 88
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal (6 November 1988), 90, 91
Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal (26 December 1988), 92
Aston Villa vs Arsenal (31 December 1988), 92
Everton vs Arsenal (14 January 1989), 93
Millwall vs Arsenal (11 February 1989), 94
Coventry City vs Arsenal (21 February 1989), 95
Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal (11 March 1989), 95
Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal (21 March 1989), 95
Manchester United vs Arsenal (2 April 1989), 96, 97, 98
Newcastle United vs Arsenal (15 April 1989), 112, 114–16
Norwich City vs Arsenal (1 May 1989), 118, 122
Middlesbrough vs Arsenal (6 May 1989), 123
Derby County vs Arsenal (13 May 1989), 123–5, 130, 149
Wimbledon vs Arsenal (17 May 1989), 123, 125–8, 130, 149
West Ham vs Liverpool (23 May 1989), 128–9, 136
Liverpool vs Arsenal, see Arsenal vs Liverpool (26 May 1989)
League (2001–02), 260
League (2011–12), 260, 274
League Cup
1986–7 57, 58, 76, 89
1987–8 150
1988–9 74
Lee, Mark, 153
Leech, Mark, 25–6, 185, 216
Leeds United F.C., 271
Leicester City F.C., 72
Lerhfreund, Saul, 222