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"Liddell is war's best find" - from 1940.

Article praising Liddell in 1940 (Liddell scored actually his hat-trick in his 2nd game for the Regional league side, not his first as it says here).

An interview with Billy after his first wartime international in 1942.

Billy Liddell scores a hat-trick for Liverpool vs an Army XI in Hanover, Germany on 29th July 1945.

A football pantomime of Liverpool's and Everton's players and officials from 22nd December 1945.

A chat with Billy on his performance for Scotland - from 1950.

Liverpool's FA Cup triumph on 4th March 1950 as seen by cartoonist George Green.

14th April 1950 - Five Scotland internationals called William preparing for England at Hampden - Scotland lost 0-1.

Billy remembers his favourite Liverpool goal which was against Everton in a 4-0 cup win on 29th January 1955.

This looks like Liddell in the role of a spectator. Actually he had landed on the concrete surround at the Kop end during a cup-tie with Huddersfield on 19th February 1955.

"The match-winner who became king". From Sunday Express on 30th January 1956.

When Billy became the player with the highest number of appearances in the League for Liverpool in November 1957, he got a typewriter from the club for his efforts!

Billy on the cover of Charlie Buchan's weekly in August 1959.

Billy kicks off unity match in March 1968.

18th of September 1977 ahead of Ian Callaghan's testimonial.

All-star reunion of Liverpool's 1950's FA Cup final team at Jimmy Payne's Lake District hotel in 1979.

The text accompanying this picture taken in 1984 says: Yesterday Billy (62) cleared his desk in the Guild of Undergraduates office and made home for the last time. Billy gets a soccer pitch cake from colleagues, left to right: Barrie Alexander, Dominic Myers and John Parry.

Soccer idol Billy hangs up... his calculator in 1984.

Billy retires as a justice of the peace in 1992.

"Soccer great is a local hero" from 1995.

"A key role for Billy" from 1997.

A campaign launched in 2008 by Billy Liddell Memorial group to ensure a lasting memorial to him in Dunfermilne and that he would be inducted into SFA's Hall of Fame.

King Billy quote
"Believe me, my eyes were here, there and everywhere. I recognized some of the famous players of those days, and Eric Patterson named those I couldn't identify. I recognized Matt Busby, Jim Harley, Phil Taylor, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Jack Balmer, Tom Cooper and several others, mainly because I had seen their pictures in the papers from time to time." Liddell was overawed in his first day of training at Liverpool

King Billy quote

"Believe me, my eyes were here, there and everywhere. I recognized some of the famous players of those days, and Eric Patterson named those I couldn't identify. I recognized Matt Busby, Jim Harley, Phil Taylor, Berry Nieuwenhuys, Jack Balmer, Tom Cooper and several others, mainly because I had seen their pictures in the papers from time to time."

Liddell was overawed in his first day of training at Liverpool

Site News (Archive)
A nice story about Billy - the gentleman 01.09.2010 During the season 1953/54 I was living in the tenements of Glasgow (The Gorbals) and my father who was a merchant seaman and ran the Atlantic Convoys during the war 1939/43 and would often sail into Liverpool before coming up to Glasgow for R&R during those war-time years where he met my mother, and my earliest recollections of meeting the great Billy Liddell was when my father met and struck up a friendship with Billy and he came to our house in that room and kitchen in Glasgow. At the time there was 7 of plus my mother and father and I can remember this very smartly dressed person and my curiosity over all those years and especially lately when I discovered that 1953/54 was a particularly difficult season for Liverpool Football Club. I was often full of wonderment that that man could be so humble as to come and visit what was very grim accommodation at the time. I can, therefore, understand that people could say so many good things about him both on and off the pitch. - Reg Isaacson
Billy in color 19.08.2010 JK Williams sent us a few classic pictures of Billy Liddell which he has colorized. Click here to view his efforts.

Site News (Archive)

A nice story about Billy - the gentleman
01.09.2010
During the season 1953/54 I was living in the tenements of Glasgow (The Gorbals) and my father who was a merchant seaman and ran the Atlantic Convoys during the war 1939/43 and would often sail into Liverpool before coming up to Glasgow for R&R during those war-time years where he met my mother, and my earliest recollections of meeting the great Billy Liddell was when my father met and struck up a friendship with Billy and he came to our house in that room and kitchen in Glasgow. At the time there was 7 of plus my mother and father and I can remember this very smartly dressed person and my curiosity over all those years and especially lately when I discovered that 1953/54 was a particularly difficult season for Liverpool Football Club. I was often full of wonderment that that man could be so humble as to come and visit what was very grim accommodation at the time. I can, therefore, understand that people could say so many good things about him both on and off the pitch. - Reg Isaacson

Billy in color
19.08.2010
JK Williams sent us a few classic pictures of Billy Liddell which he has colorized. Click here to view his efforts.