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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Red Memories: Ray Houghton reflects on 1987/88 league title win 32 years since sealing No 17

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

32 years to the day since Liverpool sealed the First Division title, Ray Houghton joins Blood Red to discuss being part of that incredible 1987-88 team. Having arrived from Oxford United in the September of that season, Houghton would go on to form a key part of Kenny Dalglish's side as they claimed the club's 17th league title with a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on April 23, 1988. Houghton reflects on the day itself, the season as a whole, as Liverpool went 29-games unbeaten from the start of the campaign, as well as looking to Jurgen Klopp's current crop, who have been compared a number of times with the 87-88 heroes. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Guy here from the Blood Red team. Hope you're all well and sorry to interrupt, but we just got a quick message for you before you get on with the episode that you're listening to.

0:08.0

And while we don't have any football right now, here at Blood Red, we have got our own transfer news to let you know about.

0:14.8

From now on our podcast channel be hosted on the global player app.

0:18.7

Well what does that mean?

0:19.7

Well don't worry if you listen to us on any other platforms like Apple Podcasts Spotify or

0:24.5

a-cast that's fine but to get our pods quicker than anywhere else you might

0:29.4

want to download the Global Player app as our pods will be on there before they're released on any other player.

0:36.0

The Global Player app is available to download on iOS and the Google Play Store, or wherever

0:40.3

it is you get your apps from you can also find them at global

0:43.8

player dot com that's all from me I'll let you get back on with the

0:47.2

episode that you're expecting to hear this is the blood red

0:51.8

podcast from the Liverpool, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:58.0

32 years to the day, Liverpool welcomed Tottenham Hot Spare to Anfield on an afternoon on which the Reds would

1:04.6

wrap up their 17th league title. I'm Guy Clark. Welcome along to the Blood Red channel as we look

1:10.8

back on a season in which Kenny Dalglish's side had led from the

1:14.4

front going 29 games unbeaten from the start of the season as well as seeing

1:19.1

off Nottingham Forest at Anfield just 10 days prior to securing the title. It was a season in which the

1:25.7

Reds showed just how superior they were to the rest. Well to look back on that title

1:30.7

win the complete nature of the side and comparisons also with the current on that

1:35.0

on the title win the complete nature of the side and comparisons also with the current group masterminded by Jurgenklop. It's a pleasure to say that on the line is former

1:40.0

Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton.

1:42.0

Ray thanks for your time.

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