Liverpool…
The year is 2020, and little Tommy scouser is sitting around the DVTV
multiplyer unit as his dad Tommy scouser is reminiscing about the
great
Liverpool sides of the past.
“Tell me about the treble winning year dad” says Tommy jnr.
“Agh the treble winners, now that was a team, Westerveld,
Henchoz,Heskey,all wonderfully skilled players..a great side” replied
his dad.
“The swept all before them didn't they father?” queried the wide-eyed
boy.
“They did, Worthington cup, FA Cup, and UEFA cup. My God son they
were awesome.” Stated pops.
“So the Worthington cup dad, who'd they beat” asked the youngster, “Was
it Man United dad, or Everton?”
“Well no, none of those son we stuffed Birmingham City, oh how we made
those blue noses suffer!” added Scouser Tommy.
“What was the score dad? Was it 6-0? I bet it was wasn't it dad? I bet
Michael Owen scored 6! Did he dad?” young Tommy quizzed
excitedly.
“Er no son, no it wasn't, actually Birmingham were a great side in them
days, and we fought hard to take them to penalties, and eventually we
stuffed them in sudden death!” squirmed the senior scouser.
“Anyhow son, the FA Cup was the one they all wanted, and we were up
against Arsenal” added Tommy senior as he tried to sweep his son along
on a tide of euphoria.
“Oh Arsenal dad, they won the league and European cup that year didn't
they dad, oh I remember those players from history, Grimandi and Lee
Dixon, they were famous all around Islington weren't they dad?” added
junior.
“True, true, oh it was a great game son, we nearly scored once in the
first half you know. Oh I remember it well, oh how we cheered as after
23 minutes we raided into Arsenal's half and Heskey had a header, that
would've been less spectacular if the keeper wasn't 47 years old”
Stated
the proud dad.
“How many shots did we actually have that day, father?” queried Tommy
junior.
“Well er, um, about 3.”
“And how many did Arsenal have dad? Asked Tommy.
”Well about 9, but the weren't real chances“ added Tommy senior.
”Doesn't sound like much of a victory to me dad, just 2-1, sounds a bit
lucky“ sounded the young Liverpudlian.
”Well maybe, but son the UEFA final was the big one, and we stuffed
them, we scored five times“ quickly added Tommy senior.
”Five times wow, gee dad we must have given them a real hiding, who was
it dad? Was it AC Milan or Real Madrid? Or was it Monaco dad? Who dad?“
”Well son it was the Spanish giants, Alaves“ stated the elder scouser.
”Who?“ asked wee Tommy.
”ALAVES son, oh they were a big team in the Basque country back then.
They had some massive names. “Who had they dad was it Rivaldo, he played in
Spain then, or I know
Raul was it dad?”
“ No it wasn't Raul or Rivaldo. Cruyff played for them and the
Norwegian international Eggen.”
“Johan Cruyff dad?”
“No son, not Johan, Jordi he was almost as good as his dad. He once
scored a hat-trick for Man United against Everton you know!”
“ Did he dad? What was that in?
”Well the avons insurance combination league son!“
”Oh so what was the final score dad 5-0?
“ No er, um agghh.it was 5-4 son”
“5-4! They scored 4 times! Oh I get it dad, I remember once reading
that 2 men were sent off in that final. So I take it Liverpool had 2 men
sent
off after 5 minutes, and hat sorta evened out the contest”
“No son actually they had only 9 men son..”
“Dad”
“WHAT”
“Who scored our winner that day?”
“ Er, um oh it was a fella called Geli.”
“Sorry dad I've a Liverpool A-Z here, and there is Gallagher,
Gamble, Gerrard, but no Geli?”
“Well son it was a OG”
“We beat Alaves with an OG, dad we seem to be a very lucky side, how
many more shots on goal did we have on them?”
“Well, ag, er actually they had 9 and we had 8.”
“Dad?”
“WHAT?”
“Can I go outside and nick some space pods from the
heliovertors?”
“Yeah go on son”.



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