Liverpool Home 1989/1991

Liverpool Home 1989/1991

Season 1989/1990
The season was overshadowed by the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April 1989. 94 of the club’s fans died that day in a crush on the terraces in the semi-final of the FA Cup. A 95th fan died three days later. The death toll reached 96 and 97 when another fan died nearly four years later. Never regaining consciousness and when Andrew Devine died after suffering from severe and irreversible brain damage from the incident.

Liverpool won the rescheduled FA Cup semi-final. And went on to win the trophy by beating Everton 3–2 in the final. But they were then denied the double for the second season running. In even more dramatic fashion than the previous season. When a last minute Arsenal goal gave the visitors a 2–0 win at Anfield and sent the league title to Highbury on goals scored.

They had spent much of the season on the fringes of the title race, frequently led by Arsenal and underdogs including Norwich City, Coventry City and newly promoted Millwall. A late surge in form had seen them cruise back to the top of the league by the time of the penultimate league game.

Season 1990/1991
Liverpool finished the season as league champions for the 18th time. They looked on course for another double, only to be knocked off course in the final stages of the FA Cup for the third season running. This time by a dramatic 4–3 semi-final defeat against a Crystal Palace side they had beaten 9–0 in the league earlier in the season. They did finish the season nine points ahead of runners-up Aston Villa in the league. They had faced a stiff challenge from Villa for much of the season and earlier in the season from neighbouring Everton. This would be Liverpool’s last title for 30 years, until the 2019-20 season.

The autumn of 1989 saw the departure of striker John Aldridge to Spain. Aldridge had lost his place in the starting line-up to a resurgent Ian Rush. He returned to the club a year earlier after an unhappy season in Italy. Injury-plagued defender Jim Beglin was transferred to Leeds United just before the start of the season, with the defence being bolstered by the arrival of Swedish star Glenn Hysén.

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