English football during the 1989-90 league season was a lot different. Manchester United were a mid-table club and Alex Ferguson was strugg...
English football during the 1989-90 league season was a lot different. Manchester United were a mid-table club and Alex Ferguson was struggling to keep his job at Old Trafford. Chelsea had just gained promotion to the first division whereas Everton were title contenders.
A top-flight campaign without Liverpool as the defending champions was a rarity and Arsenal were champions of England.
In the years that followed the picture completely changed. Manchester United became the superpower on English football scooping one title after another under Ferguson, Arsenal’s revolution under Arsene Wenger peaked in 2004 with the Invincibles before completely falling apart as Chelsea and Manchester City rose from nowhere to emerge as English football’s elite.
But nothing was more prominent and glaring than the fall from grace of Liverpool, the mighty Reds from Merseyside who had dominated English football during the 1980s.
The summer of 1989 was a tough one for Liverpool who had lost the title to Arsenal on the very last day of the previous campaign. Leading by three points coming into the last game the Reds only needed a draw to be crowned champions. A defeat by one-goal would have also taken care of the business. Starting as hot favourites, they were turned over by Arsenal...
