Watch now: Brand new Double Winners '86 documentary
A new feature-length documentary celebrating Liverpool’s clinching of the coveted league and FA Cup double can now be watched exclusively on LFCTV GO.
‘Double Winners ’86 – On The March With Kenny’s Army’ relives what still remains one of the club’s greatest ever achievements.
To win the Football League Championship and FA Cup in the same season was a feat deemed almost impossible.
Even the great European Cup-winning Liverpool teams had failed in their quest for this highly-coveted domestic double.
Only two clubs that century had previously achieved it and at the outset of the 1985-86 season, no-one gave Liverpool a chance.
LFCTV GO’s documentary retells the season in fine detail, drawing on the recollections of the people who played key roles throughout the season.
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Voiced by ITV Football’s Clive Tyldesley, who was a local radio reporter throughout the season, the film charts Liverpool’s triumph against adversity.
It explains how, amid mounting chaos on a social and sporting front, the Reds rose from the ashes of the club’s then-darkest hour to create history.
A rollercoaster path to glory is brought to life by the likes of player-manager Kenny Dalglish and his newly appointed captain Alan Hansen.
Along with a cast of squad members, including Jan Molby, Craig Johnston and Jim Beglin, the duo establish our story against a backdrop of tragedy and despair.
The Heysel Stadium disaster of May 1985 had cast a huge shadow over Anfield and the critics were queuing up to write about the end of a once glorious era.
The previous season had seen the Reds finish trophyless for the first time in a decade and with Dalglish freshly installed as boss the future was uncertain.
Everton had re-emerged as a major force and Manchester United then swept to a much-heralded 10-game winning start.
What followed has gone down in history and now, three decades later, the most in-depth story of that unforgettable campaign is told over 86 minutes of ups and downs.
“It was a fairy-tale season for us,” Dalglish explains. “It’s unbelievable to consider the amount of success that the football club had enjoyed but they had never won the double.
“It was a fantastic achievement. It doesn’t get any better.”
Featuring extensive archive footage, largely unseen due to the TV strike which played out during the second half of 1985, this is the definitive tale of a triumph which should never be underestimated.