From Matchday Programmes to Live Data Feeds: How Liverpool's Matches Have Been Recorded Since 1892

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For most of Liverpool's history the record sat on paper and depended on one man's handwriting and one printer's deadline. When one club's first team played at home, the neighbours' reserves usually did too, so a single joint issue with Everton covered both grounds.

The arrangement lasted until the end of 1934-35, and Liverpool's first solo programme appeared for the 1935-36 home opener against Manchester City. The Manager Who Wrote Everything Down Bob Paisley kept the other kind of record, the one nobody outside Anfield read.

Three practical things about the Liverpool record changed after that. Work that once needed a Monday morning now happens live, with several analysts covering one match.