"Few teams have so large a following as these cheery Merseyside experts." The team stands in a line with arms folded and smile at the camera. Two men stand beside them in suits and hats - trainer Elliot and Harry Makepeace. C/U of the Elliot and Makepeace...
"Few teams have so large a following as these cheery Merseyside experts." The team stands in a line with arms folded and smile at the camera. Two men stand beside them in suits and hats - trainer Elliot and Harry Makepeace. C/U of the Elliot and Makepeace who chat and laugh uproariously. The team knock the ball about. "Here's a tip for the ballet girls" - the team lie on their backs on the ground and with their legs in the air perform a cycling exercise (the "dying fly".) Camera pans across the team. Shot from the side of the same exercise.
"The Skipper" - Hunter Hart is featured. C/U of him smiling at the camera. We then see him in action running towards the camera and taking a shot. C/U of centre forward Forbes - he smiles at the camera. We then see him sprinting. McDonald is then featured in C/U cracking a smile. We then see him moving in slow motion to kick the ball. Cock is seen dribbling with Chadwick past Livingstone. This is then seen in slow motion. Troop, Irvine and Brown practice heading the ball to each other in M/S. We then see this in slow motion. Fern poses in C/U then we see him save a goal in slow motion.
Was originally an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 295.
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