I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It: Liverpool's Unforgettable 1983-84 Season

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'Graziani was next to take a penalty for Roma. He had won sixty-four caps for Italy. He thought he had seen everything. He was in for a shock.

Grobbelaar jogged to the line, loose-limbed as a marionette. As the striker placed the ball, it looked like someone had cut the puppet-master's strings. The goalkeeper wobbled and shimmied. It was a fluid, rubbery movement. Nothing of the kind had been seen in a European Cup final.

Graziani crossed himself twice but God was not going to help him. He slammed the ball over the bar. Grobbelaar ran to his right, coordination suddenly restored, clapping his hands twice in delight, and the Stadio Olimpico gave up a horrified moan.

Grobbelaar had just marked himself down in football history'

Dalglish. Souness. Rush. Hansen. And, of course, Grobelaar. They rank with the very greatest players in one of the greatest teams of all time.

But the heroes of 1984 were an unlikely group to make history.

Led by a 63-year old first-time manager and a captain show-off better known for his moves on the dancefloor, Liverpool's greatest season was a booze-fuelled journey to three trophies: the first division title, the League Cup and the European Cup, won on a remarkable night in Rome. The team's theme song was even a much-derided Chris Rea hit.

Eye-watering, hilarious, and utterly unbelievable, this is the story of how they did it, and how their season was the last year of innocence in English football.