Steve McManaman was the cover star for this issue, which served a purpose, for one person at least. I remember pitching up 'for work' one day at our Liverpool Road offices in Crosby and finding a fax from a female fan (of McManaman that is, not us), thanking The Side for brightening up her day with our full cover pic of Liverpool's shaggy haired (then) superstar. Some people are so easily pleased.
Also in this one we had Joey Jones (ex LFC left back who reckoned Wrexham were a better club than Tranmere. Hmmm), Graham Stuart (Everton weakling who later redeemed himself by keeping the Blues in the Premiership with a goal on the last day of the season against Wimblegone) and George Wood (ex-Everton keeper turned ornithologist).
My own razor-sharp interview skills were restricted in this issue to ten minutes with then TRFC full back Gary Stevens (him also of Everton, Rangers and England fame) and Simon O'Brien (Damon Grant, later to be infamous scouse local radio DJ).
Simon was the nicest bloke I interviewed in all my time at The Side. We met in The Central Hotel in Liverpool, had a lots of Guinness and laughed a lot. I was (am) a complete amateur at this interviewing lark so he let his guard down big time. Juicy bits included his filming for Standing Room Only in the middle of a ruck of German football fans and the time he played international football for Puerto Rico. Give me a shout if you would like to know more.
Incidentally, for those who may be interested in such things, he had no idea of what became of Gizmo from Brookie.
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