Liverpool All-Time Draft

[Twenty26Six]

Nooo! Not Hughes!! He was going to be my CAPTAIN!!

That stings. :cool:

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Nooo! Not Hughes!! He was going to be my CAPTAIN!!

That stings. :cool:

My next pick as well :(

Anyway, I wanted to try and keep my team balanced and draft equally for each position, but I just can't pass up this duo up front.

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Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE

Date of Birth: 14/02/51
Birthplace: Armthorpe, Yorkshire
Debut : 14th August 1971 v Nottingham Forest (H) Football League Division One
1st team games: 323
1st team goals: 100

Honours with Liverpool:
First Division Championship 1972/73, 1975/76 & 1976/77
FA Cup 1974
European Cup 1977
UEFA Cup 1973, 1976
Charity Shield 1974, 1976

Profile from LFC.tv
Bill Shankly's £35,000 swoop for Keegan from Scunthorpe in May 1971 proved one of the shrewdest transfer moves ever. He was signed as a midfielder and potential replacement for long-serving Ian Callaghan. But Keegan's sparkling display up front in a pre-season practice match persuaded Shankly to plunge him into his debut alongside John Toshack in attack at the start of the 1971-72 season.

Keegan scored after just 12 minutes, Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 and another epoch in Anfield history had begun. The confident recruit, born in Armthorpe near Doncaster, hit big-time football like a whirlwind. He swiftly won England under 23 recognition with the first of 63 full caps coming within 18 months as he soared to pop star status.

His potent, trophy-capturing alliance with Toshack became feared throughout England and Europe before Keegan joined Hamburg for £500,000 in 1977, going on to become European Player of the Year twice. He scored 100 Liverpool goals and said farewell by helping to win their first European Cup with a 3-1 conquest of Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome. Later he played for Southampton and Newcastle - whom he also managed - received an OBE and in 1999 became England manager.

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Nooo! Not Hughes!! He was going to be my CAPTAIN!!

That stings. :cool:

Yeah. I know I am a genius right. :D

[Twenty26Six]

"Probably the most complete midfielder I've seen. I mean, Steven Gerrard is getting up there now and he's got a variation in his game but Souness was a born winner. I've seen a good few players in my time but Souness, if I saw him now, I'd shake his hand. You've got to remember what he did for this club in the six years he was here as a player."

Graeme Souness

Years at Liverpool: 1978 to 1984
Position: Midfield

Date-of-birth: 6/5/1953
Birthplace: Edinburgh

Signed from: Middlesbrough (January 1978)

Games: 359
Goals: 56

Honours: First Division Championship (1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84), European Cup (1978, 1981, 1984), League Cup (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984), Charity Shield (1979, 1980, 1982)

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[Grinners89]

PHIL NEAL

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Personal Details

Full name: Philip George Neal
Nickname: Zico
DOB: 20 February 1951
Age: 56
Birth place: Irchester, England
Position: natural right full-back, also able to play as a left full-back
Strengths: consistency, penalties, overlapping forward runs
Liverpool League Debut: 16 November 1974 v Everton (at left back) Football League Division One: drew 0-0
International debut: 24 March 1976 vs Wales

Playing Career

Liverpool - all comps
Liverpool (1974-85) - 648 (60)

National team
England (1976-83) - 50 (5)

Other clubs
Northampton Town (1968-74)
Bolton Wanderers (1985-89)

Transfers

Transferred from Northampton Town to Liverpool, 9/10/1974, for £66,000

Honours

Liverpool
8 x League Championships (1975/76, 76/77, 78/79, 79/80, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84, 85/86)
4 x European Cup (76/77, 77/78, 80/81, 83/84)
UEFA Cup (1975/76)
4 x League Cup (80/81, 81/82, 82/83, 83/84)
5 x Charity Shield (76/77, 77/78, 79/80, 80/81, 82/83)
European Super Cup (1977/78)

England
1976-1983 50 caps 5 goals

Individual
#20 in the poll "100 Players Who Shook The Kop"

Info

One of the most-decorated players in English football history, Phil Neal made his name with Northampton Town and had played in nearly 200 Football League games for The Cobblers when he was transferred to Liverpool in November 1974 as Bob Paisley's first managerial signing. Vastly experienced already with the league scene even at the relatively young age of 23, being pitched into the Goodison derby with Everton just days after his arrival on Merseyside didn't bother him in the slightest. Phil missed the next 3 matches after that goalless debut but then played in the last 22 fixtures of the 1974-75 season, mostly at left-back even though he preferred to be on the right. That started a quite astonishing run of consecutive appearances for Liverpool; 417 games in a row for Liverpool between 23rd of October 1976 to 24th of September 1983. A Liverpool record.

http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=387

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Neal

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNarUAm1mN8

[Twenty26Six]

Phil Neal, that's a good pick. :)

[Grinners89]

RAY CLEMENCE MBE

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Personal Details

Full name: Raymond Neal Clemence MBE
DOB: 5 August 1948
Age: 59
Birth place: Skegness, England
Position: Goalkeeper
Strengths: positioning, communication and agility
Liverpool Debut: 25 September 1968 vs Swansea (Anfield), League Cup 3rd round: won 2-0
International Debut: 15 November 1972 vs Wales (Ninian Park), World Cup Qualifier: won 1-0

Playing Career

Youth clubs
Notts County

Liverpool - all comps
Liverpool (1967-81) - 665 (314 clean sheets)

National team
England (1973-84) - 61

Other clubs
Scunthorpe (1965-67)
Tottenham (1981-88)

Transfers

Transferred from Scunthorpe to Liverpool, 24/6/1967, for £18,000
Transferred from Liverpool to Tottenham, 1981, for £300,000

Honours

Liverpool

5 x League Championship (1972/73, 75/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80)
FA Cup (1973/74)
3 x European Cup (1976/77, 1977/78, 1980/81)
2 x UEFA Cup (1972/73, 1975/76)
League Cup (1980/81)
European Super Cup (1976/77)
5 x Charity Shield (1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77 (shared), 1978/79, 1979/80)

England
1973-1984 61 caps

Individual
#11 in the poll "100 Players Who Shook The Kop"
Received MBE for his services to football.
Goalkeeper in BBC's Merseyside team of the 20th century
Voted Total Football's best ever goalkeeper

Info

The best goalkeeper in Liverpool's history. He started his career in 1966 at Scunthorpe. Bill Shankly convinced Ray that Tommy Lawrence's first team days were soon to be over and he would quickly get his chance but Lawrence was far from packing it in and Clemence had to wait 3 years before claiming the number 1 jersey. In February 1970 Liverpool lost to lower-league Watford in the FA cup and Lawrence was one of those who suffered. In his first full season, 1970/71 Liverpool conceded only 22 goals in 41 games, equalling a league record. Ray only missed one game and 2 of those 24 goals conceded came when Lawrence was Clem's deputy.


A great memory of Ray Clemence was during the 1972/73 season when Liverpool won both the League title and the UEFA Cup, with Clemence saving a penalty in the final of the latter against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The penalty save meant that Liverpool took a 3–0 lead to Germany with them rather than a 3–1, Gladbach won 2–0 on their home soil and if Jupp Heynckes had beaten Clemence from the spot the tie would have finished 3–3 on aggregate with the Germans winning on the away goals rule.

Clemence's most memorable game was the European cup final in Rome 1977 vs. Borussia Monchengladbach. When scores were 1:1, Uli Stielike broke through the defence but Clemence saved superbly, Liverpool added two goals and the European cup to their ever growing collection.

Ray was quick, strong, agile and marshalled the defence superbly. It was no coincidence Liverpool was the best team, they had the best defence. Clemence-Neal-Kennedy-Thompson-Hansen conceded only 16 goals in the 1978-79 season. Clemence kept 28 clean sheets and only conceded 4 goals at Anfield in 21 games.

In the great 1978-79 title-winning campaign, when Bob Paisley's side set a points record of 68 under the old two-points-for-a-win system, the ever-present Ray Clemence conceded a record low of only 16 goals for the season.

http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=282

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/clemence/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Clemence

Video - Ray Clemence, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq1mzfyG1Qc

[Twenty26Six]

Alan Hansen
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I had the whole post ready for another player who will go unnamed ;), but then I thought this fella might not drop to me next time around...

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Tommy Smith MBE

Date of Birth: 5-4-1945
Birthplace: Liverpool
Debut : 8th May 1963 v Birmingham City (H) Football League Division One
1st team games: 637
1st team goals: 48

Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1965/66, 1972/73, 1975/76 & 1976/77, FA Cup 1965 & 1974, European Cup 1977, UEFA Cup 1972/73 & 1975/76, Charity Shield 1965 (shared), 1966 & 1974, European Super Cup 1977

Profile from LFC.tv
His flint-like attitude and committed tackling earned him the nickname of the 'Anfield Iron' and spawned a thousand stories - many apocryphal - of his rugged approach to the game. "Tommy was never a boy - he was born a man!" said an admiring Bill Shankly.

Smith's fearsome reputation, however, threatened to disguise his skill and subtle touches, in defence or midfield, which brought him England recognition. Born a mile or so from Anfield he joined the club ground staff as a 15 year-old in 1960 and went on to become the first Liverpool captain to lift a European trophy when Shankly's side won the League and UEFA Cup double in 1973.

His first big impact came in November 1964 when he went out as an extra defender in the No 10 shirt to face Anderlecht in the European Cup, the first time the team had worn all-red. The Belgians were baffled by Smith's role and fell to a 3-0 defeat.

His greatest moment came in the final of the same competition 13 years later. On his 600th Liverpool appearance he headed the second goal against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome to inspire a 3-1 victory of the club's first European Cup triumph. "I've changed my name to Roy of the Rovers", quipped Smith, who was made an MBE, joined Swansea in 1978 and later spent a year as Liverpool youth coach.

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I will continue to build up my midfield

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Ian Robert Callaghan MBE

Date of Birth: April 10, 1942
Place of Birth: Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Club Honours
Division 2 Cup: 1962
First Division Cups: 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977
Charity Shields: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977
FA Cups: 1965, 1974
UEFA Cups: 1973, 1976
European Cup: 1977, 1978
European Super Cup: 1977

Country Honours
World Cup: 1966

Personal Honours
1974 FWA Footballer of the Year
MBE (1974)

First Team Club Appearances: 856
First Team Club Goals: 69

First Team Country Appearances: 4

Liverpool's own marathon man - the club's appearance record holder with 856 senior outings spanning almost two decades. Liverpool-born Callaghan was the only player to appear for the club in the old Second Division right through to their first European Cup triumph in Rome in 1977. He was at the club as a junior when Bill Shankly arrived in 1959 and still playing when the legendary Scot left in 1974.
Like his boyhood hero Billy Liddell - ironically the man he replaced on his debut in April 1960 - Callaghan was a gentleman of the game. He was booked only once in a remarkable career which brought him a cascade of medals and an MBE.

He was a direct, raiding right winger during the first phase of his career, embracing Liverpool's climb from the old Second Division, on to League and FA Cup glory and regular European campaigns before knee damage threatened his Anfield future in 1970.

But the evergreen Callaghan returned in a new, central midfield role, continuing impressively during the Bob Paisley management era. His crowning glory was a place, at 35, in the first European Cup-winning side. He joined Swansea in 1978, later played for Crewe and set an all-time record of 88 FA Cup appearances.

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We ran this free kick play in a couple of our high school matches, and scored goals. I had no idea about it until a couple of weeks ago, when I was doing research for what players I wanted.
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Michael Owen (Striker, 1997-2004)
Date of Birth: 14/12/1979
Birthplace: Chester
Debut : v Wimbledon, 1997
1st team games: 297
1st team goals: 158
Other clubs: Real Madrid, Newcastle United.
International caps while with Liverpool: 60
International goals while with Liverpool: 26
PROFILE

Michael Owen scored on his debut for the Reds at Wimbledon in 1997 and didn't look back.

Since 1998 Owen was Liverpool's top scorer every season until he joined Real Madrid in August 2004.

The star of Liverpool's 1996 FA Youth Cup triumph, Michael has been with the club since a schoolboy and scored prolifically as he rose rapidly through the Anfield ranks.

During the summer of 1998 he achieved worldwide fame following his stunning strike in the World Cup second round clash between England against Argentina. Off the pitch he collected the PFA Young Player of the Year for season 1997-98 and in 1998 was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

It was in the treble season that Owen continued and enhanced his reputation in the treble season. He hit two goals against AS Roma in the UEFA Cup and followed that up with two magnificent late goals to win the FA Cup Final for Liverpool in Cardiff against Arsenal - a match which has since been called 'The Michael Owen Cup Final'. That just confirmed his standing as one of the most exciting strikers in Europe.

He followed that up by scoring a sensational hat-trick in England's 5-1 win over Germany, becoming the first England player since Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966 to score a hat-trick against Germany.

Michael was named European Footballer of the Year in December 2001 when he received the prestigious ballon D'or and scored his 100th Liverpool goal against West Ham at Upton Park on 29th December 2001.

In the 2002/03 season Owen scored 28 goals for Liverpool including his 100th in the Premiership with a hat-trick at West Bromwich Albion. Owen also scored at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff again when Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0 to win the Worthington Cup.

In an injury hit 2003/04 campaign he still managed to net 19 goals and also surpass the England scoring record of Anfield legend Roger Hunt.

But with just one year remaining on his contract Owen's long-term future was the subject of much debate during the summer of 2004 and, despite the arrival of new boss Rafael Benitez, he opted for a high profile move to Real Madrid on the eve of the new season.

Owen returned to England a year later opting to join Newcastle United for £16 million. It was no secret that Liverpool tried to bring him back home but once Madrid accepted the huge fee from the Geordies the Reds were priced out of the deal.

[Twenty26Six]

Here's what a "First 17" might look with the picks from the initial three rounds [bar Aussie's next pick]. Hmmm, pretty impressive. :)

Ray Clemence
Phil Neal - Tommy Smith - Alan Hansen - Emlyn Hughes
Ian Callaghan - Steven Gerrard - Graeme Souness - John Barnes
Ian Rush - Kenny Dalglish

Subs: Billy Liddell, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Caragher, Roger Hunt, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen

Round 1
Grinners89 (1) - John Barnes (LW/CM)
Twenty26Six (2) - Kenny Dalglish (FW)
Ghostface (3) - Ian Rush (FW)
CCSC_Striker20 (4) - Steven Gerrard (MF)
KopiteinKC (5) - Billy Liddell (WF/FW)
AussieLFCfan (6) - Robbie Fowler (FW)

Round 2
AussieLFCfan (7) - Jamie Carragher (DF)
KopiteinKC (8) - Roger Hunt (FW)
CCSC_Striker20 (9) - Emlyn Hughes (CB/LB/CM)
Ghostface (10) - Kevin Keegan (FW/AM)
Twenty26Six (11) - Graeme Souness (CM)
Grinners89 (12) - Phil Neal (FB)

Round 3
Grinners89 (13) - Ray Clemence (GK)
Twenty26Six (14) - Alan Hansen (CB)
Ghostface (15) - Tommy Smith (CB/RB)
CCSC_Striker20 (16) - Ian Callaghan [RM/CM]
KopiteinKC (17) - Michael Owen [FW]

[Grinners89]

Here's what a "First 17" might look with the picks from the initial three rounds [bar Aussie's next pick]. Hmmm, pretty impressive. :)

Ray Clemence
Phil Neal - Tommy Smith - Alan Hansen - Emlyn Hughes
Ian Callaghan - Steven Gerrard - Graeme Souness - John Barnes
Ian Rush - Kenny Dalglish

Subs: Billy Liddell, Robbie Fowler, Jamie Caragher, Roger Hunt, Kevin Keegan, Michael Owen

Good to see my 3 nominations all in the XI so far ;)

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Phil Thompson
Centre back (1971-1985)

Date of Birth: 21-01-1954
Birthplace: Liverpool
Debut : 28th October 1972 v Norwich City (A) Football League Division One: drew 1-1
1st team games: 477
1st team goals: 13
Other clubs: Sheffield United
International caps while with Liverpool: 41
International goals while with Liverpool: 1
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82 & 1982/83, FA Cup 1974, League/Milk Cup 1981 & 1982, European Cup 1978 & 1981, UEFA Cup 1973 & 1976, Charity Shield 1974, 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980 & 1982, European Super Cup 1977

Phil Thompson won everything in the game as a player and is a true Liverpool legend.
As a player and a former captain at Anfield Thompson won won seven league titles, two European Cups, two League Cups, a UEFA Cup and an FA Cup during his career. In 1981 he lifted the European Cup as captain when Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in Paris, one of his proudest ever moments in football.

He made his Liverpool debut in 1971 when the great Bill Shankly gave him his break and Reds fans knew he was a class act when he gave an outstanding display in the 1974 FA Cup Final when Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.

After 477 appearances for the club he left Anfield for a spell at Sheffield United in 1985 Thompson was brought back to the club a year later by Kenny Dalglish and appointed reserve team manager. Thompson won numerous reserve league titles with the reserves and when Dalglish left the club in 1991 even had a spell as first team coach before Graeme Souness was appointed Liverpool manager.

A personality clash between the pair meant Thompson's Anfield days were numbered under Souness and he left the club in controversial circumstances in 1992 when he was replaced as reserve boss by Sammy Lee.

After a spell as a TV pundit for Sky Sports Thompson returned to Anfield as assistant manager to Gerard Houllier in 1998. He helped shape the defence into having the best defensive record in the Premiership which laid the foundations for the treble season.

Thompson also had a spell in charge of the first team in October 2001 when Gerard Houllier had to undergo major heart surgery and did very well. Under Thompson Liverpool found some real consistency getting to second in the Premiership and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, before returning to assistant when Houllier returned.

When new manager Rafael Benitez was appointed as Liverpool manager in June 2004 Thompson wasn't part of his plans and left the club, but one thing is for sure Liverpool will never leave Thommo.

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Steve McManaman : Midfielder(1990-99)
Date of Birth: 11/2/72
Birthplace: Liverpool
Debut : 15th December 1990 v Sheffield United (H). Division One - won 2-0.
1st team games: 364
1st team goals: 66
Other clubs: Real Madrid
International caps while with Liverpool: 24
International goals while with Liverpool: -
Honours with Liverpool: FA Cup (1992) and Coca Cola Cup (1995)

Steve McManaman became the first high profile Liverpool player to leave the club on a Bosman-style free transfer when he joined Spanish giants Real Madrid during the summer of 1999.
A winger, blessed with exceptional dribbling skills, McManaman was raised just a stones throw away from Anfield, in nearby Kirkdale. A boyhood Evertonian he joined the Reds straight from school and as an apprentice cleaned John Barnes' boots.

He rose through the Anfield ranks and in December 1990 his progress was rewarded when he made his senior bow, appearing as a second half substitute for Peter Beardsley in a 2-0 home win against Sheffield United. The opening game of the following season saw him make his full debut against Oldham Athletic and four days later he scored the first of his - goals for the Reds in a 2-1 defeat at Maine Road.

He celebrated the end of his first full season in the first team by starring in the FA Cup final triumph over Sunderland and three years later he shone at Wembley again, scoring two goals and picking up the man-of-the-match award in the Coca Cola Cup Final success against Bolton Wanderers.

On the international front, McManaman won his first England cap against Nigeria in November 1994, coming on as a 25th minute substitute for the injured Robert Lee. His full debut came against Colombia in September 1995.

A scorer of spectacular goals, as fans of Celtic and Arsenal will testify, his emergence as one of the games most exciting talents brought him to the attention of Europe's leading clubs and he almost signed for Barcelona in September 1997.

At the start of the following season he was named club captain but it was to be his last at Anfield. In July 1999 he opted to sign for Real Madrid and he capped his first season at the Bernabeu with a stunning strike in the European Cup Final against Valencia.

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Ron Yeats : Centre Half (1961-1971) & Chief Scout (1986-present)
Date of Birth: 15-11-1937
Birthplace: Aberdeen
Debut : 19th August 1961 v Bristol Rovers (A) Football League Division Two: won 2-0
1st team games: 454
1st team goals: 16
Other clubs: Dundee United, Tranmere Rovers (player/manager then manager), Stalybridge Celtic, Barrow (player/manager)
International caps while with Liverpool: 2 (Scotland)
International goals while with Liverpool:
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1963/64 & 1965/66, FA Cup 1965, Charity Shield 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared) & 1966
PROFILE
The man Bill Shankly signed and appointed captain to lead Liverpool out of the old Second Division in 1961-62 after the club had languished in the football wilderness for eight seasons.

An inspirational, 6ft 2ins centre half who went on to win Scotland recognition, he cost £30,000 from Dundee United two months after his compatriot Ian St John had moved south to Anfield.

On the day Yeats arrived Shankly told assembled pressmen: "I've just signed a colossus - come in and walk round him"! A former slaughterman in his native Aberdeen, Yeats proved the rock on which the opposition's attacking ambitions were wrecked and he was the first skipper in Liverpool history to lift the FA Cup after the Wembley conquest of Leeds in 1965.

His physique and reading of the game assured Yeats of dominance in the air and he was no slouch, either, on the ground. After League and Cup success he moved to Tranmere as player-assistant boss in 1971, later becoming manager, and eventually returned to Anfield as chief scout.

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It's time to complete my midfield.

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Jan Mølby

Place of Birth: Kolding, Denmark
Date of Birth: July 4, 1963

First Team Appearances: 218
First Team Goals: 44

International Appearances: 33
International Goals: 0

First Team Honours
First Division Championships: 1985/1986, 1989/1990
FA Cups: 1986, 1992
Charity Shields: 1987, 1989, 1990

Hailed by his former Liverpool manager and team-mate Kenny Dalglish as "one of the finest midfield players of his generation" the great Dane was a contemporary in the celebrated Ajax youth academy, with Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard and Jesper Olsen. He also came under the influence of Dutch master Johann Cruyff.

Molby was signed by Liverpool boss Joe Fagan for £225,000 in August 1984, following the departure of Graeme Souness. The fee was a bargain for one of the most successful of English football's foreign imports, who combined subtlety and power. Molby's passing, long or short, was wonderfully measured.

He was also an expert penalty taker, scoring 42 spot kicks, and in November 1986 earned a niche in the record books with a penalty hat trick against Coventry in the League Cup.

Molby made 52 appearances in Liverpool's League and FA Cup double season of 1985/86 before playing for Denmark in the World Cup Finals in Mexico. He won a second title medal in 1990 and another F A Cup medal in 1992. Although twice on the verge of moves (to Barcelona and Everton) he became the first foreigner to serve 10 years with one English club before becoming Swansea player boss in 1996.

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Steve Heighway

Date of Birth: 25-11-1947
Birthplace: Dublin
Debut : 22nd September 1970 v Mansfield Town (H) League Cup
1st team games: 473
1st team goals: 76

Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79 & 1979/80, FA Cup 1974, European Cup 1977 & 1978, UEFA Cup 1973 & 1976, Charity Shield 1974 & 1976, European Super Cup 1977

Profile from LFC.TV
Steve Heighway was once charged with the responsibility of providing the crosses for Liverpool's strikers to score the goals during one of the most successful periods in the club's history.
Heighway was signed as a player initially as an amateur, by Bill Shankly in 1970. It was actually Shankly's right hand man Bob Paisley who can claim a lot of the credit for bringing the 22-yar-old Heighway to Liverpool, as Paisley's sons spotted him playing against South Liverpool and recommended him to their father.

The endearing memory of Steve Heighway that most Liverpool fans will have, however, is his pace and ability down the wing, where he created hatfuls of goals for Kevin Keegan and John Toshack, as well as surpassing the 50 League goal mark for the club himself.

Upon retiring, he eventually returned to Anfield as the youth development officer in the 1980s, working alongside his old team mate Roy Evans, and leading Liverpool's Youth team to their first ever success in the FA Youth Cup in 1996.

Having brought through such immense talents as Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, Dominic Matteo and David Thompson, Steve was instrumental in setting up the world-leading Anfield Academy which opened on January 20th 1999, and after helping the club win back to back FA Youth Cups in 2006 and 2007 he retired from his role at the Academy.

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[Twenty26Six]

It was a tough decision and down to about 3 guys. But, I can't pass up this swashbuckler here... :)

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Terry McDermott

Date of Birth: 08/12/51
Birthplace: Kirkby, Liverpool
Debut : 16th November 1974 v Everton (A) Football League Division One: drew 0-0
1st team games: 328
1st team goals: 80
Other clubs: Bury, Newcastle United (twice), Cork City, Apoel FC
International caps while with Liverpool: 25
International goals while with Liverpool: 3
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80 & 1981/82, League cup 1981 & 1982, European Cup 1977, 1978 & 1981, PFA Player of the Year 1980, Football Writers Player of the Year 1980


Kirkby-born Terry McDermott was a tireless midfield performer for Liverpool and England, gifted with inordinate stamina and spectacular shooting power.

He included some wonderful strikes in his 81-goal tally, including the opener in the 1977 European Cup Final, a long range effort against Everton in the same year's FA Cup semi final and one that crowned a magnificent pitch-length move in a 7-0 hiding of Tottenham in 1978.

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[Grinners89]

ALAN KENNEDY

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Personal Details

Full name: Alan Phillip Kennedy
Nicknames: Barney Rubble, caveman
DOB: 31 August 1954
Age: 53
Birth place: Sunderland, England
Position: Left full-back
Strengths: getting forward, scoring goals in big games
Liverpool Debut: 19 August 1978 vs QPR (Anfield), League: won 2-1
International Debut: 4 April 1984 vs Northern Ireland

Playing Career

Liverpool - all comps
Liverpool (1978-85) - 356 (21)

National team
England (1984) - 2 (0)

Other clubs
Newcastle (1972-78)
Sunderland (1985-87)
Beerschot (1987)
Hartlepool (1987)
Grantham Town (1987)
Wigan (1987-88)
Colne Dynamoes (1988-90)
Wrexham (1990-91)

Transfers

Transferred from Newcastle to Liverpool, 1978, for £330,000

Honours

Liverpool
League Championship: 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84
Charity Shield: 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82
League Cup: 1980/81, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84
European Cup: 1980/81, 1983/84

Individual
#31 in the poll "100 Players Who Shook The Kop"

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Will live in football history for many more years as the only British player to score winning goals in two European Cup Finals. His first was the only one of Liverpool's 1981 meeting with Real Madrid in Paris. Three years later it was the England left back's spot kick in the penalty shoot-out against Roma in their opponents' own Olympic Stadium, that brought the prestigious trophy to Anfield for a fourth time.

Nicknamed 'Barney Rubble' by the Kop after the character in television's "Flintstones", he was defender of power and pace with a menacing left foot, either delivering inviting crosses or unleashing one of his fierce trademark shots.

The left-back had been a bit of a 'problem-area' for Liverpool in 1977-78 with Joey Jones, Tommy Smith & Alan Hansen all wearing the No. 3 shirt at some stage of that season. But Alan stepped confidently into their shoes and played 37 league games in each of his first two seasons at Anfield, winning League championship medals on both occasions.


http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/kennedy/

http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=342

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kennedy


Video - Alan Kennedy, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIxLl3IXeY