Liverpool All-Time Draft

[kopiteinkc]

I know A LOT of fullbacks, feel free to PM me for some suggestions.

Oh, and I drafted TerryMac as a CM, but he might end up on the right - depending. :)

No, don't PM him, those fullbacks are mine. Lawro is in the middle with Yeats. :D

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Ian St. John

Date of Birth: June 7, 1983
Place of Birth: Motherwell, Scotland

First Team Club Appearances: 426
First Team Club Goals: 118

First Team Country Appearances: 21
First Team Country Goals: 9

Club Honours
Second Division Championship: 1961/1962
First Division Championship: 1963/1964, 1965/1966
FA Cup: 1965
Charity Shield: 1965, 1966

One of two landmark Scottish captures by Bill Shankly in the summer of 1961, the other being Ron Yeats, who figured massively in Liverpool's climb from the Second Division. St John cost a then club record £37,500 from Motherwell and this ebullient, crew-cut raider became an instant hero of Liverpool fans by scoring a debut hat trick against Everton in the Liverpool Senior Cup Final.

A wonderful competitor, whose timing in the air overcame his lack of height at 5ft 7½ins he was a majestic header of the ball and with compatriots Yeats and goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence, formed the team's 'spine' that Shankly rated so crucial and which took them to League championship glory and onto the European stage.

St John swiftly became a folk hero and inspired the Kop to adopt "When The Saints Go Marching In" as their sixties song. His darting, all-action style perfectly complemented his attack partner Roger Hunt in what was a bludgeon and rapier combination.

St John's most famous Liverpool goal was his header from Ian Callaghan's cross at Wembley in 1965 to bring the FA Cup to Anfield for the first time. He joined Coventry in 1971, later moving into coaching, management and the media.

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Now back in 1965
When great Bill Shankly was alive
We're playing Leeds, the score's 1-1
When it fell to the head of Ian St John

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My Team Right Now

----------------------Keeper------------------------
RB----------CB------------------CB--------------LB
Callaghan-----Gerrard--------Molby--------Hughes
----------------Beardsley-----St. John--------------

How many subs are we going to do? And are we going to do managers?

[Ghostface]

I was really looking forward to getting Jimmy Case, but speaking of fullbacks and people playing multiple positions...

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Steve Nicol

Date of Birth: 11/12/61
Birthplace: Irvine (Scotland)
Debut : 31st August 1982 v Birmingham City (A) Football League Division One
1st team games: 466
1st team goals: 46

Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1983/84, 1985/86, 1987/88 and 1989/90, FA Cup 1986, 1989 & 1992, Charity Shield 1989

Profile from LFC.tv
One of the most versatile players in Liverpool history, Scotland international Nicol could fill any role in defence or midfield with equal skill and dexterity. His value as a utility man was incalculable and the £300,000 Bob Paisley paid Ayr United to bring him to Anfield in October 1981 proved one of the bargain deals of all time.

He made his senior debut in August 1982 but had to wait until 1983-84 under new boss Joe Fagan for a sustained run in the side. He ended that campaign with a League title and European Cup winners medal, the latter gained despite his spot kick failure in the penalty shoot-out with Roma.

At size 11, Nicol's feet were among the biggest in football and his boots were a full size bigger than any other in the Liverpool squad of that era. But the talent within them was underlined by his election as Footballer of the Year in 1989 by the nation's soccer writers.

Nicol played for five Liverpool managers - Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Roy Evans were the others - and made 466 appearances, scoring 46 goals. Overall he won four League titles and three FA Cup winners medals before becoming a player coach at Notts County in 1995. He later played for Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster before becoming caretaker coach of American club New England Revolution, and then head coach of Boston Bulldogs.

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John Aldridge
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Date of Birth: 18-9-1958
Birthplace: Liverpool
Debut : 21st February 1987 v Aston Villa (A) Football League Division One: Drew 2-2
1st team games: 104
1st team goals: 63
Other clubs: South Liverpool, Newport County, Oxford United, Real Sociedad, Tranmere Rovers (as player then manager)
International caps while with Liverpool: 69 (Republic of Ireland)
International goals while with Liverpool:
Honours with Liverpool: Division One Champions 1988, FA Cup 1989, Charity Shield 1988

One of British football's all-time great goalscorers, former Kop fan Aldridge bore an uncanny resemblance to Ian Rush and, after his �750,000 signing from Oxford in January 1987, he took over the great Welsh star's role when Rush moved to Juventus at the end of that season.

He made his Liverpool debut at Villa Park as a substitute in a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in February 1987. Then in true Roy of the Rovers style Aldridge marked his Anfield debut with a goal, his fantastic header flying past Southampton's Peter Shilton at the Anfield Road end.

'Aldo', as he was nicknamed, proved a huge success, linking up with other new captures John Barnes and Peter Beardsley in Kenny Dalglish's re-shaped team for the 1987-88 season. He scored in every one of the first nine games of that unforgettable campaign and his 26 goals in 36 outings fuelled Liverpool's drive to the title and a record equalling 29-matches unbeaten from the start of the season.

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[Twenty26Six]

I'm thinking that we'll pick one or two subs MAX. I'm leaning towards ONE.

After all the picks, we might pick out a manager for our time.

[Grinners89]

TOMMY LAWRENCE

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Personal Details

Full name: Thomas Johnstone Lawrence
Nicknames: The Flying Pig, The Sweeper Keeper
DOB: 14 May 1940
Age: 67
Birth place: Ayrshire, England
Position: Goalkeeper
Strengths: agility, playing as a sweeper
Liverpool Debut: 27 October 1962
International Debut: 3 June 1963 vs Republic of Ireland (Dalymount Park), Friendly: lost 1-0

Playing Career

Liverpool - all comps
Liverpool (1957-71) - 390

National team
Scotland (1963-69) - 3

Other clubs
Tranmere Rovers (1971-74)

Transfers

Transferred from Liverpool to Tranmere Rovers, 10/11/1971

Honours

Liverpool

League Championship (1963/64, 1965/76)
FA Cup (1965)
Charity Shield (1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966)

Scotland
1963-1969 3 caps

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

Info

A stockly built Scotsman who was Shanks' keeper. Lawrence had been at Anfield for five years, until October 1962, when he got his opportunity in Liverpool's first season in the top flight for 8 years. Jim Furnell got injured 13 games into the season and Lawrence grabbed his chance with both hands and typically didn't let go of the shirt for the next 8 years, missing only 4 games between 1962 and 1970.

In 1968-69 he set a new record for the old First Division by conceding only 24 goals in 42 games which stood until his successor, Ray Clemence was beaten only 16 times a decade later. Clemence had to wait over 2 years to get the number 1 shirt off him.

Lawrence won two championships, an FA Cup winners medal and three Scotland caps.


http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=353

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

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

Video - Tommy Lawrence, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzDKK5IUQHw

[Grinners89]

CHRIS LAWLER

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Personal Details

Full name: Christopher Lawler
Nickname: The Ghost, The Silent King
DOB: 20 October 1943
Age: 64
Birth place: Liverpool, England
Position: Right full-back
Strengths: anticipation, getting forward, durability
Liverpool League Debut (at centre-half): 20 March 1963 v West Brom (Anfield), Football League Division One: drew 2-2
International debut: 12 May 1971 v Malta (Wembley)

Playing Career

Liverpool - all comps
Liverpool (1960-75) - 549 (61)

National team
England (1971-72) - 4 (1)

Other clubs
Portsmouth (1975-77)
Stockport (1977-78)

Honours

Liverpool

League championship (1965/66 and 1972/73)
FA Cup (1965 and 1974)
Charity Shield (1965 (shared) and 1966)
UEFA Cup (1973)

England
1971-1972 4 caps 1 goals

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

Info

A local lad and a great right-back who held down a regular place in the team between 1965-1973. A goalscoring defender if there ever was one. An astonishing record of 61 goals in 549 games, especially considering he was not the club's penalty kick-taker or a free-kick specialist. His stealth at gliding forward from a defensive position into a scoring situation was a potent weapon for the Liverpool side of the 1960's which deploying Lawler at right back partnered by Gerry Byrne on the left, marched to Championship and FA Cup glory.

Lawler’s timing and anticipation of turning up in the right place at the right time to score vital goals earned him the nickname ‘The Ghost’.

Chris played in 32 consecutive First Division games in the 1964/65 season. He was also a proud member of the Liverpool team that won the FA cup for the first time in the club's history. He then missed just THREE of the next 336 league games, a quite remarkable 'attendance record', helping his side win the championship in 1966, reach the Cup winners' cup final the same year and another FA cup final in 1971.

Even approaching his 30th birthday, he still retained the fitness and stamina to play in every single one of the 66 competitive games the club played in four different competitions during the 1972-73 season, his reward being further winners' medals in the championship and UEFA cup.

http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=352

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

Video - Chris Lawler, 100 Players Who Shook The Kop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE7I_VfpyAY

[Twenty26Six]

José Manuel Reina Páez (born 31 August 1982 in Madrid, Spain), commonly known as Pepe Reina (his preferred nickname), or José Reina is a professional goalkeeper, son of famed Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina Santos, and currently plays club football for Liverpool. Through his time at Villarreal, and now with Liverpool, Reina has gained a reputation for saving a high percentage of penalty kicks. He has won the last two Barclays English Premier League Gold Glove awards.

According to MOTD's unique player ranking system, Reina was the best goalkeeper in the world last season.

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[Grinners89]

José Manuel Reina Páez (born 31 August 1982 in Madrid, Spain), commonly known as Pepe Reina (his preferred nickname), or José Reina is a professional goalkeeper, son of famed Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina Santos, and currently plays club football for Liverpool. Through his time at Villarreal, and now with Liverpool, Reina has gained a reputation for saving a high percentage of penalty kicks. He has won the last two Barclays English Premier League Gold Glove awards.

According to MOTD's unique player ranking system, Reina was the best goalkeeper in the world last season.

Couldve made the GK choice harder :rolleyes:...Clemence, Grobbelaar, Lawrence, Reina...bloody awesome GK's.

[Ghostface]

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Sami Sami Sami Sami Hyypia

Date of Birth: 07/10/1973
1st team games: 429
1st team goals: 32
International caps: 90
International goals: 5

Profile From LFC.TV
Sami Hyypia was signed from Dutch outfit Willem II for a fee of about £2.5million in May 1999.

The towering Finn's consistent performances through the Houllier and Benitez eras have established him as one of Europe's best centre-backs.

He is a legend not only at Anfield but also in his homeland, where he has been crowned footballer of the year six times.

Hyypia started his professional career in 1992 with MyPa, where he spent three years and won two Finnish Cups.

His form earned him an international debut against Tunisia on November 7, 1992. Fifteen years on, he's well on his way to 100 caps.

In 1995, Hyypia enjoyed a trial at Kevin Keegan's Newcastle, but it'd be another four years before he would grace the Premiership.

Instead he joined Dutch side Willem II, where he was soon installed as captain.

The big man's final act before heading to Merseyside in 1999 was to help Willem secure Champions League qualification.

After making his Reds debut against Sheffield Wednesday on August 7, 1999, Hyypia quickly established a watertight partnership with Stephane Henchoz, providing the foundation for a historic treble in 2000-01.

The centre-half wore the captain's armband through much of this momentous campaign in the absence of the injured Jamie Redknapp. He jointly lifted both the UEFA and FA Cups.

Following the departure of Redknapp in April 2002, Gerard Houllier handed his trusty defender the captaincy on a permanent basis, though he'd be replaced by the emerging Steven Gerrard in October 2003.

With the arrival of new boss Rafa Benitez in 2004 came numerous personnel changes, though it was clear Hyypia was going nowhere.

However, he did have a new central-defensive partner in Jamie Carragher, who was at last given a regular slot in his preferred position. Within 12 months they were regarded as one of the most formidable pairings on the continent following Liverpool's Champions League triumph in the Ataturk.

Hyypia scored one of the most memorable goals en route to Istanbul, an unstoppable volley to open the scoring against Juve in the quarter-finals.

Incredibly, he played every minute of 57 consecutive European games for the Reds from November 2001 to February 2006.

The arrival of young centre-half Daniel Agger in January 2006 provided competition for places at the back, but despite sometimes missing out, Hyypia continued to climb the club's all-time appearance table. In January 2007 he overtook Ray Kennedy to enter the top 25.

History will undoubtedly judge the big Finn to be one of Gerard Houllier's shrewdest pieces of business. His collection of winner's medals is now in double figures and in 2006 fans voted him 38th in Liverpoolfc.tv's 100 Players Who Shook The Kop.

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Elisha Scott

Goalkeeper

Place of Birth: August 24, 1894
Date of Birth: Belfast, Ireland

First Team Club Appearances: 467

First Team Country (Ireland) Appearances: 5
First Team Country (N. Ireland) Appearances: 22

Team Honours
First Division Championship: 1921/1922, 1922/1923

The legend of Elisha Scott will live forever in Liverpool folklore. Arguably the greatest goalkeeper to keep goal for the Reds, Scott remains one of the most famous figures to have represented the club, despite playing his last game way back in 1934.

Born in Belfast, he followed in the footsteps of his elder brother Billy, who was a goalkeeper with Everton and Ireland. Scott junior signed for Linfield at just 14 years of age but was soon moved on to junior club Broadway United where he learnt his trade before Billy recommended him to his peers at Goodison.

Fortunately for Liverpool, Everton deemed him to be too young and when Billy then mentioned Elisha to Anfield chairman John McKenna, the Reds did not hesitate in swooping to sign the rookie 17-year old.

With the experienced Kenny Campbell still keeping goal for Liverpool, young Scott was considered one for the future. But it was not long before he made an impression.

Making his first team debut against Newcastle United on New Years Day 1913, he kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw and, so accomplished was his performance at St James Park that afternoon, opponents Newcastle offered 1,000 for his signature immediately afterwards.

Scott was only informed of the bid on the way back to Liverpool and believing that Campbell would be difficult to dislodge, he thought it might have been in his best interests if he was allowed to go. Liverpool's secretary/manager Tom Watson, though, wisely refused and reassured Scott that his future lay at Anfield.

He was right. Towards the end of the 1914/15 season Scott enjoyed an extended run as Liverpool's first choice keeper and, although the advent of World War One interrupted his progress, as the 1920's dawned he quickly earned a reputation as one of the finest custodians around.

One reporter wrote of him, 'He has the eye of an eagle, the swift movement of a panther when flinging himself at a shot and the clutch of a vice when gripping the ball.'

In 1920 he won the first of his 27 international caps and in 1921/22 missed just three games as the Reds won their first league title for 16 years. The following season he was an ever-present between the sticks as the championship was retained. Scott was by now a firm favourite of the Anfield crowd and the adulation he received was unprecedented. In 1924, after pulling off a stunning save at home to Blackburn Rovers, one fan ran onto the pitch and kissed him!

The years that followed the back-to-back title triumphs may have been barren in terms of honours won but Scott's popularity never once waned. In 1934 the unthinkable almost occurred when Everton offered 250 for his services. He was coming to end of his career and Liverpool were ready to accept the offer until supporters flooded the local newspaper with letters of protest.

On February 21, 1934 Scott played his 467th and final game for Liverpool - it was a record that stood until Billy Liddell surpassed it in 1957.

Anfield's favourite son requested a move back to Ireland to take up the post of player/manager at Belfast Celtic and on the occasion of Liverpool's final home game of that season hardened Kopites were rumoured to have shed tears when their hero made an emotional farewell speech from the directors' box.

He finally retired from the game in at the age of 42 in 1936 and continued to manage the Belfast club until it folded in 1949. Ten years later the legendary Elisha Scott died. Gone, but never forgotten.

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[kopiteinkc]

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Alec Lindsay : Left Back (1969 - 1977)
Date of Birth: 27/02/48
Birthplace: Bury
Debut : 16th September 1969 v Dundalk (H) European Fairs Cup: won 10-0
1st team games: 248
1st team goals: 18
Other clubs: Bury, Stoke City, Oakland (USA)
International caps while with Liverpool: 4 (England)
International goals while with Liverpool: 0
Honours with Liverpool: First Division Championship 1972/73, FA Cup 1974, UEFA Cup 1973, Charity Shiled 1974
PROFILE

He helped his hometown club Bury win promotion to the old Second Division before Bill Shankly paid �67,000 to bring him to Anfield in March 1969. Lindsay arrived as a 21 year-old wing half or inside forward, a midfielder in today's football parlance.

But Shankly and his backroom team switched the former England youth international to left back where his talents blossomed. His left foot was one of the most effective in football and he went on to earn four England caps.

Lindsay scored on his Liverpool debut as a substitute at Ipswich in October 1969 but it was his penalty prowess that made him so reliable when put on the spot. His brace of penalties that gave Liverpool victory over Leicester in August 1974 made him the first Anfield player to score twice from the spot in a League game for 20 years.

Lindsay, who played under the management of both Shankly and Bob Paisley, won UEFA Cup and League championship medals in 1973 and an FA Cup winners medal a year later. He joined Stoke City in 1977.

[kopiteinkc]

My team so far:

-----------Keeper tba-----------------

RB ------ Lawrenson ---- Yeats ------ Lindsay

RM ----- Case ------ CM ------ Liddell

----- Owen --- Hunt

sub: tba

Lawrenson could go to full back if I don't get the right back I am after...

[Twenty26Six]

Lawrenson could go to full back if I don't get the right back I am after...

You already took my left fullback. And, since you're up before me, I hope you don't get my right fullback! ;)

[kopiteinkc]

You already took my left fullback. And, since you're up before me, I hope you don't get my right fullback! ;)

Alec Lindsay was one of my favourites growing up, I played left back at school* and he was one of my heroes. I was crushed when his perfectly good goal in the '74 Cup Final was disallowed.

*I still play left back!!
(in the changing room) :D

[kopiteinkc]

Bump, who is up?

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Aussie has two picks back to back

[Twenty26Six]

Has anyone PMd Aussie? Or checked to see his latest log-in times?

Because of the the wierd time differential from here to there, I'll give him another 24 hours.

Only 5-6 picks left boys! Make 'em count!

[kopiteinkc]

Aussie's Last Activity: Yesterday 03:28 AM

[Twenty26Six]

Aussie's Last Activity: Yesterday 03:28 AM

If he doesn't post tonight, we'll skip him.

Can someone send him a PM, I'm pretty busy today? I shouldn't even be checking BS. :)