Archive for May, 2009

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #16 – Jan Mølby

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #16 – Jan Mølby Jan Molby joined Anfield aftre he served a 10 day trial at the club following the departure of Souness. Joe Fagan was the manager responsible for giving the Dane a chance, and Molby quickly proved himself to be a player with great insight, the ability [...]

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #17 – Bruce Grobbelaar

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #17 – Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar wasborn 6 October 1957 in Durban, South Africa, and played for Liverpool as goalkeeper between 1980 to 1994. Grobbelaar signed for Liverpool for £250,000 on 17 March 1981 as a reserve goalkeeper and when Ray Clemence transferred to Spurs later in the same [...]

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #18 – David Fairclough

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #18 – David Fairclough David Fairclough was a Liverpool local, and joined Anfield as a striker during the 1970s and 80s. Fairclough ascended through the youth ranks of the club and made his first team debut on 1st November 1975. Fairclough, perhaps unfairly, was nicknamed ‘SuperSub’ beacuse he scored [...]

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #19 – Peter Beardsley

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #19 – Peter Beardsley Liverpool paid a record transfer fee of £1.9 million for Peter Beardsley, who joined the club on 14th July 1987. Beardsley was quick to make an impact at Anfield and quickly formed a deadly alliance with John Barnes and John Aldridge. Under the management of [...]

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #20 – Phil Neal

100 Players Who Shook The Kop: #20 – Phil Neal Phil Neal was born 20 February 1951 and played for Liverpool between 1974 to 1985 and is the only player to have played in the first 5 of Liverpool’s European Cup finals. Phil Neal came to Anfield from Northampton Town in November 1974 as the [...]