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Liverpool Football Club is one of the greatest to anytime comedy the admirable game. The club has won 18 Alliance Titles and bristles European Cups and charcoal one of the best acknowledged in the history of the game.
Several abundant players accept appear and gone through the anointed gates of Anfield. They accept all afflicted the history of the club in their own alone ways. Some were good. Some were great. Some were spectacular.
These are the ones who will flash on through the times. Those are the ones who will consistently be remembered. This the account of the 50 greatest players anytime to advance on the Liverpool turf.
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1981-1994: Goalkeeper
Either ancillary of the 13 years he spent at Liverpool, he played with boilerplate lower analysis clubs, but those 13 years mark one of the greatest anytime careers in a Liverpool shirt. In a career bedridden by apocryphal bout acclimation allegations, Grobbelaar won six Aboriginal Analysis titles, three FA Cups and one European Cup as the Anfield goalkeeper during the club's aureate years.
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1935-1952: Striker
Had it not been for the additional Apple War, Jackie Balmer could be a lot college up this list. The Liverpool-born striker was a badly accomplished amateur who grew through the Everton adolescence ranks until 1935, aback he abutting Liverpool. He won the Aboriginal Analysis with Liverpool in 1947, and with his 98 goals, he charcoal one of the best abounding strikers anytime to don the Liverpool red.
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1990-1999: Midfielder
In his nine years at the club, McManaman bound developed into an Anfield legend. Able-bodied accepted for his ablaze playmaking abilities, the Merseyside built-in accumulated an absorbing 112 assists in his Liverpool canicule to go forth with 47 goals. McManaman additionally played an important role in mentoring accepted superstar Steven Gerrard in the advancing midfield position.
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1987-1991: Striker
Peter Beardsley spent alone four seasons with the Reds, but in that time, he became one of the league's best able scorers. The forward, who could additionally comedy in midfield, denticulate 46 in his Anfield career, arena alongside John Barnes. He won two Aboriginal Analysis titles with Liverpool.
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2006-Present: Striker
The 31-year-old advanced is entering his sixth analysis with the club, already accepting denticulate 49 alliance goals for the Reds. The Dutch all-embracing has accustomed himself as one of the best adamantine alive players in the Arch Alliance and has become a key amateur at Anfield. He will acceptable break as one for the abutting bristles years at least.
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2001-2007: Goalkeeper
Arguably the best goalkeeper anytime to comedy for Liverpool, Jerzy Dudek spent four seasons as the club's No. 1 goalkeeper. He is conceivably best accepted for his antics to abstract the opposition's amends shooters in Liverpool's apple acclaimed Champions Alliance final win over AC Milan in 2005. His administration at Merseyside all but concluded with the signing of Pepe Reina that summer.
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1939-1954: Defender
If this account was alleged "The Greatest Contributions to Liverpool," again Bob Paisley would assuredly be top. The apostle would go on to become Liverpool's greatest anytime administrator in a career of 50 years committed to the club. He led the aggregation through their aureate years of the backward 70s and aboriginal 80s, administering six Aboriginal Analysis titles and three European Cup wins.
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1912-1917 and 1919-1934: Goalkeeper
Elisha Scott was an Irish goalkeeper who is one of the few players on this account built-in in the 1800s. He still holds the almanac as the longest confined Liverpool amateur in history. He spent two altered spells with Liverpool afore abrogation the club at the breakable age of 40.
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1974-1983: Striker
Fairclough is conceivably best accepted for bogus the byword "subersub." It was attenuate he started amateur for the Reds, but he was able-bodied accepted as an appulse amateur advancing off the bench. In his 153 games, he denticulate an absorbing 55 goals at a clip of about than one every three games. He was able-bodied admired amid the Anfield faithful, with his ablaze red beard and balmy personality.
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1967-1981: Goalkeeper
Ray Clemence is one of the best busy goalkeepers in both Liverpool and England history. He brought Liverpool bristles Aboriginal Analysis titles and three European Cups. He additionally fabricated 61 appearances for the England aboriginal aggregation and was awarded an MBE for his casework to football.
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1974-1985: Defender
Phil Neal spent 11 years as Liverpool's acknowledged aboriginal best appropriate back. During his time at the club, he developed a acclaimed adroitness for scoring, with 41 goals in his 455 games. He was allotment of four European Cup acceptable teams and additionally won the Aboriginal Analysis with Liverpool eight times. You would accept a adamantine time award an Anfielder with added trophies beneath his belt. He additionally spent time as the team's captain.
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1984-1996: Midfielder
Jan Mølby is assuredly one of the best axial midfielders anytime to comedy for the club. The Danish all-embracing bankrupt through big time beneath player-manager Kenny Dalglish in 1986 and wouldn't accord up his authority on the atom until a decade later. He denticulate 62 goals in absolute at Liverpool, of which 42 came from the amends spot.
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1960-1975: Defender
Chris Lawler was a Liverpool born-and-bred full-back who charcoal a fable amid the Kopites. In his 15 seasons at Anfield, he accustomed himself as one of the aristocratic right-sided defenders in the world. He additionally became able-bodied accepted for scoring actuality in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time to account goals, earning him the affectionate appellation "The Silent Knight."
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1957-1971: Goalkeeper
Born in Scotland, Tommy Lawrence bankrupt through in the Liverpool aboriginal aggregation in 1962 and became Bill Shankly's aboriginal best goalkeeper for the abutting decade. Despite his 89 kg weight, he is best accepted for his athleticism in the box and his adeptness to break healthy. He is a backstab English Champion.
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1946-1953: Striker
Born in 1919, Albert Stubbins spent seven years with the Merseyside club. The Englishman accustomed himself as one of the best abounding and quickest goalscorers in the club's history, with 75 alliance goals at about a ambition every two games. He appeared on the awning of Liverpool bandage The Beatles conceivably best apperceive anthology "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
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1985-1991: Midfielder
Steve McMahon spent six seasons as the Liverpool axial midfielder, acceptable three Aboriginal Divisions and four Charity Shields with the club. He denticulate 29 goals in his time at Anfield, acceptable a force in both the Merseyside club and the England National Team's midfield. He larboard for Manchester City in 1991.
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1981-1995: Defender
Steve Nicol is one of the best admired players anytime to comedy for Liverpool. His versatility and adeptness fabricated him a basic amateur during Liverpool's aureate years. The Scottish apostle is 17th on the Liverpool best appearances list, with 468 absolute games. He bound bottomward the appropriate aback position for the Anfield club for over a decade. He is currently the administrator of the MLS' New England Revolution.
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2005-Present: Goalkeeper
You wouldn't accept a boxy time arguing that Pepe Reina is the best goalkeeper anytime to comedy for Liverpool. The 29-year-old Spaniard abutting Liverpool from Villareal in 2005 and has aback fabricated 225 appearances, establishing himself as one of the Arch League's aristocratic goalies. He is the vice-captain and charcoal one of the team's key players. He could be their goalkeeper for the abutting decade. They accept no charge to alter him anytime soon.
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1957-1969: Defender
Having spent his accomplished career at Anfield, Gerry Byrne is a Red through-and-through. Built-in and bred in Liverpool, the larboard aback abutting the club as a 15-year-old academy boy in 1953. He would go on to account about 300 amateur for the club in a sparking career. He is conceivably best accepted for his abridgement of an abhorrent threat, accepting alone denticulate two goals in his 12-year career with the club.
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1979-1994: Midfielder
Ronny Whelan was active as a 17-year-old from his hometown club Home Farm in Dublin in 1979. The Irish midfielder became an basic allotment of the bulletproof Liverpool ancillary of the 80s, scoring 46 absolute goals for them. He additionally fabricated 53 appearances for the Irish National Team.
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1976-1986: Midfielder
Another midfielder, Sammy Lee was built-in in Liverpool and rose through the inferior ranks with the club. The diminutive was well-loved for his active assignment amount and aciculate casual abilities. In 2008, he re-joined the club as the abettor administrator to Rafa Benitez, but larboard in June 2011 by alternate consent.
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1987-1989: Striker
A somewhat arguable best this high, as he fabricated beneath than 100 appearances for the club, Aldridge deserves his abode as one of the best abounding ambition scorers anytime to comedy for the club. In his 83 alliance matches, he tallied 50 goals on his way to a record-breaking assignment with club. With a absolute of 330 football alliance goals, he sits at sixth on the best account of English Alliance goalscorers. The majority of those goals were denticulate with adolescent Merseyside club Tranmere Rovers.
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1999-2006: Midfielder
For added than bisected a decade, "Didi" Hamann was the ballast of the Liverpool side. The big German arresting midfielder fabricated about 200 alliance appearances in the Anfield Red, scoring 12 goals. Accepted for his active assignment ethic, bendability and reliability, Hamann charcoal abundant admired amid the Liverpool faithful. He has already declared that it is a dream of his to one day acknowledgment to Anfield in a authoritative role.
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1970-1981: Midfielder
A able larboard midfielder, Irishman Steve Heighway is conceivably Liverpool's greatest anytime winger. Accepting spent his absolute European footballing career with the Merseyside club, Heighway bound accustomed himself in the hearts of his admirers with his speed, power, and skill. He denticulate 50 goals in his 300-plus alliance games, acceptable one of the club's best arch scorers from the wing.
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1970-1978: Striker
A able striker, John Toshack was an basic allotment of the able Liverpool ancillary of the 1970s. In that time, he abundantly created a "Batman and Robin" affiliation with adolescent Kop fable Kevin Keegan. In his eight seasons at the club, the Welshman would account 96 alliance goals. He won three Analysis 1 titles. He now manages Macedonia.
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2001-2008: Defender
The Norwegian left-back accepted for his clap attempt (which already bankrupt Alan Smith's leg in two places) is one of the best admired Anfield players of all time. Active from Monaco for £4 actor in 2001, the Norwegian would go on to accomplish added than 200 appearances for the Reds. He became able-bodied accepted for his ventures advanced from defense, scoring 31 absolute goals, and accustomed himself as one of the arch abounding backs the aggregation has anytime seen.
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1974-1982: Midfielder
Signed from Arsenal for £180,000 in 1974, Ray Kennedy would anon see himself adapted from a able centre advanced to a artistic advancing midfielder beneath Bob Paisley. There, he flourished. He would go on to account 51 goals in his time with Liverpool, accumulation some memorable acclaim from footballing fable Jimmy Greaves, "The Amateur of the 70s."
He was tragically affected into retirement at the adolescent age of 32 due to aboriginal affection of Parkinson's Disease.
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1974-1982: Midfielder
Terence McDermott was a skillful, goal-happy advancing midfielder who was generally the active force of the Liverpool ancillary of the backward 70s. He was able-bodied accepted for his accomplishment in advanced of goal, tallying up a absolute of 54 goals in his 232 Alliance Appearances. You could, in abounding ways, analyze him to accepted Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
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1981-1988: Defender
In ablaze of his badly acknowledged career as a pundit, it is generally accessible to discount Mark Lawrenson's cachet as an Anfield legend. For about a decade, Lawrenson patrolled the affection of the Reds' aegis and fabricated it arguably the best in the apple during that time. He abutting for a again club almanac fee of £900,000 and would go on to accomplish 332 all-competition appearances for the Reds. He denticulate 18 goals.
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1973-1981: Midfielder
A amateur able-bodied accepted for his outrageously able shot, Jimmy Case spent abundant of his time with Liverpool manning the appropriate wing. Never abundant of a ambition scorer, Case consistently took abundant amusement in authoritative those about him attending better. He was undersized, but had no abridgement of heart, and he is still able-bodied admired in the hearts and minds of the Kop.
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1971-1984 - Defender
A Liverpool-born apostle who grew up a Reds fan, Phil Thompson would be airtight up by his adolescence club as a 17-year-old in 1971. From there, he would go on to become one of the best defensively able players in club history, never scoring abundant but establishing a acceptability as a accepted brick bank in the Anfield defense. He would afterwards acknowledgment as an abettor administrator and acting babysitter administrator with the club he loved.
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1996-2004: Striker
Michael Owen aboriginal bankrupt through as a Liverpool amateur as a beginning faced 18-year-old in 1997, and would go on to account 118 alliance goals for them, establishing himself as one of the best abounding goalscorers in club history. The adored advanced larboard the club for Real Madrid in 2004, but he never managed to accomplish as able-bodied as he did at the Merseyside club. He is now at absinthian Reds rivals Manchester United.
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1978-1985: Defender
Alan Kennedy, a defensively stingy left-back, alone played seven analysis with the Reds, but he absolutely fabricated the best of them. Aback he was brought it, it was to ample a role on the larboard ancillary of defense. They bare addition up to the accepted of the added defenders. Kennedy would go on to become arguably the greatest full-back in club history. He denticulate 15 alliance goals for the club.
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1960-1978: Midfielder
A able midfielder, Ian Callaghan was the final allotment of any midfield addle at Anfield during the 60s and 70s. He was consistently a mainstay in the squad, establishing himself as a key amateur beneath Bill Shankly. He holds the almanac for best first-team appearances for Liverpool with 856 (69 goals) and as a affiliate of the team, won bristles Aboriginal Analysis titles and two European Cups.
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1999-2009: Defender
You won't acquisition too abounding as able-bodied admired by the Kopites in his prime as Finnish centre aback Sami Hyypia. Active from Dutch club Willem II as a 25-year-old, Hyypia bound admired himself in the hearts of Reds admirers with his consistently able performances. The 6'4" apostle larboard in 2009 as an Anfield legend. He won 10 trophies in 10 years on Merseyside.
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1993-2001 and 2006-07: Striker
Robbie Fowler is addition archetype of a amateur who was built-in in Liverpool and rose through the arrangement of the club he grew up adoring. The striker denticulate 183 goals in absolute in his career on the Anfield turf, but never seemed to achieve that anatomy anywhere else. The alone drawable cessation is that he was a Liverpool amateur through and through.
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1961-1971: Defender
A able centre back, Ron Yeats was the Liverpool captain for abundant of the 60s. Renowned for his backbone on and off the ball, the Scot was on of the abundant best leaders at Anfield. He was never abundant of an advancing blackmail from the back, but he was the best arresting amateur in the apple at his peak. His appellation amid the Liverpool affectionate was "Colossus."
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1961-1971: Striker
Another striker, St John spent a decade at Anfield. In 425 absolute appearances, he denticulate 118 goals for the club. He won two aboriginal analysis titles with the club and is a affiliate of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. He charcoal somewhat of a Liverpool affectionate band hero.
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1958-1969: Striker
Another advancing player, Roger Hunt would anatomy one of the best greatest anytime bang partnerships alongside Ian St John. With 286 goals in 492 all antagonism amateur for the Reds, he sits at additional in the club's best goalscoring chart. He is one of the best abounding strikers to anytime comedy at Anfield, advancing in at an boilerplate amount of about 0.6 goals per game.
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1967-1979: Defender
The backward abundant Emlyn Hughes is afterwards a agnosticism one of the greatest defenders anytime to don the Liverpool Red. The Cumbria-born centre aback was the captain of the abundant 70s side, and in his time, would additionally captain the English National Team. He fabricated a absolute of 665 appearances in all competitions for the club, tallying a absolute of 49 goals from defense. Together with Phil Thompson, he fabricated the Liverpool aegis band the best in the world.
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1980-1987 and 1988-1986: Striker
The alone amateur to account added goals than Roger Hunt in a Liverpool shirt, Ian Rush fabricated his name as an Anfield fable in two cogent spells with the club. His aboriginal was the best, aback he managed 139 goals in 224 alliance appearances. As mentioned, his 346 goals in 660 Liverpool matches is charcoal advisedly in club folklore.
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1996-Present: Defender
Born and bred in the Merseyside area, Jamie Carragher was an Everton fan continued afore he abutting Liverpool. Aback authoritative his Reds admission at the breakable age of 18, the amateur affectionately nicknamed "Carra" has gone on to accomplish 676 (and counting) aboriginal aggregation appearances at the affection of the Anfield defense. Never a blatant player, Carragher fabricated his name by actuality in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time and for his intelligence on and off the ball.
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1938-1961: Striker
A able player, Billy Liddell played all over the midfield and up advanced during his time at Anfield. The Scottish all-embracing spent his accomplished career with the club, authoritative over 500 appearances. Billy Shankly, one of the best Liverpool greats, declared him as "some player...He had everything." That should say enough.
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1977-1991: Defender
Much like Mark Lawrenson, bodies assume to accept abandoned aloof how abundant Alan Hansen was in ablaze his auger career. The Scottish apostle was absolutely possibly the best able amateur anytime to comedy for the Reds. In an Anfield career spanning about 15 years, he won eight alliance championships and three European Cups. He became able-bodied accepted for the actuality that he about never denticulate (eight goals in 434 alliance appearances).
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1977-1984: Midfielder
Graeme Souness didn't spent too continued a time at Anfield, but he will be able-bodied remembered for his about alluring accomplishment in acceptable trophies. Though he played alone 358 matches for the club over seven seasons, he won bristles Alliance Championships, three European Cups and four Alliance Cups. He would afterwards acknowledgment to administer the club, but bootless to win annihilation major.
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1962-1978: Defender
Tommy Smith is best remembered for actuality one of the hardest footballers anytime to abrasion the Liverpool red. A amateur built-in into the Liverpool family, Smith abutting the club as a 15-year-old and anon thereafter accustomed himself as a approved in the affection of the club's defense. He would captain the club for bristles years, arch them to two Aboriginal Analysis titles. You would accept a adamantine time award a amateur added admired by the Anfield affectionate than Tommy Smith.
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1971-1977: Striker
A able advancing player, Kevin Keegan fabricated his name at Anfield for his joy in authoritative those about him bigger and for his accessible arduous adulation for the game. Liverpool admirers admired him back. He ran with active energy, and consistently gave his all. It was absurd not to adulation him. He controversially larboard in 1977 afterwards scoring absolutely 100 goals in advanced of the Kop who adored him so much.
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1998-Present: Midfielder
You would accept a hard, if not impossible, time award addition who lives and breathes Liverpool added than Steven Gerrard. The England midfielder, who has spent his accomplished career with the Reds, has become acclaimed for his active work-rate and adeptness to accord from midfield. Gerrard is animadversion on the doorstep of 600 aboriginal aggregation appearances and is aloof entering the afterglow of his career. We all dream of him one day acceptable a Arch Alliance title. Nobody deserves it more.
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1987-1997: Winger
The continued appellation England all-embracing is apparently the best agitative amateur anytime to comedy for Liverpool. Admirers from the 90s will affectionately bethink the larboard accompaniment bombing bottomward the flank, anesthetic defenders and teammates alike. Built-in in Jamaica, Barnes would spent a badly acknowledged decade with Liverpool, actualization for them 407 times and scoring 108 times. He charcoal the best accomplished amateur anytime to adroitness the Anfield turf.
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1977-1990: Striker
Kenny Dalglish was such a different player. Never abundant of a goalscorer, the Scottish striker took aloof as abundant joy in authoritative those about him attending bigger as putting himself in the glory. Active in 1977 to alter Kevin Keegan, Dalglish would go on to 501 appearances for the Reds, scoring a admirable absolute of 169 games. The Dalglish bequest continues on as Anfield, with the fable now arch the club into their new age. Greener pastures are ahead.
Kenny Dalglish is in a chic of his own. He charcoal one of the greatest players anytime to comedy the game, and afterwards a agnosticism the best amateur to anytime comedy for Liverpool Football Club.
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