This is the 1951 Yearbook XI - It's hugely influenced by 4 Liverpool players and a substitute, who dominated England and Europe from 1975-1984. But also a lot of dutch players, who won a lot of hearts with the total football in the 70's. A very well rounded team, with an absolute deadly strikeforce, which would make most Liverpool fans smile. See player descriptions below.
GK: Ivano Bordon; regarded as one of the best italian goalkeepers of his generation. At international level, he mainly served as a back-up to Dino Zoff, and was a member of the Italy national football team that won the 1982 World Cup. 2x Italian champion and runner-up in the 1972 European Cup with Inter.
RB: Phil Neal; one of the most decorated english footballers of all time. He won eight First Divisions, four League Cups, five FA Charity Shields, four European Cups, one UEFA Cup and one UEFA Super Cup during his eleven years at Liverpool.CB: Steve Perryman; made a club record 854 first team appearances for Tottenham between 1969-86. Winning 2x FA cups and 2x UEFA cups. Perryman was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982.
CB: Migueli; played for Barcelona for 15 years (1973-88) and had the club record for appearances (549) until Xavi overtook it in 2011. 2x Spanish champion with Barca.
CB: Migueli; played for Barcelona for 15 years (1973-88) and had the club record for appearances (549) until Xavi overtook it in 2011. 2x Spanish champion with Barca.
LB: Paul Breitner; considered one of the best players of his era and is one of only four footballers to have achieved the feat of scoring in two different World Cup final matches. 1972 European- and 1974 World Cup Champion with Germany. 5x German champion with Bayern Munich for whom he played the most of his career. 2x Spanish champion with Real Madrid.
RM: René van de Kerkhof; a two-footed winger, emerged as a left winger at the 1974 world cup, but only featured once at the tournament. 4 years later he'd won a place in the starting lineup as a right winger. 3x Dutch champion with PSV and 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland.
CM: Johan Neeskens; is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch midfielders of all time. The steel-hard midfielder was a tireless runner yet also had nice technique and scored goals, helping to set the stage for Cruyff to shine. One of the first box-to-box midfielders. 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland, where he was an important member at both tournaments. Neeskens was a part of the great Ajax team who won 3 European Cups in a row from 1971-73. He joined Barcelona in 1974 a year after Cruyff moved to the spanish club.
CM: Terry McDermott; the Liverpool born midfielder made 329 appearances and scored 81 goals for the Reds. He won 5 English league titles and 3 European Cups in his 8 years at the club.
LM: Willy van de Kerkhof; one of the finest midfielders Netherlands has ever produced. He earned the nickname of “De stofzuiger” (Vacuum cleaner) for his work in front of the defence as he chased down the ball with a mad determination. 6x Dutch champion with PSV and 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland.
FW: Kevin Keegan; came to Liverpool as a 20-year old midfielder, but ended up in a succesful attacking partnership with John Toschack, winning 3 English championships and the 1977 European Cup. The next year he moved to Hamburger SV where he won the Bundesliga in 1979 and the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979. He joined a speciel club with Di Stefano, Beckenbauer and Cruyff containing players who'd won the award more than once.
FW: Kenny Dalglish; known as "the King" among Liverpool fans. He was bought by Liverpool to replace Keegan in 1977, but he was already an etablished player at Celtic by then, with 4 Scottish championships and 112 goals in 204 games. At Liverpool he won 5 English championships as a player another one as a player/manager and 2 additional as manager. He also won 3 European Cups and scored 118 goals in 355 games as a red, making the number 7 even more iconic. So its easy for the eye to see why Liverpool loves him.
RM: René van de Kerkhof; a two-footed winger, emerged as a left winger at the 1974 world cup, but only featured once at the tournament. 4 years later he'd won a place in the starting lineup as a right winger. 3x Dutch champion with PSV and 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland.
CM: Johan Neeskens; is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch midfielders of all time. The steel-hard midfielder was a tireless runner yet also had nice technique and scored goals, helping to set the stage for Cruyff to shine. One of the first box-to-box midfielders. 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland, where he was an important member at both tournaments. Neeskens was a part of the great Ajax team who won 3 European Cups in a row from 1971-73. He joined Barcelona in 1974 a year after Cruyff moved to the spanish club.
CM: Terry McDermott; the Liverpool born midfielder made 329 appearances and scored 81 goals for the Reds. He won 5 English league titles and 3 European Cups in his 8 years at the club.
LM: Willy van de Kerkhof; one of the finest midfielders Netherlands has ever produced. He earned the nickname of “De stofzuiger” (Vacuum cleaner) for his work in front of the defence as he chased down the ball with a mad determination. 6x Dutch champion with PSV and 2x World Cup runner-up with Netherland.
FW: Kevin Keegan; came to Liverpool as a 20-year old midfielder, but ended up in a succesful attacking partnership with John Toschack, winning 3 English championships and the 1977 European Cup. The next year he moved to Hamburger SV where he won the Bundesliga in 1979 and the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979. He joined a speciel club with Di Stefano, Beckenbauer and Cruyff containing players who'd won the award more than once.
FW: Kenny Dalglish; known as "the King" among Liverpool fans. He was bought by Liverpool to replace Keegan in 1977, but he was already an etablished player at Celtic by then, with 4 Scottish championships and 112 goals in 204 games. At Liverpool he won 5 English championships as a player another one as a player/manager and 2 additional as manager. He also won 3 European Cups and scored 118 goals in 355 games as a red, making the number 7 even more iconic. So its easy for the eye to see why Liverpool loves him.
Substitutes: Birger Jensen, Ho-gon Kim, Joe Jordan, Horst Hrubesch, Johnny Rep, Arnold Mühren, Ray Kennedy, Peter Withe.
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