Players - Mark Walters

Mark Walters
Birthdate: 2 June 1964
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Other clubs: Aston Villa (1978-87), Rangers (1987-91), Stoke City (loan 1994), Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan 1994), Southampton (1996), Swindon Town (1996-99), Bristol Rovers (1999-2002), Ilkeston Town (2002), Tividale (2002), Willenhall Town (2002-03), Dudley Town (2003-05)
Signed from: Rangers
Signed for LFC: £1.25m, 08.08.1991
International debut: 03.06.1991 vs. New Zealand
International caps: 1/0
Liverpool debut: 17.08.1991
Last appearance: 10.05.1995
Debut goal: 07.09.1991
Last goal: 08.05.1993
Contract expiry: 18.01.1996
Win ratio: 34.68% W:43 D:38 L:43
Games/goals ratio: 6.53
Games/assists ratio: 7.75
Honours: FA Cup 1992; League Cup 1995
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 8 / 1
League games / goals / assists: 94 / 14 / 7
Total games / goals / assists: 124 / 19 / 16

Player Profile

Walters made a name for himself in the Aston Villa team in the 1982/83 season at the tender age of 18. Unfortunately for him Villa were on a slow decline after winning the League in 1981 and the European Cup in 1982 and were eventually relegated in 1987. Villa went straight up again but halfway through their first season back in the top-flight Walters was enticed to Rangers where Graeme Souness could offer him European football whereas the English teams were still banned from Europe following the Heysel disaster. Walters joined the likes of Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens, Terry Butcher, Chris Woods and Ray Wilkins and the former Villa star was a tremendous success but suffered terrible racial abuse. Walters' Rangers debut was on 2 January 1988 in an Old Firm derby at Parkhead. Celtic fans came dressed in fancy dress monkey suits, made monkey noises aimed at Walters and threw bananas on to the field. Walters was pelted by all kinds of objects at Hearts' Tynecastle "That was the worst place of all. It wasn't just the abuse because I can handle that," Walters said. "It was all the objects that were being thrown." Souness envisaged Walters doing same amount of damage to English defenders in a Liverpool shirt. 

Walters had only been at the club for three months when he was the darling of the Kop when Auxerre came to town in the first season that Liverpool were back in Europe. Liverpool had lost 2-0 in the first leg of the second round of the UEFA Cup. The hosts were 2-0 up and heading for extra-time when Jan Mølby's magnificent pass split the French defence in the eighty-fourth minute. Walters raced through and clipped a shot just inside the far post. Delirium followed and Liverpool were through to the third round. Walters' best season was 1992/93 when he scored 13 goals in 44 games and scored a tremendous double after coming on as a substitute against Kenny Dalglish's Blackburn Rovers on 13 December 1992 at Anfield. In the seventy-seventh minute Redknapp laid the ball into the path of Walters who cut inside a tiring David May and unleashed a drive that he described as the best goal of his Anfield career. Walters netted the winner eight minutes later. However, Walters' blessed step-over worked way too seldom. He was very inconsistent and tended to fade out of games. He was loaned out to Stoke in the last couple of months in the 1993/94 season after making almost as many appearances for Liverpool reserves in the Pontins League Division One as for the first team in the Premier League. Walters was on loan at Wolves for the majority of 1994/95 and his free transfer to Southampton in January 1996 was hardly a surprise. Walters had a short stay at the Saints and played regularly again for first division Swindon Town from 1996 to 1999. Second division Bristol Rovers was Walters' next destination in the 1999/00 season where he performed for three years, finishing his League career.

After retiring from playing full time, Walters had brief spells with non league Ilkeston, Dudley and Willenhall and coached Aston villa's junior teams. He now does occasional media work, is part of the Rangers legends set up and has a small property portfolio. In 2018 his autobiography 'Wingin It' was published. 

The middle name of Mark Walters, Everton, always comes up and of course should be highlighted, considering his association with the Reds. Asked by a Red if he would ever consider changing his his middle name, Walters said: "No, well unfortunately my mother told me that if I change any part of my name she’ll disown me, so that one’s for life."
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 94 9 12 8 1 124
1991-1992 25 3 4 5 0 37
1992-1993 34 1 5 3 1 44
1993-1994 17 1 2 0 0 20
1994-1995 18 4 1 0 0 23
1995-1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
9 545 Wimbledon
8 494 Coventry City
7 459 Sheffield Wednesday
6 382 Manchester City
6 367 Leeds United
6 364 Aston Villa
6 359 Tottenham
5 309 Norwich City
5 301 Sheffield United
4 344 Crystal Palace
4 266 Chelsea
4 245 Arsenal
4 243 Everton
4 234 Oldham Athletic
4 233 Manchester United
4 216 Ipswich Town
4 179 Nottingham Forest
3 208 Southampton
3 140 Blackburn Rovers
2 180 Stoke City
2 180 Auxerre
2 180 Chesterfield
2 180 Notts County
2 161 Port Vale
2 157 Apollon Limassol
2 134 Kuusysi Lahti
2 110 West Ham United
2 109 QPR
1 90 Bolton Wanderers
1 90 Spartak Moscow
1 90 Bristol Rovers
1 90 Bristol City
1 83 Genoa
1 79 Luton Town
1 76 Newcastle United
1 44 Middlesbrough
1 25 Burnley
1 -27 Portsmouth
Total Started/substitutions
82 Started
20 On the bench
42 Substitute
26 Substituted
Total Venue
62 Away
60 Home
2 Neutral
Total Competition
69 Premier League
25 League
12 League Cup
9 FA Cup
5 UEFA Cup
3 European Cup Winners Cup
1 Charity Shield
Total W D L Win % Manager
96 33 29 34 34.4% Graeme Souness
28 10 9 9 35.7% Roy Evans
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 14 0 4 1 0 19
1991-1992 3 0 2 1 0 6
1992-1993 11 0 2 0 0 13
1993-1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994-1995 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995-1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Assists per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 7 1 4 4 0 16
1991-1992 2 0 3 1 0 6
1992-1993 5 0 1 3 0 9
1993-1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994-1995 0 1 0 0 0 1
1995-1996 0 0 0 0 0 0
A more detailed look at the player's assists
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 17.08.1991 Oldham Athletic Anfield League
50 26.09.1992 Wimbledon Anfield League
100 26.02.1994 Coventry City Anfield League
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 88 07.09.1991 Notts County Meadow Lane League
Related Articles
Kop that!

Match report from British Soccer Week on Liverpool - Auxerre on 06.11.1991.

Reds revenge

Match report from British Soccer Week on Liverpool - Coventry on 17.04.1993.

Walters wings in

Match report from British Soccer Week on Liverpool - Blackburn on 13.12.1992.

Related Quotes

Asked by ynwa.tv: Now have you had the chance to change your middle name yet?

[laughs] No, well unfortunately my mother told me that if I change any part of my name she’ll disown me, so that one’s for life."

Mark EVERTON Walters asked by ynwa.tv in 2005

"Wally is probably remembered for his step-over trick that he's still foxing players with these days. As a veteran footballer he's fantastic. He just had that step-over, that no matter how much you knew it was going to come, you just didn't know how to handle it. he was effective and certainly Graeme Souness, who brought him to Anfield, was a big fan of his."

David Fairclough on Mark Walters

Scrapbook
Do not leave, Barnes! says Mark Walters - 1991
Do not leave, Barnes! says Mark Walters - 1991
Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 31 August 1991
Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 31 August 1991
Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 9 November 1991
Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 9 November 1991
Rangers' Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 12 November 1988
Rangers' Mark Walters on the cover of Shoot! 12 November 1988
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Aston Villa 1981-1982 England First Division 1 0 1 0
Aston Villa 1982-1983 England First Division 22 1 28 3
Aston Villa 1983-1984 England First Division 37 8 48 11
Aston Villa 1984-1985 England First Division 36 10 39 10
Aston Villa 1985-1986 England First Division 40 10 53 13
Aston Villa 1986-1987 England First Division 21 3 28 4
Aston Villa 1987-1988 England Second Division 24 7 24 7
Rangers 1987-1988 Scotland Premier League 18 7 21 8
Rangers 1988-1989 Scotland Premier League 31 8 52 21
Rangers 1989-1990 Scotland Premier League 27 5 41 16
Rangers 1990-1991 Scotland Premier League 30 12 42 17
Stoke City 1993-1994 England First Division 9 2 9 2
Wolves 1994-1995 England First Division 11 3 11 3
Southampton 1995-1996 England Premier League 5 0 9 0
Swindon Town 1996-1997 England First Division 27 7 30 9
Swindon Town 1997-1998 England First Division 34 6 37 6
Swindon Town 1998-1999 England First Division 38 10 42 11
Swindon Town 1999-2000 England First Division 13 1 15 2
Bristol Rovers 1999-2000 England Second Division 30 9 32 9
Bristol Rovers 2000-2001 England Second Division 26 4 33 4
Bristol Rovers 2001-2002 England Second Division 26 0 31 2
Ilkeston Town 2002-2003 Southern League Premier Division 3 1 3 1
Tividale 2002-2003 West Midlands Premier Division 2 0 2 0
Willenhall Town 2002-2003 Midland Football Alliance N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dudley Town 2003-2004 West Midlands Premier Division N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dudley Town 2004-2005 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total 511 114 631 159