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Birthdate:
12.09.1957
Birthplace: Mansfield, England
Other clubs: Chesterfield, Shrewsbury, Coventry
Bought from: Chesterfield
Signed for LFC: £70000 October 1977
Liverpool debut:
08.03.1978
Last appearance: 19.08.1980
Contract expiry: 11.08.1982
LFC league games/goals: 4 / 0
Total LFC games/goals: 5 / 0
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Player Notes:
Ray Clemence’s performances hardly gave him any chance of making the first 11, understandably. Ogrizovic became a legend at Coventry, and played his 600th game for Coventry and his 719th in total against Liverpool on the 1st of April 2000. He played 5 of those matches in Liverpool’s goal.
'Oggy' arrived at Anfield from Chesterfield in November 1977 as cover for the outstanding Ray Clemence after ony 16 games in Chesterfield's first team. Steve was a fine goalkeeper in his own right - as witnessed by the remarkable career he subsequently had with Coventry, but his chances of displacing the England international were always going to be very slim. Steve did play against Derby & Leeds in March 1978 but Clemence's form and lack of injury meant that the giant reserve-keeper made only another 2 more appearances between the posts in first-team matches over the next three seasons. He moved on to much greater things with Coventry, with whom he won an FA cup winners' medal in 1987. |
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