A player from our history
John McDonald
Scottish left-winger McDonald arrived at Anfield before the start of the 1909/10 season to replace old favourite Jack Cox. McDonald played in 34 of the 38 League matches that year as Liverpool finished runners-up to champions Aston Villa. Although selected for the opening seven games of the following season, he lost his place for a while and was heavily criticized by the club programme: "MacDonald's performances this season have been completely devoid of skill and determination; even taking into consideration the fact that his inside players…
- Birthdate: 1886
- Birthplace: Kircaldy, Scotland
- Other clubs: Wemyss Harp, Vale of Wemyss, Raith Rovers (1902-07), Rangers (1907-09), Newcastle United (1912-14), Raith Rovers (2 / 1919-20)
- Bought from: Rangers
- Signed for LFC: 08.05.1909
- Liverpool debut: 04.09.1909
- Last appearance: 06.04.1912
- Debut goal: 11.09.1909
- Last goal: 30.09.1911
- Contract expiry: May 1912
- Wartime games/goals: 2 / 0
- League games / goals: 78 / 4
- Total games / goals: 81 / 4
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Rafa Benítez in November 2007 after the record Champions League win vs. Besiktas"It is a really positive day for the club to be in the record books and get the go-ahead for the new stadium makes a lot of people really happy. It’s almost a perfect day."
Why not perfect?
"They had one chance," smiled the perfectionist Reds manager.
This Season
Premier League
Bramall Lane | Sunday 28 Feb 2021
| Sheffield United | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | 2 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Sheffield United on Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
- Goal was scored by
- Curtis Jones against Sheffield United on Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
- Own goal was scored by
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain against Manchester City on Thursday, 02 Jul 2020
- Sending off was
- Alisson Becker against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
- Penalty goal was
- Mohamed Salah against Manchester City on Sunday, 07 Feb 2021
- Missed penalty was
- Sadio Mané against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
- Home win was against
- Tottenham on Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020
- Home draw was against
- Manchester United on Sunday, 17 Jan 2021
- Home defeat was against
- Everton on Saturday, 20 Feb 2021
- Away win was against
- Sheffield United on Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
- Away draw was against
- Newcastle United on Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020
- Away defeat was against
- Leicester City on Saturday, 13 Feb 2021
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10048 goals in 5780 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 203 of those goals are own goals and 528 came from the penalty spot.
- 457 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 423 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 777 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 15024 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
This day in our history
Red Corner
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Internationals
14 February 2021The illustrious reputation of Liverpool has so far tempted 328 internationals from 53 nations to sign for the club.
What Can Liverpool Learn From Their Game Against West Ham?
4 February 2021There’s nothing like the rush from a decent game of football and the recent West Ham/Liverpool game certainly gave us that. The match, played at the London Stadium in January gave Liverpool a 3-1 win, something they needed and certainly deserved after the gameplay they put in.
