A player from our history
David Johnson
Twenty-four-year-old Johnson was already an England international having scored 46 goals in 187 League matches for Everton and Ipswich before featuring for Liverpool. The boyhood Red started his career at Everton which Johnson says came as a "great shock" to his family who was all-red. He certainly got Liverpool's attention when he scored the winning goal as a 20-year-old against the Reds at Goodison on 13 November 1971, a feat he would repeat for Liverpool at Goodison in 1978. Shankly made two enquiries for Johnson while at Everton but…
- Birthdate: 23 October 1951
- Birthplace: Liverpool, England
- Other clubs: Everton (1967-72), Ipswich Town (1972-76), Everton (2 / 1982-84), Barnsley (loan 1984), Manchester City (1984), Tulsa Roughnecks (1984), Preston North End (1984-85), Barrow (1985), Naxxar Lions
- Bought from: Ipswich Town
- Signed for LFC: £200,000, 12.08.1976
- Liverpool debut: 21.08.1976
- Last appearance: 20.03.1982
- Debut goal: 28.08.1976
- Last goal: 19.01.1982
- Contract expiry: 10.08.1982
- Honours: League Championship 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82; League Cup 1982; European Cup 1977, 1981; European Super Cup 1977
- League games / goals: 149 / 55
- Total games / goals: 213 / 78
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Phil Neal"Terry McDermott once got us hysterical in the dressing room, laughing at Bob Paisley’s expense. The boss had a habit of saying the word “doings” all the time. He’d refer to opposition players as “doings” instead of naming them. So Bob comes into the dressing room and starts a talk.
Terry stood behind him with a big grin on his face and every time Bob says “doings” he holds a finger up. By the time he gets to six, Terry is starting to titter and we’re trying not to laugh. Ray Kennedy is kicking me and when he gets to 10, Ray just turns and flees into the toilet, he’s in absolute fits. We were like a bunch of schoolkids."
This Season
Premier League
AMEX Stadium | Saturday 28 Nov 2020
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 28 Nov 2020
- Goal was scored by
- Diogo Jota against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 28 Nov 2020
- 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, 08 Nov 2020
- Missed penalty was
- Sadio Mané against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
- Home win was against
- Leicester City on Sunday, 22 Nov 2020
- Home draw was against
- Arsenal on Thursday, 01 Oct 2020
- Home defeat was against
- Atalanta on Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020
- Away win was against
- Atalanta on Tuesday, 03 Nov 2020
- Away draw was against
- Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 28 Nov 2020
- Away defeat was against
- Aston Villa on Sunday, 04 Oct 2020
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10013 goals in 5759 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 201 of those goals are own goals and 526 came from the penalty spot.
- 457 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 422 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 775 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 14952 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
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