A player from our history
Billy Matthews
After having made 13 wartime appearances and scored eight goals in the 1918/19 season Matthews made his official first-team debut for Liverpool as a centre-half in a 3-0 win over Derby County on 3 April 1920. "Big, burly and boisterous" Billy played as a forward in his other eight appearances for the Reds. Matthews revealed to a reporter at the Derby Daily Telegraph: “Liverpool think I will make a centre-half, but I know I never shall. It is not in my bones to play there!" Matthews scored three goals in two games at the…
- Birthdate: 14 April 1897
- Birthplace: Plas Bennion, Wales
- Other clubs: Colwyn Bay (1916-1918), Bristol City (1922-23), Wrexham (1923-25), Northwich Victoria (1925), Barrow (1925-26), Bradford Park Avenue (1926-30), Stockport County (1930), New Brighton (1930-32), Chester (1932), Oswestry Town (1932), Witton Albion (1932), Sandbach Ramblers (1932-33), Colwyn Bay United (1933), Rossendale United (1933-36)
- Bought from: Colwyn Bay
- Signed for LFC: 1918
- Liverpool debut: 03.04.1920
- Last appearance: 01.10.1921
- Debut goal: 31.08.1921
- Last goal: 24.09.1921
- Contract expiry: 02.03.1922
- Wartime games/goals: 13 / 8
- LFC league games/goals: 9 / 4
- Total LFC games/goals: 9 / 4
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Kop Quote
David Johnson on his replacement in the side, one Ian Rush"I think Rushie would be the first to admit that in training he just looked like an ordinary player. He didn't have the explosive pace, but all of a sudden, as soon as he got in the first team, he caught fire. He surprised everybody. He gained three or four yards of pace, his touch was great. His record speaks for itself, what a great player to be replaced by. I feel good about it. I would have felt worse if somebody had replaced me not as good. He wasn't the best of trainers, but a great, great, great player for Liverpool. A class act."
This Season
Champions L. 1st Group Ph.
Stadion Salzburg | Tuesday 10 Dec 2019
| Salzburg | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | 2 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Salzburg on Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019
- Goal was scored by
- Mohamed Salah against Salzburg on Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019
- Own goal was scored by
- Joël Matip against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, 13 Mar 2019
- Sending off was
- Alisson Becker against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
- Penalty goal was
- James Milner against Arsenal on Wednesday, 30 Oct 2019
- Missed penalty was
- Sadio Mané against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
- Home win was against
- Everton on Wednesday, 04 Dec 2019
- Home draw was against
- Napoli on Wednesday, 27 Nov 2019
- Home defeat was against
- Chelsea on Wednesday, 26 Sep 2018
- Away win was against
- Salzburg on Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019
- Away draw was against
- Manchester United on Sunday, 20 Oct 2019
- Away defeat was against
- Napoli on Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC has scored 9921 goals in 5711 competitive matches registered at LFChistory..
- 197 of those goals are own goals and 519 came from the penalty spot.
- 453 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 420 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool has scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 755 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 14773 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
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