A player from our history
Alf Hobson
Alfred Hobson was Liverpool's goalkeeper at the start of the 1936/37 season and played in the first 26 games of that campaign before being replaced by Arthur Riley after the club's worst run of the season, seven matches during December and January during which only a single League point was won and Hobson had to pick the ball out of his net 17 times! His final game in this terrible run was a 3-0 defeat to Norwich where he conceded a disastrous goal. He kicked the ball upfield where Scott, who was in the centre circle, returned it straight…
- Birthdate: 9 September 1913
- Birthplace: Leamside, County Durham, England
- Other clubs: Ferryhill Athletic, Shildon Colliery, Chester (1938-46); Southport, Burnley (wartime guest), Liverpool (2), South Liverpool (1946-47)
- Date of death: 21 February 2004
- Bought from: Shildon Colliery / After WWII
- Signed for LFC: 09.04.1936 / 1945
- Liverpool debut: 29.08.1936
- Last appearance: 26.01.1946
- Contract expiry: 24.10.1938 / 30.05.1946
- Wartime games/goals: 172 / 0
- League games / goals: 26 / 0
- Total games / goals: 28 / 0
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This Season
Premier League
St Mary's | Tuesday 17 May 2022
| Southampton | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 2 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Southampton on Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Goal was scored by
- Joël Matip against Southampton on Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Own goal was scored by
- Alisson Becker against West Ham United on Sunday, 07 Nov 2021
- Sending off was
- Andy Robertson against Tottenham on Sunday, 19 Dec 2021
- Penalty goal was
- Fabinho Tavarez against Watford on Saturday, 02 Apr 2022
- Missed penalty was
- Mohamed Salah against Leicester City on Tuesday, 28 Dec 2021
- Home win was against
- Villarreal on Wednesday, 27 Apr 2022
- Home draw was against
- Tottenham on Saturday, 07 May 2022
- Home defeat was against
- Inter Milan on Tuesday, 08 Mar 2022
- Away win was against
- Southampton on Tuesday, 17 May 2022
- Away draw was against
- Chelsea on Saturday, 14 May 2022
- Away defeat was against
- Leicester City on Tuesday, 28 Dec 2021
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10216 goals in 5856 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 205 of those goals are own goals and 537 came from the penalty spot.
- 464 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 427 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 786 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 15252 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
This day in our history
Red Corner
Salah on course to achieve what Dalglish, Barnes and Gerrard couldn’t
1 May 2022Given that the PFA Player of the Year award was introduced in 1974, when Liverpool Football Club were at the peak of their powers as 11 league titles were secured over the course of 17 magical years, you would expect Anfield icons to figure prominently on a prestigious roll of honour.
