A player from our history

Howard Gayle

Toxteth-born Gayle's shining moment for his hometown club came when he ran Bayern Munich's defenders ragged in the second leg of the European Cup semi-final on 22 April 1981 at the Olympic Stadium. Kenny Dalglish limped off early on and Gayle impressed for an hour despite being repeatedly fouled before he was replaced by Jimmy Case for fear of he would get himself sent off for retaliation. It was a performance of astonishing maturity in such a big game from the young winger and his reward was to play in three of the final four League matches...

Born:
18 May 1958
Born in:
Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Other clubs:
Fulham (loan 1980), Newcastle United (loan 1982), Birmingham City (1983-84), Sunderland (1984-86), Stoke City (1987), Blackburn Rovers (1987-92), Halifax Town (1992-93)
Signed from:
Local
Joined Liverpool:
Professional November 1977
Debut:
04 Oct 1980
Final appearance:
19 May 1981
Debut goal:
25 Apr 1981
Last goal:
25 Apr 1981
Contract until:
14.01.1983
Honours:
European Cup 1981
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
4 / 1 / 0
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
5 / 1 / 0
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 4 0 0 1 0 5
1979-1980 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980-1981 4 0 0 1 0 5
1981-1982 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982-1983 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 1 0 0 0 0 1
1979-1980 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980-1981 1 0 0 0 0 1
1981-1982 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982-1983 0 0 0 0 0 0

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