Cunliffe scored more than 40 goals for Lancashire league's Oldham County in the 1896/97 season before he arrived at Anfield to try to soften the departure of George Allan back to Scotland. Cunliffe made 14 first division appearances for Liverpool during the 1897/98 season and scored five times. Numerous changes were...
| Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1897-1898 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1897-1898 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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| Newcastle United | Liverpool | |
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| 2 | - | 2 |
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Champagne Charlie. You could imagine him as a low-rent James Bond, an elegant brute in the Daniel Craig fashion, with a seam of sadism running through him. God, he was a joy to watch. How he could pass - easily as well as Glenn Hoddle. But unlike Hoddle, Souness didn't need a minder. If you messed with him, you'd be sorry. Sometimes you didn't even need to mess with him. Yet the greatest part of his game is the stuff that went unnoticed. Most of his passes were 10 yards or less and, after releasing the ball, he'd invariably move into space to receive it back. The complete package. The finest of midfield players. Bad, bad manager though. Had more to do with 'knocking Liverpool off their perch' than Alex Ferguson.
Liverpool have played 6,082 competitive matches and scored 10,690 goals. Somebody wrote all of that down. The job passed from printers to clerks to camera rigs, and every handover changed what a Liverpool match actually leaves behind once the final whistle goes.
Liverpool FC are going through significant changes right now. With Andoni Iraola confirmed as the newly appointed manager, the club will look and feel very different from the side Arne Slot built.
The change has come quickly for Liverpool. In April 2025, Arne Slot's men defeated Tottenham 5-1 at Anfield to claim the 20th league title in England with four games to spare. Just 13 months later, Slot had been sacked, Liverpool finished in fifth place and the champions were in for another big shake-up.
Liverpool's approach to signing players has shifted more times than most clubs care to admit. From the shrewd domestic raids of the Shankly era to the global scouting networks of today, each decade has brought its own philosophy, its own risks, and its own triumphs. The club that once built dynasties from British talent now scours South America and Eastern Europe for bargains that fit a specific tactical blueprint.
