A player from our history
Craig Johnston
A tireless runner who gave always 100% for the team. Born in South Africa but brought up in Australia, Johnston was confident enough in his own ability to write to several English clubs as a 15-year-old asking for a trial. Middlesbrough were the only ones that replied so he borrowed the £632 return air fare from his father and was signed after a four-month trial. It could have been so different as he told Shoot! in 1978. When Johnston was only six he got a kick on the leg and suffered from a bone disease. A doctor recommended an…
- Birthdate: 25 June 1960
- Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Other clubs: Lake Macquarie (1976-77), Sydney City (1977), Newcastle KB United (loan 1978), Middlesbrough (1977-81), Newcastle KB United (loan 2 / 1982)
- Nationality: Australia
- Bought from: Middlesbrough
- Signed for LFC: £650,000, 03.04.1981
- Liverpool debut: 29.08.1981
- Last appearance: 14.05.1988
- Debut goal: 08.12.1981
- Last goal: 07.05.1988
- Contract expiry: May 1988
- Honours: League Championship 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1987/88; FA Cup 1986; League Cup 1983, 1984; European Cup 1984
- League games / goals / assists: 190 / 30 / 29
- Total games / goals / assists: 271 / 40 / 39
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This Season
Premier League
Molineux | Saturday 04 Dec 2021
| Wolves | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | 1 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Wolves on Saturday, 04 Dec 2021
- Goal was scored by
- Divock Origi against Wolves on Saturday, 04 Dec 2021
- Own goal was scored by
- Alisson Becker against West Ham United on Sunday, 07 Nov 2021
- Sending off was
- Alisson Becker against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
- Penalty goal was
- Mohamed Salah against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021
- Missed penalty was
- Mohamed Salah against AC Milan on Wednesday, 15 Sep 2021
- Home win was against
- Southampton on Saturday, 27 Nov 2021
- Home draw was against
- Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, 30 Oct 2021
- Home defeat was against
- Fulham on Sunday, 07 Mar 2021
- Away win was against
- Wolves on Saturday, 04 Dec 2021
- Away draw was against
- Brentford on Saturday, 25 Sep 2021
- Away defeat was against
- West Ham United on Sunday, 07 Nov 2021
- Five games
Few facts from our database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10136 goals in 5817 competitive matches registered at LFChistory.
- 204 of those goals are own goals and 530 came from the penalty spot.
- 460 players have scored a goal for Liverpool FC.
- 426 players have scored a league goal for Liverpool FC.
- Liverpool have scored 1.7 goals on average in each game.
- 783 players have played in competitive matches for Liverpool FC since 1892.
- 15140 players have played against Liverpool FC since the 1893-1894 season.
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