- Birthdate: 25 October 1968
- Birthplace: Dudley, England
- Other clubs: West Bromwich Albion (1983-88), West Ham United (1993-94), Everton (1994-95), Coventry City (1995-2000), Birmingham City (2000-02), Sheffield Wednesday (2002-03)
- Signed from: West Bromwich Albion
- Signed for LFC: £550,000, 20.10.1988
- International caps: u-21 7/0 caps/goals
- Liverpool debut: 22.10.1988
- Last appearance: 01.09.1993
- Debut goal: 31.08.1991
- Last goal: 17.04.1993
- Contract expiry: 17.09.1993
- Win ratio: 50.78% W:98 D:53 L:42
- Games/assists ratio: 13.79
- Honours: League Championship 1989/90, FA Cup 1992
- Total games/goals opposite LFC: 11 / 0
- League games / goals / assists: 146 / 3 / 10
- Total games / goals / assists: 193 / 3 / 14
Player Profile
David "Bugsy" Burrows was a few days short of his twentieth birthday when Kenny Dalglish signed the no-nonsense left-back from West Bromwich Albion. He went straight into the team for a home match against Coventry just two days later and would go on to make a further 20 league appearances before the end of a season that was overshadowed by the Hillsborough tragedy. A year later, however, Burrows picked up a championship-winners' medal after Liverpool again reached the summit of English football with their eighteenth first division title. Another highlight was when he featured in Souness' side that won the FA Cup at Wembley in 1992. In September 1993 Burrows was transferred to West Ham with Mike Marsh in a swap deal for Julian Dicks. Burrows didn't get on too well with Souness as he revealed a few years later: "I was desperately unhappy during my time with him [Souness] at Anfield," Burrows remembered. "It soon became clear that he didn't fancy me, and when a manager gets that into his head you haven't a chance. I was happy when the deal was done for me to join West Ham."
Burrows only spent a single season in London with the Hammers. He returned to Merseyside to sign for Everton but his spell at Goodison turned out to be even shorter than his brief spell in the capital with West Ham. In March 1995 he moved on to Coventry where he spent four relatively happy years but was plagued by a succession of injuries. Burrows had a tempestuous time at Birmingham where he clashed with two managers. He was quite understandably very upset with Trevor Francis when he left him out of the side that lost the League Cup final against Liverpool in March 2001 and was thrown out of the club after a training ground bust-up with Steve Bruce in February 2002. A month later he moved to Wednesday but towards the end of the 2002/03 season, the unlucky Burrows had serious injuries to his collar-bone and hamstring and was forced to announce the end of his playing career at the age of 34. He has since moved to France, investing in holiday homes and coaching part-time sides.
Appearances per season
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps |
Minutes |
Opponent |
10 |
734 |
QPR |
9 |
840 |
Everton |
9 |
728 |
Norwich City |
9 |
715 |
Manchester United |
8 |
720 |
Leeds United |
8 |
720 |
Nottingham Forest |
8 |
671 |
Crystal Palace |
8 |
669 |
Tottenham |
8 |
648 |
Arsenal |
8 |
634 |
Southampton |
7 |
630 |
Sheffield United |
7 |
608 |
Coventry City |
7 |
407 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
6 |
540 |
Chelsea |
6 |
540 |
Manchester City |
6 |
540 |
Wimbledon |
5 |
450 |
Aston Villa |
5 |
324 |
Luton Town |
4 |
360 |
Derby |
3 |
270 |
Middlesbrough |
3 |
270 |
Sunderland |
3 |
270 |
Oldham Athletic |
3 |
242 |
Millwall |
3 |
224 |
West Ham United |
2 |
210 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
2 |
180 |
Stoke City |
2 |
180 |
Ipswich Town |
2 |
180 |
Bristol Rovers |
2 |
180 |
Charlton Athletic |
2 |
180 |
Blackburn Rovers |
2 |
180 |
Port Vale |
2 |
180 |
Chesterfield |
2 |
180 |
Notts County |
2 |
180 |
Wigan Athletic |
2 |
180 |
Crewe |
2 |
180 |
Apollon Limassol |
2 |
180 |
Spartak Moscow |
2 |
180 |
Auxerre |
2 |
180 |
Genoa |
2 |
136 |
Portsmouth |
2 |
112 |
Kuusysi Lahti |
1 |
90 |
Swarovski Tirol |
1 |
90 |
Peterborough United |
1 |
90 |
Hull City |
1 |
90 |
Carlisle United |
1 |
90 |
Newcastle United |
1 |
16 |
Swindon Town |
Total |
Started/substitutions |
181 |
Started |
11 |
On the bench |
12 |
Substitute |
10 |
Substituted |
Total |
Venue |
96 |
Home |
90 |
Away |
7 |
Neutral |
Goals per season
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Assists per season
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Milestone Appearances
# |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
22.10.1988 |
Coventry City |
Anfield |
League |
50 |
03.03.1990 |
Millwall |
Anfield |
League |
100 |
06.05.1991 |
Nottingham Forest |
City Ground |
League |
150 |
08.08.1992 |
Leeds United |
Wembley |
Other |
Milestone Goals
# |
Minute |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
1 |
31.08.1991 |
Everton |
Anfield |
League |
Related Articles
Match report from The Daily Telegraph on Liverpool - Coventry on 14.03.1995.
Match report from British Soccer Week on Liverpool - Crystal Palace on 01.12.1992.
Scrapbook
David learns to put those bad times behind him - LFC match programme in 1993
Match factfile 1988
Whizz Kid In An Anfield Rush
Other Clubs
Club |
Season |
Club rank |
League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
WBA |
1985-1986 |
England First Division |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
WBA |
1986-1987 |
England Second Division |
15 |
1 |
17 |
1 |
WBA |
1987-1988 |
England Second Division |
21 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
WBA |
1988-1989 |
England Second Division |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
West Ham United |
1993-1994 |
England Premier League |
25 |
1 |
31 |
2 |
West Ham United |
1994-1995 |
England Premier League |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Everton |
1994-1995 |
England Premier League |
19 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1994-1995 |
England Premier League |
11 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1995-1996 |
England Premier League |
11 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1996-1997 |
England Premier League |
19 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1997-1998 |
England Premier League |
33 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1998-1999 |
England Premier League |
23 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
Coventry City |
1999-2000 |
England Premier League |
15 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
Birmingham City |
2000-2001 |
England First Division |
13 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
Birmingham City |
2001-2002 |
England First Division |
12 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
2001-2002 |
England First Division |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
2002-2003 |
England First Division |
13 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
Total |
252 |
2 |
294 |
3 |