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by **Effes** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:53 pm

Not having Gordon Hodgson was a big error Im afraid. Only came to me today when reading about him.

Liverpool debut: 27.02.1926
Last appearance: 28.12.1935
Debut goal: 10.03.1926
Last goal: 09.11.1935
Contract expiry: January 1936
LFC league games/goals: 358 / 233
Total LFC games/goals: 377 / 241 <<<--- look at that ratio

Player Notes:
One of the club's greatest-ever goalscorers; only Roger Hunt has scored more in league games for Liverpool but all of Gordon's 233 league strikes came in the First Division - from 358 games, a fantastic goals-per-game ratio. Gordon came to England as one of the youngest members of a South African touring side in October 1924 which beat Liverpool 2-5 and joined Liverpool roughly a year later. He played in 12 matches towards the end of the 1925-26 season, scoring 4 times, but that was just a taste of what was to come. Over the next nine seasons, he missed very few games in League and cup and scored prolifically throughout that period. It was a shame that this golden run coincided with a barren period for the club because his contribution to the Liverpool cause was massive and he deserved to end up with more than the handful of England and Football League representative honours he received. Hodgson who played once for the South African international team also qualified for England as both his parents were born there.

Hodgson was such a consistent performer that it is perhaps difficult to single out years that were extra-special for him, but perhaps the two seasons when he scored 30 or more First Division goals, 1928-29 & 1930-31, showed him at his peak. The 36 league goals he scored in the second of those two seasons set a club record that would not be beaten for over thirty years, until Roger Hunt came onto the scene. There were three hat-tricks that season in home games but perhaps it was the four goals he scored in an away match at Hillsborough that gave him most satisfaction of all?

by **Simari** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:28 am

Very interesting read.

Although, how Dudek is ahead of hyppia only because of the CL final, is beyond me.

And Hyppia is far too low on the list.

Perhaps in 20 years from now, he would have moved up into the 20s atleast !

by **Owzat** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:04 am

Simari wrote:Very interesting read.

Although, how Dudek is ahead of hyppia only because of the CL final, is beyond me.

He let in three goals and I didn't think he played brilliantly anyway, so in effect it's because of the penalty shootout!

by **Owzat** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:09 am

Judge wrote:dont you just hate stats

Yeah, let's not have stats. Instead of keeping score we'll just play football for a while, a few times a season against other teams and at the end of the season we'll decide who played the best football and should be crowned champions. :rolleyes:

And for those who miss my point, a scoreline is a (very basic) statistic - goals for, goals against. A league table is a statistic - games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points and GD. They may be varying levels of stats but they're still stats.

by **112-1077774096** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:16 am

what a pile of sh!te that list is, c'mon, no dirk kuyt :angry:

by **Redbilly1960** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:12 pm

From 50 to 2 or 51 to 2 most reds could argue a case for higher or lower places. Only one position is irrefutable Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE is the greatest ever Liverpool player, Legend then, now and always.

by **Reg** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:26 pm

Redbilly1960 wrote:From 50 to 2 or 51 to 2 most reds could argue a case for higher or lower places. Only one position is irrefutable Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE is the greatest ever Liverpool player, Legend then, now and always.

Even more remarkable as the guy never learnt english.

by **heimdall** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:36 pm

Reg wrote:
Redbilly1960 wrote:From 50 to 2 or 51 to 2 most reds could argue a case for higher or lower places. Only one position is irrefutable Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE is the greatest ever Liverpool player, Legend then, now and always.

Even more remarkable as the guy never learnt english.

by **lakes10** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:19 pm

Judge wrote:
lakes10 wrote:nice list of our players, places all wrong apart from 1 and 2 according to five live

OI you cheeky git, just seen that

by **Judge** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:52 am

lakes10 wrote:
Judge wrote:
lakes10 wrote:nice list of our players, places all wrong apart from 1 and 2 according to five live

OI you cheeky git, just seen that

if you had turned 5 live on, you would have known sooner

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