James Worthy

Worthy played in 926 NBA games, had a career field goal percentage of .521, and averaged 17.6 points per game (21.1 points per playoff game). See Also: List of Liverpool FC players. He was a member of the 1983 NBA all-rookie team (unanimous choice) as well as being voted the 1988 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Liverpool's reserve team plays its home games at the Racecourse Ground, the home stadium of Wrexham A.F.C.. He was best known for his one-handed tomahawk slam dunks, as well as his ability to glide seemingly effortlessly through the air to the basket. As of 31 January, 2006. As a Laker, he contributed to 3 NBA championships in 1985, 1987, and 1988. ² Title shared.

Worthy was a stand-out basketball player for the University of North Carolina, winning the 1982 NCAA championship before being drafted first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. ¹ More than any other English club. Standing 6'9", he played small forward. Treatment of the old stadium requires sensitivity as a number of deceased fans have had their ashes officially scattered on the pitch over the years. February 27, 1961), nicknamed Big Game James, was a college and professional basketball player from Gastonia, North Carolina. The old stadium will become a public plaza surrounded by apartments, offices, bars, restaurants and a hotel, and possibly including a memorial garden. James Ager Worthy (b. At that time the club was hoping to start construction in summer 2005 and open the ground in 2007, but finance has not yet been obtained and the likely completion date is not currently known.

Despite pressure from Governmental and funding bodies, Liverpool refused to share the new ground with their local rivals Everton and "final" talks on a groundshare failed in January 2005. On July 30, 2004, Liverpool City Council granted the club planning permission to build a new 60,000 seat stadium, nearby at Stanley Park. Signed on a free-transfer from Manchester City until the end of the season, when an extension to his contract will be considered. On 27th January 2006, Benítez pleased the vast majority of Liverpool FC fans and re-signed the prominent former striker Robbie Fowler.

The game was decided by a single goal scored by São Paulo midfielder Mineiro. Liverpool's final opponents were to be São Paulo. Goals coming from Peter Crouch (2) and Steven Gerrard. The semi-final was played against Deportivo Saprissa, which Liverpool won 3-0.

Liverpool joined the competition at the semi-final stage, courtesy of a bye. As the UEFA Champions League 2005 winners, Liverpool earned the right to represent UEFA in the FIFA Club World Championship 2005 held in Japan. Liverpool trailed 0-3 at half time, but three goals in the second half forced extra time and then a penalty shoot out, which Liverpool won. in the semis, the Reds met Italian side AC Milan in the final.

After eliminating hot favourites Juventus in the quarter finals and English rivals Chelsea F.C. However, the season had a glorious ending at the European Cup final in Istanbul. Spaniard Rafael Benítez took over from Houllier, but erratic league form quickly put paid to their Premiership title hopes, eventually finishing fifth. Houllier guided Liverpool to another League Cup triumph in 2003, Houllier and Liverpool parted by mutual consent at the end of the 2003-04 season after failing to bring the Premiership title to Anfield and not looking like making any further progress, despite having spent large sums of money.

Liverpool finished Premiership runners-up in 2001-02, their best league finish since 1991, but suffered a humiliating defeat in the League Cup Third Round at the hands of Grimsby Town. Houllier at last won the faith of the club's fans, who were delighted at this triumph. The likes of Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypia contributed to an excellent season in which the Reds finished third in the Premiership (thus qualifying for the Champions League) as well as completing a unique treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup, followed by the FA Community Shield and European Super Cup later in 2001. 2000-01 was Liverpool's best season for many years.

They would have qualified for the Champions League had it not been for a 1-0 defeat at Bradford on the final day of the season. But 1999-2000 was a bit better, as Liverpool finished fourth and qualified for the UEFA Cup. The Reds finished eighth in the Premiership - their lowest finish since 1994 - and failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup despite Robbie Fowler's return from injury and Michael Owen's continued impressive showings. Evans quit in November after failing to settle into the partnership.

The Liverpool directors brought in Frenchman Gérard Houllier to work alongside Roy Evans for the 1998-99 season after Houllier had gained fame as the Technical Director of France's World Cup winning side in 1998. 1997-98 saw Liverpool finish third in the Premiership, but the big news of the season was the emergence of brilliant young striker Michael Owen - the Premiership's equal top scorer with 18 goals who became the youngest full England international at the time and also won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award. They had been hoping to win the Cup Winners Cup for the first time, but defeat at the hands of Paris St Germain in the semi finals put paid to these hopes. Liverpool led the Premiership at several stages during the 1996-97 season, but in the end they finished fourth and had to settle for a UEFA Cup place.

The club's youth system had produced two excellent players in Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman, and including Jamie Redknapp and Stan Collymore (all of whom went on to play for England), looked to be the most potent attacking force in the Premier League in the mid-late 1990s. Still, Liverpool were recognised as a top team once again, and were starting to attract top players once more. But they finished third in the Premiership behind champions Manchester United and runners-up Newcastle, and lost 1-0 to Man United in the FA Cup final. Liverpool continued to progress the following season, being within a shout of the domestic double right up to the final few weeks of the season.

Boot room veteran Roy Evans took over from Souness, and in his first full season (1994-95) they finished fourth in the Premiership and won the League Cup. However, there was a promising young striker emerging in the shape of 18-year-old Robbie Fowler. Ian Rush was now the only player remaining from the Paisley era, and the current squad was mostly made up of unfashionable players who just a few seasons earlier would never have pulled on a red jersey. But his only success as manager at Liverpool came with the FA Cup in 1992, and he was finally ousted in January 1994 after a shock FA Cup defeat at home to Bristol City and three years of reckless spending on players who often failed to live up to expectations.

Souness had captained Liverpool during the glorious 1980s before taking the Rangers manager's job in 1986, and had brought a host of titles to Ibrox. Long serving coach Ronnie Moran spent two months in temporary charge of the team, but by the time his successor Graeme Souness arrived the league title and F.A Cup had been whisked away by Arsenal and Tottenham respectively. His Liverpool side looked well placed to win the domestic double, but he quit the club and blamed the pressures of management for his decision to leave. Kenny Dalglish stunned the football world by resigning as Liverpool manager in February 1991.

Liverpool have had some glorious moments during the years that followed the 1990 title glory, but life at Anfield has never been the same without the championship trophy in the club's boardroom. He helped them win their 18th league title in 1989-90, but nobody could have guessed at the time that it would be their last championship success to date. Ian Rush had rejoined Liverpool after one miserable season with Juventus, and scored twice in the 1989 FA Cup final. A 96th fan died nearly four years later having never regained consciousness.

94 fans died that day and 95th fan died in hospital from his injuries four days later. Hundreds of Liverpool fans were trampled on the terraces at Hillsborough. But the season was overshadowed by the Hillsborough Stadium tragedy which had struck the club in the F.A Cup semi-final. A last minute goal from Arsenal's Michael Thomas (who later joined Liverpool) gave the league title to the visitors because they had a superior goal difference.

They lifted the F.A Cup with another victory over Everton in the final, but the league title slipped out of their grasp in the last minute of their last game of the season at home to Arsenal. Liverpool came close to repeating the double once more in 1988-89. Wimbledon, meanwhile, had been First Division members for just two seasons and had only joined the league 11 years earlier. Liverpool had by this stage been one of England's strongest sides for more than 20 years.

The downside of the season was a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Wimbledon in the F.A Cup final. New winger John Barnes was credited with the Player of the Year Award. There were fears that Liverpool's glory days were over when striker Ian Rush was sold to Juventus in a £3.2million deal, but his £750,000 successor John Aldridge silenced the critics by topping the club's goalscoring charts in the 1987-88 season and inspiring the Reds to another championship success - this time achieved with just two defeats all season. 1986-87 was trophyless as Dalglish's men finished league runners-up to Everton and lost to Arsenal in the League Cup final.

They also beat neighbours Everton 3-1 in the F.A Cup final to become only the third team to win the league championship/F.A Cup double in the 20th century. His first season in charge could not have been better, as the Reds fought off competition from Everton, West Ham United and Manchester United to win the league title. Fagan handed over the reins to striker Kenny Dalglish, who had established himself as a world class player and now wanted to prove himself as a top manager. The sequel of the tragedy was a 5-year ban on English clubs in European football, while Liverpool had to serve an extra year once all other English clubs were readmitted.

Some Liverpool fans were later convicted on manslaughter charges relating to the tragedy. But the disappointment of the defeat was irrelevant, as 39 spectators - nearly all Juventus fans - were crushed to death during crowd trouble before the kick off. The Reds had a rare trophyless season as they lost 1-0 to Juventus in the European Cup Final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. Having lost to neighbours Everton in the race for the league title, Fagan decided to retire and wanted to go out on a high with the European Cup.

Fagan's second season as manager was his last - and it had a traumatic ending. Veteran coach Joe Fagan moved up to the manager's seat on Paisley's retirement, and his first season at the helm saw Liverpool become the first English club to win three major trophies in a single season - the league title, the League Cup and the European Cup. They included Graeme Souness, Ian Rush, Alan Hansen and arguably the greatest player to ever wear Liverpool colours, Kenny Dalglish who is also a Celtic legend. Under Paisley, a new era of stars emerged.

He won a total of 21 trophies, including three European Cups and three successive league titles, during his spell as manager and ended his career on a high with the league championship and League Cup double. Bob Paisley was manager of Liverpool F.C from 1974 until 1983, and during those nine years he became one of the greatest managers ever to take charge of an English club. Shankly ignored these pleas and joined the club's fans on The Kop as a spectator, while he handed over his managerial duties to Bob Paisley. The club's players and fans tried to persuade him to carry on, and a local factory even threatened to go on strike.

They won the FA Cup again a year later, but Shankly stunned the footballing world soon afterwards by announcing his retirement. Liverpool made their first impact on the European game in 1973 with a UEFA Cup triumph, as well as winning another league title that season. By now Shankly was one of the most highly rated managers in the game, and his squad contained some of the finest players in England - Roger Hunt, Ian St John and Ron Yeats to name but a few. A year later Liverpool regained their championship crown.

They failed to retain the championship trophy the following season but compensation came in the form of a first-ever FA Cup. In 1964, Liverpool lifted the league championship. In his third season as manager they won the Second Division championship and were promoted to the top flight where they have remained ever since, never finishing below eighth in the league. Bill Shankly became Liverpool manager in 1959 and over the next 15 years he transformed them into one of the finest club sides in Europe.

Over a decade of mediocrity was to follow. In 1946-7, the first season after World War 2, Liverpool were surprise league champions. In 1922, and again in 1923, captained by England full back Ephraim Longworth, Liverpool won the league. On April 25, 1914, Liverpool made their first appearance in the FA Cup final at Crystal Palace but lost 1-0 to Burnley.

In 1901 Scottish international Alex Raisbeck was the first Liverpool captain to collect the Football League Championship, and Liverpool were league champions again in 1906. Main article: History of Liverpool F.C.. . Helens.

Liverpool Football Club is not to be confused with Liverpool (Rugby) Football Club which was formed in 1858 and is now known as Liverpool St. After Heysel, English clubs were withdrawn from European competition for a period of five years, six in the case of Liverpool. The club was present at two of the biggest tragedies in European football — at Heysel in 1985 and Hillsborough in 1989. Liverpool were elected to the Football League alongside Woolwich Arsenal two years later.

refused to recognise the team as Everton). (after the F.A. but was changed to Liverpool F.C. The original name was to be Everton F.C.

Houlding decided to form his own team after Everton left Anfield in an argument over rent. The club was founded on March 15, 1892 by John Houlding, the owner of Anfield. The club's home ground is the 45,362 capacity Anfield stadium, which is about three miles from the centre of Liverpool. Since being founded in 1892, Liverpool is the only English team to have won the Champions league five times, 18 Football League titles as well as being the English club to have won the most number of UEFA Cups, European Supercups and English League Cups.

Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, they are the current champions of Europe and the most successful English football team to date. Calum Woods. Paul Willis. James Smith.

David Roberts. Conal Platt. Lee Peltier. Michael Nardiello.

Jordon Holmes. Adam Hammill. Danny Guthrie. James Frayne.

Paul Barrett. Charlie Barnett. Paul Anderson. Ramon Calliste.

Danny O'Donnell. Godwin Antwi. Miki Roque. Jack Hobbs.

Zak Whitbread (on loan to Millwall). Darren Potter (on loan to Southampton). Florent Sinama-Pongolle (on loan to Blackburn Rovers). David Raven (on loan to Tranmere Rovers).

Neil Mellor (on loan to Wigan Athletic). Carl Medjani (on loan to Metz). Anthony Le Tallec (on loan to Sunderland). Chris Kirkland (on loan to West Brom).

Robbie Foy (on loan to Wrexham). Salif Diao (on loan to Portsmouth). Bruno Cheyrou (on loan to Bordeaux). Mark González (on loan to Real Sociedad).

First broadcast of BBC TV's Match of the Day: on the 22nd August 1964, playing against Arsenal; the BBC 2 broadcast was presented by Kenneth Wolstenholme [2]. The six English players he has brought in are strikers Peter Crouch and Robbie Fowler, goalkeepers Scott Carson and David Martin, and youth players Jack Hobbs and Paul Anderson. As well as having a Spanish manager, there are 5 Spaniards in the current squad and 10 players in total brought to Liverpool directly from La Liga. has a strong Spanish influence.

Under Benitez, today's Liverpool F.C. The late Pope John Paul II, who played as a goalkeeper in Poland like current No.2 keeper Jerzy Dudek, also professed a fondness for Liverpool, when he met the Polish keeper. Celebrity fans of the club include the late DJ John Peel, Clive Owen, Ian McCulloch, Elvis Costello, Cherie Blair, and former World Heavyweight boxing Champion Mike Tyson. Other popular chants include "Fields of Anfield Road" (to the tune of "The Fields of Athenry"), "Poor Scouser Tommy", "Liverbird Upon My Chest", "We've Won It Five Times", and "Ring of Fire".

Liverpool fans, singing "You'll Never Walk Alone," were featured in the Pink Floyd song, "Fearless.". [1]. Claims that the singing of You'll Never Walk Alone was started by fans of other clubs before those of Liverpool are widely dismissed as untrue. Other German, Dutch and Northern Irish clubs have also adopted the song.

The song has since gained popularity among the fans of other clubs, most notably Celtic, Ajax and Milan. The song "You'll Never Walk Alone", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and famously recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers, is the anthem of Liverpool FC (and is included in their crest) and has been sung since the early 1960s. Liverpool's longest distance goal was scored by Xabi Alonso, 65 yards from goal. 1994-5, 4 minutes, 32 seconds.

Quickest Premiership hattrick: Robbie Fowler vs Arsenal F.C. 3 consecutive hat tricks: Jack Balmer 1946-7 (his only hat tricks). Most career hat tricks: Gordon Hodgson 17 (1926-36). Robbie Fowler, 1993/94.

Ian Rush, 1983/84. John Evans, 1954/55. Andy McGuigan, 1901/02. These are: