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| Emlyn
Hughes: Midfielder/Central Defender |
| Nickname: Crazy Horse |
| Date of Birth: 26/08/1947 |
| Died:
2004 |
| Squad: number: |
| With the Reds: 1967-1979 |
| Height: |
| Weigh: |
| Bought from: Blackpool |
| Signed for LFC:
Ј65,000 - February 1967 |
| Debut: 4th March 1967 in a 2-1 win
against Stoke City at Anfield (Aged 19) |
| Debut goal: 26.08.1967 |
| 1st team
league games: 474 |
| 1st team
league goals: 35 |
| Total 1st team
games: 665 |
| Total 1st team
goals: 49 |
| Contract expiry: August
1979, transferred to Wolverhampton |
| International
caps: 62 England |
| International
goals: 1 |
| International debut:
05.11.1969 vs. Netherlands |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs:
Blackpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City, Mansfield Town, Swansea City,
Player/Manadger - Rotherham United |
| Birth Place:
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England |
| Honours: 4 League Championships
72/73, 75/76, 76/77, 78/79 , 1 FA Cup 73/74, 2 European Cups 76/77, 77/78 , 2 UEFA Cups
72/73, 75/76 , 3 Charity Shields 74, 76, 77, , 1 European Super Cup 77 |
| Personal Honours: Football Writers
Player of the Year 1977, OBE |
| Fact: |
| Website: |
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Total LFC
and other club games/goals
|
League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
|
Partick T |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1964 -66 |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1966-67 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
| 1967-68 |
39 |
2 |
9 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
56 |
2 |
| 1968-69 |
40 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
49 |
5 |
| 1969-70 |
41 |
7 |
6 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
53 |
7 |
| 1970-71 |
39 |
2 |
7 |
|
3 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
59 |
5 |
| 1971-72 |
42 |
8 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
53 |
9 |
| 1972-73 |
41 |
7 |
4 |
|
8 |
2 |
12 |
3 |
|
|
65 |
12 |
| 1973-74 |
42 |
2 |
9 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
61 |
2 |
| 1974-75 |
42 |
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
53 |
2 |
| 1975-76 |
41 |
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
11 |
|
|
|
57 |
2 |
| 1976-77 |
42 |
1 |
8 |
|
2 |
|
9 |
|
1 |
|
62 |
1 |
| 1977-78 |
39 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
1 |
1 |
|
59 |
1 |
| 1978-79 |
16 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
28 |
1 |
| Total |
474 |
35 |
62 |
1 |
46 |
3 |
79 |
10 |
4 |
|
665 |
49 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
started/substitutions |
|
Total |
Competition |
| 665 |
Started |
|
474 |
League |
| 0 |
On the bench |
|
62 |
FA Cup |
| 0 |
Substitute |
|
46 |
League Cup |
| 5 |
Substituted |
|
23 |
UEFA Cup |
|
|
|
22 |
European Fairs Cup |
|
|
|
22 |
European Cup |
|
|
|
8 |
Euro Cup Winners Cup |
|
|
|
4 |
Charity Shield |
|
|
|
2 |
European Super Cup |
Career Milestones for Emlyn Hughes:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
04.03.1967 |
Stoke City |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 50 |
19.02.1968 |
Walsall |
5-2 |
Anfield |
FA |
| 100 |
18.01.1969 |
Chelsea |
2-1 |
Stamford Bridge |
League |
| 150 |
17.01.1970 |
WBA |
1-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 200 |
02.01.1971 |
Aldershot |
1-0 |
Anfield |
FA |
| 250 |
03.11.1971 |
Bayern Munich |
1-3 |
Sechzger Sta-um |
Europe |
| 300 |
21.10.1972 |
Stoke City |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 350 |
12.09.1973 |
Derby County |
1-3 |
Baseball Ground |
League |
| 400 |
13.04.1974 |
Ipswich Town |
1-1 |
Portman Road |
League |
| 450 |
15.03.1975 |
Sheffield U |
0-0 |
Anfield |
League |
| 500 |
28.02.1976 |
Derby County |
1-1 |
Baseball Ground |
League |
| 550 |
22.01.1977 |
Norwich City |
1-2 |
Carrow Road |
League |
| 600 |
03.12.1977 |
West Ham U |
2-0 |
Anfield |
League |
| 650 |
10.01.1979 |
Southend |
0-0 |
Roots Hall |
FA |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
26.08.1967 |
30 |
Newcastle U |
6-0 |
Anfield |
League |
Next time you can to see how Emlyn Hughes playin for Reserves team FC Liverpool
Update 08.12.2006 |
PROFILE
 Emlyn was one of the
most enthusiastic players ever to pull on a Liverpool jersey. Bill Shankly tried to sign
him immediately after he had made his League debut for Blackpool but eventually got his
man in March 1967 (when the Barrow-born youngster was still a teenager) and selected him
10 times for First Division games before the end of that 1966-67 season.
Strong and with immense stamina, he quickly became a crowd-favourite with the
nickname of 'Crazy Horse' for his sometimes reckless but whole-hearted approach to the
game, when it came to tackling anyway!
But Emlyn could play and his strong runs from midfield made numerous openings for
his colleagues, although he possessed a venemous shot which brought him nearly 50 goals as
a Liverpool player, a typical example being his run from half-way in the home game with
Spurs in December 1968 which he finished with a powerful drive that left Pat Jennings
helpless.
Emlyn's Liverpool career started alongside most of the names that had brought the
club so much success in the mid-60's but he was never going to be one of the casualties in
the aftermath of the shock F.A. cup defeat at Watford in February 1970.
Shankly knew what a gem he had found and his was one of the first names on the
team-sheet, not just when the Scot was in charge but also when Bob Paisley took over in
1974 and confirmed him as captain.
Emlyn was a versatile player equally at home in a full-back position (where he was
often used by England) or in the latter part of his career as a central defender but maybe
his best years at Anfield where when he was surging through from his midfield position.
1972-73 was the big breakthrough year for Emlyn and Liverpool. After narrowly
missing out on honours the previous two seasons (beaten by Arsenal in the cup final and
being deprived of the League championship - again by Arsenal - in the final fixture of
1971-72), the Reds gained ample compensation by winning the title after a 7-year absence
and also collecting their first European trophy, the UEFA cup. Emlyn played in an
astonishing SIXTY-FIVE competitive games for Liverpool that season but never openly
displayed any signs of real tiredness.
The honours kept coming - the F.A. cup in 1974, another League/UEFA cup 'double' in
1976 and then finally in 1977 the biggest prize of all, the European cup won in the
'Eternal' city of Rome and collected - as so aptly put by commentator Barry Davies at the
time - by the man wearing 'the smile of the season'.
 He
was also honoured by the sportswriters as their 'Footballer of the Year'. Emlyn's smile
did show how much he loved playing football and how much he loved playing for Liverpool
and what an honour it was for him to represent his country, for whom he made a total of 62
appearances. Hughes was still skipper when the European cup was retained at Wembley in
1978 but as his 30th birthday approached he could no longer be sure of his place in the
side.
In August 1979, after 12 and a half wonderful years as a Liverpool player, he made
the decision to move to Wolverhampton Wanderers, receiving a rapturous welcome when he
returned to Anfield with his new club and also finishing his first season at Molineux by
receiving the Football League cup, just about the only trophy he hadn't won as a Liverpool
player.
Emlyn moved on to Rotherham as player-manager and proudly brought his team over to
Anfield for a League cup tie in November 1982, which the Reds only won thanks to Craig
Johnston's late strike. He also had brief spells with Hull City, Mansfield Town and
Swansea City but never approached the success as a manager that he had enjoyed as a
player.
As he passed his 50th birthday, Emlyn was working as hard as ever with his business
interests but always talked with enormous affection about his decade and more on
Merseyside. Very few men ever reached the heights that Emlyn Hughes did as a footballer
and there is no doubt that he deserves to be in any "Hall of Fame" for what he
achieved for the club he served so loyally and for so long.
ENGLAND
1969 v Holland, Portugal; 1970 v Belgium, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, East
Germany; 1971 v Malta, Greece, Malta, Wales, Switzerland, Greece; 1972 v West Germany
(twice), Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales; 1973 v Wales, Scotland, Wales,
Scotland, Poland, USSR, Italy, Austria, Poland, Italy; 1974 v Wales, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, Argentina, East Germany, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Portugal; 1975 v
Cyprus (sub), Northern Ireland; 1976 v Italy; 1977 v Luxembourg, Wales, Scotland, Brazil,
Argentina, Uruguay, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy; 1978 v West Germany, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, Hungary, Denmark, Republic of Ireland; 1979 v Northern Ireland, Wales, Sweden
(59).
Former England
and Liverpool captain Emlyn Hughes has died at the age of 57. (Sky Sport)
Emlyn Hughes
dies, aged 57 (ESPN Soccernet.com)
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