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| Date of Birth: 01/08/70 |
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| With the Reds: 1992-1999 |
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| Debut: 16th August 1992 v Nottingham
Forest (A) Pl lose 0-1 (Aged 22) |
| 1st team games: 213/1 |
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| International caps
with Liverpool: 1 England |
| International goals
with Liverpool: |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs:Watford,
Aston Villa, West Ham United |
| Birth Place: Welwyn
Garden City, Herts, England |
| Honours: 1 League Cup 1995 |
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
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Watford |
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| 1988-89 |
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D2 |
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| 1989-90 |
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D2 |
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| 1990-91 |
46 |
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D2 |
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| 1991-92 |
43 |
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D2 |
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| 1992-93 |
29 |
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| 1993-94 |
14 |
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| 1994-95 |
42 |
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| 1995-96 |
38 |
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| 1996-97 |
38 |
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| 1997-98 |
27 |
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| 1998-99 |
26 |
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| Total |
213/1 |
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Aston Villa |
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Transferred from Watford to
Liverpool in 6 July 1992 for 1,300,000 pounds.
Transferred from Liverpool to Astom Villa in 23 Juny 1999 for
1,800,000 pounds.
PROFILE
 When Graeme Souness signed David James from Watford for 1.3
million pounds in the summer of 1992, he declared that the goalkeeper had the potential to
be the best in the business.
James made his Reds debut on the opening day of the 1992-93 season in front of the
live Sky TV cameras at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest and, although the home
side won 1-0, all the talk was about James' outstanding individual display.
He continued to make sensational saves but there were also lapses of concentration,
particularly on dealing with crosses that was a problem area. Eager to please, at times
James was coming for crosses he had no right to come for and as a consequence was getting
punished.
After letting four goals in at Anfield in the incredible 4-4 draw with Chesterfield
in a League Cup tie Souness took his young keeper out of the limelight and brought back
the experience of Bruce Grobbelaar.
The following season saw Souness trying to sell James and a swap deal with
Southampton's Tim Flowers was on the cards. However, Flowers chose to move to Blackburn
and it was the appointment of Roy Evans as Liverpool manager that saw James back in
business.
He made a stunning match winning save from Everton winger Peter Beagrie in the 2-1
Anfield derby win over Everton in 1994 and with Bruce Grobbelaar leaving Liverpool, James
inherited the number one jersey for the 1994-95 season.
As the Reds recognised last line of defence James helped Liverpool win the Coca
Cola Cup at Wembley in 1995, making a crucial and spectacular save from Bolton's Alan
Thompson with the scores at 2-1.
Unfortunately moments of brilliance were followed by moments of madness and he was
dubbed, perhaps rather cruelly, 'calamity James' by the media. Despite Roy Evans' public
show of faith in James the mistakes became all too regular and the manager eventually
signed American Brad Friedel.
When Gerard Houllier took sole charge at Anfield, the writing was on the wall for
James and he was sold to Aston Villa in 1999 with Sander Westerveld arriving as the new
Anfield Number one. |
