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| Bill Lacey:
Midfielder |
| Nickname: |
| Date of Birth:
24.09.1889 |
| Dead:
1969 |
| Squad: number:
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| With the Reds: 1912-1924 |
| Height: |
| Weight: |
| Bought from: Everton |
| Signed for LFC:
ЈExchanged for Uren - February 1912 |
| Debut: 2nd March 1912 v Middlesbrough
(H) D1 drew 1-1 (Aged 27) |
| Debut goal: 16.03.1912 |
| 1st team
league games: 230 |
| 1st team
league goals: 18 |
| Total 1st team
games: 259 |
| Total 1st team
goals: 29 |
| Total 1st team
Wartime games: 1 |
| Total 1st team
Wartime goals: |
| Contract expiry: 1924,
transfered to New Brighton |
| International caps: 26
(12 as Liverpool) Ireland |
| International
goals: |
| International debut:
18.01.1913 vs Wales |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs:
Shelbourne, Everton, New Brighton, Shelbourne |
| Birth Place: Wexford,
Ireland |
Honours: 2 Division One Championship
21/22, 22/23
Runners up: 1 FA Cup 13/14, 1 Charity Shield 22 |
| Personal Honours: |
| 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 |
| 1911-12 |
11 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
| 1912-13 |
21 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
| 1913-14 |
35 |
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43 |
|
| 1914-15 |
32 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
|
| 1919-20 |
32 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
|
| 1920-21 |
22 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
| 1921-22 |
39 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
43 |
|
| 1922-23 |
30 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
| 1923-24 |
8 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
| 1924-25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
230 |
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
259 |
|
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 230 |
League |
| 28 |
FA Cup |
| 1 |
Charity Shield |
Career Milestones for Bill Lacey:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
02.03.1912 |
Middlesbrough |
1-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 50 |
29.11.1913 |
Tottenham H |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 100 |
16.01.1915 |
Sunderland |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 150 |
28.08.1920 |
Manchester C |
4-2 |
Anfield |
League |
| 200 |
21.01.1922 |
Huddersfield T |
1-0 |
Leeds Road |
League |
| 250 |
05.05.1923 |
Stoke City |
1-0 |
Anfield |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
16.03.1912 |
47 |
Tottenham H |
1-2 |
Anfield |
League |
Total LFC
Wartime games/goals
|
League |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
| 1915-16 |
1 |
|
| Total |
1 |
|
Update: 07.02.2007 |
PROFILE
 One
of the great characters of Merseyside football who could fill any outfield position,
Wexford-born Lacey began his career with Dublin club Shelbourne before joining Everton in
1908.
But when Everton wanted to sign Liverpool's outside left Harold Uren in 1912 a deal
was struck that took Lacey and forward Tom Gracie in the opposite direction from Goodison
to Anfield. Liverpool never regretted the 'swap'. Lacey went on to make 257 League and FA
Cup appearances for the Anfield club over nine seasons in a variety of positions but
starring as a winger on either flank.
Lacey played for Ireland with both Everton and Liverpool and won the last of his 26
caps at the age of 41. He gained an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1914 when he scored five
times in seven games as an inside forward to help Liverpool reach the Final, which they
lost 1-0 to Burnley at Crystal Palace.
Yet he was more a provider than a scorer, netting 29 times overall for Liverpool
and after World War One, won championship medals in 1922 and 1923, wearing the No 7 jersey
both seasons. A jovial character with a prominent chin that was a target for cartoonists,
Lacey joined New Brighton in 1924, later returning to Shelbourne. He died in 1969 aged 79.
NORTHERN IRELAND (and Ireland before 1924)
1913 v Wales; 1914 v Wales, England, Scotland; 1919 v England; 1920 v Wales,
Scotland, England; 1921 v Scotland, Wales, England; 1922 v Scotland (12). |
