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Ray Lambert: Defender |
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Nickname: |
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Date of Birth:
10.01.1922 |
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With the Reds: 1939-1956 |
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Height: |
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Weight: |
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Bought from: Trainee |
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Signed for
LFC: Ј0 Professional - 18.07.1939 |
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Debut: 05.01.1946 (Aged 23) |
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Last match: 19.11.1955 |
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Debut
goal: 08.10.1949 |
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1st team
league games: 308 |
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1st team
league goals: 2 |
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Total 1st
team games: 341 |
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Total 1st
team goals: 2 |
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Total 1st
team Wartime games: 112 |
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Total 1st
team Wartime goals: |
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Contract expiry: 1956 |
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International caps:
5 Wales (5 as Liverpool) |
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International
goals: |
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International debut:
1946 vs. Scotland |
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Former clubs:
New Brighton & Reading (wartime guest) |
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Birth Place:
Bagilt, Flintshire, Wales |
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Honours: 1 League Championship
46-47 |
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Personal Honours: |
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Website: |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1945-46 |
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4 |
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4 |
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| 1946-47 |
36 |
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6 |
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42 |
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| 1947-48 |
30 |
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2 |
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32 |
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| 1948-49 |
41 |
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4 |
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45 |
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| 1949-50 |
41 |
1 |
7 |
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48 |
1 |
| 1950-51 |
34 |
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1 |
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35 |
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| 1951-52 |
32 |
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3 |
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35 |
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| 1952-53 |
36 |
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1 |
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37 |
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| 1953-54 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
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21 |
1 |
| 1954-55 |
28 |
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4 |
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32 |
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| 1955-56 |
10 |
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10 |
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| Total |
308 |
2 |
33 |
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341 |
2 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
started/substitutions |
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Total |
Competition |
| 308 |
Started |
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308 |
League |
| 0 |
On the bench |
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33 |
FA Cup |
| 0 |
Substitute |
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| 0 |
Substituted |
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Career Milestones for Ray Lambert:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
05.01.1946 |
Chester |
2-0 |
Sealand Road |
FA |
| 50 |
03.09.1947 |
Manchester U |
2-2 |
Anfield |
League |
| 100 |
25.12.1948 |
Manchester U |
0-0 |
Maine Road |
League |
| 150 |
11.01.1950 |
Blackburn |
2-1 |
Anfield |
FA |
| 200 |
10.03.1951 |
Middlesbrough |
1-1 |
Ayresome Park |
League |
| 250 |
20.09.1952 |
Middlesbrough |
4-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 300 |
01.09.1954 |
Plymouth |
3-3 |
Anfield |
League |
Goals in all competitions
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Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
08.10.1949 |
77 |
Middlesbrough |
2-0 |
Anfield |
League |
Total
LFC Wartime games/goals
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League |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
| 1939-40 |
7 |
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| 1940-41 |
39 |
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| 1941-42 |
36 |
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| 1942-43 |
10 |
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| 1943-44 |
3 |
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| 1945-46 |
17 |
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| Total |
112 |
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PROFILE
Welsh international Ray Lambert signed for Liverpool as an amateur when just
13-year-old in January 1936 but it wasn't until 1946 that he made his Reds debut.
He was probably the youngest player to join a football league club before the war
and went on to become an accomplished and reliable full back.
A Kop favourite, Lambert played a pivotal role in the Reds Division One
Championship success in the 1946-47 season, playing alongside the likes of Billy Liddell
and Albert Stubbins. He played in the 1950 FA Cup Final defeat by Arsenal but then the
club's fortunes gradually worsened until relegation to the Second Division was confirmed
at the end of the 1953-54 season. He then remained on Liverpool's books for a further two
seasons before announcing his retirement a few weeks short of his 34th birthday in 1956.
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Update: 04.01.2008
WALES
1946 v Scotland; 1947 v England; 1949 v Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland (5). |
