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| Ephraim Longworth:
Defender |
| Nickname: |
| Date of Birth: 02.10.1887 |
| Dead:
1968 |
| Squad: number:
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| With the Reds: 1910-1928 |
| Height: |
| Weight: |
| Bought from: Leyton |
| Signed for LFC:
ЈN/A - 09.06.1910 |
| Debut: 19th September 1910 v Sheffield
Untied (A) D1 lose 0-2 (Aged 22) |
| Debut goal: |
| 1st team
league games: 342 |
| 1st team
league goals: |
| Total 1st team
games: 371 |
| Total 1st team
goals: |
| Total 1st team
Wartime games: 119 |
| Total 1st team
Wartime goals: 3 |
| Contract expiry: May
1928 |
| International caps: 5
(5 as Liverpool) Ehgland |
| International
goals: 1 |
| International debut:
10.04.1920 vs. Scotland |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs: Chorley
Road Congregationals, Bolton St Luke's, Halliwell Rovers (all amateur), Hyde, Bolton
Wanderers, Leyton |
| Birth Place: Halliwell,
Bolton, England |
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 |
| 1910-11 |
10 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
| 1911-12 |
37 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
|
| 1912-13 |
36 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
|
| 1913-14 |
27 |
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
| 1914-15 |
35 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
|
| 1919-20 |
27 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
| 1920-21 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
| 1921-22 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
27 |
|
| 1922-23 |
41 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
|
| 1923-24 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
| 1924-25 |
22 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
| 1925-26 |
4 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
| 1926-27 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
| 1927-28 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Total |
342 |
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
371 |
|
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 342 |
League |
| 28 |
FA Cup |
| 1 |
Charity Shield |
Career Milestones for Ephraim Longworth:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
19.09.1910 |
Sheffield U |
0-2 |
Bramall Lane |
League |
| 50 |
09.12.1911 |
Newcastle |
|
Anfield |
League |
| 100 |
15.02.1913 |
Sheffield W |
|
Wed Anfield |
League |
| 150 |
19.09.1914 |
Sheffield W |
|
Anfield |
League |
| 200 |
14.01.1920 |
Gateshead |
|
Anfield |
FA |
| 250 |
27.12.1921 |
Huddersfield |
|
Anfield |
League |
| 300 |
03.03.1923 |
Bolton |
|
Anfield |
League |
| 350 |
29.08.1925 |
Leicester |
|
Filbert Street |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| Didn't find any goals |
Total LFC
Wartime games/goals
|
League |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
| 1915-16 |
32 |
1 |
| 1916-17 |
34 |
1 |
| 1917-18 |
32 |
|
| 1918-19 |
21 |
1 |
| Total |
119 |
3 |
Update: 07.02.2007 |
PROFILE
Bolton-born right or left back Longworth, one of the dominant and influential figures of
Liverpool history, was the first Anfield player to captain England. He was given that
honour against Belgium in Brussels in 1921, the second of five unbeaten outings for his
country. He had made his debut in the memorable duel with Scotland at Hillsborough the
previous year, when England fought back from 4-2 down to win 5-4.
After progressing from junior football he played for Bolton Wanderers in the Lancashire
Combination and Leyton in the Southern League before joining Liverpool in 1910 and
becoming captain.
Longworth made 370 senior appearances - without a goal to this name - in a marathon
Anfield career that saw him play until he was 40 and also brought him Football League
recognition. His superb full back partnership with Don McKinlay was a feature of
Liverpool's team that captured the League championship in consecutive seasons in 1922 and
1923. Those two medals added to Longworth's FA Cup runners-up medal in 1914.
He was immediately recognisable for a lock of hair hanging over his forehead. Standing a
shade below 5ft 9ins his intelligence and positional sense was without peer. After
retiring in 1928 he joined Liverpool's coaching staff and died in 1968.
ENGLAND
1920 v Scotland; 1921 v Belgium; 1923 v Wales, Belgium, Scotland (5).
Did you know? In 371 first team appearances for the Reds he failed
to score a single goal
Where is he now? Passed away on 7 January 1968
Stephen Done on Ephraim Longworth: "If you go into the museum
at the moment there's a piece of film with a groundsman on a misty day and he tells a
story about spreading the ashes of one of our supporters in front of the goal and he says
'you don't want to put them there, he may jump up and stop the ball going in'. That is
Ephraim Longworth. He served the club from just after the first world war up to the late
Sixties. |
