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| Bert Slater:
Goalkeeper |
| Nickname: Shorty |
| Date of Birth:
05.05.1936 |
| Dead:
July 2006 |
| Squad: number: |
| With the Reds: 1959-1962 |
| Height: 5ft 8
1/2ins |
| Weight: |
| Bought from: Falkirk |
| Signed for LFC:
Јexchange / Tommy Younger - 12.06.1959 |
| Debut: 22nd August 1959 v Cardiff City
(A) D2 lose 2-3 (Aged 23) |
| Debut goal: |
| 1st team
league games: 99 |
| 1st team
league goals: |
| Total 1st team
games: 111 |
| Total 1st team
goals: |
| Contract expiry: July 1962,
transfered to Dundee for Ј2,500 |
| International caps:
Scotland U-23 |
| International goals: |
| International debut: |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs: Falkirk,
Dundee, Watford |
| Birth Place:
Musselburgh, Midlothianl, England |
| Honours: 1 Division Second
Championship 61/62 |
| 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 |
| 1959-60 |
28 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
| 1960-61 |
42 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
47 |
|
| 1961-62 |
29 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
| Total |
99 |
|
9 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
111 |
|
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 99 |
League |
| 9 |
FA Cup |
| 3 |
League Cup |
Career Milestones for Bert Slater:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
22.08.1959 |
Cardiff City |
2-3 |
Ninian Park |
League |
| 50 |
16.11.1960 |
Southampton |
1-2 |
Anfield |
LC |
| 100 |
23.12.1961 |
Leeds United |
0-1 |
Elland Road |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| Didn't find any goals |
Update 17.02.2007 |
PROFILE
Goalkeeper Bert Slater joined Liverpool in May 1959 from Falkirk, in an exchange
deal with Tommy Younger.
He was 23 years old at the time and went straight into the first-team at the start
of the 1959-60 season. However, he made a bad start at Liverpool, conceding eight goals in
his first three matches and was quickly replaced by South African Doug Rudham, who played
in the next 14 Second Division games.
A change of manager saw a change in Bert's fortunes and Bill Shankly kept faith
with him from the day he arrived until the end of that season. Standing at just five foot
eight inches Slater was rather small for a goalkeeper but he kept goal for the first 29
games of the Division Two Championship season in 1961-62 before being replaced by Jim
Furnell.
He never did regain his place back at Anfield and eventually moved back to Scotland
to play for Dundee, whom he helped reach the European Cup semi-final in 1963, before
moving on to Watford where he got involved in coaching.
On his retirement from the game he became involved in a firm that developed and
constructed golf courses.
Slater in the middle with his team-mates; John Molyneux on
his right and Louis Bimpson on his left, autumn 1959 |
