| Willie Stevenson: Half-Back |
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| Nickname: |
| Date of Birth:
26/10/1939 |
| Squad: number:
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| With the Reds: 1962-67 |
| Height: |
| Weighh |
| Debut: 3rd November 1962 v Burnley (H) D1
lose 1-2 (Aged 23) |
| 1st team games:
237/1 |
| 1st team goals: 17 |
| International caps
with Liverpool: |
| International goals
with Liverpool: |
| Characteristics: |
| Former clubs: Rangers,
Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers |
| Birth Place: Leith,
Scotland |
| Honours: 2 Division One
Championship 63/64, 65/66, 1 FA Cups 64/65, 3 Charity Shields 64 (shared), 65 (shared), 66 |
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League |
FA Cup |
Europe |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1962-63 |
28 |
2 |
6 |
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|
34 |
2 |
| 1963-64 |
38 |
1 |
5 |
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43 |
1 |
| 1964-65 |
39 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
56 |
5 |
| 1965-66 |
41 |
5 |
1 |
|
9 |
|
51 |
5 |
| 1966-67 |
41 |
3 |
4 |
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5 |
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50 |
3 |
| 1967-68 |
1 |
1 |
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2/1 |
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3/1 |
1 |
| Total |
188 |
15 |
24 |
1 |
25/1 |
1 |
237/1 |
17 |
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PROFILE
He was settling into a new life in Australia after winning Scottish League and Cup
winners medals with Glasgow Rangers before finding himself languishing in the Ibrox
reserve side and deciding to emigrate.
But Bill Shankly moved in and swiftly persuaded his fellow Scot to return to
Britain and open a new chapter in his life by signing for Liverpool in October 1962. It
was an inspired decision by both men.
Leith-born Stevenson, a slim, elegant left half with an impressive range of passing
ability and whose slim frame contained deceptive strength, established himself as a member
of the famous Anfield half back line with Gordon Milne and Ron Yeats.
In his first four full seasons with Liverpool he missed only nine League games,
playing a key role in the championship wins of 1964 and 1966 and in the team that brought
the FA Cup to Anfield in 1965 for the first time. Stevenson, who first experienced
European football with Rangers, also won a Cup Winners Cup runners-up medal with Liverpool
in 1966. He later played for Stoke and Tranmere.
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