The word ‘legend’ is often overused in sport, but there can be no denying that Liverpool Football Club boasts a plethora of bonafide club legends from right across its 130-year history.
Some are the greatest players Kopites have ever seen kick a ball. Liddell, Dalglish, Gerrard, Salah. Others are remembered forever thanks to famous songs or banners, such as Steve Heighway on the wing or how Joey (Jones) ate the frogs legs and made the swiss roll.
And some secured their names in the Anfield annals courtesy of scoring the most iconic of goals at the most needed of times. Gary McAllister, Luis Garcia and Gini Wijnaldum are three recent examples, thanks to a late Goodison winner and treble-clinching heroics, the 2005 ‘ghost goal’ against Chelsea and a 2019 Barcelona brace.
