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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Theo Squires

Liverpool defender lived dream before retiring after foot nearly amputated

“You’re actually a member of the last Liverpool team to win a trophy at the old Wembley.”

“Oh yeah?” says a sheepish Stig Inge Bjornebye, when speaking exclusively to the ECHO and reflecting on his Liverpool career. “Okay. Good, good.”

To Kopites, Wembley was ‘Anfield South’. For the best part of three decades, the Reds had dominated at the home of English football, winning their first five FA Cups, three of their first five League Cups (replays were needed for the other two), and even their second European Cup.

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