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Emlyn Hughes

If motivation and enthusiasm ever won medals then you would most definitely have to hand over the medals to Emlyn Hughes. Hughes was one of the liveliest characters to emerge from the game; he retired from football in 1984 with an array of major trophies and won sixty two England caps. Hughes was a fantastic defender and his competitive edge was matched by his amazing qualities as a captain on the pitch. His strength when tackling and his galloping runs earned him the trademark as the ‘crazy horse.’ Hughes played for England under 4 different managers and was installed skipper of the national team in the spring of 1974, when Joe Mercer took over as caretaker manager. He is one of Liverpool’s greatest players of all time; he made 474 appearances for the club in the period of 13 years playing for the club. In total with Liverpool, he won the league four times, the FA Cup, European Cup two times, UEFA Cup on two occasions, League Cup with Wolves in 1980 and he was honored as the footballer of the year in 1977.
Emlyn Hughes captained England 23 times and starred 62 times for his country.

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Ray Clemence

Over the years at Liverpool, Clemence was a rock in goal for Liverpool, helping them to winning many major honors. , Ray Clemance won nearly every different kind of honor the game has to offer. Clemence was virtually ever present in the Liverpool team of the 1970’s. At Liverpool, Clemence won five league championships, three European Cups, two UEFA Cups, the European Super Cup, the FA Cup and the League Cup. In 11 years with Liverpool, Clemence missed only 6 league matches out of a possible 462.  In total he won sixty one caps in the period of eleven years playing for England. Clemence was England’s main goalkeeper between 1974 and 1978. Clemence was a substitute for the 1982 world cup finals as Peter Shilton was favored as England’s number one. Clemence’s final football match in goal for England was a 4-0 victory over Luxembourg in November 1983.

 

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