philip bernard thompson was the footballer who captained liverpool and england in the 1970 s.
philip bernard thompson was the footballer who captained liverpool and england in the 1970 s.
footballer who captained liverpool and england in the 1970 s?
philip bernard thompson
philip bernard thompson (born 21 january 1954) is an english retired footballer, who played as a defender for liverpool team of the 1970s and 1980s. during this time, he also represented the england national football team on 42 occasions, and captained england on six occasions. after retiring as a player, he later served liverpool as assistant manager and, during the 2001–02 season, acted as caretaker for 6 months while manager gérard houllier was ill. he is currently a pundit on soccer saturday on sky sports, does on and off work as a pundit for tv 2 (norway), and is a regular visiting fellow at the university of liverpool where he teaches on the football industries mba.
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on 15 july 2013, gerrard signed a contract extension with liverpool. on 3 august 2013, liverpool played olympiacos, against whom gerrard scored arguably his most celebrated goal, at anfield for gerrard's charity fund-raising testimonial match. liverpool won the match 2–0, in a game where past players such as jamie carragher and robbie fowler made appearances. alder hey children's charity, of which gerrard is a founding partner, received £500,000 from the proceeds. on 16 september, gerrard captained liverpool for the 400th time in a 2–2 draw at swansea city. on 5 october, gerrard scored in a 3–1 win over crystal palace, becoming liverpool's first ever player to score in 15 successive league campaigns, overtaking the record previously set by billy liddell. also in october 2013, he became the longest-serving liverpool captain, 10 years after his appointment by gérard houllier on 15 october 2013, breaking the previous record held by alex raisbeck, who captained liverpool from 1899 to 1909. on 19 october 2013, gerrard scored his 100th premier league goal, a penalty against newcastle united in a 2–2 draw.
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