Iconic Liverpool Number 7 Shirt (Part 2) – Spackman and Walsh

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Next instalment looks at the next 2 players who wore the famous number 7. Check out part 1 here.

First player who wore the shirt a number of times after Dalglish was Nigel Spackman.

Spackman joined Liverpool in 1987 from Chelsea for £400,000.

The player was sporadically used regularly by the club initially, but when he did start he often wore the 7 shirt, eventually he took over from Ronnie Whelan, who was out injured and then had a regular starting role in the 5 shirt.

However for the purposes of this article will look at his career if he was wearing 7 throughout his LFC career.  Spackman was a hard working not always appreciated by fans player, but certainly was appreciated by his team mates.

He played 51 games for the club over 2 years, and never scored a goal, so a 0% scoring record, but bear in mind was not a striker like the large majority of the wearers of the 7 shirt which have and will discuss in this series.

Before being sold to Queens Park Rangers he had won the league with Liverpool.

Marks out of 10 – 6.5/10

Second player in this installment is Paul Walsh, the player was bought in 1984 from Luton Town where he had built a great striking relationship with Brian Stein. Liverpool paid £700,000 for his services. Walsh did have some time in the 7 shirt when Dalglish was injured, but got his biggest spell in the shirt when Dalglish scaled down his playing career.

Walsh was expected to be the long term successor to Dalglish but due to injuries and some inconsistent form never reached those heights, however was a very skillful player who on his day was a handful for any defence in the country.

He played for 4 years with the club, winning a league title, he played 77 games and scored 25 goals, a goal scoring record of 32%.  Was sold to Tottenham Hotspur in 1988 for £500,000.

Marks out of 10 – 7/10

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