IT’S week two of Theme Teams, and this time around we’re pitching youngsters who, to pinch a quote by 18th century writer and political activist Thomas Paine, ‘rose like rockets and then fell like sticks’ against a very select XI who all enjoyed successful Indian summers here on Merseyside.
Have we omitted any players who would merit a place in either line-up? Have your say now and take part in this all-for-fun feature in your FOOTBALL ECHO over the next few weeks.
Your views are always welcome so get in touch!
So, who would win this week’s game? You can have your say below the article and vote on page three of the article.
The ‘result’ of this match will be in next Saturday’s FOOTBALL ECHO. And look out for another Theme Teams match-up next week!
PEAKED TOO SOON XI
Goalkeeper: Chris Kirkland Bought by Liverpool for £6m from Coventry City at the start of the 2001-02 season, he was at the time the most expensive goalkeeper in British transfer history aged only 20. Injuries blighted his Anfield career and he left in 2005 after making only 45 appearances.
Midfielder: Robert Warzycha ‘Bob The Pole’ joined Everton from Gornik Zabrze for £500,000 in March, 1991. Three goals in his first three games for the Blues promised much, but injuries and poor form eventually led to his departure from Goodison Park in 1994.
Defender: Max Thompson Broke Liverpool’s record for the youngest debutant aged 17 years, 128 days when he appeared against Spurs in May 1974. That turned out to be his only league appearance for the Reds. Jack Robinson subsequently set the Reds’ youngest debutant record in May 2010.
Defender: Alex Nyarko Ghanaian joined the Blues for £4.5m from Lens in 2000 and was contracted until 2005. The infamous incident at Highbury when an irate Everton fan offered him a T-shirt suggesting he wasn’t good enough to play for the Blues condemned him as a footnote in Goodison’s history and he departed in 2004.
Midfielder: Billy Kenny Made his debut for Everton in 1992 and was initially seen as having a great career ahead of him. However, problems off the pitch led to him being shown the door by then manager Mike Walker in 1994. Retired from the pro game aged 21.
Striker: Jack Whitham Signed by Bill Shankly as a potential replacement for Roger Hunt in 1970, he showed occasional goal-scoring flashes including a hat-trick against Derby. But in 1974 he left for Cardiff.
Striker: Alan Waddle Joined Liverpool from Halifax aged 19 in 1973. One goal (a derby winner) and 22 games later, he left for Leicester in 1977.
Striker: Alan Biley Netting on his Blues debut against Birmingham in 1981, Howard Kendall’s first signing became an iconic figure, not least for his blond mullet, but he was off to Stoke in 1982 after 19 league games.
Striker: Rob Wakenshaw Scored against Manchester United at the Gwladys Street End after coming off the bench on his debut in a 1-1 draw in May 1984. Four games and that solitary goal later, he was off to Carlisle United.
Midfielder: Mike Trebilcock Famously chosen ahead of Fred Pickering in Everton’s 1966 FA Cup final side. And even more famously scored twice in the Wembley showpiece as the Blues beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2. But he left Goodison in 1968 after only 11 league games and three goals.
Striker: Alun Evans Signed by Bill Shankly from Wolves for £110,00 in September 1968, he scored on his debut against Leicester and hit three goals past Bayern Munich in a Fairs Cup clash. But the arrival of Kevin Keegan hastened his departure in 1972.
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