Ian Callaghan

Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool.[2] He was made an MBE in the 1975 New Year Honours.[3]

Ian Callaghan
MBE
Callaghan in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ian Robert Callaghan
Date of birth (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942
Place of birth Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1978 Liverpool 640 (49)
1978 → Ft Lauderdale Strikers (loan) 20 (0)
1978–1981 Swansea City 76 (1)
1979 → Canberra City (loan) 9 (0)
1981 Cork United 2 (0)
1981 Crewe Alexandra 15 (0)
Total 762 (50)
National team
1966–1977 England 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Liverpool
Callaghan with Liverpool in 1966

Callaghan played 857 times for Liverpool between 1960 and 1978, breaking into the first team just after the appointment of Bill Shankly as Liverpool manager. He made his debut on 16 April 1960 at Anfield in a 4–0 victory over Bristol Rovers. He was a regular member of the first team by the time Liverpool won promotion to the First Division in 1962, and went on to help them win the league title in 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976 and 1977, as well as the 1965 and 1974 FA Cup Finals, the UEFA Cup in 1973 UEFA Cup Final and 1976 UEFA Cup Final, and the European Cup in 1977 and (as a substitute) in 1978. He was voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 1974.[2] He was booked only once in his career, in the 1978 League Cup Final replay at Old Trafford, which Liverpool lost to Nottingham Forest.[4]

Callaghan played in the 1977 European Cup Final, when Liverpool beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1, but in the 1978 season, which proved his last year at the club, his playing time was reduced as younger additions like Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish established themselves at the club. Callaghan was on the substitutes' bench when Liverpool retained the European Cup against FC Brugge in 1978.

Later club career

He left Liverpool shortly after the 1978 European Cup final and signed for Swansea City, managed by former Liverpool striker John Toshack. He helped Swansea win a second successive promotion in 1979, which took them into the Second Division, and also had brief spells playing in the US, Australia and Ireland towards the end of his career. He spent the final season of his career in the English Fourth Division with Crewe Alexandra, making 15 appearances in the 1981–82 season and retiring as a player in his 40th year.[5]

England

Callaghan played four times at senior level for England.[6] Although he was in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he did not play in the final and so did not receive a medal. He did play in the group-stage match versus France, one of three wingers tried before manager Alf Ramsey decided to go with a team with no wingers. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Callaghan was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.[5]

Callaghan's second England appearance came against France on 20 July 1966. His next appearance was against Switzerland on 7 September 1977, aged 35.[6] This gap of 11 years 49 days between appearances is the longest such interval for any England player.[7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool[8] 1959–60 Second Division 400000–40
1960–61 Second Division 300020–50
1961–62 Second Division 2315000–281
1962–63 First Division 3726000–432
1963–64 First Division 4285000–478
1964–65 First Division 37681009155*8
1965–66 First Division 42510009053*5
1966–67 First Division 40340005150*4
1967–68 First Division 413902163587
1968–69 First Division 4284131205110
1969–70 First Division 413602042535
1970–71 First Division 230501050340
1971–72 First Division 41230304052*2
1972–73 First Division 4234080121664
1973–74 First Division 420906340613
1974–75 First Division 41120304151*2
1975–76 First Division 4032030121574
1976–77 First Division 33150217048*2
1977–78 First Division 26010706141*1
Total 64049792426891185768
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1978 NASL 200—–—200
Swansea City 1978–79 Third Division 400———400
1979–80 Second Division 361———361
Total 761000000761
Canberra City (loan) 1979 NSL 90———90
Cork United 1980–81 LOI 20———20
Crewe Alexandra 1981–82 Fourth Division 150———150
Career total 76250792426891197968

* Includes one appearance in the FA Charity Shield

^ Includes one goal in the FA Charity Shield

Honours

Liverpool

England

See also
  • List of men's footballers with the most official appearances

References
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  3. United Kingdom list: "No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1974. p. 14.
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