1. David Fairclough was born on 5 January 1957 and is an English retired professional footballer, most famous for playing for Liverpool as a striker during the 1970s and 1980s.
16 Facts About David Fairclough
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David Fairclough was not selected for the Wembley squad as Paisley named veteran winger Ian Callaghan as the substitute, and Liverpool lost to Manchester United.
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Liverpool reached the European Cup final again and this time David Fairclough started the match.
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David Fairclough managed 29 league appearances that season, scoring 10 goals, but the Reds were beaten to both the league title and the Football League Cup by newly promoted Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough.
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David Fairclough's goals came in the 4th, 18th and 75th minutes, with Kenny Dalglish and Jimmy Case scoring to guarantee a late win for the Reds.
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David Fairclough came on as a substitute in the League Cup semi final second leg against Nottingham Forest four days after his hat trick at Norwich, and scored a late equaliser to preserve Liverpool's long two-year unbeaten run at Anfield.
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David Fairclough spent another five years at Anfield, although in what was a golden era for the club, he was rarely in the first team.
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David Fairclough was a prolific scorer in the reserves, but the phenomenal partnership of Dalglish and Ian Rush rendered him surplus to first team requirements.
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The Supersub tag belied the number of first team starts David Fairclough made at Liverpool; of his 153 appearances, only 61 were from the bench.
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David Fairclough scored 55 goals, averaging a goal every 2.8 games.
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David Fairclough left Liverpool on 4 July 1983 after a loan spell at NASL side Toronto Blizzard.
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David Fairclough then moved to the Swiss side FC Lucerne before returning to England for spells with Manchester City, Norwich, Oldham Athletic and Rochdale.
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David Fairclough moved overseas once more to Belgium club Beveren for three seasons before returning home for stints with Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic.
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David Fairclough is still a firm favourite amongst the Anfield faithful and was voted in at No 18 on the 2006 poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop.
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David Fairclough was married to Jan David Fairclough who died on 9 April 2011.
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David Fairclough suffered a minor heart attack on 3 October 2010, at the age of 53, but made a full recovery.