A class new signing

[ynwa.tv]

Today's instalment includes:

 

Digger arrives...

Ephraim arrives...

Happy birthdays...

Ged honoured?

Tommy for Scotland...

Winning a trophy...

On tour in the US?

Marsh on the move?

Final caps?

The Guv?nor in charge?

Aldo against Latvia again?

Christian on target?

In Toulon...

God married...

Still the masters?

[Stevie H]

how good a name is ephraim?

[autumn319]

http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=719

 

Birthdate: 02.10.1887

Birthplace: Halliwell, Bolton, England

Other clubs: Bolton Wanderers, Clapton Orient

Bought from: Clapton Orient

Signed for LFC: £N/A 09.06.1910

International debut: 10.04.1920 vs. Scotland

International caps: 5/1

Liverpool debut: 19.09.1910

Contract expiry: 1928

LFC league games/goals: 342 / 0

Total LFC games/goals: 371 / 0

 

Player Notes:

Ephraim was one of the most consistent defenders Liverpool have ever had on their books and his career at Anfield from start to finish covered a remarkable 18 years. Had the First World War not taken away so much of his professional career, he would certainly have played in over 500 Football league and FA cup matches for the club he served so loyally for so long. He made his name at Bolton and after 4 years at Burnden Park was transferred to Liverpool at the start of the 1910-11 season, during which he made the first 34 of his 371 first-team appearances for the club.

 

One of only a handful of Liverpool players to ever captain his country, Ephraim's composed style of play meant that his position at right-back was rarely threatened during his early years on Merseyside. He played in the FA cup final against Burnley in 1914 and would continue to be a key member of the team for several seasons after the war, winning League championship medals in both 1922 & 1923.

 

Longworth played for England five times but remarkably, considering the number of matches he played, he never scored a single goal for Liverpool during his lengthy association with the club! Ephraim's final selection for a Liverpool first-team, at Birmingham on 21st April 1928, came over SEVENTEEN and a half years after he had been handed his debut in an away match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 19th September 1910.

[Will]

how good a name is ephraim?

 

And when abbreviated to Eph it is pretty darn tooting good too

[jon_hall]

Clapton Orient? Assume that is now Leyton Orient or if yer called Will Neville L'Orient...

[Will]

Clapton Orient? Assume that is now Leyton Orient or if yer called Will Neville L'Orient...

 

If you must know...

 

"Leyton Orient was originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club and Homerton Hospital, it was named Glyn Cricket & Football Club in 1881. The team has had several name changes since, first as Eagle Football Club in 1886 then as Orient Football Club in 1888. History books suggest that the choice of the name Orient came about at the behest of a player who was an employee of the Orient Shipping Company (later to be taken over by P&O). The club's name was changed again to Clapton Orient in 1898 to represent the area of London in which they played.

 

The name Leyton Orient was adopted following the conclusion of the Second World War. The club had moved to Leyton in 1937. A further rename back to simply Orient took place in 1966 after the Borough of Leyton was absorbed into the London Borough of Waltham Forest. That renaming followed a financial crisis (one of several to hit the club, and by no means the first or last) and restructuring of the company behind the club; this is remembered for a "pass the bucket" collection that took place at a special meeting of supporters in the East Stand, when complete closure was claimed to be a definite possibility.

 

The club finally reverted back to Leyton Orient in 1987, shortly after Tony Wood took over as chairman and at a time when a supporters campaign was taking place in the Leyton Orientear fanzine to reinstate the Leyton part of the club's name."

 

From here

[jon_hall]

But still not L'Orient...

[Will]

But still not L'Orient...

 

That was a brief name change just to welcome a new French central defensive signing

[eth]

And when abbreviated to Eph it is pretty darn tooting good too

I agree wholeheartedly.

[R A Softlad]

And when abbreviated to Eph it is pretty darn tooting good too

 

There's only one Eph in Longworth...

[Will]

I agree wholeheartedly.

 

Yeth

[Knox_Harrington]

One of only a handful of Liverpool players to ever captain his country, Ephraim's composed style of play meant that his position at right-back was rarely threatened during his early years on Merseyside. He played in the FA cup final against Burnley in 1914 and would continue to be a key member of the team for several seasons after the war, winning League championship medals in both 1922 & 1923.

 

Longworth played for England five times but remarkably, considering the number of matches he played, he never scored a single goal for Liverpool during his lengthy association with the club! Ephraim's final selection for a Liverpool first-team, at Birmingham on 21st April 1928, came over SEVENTEEN and a half years after he had been handed his debut in an away match at Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 19th September 1910.

41! Good lad.