Former Rangers and Liverpool midfielder Willie Stevenson – who received top-flight titles in Scotland and England – has died on the age of 85.
The Edinburgh-born left midfielder was a part of Rangers’ championship-winning group in 1958-59 and received the Scottish Cup with the Ibrox membership the next season.
However the emergence of the legendary Jim Baxter led to Stevenson transferring to Liverpool in October 1962 for £20,000 and he grew to become considered one of iconic Anfield supervisor Invoice Shankly’s favorite gamers.
He was a key member of the Liverpool group that received the First Division title in 1964 and 1966 in addition to the Reds’ first FA Cup in 1965.
Stevenson, who by no means performed for Scotland regardless of his success at two of British soccer’s most profitable golf equipment, missed solely 9 league matches in his first 4 full seasons at Anfield.
He scored 18 targets for Liverpool, together with the penalty that clinched a 2-0 semi-final win towards Chelsea on the best way to the maiden FA Cup win.
Stevenson performed within the last towards Leeds United – considered one of 4 Scots within the Liverpool group with 4 additionally in Don Revie’s facet – as Liverpool received 2-1 after additional time.
He additionally suffered disappointment although, shedding to Borussia Dortmund within the last of the 1966 Cup Winners’ Cup at Hampden Park.
The final of Stevenson’s 241 appearances for Liverpool was in November 1967, three days after he scored a late penalty to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1.
He then performed for Stoke Metropolis, Tranmere Rovers, Vancouver Whitecaps, Limerick and Macclesfield City.
