Past playersDick Forshaw

    • Years: 1919-1927

    • Appearances: 288

    • Goals: 124

    • Honours: League title (1921-22, 1922-23)

    Inside-forward Dick Forshaw joined Liverpool as league football returned after the end of the First World War and was a regular scorer for the club for eight seasons.

    Introduced into the first XI after the opening three fixtures of the 1919-20 season, Forshaw played in 23 First Division games and scored seven times.

    His strikes included a hat-trick against Derby County in helping the Reds finish the season in fourth place. Another fourth place followed a year later when Forshaw's contribution was nine goals from 27 appearances.

    It was during the next two years that Forshaw really came to prominence, not missing a single league game as the club won the league title in consecutive seasons, 1921-22 and 1922-23. He scored 36 times in those 84 games, a remarkable total for a player in his position.

    Although he only missed three games when Liverpool unsuccessfully went for a championship hat-trick, his goals tally was down to five, but 'normal service' was resumed in 1924-25 when he was easily the club's leading scorer with 19.

    And he bettered that in what was to prove his final full season at Anfield with 27 from only 32 league games in 1925-26.

    In March 1927, Forshaw made the short trip across Stanley Park to continue his career with Everton.