<ul><li><h2><strong>Years: </strong>1962-1965</h2></li><li><h2><strong>Appearances: </strong>22</h2></li><li><h2><strong>Goals: </strong>6</h2></li></ul>

Inside-forward Gordon Wallace had been an apprentice at Liverpool before signing professional forms for the club in July 1961, a month after his 17th birthday.

<p>He had to wait until the end of October 1962 before Bill Shankly gave him his first-team debut and he was picked on a further six occasions by the end of that season, the club's first back in the top division after an eight-year absence.</p><p>A year later, when the Reds won the league championship for the first time since 1947, no fewer than 10 men made at least 33 league appearances and Wallace's only league game came at Burnley towards the end of the season, when he replaced the injured Roger Hunt.</p><p>Wallace made a blistering start to the next campaign, netting in the Charity Shield and then earning a place in history by scoring Liverpool's first ever goal in European competition, away at KR Reykjavik in a qualifier.</p><p>He added two more strikes at Anfield against Arsenal on the opening day of the 1964-65 league season, which was the first ever game covered by the BBC as their <em>Match of the Day</em>.</p><p>Although he made the team for the first eight matches of that campaign, he had to wait more than five months for his next league outing.</p><p>And Wallace later had to call it quits at Anfield after a succession of injuries and two frustrating years in Liverpool's reserve team.</p>

Gordon Wallace

Inside-forward Gordon Wallace had been an apprentice at Liverpool before signing professional forms for the club in July 1961.

Past playersGordon Wallace

Years: 1962-1965

Appearances: 22

Goals: 6

Inside-forward Gordon Wallace had been an apprentice at Liverpool before signing professional forms for the club in July 1961, a month after his 17th birthday.