Past playersKenneth Campbell

    • Years: 1912-1920

    • Appearances: 142

    Goalkeeper Kenneth Campbell became Liverpool's last line of defence before the final seven league games of the 1911-12 season, when the Reds were in deep relegation trouble.

    Manager Tom Watson showed immense faith in such an inexperienced 20-year-old and his team survived by winning three out of their last four, with Campbell keeping three clean sheets.

    Anfield's first-choice 'keeper for the previous seven years, Sam Hardy, moved to Aston Villa at the end of the season and Campbell missed only one First Division match during the 1912-13 campaign.

    The man who replaced him on that occasion, the young Elisha Scott, would subsequently ensure Campbell's spell as Liverpool's No.1 custodian was relatively brief, even though he was a Scotland international.

    He only missed four league games in 1913-14 but before the halfway point of the following season, Scott had taken over between the posts.

    When the First World War ended and league football resumed, he did find himself selected again, but in April 1920 he played the last of his 142 games for Liverpool.