Past playersThomas Fairfoul
Years: 1913-1915
Appearances: 71
Half-back Thomas Fairfoul was a regular in the Liverpool side in the two years that preceded the First World War.
He played in every one of the 38 First Division matches in 1913-14 and made a further 24 appearances the following season.
Nine FA Cup ties over the same period, including the 1914 final defeat by Burnley at Crystal Palace, brought his career total for the club to 71 games.
Fairfoul, along with three other Liverpool players and three opposition players, was found guilty of fixing a game between the Reds and Manchester United on Good Friday 1915. The bookmakers had laid 7-1 against United winning 2-0, which is how it ended.
For his service to his country in the war, Fairfoul's ban from the game along with his accessories' was lifted.