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Gerry Byrne

Liverpool FC

2 appearances, 0 goals

P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 7: A 3
50% successful

1963-66

disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
180

Profile

Full name Gerald Byrne
Born 29 August 1938 in Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in Liverpool South, December 1938].
Died 28 November 2015 in a Wrexham nursing home, aged 77 years 91 days [registration not found]. Suffering with Alzheimers DIsease.
Height/Weight 5' 10", 12st. 6lbs [1965].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career

Club(s) Played schoolboy football in Liverpool, before signing amateur forms with Liverpool FC, turning professional in August 1955. He remained at Anfield until he succumbed to injury and he retired in December 1969. He completed 274 league appearances, scoring twice.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1961-62; Football League Champions 1963-64, 1965-66; FA Charity Shield winners 1964, shared 1965, 1966; FA Cup winners 1964-65 (played with a broken collar-bone); European Cup Winners Cup runners-up 1965-66;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of three who became 816th players (817) to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back
First match No. 367, 6 April 1963, England 1 Scotland 2, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 24 years 220 days.
Last match No. 401, 29 June 1966, Norway 1 England 6, a pre-World Cup warm-up match at Ullevål Stadion, Ullevål, Oslo, aged 27 years 304 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1966;
British Championship 1962-63;
Team honours World Cup winners 1966 (unused);
Individual honours England U23 (one appearance, February 1961)
Distinctions The 150th Lancastrian to represent England.

Beyond England

Part of the coaching staff at Liverpool FC after retiring. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.56.

 

Gerry Byrne - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
11+ 2 1 2 0 0 180 0 0 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Gerry Byrne - Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home - British Championship 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
Away - Friendly 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 6.00 1.00 100.0 +1
All - White 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 0 0 3.50 1.50 50.0 =0

 

Gerry Byrne - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1962-63 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
BC All 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1

Match History

 
Age 22 under 23  
one appearance - Scotland March 1961
   
 Club: Liverpool F.C. - 2 full appearances

manager: Alf Ramsey - 2 full capsx

Age 24
1 367 6 April 1963 - England 1 Scotland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HL Start 2
Age 27
- 400 26 June 1966 - Finland 0 England 3, Olympiastadion, Helsinki Tour AW squad/sub ?
2 401 29 June 1966 - Norway 1 England 6, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo AW Start 2
- 402 3 July 1966 - Denmark 0 England 2, Idrætsparken, København AW squad/sub ?
- 403 5 July 1966 - Poland 0 England 1, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów AW squad/sub ?
- 404 11 July 1966 - England 0 Uruguay 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley WCF HD squad member 15
- 405 16 July 1966 - England 2 Mexico 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW
- 406 20 July 1966 - England 2 France 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW
- 407 23 July 1966 - England 1 Argentina 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW
- 408 26 July 1966 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW
- 409 30 July 1966 - England 4 West Germany 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW

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