Analysing club history can give you goosebumps, especially when re-watching old or even recent footage.<\/p>\n
From hearing the names through the tannoy or the commentator, to seeing the goals and the nostalgia of your favourite heroes lifting trophies aloft.<\/p>\n
In a player\u2019s career, they may only have stayed at Anfield for a short time or a long while, but either way they made an impact and impression upon supporters.<\/p>\n
And recently, I\u2019ve explored the best goalkeepers<\/a> and the best defenders<\/a> to play for Liverpool Football Club.<\/p>\n In this latest piece, we are moving up the field, to perhaps my favourite area of the pitch, the midfield.<\/p>\n And over the years, across the decades and different eras, we\u2019ve had goal smashing midfielders to silky passers to defensive lynchpins.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s see who makes the list for Greatest of All Time LFC Midfielders.<\/p>\n It makes sense to start with Liverpool\u2019s record all time appearance holder.<\/p>\n The local boy joined in 1957 and quickly made his debut in 1960 and became a stalwart under Bill Shankly and later Bill Paisley.<\/p>\n He helped the club achieve promotion to the first division in 1962 before winning it in 64 and 66 under Shanks.<\/p>\n Callaghan said himself that his favourite Reds memory was in winning the club\u2019s first FA Cup in 1965.<\/p>\n It was his pass that set up the winning goal for Ian St John to see off Leeds United 2-1 in the 117th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst has to be Wembley \u201865 and Liverpool lifting the FA Cup for the first time. <\/em><\/p>\n It was also my first appearance at the stadium and I had a hand, or rather a foot, in the winning goal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nIan Callaghan<\/h2>\n