Quote Originally Posted by Old_pie View Post
Wow, didn't know that about Machin, verging on financial/criminally reckless behaviour. This adds to the recent thread at https://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38313049 I remember Hateley signing for Liverpool when I was a kid. He is fondly remered

It would have been unfair on Hateley to not give him first tier opportunity which he took to the full. Still a bit of a hero at Liverpool isn't he despite not quite fitting in?
As a kid and Liverpool supporter I remember Hateley signing for the Reds and he's definitely regarded fondly by supporters of a certain age. I can vividly remember him once falling to his knees to try and head in a waist-high cross rather than try and kick it into an empty net in front of the Kop - and failing!