3. Kevin Keegan And John Toshack (Liverpool 1971-77)
Combined Appearances - 532 Goals - 189 Liverpool's glory days of the 1970s owe much to the wonderful big man/little man combination of Kevin Keegan and John Toshack. For six years the duo tormented defences around England and eventually Europe, with two UEFA Cups and one European Cup ending up in the Anfield trophy room. The two were sometimes referred to as Batman and Robin in their heyday, and their credentials were confirmed in 1973, when the pairing led Liverpool to a league and UEFA Cup double. Two more titles were to follow, in 1976 and 1977, but the crowning achievement was to come in that 1976-77 campaign, also their last as a partnership. In this season came league success, European cup success with a final victory over Borussia Monchengladach, and an FA Cup final appearance against old rivals Manchester United. Only defeat in that United match denied them from a treble that Liverpool would incidentally go onto achieve less than a decade later. Over the five seasons they were together, Keegan got 102 goals, and Toshack weighed in with 96 - nothing if not an equal partnership, if not quite as statistically devastating as the one that followed. They blazed a trail for a duo that kept the Liverpool flame burning well into the 1980s. Read on to find out who.
I am from Bangor, aged 24, and possess an MA in Journalism from The University Of Ulster. I have had work published in the Belfast Telegraph and interviewed several local footballers and Olympic athletes. I also run my own sports blog, 'Sporting Thought' in addition to contributing to What Culture.
