Matchworn Steven Gerrard Liverpool debut season 1998/99!
No way! This shirt comes as matchworn from various games and was given to the previous owner in the latter part of the 1998/99 season (1999) as a gift directly from Steven Gerrard after a Premier League match. It is a great and rare shirt for any respectable collector as Gerrard only featured for Liverpool 13 times in his debut season 1998/99!
Gerrard made his Liverpool first-team debut on 29 November 1998 in a Premier League match against Blackburn as a last-minute substitute for Vegard Heggem. He made thirteen appearances in his debut season, filling in for injured captain Jamie Redknapp in centre-midfield. He also occasionally played on the right wing, but he scarcely contributed in the short on-pitch time he received, due to nervousness affecting his play.
“I was out of position and out of my depth.” Gerrard saw himself as a defensive player primarily, looking to make key tackles rather than push the team forward. Now we all know better – what a player captaining both club and country and what a historic matchworn shirt this is!
Steven Gerrard went on to make 504 appearances for Liverpool, and scoring 120 goals.
- FA Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06
- Football League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12
- FA Community Shield: 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001
Shirt features and condition:
- Liverpool home shirt, long sleeves
- Liverpool FC emblem on chest
- Premier League sleeve patches
- Reebok shirt sponsor
- Carlsberg club sponsor
- Premier League Shirt number #28
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