A player from our history

Steve Heighway

Heighway often took the “highway” up the left wing, riding tackles, showing perfect ball-control at breakneck speed, delivering great passes. He was one of the greatest entertainers who has ever graced the Liverpool shirt. Heighway was spotted playing for non-league Skelmersdale United by Bob Paisley’s sons, Graham and Robert. Bob sr. himself decided to have a look and was very impressed. “When I first saw him he almost took my breath away because he had “Star” written all over him and he was playing for Skelmersdale against South Liverpool,”...

Born:
25 November 1947
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
Other Clubs:
Skelmersdale United (1966-70), Minnesota Kicks (1981)
Signed from:
Skelmersdale United
Joined Liverpool:
19.05.1970
Contract Expiry:
24.04.1981
Debut:
29 Aug 1970
First goal:
17 Oct 1970
Last goal:
11 Nov 1978
Last appearance:
08 Apr 1981
Games/goals ratio:
6.25
Games/assists ratio:
7.09
Win ratio:
52.63% W:250 D:128 L:97
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
331 / 50 / 40
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
475 / 76 / 67
Honours:
League Championship 1972/73, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80; FA Cup 1974; European Cup 1977, 1978; UEFA Cup 1973, 1976; European Super Cup 1977; League Cup 1981
International debut:
23.09.1970 vs. Poland
International caps:
34/0 - 09.09.1981
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 331 36 38 67 3 475
1970-1971 33 7 2 7 0 49
1971-1972 40 2 3 4 1 50
1972-1973 38 4 8 12 0 62
1973-1974 36 6 6 4 0 52
1974-1975 35 2 4 4 1 46
1975-1976 39 2 2 11 0 54
1976-1977 39 7 2 9 1 58
1977-1978 28 1 8 9 0 46
1978-1979 28 5 1 3 0 37
1979-1980 9 0 1 1 0 11
1980-1981 6 0 1 3 0 10
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 50 8 7 11 0 76
1970-1971 4 2 0 1 0 7
1971-1972 5 0 2 1 0 8
1972-1973 6 0 2 2 0 10
1973-1974 5 2 1 0 0 8
1974-1975 9 1 2 1 0 13
1975-1976 4 0 0 2 0 6
1976-1977 8 3 0 3 0 14
1977-1978 5 0 0 1 0 6
1978-1979 4 0 0 0 0 4
1979-1980 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980-1981 0 0 0 0 0 0

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