mardi 14 janvier 2014

Ireland - SPORT

John William Aldridge 


The nationality of John William Aldridge of Irish from the Republic Of Ireland
The birth of John William Aldridge is September 18th, 1958
The place is Liverpool (England)
He played as a Forward striker for Liverpool.
He is a football player who has changed position as a Forward player and born in England, he defended the colors of the selection.


Football Carreer

His first professional club was Newport country in 1986. He won the Cup in the league with Liverpool FC but soon John Aldridge, already 28 years old, signed for his departure for the Juventus.

He played in several country clubs like Newport 1979-1984 and scored 213 passes (90 goals). From 1984 to 1987 he scored 141 passes (90 goals) and from 1987 to 1989 Liverpool he scored 104passes (63 goals) Between 1989 and 1991 he played for the Real Sociedad and scored 75 passes (40 goals) Between 1991 and 1989 he played for the Tranmere Rovers.

His first professional club was Newport Country in 1986. He won the league with Oxford United.
During the 1987-1988 season, Aldridge took over from Ian Rush in the team managed by Kenny Dalglish and scored 26 goals for Liverpool, who won the championship of England and faced in the final of the FA team cup the Wimbledon Football club. Aldridge missed a shot on a goal , which had never happened before in a Cup final at Wembley and Wimbledon won 1-0. In 1988-1989 Liverpool faced Everton in the Cup, Aldridge opened the scoring before being replaced by Rush who added two more goals late in the game. Liverpool accepted an offer from the then vice-champion of Spain, and Aldridge evolved during two seasons in the Basque club. His efficiency can not be denied since he scored 16 goals in 1989-1990 and 17 the following year, during which he was only surpassed by Emilio Butragueño the scorer . Aldridge finished his career in second division Tranmere , where he scored 40 goals in 1991-1992 equaling the club record. He became a player-coach in 1996 before hanging up his boots two years later. After the relegation of Tranmere in 2001, John Aldridge resigned as a coach to become a consultant

The Irish Team

Although he was born in England, John Aldridge was eligible to play in the Irish team through an Irish grandparent. They were part selected by Jack Charlton to participate in the Europe 1988 Championship, but, despite reinforcements, Ireland was eliminated in the first round of the championship. Aldridge was in the Irish selection that reached the quarter -finals of the 1990 World Cup. At the 1994 World Cup he was 35 years old and was used as a substitute by coach Jack Charlton . He entered late in the game and reduced the score against Mexico, who won 2-1 . Nevertheless, the Irish still passed the first round at the expense of Italy, before failing in 8th finals to the Netherlands. With a total of 19 goals John Aldridge remains to this day one of the best scorers in the Irish selection.



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