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Best best goals-to-game ratio in a Red shirt (post-war)

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No.10: Billy Liddell (0.427 goals per game)

Many Kopites still believe Liddell is the finest player to have ever pulled on the red shirt. Some fans even renamed the club 'Liddellpool' in his honour. He made his debut in January 1946 and gets us started with 228 goals in 534 games.​
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No.9: Albert Stubbins (0.467 goals per game)

Stubbins was one of Liverpool's most popular players in the period immediately following the end of the Second World War. Already a prolific marksman when signed from Newcastle, he netted 83 goals in 178 games for the Reds.

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No.8: John Evans (0.495 goals per game)

Evans (middle) is one of five players to have scored five goals in a single game for Liverpool. Born in Essex, he arrived from Charlton in 1953 and over the next four years plundered 53 goals in 107 appearances.

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No.7: Robbie Fowler (0.496 goals per game)

Christened 'God' by the Kop, Fowler is one of the most revered players in Anfield history. He's also one of the most prolific. Robbie's killer touch helped him fire 183 goals in 369 games for the Reds.​
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No.6: Ian Rush (0.524 goals per game)

Rush's predatory instincts were instrumental in the Reds dominating the game for most of the 1980s. No-one has scored more in a Liverpool shirt than Ian Rush. The famous stats - 346 goals in 660 games.​
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No.5: Michael Owen (0.532 goals per game)

Owen is one of 11 Reds to have scored over 100 league goals for the club. The man who stunned Kopites with a switch to Manchester United was clinical in Liverpool red, netting 158 goals in 297 games.​
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No.4: Luis Suarez (0.549 goals per game)

Suarez's slick finish against Tottenham took his tally of Liverpool goals to 50 and therefore made him eligible for this countdown. His half-century of frightening finishes have come in 92 games since January 2011.​
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No.3: Fernando Torres (0.570 goals per game)

Few have been adored by the Kop as much as Torres, fewer have left the club in such unpalatable circumstances. But fewer still have been so ruthless in front of goal. El Nino fired 81 goals in 142 Liverpool games.

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No.2: Roger Hunt (0.581 goals per game)

To this day no-one has scored more for the Reds in the league than Hunt, who notched a massive 286 goals in 492 games. However, one player has a better goals-to-game ratio...​
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No.1: John Aldridge (0.606 goals per game)

Aldo is Liverpool's most prolific post-war goal-getter. Born in Garston, he started out playing for amateur side South Liverpool from where he moved to Newport and Oxford before signing for Liverpool in 1987. He scored 63 in 104 games.​
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I really wish I knew more about Hunt. He sounds a phenomenal player and I wish there was more footage of him in action.
 
I really wish I knew more about Hunt. He sounds a phenomenal player and I wish there was more footage of him in action.

The more one reads about Aldo, the more one realizes how phenomenal he was. Best penalty conversion % in our history, best goals per game etc ... Why did we let him go again?
 
It was strange, he never looked as dangerous as Rushie at his peak, no one went round raving about how he was on fire, but he kept slotting in the goals.
 
Was it because Rush was coming back and the both of them couldn't play in the same team for tactical reasons? Football then wasnt really a squad game as it is now.
 
The more one reads about Aldo, the more one realizes how phenomenal he was. Best penalty conversion % in our history, best goals per game etc ... Why did we let him go again?
Was that penalty at Wembley the only one he missed for us?
 
Was it because Rush was coming back and the both of them couldn't play in the same team for tactical reasons? Football then wasnt really a squad game as it is now.

I think partly. As you say, clubs didn't have lots of back up players then and I guess Rush and Beardsley were first choice, which didn't leave a lot of room for Aldridge.

Strange though really that later that season we signed Ronny Rosenthal, so clearly needed another striker, and the following year Kenny seemed to go off Beardsley as well.
 
The more one reads about Aldo, the more one realizes how phenomenal he was. Best penalty conversion % in our history, best goals per game etc ... Why did we let him go again?

I read somewhere once he never got over that miss.
I'll never forget his touchline rant at the fourth official who wasn't letting him against Mexico in the 94 WC. He scored shortly after comnig on too. Was boss.
 
Was it because Rush was coming back and the both of them couldn't play in the same team for tactical reasons? Football then wasnt really a squad game as it is now.

Aldo hates when people say that and as adament they could play well together.
 
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