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FREESTEVEN GERRARD: MY LIVERPOOL STORY EBOOK Steven Gerrard | 304 pages | 01 Dec 2012 | Headline Publishing Group | 9780755363940 | English | London, United Kingdom Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story by Steven Gerrard He spent the majority of his Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story career as a central midfielder for Liverpoolwith most of that time spent as club captainas well as Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story the England national team. Born in Whiston, MerseysideGerrard made his senior debut for Liverpool in In —01Gerrard helped Liverpool secure an unpredicted treble of cups, and after further cup success the next season, Gerrard was given the captaincy in InGerrard led Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story to a fifth European title, being named Man of the Match as Liverpool came from 3—0 down to defeat Milan in what became known as the Miracle of Istanbul. Both finals have since become widely regarded Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story amongst the greatest in the history of each competition. Despite collective and individual success, Gerrard never won the Premier Leaguefinishing runner-up with Liverpool on three occasions. He joined Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy in where he spent one-and-a-half seasons before his retirement in At international level, Gerrard is the fourth-most capped player in the history of the England national football team with caps, scoring 21 goals. Gerrard made his international debut inand represented his country at theand UEFA European Football Championshipsas well as theand FIFA World Cupscaptaining the team for the latter two tournaments. Gerrard won his th cap inbecoming the sixth player to reach that milestone for England. Gerrard announced his retirement from international football in After retiring from playing football, Gerrard became a coach in the Liverpool youth academy and managed their under team during the —18 season, before becoming manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers ahead of the — 19 season. Born in Whiston, Merseyside[2] Gerrard started out playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors, where he was noticed by Liverpool scouts. He joined the Liverpool Academy at age nine. Although not a Catholic and living outside the catchment area, Gerrard attended Cardinal Heenan Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story High School upon the recommendation of his primary school teacher, whose husband was a PE teacher there, Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story to its superior football reputation over more local schools. Gerrard's trials included Manchester Unitedwhich he claimed in his autobiography was "to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract. Gerrard made his Liverpool first-team debut on 29 November in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers as a last-minute substitute for Vegard Heggem. Gerrard began to regularly partner Redknapp in central midfield for the — season. After starting the derby against Everton Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story the bench, he replaced Robbie Fowler in the second half but received his first career red card for a challenge to the upper leg of Everton's Kevin Campbell shortly afterwards in a game Liverpool lost 1—0. He went on to recover from this, and in the —01 season he made fifty starts in all competitions and scored ten goals as he won his first major honours with Liverpool—the FA CupFootball League Cupand the UEFA Cup. Houllier resigned as Liverpool manager Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story a trophy-less —04 campaignand Gerrard was linked with a move to Chelsea during the off-season. He admitted he was not "happy with the progress Liverpool has made", and that "for the Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story time in my career I've thought about the possibility of moving on. Liverpool had a number of injuries early in the —05 seasonand a foot injury suffered in a September league match against Manchester United shelved Gerrard until late November. He returned to score in the last five minutes of a Champions League group stage match against Olympiacos to secure Liverpool's advancement to the knockout round. During a six-minute stretch in the second half of the Champions League final against A. MilanLiverpool came back Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story a three-goal deficit to tie the match at 3—3 after extra time, with Gerrard scoring one of the goals, a Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story from a John Arne Riise cross. Xabi Alonso's penalty was saved by Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story but the Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story was scored. In regards to his contract issues with Liverpool, Gerrard told the press after the final, "How can I leave after a night like this? Parry conceded the club had lost Gerrard, saying, "Now we have to move on. We have done our best, but he has made it clear he wants to go and I think it looks pretty final. Gerrard stated upon signing the contract that he would rather win one Premier League medal than win multiple titles at Chelsea as it would mean more to him. Gerrard suffered a toe fracture in an August Champions League qualifier against Toulouse[39] but returned four days later to play the entirety of a 1—1 league draw against Chelsea. Gerrard made his th Premier League appearance on 13 April in a match against Blackburn Rovers, scoring the opening goal in a game which Liverpool won 3—1, [46] [47] and finished the season with twenty-one goals in all competitions, surpassing his total from the —07 season. Gerrard needed to undergo groin surgery at the beginning of the —09 seasonbut the problem was not serious and he quickly returned to training. He made his th appearance in European club competition for Liverpool on 10 March against Real Madrid and scored twice in a 4—0 win. On 13 MayGerrard was named as the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Yearbeating Ryan Giggs by just 10 votes and becoming the first Liverpool player to win the award in nineteen years. Gerrard was delighted and "a little bit surprised" to win the award. Gerrard missed the start of the —12 season due to a groin injury, which had also kept him out of action for large parts of the previous season. On Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story October, Gerrard underwent a treatment to clear an infection in his right ankle, which was placed in a protective plaster cast. He was forced to miss Liverpool's league match against West Bromwich Albion that day and was ruled out for at least the match against Swansea City the following week and England's friendly matches against Sweden and Spain the week after that. On 30 December, Gerrard came off the bench against Newcastle United and scored a fine goal. Gerrard went on to help Liverpool to reach their first Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story final in 6 years, and their first at Wembley Stadium in 18 years, as Liverpool beat Manchester City 3—2 on aggregate in the semi-finals. Gerrard scored a penalty in both legs to send Liverpool to the Football Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story Cup Final against Cardiff City on 26 Februarywhich Liverpool won on penalties. On 18 AugustGerrard played his th match as Liverpool captain. On 15 JulyGerrard signed a contract extension with Liverpool. Liverpool won the match 2—0, in a game where past players such as Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler made appearances. On 5 October, Gerrard scored in a 3 —1 win over Crystal Palacebecoming Liverpool's first ever player to score in 15 successive league campaigns, overtaking the record previously set by Billy Liddell. These goals took him above Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's sixth- top goalscorer of all time. On 27 April, Gerrard was involved in what was later labelled as a defining moment of the —14 Premier League season; where Liverpool would ultimately finish second. Gerrard slipped while receiving a pass which allowed Demba Ba to score the opening goal for Chelsea; Chelsea went on to win 2—0, which meant that Liverpool's title hopes were no Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story in their own hands. In OctoberGerrard ruled out retiring at the end of the —15 season and said that he could join another club if he were not offered a new contract at Liverpool. By that time, Brendan Rodgers had spoken to him about managing his playing time and he had been left out of the starting line-up against Real Madrid in the Champions League, contributing to his decision to leave Liverpool. On 22 March, Gerrard was sent off 38 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute in a match against Manchester United for stamping on Ander Herrera. He joined the team in July, following the end of the —15 Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story League season. After Galaxy was eliminated from the MLS Cup Playoffs by Seattle Sounders FCGerrard announced that he may retire insaying that he found unexpected difficulty in the long journeys to away matches in the United States, and the diverse altitude and weather across the country. Gerrard took and scored Los Angeles' first spot-kick but the club were eliminated after Giovanni dos Santos and Ashley Cole failed to convert. Gerrard made his international debut against Ukraine on 31 May Before the Euro he won the only trophy with the national team in his career - friendly FA Summer Tournament [] Gerrard scored his second goal for the national team in the Euro qualifier against Macedonia on 16 October in a 2—2 draw, his third goal was the opener in a 2—1 win over Serbia and Montenegro on 3 June Gerrard was made vice-captain of the England team by coach Steve McClaren[] Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story while he filled in for John Terry as captain, England suffered back-to-back losses to Russia and Croatia that ended their Euro qualifying hopes.