Gerrard: My Autobiography (57 page)

LIVERPOOL

Debut: 29 November 1998 v Blackburn Rovers (home) – league

First goal: 5 December 1999 v Sheffield Wednesday (home) – league

Tournaments played:

European Championships 2000

European Championships 2004

World Cup 2006

INDIVIDUAL HONOURS

PFA Young Player of the Year 2001

PFA Player of the Year 2006

MBE on Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2007

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Abramovich, Roman 325, 352

AC Milan
see
Milan

Adams, Tony 124, 146, 147, 153, 160, 173, 202, 226, 241

Adebayor, Emanuel 339

Agger, Daniel 480, 481

Alaves

UEFA Cup final against Liverpool (2001) 208–9

Aldridge, John 198

Alonso, Ivan 209

Alonso, Xabi 333, 343, 350, 375–6

Ambrosini, Massimo 485

Ancelotti, Carlo 376

Andorra

v. England in Euro 2008 491–3

Anelka, Nicolas 277–8

Argentina

v. England in World Cup (1998) 120

Arphexad, Pegguy 192

Arsenal 123, 275–6, 361

Community Shield match against Liverpool (2002) 225–6

FA Cup final against Liverpool (2001) 201–5

Ashton, Dean 425

Aston Villa 235

v. Liverpool (2001) 223, 235

Ayestarán, Pako 366

Babb, Phil 100, 101

Babbel, Markus 164, 182–3, 209

Ball, Michael 57, 60, 119

Ballack, Michael 275

Banczyk, Barry 30

Barcelona

UEFA Cup semi-final against Liverpool (2001) 206–7

v. Liverpool in European Cup (2007) 474–9

Bare Arse 21

Barmby, Nicky 190, 246

Barnes, John 19, 41, 63, 75, 78

Baros, Milan 342, 365, 374

Barry, Gareth 155, 168

Barry, Neale 237

Barton, Joey 22

Bascombe, Chris 287

Batistuta, Gabriel 206

Batty, David 197, 223

Bayer Leverkusen 274

v. Liverpool in European Cup (2005) 345

Beardsley, Peter 156, 157

Becker, Boris 259

Beckham, David 61, 124, 126, 131, 132, 153, 184, 247, 253, 292, 300–1, 493–4

abilities 256–7, 456–7

as captain of England 292

goal scored against Greece 256, 257

missed penalty at Euro 2004 316–17

resigns as captain 470–1

and World Cup (2006) 456–8

Bellamy, Craig 427, 477–8, 488

Benitez, Rafa 323–4, 328–30, 334, 336–7, 394–6

appointed as new Liverpool manager 328–9

and European Cup (2005) 341–2, 347, 351, 365–6, 370–1

and European Cup (2007) 474–7, 479–81, 485–6

and Gerrard’s contract 401–4, 405–7, 408

management style 336–8, 435–6

relationship with Gerrard 405, 435–7

and substitutions 341, 427

Bent, Darren 442

Berbatov, Dimitar 345

Berger, Patrik 81, 189–90

Bergkamp, Dennis 226

Bergues, Patrice 91, 92, 279, 322

Beswick, Bill 218–19

Bevington, Adrian 143, 455

Birmingham

Worthington Cup final against Liverpool (2001) 194–7

Biscan, Igor 321

Bjornebye, Stig Inge 81

Blackburn Rovers 102

Boardman, Stan 21

Boateng, George 223, 224–5, 229

Boggan, John 65–6, 70, 73, 82, 127, 360–1

Boixel, Philippe 260–1

Branch, Michael 30

Brazil

v. England in World Cup (2002) 266–7

Brown, Wes 57, 119, 212

Buffon, Gianluigi 346

Butt, Nicky 265

Camara, Titi 123

Camp Nou stadium 206–7

Campbell, Andy 136

Campbell, Kevin 219, 221

Campbell, Sol 126, 145, 306, 316

Cannavaro, Fabio 346

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School 31–4

Carling Cup final (2005) 396–7

Carragher, Jamie 52, 62, 63, 105, 134, 184–5, 196–7, 327–8, 329, 432–3, 483

alleged row with Gerrard over leaving Liverpool speculation 327–8

and European Cup (2005) 355–6, 375, 377–8

and European Cup (2007) 478, 479

marriage 406

own-goal in FA Cup final (2006) 425

and World Cup (2006) 466

Carson, Scott 347

Carvalho, Ricardo 460, 461, 480

Cass, Matty 66, 69

Cassidy, Jamie 52, 63

Cattrall, Kim 22

Cech, Petr 354, 355

Celta Vigo 100, 101, 109

Chadwick, Eric 31, 33

Chadwick, Mrs 31

Champions League
see
European Cup

Charlton Athletic 214

Chelsea 221

interest in signing Gerrard 321, 325, 326, 331–2, 407–8

lose in European Cup semi-final against Liverpool (2005) 348–57

lose in European Cup semi-final against Liverpool (2007) 479–81

v. Liverpool (2003) 230

v. Liverpool (2005) 237–8

win against Liverpool in Carling Cup final (2005) 396–7

Cheyrou, Bruno 276, 277

Cissé, Djibril 333–4, 425–6

Clattenburg, Mark 236, 237

club-versus-country debate 263

Cocu, Philip 207

Cole, Andy 126

Cole, Ashley 202, 315, 463

Cole, Joe 444, 452, 453, 481, 493

Collina, Pierluigi 238, 300, 316

Community Shield 225

Corrigan, Joe 232, 283–4

Cotton, Ian 287, 336

Cox, Arthur 145, 156

Croatia

v. England in Euro 2004 312–13

Crouch, Peter 21, 89, 426–7, 447, 452, 480, 493

Cruyff, Jordi 210

Crystal Palace

v. Liverpool in Worthington Cup (2001) 192–4

Culshaw, Tommy 52

Curran, Alex 264, 360, 399, 409–10, 414–22, 447–8, 473, 494–6

Dalglish, Kenny 19, 41

Davies, David 170

Day, Jamie 55

Defoe, Jermain 442, 493

Deisler, Sebastian 246

Denburn 30

Deportivo La Coruña 339

Diao, Salif 276, 277, 286

Dida 486

Dillon, Sean 32–3

Diouf, El-Hadji 276, 277, 278, 279

Don (caretaker) 67

Downing, Stewart 493

Drogba, Didier 480–1

Dudek, Jerzy 280, 380, 383

Dunbavin, Ian 66

Dunn, Steve 202

Dunne, Richard 119

Durkin, Paul 236

Dyer, Kieron 134, 136, 148

Ecuador

v. England in World Cup (2006) 456, 457

Elizondo, Horacio 460, 461, 465, 466

Enrique, Luis 207

Eriksson, Sven-Goran 242–4, 245, 249, 250, 252, 296–7, 303, 328

and Euro 2004 310–11, 318

relationship with and influence on Gerrard 328, 468–9

and World Cup (2006) 440–1, 444, 450, 451, 455, 468–70

Estonia

v. England in Euro 2008 493–4

Euro 1996 119

Euro 2000 150–78

calf injury 171–6

card school 154

homesickness felt 151–3, 155, 156–7, 168–9

match against Portugal 158–61

rioting of fans 169–70

time spent at Spa hotel and relationship with other players 153–7

training 157–8, 170–1

v. Germany 162–8

v. Romania 170–1, 176–7

Euro 2004 152, 301, 302–19, 324–6

formations 310

hotel stayed at 304

speculation over future of Gerrard with Liverpool during and stress caused by 324–32

spitting at by Frei 312

v. Croatia 312–13

v. France 305–9

v. Portugal 313–18

v. Switzerland 310–12

warm–up games 302–3

Euro 2008 490–4

v. Andorra 491–3

v. Estonia 493–4

European Cup 230, 231, 261

European Cup (2000) 274–5, 280

European Cup (2005) 338–88, 399–400

collecting of medals and lifting of Cup 385–8

fans 352–4, 359–60, 364–5, 370–2, 384, 391–2

v. Bayer Leverkusen 345

v. Olympiakos 339–44

v. Juventus (quarter-final) 346–8

v. Chelsea (semi-final) 348–57

v. Milan (final) 359–88, 487

victory celebrations 388–92

European Cup (2007) 474–89

v. Barcelona 474–9

v. Chelsea (semi-final) 479–81

v. Milan (final) 484–7

Evans, Roy 63, 74–5, 83, 84–5, 88, 94–5

Everton 42, 43–4, 60, 212–13, 219

v. Liverpool (2002) 226–8

FA Cup

(2001) 197–205

(2006) 423–34

Fazackerley, Derek 145, 157, 176

Feher, Csaba 461

Ferdinand, Anton 432

Ferdinand, Rio 62, 134, 197, 247, 454

missing of drugs test and talk of a strike by players 293–8

Ferguson, Sir Alex 60, 211–12, 325, 440

Figo, Luis 158, 159, 160, 313, 459

Finnan, Steve 304, 369

Fletcher, Carl 424

Fowler, Robbie 74, 76, 80, 107, 139, 141, 155, 252, 290, 419–20

France

v. England in Euro 2004 305–10

World Cup (2006) 472

Frei, Alexander 312

Galatasaray

v. Liverpool (2003) 231–3

Galley, Dave 258

Ganea, Viorel 233–4

Gascoigne, Paul 114–17, 307

Gattuso, Gennaro 369, 375, 485, 486–7

Germany

v. England in Euro 2000 162–7

v. England in World Cup qualifier (2000/2001) 239–40, 243–50

Gerrard, Anthony (cousin) 27

Gerrard, Julie (mum) 24–5, 28, 38, 49, 282, 329, 397–9

Gerrard, Leslie (uncle) 42–3

Gerrard, Lexie (daughter) 418–20, 449

Gerrard, Lilly-Ella (daughter) 410, 411, 414, 418–20

Gerrard, Paul (brother) 19, 22–3, 24–6, 38–9, 115–16, 282

Gerrard, Paul (dad) 25, 35, 37–8, 39–40, 48–9, 85, 110–11, 282, 288–9

Gerrard, Steven

Early Years

birth 21

family holidays 40–1

football kit collection 43–4

fork in foot accident and recuperation 15–20

playing football at St Michael’s Primary 29–30

playing football on Bluebell estate and pitches played on 22–4

schooling 28–30, 31–4, 63–4, 65

shoplifting incident 35–9

upbringing on Bluebell estate 20–3, 35–40

work experience at Melwood 62–3

Football Career

awarded Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year (2006) 423

back problems 132–3

clubs interested in whilst youngster 59–60

decline in form due to separation of parents 282–4

on diving 461–2

fixture against National School at Melwood 56–8

improvement in disciplinary record 235

injuries 82–5, 92–3, 123, 132–3, 150, 171–2, 192, 206, 239, 257–63, 348

Lilleshall trials and rejection 50–8, 59–60, 118

and passing 187

and penalty kicking 431–2

photo of in Everton strip 42–3

playing in Europe 216

and press 111, 142–3, 179–80, 251–3

and referees 235–8

tackles against 233–4