Liverpool Legend Retires

Sposs

The Great Jason McAteer has hung up his boots.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/6745631.stm

Tusky

Would you really call him a legend ?

el rabitos

legend? pfft

mike65

I thought this was a Robbie Fowler thread! McAteer was archetypal Roy Evans signing - some flair and speed but hardly going to win anything.

Mike.

RE*AC*TOR

By jesus he was the best crosser of the ball in the premiership for a while there.

Drag00n79

I think the word legend is bandied around too much.

Guy:Incognito

He was still playing? :eek:

Hardly worthy of Legend status. Always a very good Div 1 (championship) player. Was never a great player at premiership level. Very worhty of the nickname Trigger though.

Dont be at yourself

A video of his skills from youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RojpJ843Mko

That did really happen, right?

stovelid

Legend is a bit of a long word for him. He may not understand it.

zing

Credit where it's due lads - trigger is/was defo a legend. Just not a footballing legend

Hobart

zing wrote:

Credit where it's due lads - trigger is/was defo a legend. Just not a footballing legend

Totally agree. While he may not have had the world at his footballing feet (remember Maradonna was around while he was playing)the sum of all his parts should give him legend status. Those of you who followed his carrer will be familiar with one of his faux pais:

"Hey Alex....One Hundred and EEEEEIggghttttyyyyyyyy" quickly followed by a laugh and a thumbs up!!!

If that's not a legend, nothing is.

Guy:Incognito

Hobart wrote:

(remember Maradonna was around while he was playing).

Only in fat, coke-head form tho.

Dub13

Ireland Legend maybe,Liverpool Legend not a chance.

PHB

I love that ad, I really don't like him though.

aidan24326

Right up there with Ronnie Rosenthal and Mike Marsh as Liverpool legends.

Not sure what the hell he was doing in an Ireland shirt though, the lad is a scouser through and through.

Hobart

Stekelly wrote:

Only in fat, coke-head form tho.

My comment was made with a tad of irony......:p

yayamark

More like a Leg-End !:p

Benedict XVI

aidan24326 wrote:

Right up there with Ronnie Rosenthal and Mike Marsh as Liverpool legends.

Not sure what the hell he was doing in an Ireland shirt though, the lad is a scouser through and through.

I think he got away with it on the very doggy rule that he had a grandparent born in what is now Northern Ireland prior to 1921.

Made two big contributions in his football ife

1. Playing a blinder to knock Liverpool out of the FA cup in '93/'94 while with Bolton
2. Scoring for Ireland v Holland in 2001

As stated above, hardly a legend

yom 1

Hobart wrote:

"Hey Alex....One Hundred and EEEEEIggghttttyyyyyyyy" quickly followed by a laugh and a thumbs up!!!

If that's not a legend, nothing is.

Did he not say that to Jimmy White in a pub in dublin one night? I'm nearly certain it was Jimmy White.

Another one of his was he ordered a pizza. Girl asked him did he want it cut into four or eight slices to which he replied "Four, Jesus I couldnt eat eight"!!!

Sposs

Sorry lads i presumed you would have realised that when i used "legend" it was dripping in sarcasm

He's a legend as in the same category as jason "pineapple head" lee with Notts Forest and the next Paul Mc Grath Phil Babb.

zing

Benedict XVI wrote:

Made two big contributions in his football ife

iirc he was also one of the main organisers behind the tsunami relief match at Anfield a couple of years back. That to me counts as a very big and noble contribution.

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Just thought I'd stick this in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc4GANla5I

Smarmore

Best Trigger moment was when one of the Liverpool lads got their keys locked in the car. Trigger stumbled along and they asked him to go in and get a clothes hanger to jimmy the lock. Jason came back with a clothes hanger alright....





a wooden one!!!!!!

Absolute legend. Remember that goal against Brazil!!! Magic.

kronsington

my favourite story is when he was ordering a pizza and was asked whether he would like it cut into quarters or eights to which he replied something along the lines of "stick with 4 mate, i could never eat 8"

these are also from wikipedia

Jason McAteer is also famous for the fact that, when he was asked on a credit card application to state his position in the company in which he worked, his response was "I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing me at right wing back."

Jason once ordered a pizza when dining at a restaurant with his team-mates. When asked if he wanted it cut into four or eight slices, he replied "Four, because I'm not that hungry."

Alan Thompson, an ex-Bolton team mate of Jason's, once asked McAteer to "Pass the tomato ketchup;" the answer Alan received was "Red or brown?"

While once playing snooker with his friend Paddy McGuiness, he was heard shouting "One-hundred and eighty!" after potting.

but mainly ill remember him for those ****ty shamppo ads

thanks for the dutch goal trigger!

Jesus Wept

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

By jesus he was the best crosser of the ball in the premiership for a while there.

45 mins??

KdjaCL

The-Rigger wrote:

45 mins??

No rly, he was opta thingy best crosser in the prem for a while.


kdjac

Pigman II

Ah Trigger ya be eejit

From the sublime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ_l0d2r4Mo

to the ridiculous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc4GANla5I

TBH he should have been permanently kicked off the Ireland team for that Macedonia indicident as far as I'm concerned.

SCULLY

His best match was when he wound up Keane who then got himself sent off (write it in your book!).

For that alone he is a legend!!