Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
Jack Butland has Rangers bug as cult hero hopes goalkeeper is hooked on Ibrox buzz that got him 'good and proper'
dailyrecord.co.ukAndy Firth didn’t need to step foot on the pitch to find himself hooked on the adrenaline rush of a big Euro night at Rangers.Now as rumours of January interest in new Ibrox No.1 Jack Butland start to swirl, the former Light Blues back-up keeper is keeping fingers crossed his fellow Englishman’s star status in Philippe Clement's side will ensure his Ibrox infatuation remains every bit as strong as his own.
Firth became something of a cult figure with the Gers support despite registering only a single appearance for Steven Gerrard’s side.
But the feeling worked both ways and the former Liverpool trainee - now playing with Welsh outfit Connah’s Quay Nomads - found himself leaping about the stands just as wildly as any of the born-and-raised Bluenoses he was sat beside during the club’s Europa League thrill ride to Seville.The punters lapped up the Yorkshireman’s antics, with the convert keeper regularly first into embrace Gerrard and his team after big wins.
But they’ve taken to new shot-stopper Butland with even keener zeal thanks to the former Stoke, Birmingham and Crystal Palace ace’s heroics in goal this season.
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