Peter Beardsley was born in Newcastle, England in 1961 and was signed by Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish at the beginning of the 1987-88 season, for a then British record transfer fee of £1.9million, from Beardsley's hometown club Newcastle United.
Ironically Beardsley had been released by Newcastle in his early career, before being re-signed for £150,00. During a turbulent early career Beardsley had also signed for Manchester United for £250,000 before being released on a free contract after playing just one game for them, he also had short spells at Carlisle United and Vancouver in Canada.
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Beardsley signed for Liverpool at the same time as John Barnes, and along with John Aldridge, would develop a fearsome striking force at Liverpool. The new strike force at Liverpool had taken over from Ian Rush, who had left for Juventus and Kenny Dalglish, who had become player manager, by this stage however Dalglish's appearances on the pitch were very infrequent.
Although the Dalglish and Rush era would be a big act to follow, the new attacking trio didn't take long to gel and Beardsley soon signalled his intent during a 2-1 victory over Arsenal, and his first goals soon followed.
During his first season at Liverpool, Peter Beardsley scored 18 goals and played in 48 games as Liverpool won the First Division title in style. During the 1989 season, which was marred by the Hillsborough tragedy, Liverpool beat local rivals Everton in the FA Cup Final.
Liverpool went onto to win another League title with the help Peter Beardsley, in 1990. With the return of Ian Rush, Beardsley formed the main striking partnership and scored 10 goals in 29 games that season.
When Graeme Souness was appointed as Liverpool manager and the signing of Dean Saunders in the summer of 1991, saw Beardsley first team appearances diminish and in a nearly unprecedented move, he signed for Everton for one million pounds.
In total Peter Beardsley made 175 appearances and scored 59 goals for Liverpool, and many believe his greatest Liverpool game was a hat-trick he scored against arch rivals Manchester United, and his outstanding performance against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi final when he scored one and created another two goals for Liverpool, will never be forgotten.
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