John Flanagan (English footballer)
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Jonathon Patrick "Jon" Flanagan (born 1 January 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool
as a full back. He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-0 win against Manchester City
on 11 April 2011. He is the nephew of QPR
right-back Bradley Orr
. He made his breakthrough towards the end of the 2010-2011 season with a string of solid performances.
in March 2010. Promoted to the reserve team at the start of the 2010-11 season, he first featured in the Lancashire Senior Cup
triumph over Oldham Athletic. He was subsequently picked out as one of the reserve team to watch by The Times
sport writer Tony Barrett.
at Anfield
on 11 April 2011 being handed the no. 38 shirt, playing at right back. Liverpool went on to win the game 3-0, with the 18 year-old playing the full 90 minutes.
Flanagan continued his spell in the first team to cover for the long term injuries of Martin Kelly
and Glen Johnson, making his second start the following weekend and playing the full match in a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium
against Arsenal, a game in which he accidentally knocked out stand-in captain Jamie Carragher
through a clash of heads. The incident did not faze the 18 year old as he gave an assured performance. In the following home match against Birmingham City
, alongside fellow Liverpool Academy Graduate Jack Robinson
, Flanagan again played the full 90 minutes and helped Liverpool
to keep a clean sheet in a 5-0 win. His performance earned him a place in BBC Sport
pundit Garth Crooks
's Premier League team of the week. In Flanagan's 5th start for Liverpool he was employed as a left back against Fulham, Liverpool winning the match 5-2. His next match against Tottenham
resulted in him conceding a controversial penalty for minimal contact on Tottenham's Steven Pienaar
. Liverpool lost the match 2-0, and thus falling out of a Europa League spot with one game left of the season and a point behind Tottenham. Flanagan was awarded Young player of the 2010-2011 season for his consistent contribution at right-back. He was delighted to receive this award, and said there were a number of names that helped him to progress so much. He quoted after receiving the reward "I would first of all like to thank the gaffer, Dalglish. He believed in me, and decided I was good enough for the starting line up, and I couldn't wish for a better manager to play under". On 8 July 2011 Flanagan signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool.
opening Premier League game of the season at home to Sunderland. The game ended 1-1. Flanagan played the full 90 minutes in Liverpool's
3-1 away win against Exeter City
in the League Cup
and made a late substitute appearance away to Brighton & Hove Albion
in the following round of the same competition.
squad for the first time although he had to withdraw due to a calf injury. In August 2011 he was named in the provisional squad for England's 2013 Under-21s qualifying matches for the first time. He made his debut in the 6-0 win over Azerbaijan. As of the 22nd of November, John has been thinking about changing his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland. He qualifies for the Republic because of his Irish grandfather.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
as a full back. He made his debut for Liverpool in a 3-0 win against Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
on 11 April 2011. He is the nephew of QPR
QPR
QPR usually refers to Queens Park Rangers F.C., an English football club.QPR may also refer to:*Queen + Paul Rodgers, a 2004-2009 musical supergroup*Queen's Park Rangers , a football club playing in the Grenada League...
right-back Bradley Orr
Bradley Orr
Bradley James Orr is an English defender currently playing for Queens Park Rangers. He has played for the club since July 2010, joining for an undisclosed fee from Bristol City....
. He made his breakthrough towards the end of the 2010-2011 season with a string of solid performances.
Academy and stepping up to the reserves
While still in the U18 side, he made his reserve debut at Hull CityHull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
in March 2010. Promoted to the reserve team at the start of the 2010-11 season, he first featured in the Lancashire Senior Cup
Lancashire Senior Cup
The Lancashire County Football Association Cup , is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Lancashire, England and surrounding areas. It is a County Cup competition of the Lancashire County Football Association and involves Premier League clubs and Football League clubs...
triumph over Oldham Athletic. He was subsequently picked out as one of the reserve team to watch by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
sport writer Tony Barrett.
First team debut and breakthrough season
Flanagan made his first team debut when he started the Premier League game against Manchester CityManchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
on 11 April 2011 being handed the no. 38 shirt, playing at right back. Liverpool went on to win the game 3-0, with the 18 year-old playing the full 90 minutes.
Flanagan continued his spell in the first team to cover for the long term injuries of Martin Kelly
Martin Kelly
Martin Ronald Kelly is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool as a right back, although he spent most of his Academy career playing as a centre back.-2007–08:...
and Glen Johnson, making his second start the following weekend and playing the full match in a 1-1 draw at the Emirates Stadium
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
against Arsenal, a game in which he accidentally knocked out stand-in captain Jamie Carragher
Jamie Carragher
James Lee Duncan "Jamie" Carragher is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League side Liverpool...
through a clash of heads. The incident did not faze the 18 year old as he gave an assured performance. In the following home match against Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
, alongside fellow Liverpool Academy Graduate Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson (footballer born 1993)
Jack Robinson is an English professional footballer playing for Liverpool. He is the youngest ever player to have played for the club, having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 250 days old....
, Flanagan again played the full 90 minutes and helped Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
to keep a clean sheet in a 5-0 win. His performance earned him a place in BBC Sport
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
pundit Garth Crooks
Garth Crooks
Garth Anthony Crooks OBE is a retired English football player of Jamaican ancestry. He played principally for Stoke City and Tottenham, with whom he was a prolific goal scorer and an FA Cup winner at Wembley in 1981...
's Premier League team of the week. In Flanagan's 5th start for Liverpool he was employed as a left back against Fulham, Liverpool winning the match 5-2. His next match against Tottenham
Tottenham
Tottenham is an area of the London Borough of Haringey, England, situated north north east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:Tottenham is believed to have been named after Tota, a farmer, whose hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book; hence Tota's hamlet became Tottenham...
resulted in him conceding a controversial penalty for minimal contact on Tottenham's Steven Pienaar
Steven Pienaar
Steven Jerome Pienaar is a South African footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can play on either the right or left wing and is also a member of the South African national team. Pienaar has previously played for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Everton...
. Liverpool lost the match 2-0, and thus falling out of a Europa League spot with one game left of the season and a point behind Tottenham. Flanagan was awarded Young player of the 2010-2011 season for his consistent contribution at right-back. He was delighted to receive this award, and said there were a number of names that helped him to progress so much. He quoted after receiving the reward "I would first of all like to thank the gaffer, Dalglish. He believed in me, and decided I was good enough for the starting line up, and I couldn't wish for a better manager to play under". On 8 July 2011 Flanagan signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool.
2011–12 season
Flanagan played the full 90 minutes in Liverpool'sLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
opening Premier League game of the season at home to Sunderland. The game ended 1-1. Flanagan played the full 90 minutes in Liverpool's
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
3-1 away win against Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
in the League Cup
2011–12 Football League Cup
The 2011–12 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, is the 52nd season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs...
and made a late substitute appearance away to Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
in the following round of the same competition.
International career
In May 2011 he was called up to the England Under-19England national under-19 football team
-Other matches:-Latest squad:The following players were named in the squad for the friendly match against Denmark.- Recent call-ups :The following players have also been called up to the England under-19 squad and remain eligible.-Past squads:...
squad for the first time although he had to withdraw due to a calf injury. In August 2011 he was named in the provisional squad for England's 2013 Under-21s qualifying matches for the first time. He made his debut in the 6-0 win over Azerbaijan. As of the 22nd of November, John has been thinking about changing his allegiance to the Republic of Ireland. He qualifies for the Republic because of his Irish grandfather.
Career statistics
| Season | Club | Division | League | FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... |
Europe UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer.... |
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| 2010–11 2010–11 in English football The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football in England.The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting eight days later on 14 August 2010. The Championship, League One, and League Two ended on 7 May... |
Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011–12 2011–12 in English football The 2011–12 season is the 132nd season of competitive football in England.The season began on 5 August 2011 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier starting eight days later, League Football Conference Starting one day before Premier League starts.The Championship, League One, and League Two... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
