Merseyside icon says one thing he did at Everton and Liverpool will ‘never be done again’

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Steve McMahon has stated that his feats at Everton and Liverpool are unlikely to be repeated.

In his playing career, Steve McMahon represented and captained both Liverpool and Everton.

The midfielder began his career at Goodison Park, having at one point been a ball boy there. He made his Everton league debut in 1980, and racked up over 100 appearances for the club before leaving to join Aston Villa in 1983.

He arrived at Anfield in 1985, becoming player-manager Kenny Dalglish’s first signing for the Reds. McMahon went on to enjoy a successful six year spell at Liverpool, in which time he made 276 appearances, won three league titles and two FA Cups.

Now, looking back on his career, the 62-year-old believes some of his achievements cannot be repeated in the modern game.

Speaking to The Liverpool Echo, McMahon was asked if he thinks any future player will emulate him in captaining both Merseyside clubs. He said, “I’m not sure. Who knows? I captained both, and I played for both.”

“I played with both player-managers, which I believe will never be done again. I was just proud to be a Scouser, basically, and play for two fantastic clubs.”

Everton ready for derby boost

The age of the player-manager is certainly over. Sean Dyche is highly unlikely to don his boots at any point in this weekend’s Merseyside derby. In that sense, it is essentially guaranteed that no player will ever replicate McMahon’s experience.

In truth, it would be hard for a modern player to captain both Everton and Liverpool during their career, too. The rivalry has become increasing fraught and bitter with the passing years.

McMahon is rightly proud of his history with the city. He said, “I’m proud, as I say, to be a Scouser. I played for Everton and captained Everton. I played for Liverpool and captained Liverpool. It doesn’t get much better than that.”

McMahon’s career is just one part of the epic shared history between Liverpool and Everton. Another passage of the story will be written when the teams face off at Anfield on Saturday.

A win would give Everton a huge boost in confidence, especially with all of the anxiety and uncertainty swirling around the club at present to do with the potential change in ownership.