Matip Announces His Retirement From Football

Former Liverpool defender Joel Matip has announced his retirement from football aged 33.

The defender joined the Reds in 2016 from German side Schalke and went on to make 201 appearances for Liverpool, winning five major trophies.

Matip provided an assist in the 2019 Champions League final for Divock Origi's goal in the 2-0 victory against Tottenham in Madrid, helping Liverpool win their sixth European Cup.

Injuries limited the defender to just nine appearances in Liverpool's 2019-20 Premier League-winning side, which ended the club's 30-year wait for a league title.

Matip left Liverpool at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, having sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury which curtailed his final season at the club.

He earned 27 caps for his country and retires as a free agent, having failed to join another club following his departure from Liverpool.

Ex Liverpool & Scotland midfielder Cormack dies

Former Liverpool and Scotland midfielder Peter Cormack has died at the age of 78.

Cormack, who earned nine international caps, won two league titles, the Uefa Cup and FA Cup during a four-year spell at Anfield between 1972 and 1976 working under manager Bill Shankly.

Born in Edinburgh, he was a youth signing with Heart of Midlothian, but it was with city rivals Hibs where he broke into the first team, playing 182 times across seven years before moving to Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Bristol City, with whom he won the Anglo-Scottish Cup.

He returned to Scotland for a second spell at Easter Road before finishing his playing career with Partick Thistle.

Cormack began his managerial career with Thistle and also had spells in charge of Anorthosis, Botswana, Cowdenbeath and Greenock Morton.

Liverpool FC Stats

Season	Competiton	Played	Goals	Assists	Y-YR-R	Mins
76/77	Charity Shield	-	-	-	- / - / -	-
75/76	First Division (- 91/92)	17	1	3	- / - / -	1.462'
75/76	UEFA Cup	4	-	-	- / - / -	315'
75/76	League Cup	3	-	-	- / - / -	270'
74/75	First Division (- 91/92)	36	3	1	- / - / -	2.992'
74/75	FA Cup	2	-	-	- / - / -	180'
74/75	Cup Winners' Cup	3	1	1	- / - / -	133'
74/75	League Cup	2	-	-	- / - / -	180'
74/75	Charity Shield	1	-	-	- / - / -	120'
73/74	First Division (- 91/92)	42	9	-	- / - / -	3.630'
73/74	FA Cup	8	1	1	- / - / -	720'
73/74	League Cup	6	1	-	- / - / -	540'
73/74	European Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
72/73	UEFA Cup	10	1	2	1 / - / -	900'
72/73	First Division (- 91/92)	30	8	4	- / - / 1	2.687'
72/73	FA Cup	4	1	1	- / - / -	322'
72/73	League Cup	8	-	-	- / - / -	750'

RIP Peter

On This Day - Premier League Results 12th October

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Att
12-Oct-1996	Manchester United	Old Trafford	L	0-1	55,128

UEFA Cup 2-2 Draw

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
16/09/1997	R1	Celtic	A	D	2-2	48,526
03/11/1998	R2 2	Valencia	A	D	2-2	53,000
23/11/2000	R3	Olympiakos	A	D	2-2	43,855

UEFA Cup 1-1 Draw

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
14/04/1976	SF	Barcelona	H	D	1-1	55,104
19/05/1976	Final	FC Bruges	A	D	1-1	29,423
13/03/2003	QF 1L	Celtic	A	D	1-1	59,759
24/09/2003	R1	O Ljubljana	A	D	1-1	10,000
06/11/2003	R2	S Bucharest	A	D	1-1	20,000
11/03/2004	R4	Marseille	H	D	1-1	41,270

UEFA Cup 0-0 Draw

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
26/09/1972	R1	E Frankfurt	A	D	0-0	17,500
29/11/1972	R3	Dynamo Berlin	A	D	0-0	15,835
03/03/1976	R4	Dynamo Dresden	A	D	0-0	32,182
26/09/1995	R1	S Vladikavkaz	H	D	0-0	35,042
17/10/1995	R2	Brondby IF	A	D	0-0	37,648
30/09/1997	R1	Celtic	H	D	0-0	38,205
20/10/1998	R2 1	Valencia	H	D	0-0	26,004
28/09/2000	R1	Rapid Bucharest	H	D	0-0	37,954
08/03/2001	QF	FC Porto	A	D	0-0	21,502
05/04/2001	SF	Barcelona	A	D	0-0	90,832

UEFA Cup 3-1 Defeat

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
24/11/1998	R3 1	Celta Vigo	A	L	1-3	24,600

UEFA Cup 2-1 Defeat

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
25/04/1973	SF	Tottenham H	A	L	1-2	46,919
18/03/1992	QF	Genoa	H	L	1-2	38,840
25/03/2004	R4	Marseille	A	L	1-2	58,000

UEFA Cup 3-0 Defeat

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
21/10/1997	R2	Strasbourg	A	L	0-3	18,813

UEFA Cup 2-0 Defeat

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Score	Att
23/05/1973	Final	Borussia Moen	A	L	0-2	34,905
23/10/1991	R2	Auxerre	A	L	0-2	20,000
04/03/1992	QF	Genoa	A	L	0-2	40,000
20/03/2003	QF 2L	Celtic	H	L	0-2	44,238