every 2.8 games. Fairclough left Liverpool on 4 July 1983 after a loan spell at NASL side Toronto Blizzard. He then moved to the Swiss side FC Lucerne before returning to England for spells with Manchester City, Norwich, Oldham Athletic and Rochdale. He moved overseas once more to Belgium club Beveren for three seasons before returning home for stints with Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic. He ended his playing days at non-league Knowsley. Later life and legacy Fairclough now works as a pundit and also on the after-dinner circuit, he also writes a weekly column on the official Liverpool Football Club web-site. Fairclough is still a firm favourite amongst the Anfield faithful and was voted in at No.18 on the 2006 poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop. The poll was conducted by the Reds official web-site, 110,000 supporters worldwide took part listing their favourite 10 Liverpool players of all-time. Fairclough's 18th place was higher than John Toshack's 34th and David Johnson's 77th positions, two of the players that prevented Fairclough from gaining more Liverpool appearances. Fairclough was married to Jan Fairclough who died on 9 April 2011. Jan collapsed suddenly on the morning of 6 April of a brain haemorrhage and died 3 days later. A minute of silence was held for Jan (as well as the 96 Hillsborough victims and Mark Burgan, a soldier from Liverpool) at Anfield before a Liverpool vs. Manchester City match on 11 April 2011. Fairclough and Jan have two children, Tom and Sophie. Fairclough suffered a minor heart attack on 3 October 2010, at the age of 53, but made a full recovery. Honours Liverpool Football League First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 League Cup: 1982–83 FA Charity Shield: 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980 European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78 UEFA Cup: 1975–76 UEFA Super Cup: 1977 Tranmere Rovers Football League Trophy: 1990 References Further reading External links LiverpoolFC profile Profile on LFChistory.net Sporting-Heroes profile Ex-Norwich players at ex-canaries.co.uk NASL stats Partner in JDB Health & Performance Ltd 1957 births Living people English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium English expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland England B international footballers England under-21 international footballers English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Canada English footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate soccer players in Canada FC Luzern players Association football forwards K.S.K. Beveren players Liverpool F.C. players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Manchester City F.C. players Norwich City