{"id":6636,"date":"2026-06-02T09:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6636"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:06:31","slug":"liverpools-greatest-no-97-jack-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6636","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s Greatest – No.97: Jack Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jack Cox was an exciting winger who represented Liverpool with great individual and collective success at the turn of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

He arrived at Anfield in 1897 for a transfer fee of \u00a3150 after a high-flying season with Blackpool.<\/p>\n

\u201cA brilliant but erratic genius,\u201d Cox was once described as in a 1904 matchday programme. \u201cHis great weakness is a tendency to over-elaboration when in possession of the ball, but when the mood is on him, there is no hesitation, no finessing to discover the way towards goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox had the ability to play on both flanks for the Reds and scored an impressive 80 goals from his 361 appearances.<\/p>\n

He was an instrumental figure for manager Tom Watson<\/u><\/strong> in the team that won the First Division in 1900-01 \u2013 the club\u2019s first top-flight title triumph.<\/p>\n

Cox drew plenty of interest from other clubs but stayed at Liverpool, despite them subsequently falling into the Second Division.<\/p>\n

And he played his part in the achievement of winning Second and First Division titles in back-to-back seasons in 1904-05 and 1905-06.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the Liverpool-born star remains in the top 25 goalscorers of all time in Reds history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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