PETER CROUCH misses out on his Anfield league debut against Sunderland through suspension and injury on Saturday.
But for another lofty Liverpool striker a home match against Sunderland early in the season was the end of his Anfield career.
Tony Hateley, like Crouch, was talked about more for his height and aerial ability than anything else. Much was made of his arrival at Bill Shankly's Liverpool in June 1967 for a then club record fee of £96,000 from Chelsea.
I was a bit too young to recall first hand the short, but at times profitable career of Hateley, but he is part of Anfield folklore which had him as the ideal 'big man' up front, but not quite so good on the deck.
That may have been harsh on the Derby-born forward and his first season in red vindicated his huge fee.
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