Transfers[]
During Tom Watson's 19 year tenure at Anfield, he oversaw the acquisition of 112 players, whilst allowing the departure of 103. Due to the number of unknown fees, it is difficult to estimate the total expenditure and returns of Watson's transfers.
In[]
| Player | From | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Neill | Hibernian | Unknown | 1896 |
| Bill Michael | Hearts | Unknown | 1896 |
| Andrew McCowie | Cambuslang Hibs | Free | October 1896 |
| Daniel Cunliffe | Oldham County | Unknown | 1897 |
| Bobby Marshall | Leith Athletic | Unknown | 1897 |
| Joe Lumsden | Burton Wanderers | Unknown | 1897 |
| Patrick Finnerhan | Man City | Unknown | March 1897 |
| William Walker | Leith Athletic | Unknown | 2 May 1897 |
| William Goldie | Clyde | Unknown | 25 November 1897 |
| Charlie Wilson | Stockport | Unknown | 5 December 1897 |
| Abraham Hartley | Everton | £175 | 18 December 1897 |
| Jack Cox | Blackpool | £150 | 24 December 1897 |
| General Stevenson | Padiham | Unknown | 1898 |
| Hugh Morgan | St Mirren | Unknown | March 1898 |
| Bernard Battles | Dundee | Unknown | March 1898 |
| Tom Robertson | Hearts | £175 | 30.03.1898 |
| John Walker | Hearts | £175 | 30.03.1898 |
| Raby Howell | Sheff United | £200 | April 1898 |
| George Allan | Celtic | £50 | 20 April 1898 |
| Alex Raisbeck | Hibernian | £350 | 6 May 1898 |
| Charles Satterthwaite | Burton Swifts | Unknown | 1899 |
| Peter Kyle | Clyde | Unknown | 1899 |
| Abraham Foxall | Gainsborough Trinity | Unknown | 1899 |
| John Hunter | Abercorn | Unknown | 1899 |
| Bill Perkins | Luton | Unknown | 25 March 1899 |
| John Parkinson | Blackpool | Unknown | September 1899 |
| Thomas John Hunter | Beath | Unknown | November 1899 |
| Sam Raybould | New Brighton Tower | £250 | Unknown |
| Maurice Parry | Brighton United | Unknown | March 1900 |
| John Robertson | Stoke | Unknown | April 1900 |
| Andy McGuigan | Hibernian | Unknown | May 1900 |
| John Glover | New Brompton | Unknown | June 1900 |
| Thomas Green | Saltney | Free | 1901 |
| Donald McCallum | Queen's Park | Unknown | 1901 |
| William White | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | 1901 |
| George Bowen | Wolves | Unknown | May 1901 |
| George Fleming | Wolves | Unknown | May 1901 |
| George Latham | Free Transfer | Free | 1902 |
| Peter Platt | Blackburn | Unknown | 1902 |
| Arthur Goddard | Glossop | £460 | 24 February 1902 |
| Richard Morris | Newtown | Unknown | April 1902 |
| George Livingstone | Celtic | Unknown | May 1902 |
| Edgar Chadwick | Burnley | £35 | May 1902 |
| Herbert Craik | Greenock Morton | Unknown | 1903 |
| Charles Cotton | West Ham | Unknown | 1903 |
| Joseph Hoare | Southampton | Unknown | May 1903 |
| John Chadburn | West Brom | Unknown | May 1903 |
| Fred Buck | West Brom | Unknown | May 1903 |
| James McLean | Vale of Leven | Unknown | 21 May 1903 |
| Alf West | Barnsley | Unknown | November 1903 |
| Joe Hewitt | Sunderland | £150 | January 1904 |
| James Garside | Accrington Stanley | Unknown | 1904 |
| Robbie Robinson | Sunderland | £500 | February 1904 |
| Tom Chorlton | Accrington Stanley | Unknown | May 1904 |
| Ned Doig | Sunderland | £150 | 12 August 1904 |
| David Murray | Everton | Free | 29 August 1904 |
| Sam Hardy | Chesterfield | £340 | May 1905 |
| James Bradley | Stoke | Unknown | September 1905 |
| Robert Blanthorne | Birkenhead FC | Unknown | November 1905 |
| Michael Griffin | Darlington St Augustine's | £0 | 1906 |
| John McKenna | Old Xaverians | Unknown | 1906 |
| Bill McPherson | St Mirren | Unknown | 1906 |
| Percy Saul | Plymouth | Unknown | 1906 |
| John Lipsham | Chester | Unknown | 1906 |
| James Gorman | Darlington St Augustine's | Unknown | March 1906 |
| Harold Fitzpatrick | Luton | Unknown | 1907 |
| Sam Bowyer | Earlestown | £0 | March 1907 |
| Tom Rogers | Rossendale United | Unknown | April 1907 |
| Charles Hewitt | Tottenham | Unknown | August 1907 |
| James Harrop | Rotherham | £250 | January 1908 |
| Ernest Peake | Aberystwyth | Unknown | 1908 |
| James Speakman | Prescot Fireworks | Unknown | February 1908 |
| Ronald Orr | Newcastle | £350 | April 1908 |
| Bertram Goode | Chester | Unknown | May 1908 |
| Don Sloan | Everton | £300 | 4 May 1908 |
| Messina Allman | Plymouth | Unknown | 7 July 1908 |
| Augustus Beeby | Osmaston FC | Unknown | December 1908 |
| William Hunter | Airdrie | Unknown | December 1908 |
| James Stewart | Motherwell | Unknown | April 1909 |
| John McConnell | Airdrie | £80 | April 1909 |
| John McDonald | Rangers | Unknown | May 1909 |
| Herbert Leavey | Plymouth | Unknown | 1910 |
| Samual Gilligan | Bristol City | Unknown | 1910 |
| James Scott | Ardeer Thistle | Unknown | 1910 |
| Alf West | Reading | Unknown | 1910 |
| Donald Mackinlay | Newton Villa | Unknown | 27 January 1910 |
| Ephraim Longworth | Leyton | Unknown | 9 June 1910 |
| Joseph Brough | Port Vale | Unknown | August 1910 |
| William Stuart | Bolton | Unknown | 1911 |
| Harry Lowe | Gainsborough Trinity | Unknown | April 1911 |
| John Bovill | Chesterfield | Unknown | April 1911 |
| Ken Campbell | Cambuslang Rovers | Unknown | 9 May 1911 |
| Bob Pursell | Queen's Park | Unknown | September 1911 |
| Sam Speakman | Colne FC | Unknown | 1912 |
| Tom Miller | Hamilton Academical | £400 | February 1912 |
| Tom Gracie | Everton | £150 | 23 February 1912 |
| Bill Lacey | Everton | £150 | 28 February 1912 |
| Walter Wadsworth | Ormskirk | Unknown | 23 April 1912 |
| Robert Ferguson | Third Lanark | Unknown | May 1912 |
| Arthur Metcalf | Newcastle | £150 | 24 May 1912 |
| John Tosswill | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | June 1912 |
| Arthur Berry | Everton | Unknown | 21.06.1912 |
| Frank Grayer | Southampton | £100 | July 1912 |
| Elisha Scott | Broadway United | Free | 3 September 1912 |
| Thomas Fairfoul | Third Lanark | Unknown | 1913 |
| Fred Staniforth | Grimsby Town | Unknown | May 1913 |
| Jackie Sheldon | Man Utd | Unknown | November 1913 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | Middlesbrough | Unknown | January 1914 |
| Philip Bratley | Barnsley | Unknown | 1914 |
| Charles Hafekost | Gillingham | Unknown | 1914 |
| Wilf Bartrop | Barnsley | Unknown | 13 May 1914 |
| Fred Pagnam | Blackpool | Unknown | 21 May 1914 |
Out[]
| Player | To | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Michael | Hearts | Unknown | 1897 |
| William Keech | Barnsley | Unknown | 1897 |
| David Hannah | Dundee | Free | 1897 |
| Jimmy Ross | Burnley | Unknown | March 1897 |
| Malcolm McVean | Burnley | Unknown | March 1897 |
| Robert Neill | Rangers | Unknown | April 1897 |
| George Allan | Celtic | £50 | 1 May 1897 |
| John McLean | Grimsby Town | Unknown | June 1897 |
| Robert Colvin | Glossop North End | Unknown | 1898 |
| Daniel Cunliffe | New Brighton Tower | Unknown | 1898 |
| Joe McQue | Third Lanark | Unknown | 1898 |
| John McCartney | New Brighton Tower | Unknown | 1898 |
| Patrick Finnerhan | Bristol City | Unknown | 1898 |
| James Holmes | Burton Swifts | Unknown | 1898 |
| Joe Lumsden | Glossop North End | Unknown | 1898 |
| Abraham Hartley | Southampton | Unknown | May 1898 |
| Thomas Bradshaw | Tottenham | Unknown | May 1898 |
| Willie Donnelly | Clyde | Unknown | 22 June 1898 |
| Frank Becton | Sheff Utd | Unknown | October 1898 |
| Bernard Battles | Celtic | Unknown | October 1898 |
| Bobby Marshall | Portsmouth | Unknown | 1899 |
| Tom Wilkie | Portsmouth | Unknown | 1899 |
| Matt McQueen | Hearts | Unknown | 1899 |
| Andrew McCowie | Arsenal | Unknown | 1899 |
| Thomas Cleghorn | Portsmouth | Unknown | August 1899 |
| Archie Goldie | New Brighton Tower | Unknown | Unknown |
| Peter Kyle | Leicester | Unknown | Unknown |
| Abraham Foxall | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | Unknown |
| John Parkinson | Blackpool | Unknown | May 1900 |
| Hugh Morgan | Blackburn | Unknown | June 1900 |
| General Stevenson | Barnsley | Unknown | August 1900 |
| Raby Howell | Preston | Unknown | June 1901 |
| John Walker | Rangers | Unknown | 1902 |
| Charles Satterthwaite | New Brompton | Unknown | 1902 |
| Andy McGuigan | Middlesbrough | Unknown | 1902 |
| George Bowen | Wolves | Unknown | 1902 |
| William White | Sandyford | Unknown | 1902 |
| John Robertson | Southampton | Unknown | May 1902 |
| John Hunter | Hearts | £150 | May 1902 |
| Tom Robertson | Hearts | £150 | May 1902 |
| John Davies | Blackpool | Unknown | 1903 |
| Thomas Green | Swindon | Unknown | 1903 |
| Donald McCallum | Greenock Morton | Unknown | 1903 |
| Bill Perkins | Northampton | Unknown | 1903 |
| George Livingstone | Man City | Unknown | May 1903 |
| John Glover | Birmingham | Unknown | October 1903 |
| Peter Platt | Luton | Unknown | 1904 |
| John Chadburn | Plymouth | Unknown | 1904 |
| Fred Buck | Plymouth | Unknown | 1904 |
| Joseph Hoare | Southampton | Unknown | 1904 |
| Herbert Craik | Newton Swifts | Unknown | 1904 |
| Charles Cotton | West Ham | Unknown | 1904 |
| William Goldie | Fulham | Unknown | January 1904 |
| Sydney Smith | Southport | Unknown | April 1904 |
| Edgar Chadwick | Blackpool | Unknown | May 1904 |
| David Murray | Hull | Unknown | 1905 |
| Richard Morris | Leeds City | Unknown | July 1905 |
| James Garside | Accrington Stanley | Unknown | 1906 |
| John Carlin | Preston | Unknown | 1907 |
| John Lipsham | Chester | Unknown | 1907 |
| Sam Raybould | Sunderland | Unknown | May 1907 |
| Bill McPherson | Rangers | Unknown | 1908 |
| Harold Fitzpatrick | Chesterfield | Unknown | 1908 |
| Charles Hewitt | West Brom | Unknown | April 1908 |
| Ned Doig | St Helens Recreationals | Free | May 1908 |
| James Gorman | Leicester | Unknown | May 1908 |
| Harry Griffiths | Chesterfield | Unknown | June 1908 |
| James Hughes | Crystal Palace | Unknown | 1909 |
| Percy Saul | Coventry | Unknown | 1909 |
| Michael Griffin | Crystal Palace | Unknown | May 1909 |
| William Hunter | Sunderland | Unknown | May 1909 |
| Maurice Parry | Partick Thistle | Unknown | May 1909 |
| Jack Cox | Blackpool | Unknown | May 1909 |
| Alf West | Reading | Unknown | June 1909 |
| Don Sloan | Belfast Distillery | Unknown | July 1909 |
| Alex Raisbeck | Partick Thistle | £500 | 16 August 1909 |
| Arthur Berry | Fulham | Unknown | September 1909 |
| Messina Allman | Wrexham | Unknown | September 1909 |
| Bertram Goode | Wrexham | Unknown | 02 June 1910 |
| Joe Hewitt | Bolton | Unknown | August 1910 |
| James Bradley | Reading | Unknown | 1911 |
| Augustus Beeby | Man City | Unknown | May 1911 |
| Alf West | Notts County | Unknown | July 1911 |
| Herbert Leavey | Barnsley | Unknown | September 1911 |
| Sam Bowyer | Bedminster | Unknown | 1912 |
| Joseph Brough | Stoke | Unknown | January 1912 |
| John McConnell | Aberdeen | Unknown | 1912 |
| Ronald Orr | Raith Rovers | Unknown | January 1912 |
| Robbie Robinson | Tranmere | Unknown | 1912 |
| Harold Uren | Everton | £0 | 27 February 1912 |
| John McDonald | Newcastle | £650 | May 1912 |
| Sam Hardy | Aston Villa | £1,500 | May 1912 |
| James Harrop | Aston Villa | £600 | June 1912 |
| Tom Chorlton | Man Utd | Unknown | August 1912 |
| James Stewart | Hamilton Academical | Unknown | 1913 |
| John Tosswill | Southend | Unknown | 1913 |
| Hugh Lester | Oldham | Unknown | 24 May 1913 |
| Samual Gilligan | Gillingham | Free | July 1913 |
| John Bovill | Linfield | Unknown | 1914 |
| Ernest Peake | Third Lanark | Free | 1914 |
| Jack Parkinson | Bury | Free | 1914 |
| Arthur Goddard | Cardiff | £0 | May 1914 |
| Tom Gracie | Hearts | Unknown | 13 May 1914 |
| Liverpool F.C. – managers |
|---|
| McKenna and Barclay (t) (1892–96) • Watson (t) (1896–1915) • Ashworth (t) (1919–23) • McQueen (t) (1923–28) • Patterson (t) (1928–36) • Kay (t) (1936–51) • Welsh (t) (1951–56) • Taylor (t) (1956–59) • Shankly (t) (1959–74) • Paisley (t) (1974–83) • Fagan (t) (1983–85) • Dalglish (t) (1985–91) • Moran (1991) (c) • Souness (t) (1991–94) • Evans (t) (1994–98) • Evans and Houllier (t) (1998) • Houllier (t) (1998–2004) • Benitez (t) (2004–10) • Hodgson (t) (2010–11) • Dalglish (t) (2011–12) • Rodgers (t) (2012-15) • Klopp (t) (2015-)
(c) - caretaker manager, (t) - transfers made by manager |