Players who played for Blackpool and Liverpool

Which footballers have played for both Blackpool and Liverpool? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 6 in our list.

Show all 6 players

Player	Country	Blackpool	Liverpool
Emlyn Hughes	England	1964–1967	1967–1979
Rickie Lambert	England	1998–2000	2014–2015
Charlie Adam	Scotland	2009 & 2009–2011	2011–2012
Jack Robinson	England	2013–2014 loan	2010–2014
Jonjo Shelvey	England	2011 loan	2010–2013
Ben Woodburn	England / Wales	2020–2021 loan	2016–2022

Quick facts

6 players in our verified list have played for both Blackpool and Liverpool.
The most common countries are England (5), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Emlyn Hughes; the most recent is Ben Woodburn.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Jack Robinson.

Test yourself

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