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Thanks Carra

I wonder if Roy Evans knew exactly what he was unleashing when he sent Jamie Carragher on for his first team debut on January 8, 1997. Some 600 plus games – and legendary status amongst the Anfield faithful – later, ‘Carra’ today celebrated a well-deserved testimonial today with a Merseyside Derby against his boyhood heroes, Everton.

It was the rarest of Merseyside Derbies, in that the result was immaterial, although Reds will be pleased to know that Liverpool ran out 4-1 victors. Today was all about Carra and his 23 Foundation, about the man already assured of immortality on the Kop, the man for whom Liverpool supporters ‘re-wrote’ a Beatles classic, with the words sung to the tune of Yellow Submarine but replaced with the lyrics “We all dream of a team of Carraghers”!

Jamie Carragher is a rare gem in this era, a one club man, seemingly not motivated by money, but a working class lad who just goes out every match and gives his heart and soul for Liverpool Football Club. I salute him, and below you will find my tribute to Liverpool’s Number 23.