There was a story told about the former Liverpool and Ireland striker John Aldridge that tended to capture the spirit of the goalscorer. As he came to the end of his career, Aldridge was still scoring goals for Tranmere Rovers who he had joined following a return from Spain in 1991. He would end up scoring 174 goals in 294 appearances for Tranmere, a record that demonstrated his uncanny ability to be in the right place as well as an equally uncanny ability to never lose a desire to score and to claim goals. In March 1996, Aldridge became player-manager…

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