Jordan Henderson, MBE: World Club Cup, European Cup, European Super Cup, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup & Charity Shield Winning Captain of Liverpool (and massive sellout)

[The Guest]

We are absolutely stacked full of leaders.  Plenty of personalities would crumble around that because of the pressure it brings.  Consider the fact his position was taken from him as well. He refused to go away.  I think pretty much everyone other than TK has criticised him at some point.  Some of it justified some of it not.  Personally I think it’s all made him the person/captain he is today.  Gerrard has already said it to him.  His life will never be the same again.  I cannot fucking wait for next season.  He’s going to feel 10 feet tall.  A confident Henderson was always a force to be reckoned with but god knows what he’s going to feel like at that first home game.

[TheHowieLama]

14 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Yeah but I don’t like his gait

He has a heavenly gait.

[Reckoner]

17 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

He has a heavenly gait.

I hope Sir Alex forgives you for saying so

[Caramac]

A great moment that for Hendo and his Dad, not sure what's going on with Alisson though haha

 

[Dr Nowt]

1 hour ago, Caramac said:

A great moment that for Hendo and his Dad, not sure what's going on with Alisson though haha

 

“Hurry up mate, I’m next.”

[Pureblood]

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jordan-henderson-freedom-city-sunderland-16374457

 

Ex-Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson is being lined up to be given the Freedom of the City after his victory in the Champions League.

 

The footballer captained Liverpool to glory on Saturday night in Madrid and lifted the trophy after a 2-0 win.

 

The victory over domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur will have helped ease the pain of a second place finish in this season's Premier League campaign.

 

But now his hometown could be about to confer a new domestic honour to match his European gong.

 

The plans, which are still at an early stage, have been confirmed by bosses at Sunderland City Council .

 

Deputy leader Coun Michael Mordey said: "Freedom of the City for Jordan Henderson is an idea that has been suggested by the majority Labour Group, which the council is now considering.

 

"He has always been a fantastic ambassador for his home city, his club and his country.

 

"Honouring Jordan would follow freedoms awarded to Sunderland football club legends Niall Quinn MBE in 2013 and Jimmy Montgomery BME in 2016."

 

 

[A_S]

'I'm very happy that he's my captain.' - Virgil Van Dijk

 

That's a powerful endorsement. 

[Walter Sobchak]

I haven't stopped watching him lift that trophy since Saturday.

 

Our Captain.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 04/06/2019 at 23:44, TK421 said:

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jordan-henderson-freedom-city-sunderland-16374457

 

Ex-Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson is being lined up to be given the Freedom of the City after his victory in the Champions League.

 

The footballer captained Liverpool to glory on Saturday night in Madrid and lifted the trophy after a 2-0 win.

 

The victory over domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur will have helped ease the pain of a second place finish in this season's Premier League campaign.

 

But now his hometown could be about to confer a new domestic honour to match his European gong.

 

The plans, which are still at an early stage, have been confirmed by bosses at Sunderland City Council .

 

Deputy leader Coun Michael Mordey said: "Freedom of the City for Jordan Henderson is an idea that has been suggested by the majority Labour Group, which the council is now considering.

 

"He has always been a fantastic ambassador for his home city, his club and his country.

 

"Honouring Jordan would follow freedoms awarded to Sunderland football club legends Niall Quinn MBE in 2013 and Jimmy Montgomery BME in 2016."

 

 

Niall Quinn? Henderson deserves to be lifetime mayor if Niall Quinn got the freedom award.

[No2]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Niall Quinn? Henderson deserves to be lifetime mayor if Niall Quinn got the freedom award.

I heard over the weekend Niall Quinn was the first player to donate all his testimonial money to charity. Since then he's basically shamed every other player into doing the same.

[1805]

https://www.football365.com/news/our-hero-of-the-week-liverpool-captain-jordan-henderson

Football365 hero of the week. 

[LF:D]

This topic is gold! 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Mine's more brown, with a nougat centre.

[Funkasy]

Bring back herpes.

[TheHowieLama]

There once was a fella named Hendo

Who built it into a crescendo

Then lifted the cup

Some posters spit up

And covered themselves innuendo

[Aventus]

On 02/06/2019 at 00:37, Anubis said:

Hendo with his dad. Although it could be Stringvest. I’m not sure...

 

 

 

Solsbury Hill playing in the background too. 

 

Son, " he said, "grab your things
I've come to take you home"

 

Really powerful moment, makes me all emotional every time I see it. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

His dad obviously did a good job bringing the lad up right.  I've just spotted the way he politely thanks the fella handing the trophy over.

 

 

 

[lifetime fan]

28 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

His dad obviously did a good job bringing the lad up right.  I've just spotted the way he politely thanks the fella handing the trophy over.

 

 

According to Melissa Reddy he asked Klopp and Milner to lift the trophy with him. 

 

Both insisted he should lift it alone. 

[suzy]

5 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

 

According to Melissa Reddy he asked Klopp and Milner to lift the trophy with him. 

 

Both insisted he should lift it alone. 

I love that . I also love his little ‘dance’ to lift it - brilliant!

[Guest]

Fair play to him. I haven't been his biggest fan but second half this season he has been quite spectacular. I do think he must have grown a pair and told Klopp if I play I play further forward, fuck sacrifice for the team. He can sacrifice for the team when he is playing well and he must know his best position. 

 

Now hopefully he can go further forward and knock the oil barons off their fucking perch. 

 

Great story about wanting to lift the trophy with Klopp and Milner. 

[Butch]

2 hours ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Fair play to him. I haven't been his biggest fan but second half this season he has been quite spectacular. I do think he must have grown a pair and told Klopp if I play I play further forward, fuck sacrifice for the team. He can sacrifice for the team when he is playing well and he must know his best position. 

 

Now hopefully he can go further forward and knock the oil barons off their fucking perch. 

 

Great story about wanting to lift the trophy with Klopp and Milner. 

This. 

[aRdja]

Happy birthday day Skip!

[aRdja]

His ball to Mane for the chance he missed in the first leg against Barca is one the most underrated piece of skill this season.

[Sugar Ape]

Bascombe. 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/23/jordan-henderson-even-though-people-outside-liverpool-doubted/

 

Shortly before Jordan Henderson stepped onto the podium for the defining moment of his career, he was involved in a minor altercation with James Milner.

 

The formal handing over of the Champions League trophy was seconds away, and Henderson – the Liverpool captain – decided he did not want to accept it alone.

 

He approached Milner and manager Jurgen Klopp, urging them to share the honour.

 

“If anyone other than you lifts up that trophy they are getting f------ wrestled to the ground,” Milner replied.

 

Fifty-three days on from Madrid, Henderson sits in Four Seasons Hotel Boston eager to set the course towards the next podium, but wherever the next steps lead he will always be dragged back to that night; a triumph of collective leadership. 

 

“I felt myself, Millie and the gaffer should have lifted it together,” said Henderson.

 

“I asked Millie and the gaffer because I felt as though Millie is a big part of the squad. I know I wear the armband when I play but he wore it a lot when I haven't been playing. He is a big part of the dressing room. Without him it would have been different - and the manager. What we did that night wouldn't have been possible without the manager. But he said no. I hadn't planned it. 

 

“For me, the photo would have meant the same if the manager was lifting the trophy and I was stood behind him.”

 

Since replacing Steven Gerrard as captain in 2015, Henderson has sought his own identity as skipper. His willingness to sacrifice the trophy lift will surely epitomise his career wearing the armband – the ultimate validation of his leadership style. 

 

“Everyone looks at the captain to lift the trophy and everyone speaks highly of the captain when you win a competition, but if you rewind to a year or two ago, people would have been criticising the way I am and asking if I should be captain,” says Henderson.

 

“That is not for me to get involved with because they do not really know. You can’t judge a captain on performance. There is a lot more than the way you play at the weekend. A lot goes into it behind the scenes, not just me. There are a lot of leaders in this group and the manager. I don’t see why I should be given more praise.

 

“Even though people outside may have doubted (me), I have never felt it was that way inside. The players and manager have always been 100 per cent behind me and I have always felt their confidence.

 

“Listen, don't get me wrong. I'm so proud to captain this football club and I don't take that lightly. Just playing for this club is unbelievable, and to captain it and lift the Champions League trophy was unbelievable. But that's not what it's about for me. Just winning the European Cup was enough for me, with this team, this manager, this club.”

 

There was another symbolic moment in the post-final party when Henderson – who did not have a drink as he absorbed his achievement - hunted down his predecessor for a photograph with the cup. Gerrard refused.

 

“This is your night – enjoy it',” he told Henderson. A post-career snap alongside the three living European Cup winning captains – Phil Thompson, Graeme Souness and Gerrard – was not ruled out.

 

Henderson has other images to cherish, the outpouring of emotion most visceral when hugging his father, Brian, by the touchline.

 

“I don't know how he got down by the side of the pitch,” says Henderson.

 

“I know how much it meant to him and what he'd been through the last few years, so to see him so quickly after we had won…you're so elated by the whole moment.”

 

Nearly 30 minutes into an interview about the future and we have done it again - spoken at length about the recent past and what it means. But do not underestimate the determination of Klopp and his players to bring that particular party to its inevitable conclusion.

 

“We have been talking for the last few seasons about being so close to winning a trophy. We kept going, kept fighting and now we have got that major trophy and we want to win more,” says Henderson.

 

“We want to use this to propel us. We don't want to win one trophy and that's it.

 

“We have come a long way in the last few years and we just want to continue on that journey, that curve riding up. Keep improving. 

 

“Everybody will want to beat us. I felt that was the case last season anyway and has been for a long time. Everybody wants to beat Liverpool. We have to deal with that like we have done.”

 

There may be more trophy lifts soon with the Community Shield and Super Cup Final within a matter of weeks. The request to Milner seems open.

 

“Football moves so quickly that you want to focus on the future and not get caught up in what you have or haven't achieved in the past. It's about moving forward and wanting more,” says Henderson.

 

Do not rule out more heated discussion between the captain and vice-captain at Wembley and Istanbul.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Before the trophy was handed over, Henderson can be seen saying "Thank you very much."

 

My Captain.