fullname youthclubs years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
frank lane stanley arms 1971 1980-1981 -- 1975 1975 -- 1978 1978 -- 1980 19 may 2011 wirral , england stanley arms liverpool notts county kettering town bedford town wallasey , england 89 2 5 27 30 0 0 0 0 0 goalkeeper 20 july 1948 frankie lane
 frankie lane
frankie lane

frankie lane -lrb- 20 july 1948 -- 19 may 2011 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as a goalkeeper .
he began his football league career with tranmere rovers , before joining liverpool , where he spent four years as reserve goalkeeper .
he made only two appearances for the club -- the first of which , against derby county , was notable for an incident where he safely caught a cross , only to step back over his goal line -- but did make it onto the bench for the 1973 uefa cup final , before leaving to join notts county in 1975 .
he was also second choice at meadow lane , understudying eric mcmanus , before dropping into non-league football with kettering town in march 1978 .
lane died in may 2011 .
