Jay Spearing extends playing career at Liverpool – wore last Adidas kit in 2012! – Liverpool FC

Jay Spearing has prolonged his taking part in profession for a fourth season in his position inside Liverpool’s academy, having additionally been within the squad to final put on Adidas in 2012.

Spearing rejoined Liverpool within the position of player-coach within the academy in 2022, and he has remained in that place at the beginning of 2025/26.

In addition to helping U21s head coach Rob Web page off the pitch, the 36-year-old is registered as a participant and could be known as upon as one in all 5 over-age choices in any given recreation.

Although his appearances are prone to be restricted, Spearing did characteristic on 4 events for the younger Reds final season and even educated alongside the primary staff.

His involvement permits him to lend his expertise on the pitch whereas successfully teaching gamers via video games, and he’s notably helpful within the assessments towards senior opposition within the EFL Trophy.

Liverpool U21s have been drawn towards Burton Albion, Crewe and Chesterfield within the group stage of this season’s match, that means they are going to play towards sides from League One and League Two.

A distinction of Spearing’s continued taking part in profession is that he would be the solely participant to have worn Adidas’ two most up-to-date kits for the membership.

He was a part of the squad to play in Adidas beneath Sir Kenny Dalglish in 2011/12 and is now with the membership for the primary marketing campaign again sporting their kits 13 years on.

In an interview with That Peter Crouch Podcast earlier than the Liverpool Legends match towards Chelsea in March – which he performed in – Spearing mirrored on his new position and his need to play for so long as attainable.

“It’s unbelievable. For me it’s class,” he instructed Crouch.

“It’s sort of come as a little bit of a full circle, particularly becoming a member of the academy at seven and going throughout, to then come again and I’m making an attempt to get the subsequent ones to come back via, for me it’s an enormous buzz.

“And clearly I nonetheless get to play, so on a day-to-day foundation, I practice most days after which the teaching bit’s on the facet in the meanwhile.

“I’m making an attempt to maintain the boots on till somebody actually takes them off me!”

Most likely essentially the most steadily requested query round Spearing’s continued involvement on the membership as a participant is whether or not he’s eligible for the primary staff – and the reply is sure.

“The way it works is I’ve signed just about professional types,” he defined.

“So if there was a disaster or one thing actually unhealthy occurred they usually have been in search of anyone to get entangled, then yeah I may bodily play with the types that I’ve signed.”