Leighton McGivern

[dalefan]

Apparently he scored something like 50 goals in whatever league he was playing in before he came to us.

[greenun]

This is from Liverpool County Combination website from end of 2003-04 season when McGivern was playing for Waterloo Dock. He signed for Rochdale shortly afterwards. It is a strong amateur league, John Durnin played for same club.

Special mention must also be given to the club's goal scoring sensation, Leighton McGivern, whose arrival in December sparked an impressive unbeaten run of 20 league games, including 19 wins. Allied to this success in the Challenge Cup, McGivern has scored 42 goals for the club in only 25 matches and has terrorised County Combination defences throughout. His performances for the Dock and with Britannia in the Liverpool Sunday League has attracted numerous scouts and it would be surprising if Leighton has not moved into the paid ranks for next season.
McGivern treble clinches Challenge Cup
A tremendous performance by the County Combinations leading goalscorer, Leighton McGivern, was the highlight of this season's Liverpool County F.A. Challenge Cup Final. Waterloo Dock eased past a youthful Marine Reserves team, from the Lancashire league to take their third trophy in the last five years and their sixth in total. McGivern dominated the game from start to finish. Scoring a hat trick in the 3-1 win, gaining a penalty which Lee Battle missed, creating several chances for his team mates, hitting a superb free kick which was magnificently saved and generally causing mayhem in the Marine ranks every time he touched the ball.