Ronnie Whelan.
A northside Dub, who captained Liverpool...? C'mon - Who else could it be? He's why I played midfield (badly) and always wore 5.
Also loved Jockey Hansen, Digger, Steve Nicol, Big Jan, the original Macca, Rushie and, of course, the King from my childhood days. Stevie and Carra carried me through the barren, middle-years, with a brief appearance from Mascher, and now in recent years, I fell in love with Milly, Ali, Sadio, Bobby and Hendo (until he sold his soul).
My love for Jurgen has superseded my love for any individual player over these past ten years, though... Without him, we're still back in the mid-table obscurity he rescued us from. He's our generation's Shankly. He's a god.
But Ronnie will always be my first true love.