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Divock Origi, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and six other great 'super subs' in English football

When Divock Origi was stood on the touchline waiting to join the Merseyside derby this week, there probably wasn't an Everton fan in the world who wouldn't have been feeling a deep, dark sense of foreboding.

That is the psychological power of the fabled 'super sub', that rarest of footballing breeds who possess the knack of impacting a game from the bench.

Planet Sport takes a look at some of the most super of super subs.

For many, probably those of a certain age now, you say the words 'super sub' and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the name that immediately springs to mind.

Solskjaer was always the man Sir Alex Ferguson trusted when he needed something from his Manchester United side, and it was never justified more than his injury-time winner in the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

More than a third of his 20 goals for England also came as a substitute, as well as those record 24 Premier League goals from the bench.

Sometimes it's not all about the goals a substitute scores, but his impact on the game as well. Peter Crouch made 158 appearances as a substitute during his career, with only James Milner making more in Premier League history.

For all football has gotten prettier over the years, it still hasn't eradicated the desperate late calls to 'throw the big man on'.

At 6ft 7in, Crouch was one of the biggest around, and one of the most trusted substitutes the game has ever seen.

David Fairclough was probably the first ever 'super sub', although it's a term the man himself says he absolutely hates.

Fairclough was one who broke the mould, though. He scored 18 goals in 62 substitute appearances for Liverpool, including an incredible European Cup quarter-final winner against Saint-Etienne.

That has led him to

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