Managers - Bob Paisley

Bob Paisley
Birthdate: 23 January 1919
Birthplace: Hetton-le-Hole, England
Date of death: 14 February 1996
Other clubs as manager: None
Arrived from: LFC coach
Signed for LFC: 26 July 1974
LFC league games as manager: 378
Total LFC games as manager: 535
Honours: League Championship 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83; European Cup 1977, 1978, 1981; UEFA Cup 1976; League Cup 1981, 1982, 1983; Manager of the Year 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
First game in charge: 10.08.1974
Contract Expiry: 01.07.1983

Manager Profile

Liverpool offered Bob Paisley the job of reserve team manager in 1954 and eventually his skill with the new electrical equipment made him the in-house physio. Don Welsh was first-team manager and continued to struggle as Liverpool adjusted to life in the Second Division. Meanwhile, after finding his feet in his new role, Bob Paisley's reserves, whom he inherited from Jimmy Seddon, began to make pleasing headway. In his second term at the helm Paisley guided the reserves to runners-up spot in the Central league. Phil Taylor, who had quit playing for Liverpool at the same time as Paisley, took over essentially as caretaker-manager after Welsh's sacking at the end of the 1955/56 season and having served his apprenticeship for a whole season it was reported on 1 May 1957 that: "At their weekly board meeting last night Liverpool FC directors appointed Phil Taylor as manager. Hitherto he has been acting manager only. While Mr. Taylor has been acting manager, the club did not fill the coaching position which he formerly occupied. They have now appointed Bob Paisley, at present second-team trainer, as chief coach." A series of near-miss promotion attempts ensued as the 50's turned into a frustrating decade for the Reds that ended with the blessing of Bill Shankly's arrival.

In 1971 when Shankly signed what was to be his last contract for Liverpool Paisley was promoted to assistant manager with Joe Fagan replacing him as first-team coach. Three years later, at 55 years of age, Paisley became the successor to Shankly. Some thought that Shankly had made a hasty decision he would later regret. New chairman, John Smith, offered him a contract on an increased salary, but it wasn’t about money. Shankly had been at Liverpool for nearly 15 years and it was a terrible wrench to leave. He recalls in his autobiography that he suggested to the directors that “the only way to make the changeover was to promote the rest of the staff." He even added that he had “elevated them earlier with a view to what I was going to do later on." Having signed professional forms in May 1939, Paisley had already been at Anfield twice as long as Shankly and despite his reluctance to take the job, if the job was going to remain in-house, he was the only logical candidate. Paisley knew the club and the game inside out and was a fine judge of a player. He had an almost uncanny ability of being able to correctly diagnose an injury and treat it accordingly. But where personality was concerned Bob was totally opposite to Bill. He had been in the background for so long that the responsibility of dealing with the press was frightening. Paisley knew the enormity of the task at hand and confessed to the press: “It’s like being given the Queen Elizabeth to steer in a force 10 gale.” Chief Executive Peter Robinson confirms Paisley had to be virtually manhandled to accept the responsibility. "When we approached Bob he said no. In the end the Chairman, directors and I had to gang up on him.”

While Paisley prepared for his first League game against Luton Town on 17 August 1974 Shankly spent his first Saturday afternoon in retirement watching his local home match; Everton - Derby County. Even though Paisley wasn't the darling of the media like Shankly he showed early on that he was also capable of a one-liner. When the press asked Bob what Shankly was doing this particular afternoon, he replied: "He's trying to get right away from football. I believe he went to Everton." Paisley’s first season in charge was not a success, not by the high standards set by his predecessor anyway. The team fought hard to reclaim the League title but defeat at Middlesbrough on the penultimate weekend of the season meant their challenge was over. There was disappointment in the cups too with a late Ipswich goal at Portman Road putting the holders out of the FA Cup and Middlesbrough beating them in the League Cup at Anfield in November. Liverpool enjoyed their biggest-ever competitive victory with an 11-0 thrashing of the Norwegian part-timers from Drammen in the opening round of the Cup Winners’ Cup but conceding a last-minute equaliser at home to Ferencvaros in the next round was a blow the team was unable to recover from and they eventually went out of the competition on the away goals rule a fortnight later. As things turned out, that 1974/75 season would be the only one during Paisley’s reign that no silverware was won.

Continuity on the pitch was vital to the club's success. The sort of wholesale buying and selling that would be commonplace long after his retirement was not part of Paisley’s agenda. Changes were made gradually and the newcomers integrated carefully into an already successful side. Phil Neal arrived in 1974 soon replacing Alec Lindsay, the only change to the regular 11 from Shankly's last campaign in Paisley's debut season. Terry McDermott, who had arrived from Newcastle, was having trouble adjusting as well as the final signing of the Shankly era, Ray Kennedy. In 1975/76 the most vital changes to Paisley's side took place in midfield. Peter Cormack's days were numbered following Paisley's successful transformation of Ray Kennedy into a left-sided midfielder and Jimmy Case was promoted from the reserves to replace the industrious Brian Hall. Liverpool's improvement on the road provided Paisley's team with nine more points to win the League Championship in 1976 as well as repeating Shankly's UEFA Cup success from 1973. Prior to the 1976/77 season Liverpool purchased David Johnson who slowly made his mark on the team while Joey Jones was preferred to Tommy Smith in defence. Liverpool retained the Championship and were unbeaten a home in the League, a feat Shankly only accomplished once in the top division, 1970/71. Liverpool embarked on a historic run in the European Cup in which young striker, David Fairclough proved vital as well old hand Smith who returned to centre of defence late in the season following Phil Thompson's injury. Shankly had seen his European dream crushed in 1965 at the hands of a dishonest referee, but there was no stopping Paisley's army. He put down a marker when Liverpool were triumphant in Rome in 1977.

Arguably the greatest signing Paisley ever made brought a new dimension to the side. Kenny Dalglish replaced Kevin Keegan as the catalyst at Liverpool, in 1977. Two months later Paisley made another key signing in Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough. The third Scot, Alan Hansen, had joined in May 1977. Paisley had formed the core of the side that was going to achieve more than any other previous Liverpool team. Amazingly Paisley won the European Cup for the second year running, but lost the League to Nottingham Forest. Winning can become a habit but Liverpool were winning in style, no more so than during the 1978/79 season when they scored 85 goals in their 42 League fixtures with Ray Clemence only conceding 16 at the other end. During the next eight years before he stood down in 1983, Paisley’s teams won the English Championship six times and also won four European trophies as well as taking the much-maligned League Cup more seriously than before and achieving a hat-trick of victories in his last three seasons as manager, an achievement that would be added to in Joe Fagan’s initial year in charge. The domestic success was remarkable on its own but to couple it with unparalleled success in Europe was almost beyond belief. Bob Paisley became the only man to coach teams to the European Champions’ cup on three different occasions.

By the time he retired in 1983, Bob Paisley had been associated with Liverpool Football club for 44 years. He would continue to offer advice to his successor Kenny Dalglish for a couple of years before becoming a boardmember. With his mentor by his side Dalglish led the club to the League and FA Cup double in his first season in charge. There was some irony in that because the FA Cup was the one domestic trophy that eluded Bob as a manager. There were as many great games during Paisley’s time in charge as there were great players. This can only be a general summary of an astonishing period in the club’s history. Will there ever again be one man who serves a single club for so long and with such devotion and such success? The answer is almost certainly not. Knowing that the 1983 League Cup final would be the last time Paisley would lead his team out as manager at Wembley, the players graciously allowed their boss to climb the famous steps to collect the trophy on their behalf. A man who preferred to stay in the background had a special moment to remember, that is the one of the most heartwarming sights Liverpool fans have ever seen. A few weeks later Paisley walked out at Anfield for the last time as the man in charge to be presented with the Championship trophy yet again. Bob Paisley, the man who had to follow a legend, had become one himself.

Statistics
Competition Total Won Draw Lost Goals for Goals against
Grand totals 535 308 131 96 955 406
League 378 212 99 67 648 294
FA Cup 36 20 7 9 62 27
League Cup 53 32 13 8 98 31
Europe 61 39 11 11 140 49
Other 7 5 1 1 7 5
Matches that are won or lost in a penalty shoot-out are counted as a win/loss not as a draw.
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"Tommy hated losing and was quite prepared to put himself through all manner of pain and suffering to avoid it. There was an element of notoriety about it which I think he quite enjoyed, but if any opponent cared to put that reputation to the test, Tommy didn’t disappoint them.

His fearless nature not only unsettled the opposition, it inspired his team mates. They drew strength from his example. It was little bit like having a big brother around to sort out any trouble you got into. Seeing Tommy racing on to the field after having a couple of stitches inserted into a head wound could put courage into the most cowardly of hearts – as long as you were on his side!"

Bob Paisley on Tommy Smith

"Alan Hansen is the defender with the pedigree of an international striker. He is quite simply the most skilful centre-half I have ever seen in the British game. He is a joy to watch. Alan has always been an excellent footballer, a beautifully balanced player who carries the ball with control and grace.

He has a very measured, long stride and is much faster than he looks. I can't think more than a couple of players who could beat him over 100 metres. He has both the ability and the patience to launch attacks from deep positions."

Bob Paisley on Alan Hansen

"Terry McDermott once got us hysterical in the dressing room, laughing at Bob Paisley’s expense. The boss had a habit of saying the word “doings” all the time. He’d refer to opposition players as “doings” instead of naming them. So Bob comes into the dressing room and starts a talk.

Terry stood behind him with a big grin on his face and every time Bob says “doings” he holds a finger up. By the time he gets to six, Terry is starting to titter and we’re trying not to laugh. Ray Kennedy is kicking me and when he gets to 10, Ray just turns and flees into the toilet, he’s in absolute fits. We were like a bunch of schoolkids."

Phil Neal

"I said that when I took over that I would settle for a drop of Bell's once a month, a big bottle at the end of the season and a ride round the city in an open top bus!"

Bob Paisley

"With the character and attitude he shows they’d make him Mayor of Liverpool if he was a few inches taller."

Bob Paisley about little Sammy Lee

"The injury he suffered at Goodison Park at the start of the year was as ill timed, as it was painful. It was painful to look at, never mind to experience. I've seen one or two broken legs in going on fifty years in the game, but not one made me really wince, Jim's did. Jim had a 30 game run in the first team behind him."

Bob Paisley on Beglin

"There was only one Bob Paisley and he was the greatest of them all. He went through the card in football. He played for Liverpool, he treated the players, he coached them, he managed them and then he became a director. He could tell if someone was injured and what the problem was just by watching them walk a few paces. He was never boastful but had great football knowledge. I owe Bob more than I owe anybody else in the game. There will never be another like him."

King Kenny on Uncle Bob

"My first match at Anfield was at right-back for Aston Villa. The roar from the Kop was awesome as Billy Liddell waltzed down the wing making us look like idiots. Then I began to recognize the source of Liddell’s magic. He was Liverpool’s inconspicuous craftsman at left half, Bob Paisley."

Former Spurs' captain and Aston Villa player Danny Blanchflower

"Immediately after retiring as a player, Bob talked about going into the fruit and veg business and he also considered taking a newsagents. It was a massive wrench to finish playing."

Albert Stubbins recalls the end of Bob Paisley's playing career

"It was definitely a crisis time when Bill left. It was a bombshell and Bob was very reluctant to take the position as manager. When we approached him he said no. In the end the chairman, directors and I had gang up on him."

Former LFC chief executive Peter Robinson

"Bill depended a lot on Bob. They were like the terrible twins when they got going. I think Bill needed Bob. I think he calmed him down a bit."

Nessie Shankly

"Bob and I never had any rows. We didn’t have any time for that. We had to plan where we were going to keep all the cups we won."

Bill Shankly

"I asked Phil Neal and Ray Clemence if they got telegrams from the boss when they were on international duty. Phil said they did, with the message ‘Good luck’. I told them the boss sent them to me when I was away with Wales. The message he put on was, ‘Keep out of trouble’."

Joey Jones

"I think when he first succeeded Shanks, he was a bit overawed. I'll never forget him standing in the dressing room in the summer of 1974 on the first day of pre-season training and telling us: 'Shanks has gone and they're giving me the job even though I didn't really want it. But we must try to carry on what he's started' He saw it as his duty to take the job. Yet he set an incredible record that will never be beaten. Things just snowballed for him after that first season. For me, he was a better coach than motivator of men, but a shrewd judge of a player and very strong tactically."

Ray Clemence on Bob Paisley

"My first game was against Queens Park Rangers at Anfield early on and I miskicked with my right foot - the one I use for standing on - and knocked a policeman's helmet off. I also conceded a couple of corners and made a few errors. I just wanted half-time to come to get some reassurance from the manager but when I got back to the dressing room, Bob said to me, 'I think that they shot the wrong Kennedy!'"

Alan Kennedy on Bob Paisley

"Bob was so down to earth. A common phrase of his was: 'If the floor needs sweeping, I'll pick up a brush and do it'."

Kevin Keegan on Paisley

"As a former headmaster, I thought I was pretty hot at weighing up people and situations. But you have to be quick and alert to keep up with this fellow! I've watched many matches not involving Liverpool with him and very little escapes him. When a goal is scored, he'll have the complete move analysed in a flash and he'll often emphasise the contribution of players running off the ball who were not directly involved. You might not even have been fully aware of them yourself. Every scrap of information was stored in his memory. He astounded me by recalling detailed incidents of matches we saw a long time ago. He wasn't given to chatting for long periods on the journey home. That was probably when he was concentrating and reflecting on what he'd seen at the game, which he'd instantly be able to recall."

Tom Saunders, former Liverpool youth development officer on Paisley

"He bought players and moulded them together to create great teams. People talked about him as 'Uncle Bob', but he was as ruthless as they come. Anyone who worked under him, as I did, knows that. He could be hard but he went about it in the right way and was quite gentlemanly about it, for all his rough edges. He had a genius for creating teams."

Phil Thompson on Paisley

"Although Bob Paisley always seemed to be super cool, deep down it wasn't always so. He was the kind of his person who hung his emotions on his sleeve. And you could best spot this in the dressing room before kick off. By 2.45, you could tell what he was going through by just looking at his face. He would be pacing up and down the dressing room taking sips of water. He looked more nervous than the players, although he did his best to try and not show it. I don't think everybody realised that but I could see it."

Ian Callaghan on Paisley

"There is no magic formula, there is no mystery about Anfield, it's just down to pure talent. Bob Paisley epitomises that and I am amazed that people in football, who ought to know better, do not accept the fact. He is on the same level as Sinatra in his field and nobody should question his talent. It's not the fact that he's got a bigger band or sings on bigger stages, it's just down to ability. The man oozes talent and he talks more common sense than ten of us managers put together and he probably works harder than ten of us put together as well!"

Brian Clough on Paisley

"Bob pinpointed strengths and weaknesses better than any manager I've ever played for or ever met. He wasn't great with words but when he did say something, you always took notice because ninety-nine times out of a hundred he was spot-on. He had this line about the first two yards at the top level being in your head. When he first said it to me I thought it was rubbish. But the more I played the game, the more I realised it was so true."

Alan Hansen on his former boss

"I go by records and Bob Paisley is the number one manager ever."

Alan Hansen on Paisley

"People who sit in the stands perhaps don't realise the extra pressure exerted by the emotional side of the game. It's not easy to cope with and it's quite possible to become drunk on four ounces of wine gum!"

Bob Paisley

"The secret is that our Liverpool team never know when to stop running and working. At Anfield we have always believed in players supporting each other and concentrating on not giving the ball away. You can't go charging forward all the time, willy-nilly. You must have patience, and this is where we can play the Continentals at their own game."

Bob Paisley

"I was to learn that praise from Bob Paisley was rather like a snowstorm in the Sahara. He may have been regarded as a fatherly figure by the supporters but, let me tell you, he ruled at Anfield with a rod of iron. You could tell when he was about by the changed atmosphere in the dressing rooms and training ground. He was a commanding man and there were few who dared mess around with him. If we looked as though we were becoming a little complacent or if we were not performing up to the standard Bob would say, ‘If you have all had enough of winning, come and see me and I will sell the lot of you and buy 11 new players.

Another time he warned: ‘I am only a modest Geordie but get me cornered and I am a mean bastard’. But it would be wrong to give the impression that we all walked around in fear and trepidation. He always kept a velvet glove on."

Souness on Paisley

"The whole of my life, what they wanted was honesty. They were not concerned with cultured football, but with triers who gave one hundred percent."

Bob Paisley on the Kop

"Though I hope to have a few more seasons still in senior football, I am studying to be a physiotherapist and masseur when my playing days are over. We married men have to look to the future, you know."

Bob Paisley in 1950

"Bob's knowledge of players and the game in general is unsurpassed. Football has known no equal in management or prize-winning, but his modesty and dignity were overwhelming as he led this club from one triumph to another. His name will always be synonymous with Liverpool."

Liverpool chairman David Moores on Bob Paisley

"My dad was a Man City fan and I told him I would like to bring a young man home. He asked me what he did for a living. I said he was a footballer. At this response, my dad looked pretty grim because he thought footballers were all drunken hooligans. I then told him that Bob was a professional footballer but this impressed him even less. So I told my Dad that he was a bricklayer as well. 'Oh, that's much better,' said my dad. 'He's got a proper job'."

Jessie Paisley on how she introduced Bob to her family

"I was nervous as a kitten. I had on my best suit, shirt and tie, my best bib and tucker. I went down to reception and the doorman spotted me and said 'Mr Paisley is waiting for you in his car outside'. When I got in the car I saw that Bob was wearing slippers and a cardigan. I couldn't believe it. That was my first meeting with Bob Paisley and I knew I'd come to the right place. They'd just won the European Cup and there was this fellow, who everyone in football thought was an absolute god, driving me to the ground in his slippers and cardigan! I thought 'you'll do for me!'"

Mark Lawrenson was signed from Brighton late one Friday night and deposited at the Atlantic Tower hotel for safekeeping,

"Keep it simple, don't complicate things. He loathed all soccerspeak; he wouldn't have recognised a Christmas-tree formation if it had toppled on to him. "What does getting round the back mean?" he would ask. "We're not talking about burglars are we?"

Expressed by one of his most loyal lieutenants, Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley's soccer credo amounted to this.

"I was always interested in physiotherapy when I was a player. I took a correspondence course for two years before I hung my boots up. Then Sir John fixed me up with a full-time course. It meant going to Belmont Road hospital from nine to five every day. It was all changing then from what it had been through most of my playing days. Then it was the hot and cold water treatment. Trainers had to have hands like leather. There was hardly a player who got by without suffering first degree burns at some time or other. You put the hot towel on and then the cold one, it was the main treatment. The first person I ever treated was Albert Shelley, our first-team trainer, for a boil on his backside. Albert was one of the old school. He taught me how to harden my hands with the towels. When the physio machines came in I had to show him how to use them, but he never really came to terms with them. He had a common-sense approach to the practical side of it, but he was frightened by the electrical stuff, he even used to put a handkerchief on the leads. So when the machines came in I virtually took over the treatment of all the players."

Bob Paisley

"In my first year as manager, I made a habit of counting to ten before I made a decision. I was cautious, deliberately. I took my bends wide instead of hugging the rails, probably because I was keen not to trip up. Now I'm learning, now I count only to two before I make a decision."

Bob Paisley in the Liverpool Echo on 5 May 1979

Players bought
Player Club Fee Date
Peter McDonnell Bury £20,000 29 July 1974
Phil Neal Northampton Town £66,000 9 October 1974
Terry McDermott Newcastle United £175,000 13 November 1974
Joey Jones Wrexham £110,000 14 July 1975
David Johnson Ipswich Town £200,000 12 August 1976
Alan Hansen Partick Thistle £100,000 5 May 1977
Kenny Dalglish Celtic £440,000 10 August 1977
Steve Ogrizovic Chesterfield £70,000 7 November 1977
Graeme Souness Middlesbrough £352,000 10 January 1978
Kevin Sheedy Hereford £80,000 29 June 1978
Alan Kennedy Newcastle United £330,000 13 August 1978
Frank McGarvey St. Mirren £300,000 4 May 1979
Avi Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv £200,000 13 July 1979
Ronnie Whelan Home Farm Free 21 September 1979
Ian Rush Chester City £300,000 28 April 1980
Richard Money Fulham £50,000 2 May 1980
Bruce Grobbelaar Vancouver Whitecaps £250,000 12 March 1981
Craig Johnston Middlesbrough £650,000 3 April 1981
Mark Lawrenson Brighton & Hove Albion £900,000 14 August 1981
Steve Nicol Ayr United £300,000 22 October 1981
John McGregor Queen's Park Free 17 May 1982
Bob Wardle Shrewsbury Town Player Exchange * 6 August 1982
David Hodgson Middlesbrough £450,000 11 August 1982
David West Dorchester Town £15,000 18 March 1983
Jim Beglin Shamrock Rovers £20,000 May 1983
Players sold
Player Club Fee Date
Trevor Storton Chester City £18,000 13 June 1974
Larry Lloyd Coventry City £240,000 15 August 1974
Dave Rylands Hereford £15,000 12 September 1974
Hughie McAuley Plymouth Argyle £12,000 17 October 1974
Peter Spiring Luton Town £70,000 14 November 1974
Derek Brownbill Port Vale £6,000 February 1975
Frank Lane Free Transfer Free * May 1975
Chris Lawler Portsmouth Free 22 October 1975
Phil Boersma Middlesbrough £72,000 2 December 1975
Brian Hall Plymouth Argyle £50,000 1 July 1976
Peter Cormack Bristol City £50,000 10 November 1976
Kevin Keegan Hamburg SV £500,000 3 June 1977
Alec Lindsay Stoke City £20,000 12 September 1977
Alan Waddle Leicester City £45,000 22 September 1977
John Toshack Swansea City Free 27 February 1978
Kevin Kewley Dallas Tornado £18,000 27 February 1978
Max Thompson Blackpool £80,000 28 February 1978
Tommy Smith Swansea City Free 17 August 1978
Peter McDonnell Oldham Athletic £20,000 7 September 1978
Ian Callaghan Swansea City Free 14 September 1978
Joey Jones Wrexham £200,000 18 October 1978
Trevor Birch Shrewsbury Town £45,000 20 March 1979
Emlyn Hughes Wolves £90,000 1 August 1979
Frank McGarvey Celtic £275,000 11 March 1980
Brian Kettle Wigan Athletic £35,000 5 September 1980
Dave Watson Norwich City £200,000 25 November 1980
Steve Heighway Minnesota Kicks Free 24 April 1981
Colin Irwin Swansea City £350,000 August 1981
Ray Clemence Tottenham £300,000 15 August 1981
Jimmy Case Brighton & Hove Albion £350,000 17 August 1981
Avi Cohen Maccabi Tel Aviv £100,000 November 1981
Ray Kennedy Swansea City £160,000 26 January 1982
Richard Money Luton Town £100,000 22 April 1982
Kevin Sheedy Everton £100,000 26 May 1982
Steve Ogrizovic Shrewsbury Town Player Exchange * 6 August 1982
David Johnson Everton £100,000 10 August 1982
Colin Russell Huddersfield Town £25,000 23 September 1982
Terry McDermott Newcastle United £100,000 29 September 1982
Howard Gayle Birmingham City £75,000 14 January 1983
David Fairclough Lucerne Free 4 July 1983
Players used
Player Appearances Minutes Goals Assists
Phil Neal 506 45625 50 34
Ray Clemence 408 36810 0 2
Phil Thompson 404 36038 11 9
Ray Kennedy 393 34966 72 55
Kenny Dalglish 350 31333 139 110
Terry McDermott 329 28283 81 57
Graeme Souness 298 26699 43 32
Alan Hansen 279 25031 12 10
Jimmy Case 269 22250 46 38
Steve Heighway 262 21598 43 31
Emlyn Hughes 259 23201 7 9
Alan Kennedy 235 20825 17 23
David Johnson 213 15988 78 27
Ian Callaghan 197 17513 9 13
Sammy Lee 177 15743 16 27
Kevin Keegan 156 14010 48 40
David Fairclough 154 9498 55 8
Tommy Smith 141 12609 6 12
Bruce Grobbelaar 122 11070 0 1
Mark Lawrenson 114 10042 11 4
John Toshack 110 9182 48 30
Ian Rush 109 9720 61 14
Joey Jones 100 8907 3 3
Ronnie Whelan 89 7515 22 7
Brian Hall 70 5773 7 7
Peter Cormack 69 5717 5 6
Craig Johnston 69 5155 17 6
Alec Lindsay 48 4320 5 2
Colin Irwin 44 3770 3 1
David Hodgson 37 2767 9 8
Phil Boersma 34 2610 10 3
Avi Cohen 24 2053 1 1
Chris Lawler 17 1530 0 0
Richard Money 17 1396 0 2
Alan Waddle 6 87 0 0
Steve Ogrizovic 5 450 0 0
Howard Gayle 5 319 1 0
Kevin Sheedy 5 301 2 0
Brian Kettle 4 358 0 1
Steve Nicol 4 268 0 0
John McLaughlin 1 90 0 1
Kevin Kewley 1 80 0 0
Colin Russell 1 33 0 0
Max Thompson 1 2 0 0
Scrapbook
31 March 1979
31 March 1979
31 March 1979
31 March 1979
8 January 1977
8 January 1977
A tribute to Liverpool on their 11th League championship - 8 May 1979
A tribute to Liverpool on their 11th League championship - 8 May 1979
Arise Sir Bob! - May 1977
Arise Sir Bob! - May 1977
Bob Paisley no longer walks in Shanks' shadow
Bob Paisley no longer walks in Shanks' shadow
Bob's cap a lucky omen
Bob's cap a lucky omen
Bob's job to search for another Dalglish - 1983
Bob's job to search for another Dalglish - 1983
Diplomat Paisley - 22 May 1984
Diplomat Paisley - 22 May 1984
Forty Six Years At Anfield
Forty Six Years At Anfield
Gola
Gola
I'm not jealous of Paisley - May 1977
I'm not jealous of Paisley - May 1977
I've got to break free of Shankly - July 1974
I've got to break free of Shankly - July 1974
In memory of Bob by Jessie Paisley
In memory of Bob by Jessie Paisley
Knock-out champs!
Knock-out champs!
Liverpool experience can ease those Cup tensions - 23 April 1977
Liverpool experience can ease those Cup tensions - 23 April 1977
Now the Anfield stars shine - 5 May 1976
Now the Anfield stars shine - 5 May 1976
Official fan club magazine 1983
Official fan club magazine 1983
Paisley - in their own words - LFC Official Matchday Magazine
Paisley - in their own words - LFC Official Matchday Magazine
Paisley on three great LFC's cup final sides - 27 April 1971
Paisley on three great LFC's cup final sides - 27 April 1971
Paisley points to magic of mid-season spell - 1980
Paisley points to magic of mid-season spell - 1980
Paisley profile in the Liverpool Echo - March 1979
Paisley profile in the Liverpool Echo - March 1979
Paisley proves his point - 3 November 1976
Paisley proves his point - 3 November 1976
Paisley rates his players - 8 May 1979
Paisley rates his players - 8 May 1979
Paisley with his troops at Melwood on the cover of Shoot! on 5 April 1975
Paisley with his troops at Melwood on the cover of Shoot! on 5 April 1975
Paisley's Milky Way - League Cup win 1983
Paisley's Milky Way - League Cup win 1983
Paisley's opinion on Ray Houghton
Paisley's opinion on Ray Houghton
Paisley's verdict of the 1986/87 season - Liverpool fan club magazine
Paisley's verdict of the 1986/87 season - Liverpool fan club magazine
Quotes by Paisley
Quotes by Paisley
Salute the Super Champs
Salute the Super Champs
Shankly quits after clinching biggest deal - Daily Mail 13 July 1974
Shankly quits after clinching biggest deal - Daily Mail 13 July 1974
The one-horse race - Bob Paisley cartoon 7 January 1983
The one-horse race - Bob Paisley cartoon 7 January 1983
The pride of England - 13 April 1978
The pride of England - 13 April 1978
The young lions roar to glory - 22 May 1982
The young lions roar to glory - 22 May 1982
This is your life on BBC 12 November 1977
This is your life on BBC 12 November 1977
Top class signings all the way - 14 May 1983
Top class signings all the way - 14 May 1983
Treble not impossible, says Paisley - 23 April 1977
Treble not impossible, says Paisley - 23 April 1977
Tv Williams - remembered - January 1976
Tv Williams - remembered - January 1976
We will go anywhere for the player we want - 3 February 1979
We will go anywhere for the player we want - 3 February 1979
Who follows Shankly? - Daily Express 13 July 1974
Who follows Shankly? - Daily Express 13 July 1974