Past playersAlec Lindsay

Bill Shankly gave him his first-team debut in a 10-0 Fairs Cup thrashing of Dundalk in September that year but he didn't taste any First Division action until the middle of October, when he came off the bench to strike an equaliser against Ipswich Town at Portman Road.

That was one of just six First Division matches he figured in during his debut season. Lindsay was frustrated with life at the Reds and handed in a transfer request that was accepted.

However, he was given a chance in the left-back role against Newcastle United in his first full season and made the position his own.

The spot was a 'problem position' for the club at that time; no fewer than four men - Ian Ross, Roy Evans, Ron Yeats and Lindsay - played there at different stages of the 1970-71 campaign.

But by the end of the year it was Lindsay who had got the vote and he was picked for the 1971 FA Cup final against Arsenal.

Always capable of chipping in with a couple of goals himself and possessing a powerful left foot, he only missed four league fixtures the following season and just five in 1972-73, when he was an important part of the team that won the championship and UEFA Cup.

His strong left foot brought him five goals that season and he also took over from Kevin Keegan as the club's penalty taker a year later.

1973-74 was also the season when he wiped out the disappointment of the cup final defeat by Arsenal in 1971 by being a member of the side that outplayed Newcastle at Wembley and won 3-0.

Lindsay lost his place to Phil Neal, Bob Paisley's first signing, midway through the next campaign but remained at Anfield until August 1977, when he was transferred to Stoke City.