Past playersJoey Jones
Years: 1975-1978
Appearances: 100
Goals: 3
Honours: League title (1976-77), European Cup (1977, 1978), UEFA Cup (1976), UEFA Super Cup (1977)
Joey Jones was a steely left-back whose exploits on Liverpool's road to victory in the European Cup in 1977 were immortalised in a banner that read: "JOEY ATE THE FROGS LEGS, MADE THE SWISS ROLL, NOW HES MUNCHING GLADBACH".
However, that European triumph seemed to be the beginning of the end for Jones, who lost his place in the team in January of the following season.
The charismatic Welshman became a cult figure on the Kop after his transfer from Wrexham, even though he only actually played for the Reds during three different seasons.
He was an enthusiastic and tough-tackling left-back whose uncompromising style quickly endeared him to the Liverpool crowd.
Jones was 20 years old when Bob Paisley signed him in the summer of 1975 and still a bit 'raw', which perhaps explained why - even though he started the season in the first team - he only appeared in 13 First Division matches, one short of the number required to qualify for a championship medal.
The left-back role was also covered by Phil Neal and Alec Lindsay (briefly) in 1975-76, but a year later Jones had established himself in the side and only missed three of the 42 league fixtures.
1976-77 was his and Liverpool's greatest year of the decade; only Manchester United's victory in the FA Cup final prevented it from being the greatest ever season in the club's history. Jones was a member of the side that finally brought the European Cup back to Anfield after their memorable triumph in Rome.
Midway through the next season, he lost his place to the ageing but still dependable Tommy Smith and then subsequently to a young Alan Hansen. It was clear that his time at the club was drawing to a close and he eventually returned to Wrexham.
