Respects paid at Anfield to Ron Yeats

The man described as a ‘colossus’ when signed by Bill Shankly in 1961 went on to play 454 games for the Reds, wearing the armband for more than 400 of those.

Yeats – who was the first Liverpool skipper to lift the FA Cup, won two top-flight titles and later served as chief scout at the club for 20 years – sadly passed away at the age of 86 last month.

A funeral service in his honour was held in West Derby on Tuesday afternoon and a procession followed, including a stop at Anfield.

There, wreaths were laid beside the Shankly statue at the stadium in tribute to Yeats by Billy Hogan and John Aldridge, who were joined by a number of former Reds players paying their own respects to a revered figure.