see medics, stretchers, everything, but this was Bob as the humble
sponge man, as they used to call them, because he was the physio as
well as a coach. He did all these roles.”
Both the Paisley and Hughes families have been part of the journey,
and thanks must go to Standard Chartered for believing in the project.
“We are delighted that inally we will have at Anield a permanent
legacy so people can go and see what this great man – and this
great player – looked like,” says Peter Moore. “This statue embodies
everything that Liverpool stands for.”
Chris Butler concludes: “Managers come and go, players come and
go, fans too, but the statue is going to stay there for a long, long time.
It’s a pretty amazing thing.”
A documentary charting the making of Bob and Emlyn’s statue is
available to watch now on LFCTV.BOB IN BRONZEShankly Gates
Relocated to the corner of the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand and
Anield Road. Oicially opened in August 1982 with Bill’s widow
Nessie unlocking the gates accompanied by their grandchildren
plus Liverpool FC chairman John Smith, manager Bob Paisley and
skipper at the time, Graeme Souness.
Bill Shankly statue
Arms aloft and scarf around neck, Bill was cast in bronze and
unveiled outside the Spion Kop in 1997, ifteen years after the
Shankly Gates were erected. The statue remains a favourite place
to meet before and after the match, and of course for supporters
to take selies with Shanks!
Heysel plaque
Iin 2006 former Liverpool full-back
Phil Neal and ex-Juventus player
Sergio Brio unveiled a permanent
tribute to those who died at Heysel
on 29 May 1985. The plaque is
situated on the outside of the Sir
Kenny Dalglish Stand. Underneath
the two respective club crests it
reads: ‘In Memoria E Amicizia’
(in memory and friendship).
Billy Liddell plaque
In 2004 a plaque was unveiled
to the memory of the great
Billy Liddell, inside the Spion
Kop by the entrance to the
club museum. The Scottish
winger found the net over
200 times for Liverpool, in
a grand total of 534 games
over 14 years, and he remains
fourth in the all-time LFC
scorers list behind Ian Rush,
Roger Hunt and Gordon Hodgson and ahead of Steven Gerrard,
Robbie Fowler, Kenny Dalglish and Michael Owen.