More Saint background stuff.
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A bit of nostalgia.
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Saint and Greavsie meet Donald Trump!!!
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He is chuckling away, making everyone happy in literally every video I have watched of him.
He seems like he was a truly lovely guy*.
*unless you were on the end of one of those on field combos.Last edited by Buzzo; 02-03-21, 06:48 PM.Modifying post.Comment
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I think he was comfortably the most accessible ex-player i've met. Always doing events and meeting people.
Seen him talk about Shankly, Paisley etc a few times. He was always made up to chat to people about the past or the present. It always looked like a normal conversation between two mates rather than an adoring fan and their hero.
Never seemed a chore to do autographs/pictures. A very Shankly-esque view of serving the people and club up until the end.
Despite his health/age he'd park his car in one of the streets by Anfield and walk up the ground like everyone else.
Must be mad to have watched the club from the second division to now, knowing you were one of the reasons for it all. Not a bad life.
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Mad how many ex players from the 60's to 80's settled on Merseyside after they finished. I wonder who the last non local to do so is?!Comment
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Motherwell won the cup final that year.Originally posted by Buzzo View Post
4 - 3 against Dundee United. Great game.Comment
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Rip Saint, a true Liverpool legend.Klopp on LFC vs MUFC (March 9th 2016) - "This is why I love football. This is why we watched it when we were young. I can still not have enough of it."
Always, keep your face to the sun, and shadows will fall behind you.Comment
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Klopp:
Jürgen Klopp paid a touching tribute to Ian St John and described his pride at having the honour to have met the Liverpool legend at Melwood.
St John, who sadly passed away on Monday evening at the age of 82, visited the Reds’ former training complex in 2019, where he met with the manager and presented him with a unique gift – an opposition jersey from an international game he’d taken part in for Scotland against West Germany.
Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, Klopp recalled: “First of all, when I arrived here at Liverpool I knew a lot about the 90s and this kind of stuff because of when I became an adult and was interested in international football.
“But when you arrive at Liverpool, you become aware immediately of these legends from the time before – and some of them, I have been lucky enough to meet, one of who was Ian.
“When Ian arrived, it’s so funny because you see the pictures of the legends on the walls everywhere, on the walls and in other situations, and he looked like he looked like on those photos. It was easy to see, ‘Oh my god, yes, Ian St John!’
“He was not only football-wise a legend, but a true legend as a person. It was a pure pleasure to meet him.
“He had a little present with him; I’m not sure it was his first game for Scotland, but it was [a shirt] from a game against West Germany with the number 12. I am now 53 years old so I don’t remember 100 per cent who the player was, but in my mind it was Heinz Flohe, a player from Cologne, I think he said.
“It was just outstanding and I’m just so happy to have met him because the best thing you can learn from these legends is how easy it is to stay the person you are, even when you had the biggest success in the past.
“I feel really honoured to have met him and when I heard the news today, I was devastated. All my prayers go to his family and I know he is in a better place as well.
“I am really, really happy I had the opportunity to meet him.”Modifying post.Comment
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The King.
Sir Kenny Dalglish has paid tribute to Ian St John after the Liverpool legend passed away at the age of 82.
St John scored 118 goals in 425 appearances - including the winner in the 1965 FA Cup final - after being signed by Bill Shankly from Motherwell in 1961.
Dalglish told Liverpoolfc.com: “I think it’s right to use the word 'icon' and I send my prayers to Betsy, his wife, and the family and I just hope they are coping as well as they possibly can.
“He certainly was, and deservedly so, an iconic figure in and around Liverpool Football Club because he came in at the very beginning with Shanks and big Yatesey [Ron Yeats].
“He got off to a terrible start by scoring a hat-trick against Everton at Goodison in the Liverpool Senior Cup, so I think after he did that he was always going to be revered in and around Liverpool.
“It’s because of what he did in those early days, Shanks especially, the Saint and Big Yatesey, his big mucker, and it’s because of them where this football club is at this particular moment in time. We should be eternally grateful for what he did for the football club.
“I’m sure the family have their own special memories about him as well about their private life, so it is a sad day. Eighty-two is a fantastic innings but it’s still sad.
“I’m sure he knew that when he was here, the club really appreciated and revered him for what he did for us.”
St John formed a lethal strike partnership with fellow Reds great Roger Hunt.
Dalglish added: “That wasn’t a bad partnership was it, Saint and Roger Hunt!
“He scored a great header in extra-time [of the 1965 final] and the FA Cup goes alongside the fact he got two league championship medals after getting promotion from the Second Division with a record number of points.
“So they made people stand up and take notice of Liverpool and because of that the club has moved onwards and upwards. But it wouldn’t have gone anywhere without the contribution of people like the Saint.”
On his personal memories of St John, Dalglish continued: “He was a funny guy who loved a chuckle!
“The Saint had a lot of friends who will all have a lot of happy memories about him. Although it’s a sad day we will remember the happy memories and fun being with him.
“I will always remember him chuckling. I remember him and big Yatesey. When they retired from football they could have been a comedy act on the television, like Morecambe and Wise.
"They were really funny together and the Saint chuckled along.”Modifying post.Comment
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A sad day. Seemed like a lovely, humble man.
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Ah man. This is nice.
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Awesome video.
I'd can't understand how anyone can support a different club
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Just awesome!Originally posted by Buzzo View Post
Nope, don't need anger management, you just need to stop pissing me off!Comment
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