After the defection, Houlding and Barclay were left with a football ground and no team, but together rapidly and successfully created a brand new one – Liverpool Football Club
John McKenna – 1892 – 1896 When Everton left Anfield following a disagreement over rent John Houlding was left with a football ground and no team
Tom Watson – 1896 – 1915 One of the great figures of the early Football League, Tom Watson led Liverpool to their first two Division One titles and our first ever FA Cup final.
David Ashworth – 1919 – 1922 He may have only graced Anfield for three years but during that time David Ashworth still managed to lead the club to its third First Division title
Matt McQueen – 1923 – 1928 When David Ashworth suddenly and surprisingly left Anfield for Oldham Athletic early in 1923, Liverpool turned to one of their directors as a temporary answer
George Patterson – 1928 – 1936 George Patterson’s eight year spell in charge of Liverpool will be best remembered for being somewhat uneventful.
George Kay – 1936 – 1951 Despite leading Liverpool to a First Division title and an FA Cup final, few would argue that the most memorable feat of George Kay’s spell in charge of Liverpool was the signing of one Billy Liddell.
Don Welsh – 1951 – 1956 The 1950s was not a particularly good decade for Liverpool Football Club.
Phil Taylor – 1956 – 1959
Phil Taylor has a somewhat unfortunate place among the elite few to have held the Anfield hot-seat.
Bob Paisley – 1974 – 1983 Twenty trophies in nine seasons – not bad for a man who was loathe to make the step into football management.
Kenny Dalglish 1985 – 1991
When Kenny Dalglish was installed as the club’s first-ever player/manager in the summer of 1985 he was already regarded as the undisputed King of the Kop.
Roy Evans – 1994 – 1998 In August 1974 Liverpool made an addition to their backroom staff that led chairman John Smith to say: “We have not made an appointment for the present but for the future. One day Roy Evans will be our manager.”
Bill Shankly – 1959 – 1974
Bill Shankly is arguably the most famous figure in Liverpool Football Club’s illustrious history.
A charismatic man who realised his dream of turning us into English football’s most dominant force, the Scot’s spirit has quite rightly been immortalised in the very foundations of our club. He Won 10 Trophies in his period.
Joe Fagan – 1983 – 1985 It was almost inevitable that the successor to Bob Paisley’s reign as Reds boss would come from within the confines of the club’s famous Bootroom.
Graeme Souness – 1991 – 1994 In six highly successful seasons as a Liverpool player Graeme Souness was at the heart of some of the Reds’ finest triumphs.
Gerard Houllier – 1998 – 2004 The summer of 1998 heralded the beginning of a French revolution at Anfield.
