Liverpool nice Ian St. John dies at 82

Image Source : AP Ian St. John
Ian St. John, a Liverpool nice who scored the profitable purpose to provide the membership its first FA Cup title and was a key participant within the rebuild underneath Bill Shankly within the Sixties, has died. He was 82.
St. John died Monday following an extended sickness, his household stated in an announcement launched by Liverpool on Tuesday.

St. John, a Scotland worldwide who later fronted the favored British TV present “Saint and Greavsie” alongside one other former participant, Jimmy Greaves, performed 425 video games for Liverpool from 1961-71 and scored 118 objectives.
No purpose was extra necessary than the one the ahead scored in further time to clinch a 2-1 win for Liverpool over Leeds within the 1965 FA Cup last.

St. John joined for a club-record price from Scottish group Motherwell whereas Liverpool was within the second division and, alongside Ron Yeats, was a part of the backbone of a group which earned promotion underneath Shankly then gained the English league title in 1964 and ’66.
Liverpool referred to as St. John a “legend” and described his FA Cup last winner towards Leeds as “one of the iconic objectives in Liverpool’s historical past.”
“One of the players along with Bill Shankly who made this club what it is today,” former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher wrote on Twitter.
St. John, who additionally performed for English golf equipment Coventry and Tranmere and later managed Motherwell and Portsmouth, scored 9 objectives in 21 appearances for Scotland’s nationwide group.
“A fantastic guy,” stated Steven Gerrard, a former Liverpool midfielder who presently manages Scottish membership Rangers. “Really insightful by way of his profession and expertise at Liverpool and attempting to move on a number of information and experience.