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 LFC CEO Billy Hogan and, on behalf of Forever Reds, John Aldridge.

They were joined by a number of former Reds players paying their own respects to a revered figure.