Geoff Twentyman was recruited by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in 1967 to find up-and-coming football talent. Over a period spanning two decades, the revered scout helped build Liverpool’s most successful teams of the seventies and eighties.
Twentyman had been a defender in Shankly’s Carlisle side during the 1950s and went into management for a period after retiring from his playing career. However, his son says that the former footballer was working in a job that involved collecting eggs from farms when he received a call from his old boss in 1967.
After joining the club, the Carlisle man became a regular in the now famous ‘Boot Room’, where Shankly would meet with his lieutenants – including future managers Bob Paisley, Ronnie Moran and Joe Fagan – to discuss tactics and direction. Twentyman's knowledge of the Fourth Division also alerted the club to Northampton Town full-back Phil Neal, brought to Anfield in 1974 for a fee of £66,000. Neal was Paisley’s first managerial signing and went on to become Liverpool’s most decorated player, winning 23 trophies in 11 years at the club.
Twentyman also recruited Alan Hansen from Scottish top-flight side Partick Thistle in 1977 for £100,000. Hansen went on to become a club captain and won a total of eight league titles, three European Cups, two FA Cups and four League Cups with the Reds.
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