[Lord Snooty]

I've been told in the past by those who were around at the time, that Shanks wanted to buy Ian St John and Ron Yeats but the Board wouldn't part with the dosh.

So when he left, they were the first two name's to come in at Anfield.

Don't know how true that is, but it sounds like some things will never change. This would've been around the time that the minimum wage was scrapped so the clubs with more money coming through the turnstiles could attract the better players.