Harry Mooney

[smithdown]

 

A FOOTBALL scout who discovered legendary Liverpool FC players Roger Hunt, Jimmy Case and Howard Gayle has died.

 

Lifelong Reds fan Harry Mooney grew up in Everton Valley, one of four children, who his mum fed and clothed by selling vegetables from a barrow.

 

His dad abandoned the family when Harry was young but not before instilling in him a love of Liverpool FC.

 

In an interview with the ECHO last year, Harry said: “I was one of the first fans to stand on the Kop when it was opened in 1926.

 

“I say stand – I was taken on my dad’s shoulders and he told me there and then ‘this is where you belong son’.”

 

Harry kept a season ticket for the rest of his life and when his sight failed he listened to matches on the radio.

 

Great-grandfather Harry, who retired to Winsford, began giving tip-offs to the Reds through coach Tom Bush and Bill Shankly’s chief scout Geoff Twentyman in the 1960s.

 

As a referee in the Cheshire League, he saw a lot of footballing talent and was responsible for bringing World Cup winner Roger Hunt into the team from non-league Stockton Heath FC.

 

Harry’s son Kevin told the ECHO: “In the old days, you could just walk in to Anfield so Dad would go up to get his ticket on a Friday and then walk into Bill Shankly’s office.

 

“When I went with him, Bill Shankly would make me sit in a corner because I was a Manchester United fan.”

 

Harry trained as a riveter at Cammell Laird and later became a top safety consultant in the building industry.

 

In 1966, he was diagnosed with cancer but fought the illness which would eventually kill him, aged 91.

 

Kevin said: “Dad enjoyed life to the full.

 

“Although he lost interest in most things by the time he died, he always kept his interest in Liverpool Football Club.”

 

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/08/harry-mooney-the-liverpool-fc-scout-who-discovered-world-cup-winner-roger-hunt-dies-aged-91-100252-29383553/

 

 

 

Well played Harry lad.

[Bigal]

Awwwww.

 

RIP Harry lad.

[Jonesy]

  On 08/09/2011 at 10:15, smithdown said:

"When I went with him, Bill Shankly would make me sit in a corner because I was a Manchester United fan."

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ha ha good old Shanks.

 

edit: RIP Mr Harry Moon.

Edited September 8, 2011 by Jonesy

[ozmick]

Lovely story

 

"this is where you belong son"

 

RIP Harry

[Mike]

Harry Mooney is the man that got me and my brother our season tickets. RIP Harry.

[Bigal]

In 1966, he was diagnosed with cancer but fought the illness which would eventually kill him, aged 91.

 

45 years?!? f***ing hell.

[Leo No.8]

  On 08/09/2011 at 10:49, Bigal said:

In 1966, he was diagnosed with cancer but fought the illness which would eventually kill him, aged 91.

 

45 years?!? f***ing hell.

 

Amazing that, stood out for me - what a fighter! Top man by the sounds of it, RIP Harry - but it sounds like he had a fantastic life and 91 is a great innings.

[Beardsley]

RIP Harry.

[smithdown]

What's that teamsheet thing on the wall behind him there?

[Case]

RIP Harry

[muleskinner]

Great picture that.

[Michael]

  On 08/09/2011 at 11:26, smithdown said:

What's that teamsheet thing on the wall behind him there?

 

 

You can make out Liverpool on the left hand side, then Clemence and Neal so it must be the line up from the 77 European Cup final in Rome.

[smithdown]

Another old boy:

 

 

 

 

TRIBUTES were paid today to Anfield hero Laurie Hughes who has died at the age of 87.

 

The former Liverpool captain was Merseyside’s first World Cup footballer – featuring in all three England matches at the 1950 finals in Brazil.

 

Described as a strong, uncompromising centre half Hughes, who was born in Everton, went on to make 326 appearances for the club.

 

His claimed a League Championship winner’s medal in 1946/47 and an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1950.

 

Ian Callaghan, ex-chairman of LFC’s former players’ association, said: "He was a lovely, lovely man. A gentleman.

 

"I remember him from watching Liverpool when I was a youngster. He was such an accomplished player.

 

"He used to come to all our functions and everyone loved to see him.

 

"His health had deteriorated over the last four years and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

 

"Laurie will be sadly missed by the generation who saw him proudly wear the Liverpool and England shirt."

 

Remembered as an ultra-professional Laurie Hughes devoted himself to his sport.

 

In 1950 he said in an interview: "As one of the few single men in the team, maybe I have more spare time than my married colleagues.

 

"My hobbies are tennis, golf and swimming, with stamp collecting an additional side-line."

 

Hughes’s performances in the Brazil World Cup were picked out as a solitary highlight as England failed to qualify from their group.

 

The team’s loss to the United States remains infamous in footballing history.

 

The highly respected Charles Buchan, News Chronicle’s football correspondent, reported: "The only outstanding success of England’s World Cup campaign was Hughes, the Liverpool centre-half, who improved with every game."

 

Hughes succeeded Bill Jones as the Reds’ captain in August 1954. In his last full season at Anfield, 1956-57, missed just one league match.

 

Approaching his mid-30s by then his last appearance came at Charlton on September 28, 1957, although he didn’t hang up his footballing boots totally until May 1960.

 

 

 

Read More http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/09/former-liverpool-fc-and-tranmere-rovers-footballer-laurie-hughes-has-died-aged-87-100252-29390375/#ixzz1XSRq5YPP

[Escargot]

  On 09/09/2011 at 03:33, Michael said:

You can make out Liverpool on the left hand side, then Clemence and Neal so it must be the line up from the 77 European Cup final in Rome.

 

 

Dalglish 7

Case 8

Heighway 9

McDermott 10

 

Morelike vs FC Bruges 1978

[Cobs]

  On 09/09/2011 at 18:25, Escargot said:

Dalglish 7

Case 8

Heighway 9

McDermott 10

 

Morelike vs FC Bruges 1978

 

Fairclough was No.9 in the 78 Final

 

KYFS