RIP Tommy Lawrence

[oakie bob]

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/286865-rip-tommy-lawrence

[rednotdead]

The first sweeper keeper

 

And was great that he got some recognition late in life thanks to this

 

[Ed the Wool]

Ah sad news. Love that clip in the street. 

[Benzo-13]

RIP

[dorgie]

RIP Tommy. Seems like he was a great character.

 

Need Murph to come to thread ro regale us with some stories

[Bogman]

RIP Tommy lad.

[Nerik]

YNWA Tommy.

[Ripley]

Always known affectionately as The Flying Pig

 

Lovely man, excellent keeper.

 

RIP

[JRC]

TalkSport on Sunday morning had a cringey call-in on modern terms in Football that people dislike. Mostly old cliches were called in, but they agreed that 'Sweeper Keeper' was a decent example (suggesting it was a Pep-inspired thing).

 

Only 50-odd years out then, because Tommy was the original Sweeper Keeper, and one of Shankly's stalwarts.

 

RIP The Flying Pig

[JRC]

Double Post

Edited January 10, 2018 by JRC

[redjersey]

Sweeper keeper indeed. My first Liverpool game was away at West Ham in 1968. I remember him hurtling 15 yards out of his area and taking out their forward who would have been through on goal. Got nowhere near the ball of course, but no problem - just a free kick given away, no booking or sending off. 

 

Met him at Anfield a couple seasons ago, taking his grandson to the game. Lovely, friendly man. Surprisingly short, like many goalkeepers of his era.

 

RIP Tommy.

[Boca]

RIP Tommy.

 

YNWA

 

I'd still have him in goals Sunday over our other two keepers.

[heighway]

RIP

[muleskinner]

Very sad.

[AE]

RIP Tommy. Another of Shankly’s team back with him now

[Gethin]

RIP Tommy. 

 

This is great "Do you remember the 67 derby? Yes I played in it...." 

https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/951042917270982656

Edited January 10, 2018 by Gethin

[£440,000]

I'm too young to remember him as a player but loved his nickname when I was a kid.

 

RIP

[charlie clown]

He and Roger Hunt were the two reasons I became a Liverpool fan - my two sporting heroes of my very early childhood.

 

At about the time they both retired from playing (early to mid-70s) the two of them used to meet up at a pub (the Pack Horse in Culcheth) just outside Warrington, every Saturday evening, largely I think because it was the nearest pub to the depot for Roger Hunt's 'Hunt Brothers' transport company. It was also the pub that was where we used to go as a family every Saturday evening - one of the few at the time where they let in kids and did a bite to eat. The pair of them were always happy to stop and have a chat, I used to get their autographs every other week.

 

I think Tommy settled back in Liverpool a long time since, but Roger is still around - although he now has another local.  

Edited January 10, 2018 by charlie clown

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

oh man

[New York Red]

Ahhh that’s sad. I always felt sorry for him. He always had a nice look on his face. I never really warmed up to Clemence because he took Tommy’s place.

[Murphman]

RIP Tommy. Seems like he was a great character.

 

Need Murph to come to thread ro regale us with some stories

 

I saw him play. I remember him being short and heavily built, he didn't look like a professional sportsman, but he won the FA Cup in the eeayeadio final and I can name that team off the top of my head, i was 10 years old and beside myself with happiness at the time. But he was clearly a top fella too and I'm so glad the world, most of whom won't have heard of him, recognised that when he got that mike stuffed in his face outside Goodison.

[RP]

But he was clearly a top fella too and I'm so glad the world, most of whom won't have heard of him, recognised that when he got that mike stuffed in his face outside Goodison.

 

 

When was that?

[Murphman]

When was that?

 

Go away.

[RP]

Go away.

 

 

What are you talking about gramps?

[stonty]

Sad news

 

RIP