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Robert Paisley was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. Reluctantly taking the job in 1974, he built on the foundations laid by his predecessor Bill Shankly and went on to become the most successful English manager in history. Paisley is the first of five m…
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sports · English footballer and manager (1919–1996) · association football player · association football coach · also Bob Paisley, Robert Paisley, Paisley
Born 23 January 1919 · Died 14 February 1996 · Q314436
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Public attention spiked: 7,861 Wikipedia readers in one day, 19.9× the usual 396, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Liverpool manager Adding Luis Enrique to the list of managers to have won the UCL 3 times.
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Won award: FourFourTwo 22th Greatest Manager of All Time (2023).
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Won award: Sports Illustrated 10th Greatest Manager of All Time (2019).
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Won award: France Football 26th Greatest Manager of All Time (2019).
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Won award: World Soccer 8th Greatest Manager of All Time (2013).
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Won award: ESPN 4th Greatest Manager of All Time (2013).
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Won award: English Football Hall of Fame (Manager) (2002).
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Paisley was among the six managers who were inaugural inductees into the English Football Hall of Fame
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Died 1996-02-14.
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Aged 77, after having Alzheimer's disease for several years
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Paisley was honoured by the club with the opening of the Paisley Gateway at one of the entrances to Anfield, complementing the existing Shankly Gates
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But without her husband, who was not well enough to attend
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Before being appointed as a club director
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Won award: FWA Tribute Award (1984).
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1982–83).
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Won award: PFA Merit Award (1983).
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Won award: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1983).
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Won: League Cup with Liverpool (1982–83).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1982–83).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1981–82).
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Won: League Cup with Liverpool (1981–82).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1982).
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1981–82).
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Runner-up: Intercontinental Cup with Liverpool (1981).
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Won: European Cup with Liverpool (1980–81).
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Won: League Cup with Liverpool (1980–81).
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Said the team needed freshening up and he went out and did it
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Liverpool never finished lower than runners-up in the league with Paisley as manager
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1980).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1979–80).
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1979–80).
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1978–79).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1979).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1978–79).
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Runner-up: League Cup with Liverpool (1977–78).
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Won: European Cup with Liverpool (1977–78).
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Runner-up: UEFA Super Cup with Liverpool (1978).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1977).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1976–77).
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Runner-up: FA Cup with Liverpool (1976–77).
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Won: European Cup with Liverpool (1976–77).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Liverpool (1977).
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1976–77).
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When he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews on board a coach in central London
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Won award: Football Manager of the Year Award (1975–76).
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1975–76).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1976).
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Won: UEFA Cup with Liverpool (1975–76).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Liverpool (1974).
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Built on the foundations laid by his predecessor Bill Shankly and went on to become the most successful English manager in history
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Shankly retired as manager and, despite Paisley's own initial reluctance, he was appointed as Shankly's successor
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Paisley joined the Liverpool back room staff as a self-taught physiotherapist and was said to have the knack of being able to diagnose a player's injury just by looking at them
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And remained with Liverpool until he retired from playing in 1954
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Won: Football League First Division with Liverpool (1946–47).
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Bob Paisley was married to his wife Jessie, a school teacher in Liverpool, from 1946 until his death 50 years later.
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And was stationed at Woolwich Arsenal until he was demobbed
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Paisley went with the Eighth Army into Sicily and then into Italy
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Played for Liverpool F.C. (1939–1954) — 253 appearances, 10 goals.
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Played for Bishop Auckland F.C. (1937–1939).
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And continued to attract notice as a member of their junior team
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During the General Strike when he was seven, he had to scramble over slag heaps to collect coal dust that his parents could mix with water to create a crude fuel
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Born 1919-01-23.
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