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Laurence Valentine LloydLarry Lloydwas one of the toughest, most uncompromising players in his heyday. His strength and battle-hardened nature saw this defender win league titles and European cups throughout an illustrious career. Signed from his hometown club, Bristol Rovers, by legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, Lloyd soon became a regular in the Liverpool team. Alongside skipper Tommy Smith he became renowned as being one half of the toughest defense in the game; no mean feat considering this was in the 1970s, when football really was a tough game. Making his first appearance for England in 1971, under Sir Alf Ramsay, Lloyd's career went from strength to strength. Liverpool stormed to a League and UEFA Cup double in 1973a season in which he didn't miss a single minute of the 54 gamesand it seemed there was no stopping this indomitable defensive force. But disaster struck in the following season when an injury saw him replaced by up-and-coming Reds' hero Phil Thompson, and Larry Lloyd was sold on to Coventry, where it was thought his best years were behind him. Those doubters were silenced through the astute eye of one of the greatest managers, not to mention characters, t

Author

Larry Lloyd; Rita Wright

Publisher

Blake Publishing, Limited, John

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781844545339

Subjects

Anthropology, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.62 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14