Match Of My Life Liverpool Midfielder George Scott Shares his footballing Memories

Match Of My Life Liverpool Midfielder George Scott Shares his footballing Memories with Steve Hothersall 

I want you to think of yourself as the 12th Best Player in the World?”

(Bill Shankly to George Scott 1965)

In late 1959 I was playing for Aberdeen Schoolboys and my footballing ability had been spotted by a man named Jim Lornie, who was caretaker at my school and also a scout for LFC. “The Dons [Aberdeen] were my heroes. Initially I only wanted to play for them. Then, when I was 15, Liverpool came along. The furthest I'd been up to that point was just down the road to Dundee.”

Jim persuaded my mother to reluctantly let me travel to Liverpool for a week’s trial. After playing in a trio of games for the clubs “C” team against Blackpool, Everton and Preston I was invited to Anfield to sign for the club as an apprentice professional.

 My grandmother asked Bill Shankly “Where exactly is Liverpool?” Shankly's reply was instant: “We're in the second division now but we'll be in the first division next year make no mistake about that