Source: Liverpool_Echo
Ronnie Moran leads tributes to Liverpool FC legend Alan A'Court
Alan A'Court 300[LNB]RONNIE MORAN today led the tributes to Alan A'Court and described him as a 'great team-mate and even better friend'.[LNB]A'Court, who has a special place in Liverpool's history thanks to the fact that he scored the first goal of the Bill Shankly regime, passed away on Monday following illness.[LNB]He was a quick, direct attacking outside left during his playing days and his 381 appearances for the Reds between 1952 and 1964 yielded an impressive 63 goals.[LNB]Moran and A'Court forged a potent combination on Liverpool's left side before Shankly arrived at the club and it continued to flourish when the Scot came in.[LNB]But Anfield stalwart Moran will remember A'Court, who was 75, mostly for the japes they used to share during away trips.[LNB]'Myself and Alan started out together and when we were in the first team, we used to room together on away trips and there were always laughs and jokes,' he recalled.[LNB]'I played left-back and he was just in front of me and I always said that when he went to the World Cup in 1958 with England that they had got us confused![LNB]'But it's such sad news; our families used to go on holiday together and he was great man, who will be sadly missed by all.
