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Ghost on the Wall is the official biography of one of Liverpool Football Club's greatest ever servants- Roy Evans. Born in Bootle in 1948, Evans attracted the attention of many First Division club managers while playing for England's schoolboys team in the early 1960s. In 1964, legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly stepped in to sign him. But while the '60s were an exciting time to play for Liverpool, they were also very challenging, and Evans found it hard to break into the first team on a regular basis. Following Shankly's shock resignation in 1974, Evans was given the opportunity to become a member of the backroom staff. It was here that he really made his mark, taking the reserve team to seven Central League titles in nine years and coming of age as a coach and trainer, emerging as an invaluable member of the legendary 'Boot Room'. The decline in the club's fortunes during the 1980s meant that the resignation of manager Graeme Souness in 1994 left the incoming manager facing an exciting challenge - to return the club to its glory days. Roy Evans, 'the last of the Shankly lads', was handed his date with destiny. While the Reds did not win another League Championsh

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'A well-written reappraisal of Evans' - FourFourTwo

"""'A well-written reappraisal of Evans' - FourFourTwo"""

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Roy Evans played at left-back for Liverpool before becoming a revered member of the backroom staff at the club. He was appointed manager in 1994 and held this position until stepping down in 1998. Derek Dohren was born in Liverpool but now lives and works in Lanarkshire. He edits a suite of websites devoted to his Boot Room heroes and runs a bookshop with his wife in the Clyde Valley.

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