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Alan's dad, Tom Bush, played for Liverpool in the 30s and 40s before becoming a coach at the club(Image: Alan Bush)

Not many boys can say they've had the FA Cup and the league championship trophy on their bed, but Alan Bush can.

No longer a youngster at the age of 75, the Anfield native, whose dad Tom Bush played for Liverpool FC in the 30s and 40s before becoming a coach at the club, has told of his 'wonderful childhood' as part of the 'Liverpool family' in the 50s and 60s.

After Liverpool's win against Spurs to secure their 20th league title last Sunday (April 27), Alan spoke to the ECHO about growing up surrounded by legends such as Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, how the club has changed over the years, and what the Premier League title means for the city.

He began: "I was brought up inside Liverpool Football Club.

Ephraim was the first Liverpool player to be capped for England, and he captained Liverpool in the 1914 FA Cup Final, so I connected with people who were at the very start of the wonderful journey of our football club.

"I met Bill Shankly as a boy many times.

You see that often in football; you get a top coach and a manager who compliment each other, and Paisley didn’t have Shankly’s personality but he had a very good tactical brain, so that combination made for the football club."

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Alan claims his father and Bob Paisley once helped to persuade Bill Shankly to stay at Liverpool, when he suddenly said he would resign.

He added: "One story I don’t think many people do know about Shankly is that, when Liverpool had a player called Johnny Morrissey, Everton - through persuading the board and without Shankly’s permission - bought him because they needed a right-winger.

"Shankly resigned and he was walking out the club with his typewriter under his arm and all of his books, and my father was standing in the car park with Bob Paisley having a chat.

My father, who was then the youth team coach, saw players such as Roger Hunt, Ian Callaghan and Gerry Byrne play in a championship-winning team.

Alan Bush (right) with Liverpool FC club chaplain Bill Bygroves(Image: Alan Bush)

"He was so delighted.
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