Get the biggest Liverpool FC stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailHis nickname was the Anfield Iron, for very good reason. Tommy Smith, who has died aged 74, was a true Liverpool legend before overuse made the phrase meaningless. For Tommy Smith, his reputation had to be that of the 'Anfield Iron’. It was widely thought to be his last game, but he stayed at Anfield another season, picking up a second European Cup winners medal, despite missing the final. Asked once to sum up his legendary Liverpool career, Anfield Iron Smith replied with a fitting epitaph.

Source: Daily Mirror April 12, 2019 19:41 UTC