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Iconic images: Shankly passes the baton to Paisley

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Throughout LFC's 125th anniversary year, Liverpoolfc.com will retrace the club's history through the striking images that plot a fascinating journey.

Sixth in the series is a photograph that shows Bill Shankly holding aloft his seventh, and final, major trophy as Liverpool manager along with his assistant and successor, Bob Paisley.

"I felt tired from all the years...my mind was made up. If we had lost the final I would have carried on, but I thought, 'well, we've won the Cup now and maybe it's a good time to go.' I knew I was going to finish.