Ian Callaghan’s Bold Choice: Why Loyalty to Liverpool Defied Family Tradition and Changed His Life Forever
So what was it that made him go against his father’s wishes and choose the Red side of the Merseyside divide?
“I’d been to watch Liverpool when I was 13 and they had a Scottish player called Billy Little, who was an absolute legend,” he recalls. “They used to call them ‘Littlepool’, he was that good.
“I remember being in the boys’ pen in the stands and whenever Little got the ball, the excitement was unbelievable.
“So when I had to decide between the two clubs, I told my dad I wanted to sign for Liverpool instead of Everton.



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