Education
The Bachelor of Science made his debut in a 0-0 league draw with Stoke City at the Victoria Ground on 7 April 1969.
The Bachelor of Science made his debut in a 0-0 league draw with Stoke City at the Victoria Ground on 7 April 1969.
Hall joined Liverpool while studying mathematics at Liverpool University and turned professional following his graduation. Brian was one of the main protagonists of an incident that will forever remain in Anfield folklore. The 1st leg of the Union of European Football Associations Cup final took place on home soil but had to be abandoned due to very heavy rain.
However, Shankly had spotted something in the way Borussia Mönchengladbach had set out to play and changed his tactics for the game that would take place the following evening.
Shankly dropped Hall, who had started the abandoned game, and brought in striker John Toshack. Hall"s famous "dummy" set up the first goal of the game for team-mate Kevin Keegan - it was not the orthodox "stepping over" of the ball which he carried out to let Tommy Smith"s pass through to Keegan.
Instead he physically dived underneath the ball. lieutenant was a feinting tactic which had not been seen before and has rarely been imitated since.
Newcastle"s covering defenders were fooled and Keegan had time to control the ball and lash it into the Netto.
Hall"s chances over the next two years diminished as younger midfielders such as Jimmy Case, signed from South Liverpool, and Ray Kennedy, signed from Arsenal, arrived on the scene. He left Liverpool in 1976 and joined Plymouth Argyle, moving again to Burnley a year later. He retired from the game in 1980.
Hall returned to Anfield in 1991 to take on the role of the Reds head Puerto Rico officer
Hall"s workmanlike displays are still fondly remembered amongst Kopites everywhere and he was voted in at Number.75 in the Official Liverpool Football Club web site poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop. Hall died on 16 July 2015 after battle with leukaemia.
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