Sad news. YNWA Jessie.
Jessie Paisley, wife of legendary Liverpool FC manager Bob, passes away aged 96
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[*]Feb 8 2012
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JESSIE Paisley, wife of Liverpool FC’s most successful manager Bob Paisley, has died aged 96.
She passed away in hospital this morning after being diagnosed with a heart infection last week.
Jessie’s son Graham today said: “She was the driving force behind my dad.”
And it was some force, with Bob Paisley guiding the Reds to six league titles, three European Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Cup and one European Super Cup in just nine years in charge between 1974 and 1983.
Graham said: "She idolised my dad and was very much Liverpool Football Club through and through. In fact, the last piece of good news she got was the team beating the two Manchester clubs in the cups - she was very pleased about that.
"She was so fully supportive of what my dad did - she was always 100 per cent behind him. There was no side to her and she never begrudged the time he’d have to spend away from home.
"She was a schoolteacher most of her working life, so when my dad was off on his travels, she was very much the one in charge of the family. She controlled what was going on and even controlled my dad when he was at home - she was a very organised lady.
"In many ways, she was his unpaid secretary and would help him write speeches and respond to correspondence. Obviously the demands of football were different back then to what they are now, but she was very protective of his limited home life.
“If he came home and things were stressful, she knew when to say something or when not to mention anything about games - she got the balance right most of the time.”
A statement on the official Liverpool FC website said: “Everybody at Liverpool Football Club would like to pass on their condolences to Jessie’s family and friends at this difficult time.”
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