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Tom Bromilow had just left the army when he asked Liverpool for a trial at the end of the First World War, as then secretary George Patterson recalls: "His signature was obtained in the strangest manner. He came to the ground in uniform during the war and asked for a game.

"I asked George Fleming, who was in charge of the second team then, how he was fixed and he said he could do with another player, Bromilow played at outside right and was an instant success.

"When the war ended he signed as a professional. Eventually he took his place in the first team when Lacey was playing an international match for Ireland. I should think that it is one of the luckiest signings I have made."

Left-half Bromilow played 23 times during his debut season and would miss only five matches over the next three seasons, which included the club's 3rd and 4th League Championships in successive seasons (1921-22 and 1922-23).

Bromilow was a regular member of Liverpool's defence for the rest of the decade, making his final appearance for the club at Blackburn on the last day of the 1929-30 season after an immensely successful career with the Reds.

He started his coaching career in the summer of 1930 in Amsterdam, Holland, which was an unusual place to begin, but that was the sign of things to come for his curious managerial career, in which he went back and forth between a trio of teams.

In October 1932 he was appointed manager of Burnley, who had been relegated to Second Division two years earlier. The highlight being when the Clarets reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the 1933-34 season.

Bromilow left in July 1936 for Third Division South's Crystal Palace after a series of mid-table finishes in the second tier of League football. He left The Eagles after only one season, taking charge of Newport County A.F.C (1936-37), then returning to Palace.

They finished as runners-up in Third Division South before the outbreak of World War II. He managed Leicester City during the war, winning the League South title and Midland Cup.

He returned to Newport for a couple of years, prior to joining Leicester again, this time as scout.

Bromilow died suddenly on a train on 4th of March 1959 while scouting a cup game for Leicester.

Other clubs:
West Dingle, United West Dingle Prebytarians (both amateur)