Frank Christie
Frank Christie (17 December 1927 – 12 September 1996) was a Scottish football player and manager. Playing career Christie started his career at amateur side, St Johnstone Young Men's Club, Perth, Scotland. He was signed by Liverpool on 17 July 1945 and subsequently loaned to Forfar having failed to break into the Liverpool first team from Liverpool's Central League reserve side. Forfar signed Christie permanently at the end of the 1945/46 season, where he enjoyed three years at the club before rejoining Liverpool F.C in March 1949. He played in four of Liverpool's League matches towards the end of the 1949–50 season, making his debut in defence alongside the likes of Bob Paisley and Phil Taylor in a fixture away to Manchester United on 15 March 1950 at Old Trafford before a crowd of 45,283. In January 1951, East Fife paid Liverpool an £8,000 transfer fee to bring Christie back to Bayview. He spent the large part of his playing career at East Fife, and scored the winning goal in East Fife's 3–2 victory over Partick Thistle in the 1953–54 Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden Park, Glasgow in front of 38,529. Coaching career In the summer of 1963, when