A group of Liverpool fans are to tour memorials to three of the biggest names in the club's history.
Around 12 supporters are set to embark on the three-day trip later this month.
They will be taking in the home towns and villages of Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Billy Liddell.
The group, who are all members of the Onthe kop.com website, will begin by heading north on Friday, June 21, to Hetton, in County Durham, which is the birthplace of Bob Paisley.
The great manager's life is commemorated there with a plaque in the small town's park.
It was created after members of the website helped set up an appeal fund and campaign for the memorial.
Peter Etherington, who runs the site, said: "Hetton is always a special one because of the campaign and the way Bob Paisley is remembered there.
"We have good links with the town council and every time Liverpool travel up to play Sunderland they put on a spread and give us an official welcome.
"People there are proud of what Paisley achieved and the attention that he brings to their town."
The following day, the party will head north of the border to Townhill, in Fife.
That is where legendary Reds' winger Billy Liddell is remembered through a special memorial garden.
The supporters will then move on to the mining village of Glenbuck, in Ayrshire, and its stone and marble monument to Bill Shankly, the legendary manager who was born 100 years ago in September.
Peter said: "It is always a big thing to go there, and even more so with it being an anniversary year.
"It is very much out in the middle of nowhere.
"There is a house nearby but not much else.
"In fact, not much of Glenbuck remains at all."
Source: Liverpool Echo
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