The striker signed for the Reds midway through the 1976/77 season, just in time for the start of the team’s successful FA Cup campaign. He famously scored the winner in the final against Liverpool, but just six months earlier, Greenhoff’s heart belonged to another club.
He was a real fans’ favourite at Stoke City, having scored almost a century of goals since joining them in 1969, the year after he won the League Cup with Leeds United. In fact, the striker and supporters had such a strong bond that it would take some extreme weather to break it.