Read a great story from Souness about Ronnie.
"I was frightened of him," Souness admitted when speaking to Irish radio programme Off The Ball. "Let me tell you another story. We had played a Romanian team and I got involved with one of their players and I ended up doing something I shouldn't have done.
"I threw a punch at him and he had to go off. So at the end of the game - and remember this is the Iron Curtain time - but at the end of the game at Anfield, I went off the pitch and started climbing the stairs. As I'm going up the stairs I can see guy.
"He's broken his jaw, he's got ice packed into a towel and he's got it tied around his head. And I'm obviously chuckling at him. These two big guys in long leather coats appear from nowhere and start making their way towards me, up the stairs.
"Again, from nowhere, Ronnie appears. Ronnie had a massive chest! He was a great, big powerful man, Ronnie. He said to them 'Okay then, what are you going to do about it?' with some blue language thrown at them and they thought twice about confronting me.
"I was forever grateful for Ronnie preventing me from getting a back-hander that night.
"We were pretty frightened of Ronnie Moran. He wasn't a bully, don't get me wrong, he wasn't a bully but when he kicked off he could be ferocious. He'll be sorely missed."
RIP Ronnie.
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