Welsh had previously played for the club as a guest player during the 39/40 season.  Although this was only a brief spell, it was enough for Welsh to be accepted as a Liverpool player by the fans.

Unfortunately for Welsh the team he inherited had major problems.  Although the defence was solid, the attack was ageing and was unable to provide enough goals for the team to win many games.  Welsh attempted to fix this by spending 50,000 ponds on players like Bimpson and A'Court, but even this was not enough to rescue the situation.

Although the team narrowly avoided relegation in 1953, beating Chelsea in a scrappy final game to stay in Division One, the writing was on the wall the following season, and the team was duly relegated in 1954.  It was the first time the team had suffered relegation for over 50 years.

Welsh very nearly redeemed himself during the 55-56 season, narrowly missing out on promotion back to Division One.  Despite this, it was obvious that under Welsh the team was going nowhere, and in May 1956 Welsh accepted his part of the blame for the teams relegation and was sacked.

Welsh has the dubious honour of being the only Liverpool manager ever to be sacked.  He died in 1990, aged 78.