 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Callaghan ṣe awọn igba 857 fun Liverpool laarin 1960 ati 1978, ti o wọ inu ẹgbẹ akọkọ lẹsẹkẹsẹ lẹhin ipinnu Bill Shankly gẹgẹbi alakoso Liverpool. Oun ni ọmọ ẹgbẹ akọkọ nigba ti Liverpool gba igbesoke si Ẹka akọkọ ni ọdun 1962, o si lọ lati ṣe iranlọwọ fun wọn lati ṣẹgun akọle liigi ni ọdun 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976 ati 1977, bakanna bi 1965 : ati 1974 FA Cup Final, UEFA Cup ni 1973 UEFA Cup Final ati 1976 UEFA Cup Final, ati European Cup ni 1977 ati bi aropo ni 1978. Wọn dìbò fún un gẹgẹ bí Ẹlẹsẹsẹ Ọdún FWA ní 1974. O ti wa ni iwe nikan ni ẹẹkan ninu iṣẹ rẹ, ni 1978 League Cup Final replay ni Old Trafford, eyi ti Liverpool ti padanu si Nottingham Forest. 