Part 1 of a 2 hour interview with Bill Shankly, recorded in 1981 (audio only). And if they didn't believe me, they believe me now.[168] Commenting on the mood of the crowd, a moved Peter Robinson, club secretary of Liverpool, told a reporter, Bills got such power of oratory that if he told them to march through the Mersey tunnel and pillage Birkenhead theyd do it. [77], Other players in Shankly's Huddersfield team were Ken Taylor, who was an England Test cricketer; striker Les Massie and captain Bill McGarry. The inscription features details of Liverpool's 1965 win over Inter Milan at Anfield, the club's first great European night. [116], Three days after winning the FA Cup, Liverpool defeated European champions Inter Milan 31 at Anfield in the semi-final first leg with a performance that was saluted by Inter's coach Helenio Herrera. Hug. Standing on the steps of St George's Hall, Shankly overlooked a crowd of over 100,000 Liverpool fans, and delivered one of his most famous speeches. His schooling was rudimentary, and although he displayed a fierce. He described Preston's attitude as the biggest let-down of his life in football. [133], The new team began promisingly in 197071 by retaining fifth place in the league and reaching the semi-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where they lost 01 to Leeds United side. Now if everyone thinks along these lines and does all the small jobs to the best of their ability thats honesty, then the world would be better and football will be better. In 1967, he signed striker Tony Hateley from Chelsea for a club record 96,000 and then felt obliged to transfer him to Coventry City only a year later. [108] According to Roger Hunt, the secret of Liverpool's success was that, under Shankly, they were the fittest team in the country. [176] He soon stopped going to Melwood because he felt there was some resentment and people were asking what he was doing there. [100], The two Scottish players were centre half Ron Yeats and centre forward Ian St John from Dundee United and Motherwell respectively. He led Liverpool to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962, before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup. Shankly had fully realised the importance of football to its die-hard fans, himself included. [93] Shankly commented that one of the pitches looked as if bombs had been dropped on it and he asked if the Germans had been over in the war. In the meantime, he arranged for the players to meet and change at Anfield before going to and from Melwood by bus. In 1997, a seven-foot tall bronze statue of Shankly was unveiled outside the stadium. [82] His league record at Huddersfield was 49 wins and 47 defeats in 129 matches.[77]. [121] Shankly had applied the principle in a preliminary round tie against Juventus when Liverpool were away in the first leg. The man from Glenbucks biggest impact was metaphysical. When the opportunity came for him to move on, he was not convinced he wanted to leave. The grandson of the legendary Bill Shankly says the former Liverpool manager would be "spinning in his grave" at the club being involved in European Super League plans and declared he would "happily see the statue" of his grandfather removed from outside Anfield. [164], Shankly formed a special bond with the Liverpool supporters and, at the end of the 196162 season when Liverpool won the Second Division championship, he told the Liverpool Echo: "In all sincerity, I can say that they are the greatest crowd of supporters in the game". [129] Adding the new players to Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan, Chris Lawler and Emlyn Hughes, Shankly formed the nucleus of a second great team which went on to dominate English and European football in the 1970s. [23], Shankly's village team was called the Glenbuck Cherrypickers, a name probably derived from the 11th Hussars (the "Cherry Pickers"), but he said the club was near extinction when he had a trial and he never actually played for them. Childhood & Early Life. [38] With his wholehearted attitude and commitment to the team, he quickly established himself as a first-team regular and became a crowd favourite. Shankly made a point of emphasising the importance of fans. A Liverpool fan holds a scarf honouring the club's legendary manager Bill Shankly. Walton Park Cemetery, Rawcliffe Road, Walton, L9 3DG Anfield Cemetery Anfield Cemetery first opened in 1863 and is one of the largest. [177] Shankly contrasted Liverpool's attitude with what he encountered at other clubs, including Liverpool's great rivals Everton and Manchester United, where he was received warmly. [10], All five Shankly brothers played professional football and Shankly claimed they could have beaten any five brothers in the world when they were all at their peaks. 'Since I've come here to Liverpool, to Anfield, I've drummed it into our players, time and again, that they are privileged to play for you. He was put in the intensive care unit yesterday after suffering a relapse. [37] By 1949, he was Preston's club captain but had lost his place in the first team, which was struggling against relegation despite having Tom Finney in the side. "[104] Liverpool had finished third in both 195960 and 196061 (only the top two clubs were promoted); but the new team gained promotion in the 196162 season by winning the Second Division championship, Hunt scoring 41 goals. Its an institution. [125] In September 1968, he paid 100,000 (equivalent to 1,845,043 in 2021) to Wolverhampton Wanderers for their teenage striker Alun Evans who thus became "football's first 100,000 teenager". He worked for Radio City 96.7, a Liverpool station on which he presented his own chat show, once interviewing prime minister Harold Wilson, and was a pundit on its football coverage. [19], After Shankly left school in 1928, he worked at a local mine alongside his brother Bob. Shankly's own ashes were scattered at the Kop end of the Anfield pitch following his death in 1981. [54] Perhaps his most memorable international was the wartime game at Wembley on 18 April 1942 when Scotland won 54 and Shankly scored his only Scotland goal. [127] Apart from Hall who graduated through the reserves, they were all signed from clubs in lower divisions or even, in the case of Heighway, from non-league football. [147] On 30 December 1972 the team beat Crystal Palace at Anfield to make it 21 consecutive home wins in the league. He has played for Scotland national team. [31] Shankly was happy at Carlisle which was close to his home at Glenbuck and he had settled in well with almost a guarantee of first team football. [33] Arriving at Carlisle, he discovered that the interested club was Preston North End who had offered a transfer fee of 500. [205], Shankly was noted for his charismatic personality and his wit; as a result, he is oft-quoted. They are only there to sign the cheques." 9th . Liverpool then switched to all-out attack in the second leg at Anfield and won 20 (21 aggregate). Other attributes were physical fitness and willingness to work, especially to struggle against the odds. Best Bill Shankly Quotes If you are first you are first. [73] The situation led to numerous arguments with the club's board which, as Kelly records, included a majority of rugby league men whose interest in football took second place to rugby. In return, he said, the support of the Liverpool fans for their team had been incredible. [184] After Shankly's death in 1981, Nessie lived there alone until she died in August 2002. He said that he and his friends learned from their mistakes and became better people in later years. Everything was done systematically with players rotating through exercise routines in groups with the purpose of achieving set targets. So people not only support Liverpool when theyre alive. Bill Shankly was born in the small Scottish coal mining village of Glenbuck, Ayrshire, whose population in 1913, the year of Shankly's birth, was around 700. Om det s bliver om en mned, 2 eller om 4 mneder. Despite the football pedigree in his family, he did not play himself. In his autobiography, Shankly recounted that among his many achievements, winning the 1965 FA Cup final was his greatest day in football. [7] It is with great regret that I as chairman of Liverpool Football Club have to inform you that Mr Shankly has intimated that he wishes to retire from active participation in league football. [186], On the day of Shankly's death, training was cancelled at both Melwood and Bellefield. Rather than just putting a few lines in the match programme, he preferred to speak and explain his team changes and his views about the previous match. [66] Even so, Shankly believed he still had good players to work with and was able to buy some additional players on the transfer market for low fees. [96], One particular routine designed to develop stamina, reflexes and ball skills was the "sweat box" which Shankly described as: "using boards like the walls of a house with players playing the ball off one wall and on to the next; the ball was played against the boards, you controlled it, turned around and took it again". San Siro, 12 May 1965: a time and a place which are branded across the collective consciousness of Liverpool football club and, so it has always been said, haunted Bill Shankly to his grave. While Liverpool's treatment of Shankly may have seemed disrespectful, they were acting in the best interests of the club and its new manager by pursuing the same relentless winning ethic that Shankly himself had instilled. Liverpool played in all-red only for European matches but quickly adopted the colour permanently. [29] He was paid four pounds ten shillings a week at Carlisle which he considered a good wage as the top rate at that time was eight pounds. [58], Shankly was always noted for his dedication to football and, in his playing days, would do his own training during the summer months. [29], Shankly wrote in his autobiography that he had long prepared himself for a career as a football manager. [191], Shankly was made an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002, in recognition of his impact on the English game as a manager. [88] One aspect of the quartet's legacy to football was the conversion of an old storage room into what became known as the "Boot Room", which was used for tactical discussion while cleaning and repairing boots. [60] Shankly recalled that Brunton Park was dilapidated, writing that the main stand was falling to pieces and the terraces derelict. When the former Spion Kop end was replaced by a new stand in 1998, it was named the Bill Shankly Kop and was designed with different coloured seats providing an image of Shankly's head and shoulders. October 2009. Tragically, Bill Shankly died on 29th September 1981 at the age of 68 years old, but his legacy lives on in the hearts of football fans across the world and at Liverpool FC. Directors don't come into it. [156] In the third round of the FA Cup, Liverpool had to score a late equaliser to draw 22 at home against lowly Doncaster Rovers but recovered to win the replay and then go all the way to the final. His condition appeared to be stable and there was no suggestion that his life was in danger. She did not agree that there was any hidden motive behind his decision and she thought Brian Clough's view about tiredness was probably correct. Thanks for helping with Find a Grave! [48] He had absorbed all the coaching systems with any useful qualifications and had full confidence in his ability and in himself to be a leader. He's a one off, there'll never be another one like Shanks. [71] In his autobiography, he said that he and his wife were feeling homesick in Grimsby and, when an opportunity came to manage Workington, he was attracted to the challenge partly because they would be closer to Scotland. He absolutely lives the game he was totally honest, he believed implicitly in what he was doing, and there was never, ever a doubt when you either talked to him, met him, or anything; he was above board. To deal with what he saw as a below average playing squad, he placed 24 players on the transfer list. Shankly is the most significant icon in the clubs history. Davie states that, when analysing 'football as if it were a religion', in Liverpool's case, the environment enables fans to hold 'valuable and accurate perceptions about . A post-match report said that Scotland's success was inspired by "the BusbyShankly victory service" when Shankly and his future management rival Matt Busby combined to help Scotland's cause. [211] Shankly had no time for bigotry or prejudice, especially arising from differences of religion. [37] He joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) and managed to play in numerous wartime league, cup and exhibition matches for Norwich City, Arsenal, Luton Town, Cardiff City, Lovell's Athletic F.C and Partick Thistle, depending on where he was stationed[37] (winning the Summer Cup with the Glasgow club in 1945). In his 1976 autobiography, Shankly stated that he still had the medal. In 195455, the team finished a creditable eighth and saw a rise in attendances from 6,000 to 8,000. [45], With the resumption of full League football again in the 194647 season, Shankly returned to Preston who held his registration, but he was now 33 and coming to the end of his playing days. [112] Ahead of the final The Beatles had sent Shankly a telegram wishing the team luck,[113] and Shankly appeared on the BBC's Desert Island Discs where he picked the club's anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" as his eighth and final selection.[114]. Shankly did not understand that, by turning up for training at Melwood, he was effectively undermining Bob Paisley's status as manager. The Premier . He urged the local population to support the team and would use the public address system at matches to tell the crowd about his team changes and how his strategy was improving the team. [46] Shankly was a qualified masseur and had decided he wanted to become a coach so, when Carlisle United asked him to become their manager in March of that year, he retired as a player and accepted the job. Moore left Liverpool in August after a . "At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Bill Shankley's grandson says he'd have his grandfather's statue removed from outside Anfield / Clive Mason/Getty Images. Shankly recognised the potential of Blackpool teenager Emlyn Hughes, a future England captain, and signed him for 65,000 in February 1967. Shankly maintained that Liverpool were denied a definite penalty in their crucial away match against Derby and then had a good goal disallowed towards the end of their final match against Arsenal. [207] Ian St John agreed that much of Shankly's behaviour was "bizarre", but everything was done with a purpose because Shankly always knew what he was doing and what he was saying.[208]. He is full of good football and possessed with unlimited energy; he should go far. There is no hypocrisy about it. Directors don't come into it. [183] They continued to live in the semi-detached house at West Derby, near the Everton training ground at Bellefield, which they bought when they moved to Liverpool in 1959. [69] Shankly's record in league football at Grimsby was 62 wins and 35 defeats from 118 matches. [200], Upon his death in 1981 Shankly left 99,077 in his will (equivalent to 404,009 in 2021).[201]. [171] Tommy Smith said that Shankly's feelings for Nessie were undoubtedly a major reason for his decision. Another prospect in his team was left back Ray Wilson who went on to become Huddersfield's most capped player before joining Everton. Det hber jeg at der er bred enighed om i England. He briefly took up advisory roles at Wrexham and then at Tranmere Rovers, helping former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats at the latter. One of British football's greatest-ever managers, Bill Shankly, believed in the polar opposite to the ESL's money-making ethos, says grandson Chris Carline Credit: Getty Carline, who runs the Shankly Foundation charity, is "appalled and embarrassed" that Liverpool are joining the 12-team, closed-shop League of rich European clubs. [37], Shankly played for Scotland 12 times from 1938 to 1943 in five full and seven wartime internationals. [120] Shankly said after the defeat in Milan that the Inter fans were going mad because they were so pleased to have beaten Liverpool and he insisted it proved the high standard to which the Liverpool team had raised itself. He said to the policeman: "Don't you do that. He led Liverpool like a revolutionary leader, casting his personnel not just as footballers but soldiers to his cause, and became a folk hero to the fans. Shankly deplored long-distance running on roads and insisted that, apart from warm-up exercises or any special exercises needed to overcome injuries, the players trained on grass using a ball. Beattie resigned in the next season and, on 5 November 1956, Shankly succeeded him as manager. [138] Shankly summarised Keegan as "the inspiration of the new team". "[182], Shankly was awarded the OBE in November 1974, four months after he retired as Liverpool manager. [37][47] Shankly's departure from Preston was resented by some at the club and he was refused a benefit match, to which he felt entitled. Take our quiz to find out if you REALLY do", "End of era as Nessie Shankly dies at 82", "Bill Shankly remembered: 11 brilliant quotes from Liverpool's iconic manager", "Three Kings: A tear-jerking tale of how three Scots built Liverpool, Manchester United and Celtic", "England Player Honours Professional Footballers' Association MeritAward", "France Football have ranked the 50 greatest managers of all time", "Royal Mail celebrates 'Great Britons' with launch of latest special stamp collection", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Shankly&oldid=1139230919, *Club domestic league appearances and goals, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 01:46. If you are second, you are nothing. In any event, their perceived ruthlessness was vindicated by the unprecedented haul of League Championship titles and European Cups won over the next decade[173] under Bob Paisley[180] and Joe Fagan. Shankly was recommended by a scout called Peter Carruthers who had seen him playing for Cronberry. Despite Juventus taking the lead after 81 minutes, Shankly ordered his players to ensure the deficit was only one goal. As a player in 1932, he wore the shirts of Preston North End for one year then Carlisle United, representing Scotland 7 times. He died seven years later, aged 68. [63], Season ticket sales in 195051 reached an all-time high and Carlisle challenged strongly for promotion as well as achieving a draw with Arsenal at Highbury in the FA Cup. I said to them: In you come, youre welcome, and they trotted in by the dozen. People born there would often move to find work in larger coal mines. [160], In April 1973, when Shankly and the team were showing off the League Championship trophy to the fans on the Kop, he saw a policeman fling aside a Liverpool scarf which had been thrown in Shankly's direction. They had met earlier during World War II, when Bill was serving as a Corporal with the RAF and "Nessie", who was six years younger, was serving with the WRAF. He realised after taking the advice of his brothers that it is a waste of time. The club was unrecognisable from the decrepit, rundown place it had been on the eve of the 60s. Jurgen Klopp has brought the Bill Shankly ethos back to Anfield and the German is "a Scouser at heart" says former Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore. The story behind famous Liverpool chant, "Do you know the Anfield Rap lyrics? On the following Monday morning, his condition suddenly deteriorated and he was transferred into intensive care.
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