He always believed that it was only a matter of time before he became a professional player. [205], Shankly was noted for his charismatic personality and his wit; as a result, he is oft-quoted. 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. At a football club, there's a holy trinity the players, the manager and the supporters. Never at all. [86], Liverpool consolidated in 196263, finishing eighth in their first top flight season under Shankly's management. '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. [79] On another occasion, Huddersfield beat Liverpool 50 with ten men and Shankly recalled the Liverpool directors leaving the ground in single file as if they were in a funeral procession. And no football club is successful without hard work.[92], In his autobiography, Shankly gave insights into his character such as his world-view as a socialist, explaining that the socialism he believed in was not about politics but about collectivism, with everyone working for each other and enjoying a share of the rewards. [85] Shankly described the training ground at Melwood as "a shambles". His condition appeared to be stable and there was no suggestion that his life was in danger. 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. 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. If nothing else was available he would join teams of youngsters in kickabouts. [57] During his playing career, Shankly said he would not argue with referees. [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. [126], The only long-term success that Shankly had in the transfer market in the late 1960s was his signing of Emlyn Hughes, who went on to captain Liverpool to victory in the European Cup. Pound for pound, and class for class, the best football team I have seen in England since the war. Offering spacious luxury rooms, a . Anfield stadium's Shankly Gates bear the He briefly took up advisory roles at Wrexham and then at Tranmere Rovers, helping former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats at the latter. Det hber jeg at der er bred enighed om i England. 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. They are only there to sign the cheques. Yet the silverware tells only a fraction of the story. [57] His philosophy, therefore, was to play hard but fair with no cheating. [75] His record in league football at Workington was 35 wins and 27 defeats from 85 matches. William Shankly OBE (2 September 1913 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. The Shankly gates at Anfield. Tommy Smith recalled that Shankly as manager never ran training and would only speak to Paisley, Fagan and Bennett about what needed to be done. [204] One non-football activity that Shankly did enjoy was playing cards and Ian St John said he loved it, always taking part on long coach trips to away matches. [86], In 196566, Liverpool regained the League Championship title and reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup at Hampden Park, where they lost 21 in extra time to Borussia Dortmund. Childhood & Early Life. [18] His favourite subject was geography and he played football as often as possible, especially in the school playground, but there was no organised school team. [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. [181], Soon after Shankly's retirement, Brian Clough who himself had recently been sacked by Leeds United was asked during a David Frost interview whom in football management he respected, to which Clough replied: "Well, the guy who had my total respect finished a few months ago at Liverpool. He led the Liverpool team out for the last time at Wembley for the 1974 FA Charity Shield. Rumours began and were fuelled by Liverpool's visit to Leeds Road on 28 November. [161] Shankly saw the offer of the scarf as a mark of respect which deserved his respect in return. [138] Shankly summarised Keegan as "the inspiration of the new team". His schooling was rudimentary, and although he displayed a fierce. [84] Anfield itself was in disrepair with no means of watering the pitch and Shankly insisted the club spend 3,000 to rectify that. Shankly took charge of Liverpool when they were bottom of the Second Division but soon established them as one of the major forces in the English game. [60], After an unsuccessful interview at Liverpool,[64] Shankly moved to manage Grimsby Town in June 1951. Shankly summarised the entire strategy in terms of attention to detail with nothing left to chance. As a visitor at Melwood, he began to intervene and Paisley's initial pleasure on seeing him soon turned to polite embarrassment. He was football's Muhammad Ali: a charismatic maverick whose utterances had an unexpected, undeniable poetry. On how his tough, working class upbringing kept him grounded. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in. [7] [153] The second leg in Mnchengladbach was a different story as Borussia took an early 20 lead and Shankly admitted he thought the final was lost, but Liverpool held on to win the final by an aggregate score of 32. Death 19 Oct 1943 (aged 70) Afterwards, Keegan having produced an outstanding performance against the equally outstanding Moore, Shankly told him that Moore had been brilliant that day and Keegan would never play against anyone better. where is bill shankly buriedare there really purple owls. [135] For the first time since winning the competition in 1965, Liverpool reached the FA Cup Final but, as in the Fairs Cup, experience was the major factor and Shankly's young team were beaten 21 by league champions Arsenal despite having taken the lead in extra time through a Steve Heighway goal. [4][5] In addition, he had the risky job of going to the bank each week to collect the payroll. His playing career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. [160] He added that a manager has got to identify himself with the people because their team is something that really matters to them. 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. [80], Disillusioned by a board that wanted to sell his best players without offering money to buy replacements, Shankly felt stifled by Huddersfield's lack of ambition and was delighted in November 1959 to receive an approach for his services by Liverpool. To deal with what he saw as a below average playing squad, he placed 24 players on the transfer list. [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. They had two daughters - Barbara (born 1945) and Jeanette (born 1951) - and eventually went on to have six grandchildren, although their youngest grandchild and only grandson was born several months after Bill Shankly's death. He led the side to three titles, delivered their first FA Cup and their first European trophy, the Uefa Cup. Its the greatest thing in the world, natural enthusiasm. [203] As a result, he had few interests outside the game other than his family. [124] Shankly made two controversial signings in this period which did not turn out as he had hoped. After only one match I knew that the team as a whole was not good enough. Photograph: PA/EMPICS. According to Stephen Kelly, hiring Twentyman as chief scout was "perhaps Shankly's finest signing ever". [22] Shankly developed his skills to the point that he was unemployed for only a few months before Carlisle United signed him. [7], Shankly's parents, John and Barbara, lived in one of the Auchenstilloch Cottages with their 10 children; five boys and five girls. [20] In his autobiography, he described the life of a miner at some length and mentioned many of the problems such as the sheer hard work, rats, the difficulties of eating and drinking at the coal face. This is the true story of Liverpool. He spent one season at Carlisle United before spending the rest of his career at Preston North End, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1938. [39] In a summary of the 193334 season, a Preston correspondent, Walter Pilkington, wrote:[37]. [108] According to Roger Hunt, the secret of Liverpool's success was that, under Shankly, they were the fittest team in the country. And the board has with extreme reluctance accepted his decision. When the team was travelling to Lincoln City, he saw a sportswear shop in Doncaster and stopped the coach to buy a full set of kit in which the team played at Lincoln. The worst problem was the filth because the miners never felt really clean, even though they would go home to wash in a tub after each shift. Om det s bliver om en mned, 2 eller om 4 mneder. "[179] Shankly's visits even went as far as actually taking over the training. [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. [62] He even burned all the kit. Shankly's summary of that final, played on a wet night, was that the team didn't play well and gave away "two silly goals". On one visit to Melwood, a player opined to Shankly that Paisley had made a good start in the job. After he retired from playing, Twentyman became chief scout at Liverpool, working with Shankly and finding several outstandingly talented players. One young boy got killed at his work and a bus load of 50 people came to Anfield one Sunday to scatter his ashes at the Kop end. [97] Shankly got the idea from a routine he had seen Tom Finney use at Preston to hone his skills. [199] On Shankly's appointment as Liverpool manager in 1959, he and his family moved into a house in Bellefield Avenue, West Derby, Liverpool. [162] At Workington, he would answer supporters' letters in person, using an old typewriter. Small-sided games, proper warm-up and cool-down periods, periodised technical workouts, circuit training and segmentation practices created a standard that would eventually come to be known as The Liverpool Way. [102] At a press conference when Yeats came to Liverpool, Shankly emphasised Yeats' height by inviting the journalists to "go and walk round him; he's a colossus! Preston North End footballer Bill Shankly poses for a portrait at Deepdale (Image: Mirrorpix) For a man so inextricably welded to Liverpool FC's history, it's easy to think Bill Shankly arrived in the Anfield dug-out fully-formed, formidable, a walking quote machine. Evans started well and produced some outstanding performances during his four years at the club but Shankly eventually had to sell him to Aston Villa. John Toshack recalled that Shankly was a great help to him when he went into management with Swansea City in 1978. [60] Shankly's work ethic transformed the team who finished 15th in 194849 after he had been in charge for only the last few matches. [200], Upon his death in 1981 Shankly left 99,077 in his will (equivalent to 404,009 in 2021).[201]. [170] His wife, Nessie, had asked him to retire a year earlier but he decided that was not the right time. He compared the cities of Glasgow and Liverpool by saying that there is nothing like the RangersCeltic situation in Liverpool because the supporters of Liverpool and Everton are a mixed bunch whose religion is football. [119] In the 196465 Football League Championship, Liverpool dropped from first to seventh with 13 fewer points than the previous season, perhaps due to the exertion of lengthy participation in the FA and European Cups. [137] This was Kevin Keegan and he was such an important addition to the new Liverpool team that Shankly devoted an entire chapter of his autobiography to him entitled A Boy Called Keegan. Celebrate Bill Shankly's Memory at The Shankly Hotel. Their strategy in two-legged ties would be containment away and attack at home. A charismatic, iconic figure at the club, his oratory stirred the emotions of the fanbase. 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. [166], "Liverpool is not only a club. [61], Shankly used psychology to motivate his players, for example telling them that the opposition had had a very tiring journey and were not fit to play the match. Shankly recognised the potential of Blackpool teenager Emlyn Hughes, a future England captain, and signed him for 65,000 in February 1967. At Carlisle he used to speak to them over the public address system before matches. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. [68] Kelly added that this kind of talk by Shankly could only boost morale at the club. [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]. [173] In her 2006 book about her grandfather, Karen Gill said Shankly never professed anything privately about retirement that he did not declare publicly. One of this season's discoveries, Bill Shankly, played with rare tenacity and uncommonly good ideas for a lad of 20. The man from Glenbucks biggest impact was metaphysical. Bill Shankly was always more than a great football manager. It was during Shankly's tenure that the club changed to an all-red home strip, and "You'll Never Walk Alone" became the club's anthem. [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". [39] Shankly developed into a tough half back, as good as any in the Football League. It is sheer honesty. He was above board. Other attributes were physical fitness and willingness to work, especially to struggle against the odds. [29] At the end of the season, the reserves won the North Eastern League Cup, defeating Newcastle United reserves 10 in the final. [196] Shankly also features in the popular Liverpool chant "Allez, Allez, Allez", which is frequently sung by Liverpool supporters, especially during European matches. Shankly came from a small Scottish mining community and was one of five brothers who played football professionally. The team changed the studs in their boots to suit all playing conditions. 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. [7] As a result, Glenbuck became largely derelict and by the time Shankly's ghost writer John Roberts visited it in 1976, there were only 12 houses left, including a cottage owned by Shankly's sister, Elizabeth, whom Roberts described as "the last of the children of Glenbuck". [111], One of Shankly's greatest ambitions when he joined Liverpool was to win the FA Cup and, after he signed Yeats and St John, he told the club directors that they would win it with these two players in the team. [37] Shankly created an early goal to help Preston win 50, earning him praise in a national newspaper for his "clever passing". Our game against Anderlecht was a night of milestones. [32] Shankly's initial reaction was that it was not enough and the deal nearly fell through. In the meantime, he arranged for the players to meet and change at Anfield before going to and from Melwood by bus. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup. "At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. "[81] Shankly decided to think about the offer as he realised the great potential at Liverpool, who like Huddersfield were in the Second Division at that time. Bill Shankly: The man whose vision reshaped Liverpool Football Club Jeff Goulding @ShanklysBoys1 September 2, 2021 On September 2, 1913, in the small mining town of Glenbuck in Ayreshire, a. The story behind famous Liverpool chant, "Do you know the Anfield Rap lyrics? [187] The Labour Party conference stood in a minute's silence for a man who had always been a socialist. The Ayrshire birthplace of Bill Shankly, the former Liverpool manager, is in line for an unlikely rebirth as part of wide ranging plans to transform it into a unique visitor attraction. It had become too important. He was one off. [58], Shankly was always noted for his dedication to football and, in his playing days, would do his own training during the summer months. Shankly is the most significant icon in the clubs history. [185], Shankly tried to keep busy in retirement and stay in touch with football. [100], The two Scottish players were centre half Ron Yeats and centre forward Ian St John from Dundee United and Motherwell respectively. The location of the grave was not rediscovered until 1970. [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]. [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. Several years later, in his autobiography, Shankly still complained that the match in Amsterdam should never have started because of fog and, although Liverpool lost 51, he still thought Liverpool would win the tie at Anfield. 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. He created the idea of Liverpool, something that did not exist before his arrival on Merseyside. [158], In his autobiography, Shankly wrote: "Right from the start as a manager [i.e., when he was at Carlisle] I tried to show that the fans are the people that matter. [149] A massive bonus for the club was winning the 1973 UEFA Cup, the club's first European success. June 25, 2014. Considered one of the greatest of all football managers, Shankly was among the inaugural inductees into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He said that he and his friends learned from their mistakes and became better people in later years. [37] Shankly was keen on boxing and fought as a middleweight in the RAF, winning a trophy when he was stationed in Manchester. Min tanke er at det m vre vigtigere at afslutte denne sson end at starte en ny op. [36] He made his first team debut on 9 December 1933, three months after his 20th birthday, against Hull City. One of the best ways to understand Bill Shankly's relationship with the fans is through Davie's study of analogy and Liverpool FC. [8] Although he was known as Bill throughout his football career, his name in the family was Willie, pronounced [Wullie]. He and Nessie went to Buckingham Palace and, according to Kelly, that was a rare day out for them. Pressure is having no work at all. A Liverpool fan holds a scarf honouring the club's legendary manager Bill Shankly. His wage was increased to eight pounds a week with six pounds in the summer. He found himself in charge of several promising youngsters who soon graduated to the first team after Town were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 195556 season. So people not only support Liverpool when theyre alive. The Premier . [187] Tributes poured in from the world of football, especially from the former players of all Shankly's clubs. [55][56], Shankly declared in his autobiography that he specialised in what he called "the art of tackling", emphasising that it is an art. [32] His brother Alec pointed out to him that Preston were in the Second Division and a bigger club than Carlisle with the potential to regain First Division status. He said he still wanted the involvement as the club had become his life. [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 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. [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". In fact, he developed into a top-class right-half. [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. 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Shankly's granddaughter, Karen Gill, said to The Observer in 2009: "I think that perhaps it was tiredness, that football had taken its toll on him". October 2009. [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. From coaching his players and arguing with journalists to buttonholing fans in pubs, all Shankly ever wanted to do was talk about football and to be involved in football. He did this for two years until the pit closed and he faced unemployment. [127] The Liverpool site records that the defeat signalled the end for St John, Hunt, Byrne, Yeats and Lawrence; the incomers included Ray Clemence, Alec Lindsay, Larry Lloyd, John Toshack, Brian Hall and Steve Heighway. [8] Shankly was the ninth child and the youngest boy. [197] Archived voice overs of Shankly ("My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility") appear on the track "Anfield Rap", a Liverpool FA Cup Final song from 1988.[198]. It ended badly, however, because Shankly accused the club's board of reneging on a bonus promise for the players should the team finish in the top three of the league. [49] In the 1970s, Shankly was asked how a current star compared to Finney and Shankly replied: "Aye, he's as good as Tommy but then Tommy's nearly 60 now". [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. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. [28], Shankly made his senior debut on 31 December 1932 in a 22 draw against Rochdale and made 16 appearances for the first team. When, finally, he was invited to travel with them to the away leg of the 1976 UEFA Cup Final in Bruges, he was accommodated in a separate hotel and said he found that insulting. [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. [86], In spite of the difficulties, Shankly quickly felt at home in his new club and believed he shared an immediate bond with the supporters, whom he saw as his kind of people. [194] The novel was short-listed for the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize (2013). [174], Shankly's retirement was officially and surprisingly announced at a press conference called by Liverpool on 12 July 1974. [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. [161], Shankly emphasised the importance of communication with the supporters. The terms for Shankly personally were a fee of 50 plus a 10 signing-on fee and wages of five pounds a week (equivalent to 378 in 2021). Bill Shankley's grandson says he'd have his grandfather's statue removed from outside Anfield / Clive Mason/Getty Images. When Shankly arrived at Anfield on Monday, 14 December 1959, Liverpool had been in the Second Division for five years, and had been defeated by non-league Worcester City in the 195859 FA Cup. Shankly was was born in the mining village of Glenbuck, Scotland, to Barbara and John Shankly. The referee, he wrote, always wins in the end. 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. It was a poor upbringing. One of his main problems was sharing the ground with the local rugby league club and Shankly was very concerned about the damage done to the playing surface by the rugby players. [127], Many of the new players came to Liverpool because of a new scouting system created by Shankly in 1967 and placed under the control of new chief scout Geoff Twentyman, who had played for Shankly at Carlisle and had then spent several seasons at Liverpool, retiring shortly before Shankly's appointment. [2][3] In 2019, 60 years after Shankly arrived at Liverpool, Tony Evans of The Independent wrote, "Shankly created the idea of Liverpool, transforming the football club by emphasising the importance of the Kop and making supporters feel like participants".[3]. A Bill Shankly memorial was renewed on Monday in the former Liverpool manager's birthplace as part of the official opening of the Glenbuck Heritage Village. "[182], Shankly was awarded the OBE in November 1974, four months after he retired as Liverpool manager. [87] Paisley's influence at Liverpool was crucial for, as Kelly puts it, Shankly was "the great motivating force behind Liverpool, but it was Paisley who was the tactician". [146], In 197273, Liverpool won the club's eighth league title and their third under Shankly. He became a manager after he retired from playing in 1949, returning to Carlisle United. [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. The introduction of the all-red strip had a huge psychological effect. He said in his autobiography that there was greater potential at Grimsby than at Carlisle. [173] It bears the legend: "He made the people happy". They support them when they are dead. 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. That's precious". 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