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Bill ShanklyOBE

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Full name William Shankly

Date of birth 2 September 1913

Place of birth Glenbuck,Scotland

Date of death 29 September 1981 (aged 68)

Place of death i!erpool,"ngland

Playing position #ight hal$%nb 1&

Youth career

1931'32 ronberry "glinton

Senior career*

Years Team pps! "#ls$!

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1932'33 arlile *nited 16 (+)

1933'9 -reton .orth "nd 29/ (13)

Total %&% "&%$

'ational team

1938'3 Scotland 12 (1)

Teams managed

199'01 arlile *nited

1901'0 Grimby on

190'00 Workington

1906'09 udder$ield on

1909'/ i!erpool

4 Senior club appearance and goal counted $or the dometic league only5

7ppearance (Goal)5

William "Bill" ShanklyOBE(2 September 1913 29 September 191! "a#

a Scotti#hfootballerandmana$er"ho i# be#t remembered for hi# mana$ement of%i&erpool' e i#

re$arded a# one of football)# $reate#t mana$er#'

Shankly came from a #mall Scotti#h minin$comm*nity a# one of fi&e brother# "ho played football

profe##ionally and "a# a ball "innin$ ri$ht half"ho "a# capped t"el&e time# for Scotland, incl*din$ #e&en

"artime international#' e #pent one #ea#on at+arli#le nitedbefore #pendin$ the re#t of hi# career

at-re#ton .orth End, "here he "on the F/ +*pin 193' i# career "a# interr*pted by hi# #er&ice in

the 0oyal /ir Forced*rin$ the Second World War'e became a mana$er after he retired from playin$ in

199, mana$in$ +arli#le nited,rim#by o"n,Workin$tonand*dder#field o"n, before acceptin$ the

4ob a# team mana$er of %i&erpool in 5ecember 1969'

Shankly took char$e of %i&erpool "hen they "ere in theSecond 5i&i#ionand reb*ilt the team into a ma4or

force in En$li#h football' e led %i&erpool to the Second 5i&i#ion +hampion#hip to $ain promotion to the

top7fli$ht Fir#t 5i&i#ionin 1982, before $oin$ on to "in three Fir#t 5i&i#ion +hampion#hip#,t"o F/ +*p#,

fo*r +harity Shield#and oneEF/ +*p' Shankly anno*nced hi# #*rpri#e retirement from football a fe"

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"eek# after %i&erpool "on the 19 F/ +*p Final,ha&in$ mana$ed the cl*b for fifteen year#, and "a#

#*cceeded by hi# lon$7time a##i#tant Bob -ai#ley' e died #e&en year# later at the a$e of 8'

Contents

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1 Early life

2 -layin$ career

o 2'1 +arli#le nited

o 2'2 -re#ton .orth End

o 2'3 Scotland

o 2' Style and techni

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Shankly)# $ho#t "riter Aohn 0obert# &i#ited it in 198, there "ere only t"el&e ho*#e# left, incl*din$ a

cotta$e o"ned by Shankly)# #i#ter Eliabeth (%i!, "hom 0obert# de#cribed a# Cthe la#t of the children of

lenb*ckC':1;Shankly)# parent#, Aohn and Barbara, li&ed in one of the /*chen#tilloch +otta$e# "ith their ten

childrenD fi&e boy# and fi&e $irl#':2;Shankly "a# the ninth child and the yo*n$e#t boy' :2;/ltho*$h he "a#

kno"n a# Bill thro*$ho*t hi# football career, hi# name in the family "a# Willie, prono*nced CW*llieC':3;i#

father "a# a po#tman "ho became a tailorof handmade #*it# b*t, de#pite the football pedi$ree in hi#

family, he did not play him#elf' :;

/ll fi&e Shankly brother# played profe##ional football and Shankly claimed that Conce, "hen "e "ere all at

o*r peak#, "e co*ld ha&e beaten any fi&e brother# in the "orldC' :1;i# brother# "ere /lec, kno"n a#

CSandyC by the family, "ho played for/yr nitedand +lydeD:6;Aimmy (19>22!, "ho played for &ario*#

cl*b# incl*din$ Sheffield nitedand So*thend nitedD:8;Aohn (19>38>!, "ho played

for-ort#mo*thand %*ton o"nD:;andBob(191>2!, "ho played for/lloa /thleticand Falkirk':;Bob

became a #*cce##f*l mana$er, $*idin$5*ndeeto &ictory in the Scotti#h champion#hipin 1982 and the

#emi7final# of theE*ropean +*pthe follo"in$ year' :;heir maternal *ncle#, 0obertand William Blyth "ere

al#o profe##ional player# and both became cl*b director# at -ort#mo*th and+arli#le nitedre#pecti&ely':2;

Bill Shankly memorial at lenb*ck

Shankly "rote in hi# a*tobio$raphy that time# "ere hard d*rin$ hi# *pbrin$in$ and e&eryone "a# Ch*n$ry,

e#pecially in "intertimeC':9;e admitted that he and hi# friend# *#ed to #teal &e$etable# from nearby farm#D

bread, bi#c*it# and fr*it from #*pplier#) "a$on#, and ba$# of coal from the pit#' :1>;Shankly admitted the act

"a# "ron$ b*t claimed it "a# Cde&ilment more than badne##C and the root ca*#e "a# their con#tant h*n$er,

b*t he in#i#t# that he and hi# friend# learned from their mi#take# and became better people in later year#'

:11;e "a# at #chool from the a$e of fi&e *ntil he "a# fo*rteen' 5i#cipline at both home and #chool "a# #trict

b*t Shankly #aid it "a# character7b*ildin$' :12;i# fa&o*rite #*b4ect "a# $eo$raphyand he played football a#

often a# po##ible, e#pecially in the #chool play$ro*nd, b*t there "a# no or$ani#ed #chool team' :13;

/fter Shankly left #chool in 192, he "orked at a local mine alon$#ide hi# brother Bob' e did thi# for t"o

year# *ntil the pit clo#ed and he faced *nemployment':1;@n hi# a*tobio$raphy, he de#cribed the life of a

miner at #ome len$th and mentioned many of the problem# #*ch a# the #heer hard "ork, rat#, the

diffic*ltie# of eatin$ and drinkin$ at the coal face, b*t abo&e all the filth CWe "ere ne&er really clean' @t "a#

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*nbelie&able ho" "e #*r&i&ed' oin$ home to "a#h in a t*b "a# the bi$$e#t thin$' he fir#t time @ "a# in a

bath "a# "hen @ "a# fifteenC':16;

While Shankly "a# employed a# a miner, he played football a# often a# po##ible and #ometime# "ent

tola#$o"to "atch either+elticor 0an$er#, #harin$ hi# alle$iance bet"een the t"o and i$norin$ the#ectariani#m that di&ide# la#$o"':18;Shankly de&eloped hi# #kill# to the point that he "a# *nemployed for

only a fe" month# before +arli#le nited #i$ned him' e "rote that he had hi# football f*t*re "orked o*t in

hi# mind and that, e&en "hen "orkin$ in the pit, he "a# only Ckillin$ timeC a# he Ckne" it "a# only a matter

of time before he became a profe##ional player "ith #ome cl*b or otherC' e e?plained that, in football

term#, he had al"ay# been an optimi#t "ith a belief in hi# de#tiny and that "a# the ba#i# of hi# *ndyin$

enth*#ia#m for the #port':1;

Shankly)# &illa$e team "a# called the lenb*ck +herrypicker#,a name probably deri&ed from the11th

*##ar#(the C+herry -icker#C!, b*t Shankly #aid Cthe cl*b "a# near e?tinction "hen @ had a trial and @ ne&eract*ally played for themC':1;Shankly, a$ed 1, then played Chalf a #ea#onC (193132! for +ronberry

E$linton,abo*t t"el&e mile# from lenb*ck' e *#ed to cycle to and from the $ro*nd' :1;+ronberry "ere in

the +*mnock 5i#trict %ea$*e':19;/ltho*$h Shankly had le## than one f*ll #ea#on at +ronberry, he

ackno"led$ed hi# debt to Scotti#h A*nior Footballa# he Clearnt a lotC, mainly by li#tenin$ to older player#

and e#pecially hi# brother#':1;

Playing career[edit]

Carlisle United[edit]

Shankly had a #in$le #ea#on, 193233, at +arli#le nited, then relati&ely ne" to he Football %ea$*eand

playin$ in thehird 5i&i#ion .orth, their re#er&e #ide playin$ in the.orth Ea#tern %ea$*e'Shankly "a#

recommended by a #co*t called -eter +arr*ther# "ho had #een him playin$ for +ronberry' :2>;e "a#

in&ited for a month)# trial and #aid it "a# the fir#t time he had left Scotland' e "a# #i$ned after 4*#t one trial

match for +arli#le)# re#er&e# a$ain#t=iddle#bro*$h re#er&e#, e&en tho*$h +arli#le re#er&e# lo#t the match

8>':21;/ local ne"#paper report #aid that CShankly played #tren*o*#ly and mi$ht de&elop into a *#ef*l left

backC b*t, in fact, he de&eloped into a top7cla##ri$ht half':22;

Shankly made hi# #enior deb*t on 31 5ecember 1932 in a 22 dra" a$ain#t 0ochdaleand made 18appearance# for the fir#t team' :23;/t the end of the #ea#on, the re#er&e# "on the .orth Ea#tern %ea$*e

+*p, defeatin$.e"ca#tle nitedre#er&e# 1> in the final' @n hi# 198 a*tobio$raphy, Shankly #tated C@)&e

#till $ot the medalC':2;

/t thi# #ta$e of hi# career, Shankly "a# a##e##ed a# Ca hard r*nnin$, $ritty ri$ht7halfC:nb 1;"ho#e di#play#

bro*$ht him m*ch prai#e and credit and he "a# Cearmarked a# a key yo*n$ player capable of takin$

+arli#le on to $reater thin$#C' :23;e "a# paid fo*r po*nd#ten#hillin$#a "eek at +arli#le "hich he

con#idered a $ood "a$e a# the top rate at that time "a# ei$ht po*nd#' :26;Shankly "a# happy at +arli#le

"hich "a# clo#e to hi# home at lenb*ck and he had #ettled in "ell "ith almo#t a $*arantee of fir#t teamfootball' When the opport*nity came for him to mo&e on, he "a# not con&inced he "anted to lea&e' :28;

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Preston North End[edit]

Soon after the 193233 #ea#on ended, Shankly recei&ed a tele$ram from +arli#le niteda#kin$ him to

ret*rn a# #oon a# po##ible beca*#e Canother cl*b "a# after meC' :2;/rri&in$ at +arli#le, he di#co&ered that

the intere#ted cl*b "a# -re#ton .orth End"ho had offered a fee of G6>>' he term# for Shankly per#onally

"ere a fee of G6> pl*# a G1> #i$nin$7on fee and "a$e# of fi&e po*nd# a "eek' :28;Shankly)# initial reaction

"a# that it "a# not eno*$h and the deal nearly fell thro*$h' :28;B*t Shankly)# brother /lec pointed o*t to him

that -re#ton "ere in the Second 5i&i#ionand a bi$$er cl*b than +arli#le "ith the potential to re$ain Fir#t

5i&i#ion#tat*#':2;/lec con&inced Bill that the opport*nity "a# more important than "hat he "o*ld be paid

immediately Cit)# "hat yo*)re $oin$ to $et later that co*nt#C' Shankly took hi# brother)# ad&ice and #i$ned

the -re#ton contract in a rail"ay carria$e' :29;

Shankly be$an hi# -re#ton career in the re#er&e#, "ho played in the+entral %ea$*e"hich "a# a hi$her

#tandard than the .orth Ea#tern %ea$*e'

:3>;

e made hi# fir#t team deb*t on 9 5ecember 1933, threemonth# after hi# 2>th birthday, a$ain#t*ll +ity':31;Shankly created an early $oal to help -re#ton "in 6>,

earnin$ him prai#e in a national ne"#paper for hi# Ccle&er pa##in$C' :32;With hi# "holehearted attit*de and

commitment to the team, he "ith a penalty #cored byeor$e =*tchin the final min*te of e?tra time' /# "ell a# "innin$ the F/ +*p,

-re#ton fini#hed third in the lea$*e' :38;hat #ea#on marked Cthe pinnacle of Shankly)# playin$ careerC':31;

Shankly had 4*#t reached hi# 28th birthday "hen the Second World War be$an and the "ar claimed the

peak year# of hi# playin$ career' :31;e 4oined the 0oyal /ir Force(0/F! and mana$ed to play in n*mero*#

"artime lea$*e, c*p and e?hibition matche# for .or"ich +ity,/r#enal, %*ton o"nand -artick hi#tle,

dependin$ on "here he "a# #tationed':31;On 3> =ay 192, he played a #in$le $ame for%i&erpoolin a 1

"in o&er E&ertonat/nfield':31;Shankly "a# keen on bo?in$and fo*$ht a# amiddle"ei$htin the 0/F,"innin$ a trophy "hen he "a# #tationed in =anche#ter' :3;e confirmed in hi# a*tobio$raphy that hi# "ei$ht

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a# an 0/F bo?er "a# 169 po*nd# (2 k$! and he "a# only 8 po*nd# (2' k$! hea&ier than that in 198'

:3;Shankly met hi# "ife, .e##ie, in the 0/F (#he "a# in the W//Fand #tationed at the #ame camp! and

they married in 19':3;

With the re#*mption of f*ll %ea$*e football a$ain in the 198 #ea#on, Shankly ret*rned to -re#ton "hoheld hi# re$i#tration, b*t he "a# no" 33 and comin$ to the end of hi# playin$ day#' :31;By 199, he "a#

-re#ton)# cl*b captain b*t had lo#t hi# place in the fir#t team, "hich "a# #tr*$$lin$ a$ain#t rele$ation

de#pite ha&in$ om Finneyin the #ide':39;Shankly "a# a >> people on 3 =ay 191, b*t Scotland

lo#t that $ame 13':;-erhap# hi# mo#t memorable international "a# the "artime $ame at Wembley on 1

/pril 192 "hen Scotland "on 6 and Shankly #cored hi# only Scotland $oal' / po#t7match report #aid

that Scotland)# #*cce## "a# in#pired by Cthe B*#by7Shankly &ictory #er&iceC "hen Shankly and hi# f*t*re

mana$ement ri&al =att B*#bycombined to help Scotland)# ca*#e':;/ccordin$ to the %i&erpool "eb#ite,

Shankly)# $oal "a# Cprobably the #tran$e#t national $oal e&erC' :;e took a #pec*lati&e #hot $oal"ard#

from 6> yard# and the ball bo*nced o&er the En$land $oalkeeper)# head and into the net' :;@n Aan*ary

193, "hen Shankly "a# the #*b4ect of This Is Your Life,the $oal "a# #ho"n and Shankly commented thatCthey all co*nt and "e "onC':;:9;

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Style and technique[edit]

Shankly declared in hi# a*tobio$raphy that he C#peciali#ed in the art of tacklin$C, empha#i#in$ that it i# an

art':6>;e claimed that he "a# Cne&er #ent off the field or had (hi#! name in a referee)# bookC' :6>;@n hi# &ie",

the art of tacklin$ i# in the timin$ and the #ole ob4ect i# to "in the ball' E&en if the opponent i# in4*red in the

tackle, Cit)# not a fo*l beca*#e yo* ha&e timed e&erythin$ ri$ht and yo*)&e "on itC' :6>;i# philo#ophy,

therefore, "a# to play Chard b*t fairC "ith no cheatin$':6>;

5*rin$ hi# playin$ career, Shankly #aid he "o*ld not ar$*e "ith referee#' e reali#ed after takin$ the

ad&ice of hi# brother# that it i# a "a#te of time' he referee, he "rote, Cal"ay# "in# in the endC' :61;

Shankly "a# al"ay# noted for hi# dedication to football and, in hi# playin$ day#, "o*ld do hi# o"n trainin$

d*rin$ the #*mmer month#' he %i&erpool "eb#ite record# that, d*rin$ the #*mmer of 1933 "hen he

ret*rned to lenb*ck after completin$ hi# fir#t #ea#on a# a profe##ional, he decided to de&elop hi# thro"7

in#kill#' e "a# an early e?ponent of the lon$ thro"7in and, accordin$ to the #ite, Cpracticed by thro"in$

ball# o&er a ro" of ho*#e# ("hile! the #mall boy# of the &illa$e helped by fetchin$ them back for himC' :23;

anagement career[edit]

Shankly "rote in hi# a*tobio$raphy that he had lon$ prepared him#elf Cfor the day "hen @ "o*ld become a

football mana$erC':1;e pointed o*t that he had ab#orbed all the coachin$ #y#tem# "ith any *#ef*l

and then to third in 196>61, almo#t $ainin$ promotion' :63;

One of Shankly)# player# at +arli#le "a# eoff "entyman, then a promi#in$ yo*n$centre half, "ho "a#

later tran#ferred to %i&erpool' /fter he retired from playin$, "entyman became chief #co*t at %i&erpool,

"orkin$ "ith Shankly and findin$ C#ome of the fine#t talent# in Briti#h footballC' :6;

Shankly *#edp#ycholo$yto moti&ate hi# player#, for e?ample tellin$ them that the oppo#ition had had a

&ery tirin$ 4o*rney and "ere not fit to play the match' e *r$ed the local pop*lation to #*pport the team and

"o*ld *#e the p*blic addre## #y#tem at matche# to tell the cro"d abo*t hi# team chan$e# and ho" hi#

#trate$y "a# impro&in$ the team' :63;Shankly recalled that Br*nton -ark"a# dilapidated "ith the main #tand

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Cfallin$ to piece# and the terrace# derelictC' :66;e e&en b*rned all the kit and, "hen the team "a# tra&ellin$

to%incoln +ity, he C#potted a #port#"ear #hop in5onca#ter, #topped the coach, "ent in and bo*$ht a f*ll

#et of kit that the team played in at %incolnC' :68;

Sea#on ticket #ale# in 196>61 reached an all7time hi$h and +arli#le challen$ed #tron$ly for promotion a#"ell a# achie&in$ a dra" "ith /r#enal ati$hb*ryin the F/ +*p' B*t it ended badly beca*#e Shankly

acc*#ed the cl*b)# board of rene$in$ on a bon*# promi#e for the player# #ho*ld the team fini#h in the top

three' Shankly re#i$ned and took *p an offer from rim#by o"n'Shankly)# o&erall record in lea$*e football

at +arli#le "a# 2 "in# and 22 defeat# from 96 matche#' :63;

!rimsy #o$n[edit]

/fter a failed inter&ie" at %i&erpool,:6;Shankly mo&ed to mana$e rim#by o"n in A*ne 1961' e #aid in

hi# a*tobio$raphy that there "a# $reater potential at rim#by than at +arli#le' :6;i# main problem# "ere

that rim#by had been rele$ated t"ice in recent #ea#on#, droppin$ from the Fir#t to the hird 5i&i#ion, and

#ome $ood player# had been tran#ferred before he arri&ed':69;B*t Shankly belie&ed he #till had $ood

player# to "ork "ith and "a# able to b*y #ome additional player# on the tran#fer market for lo" fee#' :6;

rim#by made a #tron$ challen$e for promotion in 196162 b*t fini#hed #econd, three point# behind

%incoln +ity (only one team "a# promoted from 5i&i#ion hree .orth, "ith one from 5i&i#ion hree So*th!'

:8>;Shankly in#i#ted in hi# a*tobio$raphy that hi# rim#by team "a# C-o*nd for po*nd, and cla## for cla##,

the be#t football team @ ha&e #een in En$land #ince the "ar' @n the lea$*e they "ere in they played football

nobody el#e co*ld play' E&erythin$ "a# mea#*red, planned and perfected and yo* co*ld not "i#h to #ee

more entertainin$ footballC':8>;Stephen Helly

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didC':86;Workin$ton ro#e to 1th by the end of the 19636 #ea#on and #o did not ha&e to apply for re7

election' @n 19666, the team fini#hed a creditable th and #a" a ri#e in attendance# from 8,>>> to ,>>>'

:86;

Workin$ton operated on a #hoe#trin$ and Shankly had to do m*ch of the admini#tration "ork him#elf,incl*din$ an#"erin$ the telephone and dealin$ "ith the mail by *#in$ an old type"riter to an#"er letter#' @n

addition, he had the ri#ky 4ob of $oin$ to the bank each "eek to collect the payroll' One of hi# main

problem# "a# #harin$ the $ro*nd "ith thelocal r*$by lea$*e cl*band Shankly "a# &ery concerned abo*t

the dama$e done to the playin$ #*rface by the r*$by player#':88;he #it*ation led to Cn*mero*# ar$*ment#C

"ith the cl*b)# board "hich, a# Helly record#, C"a# #tacked "ith r*$by lea$*e men "ho#e intere#t in football

took #econd place to r*$byC' :8;

Shankly re#i$ned on 16 .o&ember 1966 to take *p the po#t of a##i#tant mana$er at *dder#field o"n,

"orkin$ "ith hi# old friend /ndy Beattie':8;

i# record in lea$*e football at Workin$ton "a# 36 "in# and 2defeat# from 6 matche#':86;

%uddersfield #o$n[edit]

Shankly)# initial role at *dder#field "a# a# re#er&e team coach' e fo*nd him#elf in char$e of #e&eral

promi#in$ yo*n$#ter# "ho #oon $rad*ated to the fir#t team after o"n "ere rele$ated to the Second

5i&i#ion at the end of the 196668 #ea#on' Beattie re#i$ned in the ne?t #ea#on and, on 6 .o&ember 1968,

Shankly #*cceeded him a# mana$er' On +hri#tma# E&e, he $a&e a fir#t team deb*t to 18 year old

pro#pect 5eni# %a"'/nother pro#pect in hi# team "a# left back 0ay Wil#on"ho "ent on to become

*dder#field)# mo#t capped player before 4oinin$ E&erton' :89;Shankly did not $ain promotion at

*dder#field, the team fini#hin$ 12th in 19686, 9th in 1966 and 1th in 19669' :>;

Other player# in Shankly)# *dder#field team "ereHen aylor,"ho "a# al#o an En$lande#t cricketerD

#triker%e# =a##ieand captain Bill =carry':1;On 21 5ecember 196, *dder#field lo#t 8 to+harlton

/thletic, "ho played mo#t of the match "ith ten men, after *dder#field "ere leadin$ 61 "ith 4*#t 2

min*te# remainin$' Shankly de#cribed it a# Cone of the mo#t amain$ $ame# @ ha&e e&er #eenC':2;B*t, on

another occa#ion, *dder#field beat %i&erpool 6> "ith ten men and Shankly recalled Cthe %i&erpool

director# lea&in$ the $ro*nd in #in$le file like a f*neral proce##ionC' :3;

5i#ill*#ioned by a board that "anted to #ell hi# be#t player# "itho*t offerin$ money to b*y replacement#,

Shankly felt #tifled by *dder#field)# lack of ambition and "a# deli$hted in .o&ember 1969 to recei&e an

approach for hi# #er&ice# by %i&erpool' e recalled ho" %i&erpool chairman om ('I'! William# a#ked him

if he "o*ld like to mana$e the Cbe#t cl*b in the co*ntryC, to "hich Shankly replied CWhy, i# =att B*#by

packin$ *pJC:;Shankly decided to think abo*t the offer a# he reali#ed the $reat potential at %i&erpool, "ho

"ere al#o in the Second 5i&i#ion at that time' 0*mo*r# be$an and "ere f*elled by %i&erpool)# &i#it to %eed#

0oadon 2 .o&ember' /ltho*$h *dder#field "on the $ame 1>, Shankly accepted the %i&erpool offer and

re#i$ned hi# po#ition a# *dder#field mana$er at a board meetin$ on 1 5ecember 1969' :6;i# lea$*e

record at *dder#field "a# 9 "in# and defeat# in 129 matche#' :>;

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&i'er(ool[edit]

)*+* to )*,-[edit]

When Shankly arri&ed at /nfield on =onday, 1 5ecember 1969, %i&erpool had been in the Second

5i&i#ion for fi&e year#, and had been defeated by non7lea$*e Worce#ter +ityin the19669 F/ +*p':8;/nfield it#elf "a# in di#repair "ith no mean# of "aterin$ the pitch and Shankly in#i#ted the cl*b #pend

G3,>>> to rectify that':;Shankly de#cribed the trainin$ $ro*nd at =el"ooda# Ca #hamble#C':;he

%i&erpool #;One a#pect of the

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ba#i# of %i&erpool)# #trate$y':;Shankly in#i#ted on #*itable coolin$7off period# after trainin$ (no" called

C"armin$ do"nC! before the player# took a bath and had a meal' he team chan$ed the #t*d# in their boot#

to #*it all playin$ condition#' Shankly #*mmari#ed the entire #trate$y a# Cattention to detailD "e ne&er left

anythin$ to chanceC':9;

%i&erpool)# reco&ery depended on ne" player# bein$ ac and 198>

81 (only the top t"o cl*b# "ere promoted!D b*t the ne" team $ained promotion in the 198182 #ea#on by

"innin$ the Second 5i&i#ion champion#hip, *nt #corin$ 1 $oal#' :;

%i&erpool con#olidated in 198283, fini#hin$ ei$hth in their fir#t top fli$ht #ea#on and the team contin*ed to

impro&e' Si$nificant #i$nin$# "ere "in$ halfWillie Ste&en#onfrom 0an$er#in 1982 and left "in$er-eter

homp#onfrom -re#ton in 1983' :96;Shankly de#cribed the homp#on deal a# Cdayli$ht robberyC'

:98;%i&erpool)# yo*th #y#tem prod*ced f*t*re En$land international# like @an +alla$han,ommy

Smithand +hri# %a"ler':9;he hard "ork paid off in 19838 "hen %i&erpool "on their #i?th %ea$*e

+hampion#hip title, endin$ the #ea#on "ith a 6> defeat of /r#enal at /nfield' :9;/ccordin$ to 0o$er *nt,

the #ecret of %i&erpool)# #*cce## "a# that, *nder Shankly, C"e "ere the fitte#t team in the co*ntryC' :99;@n

198, Aimmy =elia "a# tran#ferred toWol&erhampton Wanderer#D:1>>;and Shankly bo*$ht /r#enal *tility

playereoff Stron$for G>,>>> b*t thi# "a# %i&erpool)# la#t #i$nificant tran#fer acti&ity *ntil 198' :1>1;

)*,- to )*./[edit]

One of Shankly)# $reate#t ambition# "hen he 4oined %i&erpool "a# to "in the F/ +*p and, after he #i$ned

Keat# and St Aohn, he told the cl*b director# that Cthe#e player# "ill "in *# the F/ +*pC' :9;@t "a# St Aohn

"ho #cored the "innin$ $oal in =ay 1986 "hen %i&erpool did "in the F/ +*p for the fir#t time in the cl*b)#

hi#tory "ith a 21 e?tra time &ictory o&er %eed# nitedat Wembley' @n hi# a*tobio$raphy, Shanklyreco*nted that amon$ hi# many achie&ement#, "innin$ the 1986 F/ +*p "a# hi# C$reate#t dayC':1>2;

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%i&erpool impro&ed their %ea$*e performance# o&er the ne?t t"o year#, fini#hin$ third in 1988 and then

#econd in 19889, altho*$h to Shankly him#elf it "a# Ca mediocre time in the late 198># a# "e prepared

for the 19>#C':111;Shankly made t"o contro&er#ial #i$nin$# in thi# period "hich did not t*rn o*t a# he had

hoped' @n 198, he #i$ned #triker ony ateleyfrom+hel#eafor a cl*b record G98,>>> and then felt obli$ed

to tran#fer him to +o&entry +ityonly a year later':111;e claimed bad l*ck and in4*rie# di#r*pted the pro$re##

of t"o other pro#pect#/lf /rro"#mithandordon WallaceDShankly compared the latter to om Finney'

:112;@n September 198, Shankly paid G1>>,>>> to Wol&erhampton Wanderer# for their teena$e #triker/l*n

E&an#"ho th*# became Cfootball)# fir#t G1>>,>>> teena$erC' E&an# #tarted "ell and prod*ced #ome

o*t#tandin$ performance# d*rin$ hi# fo*r year# at the cl*b b*t Shankly e&ent*ally had to #ell him to/#ton

Iilla' Shankly recalled that E&an# "a# #carred by a $la## in a ni$htcl*b incident "hich, in Shankly)# opinion,

had a detrimental impact on hi# career' :113;

he only lon$7term #*cce## that Shankly had in the tran#fer market in the late 198># "a# hi# #i$nin$ of

Emlyn *$he#, "ho "ent on to captain %i&erpool to &ictory in the E*ropean +*p' Other"i#e, he did not

#i$nificantly chan$e the team *ntil the 1989> #ea#on "hen %i&erpool fini#hed fifth in the lea$*e

champion#hip, a lon$ "ay behind the "inner# their local ri&al# E&erton' :11;Shankly "a# characteri#tically

defiant "hene&er E&erton $ot the better of %i&erpool and, altho*$h he liked and re#pected e&eryone

connected "ith E&erton, "o*ld al"ay# talk *p %i&erpool at E&erton)# e?pen#e' ypical of thi# "a# hi# &ie"

that Chi# city ha# t"o $reat football team# %i&erpool and %i&erpool re#er&e#C' :116;

@n the 1989> F/ +*p after a &ery poor performance':11;he %i&erpool #ite record#

that the defeat #i$nalled the end for St Aohn, *nt, Byrne, Keat# and %a"renceD the incomer# incl*ded0ay

+lemence,/lec %ind#ay, %arry %loyd,Aohn o#hack,Brian alland Ste&e ei$h"ay':11;/part from all

"ho $rad*ated thro*$h the re#er&e#, they "ere all #i$ned from cl*b# in lo"er di&i#ion# or e&en, in the ca#e

of ei$h"ay, from non7lea$*e football':118;/ddin$ the ne" player# to ommy Smith, @an +alla$han, +hri#

%a"ler and Emlyn *$he#, Shankly formed the n*cle*# of a #econd $reat team "hich "ent on to dominate

En$li#h and E*ropean football in the 19>#' :11;

=any of the ne" player# came to %i&erpool beca*#e of a ne" #co*tin$ #y#tem created by Shankly in 198

and placed *nder the control of ne" chief #co*teoff "entyman, "ho had played for Shankly at +arli#le

and had then #pent #e&eral #ea#on# at %i&erpool, retirin$ #hortly before Shankly)# appointment' /ccordin$

to Stephen Helly, hirin$ "entyman a# chief #co*t "a# Cperhap# Shankly)# fine#t #i$nin$ e&erC' :11;@t "a#

thro*$h "entyman that %i&erpool fo*nd the ne" player# and, after Shankly retired, "entyman $a&e

#terlin$ #er&ice to Bob -ai#ley and Aoe Fa$an by findin$ player# like -hil .eal,/lan an#enand@an 0*#h'

:11;/# al"ay#, Shankly kept thin$# #imple and "entyman "a# told to look for a pro#pect)# ba#ic

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:11;/ltho*$h Shankly #ometime# paid lar$e tran#fer fee# he "a# loath to do #o and "entyman)# brief "a#

C$ettin$ them yo*n$ #o he (Shankly! co*ld mo*ld them into "hat he "antedC' :12>;

)*./ to )*.-[edit]

he ne" team be$an promi#in$ly in 19>1 by retainin$ fifth place in the lea$*e and reachin$ the #emi7final# of the @nter7+itie# Fair# +*p"here they lo#t >1 to a &ery e?perienced %eed# nited #ide':121;he

hi$hli$ht of %i&erpool)# E*ropean campai$n that #ea#on "a# a 1 a$$re$ate &ictory in the ;+o*pled "ith the roar of the cro"d, it "a# de#i$ned to intimidate' :13>;

:131;@n the fir#t match after it "a# erected, %i&erpool defeated .e"ca#tle nited 6>, de#pite an attempt

by=alcolm =acdonaldto 4oke abo*t the #i$n':131;Shankly "o*ld al#o try to boo#t the confidence of hi# o"n

player# by anno*ncin$ that a key opponent "a# *nfit' When He&in Hee$an "a# abo*t to play a$ain#tBobby

=oorefor the fir#t time, Shankly told him that =oore had been o*t at a ni$ht cl*b and "a# h*n$ o&er'

/fter"ard#, Hee$an ha&in$ prod*ced an o*t#tandin$ performance a$ain#t the e

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Bor*##ia took an early 2> lead and Shankly admitted he tho*$ht the final "a# lo#t, b*t %i&erpool held on to

"in the final by the a$$re$ate #core of 32':13;@t "a# the fir#t time an En$li#h cl*b had "on both the lea$*e

title and a E*ropean trophy in the #ame #ea#on':139;

%i&erpool "ere "ell beaten by 0ed Star Bel$radein the #econd ro*nd of the 193 E*ropean +*p andlo#t o*t to %eed# in the %ea$*e +hampion#hip, fini#hin$ #econd' :1>;@n the third ro*nd of the F/ +*p,

%i&erpool had to #core a late e

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Shankly formed a #pecial bond "ith the %i&erpool #*pporter# and, at the end of the 198182 #ea#on "hen

%i&erpool "on the Second 5i&i#ion champion#hip, he told the Liverpool Echo C@n all #incerity, @ can #ay that

they are the $reate#t cro"d of #*pporter# in the $ameC':19;@n ommy Smith)# &ie", Shankly "a# completely

in t*ne "ith the city of %i&erpoolD he lo&ed the #*pporter# and they lo&ed him, mainly Cbeca*#e they kne" he

*nder#tood themC':16>;

0etirement from &i'er(ool[edit]

Shankly "a# 8> year# old "hen %i&erpool "on the 19 F/ +*p and #aid in hi# a*tobio$raphy that, on

ret*rnin$ to the dre##in$ room at the end of the match, he Cfelt tired from all the year#C' :161;i# mind "a#

made *p and he kne" he "a# $oin$ to retire':161;i# "ife, .e##ie, had a#ked him to retire a year earlier b*t

he decided that "a# not the ri$ht time':162;ommy Smith #aid that Shankly)# feelin$# for .e##ie "ere

*ndo*btedly a ma4or rea#on for hi# deci#ion' :163;@n 19, he decided that he co*ld lea&e %i&erpool "ith pride

in a 4ob "ell done and only one re$ret, "hich "a# that he did not "in the E*ropean +*p' :162;

S*mmer "a# the "or#t time of year for Shankly "ho "a# re#tle## "itho*t daily in&ol&ement in football, and

#o he had threatened to re#i$n in pre&io*# year#' he %i&erpool #ecretary -eter 0obin#on "a# initially bla#N

in 19 b*t, "hen he reali#ed Shankly "a# #erio*# thi# time, he tried to make him chan$e hi# mind'

Shankly)# $randda*$hter, Haren ill, #aid toThe Observerin 2>>9 C@ think that perhap# it "a# tiredne##,

that football had taken it# toll on himC':16;

Shankly)# retirement "a# officially and #*rpri#in$ly anno*nced at a pre## conference called by %i&erpool on

12 A*ly 19' he chairman, Aohn Smith, #aid in hi# openin$ addre## :166;

C@t i# "ith $reat re$ret that @ a# chairman of %i&erpool Football +l*b ha&e to inform yo* that =r Shankly ha#

intimated that he "i#he# to retire from acti&e participation in lea$*e football' /nd the board ha# "ith

e?treme rel*ctance accepted hi# deci#ion' @ "o*ld like to at thi# #ta$e place on record the board)# $reat

appreciation of =r Shankly)# ma$nificent achie&ement# o&er the period of hi# mana$er#hipC'

B*t Shankly #oon re$retted hi# deci#ion and tried to contin*e hi# in&ol&ement "ith the cl*b, mainly by

t*rnin$ *p for team trainin$ at =el"ood' e #aid he #till "anted the in&ol&ement a# the cl*b had become hi#

life':168;e #oon #topped $oin$ to =el"ood beca*#e he felt there "a# #ome re#entment and people "ere

a#kin$ "hat he "a# doin$ there':16;

Feelin$ *n"anted, Shankly be$an to re#ent the cl*b altho*$h he #tillattended matche# b*t #at in the #tand a"ay from the director# and #taff' e "a# e#pecially annoyed that

%i&erpool did not in&ite him to attend a"ay matche# a# the cl*b)# $*e#t' When, finally, he "a# in&ited to

tra&el "ith them to the a"ay le$ of the 198 EF/ +*p Finalin Br*$e#,he "a# accommodated in a

#eparate hotel and #aid he fo*nd that in#*ltin$' :16;Shankly contra#ted %i&erpool)# attit*de "ith "hat he

enco*ntered at other cl*b#, incl*din$ %i&erpool)# $reat ri&al# E&erton and =anche#ter nited, "here he "a#

recei&ed "armly' e recalled =anche#ter nited mana$er ommy 5ocherty)# reply to a %i&erpool director

C/ye, Bill)# "elcome hereC':16;/bo*t E&erton, once hi# $reate#t ri&al#, he "rote C@ ha&e been recei&ed more

"armly by E&erton than @ ha&e by %i&erpool' @t i# a #candal that @ m*#t "rite the#e "ord# abo*t the cl*b @

helped to b*ildC':16;

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From %i&erpool)# point of &ie", the #it*ation "a# that Shankly had retired and the cl*b had to mo&e on'

Shankly did not *nder#tand that by t*rnin$ *p for trainin$ at =el"ood, he "a# effecti&ely *nderminin$ Bob

-ai#ley, "ho had #*cceeded him a# mana$er, e&en to the point of act*ally takin$ o&er the trainin$' ommy

Smith recalled that Shankly a# mana$er ne&er ran trainin$ and "o*ld only #peak to -ai#ley, Fa$an and

Bennett abo*t "hat needed to be done' B*t, a# a &i#itor at =el"ood he be$an to inter&ene and -ai#ley)#

initial plea#*re on #eein$ him #oon t*rned to polite embarra##ment' E&ent*ally, -ai#ley had to point o*t to

Shankly that he didn)t "ork there any more, that it "a# no" -ai#ley)# team and that he had thin$# "hich he

"anted to do "ith the team' :16;

@t i# belie&ed that Shankly "anted a #eat on the %i&erpool board, follo"in$ the precedent of =att B*#by "ho

4oined the =anche#ter nited board after he retired a# mana$er in 1989' B*t, a$ain, "hat Shankly did not

*nder#tand "a# that hi# relation# "ith the board had often been acrimonio*# "ith #e&eral re#i$nation

threat# and a #tatement made by Shankly that C/t a football cl*b, there)# a holy trinity the player#, the

mana$er and the #*pporter#' 5irector# don)t come into it' hey are only there to #i$n the che

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contin*ed to li&e in the #emi7detached ho*#e at We#t 5erby, near the E&erton trainin$ $ro*nd atBellefield,

"hich they bo*$ht "hen they mo&ed to %i&erpool in 1969' :18>;/fter Shankly)# death in 191, .e##ie li&ed

there alone *ntil #he died in /*$*#t 2>>2':181;

Shankly tried to keep b*#y in retirement and #tay in to*ch "ith football' e "orked for 0adio +ity 98', a%i&erpool #tation on "hich he pre#ented hi# o"n chat #ho", once inter&ie"in$ prime mini#ter arold Wil#on,

and "a# a p*ndit on it# football co&era$e' e briefly took *p ad&i#ory role# at Wre?hamand then

atranmere 0o&er#,helpin$ former %i&erpool captain 0on Keat# at the latter' @n .o&ember 198, the pre##

#pec*lated that Shankly "o*ld make a ret*rn to mana$ement a# the #*cce##or to5a&e =ackayat 5erby

+o*nty, b*t the po#ition "ent to+olin =*rphyin#tead' Aohn o#hack recalled that Shankly "a# a $reat help

to him "hen he "ent into mana$ement "ithS"an#ea +ityin 19' 5e#pite bein$ in hi# #i?tie#, Shankly kept

him#elf fit and often took part in fi&e7a7#ide football' @f nothin$ el#e "a# a&ailable he "o*ld 4oin team# of

yo*n$#ter# in kickabo*t#':16;

On the mornin$ of 28 September 191, Bill Shankly "a# admitted toBroad$reen o#pitalfollo"in$ a heart

attack'i# condition appeared to be #table and there "a# no #*$$e#tion that hi# life "a# in dan$er' B*t, on

the follo"in$ =onday mornin$, hi# condition #*ddenly deteriorated and "a# tran#ferred into inten#i&e care'

/t >>3> on 29 September, he #*ffered another cardiac arre#t and "a# certified dead, a$ed 8, at >12>' e

"a# cremated at the/nfield +rematori*mon 2 October and hi# a#he# "ere #cattered on the /nfield pitch at

the Hop end':182;

On the day of Shankly)# death, trainin$ "a# cancelled at both =el"ood and Bellefield' :183;he %abo*r

-artyconference #tood in a min*te)# #ilence for a man "ho had al"ay# been a #ociali#t':183;

Sir=att B*#by,the former =anche#ter nited mana$er, "a# #o *p#et that he ref*#ed to take any telephone call# from

people a#kin$ him for a reaction' :183;rib*te# po*red in from the "orld of football, e#pecially from the former

player# of all Shankly)# cl*b#' %i&erpool chairman Aohn Smith #*mmed them *p "ith a #imple b*t fittin$ C@n

my opinion, he "a# the mo#t o*t#tandin$ and dynamic mana$er of the cent*ryC' :183;

%i&erpool erected the 167foot hi$h ca#t7iron Shankly ate# in front of the /nfield 0oad #tand'

@n#cribed You'll Never Wal Alone, they "ere opened by .e##ie Shankly at a lo"7key ceremony in /*$*#t

192' @n 199, a #e&en7foot tall brone #tat*e of Shankly "a# *n&eiled o*t#ide the #tadi*m':16;

From the mid7199># -re#ton .orth End commenced a complete reb*ildin$ of5eepdaleto con&ert it into a

modern all7#eater #tadi*m' When the former Spion Hop end "a# replaced by a ne" #tand in 199, it "a#

named the Bill Shankly Hop and "a# de#i$ned "ith different colo*red #eat# pro&idin$ an ima$e of Shankly)#

head and #ho*lder#':18;

Shankly "a# made an ina*$*ral ind*ctee of the En$li#h Football all of Famein 2>>2, in reco$nition of hi#

impact on the En$li#h $ame a# a mana$er':186;

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Stephen Helly, in hi# 199 bio$raphy of Shankly, call# him Cthe *ltimate ob#e##i&eC' :188;Shankly "a#

fanatical abo*t %i&erpool and abo*t football in $eneral' From coachin$ hi# player# and ar$*in$ "ith

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4o*rnali#t# to b*ttonholin$ fan# in p*b#, all Shankly Ce&er "anted to do "a# talk abo*t footballC and to be

in&ol&ed in football':188;/# a re#*lt, he had fe" intere#t# o*t#ide the $ame other than hi# family' i# "ife

.e##ie told Helly that Shankly "o*ld #pend time in the $arden, mo"in$ and "eedin$' :18;She co*ld al#o rely

on him to Cclean the cooker "hen %i&erpool lo#tC':18;Family holiday# "ere limited to a "eek inBlackpool,

"here they al"ay# #tayed at the .orbreck otel':18;One non7football acti&ity that Shankly did en4oy "a#

playin$ card# and @an St Aohn #aid he Clo&edC it, al"ay# takin$ part on lon$ coach trip# to a"ay matche#' :18;

Shankly "a# noted for hi# per#onality and hi# "itD a# a re#*lt, he i# oft7;

Shankly)# p*blic per#ona "a# that of a Cto*$h $*yC "ith the #"a$$er of hi# fa&o*rite film #tar Aame#

+a$neyb*t pri&ately he "a# &ery different' Aoe =ercer de#cribed hi# Cheart of $oldC and likened him to

aBorder +ollie"ho dri&e# hi# #heep b*t co*ld ne&er h*rt them' :13;%i&erpool)# percei&ed failin$# in the late

198># ha&e been attrib*ted to Shankly)# rel*ctance to drop hi# lon$7#er&in$ player# e&en tho*$h they "ere

pa#t their be#t' Bob -ai#ley #aid it "a# Shankly)# Cone failin$C and it "a# beca*#e he "a# Ca #oftie at heartC'

:13;

When a#ked by a I inter&ie"er ho" he "o*ld like to be remembered, Shankly replied CBa#ically a# an

hone#t man in a $ame that i# #ometime# #hort on hone#ty' hat @)&e been "orkin$ hone#tly for the people of

%i&erpool to try and $i&e them entertainmentC' :1;

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