[65], Grimsby made a strong challenge for promotion in 195152 but finished second, three points behind Lincoln City (only one team was promoted from Division Three North, with one from Division Three South). At Carlisle he used to speak to them over the public address system before matches. 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. [27] A local newspaper report said that he had worked hard and might develop into a useful left back. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. [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". [152] Shankly had left John Toshack out of the team but then, having studied the Borussia defence, recalled him for the rematch the following night. [89] Although Shankly believed he had an excellent coaching staff, the playing staff were not so impressive indeed, Shankly said of the latter:[90]. [6] He died seven years later, aged 68. [131] As always, Shankly kept things simple and Twentyman was told to look for a prospect's basic qualities which were the abilities to pass the ball and move into position to receive a pass. ", Regarded as a great orator who stirred emotions among the fanbase, following the 1971 FA Cup Final (which Liverpool lost to Arsenal), Shankly and the players toured the city of Liverpool where people turned out to greet the gallant losers. [32] Shankly's initial reaction was that it was not enough and the deal nearly fell through. A Liverpool fan holds a scarf honouring the club's legendary manager Bill Shankly. [94] According to Kelly, Liverpool's eventual success was based on hard work done in the training system that Shankly, Paisley, Fagan and Bennett introduced at Melwood. [50] Another Preston player admired by Shankly was his Scottish international teammate Andy Beattie, with whom he would later work in management. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup. Shankly was recommended by a scout called Peter Carruthers who had seen him playing for Cronberry. Their strategy in two-legged ties would be containment away and attack at home. [54] He was Scotland's captain in the wartime match against England at Hampden Park, attended by 78,000 people on 3 May 1941, but Scotland lost that game 13. [34] Alec persuaded him that the opportunity was more important than what he would be paid immediately, stressing that it was what he would get later that counted. Bob Paisley said it was Shankly's one failing and it was because he was "a softie at heart". One of the best ways to understand Bill Shankly's relationship with the fans is through Davie's study of analogy and Liverpool FC. Basically as an honest man in a game that is sometimes short on honesty. [159] This was particularly true at Liverpool and Shankly said he was made for Liverpool where the people that matter most are the ones who come through the turnstiles. Thats the reward.[83] On his belief in hard work, he referred to his time in the RAF: If I had a job to do, even if it was scrubbing the floor, I wanted my floor to be cleaner than yours. Pressure is working down the pit. Yet the silverware tells only a fraction of the story. [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. [14] Their maternal uncles, Robert and William Blyth were professional players who both became club directors at Portsmouth and Carlisle United respectively. The location of the grave was not rediscovered until 1970. He was considered a promising key young player who was capable of taking Carlisle to greater things. [163] He said he preferred to phone business people as he would put as little as possible in writing when dealing with them. [97] Shankly got the idea from a routine he had seen Tom Finney use at Preston to hone his skills. 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. [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]. [94] He instituted a development programme to cultivate the site and modernise the facilities. His playing career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was cremated at the Anfield Crematorium on 2 October and his ashes were scattered on the Anfield pitch at the Kop end. [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". Bill's father was a tailor and also a strong trade unionist, which inculcated socialist beliefs in young . [162] At Workington, he would answer supporters' letters in person, using an old typewriter. 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[42] Preston recovered to reach the 1938 FA Cup Final in which they defeated Huddersfield Town 10 with a penalty scored by George Mutch in the final minute of extra time. Glenbuck . [128][206] His most famous quotation is probably one that is often misquoted:[128], Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. [173] It bears the legend: "He made the people happy". Shankly recognised the potential of Blackpool teenager Emlyn Hughes, a future England captain, and signed him for 65,000 in February 1967. [143] Coupled with the roar of the crowd, it was designed to intimidate. 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. [14] Bob became a successful manager, guiding Dundee to victory in the Scottish championship in 1962 and the semi-finals of the European Cup the following year. In 195455, the team finished a creditable eighth and saw a rise in attendances from 6,000 to 8,000. [9] His father was a postman who became a tailor of handmade suits. [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. Photo request sent successfully. [173] In her 2006 book about her grandfather, Karen Gill said Shankly never professed anything privately about retirement that he did not declare publicly. Significant signings were wing half Willie Stevenson from Rangers in 1962 and left winger Peter Thompson from Preston in 1963. Other players developed at Anfield were Jimmy Melia, Ronnie Moran, Alan A'Court and the future England internationals Gerry Byrne and Roger Hunt. [131] Although Shankly sometimes paid large transfer fees he was loath to do so and Twentyman's brief was to find young players so he (Shankly) could mould them into what he wanted. Because of this, the six trophyless seasons that followed the league title winning campaign of 1965/66 is often overlooked, writes Peter Jones. Shankly made a point of emphasising the importance of fans. Williams asked him if he would like to manage the best club in the country, to which Shankly replied: "Why, is Matt Busby packing up? He died seven years later, aged 68. 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. [37] It was therefore a successful debut season for Shankly who stayed with Preston until he retired in 1949. When Keegan was about to play against Bobby Moore for the first time, Shankly told him that Moore had been out at a night club and was hung over. [174], Shankly's retirement was officially and surprisingly announced at a press conference called by Liverpool on 12 July 1974. [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. He was one off. [178] About Everton, once his greatest rivals, he wrote that he had been received more warmly by Everton than by Liverpool. That was the basis of his approach to football which is a team game in which everyone works together and shares the rewards. [121], Liverpool began the 196667 season by beating neighbours Everton in the FA Charity Shield match but the team were never really in contention for major honours that season, finishing fifth in the league. [119] Liverpool's performance in the 196667 European Cup was poor and, after struggling to overcome FC Petrolul Ploieti in the first round, they were well beaten in the last 16 by Ajax Amsterdam, inspired by 19-year-old Johan Cruyff. It covered a turbulent period with the end of Kenny Dalg [161], Shankly emphasised the importance of communication with the supporters. We wore the all-red strip for the first time. [99], Liverpool's recovery depended on new players being acquired and, in his autobiography, Shankly recalled the struggles he had with the board to make them realise the club's potential and the need to spend money on good players. He later recalled that Evans was scarred by a glass in a nightclub incident which, in Shankly's opinion, had a detrimental impact on his career. 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And my aim was to bring the people close to the club and the team and for them to be accepted part of it. One of 10 children, Bill Shankly was born in the Ayrshire coalmining village of Glenbuck in 1913. 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. [8] Shankly was the ninth child and the youngest boy. [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. [26] He was invited for a month's trial and said it was the first time he had left Scotland. [69] Shankly's record in league football at Grimsby was 62 wins and 35 defeats from 118 matches. [173] Again, what Shankly did not understand was that his relations with the board had often been acrimonious with several resignation threats and a statement made by Shankly that:[173]. He was football's Muhammad Ali: a charismatic maverick whose utterances had an unexpected, undeniable poetry. 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 foundations Shankly laid at Melwood manifested in success at Anfield. Despite Juventus taking the lead after 81 minutes, Shankly ordered his players to ensure the deficit was only one goal. Childhood & Early Life. [92], Melwood was overgrown and had only an old wooden cricket pavilion. 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. [163] He would readily obtain match tickets for fans whom he considered to be deserving cases and wrote in his autobiography that he would give people anything within reason. Shankly had fully realised the importance of football to its die-hard fans, himself included. [85] Shankly described the training ground at Melwood as "a shambles". He later managed Grimsby Town, Workington[4][5] and Huddersfield Town before moving to become Liverpool manager in December 1959. [42] That season marked the pinnacle of Shankly's playing career. Bill Shankly will forever be known as a phenomenally influential manager at Liverpool. [161] Shankly saw the offer of the scarf as a mark of respect which deserved his respect in return. [59], Shankly began his managerial career at Carlisle United, the club where his professional playing career had started. Shankly announced his surprise retirement from football a few weeks after Liverpool had won the 1974 FA Cup Final, having managed the club for 15 years, and was succeeded by his long-time assistant Bob Paisley. [21], While Shankly was employed as a miner, he played football as often as possible and sometimes went to Glasgow to watch either Celtic or Rangers, sharing his allegiance between the two and ignoring the sectarianism that divides Glasgow. [39] In a summary of the 193334 season, a Preston correspondent, Walter Pilkington, wrote:[37]. [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. Professional Soccer Figure. Shankly took encouragement from the team's overall form, especially as they made a strong finish to the season, and he was confident of success in 197273. 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. 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. [170] His mind was made up and he knew he was going to retire. [150] In the two-legged final they faced Borussia Mnchengladbach, whom Shankly rated the best team in Europe. He said in his autobiography that there was greater potential at Grimsby than at Carlisle. The Shankly gates at Anfield. [192] In 2004, he was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. 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. 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. [121] Shankly had applied the principle in a preliminary round tie against Juventus when Liverpool were away in the first leg. [106] Liverpool's youth system produced more future England internationals in Ian Callaghan, Tommy Smith and Chris Lawler. [57] He wrote that he was never sent off or booked by a referee. Because the man behind the myth was in fact made 42 . Our game against Anderlecht was a night of milestones. The Shankly Hotel is a fitting tribute to one of football's greatest managers. As a player in 1932, he wore the shirts of Preston North End for one year then Carlisle United, representing Scotland 7 times. [17] He was at school from age five until 14. [72], Shankly's initial role at Huddersfield was as reserve team coach. You've got to know how to treat them (and) have them on your side". After only one match I knew that the team as a whole was not good enough. Shankly's overall record in league football at Carlisle was 42 wins and 22 defeats from 95 matches. The man from Glenbucks biggest impact was metaphysical. [72] Workington rose to 18th by the end of the 195354 season and so did not have to apply for re-election. The effect was that wives brought their late husband's ashes to Anfield and scattered them on the pitch after saying a little prayer. Offering spacious luxury rooms, a . [203] As a result, he had few interests outside the game other than his family. 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. [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. [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. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. [37] Shankly was keen on boxing and fought as a middleweight in the RAF, winning a trophy when he was stationed in Manchester. 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. The interviewer is Barry Murray.Part 2 is here: https://youtu.be/dNWqMplwGwQ.. [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. [122] Although Shankly claimed to have been unworried about the Ajax defeat, he acknowledged that he was examining the team and planning ahead. [104] It was St John who scored the winning goal in May 1965 when Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history with a 21 extra time victory over Leeds United at Wembley. He described Preston's attitude as the biggest let-down of his life in football. Pound for pound, and class for class, the best football team I have seen in England since the war. [24] Shankly, aged 18, then played part of the 193132 season for Cronberry Eglinton, about 12 miles from Glenbuck. 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. The system was geared to Shankly's simple philosophy of "pass and move", which formed the basis of Liverpool's strategy. [124] He wrote that bad luck and injuries disrupted the progress of two other prospects Alf Arrowsmith and Gordon Wallace; Shankly had compared the latter to Tom Finney. [101] With Sawyer's help, Shankly signed them both in the spring of 1961 and challenged the Liverpool board to sack him if they couldn't play. [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". [119] Even today, the Liverpool website describes the match by saying that Liverpool were denied at the semi-final stage by a dishonest referee in Milan. [54], Shankly made his international debut on 9 April 1938 against England at Wembley; Scotland winning the match 10 with a late goal by Tommy Walker. He wrote that even if the opponent is injured in the tackle, it is not a foul if you have timed everything right and you have won the ball. [147] On 30 December 1972 the team beat Crystal Palace at Anfield to make it 21 consecutive home wins in the league. 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.Shankly is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the club's history, having taken them from a Second . The inscription features details of Liverpool's 1965 win over Inter Milan at Anfield, the club's first great European night. [172] In 1974, he decided that he could leave Liverpool with pride in a job well done and only one regret, which was that he did not win the European Cup. Although Huddersfield won the game 10, Shankly accepted the Liverpool offer and resigned his position as Huddersfield manager at a board meeting on 1 December 1959. Peter Jones 11 November 19, 2017. Shankly took his brother's advice and signed the Preston contract in a railway carriage. [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". [141], Shankly had always been noted for his use of psychology, both to encourage his own players and to raise doubt in the minds of opponents. 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. He played as a ball-winning right-half and was capped twelve times for Scotland, including seven wartime internationals. They support them when they are dead. The memorial to Bill Shankly initiated and funded by Liverpool supporters in 1997 has been relocated to the spot where the Shankly family home once stood, with a number of further memorials moved . Bill Shankley's grandson says he'd have his grandfather's statue removed from outside Anfield / Clive Mason/Getty Images. Shankly is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the club's history, having taken them from a Second Division outfit to three-time title-winners in the top flight, as well as. Despite being in his sixties, Shankly kept himself fit and often took part in five-a-side football. 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. [48], Shankly had enormous admiration for Tom Finney and devotes more than three pages of his autobiography to Finney's prowess as a footballer. 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. So, what I want is hard work. Shankly's biographer Stephen Kelly quotes the "pound for pound" analysis but qualifies it as another of Shankly's slight, though well-meant, exaggerations. 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