[97] Shankly got the idea from a routine he had seen Tom Finney use at Preston to hone his skills. He was an early exponent of the long throw-in he practised by throwing balls over a row of houses and the small boys of the village helped by fetching them back for him. Shankly took his brother's advice and signed the Preston contract in a railway carriage. [140] Both decisions cost the team a vital point which would have been enough to claim first place. [123] The Liverpool site argues that Shankly was mistaken in his decision at this time to postpone team rebuilding. Failed to delete photo request. [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. [161] Shankly saw the offer of the scarf as a mark of respect which deserved his respect in return. JOHN SHANKLY Died 19th Octr. And the board has with extreme reluctance accepted his decision. Beattie resigned in the next season and, on 5 November 1956, Shankly succeeded him as manager. [7], Shankly's parents, John and Barbara, lived in one of the Auchenstilloch Cottages with their 10 children; five boys and five girls. 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. [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. Immediately before the match, Shankly decided to experiment with the Liverpool kit. [58], Shankly was always noted for his dedication to football and, in his playing days, would do his own training during the summer months. Its an institution. [205], Shankly was noted for his charismatic personality and his wit; as a result, he is oft-quoted. The man from Glenbucks biggest impact was metaphysical. That's precious". [173] It bears the legend: "He made the people happy". When the opportunity came for him to move on, he was not convinced he wanted to leave. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup. [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. [74], Shankly resigned on 15 November 1955 to take up the post of assistant manager at Huddersfield Town, working with his old friend Andy Beattie. Best Bill Shankly Quotes If you are first you are first. [209], While he lived most of his life in the North of England, Shankly identified as a Scot, saying If Scotland went to war tomorrow, Ill be the first one there. [24] Cronberry were in the Cumnock & District League. [195] A hotel and museum opened in Liverpool in August 2015 dedicated to the life and career of Bill Shankly. [199] On Shankly's appointment as Liverpool manager in 1959, he and his family moved into a house in Bellefield Avenue, West Derby, Liverpool. [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. It'd be easy but wrong. [44] He confirmed in his autobiography that his weight as an RAF boxer was 159 pounds (72kg) and he was only six pounds (2.7kg) heavier than that in 1976. [173] There was a perception that Shankly was an overbearing figure, who could use a position on the board to be a "back-seat driver", and the board were well aware that Matt Busby's time as a Manchester United director had been disastrous. [35], Shankly began his Preston career in the reserves, who played in the Central League which was a higher standard than the North Eastern League. [37], Shankly had just reached his 26th birthday when the Second World War began and the war claimed the peak years of his playing career. As a visitor at Melwood, he began to intervene and Paisley's initial pleasure on seeing him soon turned to polite embarrassment. Directors don't come into it. [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. Another prospect in his team was left back Ray Wilson who went on to become Huddersfield's most capped player before joining Everton. [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. 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. [57] During his playing career, Shankly said he would not argue with referees. The referee, he wrote, always wins in the end. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. His schooling was rudimentary, and although he displayed a fierce. [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. Although some club officials like secretary Peter Robinson wanted bygones to be bygones, Tommy Smith summarised the board's view as one of satisfaction that Shankly had gone at last. 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 . Bill Shankly gave 15 years of his life to the club that he came to love, leading Liverpool out for the last time at Wembley for the 1974 Charity Shield. Shankly is the most significant icon in the clubs history. Shankly was married to his wife Agnes Wren-Fisher from 1944 until his death 37 years later. [39] In a summary of the 193334 season, a Preston correspondent, Walter Pilkington, wrote:[37]. Bill Shankly 'would be spinning in his grave' at Super League plans, says grandson. His playing career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. [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). [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. If nothing else was available he would join teams of youngsters in kickabouts. [65] His main problems were that Grimsby had been relegated twice in recent seasons, dropping from the First to the Third Division, and some good players had been transferred before he arrived. He was put in the intensive care unit yesterday after suffering a relapse. On how his tough, working class upbringing kept him grounded. [204] Family holidays were limited to a week in Blackpool, where they always stayed at the Norbreck Hotel. [132] Shankly also wanted Twentyman to check the player's personality and ensure he had the right attitude for a professional footballer. [160] He added that a manager has got to identify himself with the people because their team is something that really matters to them. [57], Shankly's public persona was that of a "tough guy" with the swagger of his favourite film star James Cagney but privately he was very different. The system was geared to Shankly's simple philosophy of "pass and move", which formed the basis of Liverpool's strategy. They improved to ninth in 194950 and then to third in 195051, almost gaining promotion. Liverpool chairman John Smith summed them up with a simple but fitting: "In my opinion, he was the most outstanding and dynamic manager of the century". [8], Shankly wrote in his autobiography that times were hard during his upbringing and that hunger was a prevailing condition, especially during the winter months. Moore left Liverpool in August after a . He said in his autobiography that there was greater potential at Grimsby than at Carlisle. Min tanke er at det m vre vigtigere at afslutte denne sson end at starte en ny op. He was especially annoyed that Liverpool did not invite him to attend away matches as the club's guest. [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). [161], Shankly emphasised the importance of communication with the supporters. 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. [68], Shankly made great use of five-a-side football in training at Grimsby, playing these games as if they were competitive cup or league matches. [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]. Garry . [184] After Shankly's death in 1981, Nessie lived there alone until she died in August 2002. [42] That season marked the pinnacle of Shankly's playing career. [30], At this stage of his career, Shankly was assessed as "a hard running, gritty right-half"[nb 1] whose displays brought him much praise and credit. Professional Soccer Figure. It is located in Muirkirk, four miles from the Scottish mining village of Glenbuck where Shankly was born, and is designed to look like one of the trade union banners once flown at Anfield.. 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. Bill Shankly's grandson has claimed he'd happily see the . [60], After an unsuccessful interview at Liverpool,[64] Shankly moved to manage Grimsby Town in June 1951. [24], Shankly had a single season, 193233, at Carlisle United, then relatively new to the Football League and playing in the Third Division North, their reserve side playing in the North Eastern League. [28], Shankly made his senior debut on 31 December 1932 in a 22 draw against Rochdale and made 16 appearances for the first team. 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. 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. He has played for Scotland national team. Rumours began and were fuelled by Liverpool's visit to Leeds Road on 28 November. 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. [83] In the first match after it was erected, Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 50 on 18 March 1972,[145] despite an attempt by Malcolm Macdonald to joke about the sign. 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. [57] In his view, the art of tackling is in the timing and the sole object is to win the ball. He briefly took up advisory roles at Wrexham and then at Tranmere Rovers, helping former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats at the latter. [44] Shankly met his wife, Nessie, in the RAF (she was in the WAAF and stationed at the same camp) and they married in 1944. [50] Another Preston player admired by Shankly was his Scottish international teammate Andy Beattie, with whom he would later work in management. [143] Coupled with the roar of the crowd, it was designed to intimidate. His condition appeared to be stable and there was no suggestion that his life was in danger. Busby's successors had complained about being undermined by his continued presence at United, who had been relegated in 1974. [86] He quickly established working relationships with the coaching staff of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Reuben Bennett who shared his views about loyalty to each other and to the club. He was cremated at the Anfield Crematorium on 2 October and his ashes were scattered on the Anfield pitch at the Kop end. 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. 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. He recalled Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty's comment to a Liverpool director that he (Shankly) was welcome at Old Trafford. [148] This was the longest run in English top-flight history until it was surpassed by Jrgen Klopps Liverpool who made it 22 consecutive home wins in March 2020. [165] In Tommy Smith's view, Shankly was completely in tune with the city of Liverpool; he loved the supporters and they loved him, mainly because they knew he understood them. He was one off. Shankly did not understand that, by turning up for training at Melwood, he was effectively undermining Bob Paisley's status as manager. [100], The two Scottish players were centre half Ron Yeats and centre forward Ian St John from Dundee United and Motherwell respectively. At Carlisle he used to speak to them over the public address system before matches. [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. I made up my mind that we needed strengthening through the middle, a goalkeeper and a centre half who between them could stop goals, and somebody up front to create goals and score them. 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. [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. Photograph: PA/EMPICS. Offering spacious luxury rooms, a . This is possibly why Liverpool are so great. [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. [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. Shankly's overall record in league football at Carlisle was 42 wins and 22 defeats from 95 matches. [78] On 21 December 1957, Huddersfield lost 7-6 to Charlton Athletic, who played most of the match with ten men, after Huddersfield were leading 51 with just 27 minutes remaining. [8] Although he was known as Bill throughout his football career, his name in the family was Willie, pronounced [Wullie]. "[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. [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. Glenbuck . 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. 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 is sheer honesty. Significant signings were wing half Willie Stevenson from Rangers in 1962 and left winger Peter Thompson from Preston in 1963. According to Stephen Kelly, hiring Twentyman as chief scout was "perhaps Shankly's finest signing ever". [171], Shankly had considered retirement in previous years. 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. 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. That I've been working honestly for the people of Liverpool to try and give them entertainment. So people not only support Liverpool when theyre alive. [62] He even burned all the kit. [29] At the end of the season, the reserves won the North Eastern League Cup, defeating Newcastle United reserves 10 in the final. [37] It was therefore a successful debut season for Shankly who stayed with Preston until he retired in 1949. They are only there to sign the cheques." 9th . 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. The story behind famous Liverpool chant, "Do you know the Anfield Rap lyrics? The revolutionary training methods implemented by Shankly at the clubs training ground, Melwood. Yet the silverware tells only a fraction of the story. [68] Kelly added that this kind of talk by Shankly could only boost morale at the club. [136] Watching from the sidelines was another new player whom Shankly had recently signed from Scunthorpe United for 35,000 on Twentyman's recommendation. [176] He soon stopped going to Melwood because he felt there was some resentment and people were asking what he was doing there. [187] The Labour Party conference stood in a minute's silence for a man who had always been a socialist. [32] Shankly's initial reaction was that it was not enough and the deal nearly fell through. [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. [134] The highlight of Liverpool's European campaign that season was a 41 aggregate victory in the quarter-final over Bayern Munich. [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. Eventually, Paisley had to point out to Shankly that he did not work there any more, that it was now Paisley's team and that he had things which he wanted to do with the team. [130] It was through Twentyman that Liverpool found the new players and, after Shankly retired, Twentyman gave sterling service to Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan by finding players including Phil Neal, Alan Hansen and Ian Rush. [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. 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. [71], Although the Workington team was close to the bottom of the Third Division North, Shankly saw it as a challenge and attacked the job with all of his usual enthusiasm and relish. [37], Shankly played for Scotland 12 times from 1938 to 1943 in five full and seven wartime internationals. His four brothers were John, Bobby, Jimmy, and Alec; his five sisters were Netta, Elizabeth, Isobel, Barbara, and Jean. [55][56], Shankly declared in his autobiography that he specialised in what he called "the art of tackling", emphasising that it is an art. One of this season's discoveries, Bill Shankly, played with rare tenacity and uncommonly good ideas for a lad of 20. [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. You've got to know how to treat them (and) have them on your side". At one board meeting in 1961 when Shankly insisted the club make offers for two players in Scotland, the board's initial response was that they couldn't afford them, but Sawyer stepped in and said: "We can't afford not to buy them". [173], On the morning of 26 September 1981, Bill Shankly was admitted to Broadgreen Hospital following a heart attack. I said to them: In you come, youre welcome, and they trotted in by the dozen. James Corbett, The Guardian. Other players developed at Anfield were Jimmy Melia, Ronnie Moran, Alan A'Court and the future England internationals Gerry Byrne and Roger Hunt. I would like to at this stage place on record the board's great appreciation of Mr Shankly's magnificent achievements over the period of his managership. [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. [170] His mind was made up and he knew he was going to retire. [69] The games would last an hour each time. Anfield stadium's Shankly Gates bear the Try again later. [196] Shankly also features in the popular Liverpool chant "Allez, Allez, Allez", which is frequently sung by Liverpool supporters, especially during European matches. Shankly was was born in the mining village of Glenbuck, Scotland, to Barbara and John Shankly. In his autobiography, Shankly recounted that among his many achievements, winning the 1965 FA Cup final was his greatest day in football. [187] On 3 October, Liverpool's first home league game since his passing, Anfield celebrated his life, with one fan on the Kop holding aloft a homemade banner declaring "Shankly Lives Forever". 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. [174], Shankly's retirement was officially and surprisingly announced at a press conference called by Liverpool on 12 July 1974. [203] Shankly was fanatical about Liverpool and about football in general. [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". On the following Monday morning, his condition suddenly deteriorated and he was transferred into intensive care. Despite the football pedigree in his family, he did not play himself. 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. [54] He took a speculative shot towards goal from 50 yards and the ball bounced over the England goalkeeper's head and into the net. [54] In January 1973, when Shankly was the subject of This Is Your Life, the goal was shown and Shankly commented that "they all count and we won". [128], Kelly wrote that, although it was said half-jokingly, so far as Shankly was concerned there was a degree of truth in what he had said. Joe Mercer described his "heart of gold" and likened him to a Border Collie who drives his sheep but could never hurt them. Memorial Transfer Successful. [119] Shankly and Paisley had learned a great deal about European football which Liverpool would eventually turn into trophies. Bob Paisley said it was Shankly's one failing and it was because he was "a softie at heart". He said it was a scandal that he needed to say that about the club he had helped to build. Shankly summarised the entire strategy in terms of attention to detail with nothing left to chance. [7] [173] In her 2006 book about her grandfather, Karen Gill said Shankly never professed anything privately about retirement that he did not declare publicly. ~ Bill Shankly. In his autobiography, Shankly wrote that Preston had more than held their own in the 193435 season and the club was not relegated again until the end of the 194849 season in which he left them. [138] Shankly summarised Keegan as "the inspiration of the new team". [32], Soon after the 193233 season ended, Shankly received a telegram from Carlisle United asking him to return as soon as possible because another club wanted to sign him. On one visit to Melwood, a player opined to Shankly that Paisley had made a good start in the job. 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. He is full of good football and possessed with unlimited energy; he should go far. [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. [151] The first leg at Anfield had to be played twice after an abandonment due to heavy rain which flooded the pitch. [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". [52] He spoke of his "unbelievable pride" when playing for Scotland against England and how, when confronted by the "Auld Enemy", the Scottish players would become William Wallace or Robert the Bruce for 90 minutes after pulling on the blue jersey. Shankly described it as one of the most amazing games he had ever seen. 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. [189] In 2016, a plinth to Shankly was installed on 96 Avenue outside Anfield. [72] Workington rose to 18th by the end of the 195354 season and so did not have to apply for re-election. Above all, said Twentyman, "he wanted to know if the lad had the heart to play for Liverpool". [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. [17] He was at school from age five until 14. [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. [15] He admitted that he and his friends used to steal vegetables from nearby farms; bread, biscuits and fruit from suppliers' wagons, and bags of coal from the pits. [122] Ajax won 73 on aggregate after defeating Liverpool 51 in Amsterdam. [173], It is believed that Shankly wanted a seat on the Liverpool board, as Matt Busby had been given by Manchester United after he retired as their manager in 1969. Everything was measured, planned and perfected and you could not wish to see more entertaining 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. They support them when they are dead. 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? [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. [170] His wife, Nessie, had asked him to retire a year earlier but he decided that was not the right time. Part 1 of a 2 hour interview with Bill Shankly, recorded in 1981 (audio only). [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. 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