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William Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the First Division and winning three League Championships and the UEFA Cup. He laid foundations on which his successors Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan were able to build by winning seven league titles and four European Cups in the…
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sports · Scottish footballer and manager (1913–1981) · association football player · association football coach · also Bill Shankly, William Shankly, Bill Şenkli, Shankly
Born 2 September 1913 · Died 29 September 1981 · Q207457
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It is bad enough fighting against the opposition to win points but the internal fights to make people realise what we were working for took me close to leaving many times.
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“s retirement. On his treatment by Liverpool, he wrote it was scandalous and outrageous that he should have to issue complaints about a club he had helped to build. But while Shankly”
“It is bad enough fighting against the opposition to win points but the internal fights to make people realise what we were working for took me close to leaving many times.”
“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. You”
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“is to remind our lads who they”
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“just put the number four shirt on and let it run round by itself because it knows where to go”
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Public attention spiked: 3,956 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.6× the usual 596, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Retirement from Liverpool copy edit
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Public attention spiked: 2,797 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 596, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Relationship with fans link
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Yahoo! Sports: Bill Shankly: The Man Who Built the Soul of Liverpool FC
Yahoo! Sports: Sir Kenny Dalglish Pays Tribute as Bill Shankly Mural Unveiled in Liverpool
The Guardian: Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan tackles Bill Shankly in uneven adaptation
The Guardian: Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly
The New York Times: Bill Shankly’s time as Liverpool manager to be subject of TV series
Variety: A24, Liverpool FC Teaming on Drama Series Charting Rise of Soccer Club Under Legendary Manager Bill Shankly
Deadline.com: Liverpool FC Drama Series In The Works From A24, Will Focus On Legendary Manager Bill Shankly
The Guardian: Classic Youtube | Bill Shankly, Sir Curtly Ambrose masterclasses and the WSL returns
The Guardian: Liverpool manager Bill Shankly dies – archive, 29 September 1981
A plinth to Shankly was installed on 96 Avenue outside Anfield
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World Soccer Talk: How Bill Shankly and Ian St. John Built the Foundation For Liverpool's Glory Years
Is a fictionalised account of Shankly's career as Liverpool manager
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Was an inaugural inductee into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
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In recognition of his impact on the English game as a manager
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And the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004
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It was named the Bill Shankly Kop and was designed with different coloured seats depicting an image of Shankly's head and shoulders
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A seven-foot tall bronze statue of Shankly was unveiled outside the stadium
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Died 1981-09-29.
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Shankly left £99,077 in his will (equivalent to £381,951 in 2025)
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Upon his death in 1981 Shankly left £99,077 in his will (equivalent to £381,951 in 2025).
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Nessie lived there alone until she died in August 2002
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Was approached there by Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox, who behaved "like a couple of groupies" according to Ferguson, with Shankly commenting, "so, you are down to have a look at our great team
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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"
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1974).
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According to a BBC report in 1974, Shankly was teetotal.
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But, when he realised Shankly was serious this time, tried to make him change his mind
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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
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“I think that perhaps it was tiredness, that football had taken its toll on him,”
Signed striker Tony Hateley from Chelsea for a club record £96,000 and, despite scoring 27 goals, then felt obliged to transfer him to Coventry City only a year later as his game did not fit Liverpool's pass-and-move
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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
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“To think a club like Liverpool had never won the FA Cup was unbelievable. So many had prayed for it to happen over all the years but it had never come to pass. So when we beat Leeds at Wembley in 1965, the emotion was unforgettable. Grown men were crying and it was the greatest feeling any human could have to see what we had done.”
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Liverpool reached the FA Cup final but, as in the Fairs Cup, experience was the major factor and Shankly's young team were beaten 2–1 by league champions Arsenal despite having taken the lead in extra time through a Stev
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Jimmy Melia was transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers; with Shankly buying Arsenal's utility player Geoff Strong for £40,000; this was Liverpool's last significant transfer activity until 1967
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And left winger Peter Thompson from Preston in 1963
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And the semi-finals of the European Cup the following year
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Before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup
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When Shankly insisted the club make offers for two players in Scotland, the board's initial response was that they could not afford them, but Sawyer stepped in and said: "We can't afford not to buy them"
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“s initial response was that they could not afford them, but Sawyer stepped in and said:”
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Said "he was the one that resurrected the club
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And his family moved into a house in Bellefield Avenue, West Derby, Liverpool
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Played for Scotland men's national football team (1938–1943) — 12 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Preston North End F.C. (1933–1949) — 297 appearances, 13 goals.
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Played for Carlisle United F.C. (1932–1933) — 16 appearances, 0 goals.
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Worked at a local mine alongside his brother Bob
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Born 1913-09-02.
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The year of Shankly's birth, was around 700
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