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by **boodiddy1** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:04 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi5-V75v-6I&feature=related

pure poetry

by **metalhead** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 1:44 pm

Its his birthday today (98)

Happy Birthday to a legend, your legacy will always live on :bowdown

by **Greavesie** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:11 pm

I love this guy and everyone that's followed in the great man's footsteps, he started a great legacy at this club

so many famous quips and quotes, many of which are quoted even today by football fans all over the country

Awesome man - words simply aren't enough to explain what he did for LFC and football

RIP Bill and happy birthday

by **Thommo's perm** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:40 pm

The only Bill I was pleased to see
:;):

by **Zidane** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:14 pm

Brilliant man.

by **Roger Red Hat** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:22 pm

dundreamin wrote:Shanks would turn in his grave if he could see the state his beloved club was in at present. RIP Bill

How things can change in 12 months though eh?

I think Mr.Shankly would approve at the state of the club now it's in Kenny's safe hands, a few quid in the coffers and exciting times ahead.

Happy Birthday Bill

by **Kash_Mountain** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:32 pm

Happy Birthday to a Great Man.

RIP Mr Shankly. YNWA.

by **Johnny Boy** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:42 pm

RIP legend Bill.

by **Kukilon** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:27 pm

His wisdom will always be remembered. I think Shankly was one of the reason why LFC was and is so popular in the nordic countries. Embodies lots of the ideas that the great Olof Palme spoke of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1mWLbhHmAk&feature=related "THE LAST PROLETARIANS OF FOOTBALL" Glenn Hysen former LFC player speaks. A team that consists of plumbers, chefs and other normal workers that meets the richest football team in football at the time FC Barcelona"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0h5Xywfm8 "Why I am a democratic Socialist"

by **shanks** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:29 pm

happy birthday Bill :bowdown

by **Kharhaz** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:23 am

I think Bill Shankly would turn in his grave at the attitude of some supporters. Take into consideration his beginnings at Liverpool, and his career before he took over. He built the foundations that, as well as the success he brought to the club, his beliefs continued long after he had left the club. He built the club into a peoples club. He and his players needed the support as much as the supporters needed a respite from the pressures of everyday life.

Take this quote for example:

"That Grimsby team was pound for pound, and class for class, the best football team I have seen in England since the war. In the league they were in they played football nobody else could play. Everything was measured, planned and perfected and you could not wish to see more entertaining football."

Bill Shankly carried an attitude that, if your a realist, you will be ok, if not, then you simply dont fit into his style. Just look at the players he signed. When he signed them, they were nothing special from a supporters kind of view, but by god he gave them the confidence to become our best players. Also he saw in them a hell of a lot more than the talent. He saw a positive attitude. He saw a working mans attitude, he saw an attitude that would fit in perfectly with the supporters. Generally, he saw a bunch of Dirk Kuyts, but with different abilities.

I love the man to bits. Not only for what he did for Liverpool, but also what he did for Grimsby. I love the man because he never let fame go to his head or his players, he remained to the very end, one of the few men who reached the lofty heights of success but kept his feet firmly on the ground.

And the best thing about Shankly's attitude is, it is once again being rekindled with Kenny at the helm of this great club. The down to earth attitude Shankly had, Dalglish has.

We are blessed to have so rich a history as we do.

by **Kharhaz** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:39 am

The long and short of it is, Bill Shankly was shafted by Liverpool.

When he reached the peak, the club shafted him.

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