Bill Shankly
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 ten seasons after Shankly retired in 1974.
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- Born in
- Glenbuck
- Awards
- 🏆 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Trending topics shown first"Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'."
"The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life."
"At a football club, there's a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters."
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1913
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Died
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