He made the people happy
Bill Shankly when asked how he would like to be remembered:
"That I've been basically honest in a game in which it is sometimes difficult to be honest. Sometimes you‘ve got to tell a little white lie to get over a little troublesome period of time. I'd like to think that I have put more into the game than I have taken out. And that I haven‘t cheated anybody, that I've been working for people honestly all along the line, for the people of Liverpool who go to Anfield. I'd like to be recognised for trying to give them entertainment.
I'd played at Anfield and I knew the crowd were fantastic. I knew there was a public just waiting. So I fought the battles inside and outside. I was interested in only one thing, success for the club. And that meant success for the people. I wanted results for the club, for the love of the game, to make the people happy."
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Review of Shankly The Lost Diary
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Chris Wood shares his opinion on the new Shankly book. Read all about it by clicking here.
Make it a “Santa Shankly” Christmas
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Shankly at Christmas is the exciting prospect at Port Sunlight’s Gladstone Theatre this year when four Liverpool legends will be live on stage revealing their own memories and anecdotes about the iconic Anfield manager. Ian St John, Ian Callaghan, Ron Yeats and Chris Lawler join broadcaster John Keith and actor Steve Hazlehurst in a special Yuletide edition of The Bill Shankly Story for one night only at the Gladstone on Friday, December 28 2012.
After the show members of the audience can meet the whole cast for autographs and photographs as a lasting souvenir of an evening of football nostalgia and celebration. As the 100th anniversary of Shankly’s birth approaches next year , the acclaimed production comes to the Gladstone for the first time.
Tickets, £16 with £13 concessions, are now on sale and would make a perfect Christmas present for family or friends. They are available in person from the Gladstone Theatre box office – adjacent to Port Sunlight Merseyrail station – Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm or by calling 0151 643 8757. Also online at: www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk. For further inquiries please contact John Keith on 07773 715666.
Tribute by Kitster
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Bill Shankly would have turned 99-years-old on 2 September 2012. See the fantastic tribute wallpaper to the great man made by the artist Kitster29!
30 years since Shanks died
Thursday 29 September 2011
Liverpool's greatest, Bill Shankly, died on Tuesday 29th September 1981 after suffering a heart attack. The front page of Echo read: SHANKLY IS DEAD. It recorded the official hospital statement: "Mr Shankly suffered a cardiac arrest at 12.30 am and was certified dead at 1.20." Shanks had been battling for life since he suffered a heart attack early on Saturday morning. He had been making good progress until his condition deteriorated yesterday morning and he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. His wife Nessie was by his side when he died."
On 22nd November 1981 "A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Bill Shankly" was held at Liverpool Cathedral. Here you can download and listen to Bill Shankly‘s memorial service (play with Real Player) that was broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside from Liverpool's Cathedral.