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The North Down Tommy Smith Liverpool Supporters Club

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Phil Green

I would like to say first of all What a GREAT site, it is an honour to the great man. I am a liverpool fan born and bread, as far as I am concerned SHANKS is GOD. I have met GOD a few times as my grandad used to be a groundsman at melwood. I was there when we signed Ray Kennedy from the Arsenal, God made are team what they are today, to me he will allways be number one, with Sir Bob just behind.

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Tony Moogan

I have been an adoring fan of the great man since the early sixties. My california license plate is 'shankly' it is my pride and joy having just acquired it recently. When I was sixteen I had a job on a building site on Utting Ave. not far from Anfield. Every morning at about 10am I would watch out for bill to drive past in his red Viva. This went on for months without me getting the chance to speak to him.

An event happened which made me realise he was the real thing. After an away game in the midlands in 1964 myself and three of my mates ended up travelling behind the liverpool team bus on the m6 motorway, we had draped a flag with the words 'Liverpool the cream of Europe' on the bonnet of the car. Oone of my mates had just come up with the phrase and when Bill saw this from the team bus he went bananas, dragging the players to the back of the bus who were having a nice game of cards. Some of the players looked a bit bewildered and none as enthusiastic as Bill.

This incident made me realise how much enthusiasm he had for football and L.F.C. in particular . I did eventually get to speak to the great man at melwood when it was raining cats and dogs, Bill said 'this place is the worst in the world for bad weather' thats the way it was with Bill, it was either the best or the worst and no in betweens. L.F.C. and their supporters must be the luckiest people around, to have known and worked with such a man.

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Steven Cuthbert

I just stumbled across your site and enjoyed it immensely. Congratulations, and thanks for a very interesting, well designed, and great tribute to Shanks.

Regards
Steve
(Watford fan)

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David Fleming

My grandfather was around the same age as the `Shanks` and grew up in Ayrshire not far from Glenbuck.

Men like them no longer exist.

Great men which we sadly lack in today`s world.

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Tony Burke

A fine tribute to the man that brought light into my youth on the terraces at Anfield.
Well Done

Tony Burke ex Throne Walk Croxteth Liverpool 11. (Now spreading the gospel in Yorkshire)

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Shaun Mandale

I hail from Workington and support Liverpool. Bill managed both. I am too young too remember him but I know from my dad that he was the best manager we ever had. God bless him R.I.P.

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Ramsay Duncan

Thanks for the Shanks! I think a large thank-you should be given to you for your time and effort that you have put into this GREAT site. Its great to see fans remember this truely incredable man. To many people forget the past but your site has covered it all making it a GREAT SHRINE rather than just a web site. I think the world would be a better place if we all could think like Shankly! Once again thanks for this great site---from a Liverpool FAN now living in Canada.

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J Shankly

HE WAS PART OF OUR LIVES AS FAMILY AND HE IS ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS AND WILL NEVER WALK ALONE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

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John Findlay

Although I am a Hearts fan so, being a Scot I can relate to Bill Shankly's passion for football. It's exactly the same as myself.

I firmly believe if that me and the GREAT man had ever met, we would still be talking about Fit'ba now. We will never see his like again a one off Whereever this game is played and a thousand years from now they will still talk about Bill Shankly. This site is a must for all lovers of football no matter which team you purport to support.

Bill Shankly You'll never walk alone.

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Graham Hudson

I have an interesting Shanks "anecdote" from a time when Nessie opened the "Shankly Boot Room" at Leeds Road, Huddersfield's old ground. I'm Chairman of the HTFC Patrons Association but was managing this small room at the time. It was a couple of year before we moved to the McAlpine.

Nessie was being shown around a room which was being used for some low-key hospitality events and had been decorated in memorabilia including photos, old balls & boots, etc.

One display was of the Board minutes showing Bill's appointment as Manager and his wage.

"Is THAT how much he was on!!?" Nessie said in horror! So how much he was giving her is unknown! Her daughter was with her that day, I believe she died of cancer (?) sometime soon after.

Nessie was a lovely lady.

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Mark Thomas

Please find attached a picture which you may wish to use on your website. It was taken in December 1972 in Bill Shankly's office at Anfield - that's me aged 12 sitting in his chair. Tragically, my father had been killed in a work's accident amonth or so earlier and his work colleagues arranged this trip in an attempt to cheer me up a little.

I also had the opportunity to meet some of the outstanding players of the day, such as Kevin Keegan (whatever happened to him?), Ian Callaghan, Emlyn Hughes and Steve Heighway (to name but a few), as well as future managers, Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan.

A memorable day but without doubt, the highlight was meeting the great Bill Shankly .... "come into my office" .... "sityourself down in my chair" ...."how are ye, son?".

Click here to see Mark's picture

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Erik Solheim

Thank You, Derek, for making this fabulous site about the greatest man of all time. WALK ON !

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Colin Watt

I know Ali got "Personality of the Century", but Shanks will always be number one in my book. My father was converted to the red faith (from Glasgow Rangers) in the mid 1960's by the power of this man.

Can I share a story with you.

My late Grandfather was a Liverpool fan all his life. Upon his retirement from the Docks in the late 1960's, he received his season ticket. He was shocked to find that the club had moved from his regular seat to one where he wasn't near the people he'd sat with for years, and where he'd get wet when it rained.

My uncle took him to Anfield to try and get his old seat back. He explained he had just retired after working down the docks as man and boy. The people in the ticket office were completely unsympathetic, telling him that his seat was no longer available.

On leaving the office, he noticed Shanks walking in. "Bill, Bill" shouted by Grandfather, and the Great Man came over. My Grandfather explained the situation about his retirement, his time down the docks (working every night during the blitz) and a lifetime as a Liverpool fan. Shanks told him not to worry, to hang on and he'd sort it out.

Five minutes later Shanks reappeared with the season ticket for my Grandfather's seat, and said "If you have any bother ever again, ask for me."

The man will always be number one in my book.

Colin.
Justice for Hillsborough.

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Nassos Siotropos

FIRST OF ALL SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH.
THIS SITE IS BRILLIANT AND GONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO WORKED FOR IT.
BILL SHANKLY ONCE SAID THAT: FOOTBALL IS NOT A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.I BELIEVE FOR ALL THE TRUE RED FANS WHO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS CLUB THAT BILL SHANKLY IS NOT A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH FOR THEM IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.

BILL SHANKLY IS LIVERPOOL F.C.WITHOUT HIM LFC WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ORDINARY CLUB.KEVIN KEEGAN ONCE SAID THAT IN HIS OPPPINION ANFIELD SOULD BE RENAMED IN SHANKLY STADIUM I THING HE WAS RIGHT.I KNOW THAT THE CLUB HAS HONNOURED HIM BY BUILDING THE GATES AFTER HIS DEATH AND MORE RECENTLY WITH HIS STATUTE OUTSIDE THE KOP, BUT THE MAN DESERVES MORE THAN THOSE,EVEN PESTON N.E.HONNOURED HIM BY BUILDING A SHANKLY KOP.SO I THINK WE SOULD RENAMED ANFIELD US KEEGAN SAID.

BUT THE GREATEST THINK THAT THE CLUB COULD DO FOR PAY HONNOUR TO HIM WOULD BE TO ADD HIS NAME ON THE TEAMS SHIRT.SHANKLY IS THE BIGEST PART OF THE GLUB'S HISTORY.

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Bob Crawford

Thank you for the hard work put into making this site a fitting tribute to Bill Shankly - the man who made Liverpool Football Club believe in itself and fear no-one.

I always remember Brian Clough being interviewed after his retirement. When asked for his views on agents in soccer, he said - "If Bill Shankly had asked a man to play for Liverpool and the player had said he would first have to speak to his agent, Shanks would have hit him....and what's more, I would have held him while he did it."

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