Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly OBEwas a Scottish footballer and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 September 1913
player men games
Ian Callaghan is everything good that a man can be. No praise is too high for him. Words cannot do justice to the amount he has contributed to the game. Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game's truly great players.
inspirational player making-changes
I don't drop players. I make changes.
team play worry
Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team. (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for Everton)
football player men
If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
play goal defense
With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
sports player coaching
I never drop a player I only make changes.
soccer football player
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.
soccer football player
At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
gain player seeking
If a player isn't interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be!
assure football life matter people serious
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that
bring football game happiness love people
I was only in the game for the love of football -- and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
clubs invitations everton
I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.
ideas giving world
My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
loyal bigs members
Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.