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      Bill Shankly appreciation thread.

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      HScRed1
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #23: Sep 02, 2016 12:15:37 pm
      Nah mate it's just as fu**ed up on there too.

      Like you said Shanks would be proud of his family!!

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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #24: Sep 02, 2016 12:37:18 pm
      Many many happy teturns shanks,Thanks for putting LFC on the road to so much glory and success and everything that was to follow.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #25: Sep 02, 2016 12:49:32 pm

      You've all said it all.  YNWA.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #26: Sep 02, 2016 01:13:34 pm
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #27: Sep 02, 2016 01:29:45 pm
      Read a book about Shankly last year, what a character! R.I.P.

      Not just a character, I'd say almost God-like when you see pictures like those of Him standing by Lime Street with all the fans behind him or him walking round the Kop with the League Championship trophy and the fans mobbing him.

      HScRed1's sig is absolutely right about the man!

      "The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That's how I see football, that's how I see life."

      Bill Shankly didn't just invigorate a football club he invigorated a whole city.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #28: Sep 02, 2016 02:02:29 pm
      Like you said Shanks would be proud of his family!!



      It's a million miles away from his vision mate, mores the pity.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #29: Sep 03, 2016 12:44:07 am
      Not just a character, I'd say almost God-like when you see pictures like those of Him standing by Lime Street with all the fans behind him or him walking round the Kop with the League Championship trophy and the fans mobbing him.

      HScRed1's sig is absolutely right about the man!

      "The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That's how I see football, that's how I see life."

      Bill Shankly didn't just invigorate a football club he invigorated a whole city.

      One of the greatest homecomings of all time was when Bill Shankly brought the F.A.CUP home to Liverpool for the first time in 1965.And what followed at Anfield on the Wednesday night against Inter Milan was out of this world.Memories of Bill and the LADs will stay with me forever.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #30: Sep 05, 2016 11:31:17 pm
      The socialist ideology Shanks brought into the club, got everyone singing from the same song sheet.
      It generated a fanatical fervour of support not seen anywhere before or since.  It's that togetherness coupled with his individual genius and man management which eventually overcame all obstacles.
      There wasn't a club in the world at the time who wouldn't have swapped their manager for him.
      Unforgettable, irreplaceable.
      R. I. P.  Boss
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #31: Sep 06, 2016 09:31:40 am
      I doubt he is resting in peace he would be furious to see how his club has developed and how football in general has been taken away from the ordinary working man and his family.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #32: Sep 06, 2016 02:15:24 pm
      One of the greatest homecomings of all time was when Bill Shankly brought the F.A.CUP home to Liverpool for the first time in 1965.And what followed at Anfield on the Wednesday night against Inter Milan was out of this world.Memories of Bill and the LADs will stay with me forever.

      I lost my wedding photos in the crush in Castle Street.

      She has never forgiven me.


      Mr Shankly- what a man. The greatest motivator of players I've ever seen.

      R.I.P. Boss.
      Billy1
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #33: Sep 07, 2016 08:21:30 am
      I lost my wedding photos in the crush in Castle Street.

      She has never forgiven me.


      Mr Shankly- what a man. The greatest motivator of players I've ever seen.

      R.I.P. Boss.

      I was in Lime Street on the Sunday they brought the CUP home,I had my lad who was 3 on my shoulders and the CITY OF LIVERPOOL was so alive.I was also at Anfield for the Inter Milan match and it was electric.Do you remember the raffles the club ran for the semi final against Chelsea,I was one of the lucky 10 winners and that was also a day (and night) to remember.
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      Re: Happy Birthday Bill Shankly
      Reply #34: Sep 29, 2016 06:17:53 pm
      35 years ago today, the Great man left us for good:

      RIP.











      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgg9HHlz3c
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #35: Sep 29, 2016 06:46:16 pm
      Can't believe it's been that long since my hero passed, loved the man and everything he stood for, my old grandad was exactly the same, he believed in the same socialist views that everyone working together would achieve more, no bullshit, told you how it was, honesty, loyalty, like my grandad I wish I knew him better, I wish I could have shared a beer or two with him and absorb his wisdom,

      They broke the mould when Bill Shankly was born. What a man, what a legend and a absolute Gentleman.

      God Bless you Bill Shankly, RIP

      YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE




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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #36: Nov 05, 2016 02:46:32 pm
      I was looking for info about the u-23 game against Huddersfield,found this,https://social.shorthand.com/ExaminerHTAFC/3gLZqrqcOT/bill-shanklyNovember 5th 1956 he took over manager there.
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #37: Nov 05, 2016 02:51:22 pm
      I was looking for info about the u-23 game against Huddersfield,found this,https://social.shorthand.com/ExaminerHTAFC/3gLZqrqcOT/bill-shanklyNovember 5th 1956 he took over manager there.

      Brilliant.
      Thanks for posting this :)
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #38: Nov 05, 2016 02:55:14 pm
      60 years ago today and what a genius move that was too. 

      Strangely he was at Huddersfield who we're playing against today.
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #39: Nov 05, 2016 03:43:26 pm
      60 years ago today and what a genius move that was too. 

      Strangely he was at Huddersfield who we're playing against today.

      Just re read your opening post September last year on this thread saying "How we could do with him now".

      I think your prayers were answered Debs .

      I am sure that Shanks would be proud of Jürgen  ...... making the people happy.
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #40: Nov 05, 2016 03:50:41 pm
      Boss...

      Question: the statue of Shankly, was it paid for by the club or Carlsberg?...trying to find the article in which it was written that Carlsberg paid for it...

      Edit: found it...

      http://www.shankly.com/article/2408
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #41: Nov 05, 2016 04:07:25 pm
      Just re read your opening post September last year on this thread saying "How we could do with him now".

      I think your prayers were answered Debs .

      I am sure that Shanks would be proud of Jürgen  ...... making the people happy.

      I think he would too Skip.  We're in safe hands again 👍
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      Re: Bill Shankly appreciation thread.
      Reply #42: Nov 05, 2016 06:18:47 pm
      I think he would too Skip.  We're in safe hands again 👍

      Just re read your opening post September last year on this thread saying "How we could do with him now".

      I think your prayers were answered Debs .

      I am sure that Shanks would be proud of Jürgen  ...... making the people happy.

      Pretty bold statement, but one I agree with.
      Affable in public, but has a real ruthless streak, and always ready with a quip and a grin.
      Gotta love Klopp.
      Frankly, Mr Shankly
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      Reply #43: Jul 13, 2017 04:03:35 pm
      Great news. BBC to screen football documentary that isn't about Phil Neville's kinky obsession with turnips or whatever pathetic excuse they can find to screen something Manc related.

      https://twitter.com/LivEchonews/status/885470585446379521
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      Reply #44: Jul 13, 2017 05:09:08 pm
      Great news. BBC to screen football documentary that isn't about Phil Neville's kinky obsession with turnips or whatever pathetic excuse they can find to screen something Manc related.

      https://twitter.com/LivEchonews/status/885470585446379521

      Brilliant, looking forward to something decent on TV for once.
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      Reply #45: Jul 13, 2017 07:31:16 pm
      Fantastic .

      Hope it educates the masses about the great man and what all the fuss was all about.



      RIP   Boss.

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