JOE MERCER - playing adversary from the 30s and 40s
"From the moment he arrived there's been only one way... up. And this endless success was mirrored in that amazing relationship with the Kop. When he was at Anfield he was the city of Liverpool's answer to vandalism and hooliganism, because the kids came to see Liverpool. They came to see those red shirts and Shankly was their man, their hero, their football god. He belongs to the Kop, he's one of them. If he hadn't managed Liverpool I'm sure he'd have been on the Kop dressed in red, singing and chanting 'Liverpool, Liverpool.' "
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