Shanks: Authorised Biography of Bill Shankly

by Dave Bowler (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.74

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.50

  Bill Shankly,Liverpool FC manager in the 1970s,is one of the legendary figures in football.This book gives a full picture of his life and character,from early childhood in a small mining village in Ayrshire,to creating one of the greatest known football teams,and thew heady days of Liverpool's victory in the UEFA Cup in 1973. Bill Shankly is best remembered for creating an outstanding Liverpool team in t he 1970s,with players like Phil Thompson,Kevin Keegan,Emlyn Hughes,Ray Clemence,Brian Hall and Steve Heighway.Shankly rarely bought big names from top clubs,preferring to buy players young and instil the Liverpool system into them.It was his dynamic personality that turned good players into great players into superstars.Kevin Keegan has attributed all his success to Shankly,noting that'if he belie T