“Legend” – Some Liverpool fans send tributes to the late Bill Shankly on his birthday

“Legend” – Some Liverpool fans send tributes to the late Bill Shankly on his birthday
Date: 2nd September 2019 at 1:38pm
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Liverpool fans have been tweeting their heartfelt messages to the club in memory of the great Bill Shankly, as Monday marks the day that it would have been his 106th birthday.

The Scotsman, who managed the Reds between 1959-1974, completely revolutionised the way that football was played in England at the time, as Shankly went on to help Liverpool to win three First Division titles, one Second Division title, two FA Cups, three Charity Shield and one UEFA Cup.

The club took to social media to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of a man that gave Liverpool so much and expected almost nothing back return, and tweeted a picture with an iconic shot of his arms to his side at the iconic St George’s Plateau in 1971.

Here is the Twitter post that Liverpool posted on Monday:

Shankly was a man who would stride towards attention to detail, and would take any measure to get under his opponent’s skin. He made an array of radical and subtle changes at the football club such as modernising the facilities at Melwood, and completely rearranging their training programme which would include five-a-side and long runs to warm up.

But also the small changes that would make a psychological difference which was change the colours of the kit, Shankly believed that his players looked “seven-foot tall” in the all-red strip as opposed to white shorts and socks.

Here are some of those tributes from Liverpool supporters sent on Twitter:

 

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