This Is Your Life: Bill Shankly

Bill SHANKLY (1913-1981)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Bill Shankly, football manager, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews on platform three of Euston Station in London, having come down south with the Liverpool FC team for a match the following day.

Bill, who came from a small Scottish mining community, played a season for Carlisle United before spending the rest of his career as a footballer at Preston North End, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1938. He played for Scotland 12 times between 1938 and 1943, including seven wartime internationals, and captained the national team in 1941. During the Second World War, he worked at a builder's yard in Preston and later served in the Royal Air Force.

After retiring from playing, he returned to Carlisle United in 1949 as manager. He later managed Grimsby Town, Workington and Huddersfield Town before joining Second Division Liverpool in December 1959. Bill rebuilt the team, leading the club to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962 before winning three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup.

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