Football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death.

Football has nothing to do with life and death, football is higher than life and death.

"Some people think that football is a matter of life and death, and I am very disappointed with this attitude. I can assure you that this is much more important than that. "

This is a famous saying of bill shankly.

Bill shankly is one of the most successful coaches of the old English team. He turned Liverpool, which had been struggling in the second division for a long time, into a top league champion and opened the team's dominance in Europe. He won the Best Medal of the British Empire in 1974.

As the helm of the legendary Red Army that swept across Britain and Europe in 1970s, Shankly made Liverpool go to Europe and even the world. The Red Army not only spread the team song to every corner of the football world, but also made Shankly's football concept recognized by the world. Although their successors Paisley and Dalglish are not inferior to Shankly in achievement, they can only admit defeat in influence. The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants harvested. Paisley and Dalglish are descended from Shankly. With so many coaches, the Liverpool team in the early days of the Premier League still couldn't shake off the shadow of Shankly. The entrance to Anfield Stadium, also named "Shankly Gate", is a way to commemorate the lost generation of Tianjiao. Even though Liverpool in the 265,438+0 century was scared and depressed, they were proud enough to be proud of their past. 1959 65438+In February, after former manager Taylor resigned, Liverpool made a decision that went down in history and appointed horsfield manager bill shankly as the new manager. As a result, it took the legend five years to turn a team struggling in the second division into the champion of the first division, thus establishing the dominance of Liverpool.

1963-64 season, Shankly led the team to win the league championship for the first time, and the Red Army took the lead. 1965, Liverpool won the FA Cup for the first time and dominated the league the following year. 1973, Shankly won the league championship again and the UEFA Cup in the same year. 1974 FA Cup was the last honor he won for Liverpool.