People can talk about rebuilding. Even if the point of last summer's transfer strategy was to avoid long settling-in periods that would lead to 2011-12 becoming a rebuilding season. Even if it now appears that next season will end up something of a rebuilding season, too, with few entertaining realistic hopes of a return to Champions League action twelve months hence.

After 1965's FA Cup victory over Leeds United, Liverpool's next trip to the final saw them come up short in a hard-fought game against Arsenal in 1971. As in 1965, the match had gone to extra time a goalless draw, and once again three goals had then been scored—only this time, it was Liverpool on the losing end of a 2-1 scoreline.

After 1965's FA Cup victory over Leeds United, Liverpool's next trip to the final saw them come up short in a hard-fought game against Arsenal in 1971. As in 1965, the match had gone to extra time a goalless draw, and once again three goals had then been scored—only this time, it was Liverpool on the losing end of a 2-1 scoreline.

When Liverpool finally won the FA Cup for the first time, they didn't do it the easy way. The club had secured their first league title under Bill Shankly—and their sixth overall—the year before, only a season removed from returning to the top flight after spending nearly a decade in the Second Division, and they were matched up against a Leeds United side that had just won promotion.

With February's victory in the League Cup, Liverpool's tally in England's younger cup competition rose to eight—three more than the second place side. It also pushed them one past their FA Cup total. On Saturday, the club gets the chance to equal its silverware haul in England's first cup competition, move past Manchester United's tally of trophies won in the two domestic cups, and end what has been a rather up and down season on a distinctly high note.

We are reminded today of one of Bill Shankly's great quotes. Bill Shankly Liverpool manager had some great quotes Bill was the Liverpool manager who propelled the Reds forward in the early 1960s, and the Scot was renowned for some of his quotes. And as far as going after targets, this is what he said: "Aim for [.

Tom Finney turns 90 this week.
A legend at Preston North End where he scored over 200 goals in 473 appearances he also won 76 England caps scoring 30 goals.
The Second World War meant his Preston debut was delayed until 1946. He went on to be voted England's player of the year in 1954 and again in 1957.

Tom Finney turns 90 this week.
A legend at Preston North End where he scored over 200 goals in 473 appearances he also won 76 England caps scoring 30 goals.
The Second World War meant his Preston debut was delayed until 1946. He went on to be voted England's player of the year in 1954 and again in 1957.

By Moustafa El-Chiati, writing from Cairo

Rivalry is a very common notion in the world of football and Egypt is no exception. Egypt is a country where football has been played and watched for centuries. The Egyptian FA was established in the early 1920s and Egypt was one of the early FIFA member states.

Over the past ten games, Liverpool's form has been a soul crushing 0.8 points per game. Over the entire season, their average is 1.44 points per game. The overall numbers are still better than Roy Hodgson's 1.25 points per game, but in a historical context they aren't better than much else.

Based on Liverpool's season-long form, they are now set to finish with 54 points.

Over the past ten games, Liverpool's form has been a soul crushing 0.8 points per game. Over the entire season, their average is 1.44 points per game. The overall numbers are still better than Roy Hodgson's 1.25 points per game, but in a historical context they aren't better than much else.

Based on Liverpool's season-long form, they are now set to finish with 54 points.

Larry Lloyd's Hard Man: Hard Game is one of the best accounts of Forest's golden years that I have read. I think Lloyd benefits hugely from having a female ghost writer. At the risk of being sexist, it just allows one of the hardest men I have ever met to admit to all sorts of things that I am not sure he would if he'd have played it safe and used a male sports journalist to help him write the book [.

With tomorrow's massive FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Manchester United fast approaching what a perfect time to hear from a life-long Liverpool FC fan. This video features Dave Kirby with his thoughts of what the FA Cup means to Liverpool Fans, his past FA Cup memories and his references to the great man Bill Shankly.

With tomorrow's massive FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Manchester United fast approaching what a perfect time to hear from a life-long Liverpool FC fan. This video features Dave Kirby with his thoughts of what the FA Cup means to Liverpool Fans, his past FA Cup memories and his references to the great man Bill Shankly.

A few years ago there was a song by the famous British band Motorhead called "The King of kings"; this song is so apt for the big four of English football in my opinion. Why so? Every club has a king who is celebrated and revered by the fans and this is somewhat the song that units the big four. In this post we bow down to the kings of the big four.

Wilson: Liverpool legends wouldn't have allowed Suarez T-shirts

'Bill Shankly, Joe Fagan and Bob Paisley would be saying, ‘You got it wrong guys" says Gunners legend

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Arsenal legend Bob Wilson has criticised Liverpool's handling of the Suarez-Evra situation. Speaking on LBC Radio, Wilson - who won the league and cup double with Arsenal in 1971 - argued that Liverpool's legendary managers of the past would've been less than impressed with the way the club has chosen to 'support' Luis Suarez:"You support your man, but I think Bill Shankly and Joe Fagan and Bob

Most likely, fans around the world who don't have any connection with Manchester either football wise or any other wise, are sick and tired of all the talk and banter surrounding the surprising exits of both Man Utd and Man City from the knockout stages of this year's UEFA Champions League tournament.

When I was writing about the evolution of the football programme a few weeks ago I mentioned a Hibs v Liverpool Fairs Cup programme from December 1970 that carried an interview with Bill Shankly.
I can't remember seeing an interview with a visiting manager in a programme before.

When I was writing about the evolution of the football programme a few weeks ago I mentioned a Hibs v Liverpool Fairs Cup programme from December 1970 that carried an interview with Bill Shankly.
I can't remember seeing an interview with a visiting manager in a programme before.

As distraught as I am by the death of Gary Speed, and as touching as I find the fitting outpour of eulogies to this unusually universally beloved footballer, it frustrates me that in such times of tragedy many seem eager ... Continue reading →

Liverpool v Manchester City: five things we learned | Daniel Taylor

Bill Shankly's was a great quote. Truly great, in fact. But not true. 1) Bill Shankly got it wrong It isn't more important than life or death. Craig Bellamy was so distraught about Gary Speed's death there were probably parts of the day when he felt he could barely function, let alone play a key match against his former club.

Past Managers: Volume 3 Bob Paisley

Whenever somebody utters the name of Liverpool Football Club, it's synonymous with great managers and great players. Over the years Bill Shankly has become an icon but many people forget the achievements of his successor, Shankly began the dream, but it was none other than Bob Paisley who ensured it continued.

Whenever somebody utters the name of Liverpool Football Club, it's synonymous with great managers and great players. Over the years Bill Shankly has become an icon but many people forget the achievements of his successor, Shankly began the dream, but it was none other than Bob Paisley who ensured it continued.

Anfield legend Kevin Keegan has always been refreshingly honest when it comes to talking about his career, and in a recent interview, the former England Manager spoke of his sadness over the way legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly was treated by club after he left.
Speaking to the official LFC site, Keegan argued that Liverpool should have taken a different approach over Shankly's departure from Anfield:
"The saddest thing is - and it's a lesson for any football club - if you've got someone like him [Shankly], try and find the solution that's right for everybody.

Former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore has controversially claimed that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is a superior manager to Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.
Collymore, who also claims that Man United wanted to sign him in 1994, argued:
"Through the years there have been plenty of top bosses; Jock Stein, Brian Clough, Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley have all written their names into history books, but Fergie is on a different level altogether".

Praise continues to come in for Sir Alex Ferguson, and Mark Lawrenson writes of why we will never get a manager of his kind again.
Sir Alex Ferguson is a one-off and we will never get a manager of his kind again.
Ferguson has built six different and successful Manchester United teams.

Misfiring Andy Carroll gives limp Liverpool a new kind of 'Tosh'

• Striker still struggling to justify his £35m transfer fee • 'We've shown we are here to fight,' says Swansea manager The pre-match Remembrance silence here evoked all sorts of memories, of football's past, as well as the fallen.

Footballing philosophers Twitter. As well as boring us with Jay Bothroyd's plans for the evening (‘Watching Spartacus in bed, gonna have an early night I think') or Robbie Savage's Come Dancing insights (‘The wonderful miss Sue Barker loves the waltz she said " elegant"! Ohhhhhh Miss Barker') and a sporadic outburst or two by Aston [.

Footballing philosophers Twitter. As well as boring us with Jay Bothroyd's plans for the evening (‘Watching Spartacus in bed, gonna have an early night I think') or Robbie Savage's Come Dancing insights (‘The wonderful miss Sue Barker loves the waltz she said " elegant"! Ohhhhhh Miss Barker') and a sporadic outburst or two by Aston [.

Gary Gillespie played under Kenny Dalglish for much of his career at Liverpool, so he's well qualified to comment on the qualities that made Dalglish such a success at Anfield. What was the secret coaching ingredient that underpinned Liverpool's all conquering side of the late 1980s? It's not what you think.

Interesting stuff in the Mail. Well not interesting in any real sense, diverting perhaps. Anyway, football managers polled as to who they'd like to have dinner with:

Harry Redknapp Muhammad Ali, Vincent O'Brien, Bobby Moore
Paul Ince – Wife, John F Kennedy, Tiger Woods
Paul Lambert Elvis Presley, George Bush, George Best
Roberto Di Matteo Julius Caesar, Claudia Schiffer, Robert De Niro
Sam Allardyce Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali, Sir Alex Ferguson
Sven Goran Eriksson Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul, Barack Obama
Chris Coleman John F Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix
Tony Adams Jesus, Sir Alf Ramsey, Scarlett Johansson
Simon Grayson Geoffrey Boycott, Bono, Don Revie
Roberto Mancini Paolo Mantovani, The Pope, Sheikh Mansour
Rafa Benitez Julius Caesar, Al Pacino, Napoleon
David Moyes Mother, Tommy Burns, Kylie Minogue
Gustavo Poyet Fernando Morena, Michael Jordan, Wife
Neil Warnock – Queen, Barbara Streisand, Brian Clough
Steve McClaren Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Sir Alex Ferguson
Alex McLeish - Robert Di Niro, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali
Alan Pardew Muhammad Ali, Barrack Obama, Spike Milligan
Peter Reid Elvis Presley, Jesus Christ, Angelina Jolie
Chris Hughton Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Bill Shankly
Gianfranco Zola Father, wife, Diego Maradona

Shame no Roy, Jol or SAF.

Jamie Carragher has all the hallmarks required to be a future Liverpool manager, according to Tommy Smith.
The Reds vice-captain has made no secret of his desire to enter coaching once he hangs up his boots and has already begun a program to earn his UEFA B licence.
And while Carragher still has many more games to play before his playing career draws to close, Smith believes the 33-year-old has what it takes to be a success in the dugout.

Bill Shankly once said, "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." Well try saying that to Simon Brown. Corporal Simon Brown, 32, was speaking to the England Under-21′s before they flew to [.

By Chris Wright

On behalf of Yahoo and the League Manager's Association, a 20-strong phalanx of managers have been quizzed over their ideal dinner dates.

All the usual suspects were present, with Elvis, De Niro, Pacino et al all rearing their ugly heads though it was floaty/stingy boxer Muhammad Ali who picked up the most nods, with five managers (Redknapp, Allardyce, McLeish, Pardew and Hughton) plumping for the pugilist.

Shankly tribute show to hit stage

Four of Bill Shankly's greatest players will appear in a unique autumn show when the stirring, tartan tones of their legendary manager resonate around Southport Theatre on Friday night.

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Shankly tribute show to hit stage

Four of Bill Shankly's greatest players will appear in a unique autumn show when the stirring, tartan tones of their legendary manager resonate around Southport Theatre on Friday night.

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A news article on 2011-10-02 10:19:05 from: Liverpool FC

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At a recent event to celebrate the launch of a new book about treble-winning Liverpool manager Joe Fagan, Roy Evans - who wrote the foreword to the book - paid tribute to the man he saw as his 'mentor' and 'father figure' in football.Former Liverpool manager Evans enthused:"He was a great servant to Liverpool over many, many years, under Bill Shankly, and Bob Paisley.

The Joy of Six: Merseyside derby moments | Scott Murray

From Roger Hunt's scrambled winner to Kevin Sheedy's Kop salute, here are some of the best Merseyside derby moments 1) Hunt prolongs Everton's wait (Everton 2 – 2 Liverpool, First Division, Sept 1962) Everton were relegated for only the second time in their history in 1951.

The legendary Bill Shankly passed away on this day 30 years ago. He will forever be remembered as the man that transformed Liverpool Football Club into the "bastion of invincibility" it eventually became, conquering all of Europe and being feared by all.

It is perhaps fitting that his anniversary comes just before the weekend of the Merseyside derby.