Liverpool play Stoke in the Premier League this weekend, and with the quality reinforcements brought in by Tony Pulis over the summer, it's inevitably going to be a touch game.
The history of the fixture is quite interesting, so here are 10 little-known facts about Stoke-Liverpool (and one very well-known fact).

If you've watched or read The Damned United, you'll know that the 1974 Charity Shield between Leeds United and Liverpool plays a pivotal role. It was a real life drama featuring remarkable characters Bill Shankly and Brian Clough. And on ...
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By Chris Wright

This very day in 1913, one William Shankly was born in the Ayrshire mining village of Glenbuck making today his 98th birthday.

Happy Birthday Shanks...

Shankly at Preston North End, 1937

Shankly playing for Preston North End, 1946

Shankly, "the man who is taking Liverpool FC along the road to the First Division Title for the first time since 1947″, aged 50, 1964

Shankly stands in front of the empty terraces at Anfield during a Liverpool training session, 1965

Shankly poses with his 1965/66 trophy haul including the League Championship trophy and the FA Charity Shield, 1966

Shankly feels the stress of a new season set in as the Liverpool players and coaches gather for a team group picture, 1967

Shankly is unimpressed with the cutlery at the breakfast table, 1968

Shankly reacts to an erroneous news report in his office at Anfield, 1969

Shankly poses with a football during Liverpool's pre-season photocall, 1969

Shankly shows his new signing Kevin Keegan (nice tank top Keggy!

The biggest news of the day isn't really news, but rather a celebration of the man whose name is forever connected with Liverpool Football Club's history, Bill Shankly. To commemorate what would have been his 98th, birthday, the official site's got a few videos that are worth your time. Easy for those on the outside to ridicule Liverpool's celebration of their history, but when it involves men like Shankly, why wouldn't you?

It's Bill Shankly's birthday today and Kopites are congregating in establishments, social gatherings and the internet to discuss the impact of the man who is wholly acknowledged to have had the greatest influence on Liverpool Football Club, inspiring the team to become the footballing giant that it is today.

Unique Shankly tribute

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.

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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.
Archive clips of the great man, from an interview only recently released, will feature in The Bill Shankly Anniversary Show which hits Southport on October 7.

The tragedy of 9/11 affected everyone differently, and especially being from New York and speaking first-hand as having friends and former teammates who passed away in the terrible tragedy, it certainly makes you step back and think of the things that are really important in your life.
John Hayden of the Washington Times writes of how 9/11 affected Major League Soccer 10 years ago.

You'll never Walk Alone has always been my favourite football anthem, it reminds me of the wonderful Liverpool teams of the 60′s/70′s and Bill Shankly and the Kop and black and white TV and my first visit to Anfield. It is THE football anthem. Why am I writing about YNWA? Well, because it is Borussia Dortmund's anthem, and I have a feeling that with 80,000 Germans singing and cheering on their young and extremely talented side our boys in Red are going to be feeling very alone.

Liverpool's embarrassing 4-0 defeat at Spurs was hard to watch, and equally hard to take. Luckily, the club very rarely suffers 4-0 defeats, so the probability of the same result happening again any time soon is - thankfully - very low.Liverpool has lost 4-0 only nine times since Bill Shankly took over in 1959, which is quite an impressive record:There's just something horrible about losing 4-0;

'He'd back Kenny 100 per cent'

On the 30th anniversary of Bill Shankly's death we speak to his granddaughter and chairperson of the club's Supporters' Committee, Karen Gill, about the most iconic figure in Liverpool's illustrious history.

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Bill Shankly in his own words

Thirty years on from his passing, we celebrate some words of wisdom from our most iconic manager.

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The Joy of Six: classic Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool games | Scott Murray

From a 14-goal double-header in 1963 to a Klinsmann classic, here's a selection of some great matches between the two sides 1) Liverpool 5–2 Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 12 April 1963); Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 Liverpool (First Division, 15 April 1963) It was Easter weekend, and Spurs were going for the title in a three-way tussle with Everton and Leicester City.

Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly passed away 30 years ago today, and to mark the occasion, the official Liverpool site conducted an interview with Karen Gill, Shanks' granddaughter and chairperson of the club's Supporters' Committee. You can read the full interview here, but one particular section caught my eye:"If he knew how revered he still is and how strong the feeling is towards him

Legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly passed away 30 years ago today, and to mark the occasion, the official Liverpool site conducted an interview with Karen Gill, Shanks' granddaughter and chairperson of the club's Supporters' Committee. You can read the full interview here, but one particular section caught my eye:"If he knew how revered he still is and how strong the feeling is towards him

Remembering Bill Shankly in Quotes

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Bill Shankly's death, and we're taking a look back at his life in words. The great Scot is considered one of our modern founding fathers, such was the significance of his contribution to the club.

By Chris Wright

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Bill Shankly's death (in 1981, maths fans!), so to pay a wee bit of homage, Pies have amassed our 30 very favourite Shankley-isms in no particular order...

1. When asked by a Liverpudlian barber if he wanted 'anything off the top?

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.