So yesterday was a day without Wikipedia.
How did we all cope?
Maybe by using the various workarounds that let you bypass Wiki's self-imposed protest blackout. Or whiling away the hours following STV's #fitbawiki chat on Twitter.
Or you could have gone old school and picked up a book.

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

• Kop That: Liverpool linked with German wonderkid http://t.co/SkMLpkuj 22:47:32, 2011-09-27
• Kop That: Why Scottish caps 'didn't count' at Bayern Munich in the '90s http://t.co/RDoXIQGi 22:30:11, 2011-09-27
• Kop That: Would visiting the Munich air crash site could stop vile chants for good?

Denis Law on Busby, Shankly, Ferguson and United and City's rivalry

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Pictures: Classic Liverpool photos from the 1960s including Shankly, St John, Yeats and Hughes

Click on the arrows to see some classic Liverpool photos from 1960s

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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!

Ten of the best football families: Cruyff, Charlton, Allen, Ferdinand, Shankly and more

The families who have produced three or more professional footballers

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Six of the best football families: Charlton, Allen, Ferdinand, Wallace, Shankly and more

The families who have produced three or more professional footballers

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Six of the best football families: Charlton, Allen, Ferdinand, Wallace, Shankly and more

The families who have produced three or more professional footballers

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With the speed of a cheetah after it identifies its prey, the Scottish Premier League season approaches. As players in other top flight leagues wake from their midsummer's naps and beginning stretching for their pre-season action, SPL players are back on their training grounds, preparing for matches that mean more than just a bit of fitness.

RoM has been nominated for the best club specific blog in the Caught Offside awards.

We are currently trailing to Empire of the Kop, famous in these parts for immediately offering their full backing to Spirit of Shankly in light of the Munich singing videos which appeared. Despite the highest ranking members of SoS admitting to being present and doing nothing to stop the Munich chanting, EOTK thought it was best to write two articles to offer their support.

The deadly triumvirate of Law, Best and Charlton swept opposition from its path and led Manchester United to win the FA Cup in 1963 and the League in 1965 and 1967. Had it not been for a cruel...
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Denis Law is a Manchester United legend who has also played 24 times in the blue of City at the end of his career. Since then The King has seen the rise and rise of his beloved Reds with silverware...
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Yes, supporter groups copy each other, so it isn't surprising to see Chelsea supporters displaying a banner reminiscent of a Liverpool banner at Sunday's Chelsea-Liverpool match at Stamford Bridge. After all, Fernando Torres was in a Liverpool kit just last week and now he's in Chelsea blue facing his old team from the north.

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An oft-repeated Bill Shankly quote goes something like this: Some people think that football is a matter of life and death. I can assure them that it is much more important than that.

I reckon that any half-decent football fan, regardless of which team he or she supports, would struggle to argue with Shankly's line of thought.

Everybody may be on pins and needles watching the transfer front, wondering if the rumoured Suarez deal will finally go through, wondering if the Babel to Hoffenheim deal will finally go through, and maybe even wondering if the agreed price with Hoffenheim was always just a way of setting Babel's value as a bargaining tool in negotiations with Ajax over Suarez.

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On this week's main report languagecaster.com profiles Kenny Dalglish, who last week took over as manager at Liverpool from Roy Hodgson.

Andrew Thomas is a talented writer who is gaining an impressive reputation. You can catch more of Andrew's excellent stuff on his blog Twisted Blood and follow him on Twitter @Twisted_Blood. Here he gives a beautiful account of Frank Worthington's most famous goal.

Within about six yards of space, Frank Worthington touches the ball five times.