Tuesday, 1 December 2015

LIVERPOOL WAS MADE FOR ME AND I WAS MADE FOR LIVERPOOL-BILL SHANKLY

Today, in 1959, Bill Shankly signed a contract with Liverpool Football Club and thus began an amazing era in footlball. So successful and important to Liverpool was Shankly, that his family have bought, along with a major investor, Signature Living, the old Liverpool City Council Building and developed it into a Hotel, The Shankly. It is minutes away from Victoria Station in the city centre.

After an investment of £20 million Bill's grandson, Christopher Carline, is managing the finished building which includes luxury rooms, a restaurant with classics from the British menu, including the "Shankly Burger" and fish and chips.

The Shankly Experience, enjoyed when you book into to the hotel, has on display the telegram sent to Bill by Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut, the book given to Shankly from his "This is your Life" appearance and Bill's original LFC contact. The Museum is to be visited too.
http://shanklyhotel.com/shankly-experience/

You will find a Tactics Wall with his notes and ideas from Liverpool's games, The 96 Memorial Wall and a 30 foot Video Wall with all his great filmed moments. He retired in 1974 after the "Charity Shield" match at Wembley and died only 7 years later. i

If you haven't looked at his biography, you should.

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