http://waituntilnextyear.com/2009/09/29/bill-shankly/ Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://waituntilnextyear.com/2009/09/29/bill-shankly/#comment-61 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:02:27 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-61 Legend has it that on his first ever training session Shankly gathered the players together, slapped a ball down on the grass and said ‘This is the ball. It is your friend.’ Simple and yet genius. Not sure if it was Shanks or Cloughie who shouted at his team in training ‘It’s called football because you;’re meant to keep it near your feet. If It was meant to be in the bloody air all the time it would be called Skyball.’

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