SHANKLY: The Hard Road Back

Bill Shankly is the legendary manager who revolutionised Liverpool Football Club by leading them to three league titles, two FA Cups and one UEFA Cup between 1964 and 1974.


His success has been well documented, but what is far well less known is how he guided Liverpool back into the top-flight of English football having been appointed at Anfield in 1959 when the club were slumped in the old second division. Until now.


50 years after Liverpool finally secured promotion in 1962, The Kop Magazine has unearthed ‘Shankly: The Hard Road Back’ – the story of how the great Scot turned the Reds’ fortunes around in his own words.


Published over a 14-week period in the summer of ‘62, Shankly revealed his Anfield battle-plan in unprecedented detail in the Football ECHO – revealing everything from his tactical thinking and transfer discussions in the boardroom to how he trained his players and sought out opponent’s weaknesses.


Half-a-century on, this is the first time this unique insight into his early Anfield days has ever been reproduced in full.


Having only written one book, his best-selling autobiography, it makes Shankly: The Hard Road Back an exciting discovery that will appeal to the thousands of Liverpool supporters who still worship him to this very day.


• Bill Shankly: The Hard Road Back is available is a must read