Tag Archives: Bill Shankly

I Sing Your Anthem With Pride.

There is a chill, a feeling of the super-natural

when I hear your anthem being sang by the citizens

of the flag, resplendent in red and white, the colours

of victories past and battle hardened men,

of women, proud, noble and strong, perhaps by design

the strongest of them all, but the ones with rose-like cheekbones

standing to attention when something humorous happens,

the ones for whom the tears fall silently as justice is done.

 

The first stirrings of your anthem were audible on a Wednesday night

Sixties Gold, Gig Review. The Lighthouse, Poole.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If you look back with fond memories of music from the 1960s, then this is the concert for you. With an average age of 60 plus both on stage and off, fans were treated to an evening of nostalgia, which from start to finish stirred the emotions of those heady days long ago.

Liverpool Legend Bill Shankly Remembered As David Peace Launches Red Or Dead At Epstein Theatre.

As favourite adopted sons of Liverpool go, perhaps none come much bigger or more adored than the legendary football manager Bill Shankly. Even those who don’t come from the city and don’t support the team he managed so successfully can only but admire the man who took the club from the depths of Division Two and made them the most remarkable and well-regarded club in the country.

Ahead of what would have been the great man’s 100th birthday in September, the author David Peace talked about his new book Red Or Dead with highly respected journalist Brian Reade to a packed and appreciative audience at the Epstein Theatre on Hanover Street.