Shankly out!

Food for thought.

The year was 1965, Manchester United won the league, Liverpool finished in 7th place after losing 15 games.

The Kopities did win the FA Cup and the manager was a certain Bill Shankly

Here is the final table from 1965.

Final Table				Full						Home						Away
		P		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		GA	Pt
1	Manchester United	42		26	9	7	89	39		16	4	1	52	13		10	5	6	37	26		2.28	61
2	Leeds United	42		26	9	7	83	52		16	3	2	53	23		10	6	5	30	29		1.60	61
3	Chelsea	42		24	8	10	89	54		15	2	4	48	19		9	6	6	41	35		1.65	56
4	Everton	42		17	15	10	69	60		9	10	2	37	22		8	5	8	32	38		1.15	49
5	Nottingham Forest	42		17	13	12	71	67		10	7	4	45	33		7	6	8	26	34		1.06	47
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42		19	7	16	87	71		18	3	0	65	20		1	4	16	22	51		1.23	45
7	Liverpool	42		17	10	15	67	73		12	5	4	42	33		5	5	11	25	40		0.92	44
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42		16	11	15	57	55		13	5	3	37	15		3	6	12	20	40		1.04	43
9	West Ham United	42		19	4	19	82	71		14	2	5	48	25		5	2	14	34	46		1.16	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42		16	10	16	83	79		12	2	7	46	33		4	8	9	37	46		1.05	42
11	Stoke City	42		16	10	16	67	66		11	4	6	40	27		5	6	10	27	39		1.01	42
12	Burnley	42		16	10	16	70	70		9	9	3	39	26		7	1	13	31	44		1.00	42
13	Arsenal	42		17	7	18	69	75		11	5	5	42	31		6	2	13	27	44		0.92	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42		13	13	16	70	65		10	5	6	45	25		3	8	10	25	40		1.08	39
15	Sunderland	42		14	9	19	64	74		12	6	3	45	26		2	3	16	19	48		0.86	37
16	Aston Villa	42		16	5	21	57	82		14	1	6	36	24		2	4	15	21	58		0.69	37
17	Blackpool	42		12	11	19	67	78		9	7	5	41	28		3	4	14	26	50		0.86	35
18	Leicester City	42		11	13	18	69	85		9	6	6	43	36		2	7	12	26	49		0.81	35
19	Sheffield United	42		12	11	19	50	64		7	5	9	30	29		5	6	10	20	35		0.78	35
20	Fulham	42		11	12	19	60	78		10	5	6	44	32		1	7	13	16	46		0.77	34
21	Wolverhampton Wndrs	42		13	4	25	59	89		8	2	11	33	36		5	2	14	26	53		0.66	30
22	Birmingham City	42		8	11	23	64	96		6	8	7	36	40		2	3	16	28	56		0.67	27

Check out the crowd that turned out to cheer this Liverpool team that finished 7th in the league.

 

 

Thank God there was no Twitter back in 1965 or Shanks would have been massacred.

Yep Bill Shankly that old fashioned manager.

YNWA

-Antoine