21
Today is the 21st Anniversary of the Hillsborough Football Disaster where 96 innocent Liverpool fans where crushed in the Leppings Lane End and died. Justice for the 96 – You’ll Never Walk Alone.
The word fanatic has been used many times…
…I think it’s more than fanaticism. It’s a religion to them. The thousands who come here, come to worship.. it’s a sort of shrine, it isn’t a football ground.” – Bill Shankly.
This club has been my life…
…I’d go out and sweep the street and be proud to do it for Liverpool FC if they asked me to.” – Bob Paisley. Following on from yesterdays shot, these are the Paisley gates at Anfield. Paisley hasn’t got a statue (not yet anyway) but he does have his own gates. Paisleys record at Anfield is incredible – 6 league titles, 3 European Cups and a UEFA Cup for good measure.
“If Shankly was the Anfield foreman, Paisley was the brickie, ready to build an empire with his own hands.” – Tommy Smith
Football is a simple game…
…based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.” – one of my favourite Shankly quotes. I’ve been meaning to get down to Anfield for a while but the weather hasn’t been up to any kind of photography recently. More Shanks quotes here.
