great article , complete legend and should of been knighted yrs ago
Shame the way football is gone these days. No manager these days can truly take full credit for bringing a team together its all down to money. Ferguson is the last of a dying breed but even hes had riches available to him.
Lets hope the boys put on a show for him tomorrow.
I'm reading the Glory Game about the 71/72 season at the minute and throughout that book it is clear that Bill's life revolved around the club. He lived only a few doors away and spent pretty much every waking hour in it's service.
A poignant note is that at his daughter's wedding he was seen to be shedding a tear (most unlike him) and he explained to his wife (who was almost as much a slave to the club as he was) that he had just realised he'd completely missed his daughter growing up.
Whats largely forgotten is that he was a fine player who (like many of his generation had their careers curtailed by war) but underused by his country, He was a great manager (as even Cloughie acknowledged), a fine servant (who was even so neglected after he gave up the job he loved) and his name is indelibly written into our club's history.
RIP Bill
Look at the careers of Bill Nick, Shankly, and Clough and remember that those kind of managers wouldn't be allowed to exist in today's game. Is that progress? I don't think so.
It's a great shame he never got to see us in the Champions League
his team should of won the european cup.. robbed in the semi final.. RIP
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posted on 22/10/11
great article , complete legend and should of been knighted yrs ago
posted on 22/10/11
Shame the way football is gone these days. No manager these days can truly take full credit for bringing a team together its all down to money. Ferguson is the last of a dying breed but even hes had riches available to him.
posted on 22/10/11
Lets hope the boys put on a show for him tomorrow.
posted on 22/10/11
I'm reading the Glory Game about the 71/72 season at the minute and throughout that book it is clear that Bill's life revolved around the club. He lived only a few doors away and spent pretty much every waking hour in it's service.
A poignant note is that at his daughter's wedding he was seen to be shedding a tear (most unlike him) and he explained to his wife (who was almost as much a slave to the club as he was) that he had just realised he'd completely missed his daughter growing up.
Whats largely forgotten is that he was a fine player who (like many of his generation had their careers curtailed by war) but underused by his country, He was a great manager (as even Cloughie acknowledged), a fine servant (who was even so neglected after he gave up the job he loved) and his name is indelibly written into our club's history.
RIP Bill
posted on 22/10/11
Look at the careers of Bill Nick, Shankly, and Clough and remember that those kind of managers wouldn't be allowed to exist in today's game. Is that progress? I don't think so.
posted on 23/10/11
It's a great shame he never got to see us in the Champions League
posted on 23/10/11
his team should of won the european cup.. robbed in the semi final.. RIP
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