If You're Second You Are Nothing Ferguson and Shankly

Bill Shankly was one of ten children from an Ayrshire mining village. Alex Ferguson was a shipyard workers son who went on to become a toolmakers shop steward. Both of them enjoyed distinguished but not outstanding playing careers. Both of them raged against the might of the rich in their early managerial days, and both, of course, will be remembered as two of the mightiest figures in the history of the English game. There is a rich seam that links the epic lives of Shankly and Ferguson, running between their enemy football strongholds in Liverpool and Manchester. It goes deeper than the myriad achievements of both menthree league titles for Shankly, eight championships and a European Cup for Ferguson.Holt, Oliver is the author of 'If You're Second You Are Nothing Ferguson and Shankly', published 2007 under ISBN 9780230015241 and ISBN 0230015247.