“SHANKLY TOLD ME NOT TO TAKE GOALS PERSONALLY, SO I DIDN’T – I BLAMED EVERYBODY ELSE!”
Sep 03, 2019
4 minutes
Interview Chris Flanagan
Both yourself and Kevin Keegan began your senior careers at Scunthorpe – how did they produce two great players for Liverpool?
We came through at slightly different times, but in those days lower division clubs would put you in the team if they felt you had ability. Clubs are more reluctant now because they’re scared. Youngsters will make mistakes, but that’s how they learn. I played four games in the first year, then 44 the next. Those games allowed people to watch me, and allowed Bill Shankly to decide I was good enough for him.
What was Shankly like?
Every story you hear about him is true. He]
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