[Football] Palace away - never forget what Bill Shankly said about hooliganism.

[RowZ]

13m 12s

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I hadn’t spotted your guide for where the relevant part is but I’m glad so it made me listen from the start - and then I couldn’t stop. What a wonderfully charismatic bloke he was - a football genius - and a socialist too - what a man!
I knew all that already of course but hadn’t listened to that interview. Thanks

 

[cjd]

I'm old and lived through the Shankly era, but I cannot remember ever seeing such a good video/interview.

He was years ahead of his time in many ways, but also a chance to see how much the spectator participation has moved on.

Well worth 17 minutes of anyone,s time who is over 40.

Simply superb...!!

 

[Hamilton]

13m 12s

Loved the interview. But he’s totally wrong at 13m 12s.

 

[drew]

Loved the interview. But he’s totally wrong at 13m 12s.

He is, and also, had he lived, his comments about life and death would come back to haunt him in April 89!!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Anyone know the date of that interview?

Interesting character ...

 

[BNthree]

To save me watching the interview can someone post what Bill does say about it? Ta

 

[Pogue Mahone]

To save me watching the interview can someone post what Bill does say about it? Ta

He said it's natural for groups of men to have an argument, lose their temper and have a fist-fight. "Real" men fight with their fists and don't stab you in the back, he suggests. He thought it was natural for 100 men to fight each other, and that the press should ignore it and let them get on with it.

 

[Justice]

All handbags these days the last time I witnessed a proper punch up was 20+ years ago Pompey away.

 

[BNthree]

He said it's natural for groups of men to have an argument, lose their temper and have a fist-fight. "Real" men fight with their fists and don't stab you in the back, he suggests. He thought it was natural for 100 men to fight each other, and that the press should ignore it and let them get on with it.

Thanks for that.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

To save me watching the interview can someone post what Bill does say about it? Ta

What he said probably wasn’t wrong. The thing is, football hooliganism wasn’t as he described. It wasn’t a bunch of blokes having a ‘fair’ fist fight over an argument in a crowd. It was pre planned violence targeted at smaller groups. Nothing fair about kicking the shit out of people and causing fear in the innocent. Bill comes across as a man of his time. A decent bloke but his life experience didn’t seem to include women or cowardly thugs. Great interview with a great football man.

 

[AmexRuislip]

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