William "Bill" Shankly

William "Bill" Shankly

 (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish footballer and manager who is best remembered for his management of Liverpool. He is regarded as one of football's greatest managers.

Shankly came from a small Scottish mining community as one of five brothers who played football professionally and was a ball winning right half who was capped twelve times for Scotland, including seven wartime internationals. He spent one season atCarlisle United before spending the rest of his career at Preston North End, where he won the FA Cup in 1938. His career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He became a manager after he retired from playing in 1949, managing Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, Workington and Huddersfield Town, before accepting the job as team manager of Liverpool in December 1959.

Shankly took charge of Liverpool when they were in the Second Division and rebuilt the team into a major force in English football. He led Liverpool to the Second Division Championship to gain promotion to the top-flight First Division in 1962, before going on to win three First Division Championships, two FA Cups, four Charity Shields and one UEFA Cup. Shankly announced his surprise retirement from football a few weeks after Liverpool won the 1974 FA Cup Final, having managed the club for fifteen years, and was succeeded by his long-time assistant Bob Paisley. He died seven years later at the age of 68

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David William Moyes

David William Moyes is a Scottish football manager and former player. He has been the manager of Manchester United since July 2013. Previously the manager of Everton, he was the 2003, 2005 and 2009League Managers Association Manager of the Year. He is also on the committee for the League Managers Association in an executive capacity.

Moyes made over 540 league appearances as a centre-half in a playing career that began with Celtic, where he won a championship medal. He then played for Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town and Dunfermline Athletic before ending his playing career with Preston North End. He became a coach at Preston, working his way up to assistant manager before eventually taking over as manager in 1998, his first managerial position.

Moyes became manager of Everton in March 2002 and under him the club qualified for the Champions League in 2005 and reached the 2009 FA Cup Final. Upon reaching his tenth anniversary at the club Moyes received praise from many fellow managers including Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and Kenny Dalglish for his achievements at Everton.^[2] His service to Everton was also raised in Parliament by Steve Rotheram MP. During his spell at Everton, he received the nickname "Dithering Dave" from fans.

Following Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as Manchester United manager after 26 years in the position, Moyes was appointed his successor. He began his post as Manchester United manager on 1 July 2013, on a six-year contract.

Personal life

Moyes has one daughter, who went to Archbishop Temple School in Preston, where he previously managed Preston North End. He also has a son called David who went to college in Preston. Moyes' father, David Sr., is a scout at Everton and previously a coach at Drumchapel Amateurs, where Moyes began his career. His full-time occupation was as a pattern-maker and later a lecturer at Anniesland College in North Glasgow. Moyes' mother, Joan, hailed from Portrush in Northern Ireland and worked in clothes stores in Glasgow. David's cousin, Dessie Brown is secretary of Coleraine Football Club.

He is a supporter of the Labour Party and in 2010 backed Andy Burnham to be leader in the Labour Party leadership election.As a boy, he grew up supporting Rangers despite playing for Old Firm rivals Celtic.

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