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1965 Bill Shankly’s Dream (Liverpool 3 Inter Milan 1)

P Maguire

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 A team built with passion and driven with pride
Their football the finest a true champion’s side
The dream of Bill Shankly about to be born
In the boots of St. John and the heart of Moran

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Lawler and Sir Roger Rowdy and Smith
Big Tommy Lawrence our own flying pig!
The Kop in full voice roared the Redmen each man
“Go back to Ital-ee” to the Inter they sang

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Anfield the fortress her walls stood so firm
And a new football lesson Herrera was about to learn
He brought with him Mazzola Facchetti and Jair
But they couldn’t compete with Cally’s brave heart

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 A volley from Sir Roger left Sarti for dead
And when Cally drove his home it was 2-1 to the Reds
Our lads hadn’t finished one more was to come
From a rebound he pounced the great Ian St. John

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 We split them with precision and played like pure gold
It was a long way from Reykjavik, Anderlecht and Cologne
And Herrera distraught to the pressmen he bleated
“We’ve been beaten before but tonight we’re defeated”

Notes

“My secretary, Sheila, was right in line with the shot and she says it was a goal. That’s good enough for me.” Rafa Benitez on that Luis Garcia goal.

COME ON YOU MIGHTY REDS

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/1965-bill-shanklys-dream-liverpool-3-inter-milan-1-2/