Red or dead - David Peace

In
1959, Liverpool Football Club were in the Second Division. Liverpool
Football Club had never won the FA Cup. Fifteen seasons later, Liverpool
Football Club had won three League titles, two FA Cups and the UEFA
Cup. Liverpool Football Club had become the most consistently successful
team in England. And the most passionately supported club. Their
manager was revered as a god.Destined for immortality. Their manager was
Bill Shankly. His job was his life. His life was football. His
football a form of socialism. Bill Shankly inspired people. Bill Shankly
transformed people. The players and the supporters.His legacy would
reveberate through the ages.

In 1974, Liverpool Football
Club and Bill Shankly stood on the verge of even greater success. In
England and in Europe. But in 1974, Bill Shankly shocked Liverpool and
football. Bill Shankly resigned. Bill Shankly retired.


Red or Dead is the story of the rise of Liverpool Football Club and Bill Shankly. And the story of the retirement of Bill Shankly. Of one man and his work. And of the man after that work. A man in two halves. Home and away. Red or dead.