Sunday, September 26, 2004
The Bob Shankly Story
There's a new kid in town; Amazon have a search engine called A9 which builds upon google and at first blush looks quite sexy and powerful. Go to a9.com and register, at least, and then you get a 1.5% (approximately) discount at anything you buy at amazon.com. [The discount is technically half of the number pi i.e. half of 3.141etcetc - the inside joke being that amazon are "sharing the pi".]
Anyway. The true test of a search engine is what it returns when you type in "Scottish Football" - google's top-ranked page is a site listing availability of manure for farmers in the south-west of Scotland, which shows is why it's a multi-billion dollar company - but a9 returned, among other things, "Boab's Little Piece of Scotland" which is a Dundee-related website. Which is quite apt as this morning I was standing outside the Blue Room waiting to watch the Dundee-Rangers game, but the barman didn't show up, so we were f*cked.
There was a Dundee fan with us; we know him as "Dundee Ed" for obvious reasons. He always turns up for the Dundee games, which is admirable; he's a second-generation Scot so that's even more impressive as you don't always see that loyalty in a US sports fan (which is why a lot of them are attracted to European football). Turns out Ed is one of the brains behind the North America Dundee Supporters Club, which is linked from Boab's site.
Another thing on the site is the story of Bob Shankly - keen Gazzetta readers will remember my encounter with a Dundee steward who took me to task for my ignorance of Bob Shankly. Turns out he was as ignorant as I, for Bob Shankly never played for Dundee, but he managed them during their most successful period - the early 60s when they reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. The account of Shankly's life is fascinating - he was Bill Shankly's brother - I strongly encourage you to read it.
Read - The Bob Shankly Story
Visit - Boab's Little Piece Of Scotland
PS. the thing about google's search result being manure is a lie, but admit it, you believed me, right?
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Anyway. The true test of a search engine is what it returns when you type in "Scottish Football" - google's top-ranked page is a site listing availability of manure for farmers in the south-west of Scotland, which shows is why it's a multi-billion dollar company - but a9 returned, among other things, "Boab's Little Piece of Scotland" which is a Dundee-related website. Which is quite apt as this morning I was standing outside the Blue Room waiting to watch the Dundee-Rangers game, but the barman didn't show up, so we were f*cked.
There was a Dundee fan with us; we know him as "Dundee Ed" for obvious reasons. He always turns up for the Dundee games, which is admirable; he's a second-generation Scot so that's even more impressive as you don't always see that loyalty in a US sports fan (which is why a lot of them are attracted to European football). Turns out Ed is one of the brains behind the North America Dundee Supporters Club, which is linked from Boab's site.
Another thing on the site is the story of Bob Shankly - keen Gazzetta readers will remember my encounter with a Dundee steward who took me to task for my ignorance of Bob Shankly. Turns out he was as ignorant as I, for Bob Shankly never played for Dundee, but he managed them during their most successful period - the early 60s when they reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. The account of Shankly's life is fascinating - he was Bill Shankly's brother - I strongly encourage you to read it.
Read - The Bob Shankly Story
Visit - Boab's Little Piece Of Scotland
PS. the thing about google's search result being manure is a lie, but admit it, you believed me, right?
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Billy thanks for the kind write up about my Bob Shankly article. My site is predominantly a historical site regarding Dundee rather than a fanzine.
It's aimed at the Exile fans who can't get hold of all the information they maybe can't get from other avenues. It's good to know it's also enlightening for fans of other Clubs also to help back up any arguements ;-)
Bob Shankly was a pillar of Scottish Football and probably never gained the credence his fellow Managers of the time received such as the late great Jock Stein and Scott Symon, yet he knew them well and they respected him and held him in high regard.
Many of his Brother Bill's famous quotes were actually his elder brothers (Bob's) words of wisdom passed down.
It was one of those articles that wrote itself as it was a pleasure and honour being allowed to read through his own personal Football Journal and getting an idea how he thought and the story behind the entire Shankly Dynasty. Each one was a legend with their respective Clubs.
As can be read in the article.
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It's aimed at the Exile fans who can't get hold of all the information they maybe can't get from other avenues. It's good to know it's also enlightening for fans of other Clubs also to help back up any arguements ;-)
Bob Shankly was a pillar of Scottish Football and probably never gained the credence his fellow Managers of the time received such as the late great Jock Stein and Scott Symon, yet he knew them well and they respected him and held him in high regard.
Many of his Brother Bill's famous quotes were actually his elder brothers (Bob's) words of wisdom passed down.
It was one of those articles that wrote itself as it was a pleasure and honour being allowed to read through his own personal Football Journal and getting an idea how he thought and the story behind the entire Shankly Dynasty. Each one was a legend with their respective Clubs.
As can be read in the article.
