On this day 12 July

Shanks resigns...

The legend calls it a day

 

It was this day in 1974 that legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly decided to call it a day at Anfield. Claiming that telling the chairman of his decision to resign was like facing the electric chair, the city of Liverpool were virtually in mourning at the news, as the club's switchboard was jammed with squealing scousers.

Some factory workers even threatened to stop working until he came back. Which may seem like a bit of an over reaction, but given that the man won two FA Cups, a UEFA Cup and, most importantly, three league titles, it all becomes so clear.

This day in 2007 saw the death of iconic Boston street figure Mr Butch. Known as the 'King of Kenemore Square', Butch was a homeless drifter who became famous for playing his Fender Stratocaster in an open-chord style that invited comparisons with Jimi Hendrix, and he played with various Boston and San Francisco punk bands, including Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen and The Outlets.

So its Rojbun a te piroz be! as they say in Kurdish to former England cricketing hero Alan Mullally (39), family man Bill Cosby (71), ferocious pug Julio César Chávez (46), the overrated Anna Friel (32) and the soon to be Tesco worker, Gareth Gates (24).