News Archive - June 2010

The Management Committee of Spirit of Shankly are calling a mass meeting of members, to take place at Noon at Zeligs Restaurant in Liverpool 1, on Saturday 12th June 2010. The current agenda (although members are asked to email secretary@spiritofshankly.com with any additional items to be considered for the agenda) is as follows: 1. Report upon the current status of the owners and sale pr... Read more

Tonight's spontaneous protest by hundreds of fans at Anfield, organised by those angry at recent events at LFC, shows just how far our great club has fallen under the reign of Tom Hicks, George Gillett and our current board. They have all continually lied to us, broken promises, acted in their own self interests and treated this football club as either a cash cow to milk for all it's worth or a van... Read more

The Spirit of Shankly wish to inform members that there have been detailed discussions with Share Liverpool over the last six months regarding the progress that had been made by Share Liverpool in promoting a supporters' ownership scheme. The discussions centred on the perception from our members (and supporters generally) that progress had stalled under the Share Liverpool scheme and that an ... Read more

SPIRIT OF SHANKLYEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Saturday 12th June 2010 at 12noonZelig’s, Liverpool One, LiverpoolAGENDA 1. Supporters' Ownership and SOS/Share Liverpool - the current position and future  2. Independence Day 4th July             a. Venue            b. Fo... Read more

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Saturday 12th June 2010 at 12noonZelig’s, Liverpool One, LiverpoolMINUTES OF MEETINGThe meeting commenced at 12.25pm after a short delay due to the numbers attending and a couple of speakers arriving slightly late.Fran Stanton, Chair of the Spirit of Shankly, opened the meeting by welcoming the approximate 500 people who had attended and by setting out the agenda... Read more

The Spirit of Shankly have consistently been at the forefront of action to see the current owners out of Liverpool Football Club.   At the Union's EGM on Saturday the Spirit of Shankly announced its "Independence Day" rally on the 4th July in Liverpool which will mark the launch of the SaveLiverpoolFC supporter ownership scheme and the stepping up of its campaign to se... Read more

In the last month both Spirit of Shankly and ShareLiverpoolFC have had a significant number of approaches urging both organisations to work harder for a more formal arrangement between them.Both organisations want to reassure their members and registrants that they entirely share the view that supporters' organisations need to work together in order to secure fan ownership of our club.Spirit of Sha... Read more

As discussed at our recent EGM, Spirit Of Shankly is to host an "Independence Day" Rally at on Sunday 4th July at St George's Hall from 12 noon. Using those famous steps were Shankly himself once stood, we have a good line up of speakers and musicians, including Karen Gill, Neil Fitzmaurice, John O' Connell and Sons of Anfield, with Councillors, MP's, Ex-players and others to be confirmed shor... Read more

The Spirit Of Shankly is holding an Independence Day Rally on Sunday 4th July at 12 noon on St George's Hall Plateau, to talk about plans for our independence from the American ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. As fans grow increasingly angry at their lies and false promises, and the Club continues to lurch along, we will be talking about how we plan to ensure the Club's future.  The ... Read more

Do you want to declare your independence from Tom and George? Do you want to tell them that they are not welcome anywhere? We will be declaring our independence from Tom and George on the 4th July (Details here) but for those that can’t make it or even those who can, we want you to send out that message further, that it is not just those in Anfield or Liverpool that want Tom and George out, ... Read more