Bill Shankly built a legacy at Liverpool - here's a look at how and when he did it.

1959: December 1 - Appointed Liverpool manager after three years at Huddersfield and takes over with the club in the bottom half of the old second division.

1961: Signs key players Ian St John, from Motherwell, and Ron Yeats, from Dundee United.

1962: May - Having overhauled the training facilities and playing squad, Shankly guides Liverpool back into the top flight by winning Division Two by eight points.

1964: May - Wins his first - and the club's sixth - Division One title to succeed near neighbours Everton as champions.

1965: May - Liverpool reach the semi-finals of the European Cup before exiting to eventual winners Inter Milan. Liverpool win their first FA Cup with extra-time victory over Leeds.

1966: May - Liverpool win Division One championship again. Defeated 2-1 in extra time by Borussia Dortmund in European Cup Winners' Cup final at Hampden Park.

1967: June - Signs goalkeeper Ray Clemence from Scunthorpe for £18,000.

1969: May - Liverpool finish runners-up to Leeds in Division One.

1970: Signs Steve Heighway, who was playing as an amateur for Skelmersdale United.

November: Signs John Toshack from Cardiff for £110,000.

1971: May - Liverpool lose 2-1 to Arsenal in FA Cup final.

Signs Kevin Keegan from Scunthorpe for £35,000 and plays him up front with Toshack. The pair go on to become one of the greatest strike partnerships in the game.

1973: May - Shankly wins Division One for a third and final time as manager. Guides Liverpool to victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in a two-legged UEFA Cup final to secure the club's first European trophy.

1974: May - Liverpool finish Division One runners-up to Leeds.

Shankly collects a second FA Cup with 3-0 victory over Newcastle in the final.

July 12 - Retires as Liverpool manager at the age of 60 to spend more time with wife Ness and his family.

November - Shankly is awarded the OBE.

1981: September 26 - Admitted to Broadgreen Hospital after a heart attack.

September 29 - Dies in the early hours of the morning aged 68.