The village is best known amongst the general public for being the birthplace of Bill Shankly, who played football for Preston North End and Scotland before going on to manage Liverpool.
He has written a number of biographies of football managers including Bill Shankly, Sir Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Gerard Houllier as well as an oral history of Liverpool Football Club.
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He appeared in various roles on British television and film – most notably in the 1967 version of Casino Royale – and portrayed Liverpool Football Club manager Bill Shankly in a musical.
Laurence Valentine Lloyd (born 6 October 1948 in Bristol, England) was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest, both highly successful sides of the 1970s.