It took a while to take control of the Reds in the second tier

Bill Shankly, who came from Huddersfield Town, finally signed with Liverpool on December 14, 1959. Liverpool had tried to get him in earlier, but the Scot initially rejected their advances due to their initial unwillingness to surrender total authority over the squad to him, The Reds were humiliated 4-0 by Cardiff City at Anfield

In his first game in command, It was a horrible performance. Later, Ronnie Moran said that the players had abandoned the field anticipating hellfire, Instead, they met a Shankly who was incredibly composed, the boss informed the media that he had learned a lot, Naturally, I'm unhappy, but it's for the best that I got to watch the squad 

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Play poorly in my debut game. This has taught me a lot of things then, a 3-0 loss away at Charlton Athletic followed, and even a 2-0 win in the matching game at Anfield failed to excite the crowd and prompted criticism from the media, The Reds' performances under the new management failed to inspire the News Chronicle and Daily Dispatch

Most of the 25,658 viewers must have wished they had watched "Wagon Train" at home. They could not have had worse entertainment than what they received from these teams' aimless demonstration, which, based on this performance, has no chance of advancement. Even the Kopites were silent for protracted periods of time

<strong>Liverpool was the superior team</strong>

Because it was as aimless as it was colorless, "Liverpool was the superior team, despite the fact that they didn't play well in the first half. Liverpool's strikers sprinted around aimlessly for the first 58 minutes before, luckily, the crowd started to get involved and they managed to score, Despite the victory over Charlton, Liverpool was now in 12th place and Shankly's vision was still not quite evident. Their performance was inconsistent until the last few weeks of the season.