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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

Bill Shankly

He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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Everything Hard Honest Score Skillful Totally
I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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Football Funny Teamwork
Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Down Game Great Player
It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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Facts Games Soccer
I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Changes Inspirational Making Player
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Anfield Football Grass
Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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Championship Countr Cup Final Pressure
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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Best Boss Character Fand Long Straighter
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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Draws Support Winning
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides

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