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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.

Bill Shankly

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
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Funny Sarcastic Soccer
I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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Eventually Everyone Idea Liverpool Wanted
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
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
First is first,Second is nothing
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Firsts Game Nothing Second
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Build Men People Selfless Share
Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Down Game Great Player
It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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Anfield Country Football
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Passion Pride Team
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Four Men Overcoat
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
When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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League Looks Tables
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven

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