What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
BILL SHANKLYWhat can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
BILL SHANKLYI’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.
BILL SHANKLYIf he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
BILL SHANKLYSome people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
BILL SHANKLYIf you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
BILL SHANKLYYes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
BILL SHANKLYOf course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
BILL SHANKLYAbove 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’.
BILL SHANKLYA lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
BILL SHANKLYWe absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
BILL SHANKLYIt’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)
BILL SHANKLYFire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
BILL SHANKLYAt a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
BILL SHANKLYWhen I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
BILL SHANKLYForget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
BILL SHANKLYFootball is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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