What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
BILL SHANKLYWell the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Football 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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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.
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