If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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First is first,Second is 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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Well 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.
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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Forget 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.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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