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.
BILL SHANKLYI would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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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 never drop a player I only make changes.
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If 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)
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If 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.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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