Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
BILL SHANKLYSome people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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At 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.
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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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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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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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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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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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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