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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.

Bill Shankly

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.
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Facts Games Soccer
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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Finals Pits Trying
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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Fighting Running Wall
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Liverpool Proud Scots
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Brain England Son
Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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Football Inspirational Motivational
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Funny Sarcastic Soccer
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Down Game Great Player
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
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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Everything Hard Honest Score Skillful Totally
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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Football Simple Soccer
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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Football Men Player Stopped
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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League Looks Tables
He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Country Forward Game Soccer

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