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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)

Bill Shankly

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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Motivate Motivated Performance Polymer Team
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
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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Giving Ideas World
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life 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
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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Everywhere Football Home Jobs Life
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
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
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Mao Red Shows
I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Changes Inspirational Making Player
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
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
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Anfield Football Grass

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