Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
BILL SHANKLYHe’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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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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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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