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 SHANKLYMe having no education. I had to use my brains.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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