The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
BILL SHANKLYI was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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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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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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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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