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.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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I 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.
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