We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
BILL SHANKLYI wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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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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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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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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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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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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