Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLYI 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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 you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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.
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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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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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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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