This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
BILL SHANKLYHe 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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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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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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