Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
BILL SHANKLYThe problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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