My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
BILL SHANKLYI’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.
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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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.
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