Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLYTrain the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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.
BILL SHANKLYThe problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLYFootball 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.
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
BILL SHANKLYI was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
BILL SHANKLYMe having no education. I had to use my brains.
BILL SHANKLYIf Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
BILL SHANKLYWe absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
BILL SHANKLYWhat a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
BILL SHANKLYThe 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.
BILL SHANKLYIt’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.
BILL SHANKLYWhich is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
BILL SHANKLYAlthough I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLY