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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.

Bill Shankly

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
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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Believe Football Successful
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Balls Next Sticks
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Country Forward Game Soccer
If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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Football Funny Sports
I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Coaching Player Sports
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Anfield Football Grass
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
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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Build Men People Selfless Share
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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Finals Pits Trying
Which 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.
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Game Greatest Minutes Ninty Quality Useless
I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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Break Cheat Legs Wife
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
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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