If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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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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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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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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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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