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
BILL SHANKLYIan Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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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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