My life is my work. My work is my life
BILL SHANKLYFootball is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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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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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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