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.
BILL SHANKLYThe very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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