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.
BILL SHANKLYIf Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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