The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
BILL SHANKLYOf 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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