Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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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.
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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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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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