We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
BILL SHANKLYForget 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.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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 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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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