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)
BILL SHANKLYIf you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don’t know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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 very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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