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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 Shankly

If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
BILL SHANKLY

Curtain Draws Garden
Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
BILL SHANKLY

Finals Pits Trying
With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
BILL SHANKLY

Defense Goal Play
If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLY

Draws Support Winning
Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Simple Soccer
My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
BILL SHANKLY

Giving Ideas World
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
BILL SHANKLY

Build Men People Selfless Share
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
BILL SHANKLY

Inspirational Motivational Soccer
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
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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Everywhere Football Home Jobs Life
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
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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Eventually Everyone Idea Liverpool Wanted
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Anfield Football Grass
When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
BILL SHANKLY

League Looks Tables

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.

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