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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

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 SHANKLY

Anfield Country Football
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
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLY

Brain England Son
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
BILL SHANKLY

Four Men Overcoat
I never drop a player I only make changes.
BILL SHANKLY

Coaching Player Sports
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
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Country Forward Game Soccer
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLY

Helping Socialism Way
If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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Football Men Player Stopped
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Inspirational Leadership
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Born Game Quarried Soccer
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Bigs Institutions Loyal Society
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Fighting Running Wall
If 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.
BILL SHANKLY

Balls Next Sticks
First is first,Second is nothing
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Firsts Game Nothing Second

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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