Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
BILL SHANKLYYes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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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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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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.
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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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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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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 was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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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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