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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.

Bill Shankly

Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Married Wife
Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
BILL SHANKLY

Championship Countr Cup Final Pressure
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
BILL SHANKLY

Passion Pride Team
A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Funny Teamwork
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
BILL SHANKLY

Football Funny Sports
With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
BILL SHANKLY

Defense Goal Play
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Break Cheat Legs Wife
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
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Club Games Soccer Writing
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Games Simple
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Everything Hard Honest Score Skillful Totally
If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
BILL SHANKLY

Draws Support Winning
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLY

Matter Men People
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

Best Boss Character Fand Long Straighter
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
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

Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.

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