Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
BILL SHANKLYTommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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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.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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.
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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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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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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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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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