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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

Bill Shankly

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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Game Greatest Minutes Ninty Quality Useless
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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Football Funny Teamwork
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
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
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Football Games Soccer
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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Football Simple Soccer
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
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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Everything Hard Honest Score Skillful Totally
With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Defense Goal Play
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Differences Queens Soccer Fans
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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Believe Football Successful
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
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.
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Fighting Running Wall
Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Hands Kevin Son

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