It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
BILL SHANKLYWe absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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