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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

Bill Shankly

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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Anfield Country Football
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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Best Boss Character Fand Long Straighter
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
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
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Down Game Great Player
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Born Game Quarried Soccer
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
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 Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
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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Motivate Motivated Performance Polymer Team
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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Club Games Soccer Writing
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Football Games 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

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