Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
BILL SHANKLYIf 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)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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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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