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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)

Bill Shankly

The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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Football Player Soccer
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Brain England Son
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Beats England Soccer
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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Football Funny Sports
I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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Football Games People
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Mao Red Shows
Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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Championship Countr Cup Final Pressure
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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Eventually Everyone Idea Liverpool Wanted
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
Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Inspirational Motivational
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 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.
BILL SHANKLY

Balls Next Sticks
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Four Men Overcoat

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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