First is first,Second is nothing
BILL SHANKLYMy idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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