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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.

Bill Shankly

I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
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
Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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Finals Pits Trying
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
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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Bigs Institutions Loyal Society
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 Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
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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Break Cheat Legs Wife
With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Defense Goal Play
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.
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Facts Games Soccer
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

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