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.
BILL SHANKLYTrain the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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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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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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I don’t drop players. I make changes.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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