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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.

Bill Shankly

I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Mao Red Shows
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
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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Game Greatest Minutes Ninty Quality Useless
I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Coaching Player Sports
For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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Fighting Running Wall
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Funny Sarcastic Soccer
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Build Men People Selfless Share
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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Football Married Wife
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
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Passion Pride Team
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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Football Men Player Stopped

The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.

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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.

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