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.
BILL SHANKLYFirst is first,Second is nothing
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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 problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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