I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
BILL SHANKLYI would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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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 you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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 is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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