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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.

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Bill Shankly
Age: 68 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 2
Died: 1981
Died: September 29
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
William Shankly
Bill Şenkli
Anfield
Professional
Grass
Football
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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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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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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 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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
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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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The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.
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Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.
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Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.
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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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I have always had the deepest respect for Bill Nicholson as a person and as a manager. The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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