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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.

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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
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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
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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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If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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