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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.

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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team. (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for Everton)
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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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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