Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly
William "Bill" Shankly OBEwas a Scottish footballer and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth2 September 1913
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Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat.
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If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.
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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That's the reward.
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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.