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Football quotes from the masters

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Mar 18, 2024
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Football quotes from the masters

I’ve been writing about football nostalgia almost every day since August 2022. I love it. There are many articles that remain unfinished, some may never come to light. I’ve done a lot of research to bring all this content for you.

Trawling through books and the internet means that you often find things that you forgot about or didn’t even know existed. I hope that I don’t just bring back memories for you all, I hope I introduce new ones for you as well.

One of the things that I’ve enjoyed particularly is finding old quotes from people in the game. So I thought I’d share some of those with you today. Some might be famous, others not so much. They are from different people too, I like the variety. I’ll try to add context if necessary.

Bill Shankly, Liverpool’s legendary manager said so many memorable things that I could fill a book. The more I learn about him, the more intriguing I find him to be.

Here are some examples of his words:

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