Quote: Bill Shankly, Football, Life, Sport, Death (#434)

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.

Bill Shankly, 09/02/1913 - 09/29/1981
Scottish Football Manager of Liverpool

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In Sunday Times 4. Oct. 1981. It is often quoted in different ways for example:

Football's not a matter of life and death ... it's more important than that.

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